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Mike Gatto has always felt a calling to improve how society works for its citizens. That calling led him to serve in the California Legislature, where he won eight elections to serve four terms. During his tenure in the Legislature, Mike Gatto served on the Banking & Finance committee, presided over Assembly sessions as Assistant Speaker, and chaired the Appropriations, Consumer Protection & Privacy, and Utilities & Commerce committees. As chair of Appropriations, he determined billions in spending each year. As chair of Consumer Protection & Privacy, he was involved in several innovative initiatives involving technology and cybersecurity. As chair of Utilities & Commerce, he guided landmark utility and energy policy, and regulatory reforms. Along the way, he developed substantial expertise in each of those subject areas. Mike was also the author of several landmark pieces of legislation in his tenure – and a total of fifty-five measures he authored became law. He advises Fortune 500 companies on how to navigate the halls of power, and guides investors and analysts on the political and regulatory climate, helping forecast trends, and is a frequent guest on television talk and analysis shows. A dynamic and candid speaker, who calls it like it is, with humor, nuance, and insightful perspective.
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Coden Nikbakht is an entrepreneur, athlete, politician, academic, minister, and author. He started his business endeavors at a young age selling goods in primary school, eventually moving to larger-scale enterprises later in his years. In 2014 he launched his company Mentalplays Performance Inc.
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Ms. Onedia N. Gage is a business development expert which coaches other businesses and CEO’s on how to elevate their business to the goal of their achievement. With strategy at hand, Gage challenges business owners to change to upgrade their standards and redefine excellence. She coaches business owners on having tough conversations and making tough decisions. Gage has been inspiring young people through her transparent dialogue for several years. As a three time graduate, she aspires to inspire students to complete their college degrees no matter what the obstacles. Gage paid her own way through school with student loans and full-time employment. While she used a longer than average time to complete her undergraduate degree, she completed her additional two master’s degrees in better than average time. She believes in the adage of being a life-long learner and advocates the same for the students she mentors. She is the author of ten books and she is currently working on three more. Her life philosophy is three – fold: A) ―What have you done today to invest in your future?‖ B) Reading is essential to your positive contribution to our community; and, C) ―If not me, who? If not now, when? She feels her time is best spent when youth benefit from her experiences. Gage is the founder of A Girl’s Day and Mother Daughter Communication Retreat. These two organizations support her mission to motivate and inspire youth to expand their achievements. A Girl’s Day focuses on the girl’s self esteem. Mother Daughter Communication Retreat is designed to help families grow and overcome family issues. Because of her volunteerism with the Houston Area Urban League’s NULITES, she was elected one of the youngest board members of the Houston Area Urban League. She is also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., National Council of Negro Women, Toastmasters, International, and Top Ladies of Distinction. Her community efforts are commendable as a Board of Directors of YMCA-Northeast, Houston, and Spaulding for Children. Onedia N. Gage has two beautiful children, Hillary and Nehemiah, and is a native Houstonian. She is a graduate of Kaplan University with a MBA, Lamar University with a Masters in Education in Education Administration, and University of Houston, with a BS in Economics. She is a graduate of Bellaire Senior High School. She received her Ph. D. in Business Leadership and Masters of Arts in Christian Education and is pursuing a Ph.D in Education. Please feel free to contact her at www.onediagage.com and [email protected].
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Mohammad is the President and CEO of Softway and Culture+, co-creator and facilitator of Seneca Leaders, co-host of Love As A Business Strategy podcast, WSJ Best Selling Author of 'Love as a Business Strategy: Resilience, Belonging and Success,' and a member of Forbes Business Council. He started Softway as a technology services company with his family at the age of 20 while pursuing his B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Houston. He is celebrated for creating and sustaining a humanity-centered culture at Softway based on the philosophy that love is a business strategy. However, there was a time when the company culture at Softway was so toxic that it almost caused the enterprise to fold. He took full responsibility for the problems at Softway and knew that, as the leader, he needed to change for the company to survive. After deep introspection, he eventually turned the company around. From this experience, he also created a sister company of Softway, Culture+, and co-authored a WSJ bestselling book, Love as a Business Strategy. When Softway began in 2003, it was a small company that created websites for merchants in Houston. Since then, it has grown to a Business-to-Employee solutions company that focuses on bringing technology solutions to others by building high performing teams to build solutions that speak to the human needs of your workforce - and business performance that speaks for itself. In 2021, he formed Culture+ as a standalone organization fully dedicated to our mission: bring humanity back to the workplace. Culture+ provides Culture-as-a-Service to transform behaviors of employees and leaders - creating high-performing teams capable of achieving any business outcome.
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Dr. Larry McClelland, DBA is an American Businessman, Author, Philanthropist, Activist, Influential Speaker, and Retired U.S. Army Combat Veteran. Dr. McClelland, founder and CEO owns and operates several privately held companies. Dr. McClelland has spent countless years studying the intellectual aspects of entrepreneurship and the dynamic structures of building global empires. Named the "Business Innovator" by the Atlanta Business Community as a definition of how he exemplifies his ability to teach, coach and mentor his clients and business partners to soar to unbelievable levels in their businesses. Dr. McClelland is also the founder of the Wise Counsel Foundation, Inc. which focuses on mentoring the next generation and empowering young aspiring Entrepreneurs.
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Ryan Barber is a property maintenance expert who owns and operates a business in Louisville. He has helped countless property owners keep their homes looking great. Ryan Barber would like to continue his work in property management and would like to continue growing his business and providing essential services in his city.
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After a 28+ year career in Corporate America, up to Vice President of Sales over multiple corporations, Joey knows how to create an environment of leaders, empowering through the uniqueness of each individual, instead of aiming for conformity. Having had two highly successful careers as both a high-level Exec, and Self-Made Entrepreneur, Joey has spent over a decade traveling the world, as a full-time speaker, coach, and author, assisting countless professionals that feel unfulfilled in their works, to create a life of financial freedom doing what they love. Utilizing his innovative Subconscious Mindset Training™ Framework, Joey has led hundreds of people into financial freedom through monetizing their passion, in weeks, not years! This man is the definition of a leader and an innovator within the coaching field. If you want someone who will breathe passion, humor, and energy into your event, you won't want to pass up the opportunity to invite Joey as your keynote speaker.
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John is an Educational veteran, Consultant, Academic Administrator, Advisor and trainer with deep knowledge in the dispensation of higher learning in Africa. He is the Executive Director/Founder of Jeediof SoftPro - a digital Startup with focus on developing solutions for sustainable development in Agriculture, Environment and Education in sub-Saharan Africa. He sits on the board of Governing Council of Peace Advocators' Network, a non-partisan movement driven by passion to enshrine peace in the fabrics of chaotic African communities. John is the Initiator and Convener of the yearly Social Impact Gathering, called Ascendance, focused on influencing attitudinal change and re-orientation among the youths and young couples. He also initiated the Ondo ICT Schools' Challenge which promotes knowledge and passion in Digital Technologies among high school students. He recently joined the Empower Africa Business Network and serves as a Consultant for the Study Abroad Research Institute (SARI), Japan. He's currently the Acting Head/Coordinator, Department of Physical and Computer Sciences at Wesley University, Ondo. John is a certified applied Business Analyst, Artificial Intelligence/Data Scientist & Project Management Practitioner (In line with British Occupational Standards); Oracle Program Partner, an Orator, Geo-spatial developer and Cybersecurity researcher with 12+years experience in IT development, and Educational Technology management with 10+years experience in leading IT teams to develop end-to-end solutions and manage innovations and digital technologies for the academia and industry.
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With over 15 years experience in education, public speaking, broadcast media, marketing/branding, and forging strategic partnerships, Professor Karriemah Lotus, MBA is indeed your Success Architect. Professor Lotus uses her extensive wisdom and professional acumen to help organizations and professionals position themselves for longstanding success. Karriemah has a true passion for helping others along their journey to success and has worked with several organizations to develop programs and initiatives that spread this mission. Through innovative coaching that guides you to cultivate thoughtful connections and key partnerships, she leads you through developing your strategy to bring your vision of success to life!
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Ian Peterman is the Founder and CEO of Peterman Design Firm, an industrial design and hardware product development agency serving startups, established brands, and Fortune 500 companies worldwide. An industrial design and product development expert, Ian helps businesses transform innovative ideas into commercially viable, market-ready hardware products. His expertise spans industrial design, product strategy, hardware engineering, prototyping, design for manufacturability (DFM), and product commercialization. Ian is the creator of Conscious Design™, a methodology that integrates profitability, sustainability, user-centered design, and circular business practices to help organizations create products that benefit people, businesses, and the planet. He is also the author of *Conscious Design*, host of the Conscious Design Podcast, and founder of Conscious Design Haus. As a speaker, Ian shares practical insights on hardware product development, sustainable innovation, circular economy principles, entrepreneurship, and building profitable businesses through conscious product design.
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Shelley Westman is a recognized c-suite leader on diversity & inclusion, cyber security, and growth transformation areas. She is currently Vice President, Go-to-Market and Business Development, Core Enterprise and zCloud, at Kyndryl. Kyndryl is an American multinational information technology infrastructure services provider that designs, builds, manages, and develops large-scale information systems. Immediately prior to joining Kyndryl, Shelley was leading transformation for Wolfspeed, a pure play semiconductor company and leader in Silicon Carbide. Prior to that she was a Partner at EY where she was responsible for growing revenue in the central region around cybersecurity and risk and helping EY continue to be regarded as a thought leader in these areas. Before joining EY, she spent 18 years at IBM in a wide variety of roles. Shelley’s last role at IBM was Vice President Operations & Strategic Initiatives, IBM Security. Shelley focused on overall operations as well as key transformational projects and strategic initiatives across IBM Security. Shelley was the founder of “WISE” - Women in Security Excelling, an IBM group devoted to advancing women in cybersecurity, which grew to 1200 members with chapters around the world. WISE was the brainchild behind IBM CyberDay4Girls which has now reached well over 50,000 girls. Other experiences in IBM included spending 15 years in IBM’s System and Technology Group where her roles included Vice President of Strategy and Vice President & Business Line Executive (Systems Software and Security), Director of Power Systems, Director of Development Operations and roles in alliance management, procurement, forecasting and contracts. Shelley is a 2019 Women of Western Wake by Cary Magazine and received Diversity & HR solutions 2019 Inclusive Excellence Award. Shelly also is a 2018 recipient of the Triangle Business Journal Leaders in Diversity Award and a 2018 finalist for the “Editor’s Choice” award from Women in IT Awards. Shelley is a frequent public speaker having been interviewed by CNBC, Huffington Post Live, Fox News NY, Reuters and been featured in Fortune, Forbes, and Tech Republic Prior to joining IBM, Shelley practiced law in Raleigh for 5 years. She concentrated her practice in the area of civil litigation. Shelley has a JD, with honors, from the University of North Carolina School of Law. Her undergraduate degree is
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