Past Speakers
Adam Carroll is the founder of National Financial Educators, author of Winning The Money Game and a forthcoming book call You Don’t Know Me From Adam. In 2007, Adam opened the first socially responsible mortgage company in the state of Iowa. He is a highly sought-after speaker and consultant on the topics of financial education, networking, and entrepreneurship. Adam lives with his wife and 3 children in Clive, IA. He is a real estate investor, the co-founder of Succeed Faster seminars… and a mental ninja.
Tim is an owner of Atwell, LLC, an international real estate and land development consulting firm with offices throughout North America and Asia. Tim’s background includes International Sales, Strategic Marketing, HR, M&A and IT. Tim is the best-selling author of the How Hard Are You Knocking book series and has been featured in Inc. magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Chicago Tribune. He is also a contributing writer to Inc. Magazine, Fast Company and Monster.com. Tim has presented to over 100,000 people and worked with over 450 organizations throughout North America. He is a corporate badass.
With a vision for connecting a million people and launching a million dreams, Mitch Matthews is the founder of the Big Dream Gathering. His events have drawn rave reviews from all of the attendees who are blow away by the level of opportunity and possibility they feel upon leaving. Mitch is the author of Ignite!, the creator of the Q connection game, a serial entrepreneur, personal and business coach, a Dad to two boys, and a loving hubby. Don’t mess with Mitch – he owns a bullwhip and a tomahawk… and he knows how to use both.
For the past 11+ years, Scott has worn his signature nametag 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He is a widely recognized expert on the topics of approachability, personal branding, and standing out. Scott is an unimaginably creative person with talents in music, art, poetry, and songwriting. Having penned and published 12 books (with another 6 in the hopper), Scott maintains that writing is the basis of all wealth. He is an internationally requested speaker and trainer and has mastered the craft of storytelling.
Shane Mac is the Director of Product at Zaarly. He’s been featured in The New York Times, Reuters, U.S. News and World and many other press publications discussing new and disruptive ways to get hired. Shane spearheaded marketing for Seattle based Gist which sold to BlackBerry. He’s the founder of Hello There, an author, a professional musician voted best wedding band in 2009 and is obsessed with creating technology that can connect people and change the world for the better. He spends his spare time speaking to college students across the country about disruptive ways to get hired.
Jocelyn Wallace is an amazingly gifted artist, speaker, author and composer of visual notes. She is the owner and founder of the Red 11 Group, a consulting company that helps coach small business owners, helps redefine creativity for corporations, and makes seminars and conferences ULTRA hip. What Jocelyn brings to the table at Succeed Faster can’t be described, it MUST be experienced. You’ll love her lessons on how to bring more creativity to your daily life as well as how to network like a ninja. Jocelyn has connected with some of the most influential people in her network by doing things just a little different.
Chad Carden is the President and CEO of the Chad Carden Group, a sales and business development consulting company based in St. Louis, MO. Chad is the co-author of Winning The Money Game and author of the newly-released book P.E.P.P.When not traveling the world delivering his message of success and achievement, Chad can be found at the lake with his beautiful wife and son, Bryan. Chad’s hard-hitting success advice can be boiled down to one statement: “Shut your piehole and get on the treadmill!” He is a man of action and will inspire you to take steps to achieve your own definition of success.
Dane Maxwell is the founder of Zannee, Inc., a company that provides web-based services to real estate agents. He also happens to be a question ninja. His remarkable ability to hone in on industry problems and then provide a solution is one of the best around. Outside of his business, Dane is one passionate guy. He is living proof that success accompanies positive thinking and a willingness to try new things. Whether he is traveling the world or at home in Iowa asking questions, you can bet he’s got a smile on his face.
Jennifer Pelino is a Senior Global Marketing & Brand Strategy Executive who specializes in turning around businesses that are under duress. With her experience in domestic and international business, Jennifer is a master of management and strategy development.
Jason Strimpel is currently a Regional Risk Specialist of Global Oil in the Americas for BP. Having worked at JP Morgan Chase, Jason was the project manager for a team that executed tasks related to the $85 billion conversion of 1.6 million retail brokerage accounts to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s internal clearing firm, J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp.
Jim Effner is the owner and managing partner of The Effner Financial Group, backed by Northwestern Mutual. With over $18 billion of total insurance in force in 2010, Jim has established a business known for demonstrated leadership, a strong management team, and dedicated financial representatives.
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