 | Marco Marsan -- Ohio USA, 5.0k to 10.0k 
Founder of the nationally renowned think tank, Marco Polo Explorers, Author, Marketer and Corporate Anarchist Marco Marsan is regarded as one of America's most inventive minds. His innovative thinking techniques have helped create successful new products for Gatorade, Neutrogena, Nike, AT&T, Procter & Gamble, Quaker Oats, SC Johnson, Gerber, General Mills, Vanity Fair Apparel, Kimberly-Clark and over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies. In the past ten years, Marco has facilitated over 500 BIG IDEA sessions and has spoken to tens of thousands of people on the power of innovation and creativity in his "Think Naked" speeches.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Roger Martin, MBA -- Toronto Canada, 25.0k to 30.0k
Roger Martin, the visionary Dean of the Rotman School of Management, is a champion of innovation, cross-disciplinary study and learning-by-doing. One of the most respected business minds in the world today -- and a man changing the face of business education -- Martin is the leading proponent of Integrative Thinking, a bold new approach to solving the business problems emerging in the global economy. Martin was named one of the Top Ten Business School Teachers in the World by Business Week. Meanwhile, his book, The Opposable Mind, was named one of the Top Ten Business Books of the Year by The Globe and Mail.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | James McLurkin -- Massachusetts USA, 10.0k to 15.0k
James McLurkin is a Research Associate at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research focuses on developing distributed algorithms for multi‐robot systems, which is software that produces complex group behaviors from the interactions of many simple individuals. These ideas are not new: ants, bees, wasps, and termites have be running this type of software for 120 million years. The Swarm was originally created during McLurkinʹs five‐year tenure as Lead Research Scientist at iRobot and was the largest swarm in the world at the time. McLurkin was the 2003 recipient of the Lemelson‐MIT student prize for invention. He holds a S.B. in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T., a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley, and a S.M. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from M.I.T.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Geoffrey Moore -- California USA, 50.0k to 75.0k
Geoffrey Moore is the Chairman, Founder and Managing Partner of TCG Advisors (TCG-A), a consulting practice that provides marketing strategy and organizational services to many leading high-technology companies as well as to those in other sectors. Moore is also a Venture Partner with Mohr, Davidow Ventures, a California-based venture capital firm specializing in specific technology markets, including e-commerce, internet, enterprise software, networking and semiconductors. In this latter role, as a venture partner at a leading “VC” firm, he provides market strategy advice to their high-tech portfolio companies.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | David Nour -- Georgia USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
David Nour is a social networking strategist and one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. In a global economy that is becoming increasingly disconnected, Relationship Economics is solving Fortune 500 client challenges with intracompany, as well as externally focused, Strategic Relationship Planning™. A native of Iran, David came to the U.S. with a suitcase, $100, limited family ties and no fluency in English! Fast forward 25 years and David has built an impressive career of entrepreneurial success, both within large corporations and early stage ventures.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Roger von Oech, Ph.D -- California USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Roger von Oech, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized leader in stimulating creativity and innovation. For three decades, his seminars, presentations, and products have enhanced the creative skills of many millions around the world.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Joseph Pine -- Minnesota USA, 10.0k to 15.0k
Once upon a time in a career far away, Joe Pine worked for IBM in Rochester, Minnesota. For the launch of the AS/400 computer system he created a group that brought customers and business partners into the actual development process. Because of this innovative activity, customer needs were met more exactly and quality was significantly enhanced – factors that contributed greatly to IBM winning the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1990.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Charles W. Prather, Ph.D -- Florida USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Charles W. Prather is president of CW Prather Associates, Inc., and some of his clients include Dow Chemical, DuPont, Hewlett Packard, Clorox, PPG, The Smithsonian Institution, Herman Miller, and many others. He is guest lecturer at Drexel, DePaul, and Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School, and is on the Board of Directors of DePaul University’s Ryan Creativity Center. Charlie is a frequent keynote speaker and conference presenter, authored magazine articles, and his book, Blueprints for Innovation, was published by The American Management Association who have distributed more than 80,000 copies.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Howard Putnam -- Nevada USA, 20.0k to 25.0k
As the chief executive officer of Southwest Airlines, Howard Putnam transformed a start-up carrier into one of the most profitable companies in the airline industry. Recruited to save the faltering Braniff Airlines, he became the first CEO to successfully restructure a major airline out of bankruptcy. His accomplishment became the focus of a Harvard Business School case study. For more than 30 years, Putnam played a leading role in one of the most exciting and rapidly changing industries. He earned a well-deserved reputation for his capacity to think systematically, create a vision, build a team, define a niche, and design successful strategies for managing crises. An impressive and entertaining speaker, Putnam shares his prescriptions for successful management in the Millennium.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Bill Rancic -- Illinois USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Several years after his introduction to America as Donald Trump’s original Apprentice, Bill Rancic continues his commitment to entrepreneurship throughout the country. Today, he is building businesses, seizing opportunities and sharing his views on how to succeed in business and in life.
Currently, Bill is developing real estate in Chicago, producing and appearing in several television programs and speaking to businesses and organizations on motivational and business topics.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Michael Ray -- California USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Michael L. Ray is the first John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor of Creativity and Innovation and Marketing (Emeritus) at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Michael Ray has produced over one hundred publications, including nine books and six state-of-the-art chapters. His books include Creativity in Business (co-authored with Rochelle Myers), which was named as one of the nine "Greatest Business Books Ever Written" by Inc. magazine, The Path of the Everyday Hero (co-authored with Lorna Catford), which was picked as the "Best Business Self-Help Book" by the New York Times News Service, and The Creative Spirit (co-authored with Daniel Goleman and Paul Kaufman), which was the companion book to the PBS series of the same name. Michael Ray is also a Fellow of the World Business Academy and received their prestigious Harman Award.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Andrew Razeghi -- Illinois USA, 25.0k to 30.0k
Andrew Razeghi is a speaker and advisor on innovation, creativity, and growth strategy. He is a guest lecturer at The Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, an adjunct faculty at Loyola University Chicago and a Thought Leader with The Financial Times Knowledge Dialogue. Andrew walks the talk as an advisor to organizations on product development, strategy, and innovation. He works with clients looking to exploit their core competencies, identify new markets for existing products and new products for existing markets. He is co-author of "Kellogg on Integrated Marketing" with the faculty at northwestern and a contributing "rule breaker" to "Why Not?," a book on overturning conventional thinking by Yale Professor Barry Nalebuff. Andrew has worked with clients in industries as diverse as aerospace, consumer products, food, healthcare, retail, and media/entertainment. He has an MBA from Loyola University, a Certificate from Richmond College London and a BA in Internat
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Robin Fisher Roffer -- New Mexico USA, 10.0k to 15.0k
The premier brand strategist for the digital age and America’s leading reinvention specialist, Robin Fisher Roffer provides the rocket fuel that has ignited the launch pad of dozens of brands all over the world. As a bestselling author, career coach and sought after speaker, Robin helps professionals reinvent their personal brands and reignite their careers.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Martha Rogers, Ph.D -- Ohio USA, 25.0k to 30.0k
Business 2.0 magazine named Martha Rogers, Ph.D. one of the nineteen most important business gurus of the past century. The World Technology Network named her as “an innovator most likely to create visionary ripple effects.” Recognized for the past decade as one of the world’s leading experts on customer-based business strategies and growing customer value, Dr. Rogers is an acclaimed author, a world class-class speaker, and a founding partner of Peppers and Rogers Group, the world’s leading customer-focused management consulting firm, based in Norwalk, CT, and boasting an impressive list of Fortune 500 clients. Gartner Group has positioned Peppers and Rogers Group as the only CRM-services firm that can help clients with both “vision” and “implementation” of their customer strategy. Martha’s experience, expertise, and ability to think out of the box makes her equally popular with media interviewers, speaking event planners, and Fortune 1000 executives seeking to learn how to compete in the Informa
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Lon Safko -- Arizona USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Lon Safko is a remarkably creative person. He is the creator of the “First Computer To Save A Human Life." That computer, along with 17 other inventions and more than 30,000 of Lon‘s papers, are in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. He has created numerous hardware and software solutions for the physically challenged, developed the first CAD software for civil engineers, designed the archetypes for the Apple Newton & Microsoft’s Bob Operating Systems He is also responsible for those handy little Tool-Tips help-balloon pop-ups! His book, The Social Media Book, unlocks the mysteries of the hottest new Internet wave, Social Media, such as Facebook and YouTube. This book is transforming corporate and non-profit marketing strategies and how they use these new media to reach their desired audiences with power messages and efficiency.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Joel Saltzman -- California USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Joel Saltzman teaches people in business to Shake That Brain! and discover solutions for maximum profit. And it's not just "Rah, rah, you-can-do-it!" stuff. Joel reveals specific steps you can take to discover extraordinary solutions -- for increasing sales, broadening your market, and improving the health and vitality of your business and personal life. Easily. Consistently. And economically. You'll leave with a smile on your face, a bounce in your step, and the ability to generate and implement bold new ideas.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Rick Searfoss -- California USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
As one of less than a hundred people ever who have actually ever commanded a human space mission, Colonel Rick Searfoss speaks on leadership, teamwork, and personal performance with authority born of in-depth personal experience. He has piloted two Space Shuttle missions and commanded a third, with over 939 hours in space and 5400 hours flying time in 61 different types of aircraft. His first space flight in 1993 set the record for the longest duration Space Shuttle mission. In 1996 he piloted Atlantis to the Russian space station Mir.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Tony Seba, MBA -- California USA, 10.0k to 15.0k
Tony Seba is the author of Solar Trillions - 7 Market and Investment Opportunities in the Emerging Clean-Energy Economy and Winner Takes All - 9 Fundamental Rules of High Tech Strategy. He is a lecturer in entrepreneurship and clean energy at Stanford University and a serial cleantech and high-tech entrepreneur. Seba is an inspiring and engaging speaker on The Future of Energy, Growth Opportunities in The Clean Energy Economy, Electricity 2.0, Entrepeneurship, Innovation, and building a winner in uncertain times.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Peter Sheahan -- New South Wales Australia, 15.0k to 20.0k
Peter Sheahan has spent a decade teaching businesses how to flip their thinking and find opportunity where others cannot. In addition to authoring 6 books, including the best-sellers Generation Y and Flip, Peter has established himself as a highly successful entrepreneur with his international thought leadership practice and as the CEO of ChangeLabs. ChangeLabs specializes in large scale behaviour change projects for clients such as Apple and IBM.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Lee Silber -- California USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
LEE SILBER is either an overachiever or has too much time on his hands. Considering he has founded five companies--including a chain of retail stores, a corporate training company, and a design firm; written 15 books (one a best seller); hosts his own radio talk show; and travels the country giving motivational speeches at a pace of one or more a week; it surprises people to learn he is married (with two small children, no less.) What makes Silber work so hard is he never feels like he's working since he loves what he does.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
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