Chasing Wisdom

Find Out Your Strengths As A Leader - Allen Thomas | Founder, TryLife by Dr. Sam Certo

As Director of the Project Management Office for ITEC, Jerry is responsible for resources, training, and support for all projects, internal sales, and marketing.

ITEC’s mission is to deliver unparalleled entertainment attractions throughout the world. The company is committed to crafting the most unique and successful guest experiences anywhere.

Listen to Problems-Ask for Solutions - Manley Ludwig | President/CEO Business Publications, Hearst by Dr. Sam Certo

David Friedersdorf has more than twenty years of management experience building and growing sales, consulting and professional service organizations.

Specialties:● Creative problem solving

● Disciplined and detailed execution

● Strategic leadership

● Conceptual analysis and communication

● Consultative selling

● Delivering complex solutions

● Building executive relationships

● Expertise with multiple HCIT solutions

Acclaimed professional speaker, business consultant, executive coach and author, Sharon Spano is the heart and soul of Spano & Company, Inc.

Sharon Spano’s strategic mind and passion for leaders have paved the way for Spano and Company’s tremendous success in human and organizational transformation.

Tested, refined, and proven over many years, Sharon Spano’s business of “equipping people to build great companies” provides logical, systematic and uniquely effective improvement processes for virtually every type of American organization. Sharon’s methods are especially applicable to both the formal and informal leaders in every company. Her renowned coaching processes have improved the individual effectiveness of many top corporate executives. One of Sharon’s additional contributions to the corporate world is her processes for increasing life balance perspectives that guarantee a better quality of life and higher levels of performance.

As an energetic keynote speaker, Sharon Spano has hundreds of speaking engagements to her credit with presentations to large audiences across America.

Michael is inspired most when providing leadership and taking ownership of key projects. He has a genuine passion for digital strategy, product/market development, solving customer needs and achieving and retaining high standards, he continuously strives to understand the bigger business picture and utilize excellent technological and communication skills to solve business issues.

J.B. Adams has a life-long love of learning. His career in education was developed over eleven years with the Walt Disney Company. At Disney University and Disney Institute, he created numerous educational experiences for various audiences such as field trip students, convention participants, and business professionals. He became known for his ability to design experiential activities that were not only fun, but also meaningful. Working closely with marketing and facilitation partners, he developed The Disney Approach to Leadership Excellence into one of Disney Institute’s top performing professional programs.

In 2001, J.B. founded Adams Learning, Incorporated, to provide training and instructional design services. As an instructional designer, facilitator, and consultant, he and his associates help organizations create exceptional learning experiences that deliver results.

Over the course of his career, J.B. has worked with clients such as Toyota, Microsoft, Office Depot, The Walt Disney Company, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Bank of America, Walmart, FedEx, The Tribune Company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Ernst & Young, American Management Association, Society for Human Resourch Management, AchieveGlobal, Wilson Learning, TalentKeepers, Philips Electronics, Society for Human Resource Management, and United States Navy.

Ed Baxa is a partner and litigation attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP where he maintains a complex commercial litigation practice focusing on construction law. This includes representation of owners, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors, and suppliers in contract drafting and negotiation, bid protests, workouts, claims litigation, and arbitration proceedings. He has tried cases involving a myriad of construction projects, including resort hotels, wastewater treatment plants, shopping centers, and residential developments.

In addition to his work in the construction industry, Mr. Baxa also represents various corporate clients in connection with government and internal investigations. He has considerable experience representing health care clients on fraud and abuse issues and in qui tam actions.

As President and COO, Edward M. Kobel leads DeBartolo Development’s investment strategy, execution and capitalization. Backed by the DeBartolo family and major capital commitments he secured, DeBartolo Development has underwritten a real estate pipeline of over $4.6 billion since 2003. Prior to overseeing DeBartolo Development, Ed was a partner at Fortis Advisors in Scottsdale, an affiliate company of DeBartolo Property Group, where he managed more than $600 million in real estate projects. Before joining Fortis, he founded Trinity Development with offices in Colorado Springs, Denver, Phoenix and Chicago. Trinity Development was primarily engaged in new retail development as well as value-added shopping center renovation and completed over $300 million in retail development. Throughout his professional career, Ed has devoted his time and leadership to multiple non-profit organizations and was awarded the Outstanding Professional and Community Citizenship award from Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio.

G. Scott Cahill is a Managing Director of Fulcrum Partners, LLC in Orlando, Florida. Over his more than 30-year career, he has specialized in the efficient funding of benefit liabilities for corporations and estate tax liabilities for wealthy families. His expertise is in the strategic integration of compensation and benefits for the top talent at client companies. The result is a comprehensive and effective total reward structure. Scott also consults with medium to large private organizations on business succession and ownership transition challenges. He is routinely engaged by organizations to design: IRS Section 409(A) Plans; Executive Life & Disability Income Programs that often reduce the risk components of Core Employer Group Plans and restore benefits lost to IRS or insurance carrier limitations; Estate Tax Efficient Succession and Generational Planning Strategies; and Tax Efficient Hedging of Non-Qualified Plan Liabilities. At Fulcrum Partners, Scott’s entire focus is on adding value to his clients with creative tax-efficient solutions, quality service, and trusted advice.