Gratitude Through Hard Times

A glance at his resume and you may think to Movement’s CEO, Casey Crawford, greatness lies in achievements like NFL Super Bowl champion, founder and CEO of a multibillion dollar mortgage company, and becoming a sought-after media guest whose appearances span CNBC’s Squawk Box, Bloomberg and Fox News with print features in The Wall Street Journal and TIME Magazine.

There's no doubt the 2015 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year is ambitious. But what truly drives him is not a championship ring or reaching the top of the corporate ladder. It’s meeting others’ needs.

As a child, Casey watched his father and grandfather use entrepreneurship as outreach. Whether the need was material, employment, friendship or a good example, he saw how business could be used to meet it.

Following his football days during a stint in real estate, Casey became alarmed by glaring inadequacies within the lending industry. The greed and corruption among leadership, the lack of value and care toward employees, and the inattentiveness toward community problems seemed like wide open opportunities.

Casey’s response? Movement Mortgage, established in 2008 on the Christian values he shares with co-founder Toby Harris. Movement was developed as a hope-filled paradox to a dismal reality, with a mission to be a Movement of Change in our Industry, Corporate Cultures and Communities.

Today, the company employs more than 4,500 and has over 650 locations in all 50 states. In 2017, Movement ranked among the top 10 purchase lenders by financing 1 in every 60 home purchases in the country, totaling more than $13 billion in originations. As prosperity increases, so does the overflow into people’s lives. The non-profit Movement Foundation has invested more than $25 million toward community improvement and meeting the needs of the underserved around the globe.

Casey continues to spread this vision of greatness from Charlotte, N.C. where he lives with his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters.

Jeremy Burton is the Co-Founder, CTO & Chief Data Scientist at Wonolo. He is a 9x serial entrepreneur, previously being on the Founding team of Symbian and Co-Founder of Intuwave, both of which have been sold to Nokia.

Wonolo (Work. Now. Locally) is an on-demand staffing platform for businesses to fill their immediate hourly or daily job needs. Wonolo allows companies to manage unpredictability by providing a fast, efficient, flexible way to bring in talent when required.

Wonolo is funded by Sequoia, Bain Capital, PivotNorth, Crunchfund, Foundry Group Angels Syndicate and Base10.

"Hello, my name is Erwin van der Vlist. I am a passionate entrepreneur and co-founder of Speakap.

Speakap is a digital platform that enables organizations to reach, engage and connect all employees - regardless of their physical location within the business.

Our solution is used by more than 350 organizations around the globe - including some of the biggest names in retail and hospitality (Nike, IKEA, G-Star, Kimpton and McDonald’s) - but we still remain proud of and committed to creating a tool that benefits, supports and is enjoyed by its core users on the store floor, in the kitchen, in the ward, on the road, or on the production line.

Here is a quick summary of the advantages of using Speakap:
✔️ Engaged employees provide better customer experiences, statistically take less sick days, stay with the same employer for longer and are able to solve problems more efficiently.
✔️ Communicating via a platform is clear, in contrast to a combination of e-mail, bulletin boards, newsletters, messaging apps and intranet.
✔️ Reach non-desk employees with ease (which make up around 80% of the global workforce).
✔️ A social communication platform works intuitively, efficiently, is always available and is loved amongst employees.

Want to know more? Contact me at [email protected] or +1(516)900-5559

Before Speakap my experience grew at Deloitte & Touche. I acquired knowledge about (Finance Strategy) Consulting challenges and working with large international enterprises. By running my own company, I'm learning everyday more and more in a broader way.

I'm always open to meet new people with great innovative ideas to build inspiring conversations."

"Jeff Burgess’ career has spanned over 38 years in various segments of the computer industry. He founded Burgess Computer Decisions, Inc., (BCD) in 1999, as an IT reseller, building HP servers for Fortune 500 companies. In early 2008, a chance meeting sparked Burgess to begin transitioning the company to the video surveillance storage market as BCDVideo.

Now the industry leader in purpose-build video surveillance recording systems, BCDVideo has over 50,000 systems recording video surveillance in 52 countries, either as their own branded products or privately-labeled for some of the biggest names in the security industry. BCDVideo’s recording devices have been installed worldwide by the industry’s largest security integrators at airports, multi-government embassies, correctional facilities, universities, hospitals, casinos, stadiums, cruise lines, and retail chains. Many of the world’s most recognizable brands rely on BCDVideo recording devices to protect their environment.

BCDVideo was on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing companies in both 2013 and 2017. Additionally, in 2017, Inc. Magazine also named them among the country’s best workplaces, and The Channel Company’s CRN Magazine tabbed them on their Solution Provider 500 list. Burgess is also a member of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’ OEM Customer Advisory Board.

The company is forecasting $60 million in 2017 revenues, which represents twenty-five percent annual growth for the past three consecutive years. Burgess has been married for 32 years to Joanne, who he also met on a “chance meeting.” They have three children, two of whom work at the company." - Underdog.NYC

"John Laramie is the Founder and CEO of Project X (fka ADstruc), the fastest growing OOH specialist in the United States. He graduated from Loyola University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Concentration in Marketing. John, a two-time entrepreneur, is an active member of the New York Tech Community and enjoys playing ping pong and tennis.

John was also featured in Business Week's Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2011 and Silicon Alley's 2011 and 2010 Top 100 People in NYC Tech.

In 2007, John started his own consulting agency, the JFL Group, where he helped develop the brand behind Naked Ping Pong, the group that is now known as SPiN New York (www.spinyc.com), a 13,000-square-foot table tennis social club.

Previously, John worked at The Beanstalk Group, the world’s leading brand licensing agency. In his 4 years with the company, he carried out strategic licensing programs that generated over $400 million a year in retail sales on behalf of Ford Motor Company, NBC Universal, Harley-Davidson and Nestle Purina, among others."

"I help commercial operators change the trajectory of their careers.

The average tenure of a commercial executive at a growth company has fallen below 18 months, with some estimates pegged at 16 months. That volatility jeopardizes growth, erodes shareholder value, and creates upheaval and risk for the operators building and running high growth businesses.

It is a dangerous time to be a commercial operator.

Revenue Collective is an exclusive membership for growth operators dedicated to providing support, assistance, education, and career growth to our Members. We come together to ensure CROs, CMOs, COOs, and CCOs perform better in their roles, earn the title and compensation they desire, and achieve their professional goals. We are a global organization with official chapters in New York, London, Denver, Toronto, Boston, and Amsterdam and more chapters coming online in the next few months and years.

For the past 15 years, I have helped companies scale from just north of $0 in revenue to just shy of $300M. During that time, I’ve developed deep operational expertise with particular emphasis on go-to-market strategy and execution mainly with SaaS and recurring revenue businesses. I've been a commercial operator at GLG, Livestream/Vimeo, The Muse, and Behavox.

We created Revenue Collective based both on my personal experience and the experiences of my friends, partners, and colleagues in the high growth community.

Membership is invitation-only and you must be nominated by an existing Member. If you'd like to learn more, feel free to reach out.

I also host the Sales Hacker Podcast. My friends and relatives tell me it's pretty good."

Robyn Hatcher shines a light on the power of COMMUNICATION to transform relationships, status and your bottom line.

Robyn uses her decades of TV and screenwriting experience to help you craft complicated messages into simplified engaging content. Techniques culled from her extensive acting experience, help you deliver your message with impact and power.

Robyn’s training as a certified Neural Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner gives her a unique, combination of creative tools and scientific research to help maximize your influence and sky-rocket your success. You will get tangible, easy to implement mindset and communication formulas to improve engagement, performance and confidence.

Kamine founded KDC Ag to serve as a food and agricultural-focused arm of his family’s investment shop, Kamine Development Corporation. His goal? Create and invest in profitable infrastructure that will reduce food waste in the U.S. KDC Ag’s proprietary technology can convert 160 tons of unwanted fresh food into animal feed and organic fertilizers. Some of the biggest names across investing and agriculture are on board: Howard W. Buffett and former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman are among Kamine’s advisors.

Thomas Sparico is a career entrepreneur, inventor and and executive having built, led and advised several companies across a number of industries.

His career has been driven by a passion for innovation and a desire to engineer the success of concepts and companies. He is the Founder of the Brand New Matter companies (Brand New Matter, Inc. and BNM Ventures). Brand New Matter provides strategic advisory and capital to early stage companies.

Mr. Sparico began his career at the intellectual property think tank, Walker Digital, where he became a named inventor on over 100 US patents. While at Walker Digital, he was also part of the founding team that built and launched priceline.com. After priceline, he went on to launch several other business with a concentration in travel, lifestyle and technology including Internet Travel Enterprises and Marquee Concierge. He led the acquisition and turn around of Hickory Travel (now Hickory Global Partners). Mr. Sparico led BNM Ventures investments in Leaflink, Bizly, VenueBook, Seatboost, LYNQ, and AirportSherpa and is currently an Advisor to Rocketrip, Beachy, Curacity and Gurkha Cigars.

Mr. Sparico is a long standing member of the Board of Directors of Curetivity (formerly the Eric Trump Foundation), currently serving as its President, which raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

He resides in New Canaan, CT with his wife and son.

Rob Emrich is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Gimbal Inc.

Gimbal Inc. is a marketing technology that unites the physical and digital worlds. The company counts over 10,000 end customers, from global giants like Ford, Citibank, Walgreens to small neighborhood businesses. Gimbal has received over $90 million in investment from institutions like Qualcomm, AEG, Zebra Technologies, and SK Group. The company was recognized for its remarkable growth #66 on the Inc 500 and #34 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500.

Before Gimbal, Rob started five other ventures and has a lifetime record of 4 wins and 1 loss. Rob has been featured in the The New York Times Bestselling book The Lean Entrepreneur & 21 Questions for 21 Millionaires. He has been recognized by the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and ‘Forty under 40′ (at age 25). He is an active member in the Young Presidents’ Organization and a member of the Digital Advisory Committee at The Alliance for Audited Media.

Rob has done more community service than courts demand of white collar criminals. In addition to serving on corporate boards, Rob has sat on nonprofit and community boards of various Jewish organizations, The Tobacco Public Policy Center, The Alliance for Nonprofit Insurers, the PBS Documentary on Pediatric Cancer A Lion in the House, and continues his philanthropic work with his family through The Emrich Foundation, a donor advised fund at The American Endowment Foundation.

Rob received a scholarship to attend The Ohio State University Honors Program, and graduated with Research Distinction. He loves adventure travel and backcountry camping and has walked over 1,000 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to New York.