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Nic is a Senior Executive with both operational and sales leadership experience. He's been involved in a broad range of M&A, Sale, Global Operations infrastructure, Technology and Services. He has a proven track record of organization growth and operational performance efficiencies.

Ali Firoozi is the Chief Financial Officer at The PAC Group. Since joining the tram, he has directed and ensured the integrity of financial information and related systems for a $65 million multi-national consulting and engineering/management firm. Part of his work includes recruiting and training staff, supervising all finance and accounting reporting and developing new reporting metrics to guide the executive team to more efficient sales practices and improved cost controls.

Lew Jaffe is a proven CEO and entrepreneur with success creating value by focusing on the concept that all businesses are the same — they exist for the sole purpose of “gaining and retaining customers, profitably, in order to create real value.” During his 30+ year career, in addition to the companies he founded following that simple mantra, Lew has led the growth and/or successful turnarounds of more than 20 under-performing companies across all industries, both public and private, as their chief executive or outside advisor, creating over $1 Billion in shareholder value.

Jeff Mergy is the Chief Product Officer at Bold Metrics. Their team is changing the way the world’s most innovative brands design, produce and sell apparel.  

As the leader of all things product - He takes an innovative, sustainable and consumer-first approach to creating and launching new products and technologies, leading new strategies, and solving challenging problems.  

With nearly 20 years of product experience in the apparel, footwear, hard goods, materials, and digital technology industries, He's committed to customer experiences and bottom-line results, and understands what it takes to launch successful game-changing products and technologies. Jeff has worked with emerging and enterprise companies to commercialize new technology, develop teams, and lead product and business strategies to grow companies, no matter their size or scale.

Steve Hanke is a Professor of Applied Economics and Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University; Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute; Distinguished Professor at the Universitas Pelita Harapan in Jakarta, Indonesia; Senior Advisor at the Renmin University of China’s International Monetary Research Institute in Beijing; Special Counselor to the Center for Financial Stability in New York; member of the National Bank of Kuwait’s International Advisory Board; member of the Financial Advisory Council of the United Arab Emirates; contributing editor at Globe Asia magazine.  

Karl Block is currently a Partner at Loeb & Loeb where he has worked as a corporate attorney for the last 13 years. Often requested to find solutions for problems that internal legal and business teams cannot solve, Block works closely with counsel, senior management, investors, and boards concerning matters of conflict, strategy, and impediments to growth.

Currently, Constantin is Deputy General Manager, Member of the Management Board at OTP Bank Romania and coordinate the Digital Division, created within the local development strategy of the bank.  

Since 2015, he's been the promoter of cultural change at OTP Bank Romania, a change that has included both the digital transformation and the transformation of the way of working into an agile, collaborative and modern one. His management objectives for the Digital Division include nurturing the innovative environment in the bank while creating an optimal working environment for professional development and positioning the bank in the elite of the most desired employers in Romania.

Experienced Chief Executive Officer, combat veteran, and serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of success in developing and building sustainable and repeatable systems overcoming many of the key drivers of financial and social poverty. Skilled in Innovative Business Planning, Operations Management, International Relations, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Policy Analysis. Strong business development professional with a Master's Degree in Health Care Administration & Policy, Global Health focus, and an undergraduate degree in Business Strategy.

Madiha has been working for over 24 years in Transformation and Turnaround Management, facilitated over 35 Successful Turnarounds, Transformations, Transitions and Scale-Up across Europe and turned around businesses, from losses to double Digit profit and growth. 

She is a Strategy Consultant; Turnaround Executive; Rapid Transformational Therapist; Advisory Board Member of the Global Artificial Intelligence Forum; and Amazon Best Selling Author (The Sustainable Turnaround- Fix, Reset and Accelerate your business to thrive in 12 months; selling in 5 continents and 24 countries).

Heather McLeod is the Chief Marketing Officer of Authority Brands, the premier home service franchisor in North America. She contributes her expertise in both optimizing National Ad Fund dollars to generate additional franchisee-level revenue and generating leads for new franchise sales.   

Heather is an active change agent who thrives when revamping and improving existing programs, systems, and processes. She is a skilled relationship builder with a proven ability to build high-performing, happy teams focused on collaboration and results. She has a strong track record of creating marketing systems that scale and support continued growth across franchise systems.

After 27 years as the founder and CEO and then Executive Chairman of an international technology company that grew to 200 employees and a successful exit event, Steven now finds himself writing the next chapter of his career. He could not have made it to where I am today without the many advisors by his side, as is the case for most entrepreneurs like himself.  

With AIP Advisory, Acresis, as well as the Inc. CEO Project, he is utilizing his unique experience of building and running a global business (as well as his insights from two failed previous attempts) to help other founders and leaders chart a successful pathway forward for their companies.