John Gray

John Gray - the best selling relationship author of all time– introduces his most exciting and groundbreaking book yet, “Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice: Hormonal Balance - The Key to Life, Love & Energy.” This book is the subject of a brand new Public Television special by the same name, kicked off on New York’s distinguished station, WLIW, December 2009.

Presenting new research which comes together with Gray’s own thirty years of working with couples and individuals as a relationship therapist and healthy living coach, “Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice” uses humorous relationship situations everybody can identify with to depict the stunning connection between personal interactions, hormones, love, desire and healthy vitality at different ages. Gray shows us how the unique and often frustrating differences between men and women can actually be used to turn our relationships into a fountain of youth.

Beginning in 1995 with his groundbreaking Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, the New York Times number one best-selling book of the last decade, Gray launched a Mars-Venus book series that changed the way men and women will forever view relationships. In the fifteen years since, John Gray has sold over 50 million books in more than 45 languages throughout the world. To quote Wikipedia, “You must be from another planet if you have not heard of John Gray and his Mars Venus Universe.”

An expert in the field of communication, Gray’s focus is to help men and women understand, respect and appreciate their differences in both personal and professional relationships. In his many books, CD’s, DVD’s, tapes, workshops and seminars, he provides simple, practical tools and insights to effectively manage stress and improve relationships at all stages and ages by creating the brain and body chemistry of health, happiness and lasting romance.

Dr. John Gray has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CBS Morning Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, The View, Politically Incorrect, Larry King and others. He has been profiled in Newsweek, Time, Forbes, USA Today, TV Guide and People, among scores of other major programs. He was the subject of a rare three-hour special hosted by Barbara Walters.

In addition to being a Certified Family Therapist with over 30 years of experience in the field, John Gray is a consulting editor of The Family Journal and a member of the Distinguished Advisory Board of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. He is a recipient of the coveted the Smart Marriages Impact Award.

John Gray, 58, lives in Northern California with his wife of 23 years, Bonnie, They have three grown daughters and three grand children. He is an avid follower of his own health, fitness and relationship advice.

Richard Ferri has been a professional money manager for over 20 years. Rick, as he likes to be called, is the founder and Director of Research at Portfolio Solutions, LLC, a low-fee investment management company based Troy, MI. Portfolio Solutions manages approximately $1 billion in separately accounts for individuals, non-profit organizations and corporate pension plans. The firm specializes in selecting and managing portfolios of low-cost index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and they believe this is the best approach to building wealth.

Rick is a nationally known speaker on index investing and ETFs. He has written five books on the subject and co-authored a sixth. His book titles include The ETF Book, All About Index Funds and All About Asset Allocation. Rick is financial columnist for Forbes magazine where he write “The Indexer” column, and is frequent contributor to “Financial Planning” magazine and other national publications. He has been interviewed for literally every significant newspaper and magazine including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Barrons, Money, Smart Money, Kiplingers, and The Motley Fool, and has been a guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business.

Rick earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island and a Master of Science degree in Finance from Walsh College. He holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Prior to joining the investment community in 1988, Rick served the country as an officer and fighter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is retired from the Marine Corps Reserve.

Matthew Buckley

Matthew Buckley is the Chief Strategy Office and a Partner at the Options University. Matt was formerly the managing director of strategy for a well known volatility arbitrage options trading firm, one of the largest in the country. He was the CEO of ONN.TV (The Options News Network) and is also a nationally recognized speaker on business leadership, execution, and risk management.

Matthew Buckley is a veteran C level executive with extensive leadership experience from the front lines to the front office. A former decorated Navy fighter pilot, he graduated from the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and flew 44 combat missions over Iraq. While on active duty he taught himself how to trade options and has been successfully trading for over 15 years.

Matthew’s unique background makes him a highly successful options trader. He applies many fighter pilot methodologies and techniques to his trading such as executing a well defined strategy with predetermined exit points, having a contingency plan, and debriefing each trade to get lessons learned he can apply to improve performance. He teaches traders how to sort through information overload to ensure that they have tshe highest probability of success before squeezing the trigger.

Marshall A. Auerback

Marshall A. Auerback is a renowned financial analyst, writer, statagy maker, broadcaster and blogger with years of experience in Financial Market. Currently Economic/political consultant to PIMCO, the world’s largest bond fund manager, based in Newport Beach, California. He worked as a Global portfolio strategist/strategist for David W. Tice Associates, a money management firm based out of Dallas, Texas. Mr. Tice has approximately $1 billion in assets and runs the SEC-registered Prudent Bear and Prudent Global Fixed Income mutual funds. He also wrote a weekly strategy piece, International Perspective on the Prudent Bear web site for 5 years (www.prudentbear.com).

Mark Victor Hansen

For more than 30 years, Mark Victor Hansen has focused solely on helping people and organizations, from all walks of life, reshape their personal vision of what's possible. His powerful messages of possibility, opportunity, and action have helped create startling and powerful change in thousands of organizations, and millions of individuals worldwide.

With his endearing charismatic style, Mark captures his audience's attention as well as their hearts. With his one-of-a-kind technique and masterful authority of his work, time and again he continues to receive high accolades from his audiences as one of the most dynamic and compelling speakers of our time.

The Chicken Soup idea was just one of many that has propelled Mark into a worldwide spotlight as a sought-after keynote speaker, best-selling author and marketing maven. His credentials include a lifetime of entrepreneurial success, in addition to an extensive academic background. He is also a prolific writer with many popular books such as The Power of Focus, The Aladdin Factor, Dare to Win and others. Mark has also made a profound influence through his extensive library of audio programs, video programs and enriching articles in the areas of big thinking, sales achievement, publishing success and personal and professional development.

Bill Walsh

Bill Walsh is the CEO/Founder of Business Coaching/Venture Capital firm Powerteam International. He delivers a message of hope and inspiration combined with real life stories and strategies that empower people to understand specifically what it takes to build successful companies. As an accomplished author, speaker, radio personality and movie celebrity, Bill has the background to connect instantly with the audience by sharing the mindset, methods and systems required to win really big in today's economy!
Bill has an extensive background in foreign currency trading, real estate development and building business in more than 30 countries. Over the past 2 decades, his firm has specialized in helping companies launch, grow and create exponential valuation in the market. The Rainmaker Summit and WIN University programs offered through Powerteam are designed to assist entrepreneurs in creating the focus, plans and partnerships required to build multi-million dollar companies!

Garret B. Gunderson

Garrett B. Gunderson is a passionate, natural-born entrepreneur. He began his first business at the age of 15 and soon began winning business competitions throughout the state of Utah, including the SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year award at age 18.

Garrett began a career in the financial services industry at the age of 19 while attending college at Southern Utah University. He became a financial mentor to several of his college professors, and became the youngest member to ever be placed on the Alumni Board of the University. He earned a six-figure income his first year out of college, and became a millionaire by the age of 26. Garrett practices the same wealth creation strategies he teaches his clients.

Garrett is the author of the revolutionary financial book Killing Sacred Cows, a New York Times bestseller. He is also the creator of the popular New Rules to Get Rich program distributed via Nightengale Conant. Garrett loves inspiring others to turn their potential into production. He has dedicated his life to living and teaching a unique concept known as Soul Purpose that reveals how anyone can live a more prosperous and rewarding life. His many popular media appearances include prime-time television, magazines, newspaper articles, and radio interviews.

Kevin Kelly

Kevin speaks nation-wide on real estate and investing and currently conducts classroom and field training seminars for investors through his company, Global Research Network, formed in 1992 and currently generating $30 million in gross sales annually. Kevin has been a licensed contractor since 1988. As developer and partner in the Streamline Tower in Las Vegas, Kevin purchased land and raised $170,000,000 to develop a 23-story, mix-use tower with 278 condominiums. As broker and owner of Vegas Valley Properties, Kevin created buying boot camps for as many as 200 people, offered training and active buying tours focused on writing offers and contracts in the field and established hands-off, site-unseen purchasing with an in-house property management division for clients. Between 2004-2005, his company was in the top five highest producing firms with only 40 agents compared to franchise offices with over 1,000 agents.

Currently, Kevin is a key player in the revitialization of downtown Las Vegas. As President and CEO of Land Kings LLC Realty and Brokerage, Kevin currently sits on the Board of Directors of Las Vegas Downtown Entertainment District and helped lay the ground work for the re-vitalization of downtown Las Vegas, overseeing redevelopment, security, and maintenance in the district. In conjunction with the Downtown Architectural Review Committee, Kevin helps ensure compliance with predefined guidelines.

D. R. Barton, Jr., Co-Founder Smart Trade Pro

A passion for the systematic approach to the markets and lifelong love of teaching and learning have propelled D.R. Barton, Jr. to the top of the investment and trading world where he is one of the most widely read and followed traders and analysts in the world. D. R. started his vocational career with a 15-year stretch as a chemical engineer with industry giant DuPont. D. R. has collaborated with industry leaders including Market Wizard Dr. Van K. Tharp of the International Institute of Trading Mastery, creating many innovative training products. He has taught in many investment areas such as system design and cutting-edge risk management techniques for institutions worldwide.
Mr. Barton co-authored the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling book Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, published by McGraw-Hill. Currently, D. R. scratches his writing itch by producing weekly trading column for Smart Trade Pro and others publications. He has also served as Founder and Editor of the Trader's U e-letter with over 30,000 subscribers. He is a regular lecturer for Investment U, (where he served as Co-Chairman from 2004 - 2006) and for Oxford Club, Agora Financial and Mt. Vernon Research trading conferences. He is currently a regularly featured guest analyst on both Report on Business TV, and WTOP News Radio in Washington, D.C., and has been a guest analyst on Bloomberg Radio.

Christopher R. Castroviejo, Co-Founder Smart Trade Pro

Christopher's resume and Wall Street track record have become something of legend. His career includes stints with Smith Barney, J.P. Morgan, a partnership at Bear Stearns and acting as financial consultant for The Vatican Bank, to name a few of his credentials. Some career highlights include turning $10,000 into $178,000 in four weeks and eight straight years of 33% compounded profits as a top hedge fund manager. Christopher has appeared in media including the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Business Week, National Public Radio, Bloomberg TV, and CNBC. In addition to his passion for trading, Christopher has served as a trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Harvard Medical School Center for Blood Research. While continuing to trade successfully himself, Christopher teaches Smart Trade Pro clients how to succeed in the markets, putting his decades of huge Wall Street wins and vast insider knowledge to work to empower others financially. "Overall, the markets have been very, very good to me down through the years, "Christopher says. "There's nothing more satisfying than to help a man or woman achieve their piece of the American dream."

Bill Wrixson

Over the past decade, Bill Wrixon has established himself as one of Canada’s leading entrepreneurs. He has founded and led numerous industry leading companies from concept to sale or IPO. Bill is best known for the passion he brings to his projects coupled with his tenacity and common sense approach to business.

Mr. Wrixon currently serves as Director and Chief Financial Officer of NDG Financial, one of the world’s leading online short-term credit providers. With over 470 employees worldwide and $720 million in sales, NDG Financial continues to expand globally.

Prior to NDG, Mr. Wrixon was a founder and President of Coastal Contacts, the world's leading e-commerce vision products company which designs, produces and distributes a diversified offering such as contact lenses and eyeglasses. Coastal Contacts sells its products in more than 50 countries. Coastal Contacts trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and was voted one of Canada’s fastest growing companies and ranks as one of the top 150 online stores in the world.

Prior to Coastal Contacts, Mr. Wrixon was founder, President and CEO of PockeTop Computer Corporation, maker of the world’s first wireless mobile keyboard for smart phones and PDAs. The company achieved 28% market share in the United States with this product and the keyboard was sold in over 30 countries. The company won numerous design awards and helped change the face of mobile computing. Bill sold this company in 2002.

James Dentley

James Dentley has inspired, and coached individuals’ through-out the United States and Europe since 1994. With over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, James Dentley, has developed a very unique, and effective coaching and consulting system that has helped tens of thousands of individuals and hundreds of companies to excel. James has held the top position in two MLM companies and operated as the C.E.O. and Co-Founder of 1Voice Worldwide, a telecommunications and Public Utilities MLM company.

In 1999 James created J.D.I. a speaking, coaching and consulting company. Today, James, continues his mission of empowering people and business coaching as an executive coach for Power Team International, and as a Diamond Director for Boresha INC. Power Team International, is a premier training, coaching and networking organization that provides business coaching, and venture capital opportunities. His motto is “Get out of your head, and into your greatness”

Dom Tersigni

Dom has been an investment advisor with CIBC-WOOD Gundy since 1988. Many of his ideas emerge from a network of individuals who have a strong understanding of a particular sector or stock. In the past two years he has participated in a large way in the financings of many uranium, coal and oil and gas deals which went on to enjoy great success in the markets. Dom is licensed in most provinces in Canada.

Mike Roberts

Mike Roberts is the principal owner of Westside Holdings, LLC, and the former President and Chief Operations Officer for McDonald’s Corporation. He also served on their Board of Directors. As President, Mr. Roberts was responsible for more than 31,000 restaurants in 118 countries. Before assuming this position in 2004, his previous positions at McDonald’s Corporation included Chief Executive Officer, McDonald’s USA; and President, West Division, McDonald’s USA.

As President of McDonald’s USA, Roberts’ team developed the plan that turned the company around after it experienced its first ever losing quarter in 2001. He later went on to lead the execution of his “Plan to Win” strategy on a global scale from 2004-2006. His determination for corporate responsibility, consumer relevance and strong operations helped achieve one of the biggest business and financial turnarounds in history.

In 2009, Roberts was the Vice Chairman and a Board Member of the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee. He was responsible for overseeing all marketing and communications activities for the bid from the board level. In addition to marketing and communications, he was also active in the areas of sponsorship, advertising, grassroots marketing and building the bid’s national and international presence in support of Chicago’s candidacy.

Mike Roberts is on the Board of Directors of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW), Qwest Communications (Q), Standard Parking (STAN), and is on the board of the Chicago Council of Global Affairs.

Daven Michaels

Super entrepreneur and COO of 123Employee Daven Michaels has made a career of living the American Dream. Starting his entrepreneurial career at age 15, Daven never looked back. Best selling music and television producer, author, speaker and entrepreneur, Daven shows the little guy how to play ball with the big corporations and beat them at their own game.
Since writing `Outsource This̒ 'Your Complete Resource to the World of Global Outsourcing, ̒ Daven Michaels has become an advocate for the small business owner and has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows across North America.
His book has sold 1,000’s copies worldwide. “Hiring employees overseas is uncharted waters.” “Without a sturdy vessel, and a well thought out course of action, a business is destined for a failure.” Daven Michaels helps small business navigate these uncharted waters. “For the first time in history, armed with the tools and knowledge, a small business can actually level the playing field and trounce the competition, even if the competition is a huge multinational conglomerate.