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Sheryl O’Loughlin – CEO, REBBL

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In 2017, Sheryl O’Loughlin introduced her book, Killing It: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart. She is currently the CEO of REBBL, the first super herb adaptogen beverage company. REBBL partners with Not for Sale, a non-profit dedicated to co-creating a future without human trafficking.

Sheryl was the CEO of Clif Bar and Company and co-founded and served as CEO for Plum, Inc. She has held positions in the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Sonoma Sta...

Chris Dreyer – Founder & CEO, Rankings.io

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Chris Dreyer is the founder and CEO of Rankings.io, an SEO agency for lawyers. Chris has been featured in numerous legal and search marketing publications such as Legal Ink Magazine, Law Marketing, Attorney At Work, Moz, and more. With over fourteen years of experience in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Chris has helped hundreds of law firms get first page positions in search engines using innovative campaigns that are difficult for competitors to recreate. He is dedicated to helping lawye...

Joseph Sommer – Founder & President, Whitestone Branding

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Joseph Sommer is the founder and president of Whitestone Branding, which helps companies ignite or extend their brand of image through the products they produce. Whether it be 10,000 t-shirts for a race or marathon or a well-thought out corporate gift, Whitestone Branding are importers and distributors of highly-personalized items which are carefully developed to help enhance or extend any brand of image.

How did the concept for Whitestone Branding come about?
The concept for the business ca...

Ralph Burns – Founder & CEO, Tier 11

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Ralph Burns is the CEO of Tier 11, a digital advertising agency that specializes in helping businesses scale through Facebook and Instagram advertising. Ralph’s agency manages a portfolio of Facebook advertising customer accounts in over 30 industries with an annual spend in excess of $50 million. Ralph is also the co-host of the wildly successful Perpetual Traffic Podcast.

How did the concept for Tier 11 come about?
It came for a combination of our eleven tiers of pricing, with the thinking...

Renee Bemis – Co-Founder, Driftless Glen Distillery

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Renee and her husband, Brian Bemis, share a spirited passion. Driftless Glen Distillery is an American craft distillery that is making even the glen cairns that the whiskey flows into thirstier for more, and is captivating the nation with its award-winning spirits. With close to 5,000 barrels of aging bourbons and rye whiskeys, the operation and facility have set the stage in the craft arena and have quickly made a name for the quality of spirits and the sense of place Renee and Brian have c...

Tim Haitaian – Co-Founder & CFO, RedShelf

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Tim Haitaian is co-founder and CFO of RedShelf, a leading distributor of digital learning materials. RedShelf collaborates with strategic partners, publishers, institutions, and campus bookstores to streamline the discovery and distribution of eTextbooks and other digital course materials.

After graduating from Arizona State University, Tim went on to found RedShelf in 2012 with longtime friend, Greg Fenton. The two had a vision of improving the education industry by helping streamline the t...

Melanie O’Neil – Co-Founder, Rustic Marlin

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Melanie has 20+ years of experience developing and implementing successful marketing strategies and managing operational functions for large global brands, including Reebok, to innovative start-ups including IdeaPaint. She now brings her passion for building brands and growing companies to her own business, Rustic Marlin Designs, which she founded in 2012 with her husband, Brian.

Melanie is a graduate of Stonehill College and earned her Master’s from Boston College. She is also the recipient...

Kyle Boddy – Founder, Driveline Baseball Enterprises

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Kyle Boddy is the founder of Driveline Baseball Enterprises, where he also leads the research and development group, overseeing physical prototyping and machine learning initiatives to further athletic development of athletes. A former engineer and data scientist at tech companies like Microsoft, Kyle’s method of approaching athletic development is very data-driven. Driveline Baseball Enterprises features a full 21-camera motion capture laboratory with surface EMG sensors and EEG headsets to...

Tim Broom – Co-Founder & CEO, ITProTV

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In 2013, Tim  recognized the need for current and engaging eLearning for IT professionals and ITProTV was born. He had been operating a brick-and-mortar computer learning center and saw a gap he could fill where he could bring IT learning to the masses at an affordable price. As a career changer himself, Tim  knew the value of IT training and he continues to believe that it can change lives. Today, ITProTV has a team of 70+, occupies a 28,000 square-foot studio, and creates new content every...

Sebastian Brzek – Founder & President, Era Transport

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I got my CDL in 2008. I wanted to try something new, so I asked my father if I could join him in his trucking company, Ewa & Chester Trucking. He built this company, on his own, from the ground up. It was a five-truck operation contracted by FedEx Ground. As I drove, I soaked up the management skills my dad showed me with passion. As an operations manager, I started to implement new ideas in hiring, safety, and operations. With a desire to grow the company, I started dreaming about a bigger...