Experts

Since 1995, Multi-Media Productions has partnered with some of the most important and credible experts that each industry has to offer, thus providing 21st Century Business with the most targeted, industry specific segments to educate the industry.

 

 

David Frigstad

Chairman

 

Frost & Sullivan
www.frost.com

With over 30 years of growth consulting experience and leadership, David Frigstad serves as the chairman of Frost & Sullivan and is one of the driving forces in its growth, which has consistently outpaced industry averages. Frost & Sullivan provides research and growth consulting support to Fortune 1000 clients in all global economic centers with its 25 country offices.

 

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Dan Miklovic, Chief of Research

Chief of Research

Sustainable Collaborations Group
www.sustainablecollaborations.com
Dan Miklovic has spent over 35 years in industry in positions ranging from R&D, IT and Manufacturing Operations in end user companies to product development and sales and marketing in IT solutions providers. The last 15 years were spent as an analyst at Gartner where he led the development of Gartner's manufacturing research practice. He was a delegate to the World Economic Forum, invited as a participant in Fortune Magazines initial and Brainstorm events.

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Roger Ballentine

President

Green Strategies, Inc.
www.greenstrategies.com

Green Strategies provides business consulting, market evaluation, investor analysis, federal government relations & representation, monitoring and analysis of policy development, and strategies for maximizing business opportunities and organizational goals in all areas of energy and environmental markets and policy.

 

 

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Michael Pregmon, Jr., Ph.D., CICP

Founder, COO and Executive Director

 

Internal Control Institute
http://www.internalcontrolinstitute.org/

Dr. Pregmon is the founder, COO and Executive Director of the Internal Control Institute™ with over 45 years of experience in various business functions. He has participated on both for-profit and not-for-profit boards of directors. His experience focuses on installing effective business control systems, measuring and reporting efficiencies, and providing training in corporate quality, governance, and ethics. He received his BS degree in Business Administration from the Pennsylvania State University, MBA from New York Institute of Technology and Ph.D. from Madison University. Over the years, he has been an author, consultant, senior corporate executive and adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Business at Nova Southeastern University and at St Petersburg College both colleges in Florida. Dr. Pregmon has presented professional seminars internationally and training programs at over 65 colleges and universities. He is a former member of the Editorial Review Board of Software Development Magazine, Distribution Management Magazine and a former member of the Advisory Board at the University of Washington for software quality and testing.

 

He is a Technical Expert with the World Business Review and 21st Century television programs. He appears on this TV program which is aired on CNBC, BRAVO, and Asia Television, and also US Airways, Frontier and Jet Blue Airlines in-flight programs. Mike was also awarded and honored as a Paul Harris Fellow, which is Rotary Club International’s award for service to humanity worldwide.

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Grant E. Seiffert

President

 

Telecommunications Industry Association
www.tiaonline.org

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the leading trade association representing the global information and communications technology (ICT) industries through standards development, government affairs, business opportunities, market intelligence, certification and world-wide environmental regulatory compliance.

 

 

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Ron Somers

President

 

U.S.-India Business Council
www.usibc.com

The U.S.-India Business Council is the premier business advocacy organization representing America's top companies investing in India, joined by global Indian companies, promoting economic reforms with an aim to deepen trade and strengthen commercial ties.

 

 

 

 

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Julie Fraser

Principal Industry Analyst & President

 

Cambashi Inc.
www.cambashi.com

Julie has 25 years experience as a manufacturing systems industry advisor, marketer, speaker and consultant. She is one of the world's leading authorities on production plant software or MES.  Fraser is President of US operations for Cambashi. Prior to joining Cambashi, Fraser ran the
manufacturing applications focused analyst firm Industry Directions, and was VP Marketing for Baan Supply Chain Solutions, Senior Analyst on Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Integration at AMR, and editor-in-chief of the CIM Strategies newsletter.  Fraser writes a regular column for Managing Automation magazine, and is quoted frequently in other publications. Her BA is from Lawrence University in Wisconsin. Fraser is an active member of MESA International, a member of APICS, and Phi Beta Kappa.

 

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Mark Johnson

President and CEO

 

Loyalty 360
www.loyalty360.org

Mark has significant experience in selling, designing and administering prepaid, loyalty/CRM programs, as well as data-driven marketing communication programs. Mark's idea for Loyalty Expo and Loyalty 360 was to improve the efficacy, efficiency and dissemination of information in the loyalty marketplace, and to provide a best-practices forum for users (merchants, banks, restaurants, brands and entertainment companies)
and loyalty providers/ consultants to engage and share in an open forum. Mark received his start in loyalty program design while at Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio. He developed Fifth Third Bank's open (merchant-based gift card) and closed (MasterCard)
systemstored value programs (Premiere Issue). Mark then worked as vice president of product development at Stored Value Systems (SVS). Through his sales effort, SVS designed the gift card mall product and wrote its first comprehensive market evaluation on loyalty, and was responsible for the recommendation to acquire the assets of Datamark technologies and their loyalty processing clients. At Size Technologies, Mark sold loyalty and CRM programs to Alliance Data Systems (Dynamic Value), Carlson Marketing Group (Gold Points Replacement), National Processing Company/Bank of America, Blackhawk Marketing/Safeway and First Data Resources (who acquired the company). Mark has his undergraduate degree in mass communications (media management) from Miami University, a M.B.A. in business (finance and real estate) from the University of
Cincinnati and is working on his second M.B.A. (business information — statistics) from Xavier University. Mark is married to his wonderful wife, Margie, and has three amazing daughters – Lucia, Alexandra and McKenna – who are all Denver Broncos fans.

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Mark Johnson

President and CEO

 

RFID Tribe
www.rfidtribe.com

Mark Johnson, RFID Tribe President and CEO, has served in leadership roles as CFO and COO for software, information technology, consumer electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing and supply chain businesses at Texas Instruments, Alcatel and Exel. Mark advises companies in the technology space and frequently speaks at conferences focused on RFID and sensor technology.

 

Mark holds a Masters of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and holds a Bachelors in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. Mark resides in Plano, Texas. He volunteers his time on boards with commercial, civic and professional organizations including RFID Tribe, North Texas Tech Allies, The RFID Technology Association, The International RFID Technology Center, and Stonewood Glen HOA Inc.

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Gregory T. Weldon

President and CEO

 

Weldon Financial
www.weldononline.com

Weldon Financial was founded by Gregory Weldon in 1997, and is recognized as one of the most respected macro-research firms in the world, having garnered some of the world's most respected fund managers as Loyal readers.

 

Greg Weldon started his Wall Street career working in the COMEX Gold and Silver trading 'pits' after graduating Colgate University. He progressed as an institutional sales broker at Lehman and Prudential before joining Moore Capital as a proprietary trader. At Moore, Greg honed his systematic trading methodology and risk management discipline before joining Commodity Corporation where he became one of their top risk-adjusted money managers. Today, he operates a Managed Futures Account Program and an unleveraged Long-Short Commodity Program as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA).

 

On the research front, Greg publishes a global macro research publication, Weldon's Money Monitor. Few publications so fluidly combine fundamentals, technical analysis, inter-market examinations, psychology, and intuitive insights, as does Weldon's Money Monitor stacking macro-trends against the micro-evolution taking place. He also publishes a Metal Monitor and an ETF Playbook.

 

Greg published, Gold Trading Boot Camp, How to Master the Basics and Become a Successful Commodities Investor, in late 2006 in which he predicted the current global credit crisis and discussed the impact on GOLD from intensified central bank debt monetization. He has been featured on CNBC Power Lunch, CNBC Fast Money, Fox Business Network, Money talks on the Corus Radio Network, Bloomberg radio and has presented at several international financial conferences as a global macro-market presenter.

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Dale Vermillion

President and CEO

 

Vermillion Consulting, Inc
www.vermillionconsulting.com

Dale Vermillion is President and CEO of Vermillion Consulting, Inc, and a 26-year mortgage industry veteran, consultant, speaker, and recent author of Navigating the Mortgage Maze: The Simple Truth About Financing Your Home (Northfield Publishing).  Dale has spoken at over 2,000 mortgage, financial and business events in the U.S. and Canada and has trained and consulted to over 140 mortgage companies and over 500,000 mortgage professionals.   Dale is a frequent radio guest on multiple radio programs and has appeared on FOXBusiness, FOXBusiness.com Live, CLTV and First Business News. 

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Sarah Canepa Bang

CEO

 

Financial Service Centers Cooperative, Inc.
www.fscc.com

Sarah Canepa Bang has been the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Service Centers Cooperative, Inc.(FSCC) since 1999.  FSCC is the international credit union shared branch network serving the nation’s most progressive credit unions with more than 6,400 locations worldwide.  During her tenure, FSCC has expanded shared branching to six countries and expanded the technology to include full-service kiosks, call centers, mobile, disaster recovery and remote deposit capture for consumers. In June 2006 Sarah completed negotiations to bring FSCC shared branching to the Vcom kiosks at more than 2,200 7-Eleven stores nationwide.  The project successfully launched at all 2,200 kiosks in July 2007.

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Pat Wesenberg

President and CEO

 

Central City Credit Union
www.centralcitycu.com

Pat Wesenberg is the President/CEO of Central City Credit Union in Marshfield, Wisconsin. She has served in this capacity since April 1994 and has worked in the credit union industry for over 30 years.  Pat was elected to the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Board of Directors in June 2004 and currently serves as the Vice Chair of the CUNA Board.  She was elected to the CUNA Strategic Services, Inc. (CSS) Board of Directors in June 2006. She currently serves as the Chair.

Pat has worked in various positions in the credit union industry since 1981. She is a member of the Credit Union Executive Society and is a 2007 graduate of the National Credit Union Foundation’s Developmental Educator program. During her tenure in the credit union environment, Pat has served on numerous committees for the Credit Union National Association.

The Wisconsin Credit Union League recognized her in 1997 as the credit union professional of the year.

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