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Dr. Albert D. Bates — Chairman and President, is the founder of the Profit Planning Group, a research and executive education firm headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. He makes approximately 100 presentations each year on topics such as Improving the Bottom Line and Pricing for Profit. Profit Planning Group creates MHEDA’s industry benchmarking reports.
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Alan Beaulieu — Trend researcher and economist, Alan has been with the Institute for Trend Research since 1990. He has been consulting and advising companies throughout the US, Europe, and Japan on how to plan for and prosper through the business cycle. Mr. Beaulieu has been providing workshops and economic analysis seminars across the US to thousands of business owners and executives for the last 15 years.
Take away material: The Future is Your Decision
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Christine Corelli — Author, consultant and facilitator, Christine is best known as the author of the popular book, Wake Up and Smell the Competition, and The ART of Influencing Customers to BUY from YOU. Corelli has a no-nonsense, cut-to-the -chase approach to public speaking and management consulting. She has been a featured guest on numerous radio and TV interviews, and has been published in a multitude of business journals and trade publications.
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Mike Ensby — has been an instructor at Clarkson University since retiring from the Air Force in 1997. He holds masters degrees in Procurement and Acquisition Management and Engineering and Manufacturing Management and is a certified Project Management Professional through PMI. Since 2006, he has been MHEDA’s faculty representative to MHIA’s College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE), supporting project management initiatives.
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Steve Ford — Steve's unique perspective on life as the President's son encompasses a broad range of fascinating subjects: being 18 years old and having 10 Secret Service agents, his father's pardon of President Nixon to help put an end to the infamous Watergate affair; his mother's bouts with alcoholism and breast cancer. Today Steve is an accomplished TV and movie actor.
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Mark Juelich — Mark Juelich is the Executive Director of American Warehouse Systems, a material handling systems integrator specializing in federal government storage and distribution facilities. His 12 year history with internet marketing has helped guide American Warehouse Systems to become a leader in the material handling industry.
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Dr. Barry Lawrence — Lawrence is the Program Director of the Industrial Distribution Program, the Director of the Thomas and Joan Reed Center for Distribution Research and Education, the Director of the Supply Chain Systems Laboratory and an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University. His teaching activities surround classes in Lean Distribution, Supply Chain Management and Optimizing Profitability.
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David Nour — is a social networking strategist and considered by many as one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. In a global economy where we are becoming increasingly disconnected, David makes powerful arguments for concepts such as Relationship Currency™. David is the author of Relationship Economics (Wiley, 2008), a senior management advisor, and a featured speaker for corporate, association and academic forums.
Take away material:
Relationship Economics LinkedIn Best Practices
Relationship Economics & Social Networking Best Practices
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Lloyd M. Rinehart — is an Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics in the College of Business Administration at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Over the past 20 years he has taught inter-organizational management concepts, logistics and transportation operations, and transaction and relationship negotiation processes. He has helped numerous firms improve their negotiation positioning with suppliers and customers in a variety of industries.
Take away material: Basic Model of Negotiation
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David Rubinstein — is a graduate of the University of Maryland. After teaching in the Baltimore City Public School System, David began his sales career in 1975 selling season tickets for the Baltimore Orioles. “Sell Like Hell Sales System,” a sales training company, was established in 1996. Since then more than 24,000 sellers in a myriad of industries have partaken of SLH.
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Abe WalkingBear Sanchez — is founder and President of A/R Management Group, Inc. and co-founder of the Profit InnerCircle, LLC. Since entering the training and consulting field in 1982, he has revolutionized the way that business managers think. During his career he has worked with many companies across industry lines, has taught in universities, and has written hundreds of business articles.
Take away material:
New Customer Information Form
Account Confirmation Letter
Immediate Supervisor Letter
Turn Time on A/R and Why You Should Care
Systems Problem Log
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Ross Shafer —- As his friend Jay Leno put it, "Finally a motivational speaker, without the speech!" Surprising, but true, Ross is also a published author. He practically invented the genre of comedy cookbooks with Cook Like A Stud, featuring 38 recipes men can prepare in the garage using their own power tools. He also wrote Nobody Moved Your Cheese! - How to Ignore the Experts and Trust Your Gut and his latest book, The Customer Shouts Back – 10 Things You Must Know If You Want Their Lifetime Loyalty.
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