Speakers

As a top leadership development CEO, Tricia Benn has a proven track record of driving double-digit growth year after year, transforming businesses through innovation, strategic partnerships, and Read full bio

As a top leadership development CEO, Tricia Benn has a proven track record of driving double-digit growth year after year, transforming businesses through innovation, strategic partnerships, and cutting-edge leadership strategies. A trusted advisor and mentor, Tricia guides top executives, founders, and investors in scaling their businesses, optimizing leadership, and navigating high-stakes decision-making with clarity and confidence. With unparalleled access to a global network of business leaders, Tricia fosters high-value connections that drive business acceleration, collaboration, and long-term success. As CEO of C-SUITE NETWORK™ and General Manager of The Hero Club, she has created a powerful ecosystem of executives, industry leaders, and investors focused on integrity, transparency, and meaningful business success. Close

The number one determinant of success for any individual or organization is the ability to communicate effectively. Jeff Bloomfield is one of the world's leading experts in the applied neuroscience Read full bio

The number one determinant of success for any individual or organization is the ability to communicate effectively. Jeff Bloomfield is one of the world's leading experts in the applied neuroscience of communication, the art and science of how the brain processes information, builds trust, and makes decisions. As an applied neuroscience researcher, Jeff translates the latest discoveries in biology, physiology, and psychology into practical tools that help people communicate with clarity, empathy, and impact. His evidence-based frameworks have been implemented by Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, and leaders across the globe to improve performance, influence, and connection. Before founding multiple award-winning companies, Jeff spent his early career as a biotech executive, where he learned firsthand how scientific insight and human connection intersect. Those experiences, combined with his personal journey from farm boy to boardroom leader to cancer survivor, shaped his conviction that the most powerful form of leadership begins with how we communicate. Today, Jeff is a best-selling author of NeuroSelling, NeuroCoaching, and Inspired by a True Story, a globally recognized keynote speaker, and the founder of Braintrust, a research-driven training firm specializing in sales, leadership, and storytelling through the lens of neuroscience. His work equips audiences with the mindset, skillset, and toolset to rewire how they think, lead, and connect, transforming not just what they do but how they do it. Close

Dr. Stefanie Boyer is a sales and negotiations coach with a track record of success in helping organizations refine the strategy to improve sales performance at both the company and individual Read full bio

Dr. Stefanie Boyer is a sales and negotiations coach with a track record of success in helping organizations refine the strategy to improve sales performance at both the company and individual levels. She leads Bryant University's sales program, which has been recognized by the Sales Education Foundation as a top university for sales education and training. She is also the Director of the Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition (NISC), a highly regarded competition that links top sales organizations with top sales talent and has been recognized by the Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal. Stefanie is the cofounder of RNMKRS, a digital sales training program serving over 20,000 students world-wide and exciting brands like Dell Technologies, BitSight, Cintas, Forrester, Gartner, Allstate, and more. Stefanie received the Best Teaching Application award for her work with RNMKRS. She was recognized as Forbes's next 1,000 and regularly takes the stage to speak as a keynote, TEDx, sales, or motivational expert. She co-authored two books: The Little Black Book of Social Media and 9 Ways to Develop Highly Effective Salespeople. Dr. Boyer received the prestigious AMA Sales Educator of the Year Award. She has been recognized by the National Conference of Sales Management for her innovative approach to individual sales training, process strategy, and adaptability coaching. She has successfully trained sales strategies for thousands of people in technology, financial services, energy, sports, medicine, wellness, beauty, construction, food and beverage, engineering, and power plant design. By following her innovative process with a focus on adaptability, Dr. Boyer brings unique and valuable experience to organizations looking to build and maintain their client base. Fun fact: Dr. Boyer held the javelin-throwing record for 8 years at the University of South Florida. Close

From sales to customer service, building relationships is the key to increased profits. Dr. Carl Christman teaches proven communication techniques that will improve your team's interpersonal Read full bio

From sales to customer service, building relationships is the key to increased profits. Dr. Carl Christman teaches proven communication techniques that will improve your team's interpersonal relationships, grow customer loyalty, and impact your bottom line. But that's only part of the story!

Dr. Christman's presentations are unlike anything your group has ever experienced. He combines decades of experience as a professor of communications and mentalist to take your group on an interactive journey filled with valuable takeaways, laughter, and jaw-dropping moments. Close

As the world's leading speaker and sales trainer for high-performing mortgage professionals, Todd sells out high-profile stages around the world, teaching the top 1% of mortgage professionals how to Read full bio

As the world's leading speaker and sales trainer for high-performing mortgage professionals, Todd sells out high-profile stages around the world, teaching the top 1% of mortgage professionals how to move away from the transactional style of selling to an intimate, relationship-focused approach that converts and fills pipelines. Simply put... Todd is much more than just a speaker, best-selling author, trainer, or award-winning High Trust Sales coach. His strategies are singlehandedly the missing link sales professionals have been searching for to not just hit their business and sales goals, but to excel in every area of their lives. Close

Dagmar is a leader in the field of agentic Human + AI co-creation and adoption — helping organizations move from experimenting with AI to using it responsibly and effectively in everyday work. Read full bio

Dagmar is a leader in the field of agentic Human + AI co-creation and adoption — helping organizations move from experimenting with AI to using it responsibly and effectively in everyday work. With 25+ years across Salesforce, HPE, and Unilever, she works at the intersection of Enablement, Leadership, and agentic systems — building the Agentic Readiness Hub for Salesforce's Central Europe field organization, and advising boards on AI governance through Beirat BW and Deutsche Digitale Beiräte, where she co-authored the 2026 AI Governance Guide for German Mittelstand boards (KI-Governance-Leitfaden). Dagmar's focus: making complexity navigable – and growth both measurable and humane. Close

Gerhard Gschwandtner is the founder and CEO of Selling Power, a media company that produces the award-winning Selling Power magazine and Selling Power TV, a daily video interview series on Read full bio

Gerhard Gschwandtner is the founder and CEO of Selling Power, a media company that produces the award-winning Selling Power magazine and Selling Power TV, a daily video interview series on sales success. He developed and hosts the Sales 3.0 Conference, which helps sales leaders integrate sales technologies into their sales organizations to create improved sales effectiveness and greater customer value. Over the course of three decades, he has interviewed some of the most successful leaders and experts in sales, business, sports, entertainment, and politics, including Mary Kay Ash, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, George Foreman, Larry Ellison, Richard Branson, Jay Leno, Meg Whitman, and many more. Gerhard has studied the lives of hundreds of peak performers and worked with world-leading coaches and psychologists to create the unique, new Peak Performance Mindset training program. He is the author of 17 books on the subject of sales, management, and motivation and received the Sales & Marketing Executives International, Inc. 2010 Ambassador of Free Enterprise Award. Follow him on x at @gerhard20. Close

Dr. Diane Hamilton helps organizations measure and grow the one skill AI can't replace: curiosity. She is a behavioral scientist who has turned curiosity into a measurable business asset. While Read full bio

Dr. Diane Hamilton helps organizations measure and grow the one skill AI can't replace: curiosity. She is a behavioral scientist who has turned curiosity into a measurable business asset. While others tell leaders to "be more curious," she focuses on why they are not, and gives them a scientifically validated system to change it. Her work sits at the intersection of behavioral science, leadership development, and organizational performance in the AI era. Close

I never intended to work in the sales industry but when the last name on my birth certificate read "Hunter," a sales career was meant to be. My journey in sales included multiple sales and Read full bio

I never intended to work in the sales industry but when the last name on my birth certificate read "Hunter," a sales career was meant to be. My journey in sales included multiple sales and leadership roles with three Fortune 500 companies. Those experiences provided the foundation for me to create the name, "The Sales Hunter" more than 20 years ago. That is when I began my lifestyle of consulting, speaking and writing about sales. Today, I am humbled by the many faces I meet as I travel the globe. My resumé says I specialize in business development, guiding organizations to find and retain high-quality prospects; however, it really boils down to relationships. I consider it an honor to connect with people each and every day. My passion for helping, training, and leading others has given me an opportunity to travel the globe. When not on the road, my home is in Omaha with my wife, Ann Marie, who believes in me the most. Close

John Murphy is a global authority on Change Mastery and Sage Leadership. He is the founder and CEO of Venture Management Consultants, Inc. (1988) and he is an award-winning author of 20 books. John Read full bio

John Murphy is a global authority on Change Mastery and Sage Leadership. He is the founder and CEO of Venture Management Consultants, Inc. (1988) and he is an award-winning author of 20 books. John has trained thousands of business leaders from over 50 countries, and he has delivered services to some of the world's leading organizations, including multiple Fortune 100 companies and the U.S. Military, where he was awarded a Naval Letter of Commendation (LOC) in 2007 for his inspiration and guidance.

John is an esteemed faculty member of www.myfuel.io, an award-winning keynote speaker, and the host of Fearless, a weekly podcast that helps people transcend fear and doubt. He is recognized by the Cathcart Institute as a Certified Professional Expert (CPE) and Selling Power as a Leading Consultant. He is also honored in Marquis' Who's Who of North America.

John is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Michigan's Graduate Human Resource Executive Program. He is also a former quarterback for Notre Dame.

The father of four children and three grandchildren, he now lives in Palm Beach, Florida. Close

Peter capitalizes on more than 20 years of revenue growth leadership in sales enablement, sales talent management, and operational expertise. Finding a better, faster way to help B2B sales teams Read full bio

Peter capitalizes on more than 20 years of revenue growth leadership in sales enablement, sales talent management, and operational expertise. Finding a better, faster way to help B2B sales teams beat quota drives just about every topic, company, rep, and channel partner he engages. Prior to joining Forrester in the Sales Enablement Strategy (SES) service, Peter was a VP and research group director for the Aberdeen Group, where he founded and served as principal analyst for the sales effectiveness practice. Here, he covered the technology, service, and consulting enablers that enterprise sales forces deploy to become best-in-class organizations. He also managed researchers in marketing, customer success, field service, and human capital management disciplines. Previous roles for Peter include: VP, business development at MarketOne International, a global provider of lead lifecycle management services to technology sales and marketing executives; VP global sales operations for Monster Worldwide's TMP advertising and communications division; and a long-time stint with advertising firm JWG Associates. Since 2020, Peter has served on the board of directors of the Sales Enablement Society, the largest and only nonprofit organization dedicated to the sales enablement profession. Peter holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from Brown University. Close

Linda Richardson founded and grew Richardson, an international sales performance company. Today Linda continues as thought leader, speaker, and author in the field of sales performance. A sales Read full bio

Linda Richardson founded and grew Richardson, an international sales performance company. Today Linda continues as thought leader, speaker, and author in the field of sales performance. A sales training innovator, she introduced consultative selling as a new sales methodology transforming the sales field. Linda also taught at the undergraduate and graduate level at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania for 16 years.

A best-selling author on both New York Times and Inc. lists, Linda has published 10 sales books and continues to bring innovation to the field of sales through leadership.

Her new book, Humanizing Selling in the Age of AI: Empathy and Assertiveness – The new drivers of sales success (John Wiley & Sons) introduces a new framework and models and will be released in the fall 2026.

Linda Richardson can be reached at linda@lindarichardson.com. Close

Tim Riesterer, Chief Strategy Officer at Corporate Visions, is the sought after expert on evidence-based revenue growth using counterintuitive approaches. Known for his candid thought leadership and Read full bio

Tim Riesterer, Chief Strategy Officer at Corporate Visions, is the sought after expert on evidence-based revenue growth using counterintuitive approaches. Known for his candid thought leadership and engaging keynotes, he's spent decades testing and refining go-to-market strategies that put buyers squarely at the center. Tim is the author of four insightful books, including Customer Message Management, Conversations that Win the Complex Sale, The Three Value Conversations, and The Expansion Sale. Close

Bob Sanders is CEO of Axiom Sales Kinetics and a co-author of the Axiom sales methodology, a comprehensive framework for building high-performing sales teams. For more than thirty years he has Read full bio

Bob Sanders is CEO of Axiom Sales Kinetics and a co-author of the Axiom sales methodology, a comprehensive framework for building high-performing sales teams. For more than thirty years he has helped sales organizations turn training into sustained selling behavior – embedding a complete methodology into how their teams sell, and turning managers into world-class coaches. He has worked with teams at companies including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Thryv, and CommScope, where the methodology helped lift adoption and revenue per rep. Bob focuses on why sales training fails to stick and what finally makes selling proficiency measurable and durable – and he speaks and writes on sales proficiency, coaching, and the role of AI in developing sellers. Now, through Axiom's Kinetics platform and Kai, he applies purpose-built AI to develop seller proficiency through practice, coaching, and measurement inside the flow of real selling. He holds a marketing degree from Miami University and lives in Dallas. Close

Jeff Seeley is Chief Executive Officer of Carew International, a leading sales training and leadership development provider. Prior to becoming CEO in 2001, Jeff had been affiliated with the Carew Read full bio

Jeff Seeley is Chief Executive Officer of Carew International, a leading sales training and leadership development provider. Prior to becoming CEO in 2001, Jeff had been affiliated with the Carew organization for over 20 years as a customer, board member and executive team member. Seeley came to Carew International from Hillenbrand Industries (NYSE – HI), a Fortune 1000 Company, where he served as Senior Executive Vice President in charge of sales, marketing and corporate development for a $1.4 billion segment. Throughout his 13-year tenure at Hillenbrand, Jeff also held executive leadership positions in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, international business and operations. Today, Seeley enjoys a leadership role in the training industry and business community. He is a frequent keynote speaker at industry events, national corporate sales meetings and professional conferences, as well as a widely published author of articles and white papers. Under his leadership, the Carew organization has been consistently named among the best sales training companies by Selling Power Magazine. Seeley is a graduate of Central Michigan University, where Carew International helped establish the nationally recognized CMU Professional Sales Institute. Close

Sheevaun Thatcher is a globally recognized leader in enterprise sales enablement and revenue transformation, with over 25 years of experience driving significant growth for major technology Read full bio

Sheevaun Thatcher is a globally recognized leader in enterprise sales enablement and revenue transformation, with over 25 years of experience driving significant growth for major technology organizations. As Vice President of Strategic Enablement at Slack Salesforce and previously at RingCentral, she architected and implemented comprehensive enablement frameworks that helped drive extraordinary revenue growth, including RingCentral's stock price increase from $20 to $485. Her innovative 'Four Pillars' methodology and '#R2N4' principle have become industry standards, fundamentally changing how organizations approach revenue enablement and growth. A sought-after advisor and speaker, Sheevaun has earned multiple industry recognitions, including two Sales Enablement Lifetime Achievement Awards and being named Sales Enablement Mentor of the Year. Close

Brynne Tillman is the LinkedIn Whisperer and CEO of Social Sales Link. For over a decade she has been teaching entrepreneurs, sales teams and business leaders how to leverage LinkedIn for social Read full bio

Brynne Tillman is the LinkedIn Whisperer and CEO of Social Sales Link. For over a decade she has been teaching entrepreneurs, sales teams and business leaders how to leverage LinkedIn for social selling. As a former sales trainer and personal producer, Brynne adopted all of the traditional sales techniques and adapted them to the new digital world. She guides professionals to establish a thought leader and subject matter expert brand, find and engage the right targeted market, and leverage clients and networking partners for warm introductions into qualified buyers. In addition, Brynne is the author of The LinkedIn Sales Playbook, a Tactical Guide to Social Selling. Close

David L. Varner is the founder of The Millau Group Global and the creator of The Sales Checklist™, an evidence-based sales framework designed to improve sales execution, forecasting accuracy, Read full bio

David L. Varner is the founder of The Millau Group Global and the creator of The Sales Checklist™, an evidence-based sales framework designed to improve sales execution, forecasting accuracy, coaching effectiveness, and AI readiness. With more than 40 years of experience as a business owner, engineer, sales leader, and management consultant, David has helped organizations across a wide range of industries improve sales performance and accelerate growth.

David has trained hundreds of companies and thousands of sales professionals globally, helping them improve sales effectiveness, forecasting accuracy, leadership alignment, and revenue performance. He is the author of The Sales Checklist™ — Get It Right Every Time, a methodology that helps organizations move from opinion-based selling to evidence-based sales execution—the foundation for accurate forecasting, effective coaching, and successful AI adoption. Close

Michael is the chief executive officer at Calix and serves on the company's board of directors. He brings more than 20 years of experience driving growth, strategy, and transformation. He was Read full bio

Michael is the chief executive officer at Calix and serves on the company's board of directors. He brings more than 20 years of experience driving growth, strategy, and transformation. He was promoted to his current role in September 2022, after serving as president and chief operating officer. Before joining Calix, Michael held senior leadership roles at Salesforce, including senior vice president of global customer success and senior vice president of customer success, services, and alliances for Japan and Asia-Pacific. Earlier in his career, Michael was vice president of business and consumer sales at Bell Mobility in Canada and held sales leadership roles at Microsoft in both Canada and the United Kingdom. Michael earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Brock University and completed executive education programs at Queen's University, the Wharton School, and the University of Southern California. Close