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Keynote
Speaker
Jason JenningsAuthority on Business Leadership and Productivity
Jason Jennings is one of the most successful and prolific business and leadership
authors in the world.
He was the youngest radio station group owner in the world and his legendary
programming and sales strategies are credited with revolutionizing many parts
of the broadcasting industry. Later, he founded Jennings-McGlothlin & Company,
a consulting firm that became the nation's largest media consultancy.
He traveled the globe in search of the world's fastest companies for his landmark book, It's Not The Big That Eat The Small - It's The Fast That Eat The Slow. Within weeks of its release it hit the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times best-seller lists. Now published in 32 languages, USA Today named it one of the top 25 books of the year!
Next, he and his team studied more than 40,000 companies and identified
the ten most productive companies in the world for his bestselling, Less
Is More. The book reveals the secrets of the world's most productive companies.
His latest book, Think BIG - Act Small, profiles the leadership of the only
ten companies in the world to have grown both revenues and profits by double
digits every year for ten consecutive years. Like his previous books it debuted
on all the bestseller charts.
His current book, Hit the Ground Running, A Manual for New Leaders profiles and reveals the tactics and strategies of the ten American CEO's who've created the greatest amount of economic value since the year 2000.
Last year USA Today named him one of the three most in-demand business speakers
on the planet alongside the authors of Good to Great and In Search of Excellence.
Franchise Expert Speakers
- Matt Alden, Managing Partner, Kiekenapp & Associates
- Michael Arrowsmith, Senior Vice President of Development, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
- Peter Baldine, Senior Vice President, Moran Industries, Inc.
- Boris Bugarski, President, mUrgent
- Linda Burzynski, President, President, VL Service Corp. and Franchise CEO Network
- Amy Cheng, Founding Partner, Cheng Cohen LLC
- John Dring, President, Instant Imprints Franchising
- Kevin Drudge, Vice President Franchise Development, Valpak
- Steve Dunn, Vice President of Franchise Development, Denny's
- Rocco Fiorentino, President, United Financial Services Group/Eagle Tax Services
- Lane Fisher, FisherZucker LLC, Partner
- Sean Fitzgerald, National VP of Franchise Development, Wireless Zone
- Stan Friedman, President, ACI Franchising
- Rob Goggins, Vice President of Franchise Development, Great Clips
- Steve Greenbaum, CEO / Director, PostNet International Franchise Corporation
- Steve Hearon, Vice President of Franchise Development, CertaPro
- Geoff Hill, President, Cinnabon
- Theresa Huszka, Director of Franchise Sales Development, TSS Photography
- Madison Jobe, Vice President of Development, Pizza Inn, Inc.
- Darrell Johnson, President, FRANdata
- Lyndon Johnson, President, Reciprocity Restaurant Group
- Marc Kiekenapp, Principal, Kiekenapp & Associates
- Eric Little, Senior VP of Franchise Development, Right at Home, Inc.
- Gordon Logan, CEO, Sport Clips Haricuts
- Gregory Longe, Co-Founder / Managing Partner, AFS Group of Companies
- Paul Mangiamele, President/CEO, Salsarita's Fresh Cantina
- Joyce Mazero, Partner, Haynes and Boone
- Lynette McKee, Chief Development Officer, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
- Bill McPherson, Vice President of International Development, BrightStar Franchising
- Martin O'Dowd, President, Hurricane Grill & Wings
- Steve Olson, Publisher, Franchise Update Media Group
- Brian Schnell, Partner, Faegre & Benson
- Michael Seid, Managing Partner, Michael H. Seid & Associates LLC
- Nikki Sells, Vice President Franchise Development, Tasti D-Lite
- Brian Spindel, President / Chief Operating Officer, PostNet International Franchise Corporation
- Jim Squire, Director of Franchise Development, Honeybaked Ham
- Jeff Sturgis, Vice President of Franchise Sales & Development, Fantastic Sams
- Shelly Sun, President, BrightStar Franchising
- Ray Titus, President, United Franchise Group
- Lisa Wehr, CEO, Oneupweb
- Duncan White, Director of Client Services, Oneupweb




