Ian Prukner was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan. As a child, he was taught to attend school, get good grades, and find a good job. At 23 years old, he found himself with a college degree, a new wife, and not one job, but three, trying to make ends meet. He describes himself during this time as dying…
James Chapman is Founder and CEO of Plain Sight, a company that allows people who work on-the-go to build professional connections with each other in gathering spaces. The company derived from him being a serial entrepreneur and his passion for helping budding entrepreneurs. Prior to Plain Sight, he worked with Rock Ventures to help Detroit-based entrepreneurs start, grow,…
April 2, 2019
The Art of Success: Outsourcing your CMO and Growing your Marketing Results with Erik Huberman
Prior to Hawke, Erik founded, grew and sold two successful ecommerce companies. Huberman is the recipient of numerous awards including Forbes “30Under30,” Inc. Magazine’s “Top 25 Marketing Influencers,” and Best in Biz North America’s “Marketing Executive of the Year.” A regular contributor to major publications like Forbes, Entrepreneur and CS Q, Huberman is also a well-known keynote speaker.…
Steve Lesnard is an innovative executive with 20+ years’ experience leading high-profile business growth, global brand campaigns, revolutionary product launches and strategic partnerships across sports, technology and lifestyle. Mr Lesnard is a creative and strategic brand leader with a proven track record of integrated marketing excellence and digital innovation in an ever-evolving consumer landscape. Steve has high-profile general…
November 27, 2018
The Art of Success: The Art of Focus with Alex Hern
Alex Hern has been an entrepreneur for more than 25 years. During his career, he has focused on early stage companies and on the incubation of technology companies. Mr. Hern co-founded and served as a Director of Inktomi Goldman Sachs-led IPO (INKT), which powered and was the search technology for MSN, Yahoo and AOL. He was also the…
November 19, 2018
The Art of Success: The Art of Curating and Creating a Global Movement with Mark Varughese
Mark Varughese is the Senior Leader of Kingdomcity – a growing, vibrant church of over 20,000 people in 7 countries and in 11 cities: Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching & Penang in Malaysia | Perth, Australia | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Singapore | Gaborone, Botswana | Dubai, United Arab Emirates – London, United Kingdom. He loves…
In 2016, Francisco Domenech managed Hillary Clinton's successful primary campaign in Puerto Rico. After which, Mr. Domenech sat on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign National Finance Committee to assist in organizing her campaign trip to Puerto Rico for the 2016 election cycle. Francisco Domenech is a twice graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. Mr.…
October 2, 2018
The Art of Success: The Art of The Sale with Dan Micic
Dan Micic is the CEO and founder of one of the country's leading medical supply companies, Medical Shipment. Dan started Medical Shipment in 2007 and has grown it to be the multi-million dollar business that it is today. Medical Shipment has been on the Inc 5000 list 3 years in a row and is building its success one…
September 25, 2018
The Art of Success: The Art of The Process with Mike Bagguley
Michael Bagguley has worked for Barclays since 2001 holding various positions such as Head of Marco Product Sales and Trading, Head of FX and Commodities Trading, and Head of Rates and Linear Options Trading. Mr. Bagguley successfully led and completed numerous projects, including the integration of Rates, FX and Commodities businesses across G10 and EM, and the execution…
September 4, 2018
The Art of Success: The Art of Personal Evolution with Malcolm CasSelle
Malcolm CasSelle is an entrepreneur and currently the CIO of OPSkins and the President of WAX (Worldwide Asset eXchange). Prior to WAX, CasSelle served as CTO and President of New Ventures at Tronc, Inc. (formerly Tribune Publishing). Prior to Tronc, Inc., he was Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media of SeaChange International. He joined SeaChange International…