Throughout his corporate career, Bob has lead technology organizations to new heights in performance, margin and earnings contributions. His leadership in the design of an aggressive new product development process resulted in a 10% increase in new product growth globally. His efforts to improve organizational response led to a 30% increase in efficiency through restructuring and cross training in key technologies. Through his focus on continuous improvement, manufacturing costs were cut by as much as 50% resulting in a greater then $10 million in operational savings.

As a consultant, Bob has facilitated organizational growth, identified new market opportunities for mature technologies, developed patented technology with a marked cost advantages versus existing technology resulting in significant licensing opportunities, and developed strategic plans linking technology and commercial organizations to maximize growth. He has been continually cited for bringing a business focus to technology organizations.

Bob obtained a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute following a B.A. in Chemistry from St. Michael's College. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Sacred Heart University, and has held board positions for several non-profit organizations. He is currently chairman of his local board of education.

Previously, Rochelle held various positions in highly regarded publishing companies, including Meredith Corporation, Hearst Magazines and Conde Nast Publications. As an award-winning salesperson and sales manager, her positions ranged from Consumer Products Director to Associate Publisher at magazines, including Glamour, marie claire, Teen and Golf for Women.

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is comprised of personal characteristics and social abilities that account for as much as 75% of the variance in differentiating star performers in business The research is clear: What we used to think of as “soft skills” turn out to be critically important in leadership and business relationships. This presentation will provide you with an overview of EQ and how developing your own EQ and selecting people with high EQ can make a huge difference in your business.

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Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) is an international network of more than 700 expert expense reduction consultants. ERA finds savings in overhead expenses that contribute to increased profits, with no sacrifice in budgets, staffing, operational efficiencies or quality of service. ERA Consultants have offices in 30 countries and have performed more than 14,000 successful expense-reduction projects.

In addition to his work as The Success Coach, Doug has built five businesses in the last 20 years, including the first Sylvan Learning Center on the East Coast (1984), a newspaper, a consulting business, and a publishing company. He has also served as Director of Marketing for a Fortune 100 company, and has taught Management, Entrepreneurship and Marketing to MBAs and undergraduates as a college professor. Doug offers creative solutions to achieve breakthroughs for professionals and businesses as an independent service provider.

Doug also conducts workshops on Leadership & Team Building, Networking Strategies that really work, and Business Strategy for “key” managers with companies, trade associations and non profits. He is active in the International Coaching Federation, National Speakers Association, American Marketing Association, Connecticut Venture Group, The American Society of Training & Development, Toastmasters, The Dutch Treat Club and numerous chambers and business organizations.

In times of deep stress and complexity, the human brain turns to heuristics (instinctive 'rules of thumb') that simplify the problem and make correct action instantly, powerfully clear. As brand communicators, we now operate in a multi-stress world of economic crisis, digital paradigm shifts, the consumer revolution and the fragmentation of media. But what if our answer lies in heuristics? Could there be a magic pill for marketers that cancels out clutter, focuses multiple targets and actually builds brands in a hyper-connected era? An intuitive process in sync not only with the way our brains really work, but with the requirements of these increasingly digital times? And if so, just who is getting it right and why? Gain insights from their book: The Micro-Script Rules.

He was a founder and Chief Brand Officer at two successful start-ups in the 90's that became industry leading brands before sale to a public company. He began as a writer at Ted Bates, the legendary New York Ad Agency where he won the National Effie Award for sales-effective advertising. He later took time out to write a screenplay for 20th Century Fox and has written another best selling book, Power-of-10, published by HarperCollins. He is a graduate of Harvard University, a trans-Atlantic sailor and avid skydiver.

Prior to David ID, Carl was CEO of Einson Freeman, a leading US marketing services firm and subsidiary of WPP, the world's largest agency group. Earlier in his career as Global Director for Proctor & Gamble and Masterfoods at D'Arcy in the 1990's, Carl was assigned to open new agency offices from scratch in seven formerly Communist Bloc countries. Four years later, he had clients that included Coca-Cola, Phillips, Masterfoods, ING Bank and Proctor & Gamble and over 450 employees in Eastern Europe. He has published a book on real world perspectives for young adults: What I Didn't Know Could Fill a Book: A CEO dad shares the life lessons he wished he'd learned earlier. Carl is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and three sons.

The Baron Group was founded by Eric Baron in 1992. Previously, Eric spent eight years in sales, sales management, and sales training at Union Carbide Corporation. He then spent five years at Synectics, Inc., an international consulting firm that researches and teaches creativity and innovative teamwork. Prior to his time at Synectics, Eric served ten years as President of Consultative Resources, a company devoted to training salespeople. The Baron Group's services represent the combination of over twenty years of researching the processes associated with sales and problem-solving.

Before starting her sales consulting business, Jan's career was in sales, sales management and sales technology (CRM - Customer Relationship Management) for Fortune 500 and Big 5 firms. She was brought in to start and manage a national selling skills program for partners and senior consultants at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and implemented a CRM system for a national sales force there.

Throughout his career Jatin has found that one of the things he truly enjoys and is most passionate about is creating opportunities for others, empowering them and seeing them fully realize their potential. He has successfully led, coached, mentored and consulted with many management teams from small family owned business to Fortune 100 corporations.

Jatin has experience in large scale change initiatives as an advisor and a coach to organization in the areas of innovation, creativity, values, executive development, and organizational effectiveness. His clients include, The Hartford, Aetna, Cigna, Merck, Ketchum, Infosys, Prudential, ESPN, Duracell, United Technologies Corporation, Pratt & Whitney, Carrier Corporation, Sikorsky, Hamilton Sundstrand, MassMutual, and many more.

Jatin has written papers, speaks at numerous conferences, and gives workshops on Strategic Alignment for Executive Teams, Enterprise Innovation, Enterprise Learning, Organizational Effectiveness, Values and Leadership, Living with Human Values, and Spirituality in the Workplace.

Jatin was born and raised in India and immigrated to United States at a young age in 1973. Jatin holds B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of Connecticut.