John is President of the Solutions Forum, but also heads The Marketing Doctor, LLC, which has consulted with over 170 companies on a variety of topics in 17 years. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Wharton School, and has headed six companies in various fields, ranging from truck parts manufacturing to multifamily housing. He is an Associate Professor of Marketing for the University of Phoenix, specializing in internet and international marketing, and public relations. He is also a retired Navy captain, who had several command leadership awards during his twenty-five year career.

Contact: johnh@marketingdoctor.com
Website: www.marketingdoctor.com

Julie Fletcher is the President and CEO of Lanick Corporation, a small business consulting and coaching company specializing in new business startup and development. She holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration and over nine years entrepreneurial experience. In addition to Lanick, Ms. Fletcher co-founded and operated a successful small business development firm for eight years. This company expanded into the Arizona market quickly and within the first five years in business opened six offices statewide. During these years, Julie was recognized as a market leader in the construction licensing and surety bond industry, taught business law seminars, trained and led her team to reach their objectives year after year, consulted and coached hundreds of small business owners one-on-one, and assisted in setting up over 4,000 new Arizona businesses. As an entrepreneur, she understands your reason for doing what you do. Her philosophy to success is simple: “you must be willing to learn and commit to follow-through! So many people dream, so few act.” Through training and assistance, Lanick guides you through a transformational process that opens doors to new opportunities and allows you to not only see your success, but actually experience it.

Contact: julie@lanick.com
Website: www.lanick.com

Ryan brings over 7 years of experience to the Marketing Doctor team in the field of creative design with an emphasis on retail creative design. He has an inventive and original creative vision which has produced superior, yet successful, campaigns for his clients.Ryan’s client list includes the Dial Corporation, Adidas, the Phoenix Suns, Best Western and Food & Life Magazine.Ryan’s ability to understand a client’s direction and interpret their desires into images is essential in his role as creative director. Carefully balancing creativity with project management skills makes him an integral member of the Doctor’s team. Ryan has a bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from The University of Arizona.

Contact: ryan@rtcarr.com
Website: www.rtcarr.com

Rod was the youngest officer Toronto Dominion, a Fortune Global 500 company, the 5th largest bank in North America. After successfully pioneering a national sales culture and converting a poor performing $40B business unit into a High Performance $60B business unit, Rod founded his own company. Throughout his 15 year corporate sales experience, Rod made a startling discovery that will change the world of sales forever and is now helping sales organizations become truly High Performance sales forces. The McKinnis Consulting Group specializes in:
1. Selecting Salespeople
2. Building High Performance Sales Teams
3. Achieving Desired Sales Results

Contact: RodMcKinnis@SalesIsSimple.com
Website: www.salesissimple.com

Brad runs the Sandler Sales Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona, which he has done for the last 11 years.

Contact: brad@bestsalesforce.com
Website: www.bestsalesforce.com

Charlene has provided informational solutions to businesses for 25 years. As President of Crow Information Design, she provides information solutions to businesses through social media tools, websites, ebooks, training programs, software user assistance, techical writing, and feature writing services.

Her clients range from startup companies to Fortune 100 companies located througout the United States and abroad, which include IBM, Walt Disney Internet Group, The Dial Corporation, Catholic Healthcare West, Ignite Phoenix, Arizona Department of Educataions and the City of Phoenix.

Contact: Charlene@SocialMediaDIYWorkshop.com
Website: www.crowinfodesign.com

Robb is CEO of Deer Valley Credit Union, a three-branch credit union that ranked first in Arizona in market share and membership growth increase in 2003. Robb holds an MBA from Arizona State University and is also a CPA. His bank is focused presently on consumer lending, but he plans late in 2004 to bring his ‘Southwest Airlines of the banking world’ culture to the business banking world.

Contact: robbs@dvcu.org
Website: www.dvcu.org

Robert is the Principal of AIM Financial Group, a firm of financial planners that has expanded from traditional financial planning into tax preparation, employer --sponsored employee 401(k) education programs, mortgages and client bill paying in the last year. His assets under management are over $50 million, and continue to grow rapidly each year.

Contact: robert@aimtaxadvisorygroup.com
Website: www.aimtaxadvisorygroup.com

After 17 years of successfully financing equipment for businesses of all sizes, Sharpe Equipment Leasing has established ourselves as the leader in the equipment and leasing business for all industries.

Contact: patrick.sponsel@sharpelease.com
Website: www.sharpelease.com

Peter is CEO of Primeview, a web design and internet marketing company that is ranked in the top 25 in the Phoenix area and has been in business for Fourteen Years.

Contact: peter@primeview.com
Website: www.primeview.com

Steele is the Founder (1991) and President and CEO of Strategic Insight – a Phoenix-based marketing consulting firm specializing in Internet Marketing.  Lee holds a B.S. degree in Marketing from the University of Missouri and has over 18 years of senior-level sales and marketing experience with several international consumer products companies.  As the President of Strategic Insight, Lee has provided marketing counsel and advice to hundreds of clients in more than 25 different industries, from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Budget Rent-A-Car, and Texaco.

Lee was the Official Marketing Consultant to the Arizona Technology Incubator.  He has conducted multiple marketing workshops for the United Nations.  Lee is a nationally renowned guest speaker, lecturer and writer.  You will find many of his marketing-related articles published in various business magazines and on the Internet.

Contact: lee@strategicinsight.com
Website: www.StrategicInsight.com

Alan is a partner in the Phoenix CPA firm of Field, Lawdahl. He has a Masters in Taxation, and has worked almost exclusively with small business clients over the last 12 years. He is highly knowledgeable in taxation matters and delivers an annual tax lecture to The Solutions Forum that is very popular. His tax materials will appear on the ‘Readings’ section of the site in August of each year.

Contact: 602.265.0200

Rock is a Senior Partner in the Quantum Performance Group, L.L.C.  A successful business owner, consultant and coach for 30 years, Rock works with business owners using Quantum’s proven Talent Match Plus™ system to correctly benchmark jobs, then accurately assess and hire the best job/talent matched employees for the job. The Right people in the Right jobs yield superior performance, reduced turnover, accelerated growth and increased profitability.

Contact: rock@quantumperformancegroup.com
Website: www.QuantumPerformanceGroup.com

Warren has been practicing business law in Phoenix for 25 years. He is also starting another personal injury law practice specializing in motorcycle injuries. He rides a Harley and hosts an annual biker bash in downtown Phoenix, dispelling the notion that all lawyers are up to no good.

Contact: wlevenbaum@lclegal.com
Website: www.lclegal.com