OUR PRESENTERS

Alan Beaulieu consults with companies throughout the US, Europe, and Japan on how to forecast, plan, and increase their profits based on business cycle trend analysis.  What makes a presentation by Alan so unique is his understanding of business cycles and the ability to explain the implications to any audience.  He knows that economic changes are signaled well in advance, and he knows the signals. You’ll leave with an action plan and plenty of time to apply it before the economic shifts ahead.   His wide-ranging experience makes Alan the economist that entrepreneurs and business owners listen to.  See www.ecotrends.org.

Jack Stack led an employee buyout of a division of International Harvester in 1982. Today, the resulting company, SRC Holdings, an employee-owned company in Springfield, Mo., has grown into a collection of 37 businesses and 1,200 employees that make, among other things, race-car engines and home furnishings. He is the author, along with Bo Burlingham, of two books, The Great Game of Business and A Stake in the Outcome.  A frequent speaker at Inc. 500 events, our members have appreciated how Jack teaches by sharing experiences.

Erika Andersen has developed a reputation for creating learning and change processes and programs uniquely tailored to her clients’ challenges, goals, and culture.  Much of her recent work has focused on organizational visioning and strategy, executive coaching, and management and leadership development.  In Her Book, Being Strategic, Erika Andersen offers a clear, practical, powerful approach for navigating through tough times.  VACEOs members appreciated her session at last year’s Inc. 500 Conference as "practical" and “instantly useful.”

Jay Goltz has been the guest speaker for conferences sponsored by Inc., and featured in business magazines such as Crain's and Forbes.  Jay is well known for his ability to connect with an audience by providing solid, real life business education, motivation and plenty of take-home value.  He engages his audiences with reflections on the day-to-day realities of running a business.  Jay started his custom frame shop, Artists’ Frame Service, right out of college. It has grown from $70,000 in revenue in 1978 and is now the largest picture-framing store in the country — with more than 20 times the revenue of the average framing shop.  Jay has been featured in an Inc. magazine cover story, is the author of The Street-Smart Entrepreneur.