Jim Camp Jr. is the author of Lead from No: A Systematic Approach To Leadership Negotiation.  He’s also a Co-owner and Coach at Camp Negotiations.  His company was founded nearly thirty years ago by his deceased father, Jim Camp Sr., His father also authored Start With No, one of the most popular negotiation books of all time.  Today, Jim, his brother Todd Camp, and their team of coaches, help companies avoid unnecessary compromise by adapting to the “Camp System” of Negotiation.

In addition to extensive negotiation coaching and sales experience, Jim is a retired Major General from the United States Air Force.  His thirty-four-year career as a leader in the Air National Guard included numerous combat deployments as a pilot, command assignments, and strategic level leadership positions.  In addition to commanding five thousand airmen in the Ohio National Guard, Jim also served as the National Guard’s Advisor to U.S. Transportation Command.

Jim earned his bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University and has a master’s degree in organizational leadership.  Jim and his wife Cynthia have four children, four grandchildren, and live in Cape Coral Florida.

Jonathan Jorissen is a trial lawyer and counselor specializing in complex commercial litigation including warranty, recall, cost-recovery and product-liability disputes.  Mr. Jorissen has negotiated hundreds of terms and conditions in sales contracts and has achieved positive results for some of the world’s leading automotive suppliers in litigation and commercial negotiations.  Mr. Jorissen regularly counsels those suppliers regarding contracts, warranty and recall claims and defenses, “best practices” for pursuing and defending cost-recovery claims, force majeure and commercial impracticability issues, allocation plans and protocols under the UCC, and global supply chain issues. Mr. Jorissen has been named a “Rising Star” in business litigation by Michigan “Super Lawyers” and a “top Lawyer” by Hour Detroit.  He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Ave Maria School of Law. Before entering private practice, Mr. Jorissen clerked for the Honorable Lawrence P. Zatkoff of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

A past columnist for both The New York Times and The Washington Post, Gene now writes regularly for The Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Washington Times, and The Guardian.   

Gene has written 5 books on business management, specifically geared towards small and medium sized companies. His most recent is Want More Cash?: 100+ Ideas And Strategies For Increasing Your Company’s Cash Flow This Year.

Nationally, Gene appears regularly on Fox Business, Bloomberg, as well as CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor and SiriusXM’s Wharton Business Channel where he talks about the financial, economic and technology issues that affect business leaders today.  

Through his keynotes and breakout sessions, Gene helps business owners, executives and managers understand the political, economic and technological trends that will affect their companies and—most importantly—the actions they can take to continue to grow and profit.  

Gene owns and operates the Marks Group PC, a highly successful ten-person firm that provides technology and consulting services to small and medium sized businesses.   

Prior to starting the Marks Group PC Gene, a Certified Public Accountant, spent nine years in the entrepreneurial services arm of the international consulting firm KPMG in Philadelphia where he was a Senior Manager.  

Geoff Marsh is the Managing Partner at AMEND Consulting, where he partners with middle-market companies to drive growth, develop leadership, and enhance profitability through strategic innovation. With deep expertise in technology, finance, and operational efficiency, Geoff is recognized as a leading authority on holistic continuous improvement. Over the course of his career, he has helped dozens of private businesses leverage data and technology to elevate strategy, streamline operations, and unlock meaningful performance gains.

Omar S. Nashashibi is the Founder of Inside Beltway, a nonpartisan lobbying and strategic consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Having worked in the nation’s capital for over twenty-five years, Mr. Nashashibi provides strategic consulting services to companies while also lobbying the White House and Congress on behalf of manufacturing, associations, defense firms, nonprofits, and other sectors. He works with policymakers on trade, taxes, environmental and workplace regulations, supply chains, job training and identifying grants and funding to support projects. Having started his career in Washington D.C. in 1996, Mr. Nashashibi worked for the Office of Management and Budget, a branch of the White House, a large multi-state law firm, and founded a previous lobbying firm in 2005. He graduated from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he studied Political Science and International Affairs.

Avish grew up in “exotic” Poughkeepsie, NY and now makes his home in Philadelphia, PA. Though he performed all through high-school, he decided to stop performing when he went to college to “focus on his studies” (his parents were very proud of this decision).

That resolve lasted only a few months, as the first time he saw an improv comedy show he fell in love (his parents were slightly less proud). One week later he auditioned for the campus improv group, got in, and the rest is history. After graduating, he started Polywumpus Improv Comedy, which performed regularly in and around Philadelphia for seven years. Avish closed up Polywumpus to focus on the speaking and training side of the business – using improv comedy as a tool to teach valuable business skills such as creativity, innovation, and adaptability.

Weaving together humorous stories, jokes, audience interaction, and improv comedy games, Avish keeps the audience engaged while imparting a key lesson: Planning is Important, but Improvising is Essential! No matter how well you plan, things will go wrong, surprises will arise, and the Universe will throw you a curveball. Your success and sanity are directly related to how you respond these challenges. By the end of one of Avish’s presentations you will have key tools to flow with all that life throws at you. Avish has spoken to the very creative (actors and directors), the very un-creative (accountants), the very casual (college students), and the very business-like (sales professionals). The end result is always the same – smiles, laughs, and a new way of looking at life and business. 

Avish is the author of “Improvise to Success!” and the Amazon best-selling, “Say ‘Yes, And!'” (And yes, his parents are once again very proud.)