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Manley Feinberg, Vertical Lessons

Wednesday Opening Keynote & Thursday Closing Keynote

 

Manley is the founder of Vertical Lessons, Inc.  He is an award-winning international keynote speaker, business leader and best-selling author.  Leveraging more than thirty years of business, professional speaking and adventure experience, his insight and energy will inspire and equip you to step up and reach your next summit.   In fact, he wrote a book titled, Reaching Your Next Summit!  9 Vertical Lessons for Leading with More Impact.   Manley’s 11 years of leadership influence contributed to a workplace culture that landed Build-A-Bear Workshop on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® List four years in a row. Manley served two terms as the president of the St. Louis chapter of the National Speakers Association   On a personal note, Manley likes to sleep on the side of mountains.  Who doesn’t? Even more shocking is that his wife has been encouraging that for more than three decades, and his two kids still kiss him on the cheek in front of their friends.

 
Shawn Riley BisBlox

Wednesday, January 29 Closing Keynote and Thursday, January 30 Opening Keynote

 

Shawn Riley is co-founder of BisBlox, a venture studio that helps companies around the world to be bold, disrupt boring and strengthen growth. A lifelong technologist and entrepreneur, Shawn started his first company at the age of 16, and over time became a thought leader for big-brand companies including IBM and Mayo Clinic. His career story is a string of transformational change chapters that span multi-billion-dollar organizations, through a variety of C-level roles, including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Information Management Officer. In 2017 Shawn was appointed by North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to serve the state as Chief Information Officer and cabinet member. Today, known for his energy and a focus on the future, Shawn travels the globe with the Bisblox mission at the fore, asking “How might we help others succeed?”