PAST SPEAKERS
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Everything from smaller SoSConnect™ to our larger SoS Presents Events.
Sales Enablement Manager
ERIC LINDROOS
Eric is a former kindergarten teacher turned sales professional. Eric is passionate about helping others succeed + creating visibility and equity for the LGBTQ+ community. Eric dreams of living abroad again one day but in the meantime, you can find him on the sunny beaches of San Diego with his puppy and a glass of wine!
View Eric's Event: Showing Up! here.
CFP®, CEPA
BROOKE RAMSTAD
Brooke Ramstad is a sales and business development professional who lives in Boise, ID with her husband and two young children. Her career has centered on helping good people strategize and see the big picture to solve complex sales, marketing, and fundraising challenges. She loves to grow a business by generating new revenue, increasing profitability, and building long-lasting relationships with stakeholders and clients/customers.
She completed her Certified Financial Planner® designation in 2017, and she and her former business partner managed over $500m in client assets, before selling her stake. Last year, Brooke earned her CEPA Certified Exit Planner Advisor designation. These days, she is focused on philanthropy, serving as the Philanthropy Advisor to the Zeta Pi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the College of Idaho. She is an Ambassador and Hope Society Member of the Women’s and Children’s Alliance and a member of the Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation.
View Brooke's SoS event here
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Wellness Coach, Pilates and Yoga Entrepreneur
KEARY ANN BIXBY
Keary Ann Bixby, founder of two Los Angeles based health and wellness businesses, has been involved in health and fitness since an early age. After 10 years of teaching, and completing two comprehensive Pilates and yoga trainings, she developed her own teacher training program to educate and inspire others throughout the nation.
In 2015, Keary welcomed daughter Teagen. Her new role as a mother and studies in nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and individual trauma deepened her understanding of the mental and physical challenges women face and the importance of a holistic wellness approach.
Meet Keary on Instagram or view her SoS event here.
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CEO and Co- Founder Sessison Sync, Inc.
KURTIS WILLIAMS
Kurtis began his career with the Walt Disney Company in the costume division focusing on operations management, entertainment, and procurement during the opening of the then-new Disney’s California Adventure. . Coinciding with attending the USC Online MBA program beginning in 2017, he co-founded and developed SessionSync.com, a telehealth psychology platform. Kurtis continues to enjoy his involvement as an ambassador of the OMBA program to act as a mentor to the future network of USC.
View Kurt's event here.
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VP Sales
CHRIS ROGERS
Chris Rogers, VP Sales has been selling for companies in Corporate America for 30-years. From JC Penney to automobiles, trash-compactors to software, and freight and financial services, he’s learned the features and benefits of them all – and made a career out of being what his father once called a “traveling salesman” job.
Vieew Chris' event here.
CEO and Founder Avenue Talent Partners
AMY VOLAS
Amy is an enterprise sales fanatic and startup junkie with over 20 years and $100M+ worth of deals closed. She's experienced how startups too often short-circuit their potential (and their salespeople’s) by missing the mark on one very important thing: recruiting. This is where Amy and ATP come in! Amy is well known on LinkedIn and on the sales speaker circuit, hosting and Co-Founding the very popular Thursday Night Sales, the #1 weekly Virtual Sales Happy Hour.
View Amy's event here.
Founder, RTB Capital Group
AMANDA BAR
Amanda Bar is dedicated to making a difference through education within her career in Financial Services, Marketing, and Business Development. By conquering her own challenges with managing Type 1 Diabetes, Amanda understands the importance of conquering fears, planning and life perseverance.
View Amanda on IGTV here and her past event here.
Coach & Consultant
ARI TABAK
I am so passionate about helping people discover, work towards, and achieve their dreams. I feel so grateful to be able to live my dream through my coaching and consulting business.
View Ari's event here.
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President & COO, Aspireship
CHRISTINE ROGERS
Christine is a seasoned sales and marketing leader with over 15 years of recruiting, hiring, training, and managing high-performing sales teams at fast-growth SaaS companies including Booker by MINDBODY and InfusionSoft. Her extensive sales leadership background is complemented by individual experience owning a small business, giving a unique perspective to managing and growing organizations of any size.
View Christine on IGTV and her events here.
VP Dealer Operations, Edmunds.com
KATTI FIELDS
Katti Ehoff Fields is vice president of dealer operations where she is responsible for overseeing the onboarding, implementation, and overall success of Edmunds' growing customer base of thousands of dealers.