Jason Albanese has over 12 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur, Fortune 1000 strategy consultant and business leader. His unique skills bridge the gap that often exists between pure entrepreneurs and corporate management. Most recently, Jason served as the CEO of SageSecure LLC, a market leading e-risk management company. Jason built SageSecure LLC into a multi-million dollar company, attracting premier clients in media, natural resources, and financial services industries. In addition, he raised millions of dollars in venture capital and private equity needed to fuel the company's growth. Prior to SageSecure, Jason was the founder and President of Jumar Technologies, a business-to-business software company based in New York City. Jason led Jumar technologies from inception to millions of dollars in revenue, providing vision and management for a 45-person workforce. Throughout his career building companies, Jason has accumulated extensive experience consulting to some of the world’s top companies and their business leaders, including Rio Tinto, Argyle Diamonds, Travelers Insurance, ING, Amex, Morgan Stanley, and Scholastic. From division leadership to CEOs, Jason has provided business strategies and solutions to his clients that result in substantial growth and increased efficiency while helping businesses maximize the value of their information assets. Jason is the author of “Network Security Illustrated” (McGraw-Hill) a business manager’s guide to managing informational risk. Jason frequently lectures at corporate and industry conferences, has published multiple academic papers on information economics and holds a patent on an integrated communications technology he co- designed. He recently was elected to the board of directors of Replications.org, a Manhattan based non-profit that creates and funds public schools in under served neighborhoods. Jason holds a B.A. in Economics from Union College

Dr. Elise Lemire is Associate Professor of Literature at Purchase College, SUNY, where in addition to teaching US literature, she also teaches Cinema Studies and Women's Studies. She lectures widely on race in American history, has served as an advisor on historical film projects, and is the author of two books: Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009) and “Miscegenation:” Making Race in America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002; paperback edition, 2009). She has received numerous grants and fellowships, including two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Lemire received her BA from Yale University and her PhD from Rutgers University. Prior to starting her graduate work, she was a financial analyst for a major investment bank.

Nancy is the Principal of Nancy Roberts Linder Consulting in LaGrange, Illinois, a marketing consulting practice focusing primarily on law firms. Nancy has 20 years of experience working with lawyers and other service industry professionals, which includes serving as the first marketing director for Hinshaw & Culbertson. Nancy served on the board of the Legal Marketing Association Chicago Chapter for eleven years, twice as the chapter’s president. In conjunction with LMA/Chicago, Nancy teaches a marketing course for law students, which has been taught at Chicago-Kent College of Law for eight years and is a program that she developed. In 2003, Chicago-Kent College of Law bestowed Nancy with a Professional Achievement Award for the innovative curriculum she created. Nancy has published more than 100 articles and speaks on a variety of law firm marketing topics. She writes a monthly column on client development issues for Intellectual Property Today which is read by patent lawyers nationwide, and has written articles for the ABA Young Lawyer, Chicago Lawyer and ALA Advantage on law marketing topics.

CTS is the President and Owner of Linder Legal Staffing Inc. in Chicago, IL. Over the course of his 25-year career in law-related staffing and placement, Curtis has identified, placed and hired hundreds of employees (on both temporary assignments and for direct-hire positions) for Chicago area law firms. A Certified Staffing Professional, (bestowed by the American Staffing Association), Curtis has completed numerous training programs to enhance his competency and knowledge of labor and employment laws as he interacts with candidates, employees, and clients. Before forming Linder Legal Staffing, he managed the legal divisions of two other staffing companies. Linder began his career in legal staffing in 1984.

Brian is the Founder of Digicentric.com, a digital marketing firm. He has successfully launched and grown digital businesses for startups and large companies spanning financial services, media, education, and retail. While driving online strategy and digital marketing as VP of e-Commerce for Scholastic, he launched online stores for core businesses, transformed traditional media into online subscription businesses, and implemented subscriber referral and social marketing programs. Prior to Scholastic, Brian led online customer marketing and web strategy for Citicards.com and defined the integration plan for all Citigroup consumer online banking businesses. Before Citigroup, he held business and product development leadership roles at Barnes & Noble.com during it's growth from dot com startup to leading eCommerce business. There Brian launched the cross channel gift card, wireless and interactive TV eCommerce, music and prints stores, and built an ad sales channel. His career began at Accenture, re-engineering direct marketing and inventory processes for clients such as Reader's Digest and Toys 'R' Us. He consults and serves on the advisory board of digital startups, as well as serves on the board of directors of Replications, an education based non-profit. Brian received a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lafayette University.

Justin Szlasa is the president and founder of Triplebridge Productions, Ltd., a New York based video production boutique that specializes in writing, producing, filming and editing promotional films and documentaries in the United States and abroad. Justin was previously Executive Vice-President and Co-Founder of HubbardOne, now owned by Thomson Reuters. At HubbardOne, Justin designed and sold sophisticated web solutions to professional services firms across the country. Justin is an extraordinary problem solver, able to translate complex business problems into successful solutions for clients. We are excited that Justin has agreed to be involved with us as his knowledge of film, technology and professional services firms will help grow Intelligent Video Solutions to set the industry standard in professional video production. Justin received his BA from John’s Hopkins and his Masters from Columbia University.

Jodi Garner is the founder of Strategic Conversations, a niche coaching business that teaches professionals how to strategically plan and navigate business conversations for the most effective results. Jodi has an extensive background in the financial services industry, where she started as a bond trader at Lehman Brothers, and ultimately became a Vice President in Talent Management at the firm. There, she designed and developed the firm’s sales and relationship management curriculum, firm-wide leadership programs in management and communications and ethics curriculums. Prior to Lehman Brothers, Jodi managed the Global Markets Training and Development program at J.P. Morgan Chase; she taught International Business in Singapore and she was a staffer at the Federal Reserve Board. Jodi’s has a unique background in the both business side and the human capital side of the financial services industry. Her knowledge of content and communications enables her to understand what drives success and failure in business. Jodi has an MBA from Columbia University.