Ron Finklestein “Small Business Success Expert” “Entrepreneur.”  “Passionate”  “Leader.”    “Motivator.”  “Get Results.”  “Team Builder.”  This is how business leaders and clients describe Ron. After a successful consulting career, Ron has spent the past 6 years building his business AKRIS LLC and helping entrepreneurs and business owners build their businesses by helping them solve the tough problems that hold them back.  Ron is called The Small Business Success Expert by his clients because of his passion for their success and his knowledge of business. Ron is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives by helping them to achieve their business and personal goals and dreams.

Ron has experience in working with businesses across a wide range of industries and on every aspect of a business, from information technology to marketing, leadership to sales, allowing him to offer practical and proven ideas and strategies to improve any business.  Ron knows and understands that all successful people exhibit seven behaviors and he has build products to help implement these behaviors in businesses of all sizes. Because of the depth of breadth of Ron’s experience, he can quickly and decisively see and identify business and personal challenges, identify innovative solutions and create opportunities out of most any problem.

Ron is well known in the business community for his leadership abilities, creativity, innovation and energy.  He co-created a business conference in Northeast Ohio called Celebrating Success! NEO Business Conference (www.neobusinessconference.org). For the last several years, this conference showcased over 60 successful businesses and allowed each business the opportunity to share what they did to be successful (with an emphasis on lessons learned).

Ron has an established reputation for building strong relationships and using those relationships to help others enhance their own personal and professional success.  Ron is a frequent speaker and presenter on various business topics including Building Businesses, Leadership, The Platinum Rule®, Attitudes and Behaviors of Success, Sales and Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategies and Business Mastery.  Ron is involved with numerous business, non-profit organizations and initiatives as part of his personal commitment to personal and professional growth and the growth of his clients.

Ron has owned his business since 2002, AKRIS LLC. AKRIS LLC focused on helping grow and improve small businesses:

Twenty-five years of Fortune 1000 consulting experience

• Author of Celebrating Success! 14 Ways to Create a Successful Company (www.yourbusinesscoach.net). This is a study of small businesses and what they do to be successful.
• Ron is also coauthor of The Platinum Rule for Small Business Mastery (www.celebrating-success.com) with Dr. Tony Alessandra and Scott Zimmerman. This book helps business owners understand how to get the best from employees in your organization.
• Owner of AKRIS LLC, which provided business coaching and consulting services to business owners and entrepreneurs to help them build a better business.
• Executive Director of Business Leadership Association, a nonprofit that raises money for leadership training.
• Creator of The AKRIS Business Mastery Advisory Board (www.businessmasterynow.com). This board allows business owners to learn from, grow and prosper by understanding that multiple minds are more effective in making effective decisions than any single mind. 

Currently, Ron resides in Akron, Ohio where he is President of AKRIS LLC. He spends his time consulting, coaching small business owners to greater success, writing and speaking about how to implement success strategies in business.

Recently Ron has appeared on DISH Satellite TSTN (The Training & Success Network.) Over the years Ron has spoken to or for business groups, chambers of commerce, community groups, associations, in-house training programs, continuing education programs, seminars, lunch and learns, workshops, etc.  Participants and attendees have described Ron as “energizing”, “enthusiastic”, “fun”, “engaging”, “motivational”, “thoughtful”, “informative”, “inspiring”, “effective”, and “motivating.”  If you are interested in learning how Ron can help you in your business or to have Ron speak to your business, team, organization, association or group, contact him at (330) 990-0788 or info@yourbusinesscoach.net.  

Who Are The Other Contributors?

Dr. Tony Alessandra helps companies achieve market dominance through specific strategies designed to outmarket, outsell, and outservice the competition. Alessandra has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business. He earned his Ph.D. in Marketing from Georgia State University in 1976. Alessandra is president of AssessmentBusinessCenter.com, a company that offers online 360º assessments; Chairman of BrainX.com, a company that created the first Online Learning Mastery System™; and is the founding partner of Platinum Rule Group (www. PlatinumRuleGroup.com), a company that provides corporate training and consulting based on The Platinum Rule®. Alessandra is a widely-published author with 15 books translated into 17 foreign languages. Alessandra’s television program, “People I.Q.” is currently aired on the DISH Satellite Network and on TSTN—The Success Training Network. Recognized by Meetings & Conventions Magazine as “one of America’s most electrifying speakers,” Alessandra was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame in 1985. For more information, please visit www.Alessandra.com.

Terry L. Brock, President and CEO Achievement Systems, Inc., is a professional speaker and a columnist for Business Journals around the United States. He writes about technology, marketing, and the Internet in his weekly column, Succeeding Today. Brock speaks about productivity and increasing profitability for businesses in industries such as banking, distribution, sales, marketing, real estate, and finance. He boasts fun, informative sessions, and change-your-life-for-the-better advice. His sessions are entertaining and packed with useful, “put-it-to-work-right-now” information. His MBA in Marketing and background in radio and newspapers helps him bring excitement and zest to the speaking platform. Reach Brock at terry@terrybrock.com, or visit www.terrybrock.com for more information.

Rick Barrera is president of Overpromise, Inc., a customer experience consulting firm that designs and executes differentiating marketing strategies for companies of all sizes. An influential business lecturer for many Fortune 500 companies, he is also co-author of Non-Manipulative Selling and Collaborative Selling. “Overpromise and Overdeliver” is published by Portfolio and China Machine Press.  An excerpt is available at www.overpromise.com. Barrera lives in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. and can be reached at (858) 759-2559.

John Blakeney is a managing partner of Idea Firm, LLC, which provides business strategy training in management, marketing, leadership, and innovation and has worked with the gamut of industries and products from start-ups to AT&T. Blakeney lectures on the topic of innovation and change in business and is a career innovator-problem solver with a passion for creating and executing new ideas. His experience and insight are the result of 30 years working in diverse industries including manufacturing, engineering, automotive, construction, building, transportation, TV/ radio production, advertising, Internet, telecommunications, and professional athletics. Blakeney received business degrees from the University of Cal.-Poly Pomona’s School of Management and in International Business. He is married and has three children. For more, please visit www.ideafirm.com.

Deborah Chaddock Brown is the owner of AllWrite Ink, a corporate writing enterprise focused on providing solution-oriented content that enhances her customer's brand message. She writes Word People Read^SM. For more information or to order It’s a Party, Planning Successful Retail Events, the complete guide to planning successful events, which includes a planning calendar, marketing tips, budget, and a CD with sample marketing materials, visit www.allwriteink.com.

Jeff Bukantz was the captain of the 2004 U.S. Fencing Team and a former top-ranked medalist in the sport. At the Athens Olympics in 2004, Bukantz led his team to the first gold medal in fencing for the United States in one hundred years, and their first medal of any kind since 1984. Bukantz is a member of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Rules Commission, the United States Fencing Association (USFA) High Performance Committee, and Chairman of the USFA Fencing Officials Commission. He has brought his success in the game to success on the speaker’s podium, and is available to speak about overcoming natural limitations, brushing off impossible pressure, how to lead like a champion—and be a class act through it all. His book, Closing the Distance: Chasing a Father’s Olympic Fencing Legacy, is available at Amazon.com and major booksellers nationwide. Bukantz was born in Queens, N.Y. and currently resides with his wife and two children in Livingston, N.J.

Julie D’Aloiso’s Webjazz Web Design, Inc. is a full-service web design and marketing company that focuses on positive Internet marketing outcomes for their clients. Services include web design, application development, managing website content via Content Management System, writing copy for client websites, Internet marketing, writing press releases, email marketing, and search engine optimization. Contact D’Aloiso for more information at (330) 467-0515 (office), (330) 998-0600 (cell) or by email a designer@dwebjazz.com. To find her online, go to www.dwebjazz.com.

Timothy A. Dimoff, President and Founder of SACS Consulting, is a nationally recognized author, speaker, trainer, and registered expert. Dimoff is an author of six national books and numerous nationally copyrighted training programs. He has been featured on CNN, Dateline, NBC, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post and several other national media formats. Additionally, he is a member of the National Speaker Association (NSA) and is often sought after for key note and professional presentations. You can contact Dimoff at SACS at 1-888-722-7937, by email, TADimoff@sacsconsulting.com, at SACS Consulting, www.sacsconsulting.com, or on his speaker website at www.TimothyDimoff.com.

Marsha D. Egan, CPCU, PCC, CEO, is a celebrated keynoter, facilitator, author and ICF-certified coach. Egan “speaks from experience” as president of the energetic success coaching firm, The Egan Group, Inc. An ATHENA Foundation Award recipient, one of PA's 50 Best Women in Business, and 25-year veteran of corporate and volunteer America, Egan intuitively reinvents leadership by igniting leaders with positive change and innovation. Services include keynotes, half- or full-day programs, and one-on-one coaching designed to inspire individuals and organizations to maximize their potential. Her firm publishes and produces numerous “how-to” eBooks, CD’s, and a bi-weekly eZine, The SIGNAL for more than 20,000 success-seekers worldwide. Egan can be reached at marsha@marshaegan.com.

Ronald Finklestein, President of AKRIS, LLC, is a small business success expert, business coach, consultant, speaker, author, and trainer, and has published two books, Celebrating Success! Fourteen Ways to a Successful Company and The Platinum Rule to Small Business Mastery. He contributed to 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life. Finklestein founded the Business Leadership Association, LLC and co-founded Celebrating Success! NEO Business Conference. Ron is engaged by senior management and owner manager to help them take their business to a new level. Sometime that is addressing operational issues and other times that is addressing sales and marketing challenges. Finklestein is available for coaching and consulting and for speaking engagements, workshops, and seminars. You can contact him at info@yourbusinesscoach.net or reach him at (330) 990-0788. Sign up for his newsletter at http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net.

David Garfinkel is founder of the World Copywriting Institute in San Francisco.  He’s author of Advertising Headlines That Make Your Rich and co-author of Guerrilla Copywriting.  His groundbreaking multimedia product Copywriting Templates has revolutionized the teaching and practice of writing effective advertising.  To get more information about Copywriting Templates, visit: http://davidgarfinkel.com/profitable. Sign up for his World Copywriting Newsletter by visiting www.copynewsletter.com.

Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, Randy Geller graduated from the University Of Michigan School Of Business with a Bachelor of Business Degree in 1988 with High Distinction. Geller then started his professional career as a salesperson at Geller Toyota-Mercedes Benz in Akron, Ohio, earning Mercedes’ coveted “Star Salesman” recognition his first seven years there, and moving up into management as VP. Upon the sale of the dealership in 1995, Geller started Geller Leasing, Inc., an independent leasing company, and DotCom Marketing, an Internet marketing company for car dealers. In 1999, Geller opened a small upscale used car dealership in Medina, Ohio, which he subsequently moved to Wadsworth in 2005 and operates today as Jeff’s Motorcars of Wadsworth. In 2004, Geller co-founded MPG Interactive, Inc, owner of AutoLotManager.com, along with his three partners: Dale Malick, Doug Malick, and Michael Peterson. AutoLotManager.com currently serves almost 200 car dealers, mostly in Ohio.

George Kasparian is a graduate of Tufts University and Boston College Law School and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. Leveraging his background in computer science, he has worked for several high-tech startups developing software and web-based applications for the legal, tax, and financial services sectors. He served as co-host and political commentator for the radio show Financially Speaking and is a frequent contributor to law and tax publications. He now co-owns The Ictus Initiative (www.IctusInitiative.com), a multi-faceted marketing, web development, and PR firm located in Boston, MA.

Paige Stover Hague is the owner of several Boston-based communications companies that provides strategic planning, public relations, marketing and business development services to professional services firms, small businesses, speakers and authors.

She is brought in by CEO’s and owner managers throughout the United States to consult and conduct programs and retreats that launch or further company-wide initiatives that effect the way employees and stakeholders think about every aspect of their business. The reach of her presentations touches financial operations, human capital allocations, product development and employee engagement. She also presents continuing education programs for lawyers, accountants and financial advisors on art succession planning. She is co-author of Life is Short, Art is Long— Maximizing Estate Planning Strategies for Collectors of Art, Antiques and Collectibles (Wealth Management Press 2007).

Paige is a graduate of Duke University and Nova Southeastern University Law School and a member of the Florida and Massachusetts bars. For more information, please visit www.IctusInitiave.com.

Jack R. Howe has over 30 years’ experience in business management, sales, and sales management in complex operational environments.  His background includes experience in industry, a major accounting/consulting firm, and in private practice. Clients have included multi-billion dollar firms and aggressively growing start-ups. In private practice, he has developed innovative business tools and solutions to remodel business enterprises for greater profitability. Howe is public speaker, mentor, coach and the author of Please Don’t Tell My Mother I’m a Salesman,  30 Minutes to Prepare for the C-Suite Meeting, and is about to release The Tao of Customers for Life. Visit www.30minsto.com or www.ceotoolbelt.com for more information, or email Howe at jack@ceotoolbelt.com.

Pete Johnson, or Dr. Strategy, is  www.StrategicPlanning.com.  He has spent the last twenty-five years researching, analyzing, and advising some of the world’s top performing organizations on how to improve their bottom-line performance.  As a result of this extensive ongoing research he’s pioneered a unique, fluid approach to strategic planning that makes it possible for you to adapt immediately on demand to the critical issues you might encounter in competing for success in today’s constantly changing global marketplace. His Strategic Planning website provides visitors with extensive strategy, planning and implementation support systems to help dramatically simplify and streamline the entire process.

A former HR executive at The Gillette Company and founder of HRAuto.org, Bob Kustka works as an HR/Management consultant for companies like W.B. Mason, Draper Laboratories, and Fidelity Investments. Kustka uses his unique HR experiences to help his clients develop people strategies that fuse with their business plan to make them money. From hiring, to recruiting, to developing new managers, Kustka’s ahead-of-the-curve insights provide the edge his clients need to keep their bottom-line razor sharp, and their companies continuously moving three steps ahead of the competition. Now, as the creator of The Fusion Factor, Kustka adapts the techniques he honed at Gillette to the unique needs of entrepreneurs and growing businesses, implementing HR strategies that help them protect and maximize ROI from their most important asset: people. Kustka is also the Co-founder of HRAuto.org, the only HR Development Forum of its kind for the Retail Automotive industry, and a writer. His management articles have appeared on Businessweek.com and in Dealer Magazine. For more information, please visit www.thefusionfactor.com.

Dennis D. Laughlin began his working career in the banking industry in 1974, rising to the position of Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for Bank One in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1987 he formed Dennis D. Laughlin Associates, an investment banking company that focused on small and middle market businesses in need of capital and marketing expertise. Since 1987 Mr. Laughlin has served as a consultant to over 400 companies and has extensive experience in the process of product design and launch.  In 1997 Laughlin signed on with Arzel to help develop the Arzel name in the HVAC community and to increase market share. Since 1997 Arzel Sales have grown 3500 percent. Laughlin was Co-Founder of the Zoning Marketing alliance and currently is an ARI Board member and is Chairman of the Zone Controls Product Section. He has been a speaker at several national and regional ACCA, RSES, PHCC and events, and has been a frequent writer and contributor to Contracting Business Magazine, The News and the RSES Journal. He currently serves as President of Arzel® Zoning Technology, Inc.

Laura T. Leggett and James W. Hornyak are co-founders of B-to-B Connect (www.BtoBconnect.com), a business-to-business personal referral membership organization with chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada. Leggett and Hornyak are both seasoned sales professionals in the telecommunications industry.

Ron McDaniel is a long-time entrepreneur, technology specialist, Internet marketer, buzz marketer, and word-of-mouth marketing specialist. He is also a teacher, professional speaker, and author. His mission is to get the world talking about his clients. His book, Buzzoodle Buzz Marketing - 57 Word of Mouth Marketing Challenges, shows how to create buzz for yourself and your organization in just a few minutes a day and is available for purchase on Amazon.com. McDaniel is available for speaking, training and limited buzz consulting. Please visit www.buzzoodle.com for more information.

Michael A. Mendelsohn is Founder and President of Briddge Art Strategies Ltd., the premier art succession planning firm in the country. He is a world-class art collector, philanthropist, lecturer, and writer on inheritance planning and preservation of art assets. With a background in accounting, taxation, and philanthropic studies, Michael is a frequent continuing education presenter on lifetime and postmortem planning strategies for art assets and has been an invited speaker at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art, Bank of America, U.S. Trust, Museum Trustee Association, Estate Planning Council of Philadelphia and the New York State Society of CPA’s, among others, on the artistic, tax-planning and philanthropic needs of collectors. Suzy Peterfriend-Ross, partner at Briddge Art Strategies Ltd., is a specialist who works with financial institutions in dealing with multi-generational planning for the affluent. She has acted as an advisor to trust companies and financial institutions to develop communication between their wealth management platform and family offices—including Marsh McLennan, Bankers Trust and Synovus Family Asset Management, which she helped grow into a multi-billion multi-service holding company.

Kurt A. Minson, Chief Engagement Officer of The M Group Consultants is the originator of the “Full Engagement” and “Prime Idea for Engagement” concepts. He has an extensive social science background, with degrees in psychology, sociology, philosophy and economics, as well as concentrations in French, German and the classics. He brings a deep insight into human thought, behavior, motivations and decision making into the process of marketing, sales and customer service. Since 1994 his firm has integrated a cultural backbone into the exposure, engagement and client experience work that they do for professional service firms and other businesses in the Midwest. In addition to the conventional weapons of the trade; advertising, design, events, PR and web, Minson uses personality profiles, appreciative inquiry, structured interviews and other tools to tap the cultural essence of client organizations. These investigations uncover the “diamonds in the rough” that can be developed into Prime Ideas and provide the roadmap that allows his firm to effectively deploy engagement and experience training. Minson’s other service offerings include image and wardrobe, personal promotions, ideation, diversity, franchise development, branding-positioning and recruitment for engagement. All of these elements are focused on building performance business cultures that understand how to take what they have to acquire, expand relations with and keep more clients to build revenues and profits.

Bryon Palitto is an entrepreneur and consultant.  He is currently President and CEO of four businesses which are all focused on serving the small business community.  He is also partner in several other businesses which serve the small business community.  He can be reached by e-mail at bryonp@thebusinesstechnologyhub.com.  Learn more about his businesses by visiting www.thebusinesstechnologyhub.com.

Damian Petrini is Director of Marketing for Tornado Technologies, Inc., a full service software and technology development company, based in Cleveland, Ohio. This company specializes in developing custom software applications that allow businesses of all sizes to streamline, optimize, and maximize their business processes through the use of customized software solutions. Petrini may be contacted via email at dpetrini@tornadosoft.com; for more information, please visit http://www.tornadosoft.com.

Don Philabaum is President and CEO of IAC, a world-wide provider of private social networking solutions for groups and organizations. Don has written two books, Create a NET-Centered College Campus and Alumni Web Strategies. He authors a blog called www.wiredcommunities.com and has written numerous articles and reports about social networking communities. His new division, Internet Strategies Group www.internetstrategiesgroup.com, helps organizations create Internet strategies to increase sales, reduce cost, and increase customer retention. Don can be reached at don@iaccorp.com

For more than 20 years, Robert Scheinfeld has been helping people create extraordinary results, in less time, with less effort, and much more fun. His passion is helping others carve out and live what he calls their “Ultimate Lifestyle.” Scheinfeld is an 11-year veteran of applying cutting-edge sales and marketing strategies and has had in-the-trenches experience of creating hugely profitable multi-million dollar businesses (on and off the Internet). He has helped tens of thousands of people in more than 170 countries transform their definitions of success, and the pathways they follow to create success in their lives. For more information, please visit www.BobScheinfeld.com.

Kathryn Seifert, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist, author, speaker, and researcher who specializes in family violence and trauma and has over 30 years of experience in mental health, addictions, and criminal justice work. She is Founder and CEO of Eastern Shore Psychological Services (www.ESPSMD.com), a private practice that focuses on serving children, adolescents, and at-risk youth and their families. Her new book, How Children Become Violent: Keeping Your Kids Out of Gangs, Terrorist Organizations, and Cults is available on Amazon.com and major national booksellers. For more information about Dr. Seifert please visit her website at www.drkathyseifert.com.

Rick Shaffer has over twelve years of real-world experience as an artist and graphic designer. He has overseen his creative firm Shaffer Design Works, LLC for the past six years, specializing in a variety of advertising and marketing design for business and professional organizations. Shaffer is a self-taught designer who is driven by his endless passion for great design and creative ideation. He finished a two-year art school program with a 4.0 GPA, began his career as an airbrush artist that transcended into a very fast-paced design career that lead him into the entrepreneurial world with his own creative firm in 2001. Today Shaffer relishes in the opportunity to provide a broad-based clientele with the utmost creativity and endless design opportunities. Shaffer Design Works' clients range from some of the industries most well-known aviation companies to nationwide office-supply chains to the top manufacturers of cabinetry. Shaffer takes an active role in the community by serving as a board member on the local Chamber of Commerce, along with networking and helping many businesses and colleagues in the Cleveland-Akron area. Shaffer resides in Streetsboro, Ohio with his wife and two sons.

Dennis Sommer is a widely respected and world renowned authority on sales and leadership performance improvement. He is a leading business adviser, author, and speaker providing clients with practical strategies to increase sales revenues and margins, improve customer loyalty, and transform managers and executives into leaders. Sommer has over 20 years of management consulting, sales, technology and business leadership experience. He has delivered over 250 successful client engagements for Fortune 1000 companies. He has held numerous leadership level positions with Accenture, Jo-Ann Stores, and CA Inc. Sommer is President of BTRC Business Advisers, an international firm located in Akron, Ohio. He also volunteers his time as a business counselor for SCORE (www.score.org, www.akronscore.org) a premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs. Sommer can be reached 330-676-1876 or www.btrconline.com.

Brian Stark is a real estate investor, lender, and financier with offices in Cleveland and New York. He and his brother, Paul Stark, host a weekly radio talk show filled with motivational and inspirational ideas which they share with their nationwide audience. The Stark brothers also offer business success and motivational coaching. They can be reached through their website at www.starkworld.com, or by calling 216-426-8400, X14.

Daniel H. Stark is the principal and creative director of Stark Design in New York and is an internationally recognized art director and graphic designer whose work has appeared in numerous books and publications. He has served on the editorial staffs of Harper’s Bazaar, GQ and US magazines, to name a few, and has consulted for several others worldwide. He co-authored Stoked: The Evolution of Action Sports, a photography and art book of acclaim. Stark has worked with venerable brands and many of the iconic personalities in the fashion, entertainment, beauty, financial and luxury goods sectors. Stark currently resides in New York City and can be found on the web at www.starkdesignny.com.

Daniel Waintrup, a.k.a. “the Rabbi’s Son,” is a former tennis teaching pro at one of New England’s most exclusive country clubs. He was a nationally ranked player at Temple University, a ranked New England Men’s Singles player in the 1980’s and 90’s, and the 2005 Men’s Singles Champion at the Palm Beach Country Club. A featured media personality and professional speaker, Waintrup provides humorous commentary on the topics of tennis, business, networking, self-promotion, and the art of winning—both in life and on the court. In between speaking, writing, and providing tennis analysis on sports talk programs, he is presently working on the screen adaptation of his book, Its Not My Fault - Can A Rabbi's Son Find Happiness as a Tennis Pro? For more information, please visit www.DanWaintrup.com.

Ken Wright is Founder and President of The WrightCoach, a business coaching and leadership development firm specializing in individual and team development. Wright’s business experience includes 32 years in the financial services industry and eight years as a CEO of a major financial group. With a long history of realizing his potential both in the business world and in his personal life, Wright attributes his success to being an approachable and understanding leader with very high expectations concentrating on developing and inspiring people, and focusing on strategic implementation of key business objectives. For more information, please visit www.TheWrightCoaching.com, and to contact Wright, please email Ken@TheWrightCoaching.com.

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