| Warren Greshes Author / Speaker / Radio Talk Show Host Keynote Speaker Warren Greshes is a serial entrepreneur. As an internationally acclaimed professional speaker, best-selling author, broadcaster, podcaster, educational products producer and former minor league baseball team owner, Warren has been travelling the world for the past 25 years building his brand.
As a speaker, Warren is an expert in the areas of sales, motivation, leadership, customer retention and personal and professional development. He has addressed corporate, association and small business audiences all over the world. Some of his corporate clients include Bridgestone/Firestone, Hewlett Packard, CNET and Coca Cola. Warren has also spoken in front of some of the largest and most prestigious organizations in the world, including The Million Dollar Round Table, The National Association of Realtors, Sales and Marketing Executives International and the Asia Pacific Life Insurance Congress.
As a broadcaster, Warren’s show “So Who’s Stopping You” ran on AM radio and over the internet on the World Talk Radio Network for two years. He produced a weekly podcast series, “The Monday Motivational Minute,” as well as a weekly video podcast series seen by thousands on both YouTube and Warren's website. Warren has produced audio and video programs in the areas of sales, success, customer service and time management, including the award-winning, “Supercharged Selling: The Power to be the Best.” His book, “The Best Damn Sales Book Ever: 16 Rock Solid Rules for Achieving Sales Success,” published by John Wiley & Sons has been a business best-seller and is available throughout the world. His new book, “The Best Damn Management Book Ever: 9 Keys to Developing Self-Motivated High Achievers,” is in bookstores everywhere across the nation.
Warren has served on the board of directors of the National Speakers Association and in 1998 was awarded their highest designation when he was inducted into the Speaker’s Hall of Fame. | |
| Brandon Fried Industry Expert Airforwarders Association Brandon Fried has more than 30 years of experience in the airfreight forwarding industry and is from Washington, D.C. While still a forwarder, Brandon joined the Airforwarders Association and was soon elected Chairperson in 2001. He served two consecutive terms as Chair and remained an active member of the Board of Directors.
In November of 2005, Brandon was appointed to serve as the new Executive Director of the Airforwarders Association. As Executive Director, Brandon represents the Association on all security matters and recently was appointed by the Department of Homeland Security Secretary to serve on the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) working group in counsel to the Transportation Security Administration.
He also serves on the advisory Board of CNS, an IATA company, to represent forwarder interests. In addition, Brandon advocates for the industry in the halls of Congress, the Department of Homeland Security and is the public face of the Airforwarders Association.
Brandon is a recognized expert on the air cargo industry and regularly comments for major trade publications such as The Journal of Commerce and Air Cargo World. He also continues to educate and advocate for forwarders in national publications, including the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald and USA Today. He has also appeared on National Public Radio, CNN News and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal television shows. A graduate of Syracuse University, Brandon holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and lives in Chevy Chase, MD with his wife Kim and two children, Evan and Jordan. | |
| Liz Parker Owner of LT Consultants, Inc. LT Consultants, Inc Liz founded LT Consultants Inc. in Hong Kong in 1999.
Over her 35 years in business, she has worked with DHL Worldwide Express domestically and internationally living in Hong Kong as an expat in the role of Asia Pacific Sales Training Manager for 4 of her 13 years with the company.
Liz began her own company to do strategic planning, leadership and training development under the tutelage of Po Chung, owner of DHL Hong Kong. Po retained Liz’s new company to work alongside Arthur Anderson in providing strategic planning services to the nonprofits and non-governmental agencies in Hong Kong. This was his way to give back to the community. In addition he advised her to work with other multi- national clients to create a broader portfolio of experiences.
Liz does not exclusively work with just the transportation industry. She provides the process and the organization provides the expertise, which allows her to work with any industry. You may be interested in knowing she has worked with Federal Express, Pilot Freight Services corporate and their franchise owners in 8 different states, and more recently TransGroup Worldwide Logistics. | |
