Excellence in Distribution by STAFDA presents

Workshop Speakers

Dirk Beveridge

He inspires companies to rethink what’s possible while providing the frameworks to creatively destruct the status quo and build a relevant and profitable future.

Ken Brown

Ken Brown, a distribution industry professional, began his career working for a manufacturer of tapes and packaging materials.

Alex Chausovsky

Alex Chausovsky is the Director of Analytics and Consulting for the Bundy Group. He is a highly experienced market researcher and analyst with more than two decades of expertise across subjects including economics, manufacturing, automation, advanced technology trends, and business cycle analysis. He has consulted and advised companies throughout the US and Canada, Europe, South America, and Asia.

Nancye Combs

Nancye M. Combs, AEP-SPHR, has a long and distinguished career in executive management and is a highly respected expert in employment practices. She is the knowledgeable HR resource STAFDA members depend on, and more than 1,500 practicing Human Resources professionals proudly call “teacher.”

Bob DeStefano

Bob DeStefano, president of SVM E-Marketing Solutions, is a B2B digital marketing strategist, author, and professional speaker with more than 25 years of experience helping distributors and manufacturers grow their leads, sales, and profits online. Bob is STAFDA’s endorsed Online Marketing Consultant and author of STAFDA’s Online Marketing Strategies 2.0 handbook and the Association’s Online Marketing Advisory.

Alex Goldfayn

Alex Goldfayn is the CEO of The Revenue Growth Consultancy, a solo consulting practice that exceeds $4M in annual revenue, and is one of the top-grossing solo consulting firms in the nation. Alex applies all of the techniques he teaches. His clients average 20-30% additional sales annually — every single year — when working with Alex and applying his growth approaches. Combined, his clients have generated billions of dollars in new sales which can be tied directly to the systems and techniques Alex has taught them.

Dr. Jeanne Hurlbert

Before launching Hurlbert Consulting Group, Dr. Jeanne Hurlbert served on the faculty of Louisiana State University for more than 25 years, where she taught hundreds of marketing and social science students how to ‘read people’s minds’ using surveys.

Ken Novak

Ken is the Owner at HATCH Quantified. Before this, he was the Global Director, Digital Marketing and Ecommerce at Parker Hannifin. His experience gained from growing B2B and B2C ecommerce brands as a part of an agency and as an ecommerce manager to execute digital strategies that drive real world results.

Paul Reilly

Paul Reilly is a speaker, sales trainer, author of Selling Through Tough Times (McGraw-Hill, 2021), co-author of Value-Added Selling, fourth edition (McGraw-Hill, 2018), and host of The Q and A Sales Podcast.

Jon Schreibfeder

Jon Schreibfeder is president of Effective Inventory Management, Inc., a firm dedicated to helping manufacturers, distributors, and large retailers get the most out of their investment in stock inventory.

Matt Schreibfeder

Matt Schreibfeder is Vice President of Analytics and came to EIM after extensive experience as a project analyst at Exxon Mobil. Before that he served as a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. Matt earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Military Institute and a master’s degree in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University.

Loren A. Smith Jr

Loren A. Smith, Jr. is the president of Skyline Policy Risk Group, a consulting firm working on the supply chain, infrastructure, and technology. From 2017 to 2021, he helped lead the Policy office at the U.S. Department of Transportation and has also served at the U.S. Department of Labor and as a Congressional staffer.

Mike Staver

Mike Staver is the author of “Leadership Isn’t for Cowards” and an internationally respected speaker, author, and coach. Mike takes noisy, often complex, leadership content and makes it immediately useful, digestible, and entertaining. In all Mike’s work, the goal is simple – helping leaders perform better and live better lives.

Jamie Turner

Jamie Turner is an internationally recognized author, professor, speaker, and TV news contributor who has helped The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T, Holiday Inn, and other global brands tackle complex business problems.

Don Yaeger

Don Yaeger Bio As an award-winning keynote speaker, a twelve-time New York Times Best-selling author, host of the top-rated Corporate Competitor Podcast, Storyteller in Residence for National Geographic, Executive Leadership Coach, and longtime Associate Editor for Sports Illustrated, Don Yaeger has fashioned a career as one of America’s most provocative thought leaders. He is primarily sought to discuss lessons on achieving Greatness.

Steve Yastrow

Steve Yastrow is a creator of ideas. Ideas to help you earn the loyalty and love of your customers. Ideas to help you earn that valuable place in your customers’ minds where they think “I get it. I can clearly see why doing business with you is really good for me.” Steve has written three acclaimed books, Brand Harmony, We: The Ideal Customer Relationship and Ditch the Pitch. Steve has taught tens of thousands of people the concepts in these books through his live events, helping those people apply his ideas to the success of their businesses.

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