Scott Van Der Weele is the fourth generation of an entrepreneurial family. Before the age of 20, he designed and produced the first successful cable television magazine in the United States. He has been involved in the development of business strategy most of his life. Building successful businesses has been his life’s professional work.

Having been involved in the development of companies and products in diverse areas including real estate, publishing, manufacturing, professional firm management, retail, and e-commerce. He has developed a unique sense for business that allows him to see the possibilities and recognize the challenges. He has been on the front lines of building a business as well as the development of strategies to reach and expand business goals.

Mr. Van Der Weele adopted the use of technology early in his career. He continues to adapt and expand the use of technology. He is intimately involved with the roll out of technology products which service the legal community as well as the use of technology within law firms. He continues to work with a base of manufacturing clients which are adapting to the new age of marketing and product delivery. He believes creating synergies through integrating technology into business operations will compliment and propel business to reach a clearly developed business and market strategy.

Specialties: Compenstation; Marketing; Technology Strategy; Branding; Sales; Strategic Development; Accounting System Processes; Wireless networks; VoIP systems; Social Media.

Lawrence R. Levin is the Chairman, President and CEO of L. R. Levin Consulting, L.L.C., a strategic consulting firm. L. R. Levin Consulting, L.L.C. is a nationally known and highly respected Metropolitan-Chicago-based firm, noted for applying fundamental principles of creative structural change, to design and implement business solutions that provided the keys for enterprise success. Mr. Levin is known for his ability to lead the development of the vision, tactics and objectives of effective strategic and operational planning, as well as, for the teaching of a strong understanding of the principles and management tools that create truly values driven business operations.

Mr. Levin has extensive experience in strategic and operational planning, structuring, and focus development in a broad array of different economic segments, including with clients in the investment banking, securities, newspaper, magazine, radio and TV, commercial banking, health sciences, soft drink bottling, high-tech, software development, e-commerce, bedding and furniture components manufacturing, and plumbing component manufacturing industries.

Mr. Levin has a broad business background. He has served on boards and executive and finance committees of public and private corporations. Mr. Levin has served as the Vice Chairperson and CEO of a prominent boutique SEC registered investment advisor and NASD regulated broker/dealer serving a broad range of financial institutions. During the 3 year period in which Mr. Levin was CEO of the investment banking firm, Gross Revenues increased more than 390%, Earnings more than 870%, and earnings as a percentage of revenues went from 11% to 24%.

Before that he was the founder and for 20 years the CEO of a boutique national consulting and law firm with a broad corporate, mergers, acquisitions practice. He has worked with clients as a consultant, combining the ability of a skilled CEO with the knowledge of one of the country’s leading lawyers. While Mr. Levin is not in the active practice of law, he is now the Chairperson, CEO and President of L. R. Levin Consulting, L.L.C.

Mr. Levin is a nationally recognized expert in the analysis and solution of sales, marketing and distribution problems and the creation of innovative sales, marketing and distribution systems. His background includes expertise and extensive experience in the areas of corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, enterprise integration, restructuring, management and corporate governance, antitrust, securities, trademark, trade secret, and other intellectual property rights, and employment practices as well as complex major litigation.

Mr. Levin has worked extensively with employers including multi-national firms in bridging multicultural work practices, while creating a focused results-oriented business environment. He is highly respected for his ability to facilitate the recruitment and retention of top corporate management through creative compensation structures. He has lectured, and written on personnel issues such as The Americans with Disabilities Act, AIDS, sexual harassment, effective interviewing, and compensation structures. As part of his emphasis on creating and maintaining a productive work environment for proactive clients by solving problems before they occur, he has regularly participated in and conducted training programs for hundreds of managers about strategic issues.

Columns by Mr. Levin have appeared regularly in widely regarded publications – including Corporate Legal Times, Editor & Publisher, Beverage World, and The Disciplined Investor®. His articles also appear in numerous other publications such as Mortgage Banking. His articles include such topics as “Re-engineering Today,” “TQM, Not Just A Better Product,” “Successful Disciplined Investors Don’t Bet On Rates,” and “Legislation That Will Knock Your SOX Off!”

Mr. Levin taught research and writing at Yale Law School, and he has been an invited guest lecturer at numerous law schools and professional and business seminars throughout the United States.

Mr. Levin was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received his undergraduate degree in history and economics from the University of Arizona in 1962. He attended Yale Law School from 1962 - 1965, where he wrote his Honors Thesis on antitrust law. Mr. Levin graduated 8th in his class and Order of the Coif from Yale. Following his graduation from law school, and during the height of the civil rights movement, Mr. Levin clerked for Judge Richard T. Rives of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in Montgomery, Alabama and began his legal and consulting career with admission to the Illinois bar in 1965. He is also admitted to U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits as well as for the District of Columbia Circuit and Federal Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (including Trial Bar) and Middle District of Alabama, and the U.S. Tax Court. Known for his study of Jungian psychology, he has studied at the Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. He is also an avid underwater photographer, and a number of his impressive works have been sold throughout the world.

John Kevorkian is a management psychologist whose private practice has created new business for growing companies for nearly 20 years through Who’s Buying Next™ campaigns and related consulting services. These services blend front-end research and sales strategy to uncover business timing and companies’ appetite for change. They focus on creating actionable market knowledge and identifying key issues and opportunities all in a fashion that can be easily replicated by each client to help them keep and develop business.

Specialties include sales prospect selection and qualification, market assessment and development, B2B sales and marketing tactics as well as designing and building nimble B2B telephone calling campaigns that uncover the right information to spur specific marketing and sales results.

Characteristically Kevorkian works with professional associates required by each client situation, typically including subject matter experts as well as experts in business, technology and communications including new/social media all as needed.

In the past Kevorkian founded The Cottonwood Group, a business development company whose key product LeadBuilder™ improved sales lead generation and sales management. The firm was also an angel investor in technology and entertainment companies.

He also held key leadership positions in Equitrac and Examen, two small technology companies that grew quickly providing specialty services to law firms, legal departments and professional service organizations. Major corporations in their fields have acquired both companies. Following twice being included on INC Magazine's “Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies In America” list, Equitrac had a successful IPO, was later taken private and then was acquired by Nuance Communications. Examen was also highlighted on INC Magazine's “Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies In America” list, was honored with a Vanguard Award for Internet innovations and has been acquired by Lexis/Nexis. Kevorkian worked from Washington, DC and Chicago, IL managing and creating business, launching regional offices in the Midwest and Northeast and participating in national and international salescampaigns.

Kevorkian began his career by earning a M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of New Haven and accepting a position as an Organizational Psychologist at the United States Naval Submarine Base in Groton, CT. As part of a group focused on workflow improvement, he was responsible for research studies covering human factors and equipment design.

Joseph Utschig leads Loop Networks; LLC is a customer-focused IT consulting company dedicated to delivering prompt, customized IT solutions for your small business. Joseph believe in the need simplify information technology by offering a single point of contact who understands your needs and offers support in a clear and concise manner. Building on his knowledge of information technology and an understanding of your business objectives, he provides reliable results for your business.

You may start looking for only a problem fixer for your company’s technology, but Joseph and his team consider themselves business enablers. He does not speak in technical terms which allows easy translaion of technology directly to business issues you may be facing. Coupling technology know-how with insight into what makes a business succeed is his goal for your small business.

Never underestimate the power of a positive attitude. Tackling your challenges with eagerness to alleviate your pain points is his passion.

Specialties:

•Microsoft Server 2008, and 2003 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
•Microsoft Small Business Server 2011, 2008, and 2003 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
•Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2007, and 2003, Blackberry Enterprise Server, WSUS, Sharepoint, and Terminal Services
•Microsoft Windows 7, Vista and XP Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
•Microsoft Office 2010, 2007, 2003, and XP Suites Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting