Paul David Walker, Founder & CEO of Genius Stone Partners was part of building the first leadership firm to align Strategy, Structure and Culture, and has been a business leadership adviser to the CEO’s of Fortune 500 and midsized companies for over 25 years. He is the author of Unleashing Genius: Leading Yourself, Teams and Corporations, and two other books. He has succeeded by unleashing the genius of the people around him and is known to be a visionary leader and master of collaboration. Paul brings a special energy that calms people and brings teams together. He has been, and is, mentored by some of the most profound philosophers and spiritual leaders of our time.

Michael Utvich is an award-winning author and expert in Product Launch and business development marketing. Over the past 30 years, Michael has written nine books on technology. His work bridges familiar elements people can relate to, and creates a third reality that is compelling and clear. He worked as an SME/Expert consultant to develop high technology product brand, market strategy, tactics and execution for Fortune 500 clients and high technology start-ups alike. High technology products often involve complex relationships and intangible concepts, and their value turns on how they enable people to interact, collaborate and build high performance work processes. Michael is known for making distinctions that change the way leaders see and access their markets.

Michael Glock, Ph.D., believes in the power of ideas, great information design, and the generation of emotional impact that can only be achieved by getting into the depths of the cultural psyche. Having foresight, being a futurist, and designing for it, is Michael’s specific strategic and tactical advantage. Michael is a member of the World Future Society and The International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS), in the United Kingdom, a member of "The Academy of Political Science" in New York, sits on various boards, and has been published in over 200 magazines, newspapers and other media. As a thought leader and artist, his work has been exhibited in New Zealand, the United States, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Michael has expertise in all aspects of brand engineering, identity development, online advertising and marketing initiatives, from strategy and conceptualization to the tactical implementation.

Marshal Toplansky is one of the most creative marketers in the information technology field. In his 30+ years of business experience, Marshall has led organizations to finding new ways of thinking and operating that have resulted in unprecedented growth and success. His experiences include growing businesses in the personal computer, data communications devices, telecommunications services and software development areas. Marshall comes out of the corporate world, but has founded his own businesses and worked in myriad entrepreneurial and midsize corporate environments. He thinks of himself as an amateur anthropologist, observing what people do and think and trying to make sense of it in a broader context. He continues to be amazed that in a world that has been tied together so tightly through communications technology, we still have as much diversity and cultural "tribalism" as we do. He is a master at discovering emerging trends and how to connect people to those trends.

Alan Hutner is a multi-media developer/producer/consultant and show host, as well as the Communications Partner for Genius Stone Partners. He had a distinguished career as a Corporate Financial & Business Executive for a multinational pharmaceutical and wellness company with sales over a billion dollars annually when he left. He has consulted with start-ups, raised capital and helped develop business and marketing plans. He left his corporate career to engage the journey of “Self-discovery” and has studied with some of the great consciousness and spiritual masters of our time.  Alan has blended a unique combination of business acumen and philosophical understandings of life, into his own multi-media firm, Alan Hutner Consulting, and now leads The TransitionsMedia team, including hosting and producing the Transitions Radio Magazine (TRM) show. He now also hosts, Genius Stone Dialogues. Alan is also a writer, workshop facilitator, activist and new paradigm visionary, devoted to the art of living in love and truth.

Francesco Barbera is a corporate attorney specializing in mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and private financing transactions.  Trained at Harvard Law School, Francesco has represented private equity and venture capital funds in the acquisition, disposition, financing and operations of portfolio companies.  Francesco is also a lifelong student of management, psychology, and entrepreneurship and he presently is engaged in post-graduate studies in the psychology of peak performance.

Dana Borowka has over 25 years experience in the area of business consulting, helping organizations both nationally and internationally in raising the hiring bar by “bringing effective insight” to organizations through using work style and in-depth personality assessments. Dana is a nationally recognized speaker on this topic and has built a well-recognized organization that provides expert interpretation of in-depth personality assessments during the hiring process, providing stress management workshops and assisting those with communication challenges. He is the author of the book, “Cracking the Personality Code”.

Judy Roseth-Burrell is a trusted advisor, coach and board governance specialist to corporate and nonprofit boards, CEO’s and C-level Executives in mid-sized firms. In addition, Ms. Roseth- Burrell is a proven sales development strategist and coach working with companies in all stages of development. Prior to founding The Roseth Burrell Group in 1991, Ms. Roseth-Burrell was responsible for operations at Apple Computer, Irvine, in 1980. As Senior Executive with Ingram Micro, Merisel and Multiple Zones, International, Judy was responsible for creating, building, and leading dynamic sales and support organizations and senior level teams through complex mergers and acquisitions, producing consistent increases in company revenues and profitability.

Celia Cheng-Ying Young has been in the business of transforming and developing effective leaders and innovative organizations since 1986. She is a master at aligning an organization’s vision/value and its practices. She helps build truly global organizations thrive continuously in the global economy. She coaches and develops globally competent and multicultural versatile leaders on an individual and team basis in order to help mold a new organization that is open to, and capable of, fully utilizing the “diversity” and “creativity” of its people.

Sudhir Chadalavada worked as a leader, strategist, and marketer for Fortune 500 (Intel, Toshiba and PwC), small-to-medium size companies, and start-ups. He is a seasoned executive with proven ability to develop and rapidly implement strategies to intensify revenue growth and profitability. Sudhir has had a lifelong passion for effective and enlightened leadership. He deeply studied, practiced, coached and directly learnt from several fascinating global leaders with varied and eclectic backgrounds, and successfully implemented these principles in business organizations.

Jack Lin, PhD. has been an entrepreneur and CEO for over 30 years. Decades of business challenges have led him on a journey of personal transformation. Jack has welded his amazing education, traveling to sacred places, and his experience in order to see the world’s interconnections and its many dimensions. He is able to understand and communicate multi-level meanings. Dr. Lin has been a real estate developer and worked for several large Fortune 500 companies as an executive. He started two public companies, as well as helping over a dozen young leaders start their own companies. His career as an outstanding CEO became noted when he was informed he was rated the number six CEO in America (gauged by the growth of the capitalization of his company over a 25-year period). With a Doctorate of Psychology from Pacific Graduate Institute, he is the only active CEO to graduate from this unique state-of-the-art program.