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Rob Deptford

Rob Deptford is an online course instructor and career management coach based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He teaches strategies and tools to navigate the modern world of precarious work and enjoys coaching people through career advancement and transition.

Rob spent 12 years working in the Canadian post-secondary education system in roles that included marketing, communications, student recruitment and coaching. His last post-secondary role saw him helping to grow faculty of engineering enrolment applications to record levels and coaching young engineering leaders before his position was eliminated.

While taking formal training in life coaching during his work gap, Rob made connections with people who turned out to be future colleagues when he was asked to join a talent management firm to help with outplacement and career transition coaching. He drew on his own job loss experience in combination with life coaching, career development and post-secondary advising to help more than 300 clients prepare to compete for their next job, pursue entrepreneurship, or transition to retirement.

As the husband of a busy dental assistant, and a parent of two active boys, Rob has an intimate understanding of the pressures of managing both career and life commitments and helps create solutions for fulfillment in all important areas of life.

Despite being an introvert, Rob loves public speaking and uses skills learned in broadcasting school to deliver with a calm but powerful presence you can easily notice in his social media videos and online course instruction. He talks with audiences of all sizes as though he’s talking with a friend sitting right next to him.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, a broadcasting diploma from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, Alberta and a coaching certificate from Erickson Coaching International in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a member of the International Coach Federation.

www.forgeaheadcoaching.com

www.forgeaheadcourses.com

https://forgeaheadcoaching.fyi.to/robs-social-media-profiles

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Rocky Lalvani-

Rocky Lalvani: My story is a little different than those of most financial experts. I spent my working career outside of the financial industry because I didn't like the products and advice they were providing and didn’t feel comfortable recommending them to others. During my working career, I built my wealth through old-fashion savings and investing.

I grew up as an immigrant to the United States after my parents immigrated from India. They were only allowed to bring $25 with them and had to start over in life. While growing up, it was normal for all the parents to have conversations about money. How much things cost, how much they spent, and how much people earned. We observed the way they were making wise decisions, and the community quickly achieved financial success. I never realized this wasn't how everyone else talked about money. I learned most people don’t talk about money and are more likely to share their sex lives than their money story. Once I achieved my financial goals, I had the time and space to think about how could I provide value to help people with their financials in a way I felt was honorable and in line with my core values. I learned that many small business owners were not looking at their financial reports, and more importantly, they were scared of them! I was dumbfounded. How can you be in business and not understand the business, I asked? The big aha came when I learned about Profit First and how it could help business owners ensure their financial success. Putting profit first was the same principle as pay yourself first, which was how I amassed wealth. I finally found a way that I could help business owners succeed in alignment with my values. Learn more at ProfitComesFirst.com Websites:

• ProfitComesFirst.com
• Podcast: http://richersoul.com/

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Alessandra Catania-

Alessandra Catania: Working as a communication manager since 2002 and experienced all the different tools to create effective brand communication strategies, offline and online. Writing is my best skill: newspapers, magazines, house organs, websites, brochures, blogs, press reviews, FB fan pages, Twitter and more. I wrote and keep on writing for these media, representing me and my clients. In an age where content is the king, I can find the right words to express your world and storytelling your business to engage your prospects and clients. Always suspended between Europe and America, to follow news, trends, best practises, good examples to follow, I keep on updating my skills and better my working tools.

Website:

• alessandracatania.it

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Jeremy Epstein, CEO of Never Stop Marketing, has 20 years of international marketing experience in helping to bring innovative technologies into the mainstream. Most recently, Jeremy was VP, Marketing at Sprinklr which grew from a $20 million valuation and 30 people to $1.3 billion valuation and 900 people in 3 years.

Previous work experience includes Microsoft and consulting to start-ups, mid-market firms, and enterprises, including JNJ, Yes To Carrots, and two NY Times best-selling authors (Dan Pink and Gretchen Rubin. Jeremy also spent 3 years living and working in Frankfurt, Germany and Tokyo, Japan.

Jeremy is the author of numerous whitepapers and a book, appropriately titled, “It’s ALL on the Blog, DON’T Buy the Book,” and has presented to hundreds of audiences in 15 countries. Jeremy has been the top-ranked speaker at multiple conferences including Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conferences and Microsoft CIO summit among others.

Jeremy currently works with some of the leading and most innovative companies in the blockchain/decentralization space including OB1 and OpenBazaar. In December of 2016, he edited and published a collaborative eBook with 33 of the biggest influencers and thought-leaders called “Blockchains in the Mainstream: When Will Everyone Else Know?”

Jeremy takes great joy in being an early adopter of new technologies, celebrating the victories (like buying Bitcoin at $80) and the defeats (too many to list) equally.

Described by more than one client as a “shot of marketing espresso,” Jeremy discovered his calling for marketing while living in Tokyo in 1997 after reading Peppers and Rodgers "The 1:1 Future" and hasn't looked back since.

Jeremy was a History major at Johns Hopkins, a skill which he wholeheartedly believes prepared him for the marketing profession.

Website:

• Never Stop Marketing

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Tahir Hussain-

Tahir Hussain: I grew up in Dubai, UAE, and although I came from a very humble family, I was able to start my own business at the age of seventeen. At twenty-one, I already had a million dollar business. By the time I was twenty-seven, I had earned my first million dollars in less than a year, leading me to become a multi-millionaire just one year later. I qualified as a software engineer after studying in the U.S. The world of business appealed a lot to me and I rose quickly in that world, became a financial planner, entrepreneur and peak sales performer. Since I love challenges, I took start up businesses and turned them into multi-million dollar businesses. In addition, my passion for growth in the real estate industry gained me an award by the Ruler’s office of Dubai, which was like a dream come true. During my course of success and immense wealth creation, I am proud to say that I have never worked for anyone else in my entire life nor I intend to do that ever. Packed with over eighteen years of real-life experiences in the business world, I was honoured to help thousands of people come out of their day to day job and taught them how to become successful entrepreneurs. The power of giving back and paying it forward is what drives me and that is why I share my success principles with others by being a life coach, a motivational speaker, an author and a personal development trainer to them. I am a proud owner of the Unstoppable Millionaire Academy, where individuals can learn more in-depth strategies about how to truly focus on and achieving their life-long dreams. The academy has created thousands of entrepreneurs in various countries around the world including Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, Kenya, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, Romania, Germany, United Kingdom and many more.

Website:

• unstoppablemillionaireacademy.com

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