Charles W. Wassberg, CIC, is the founder and CEO of The Wassberg Syndicate located in Plano, Texas, a future-oriented organization specializing in putting today’s independent insurance agency in the position to take advantage of tomorrow’s world. This unique concept is the end result of careful observation of critical insurance industry trends combined with key societal observations over the past 38 years, which concludes with Charles’ groundbreaking Third Wave concept.

Building Insurance Agency Value is the culmination of Charles’ efforts. It offers a totally new way to look at agency profitability and agency value.

Charles is an accomplished speaker on many future-related topics as well as on various sales and motivational areas.

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Marvin L. Patterson is the founder and President of Innovation Resultants International (IRI), a firm dedicated to helping client companies achieve greater business success through more effective product innovation.

Marv and his colleagues HAVE helped dozens of companies improve the business impact of their new product efforts and developed a unique perspective on the key success factors for competitive product innovation that has proven useful in a wide range of industries from office products to heavy equipment and from telecommunications to semiconductor lithography.

Marv is the author of two highly regarded books on product innovation; Accelerating Innovation: Improving the Process of Product Development (John Wiley & Sons, 1997) and Leading Product Innovation: Accelerating Growth in a Product-Based Business, (John Wiley & Sons, 1999). In addition, he has published many technical papers and holds three U.S. patents. He has been a trustee for the National Technological University and served on the Board of Directors of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Marv received his BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington and is a graduate of the University of Michigan Executive Program.

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Cherie Carrabba is the Executive Director of the Texas Junior Livestock Association and the Publisher and Editor of The Showbox magazine. She left a career in education to direct both business entities. Her tenacity, work ethic, and enthusiasm have played vital roles in the growth of both organizations. The TJLA was the first junior livestock exhibitor organization created in the United States, and it has been the model of all the others that followed.

A humorist who is able to laugh at herself, she has written about the exploits of her friends and family and brought insight into the wonderful world of livestock exhibition. She and her husband, John Ben Carrabba, live on a ranch in Crockett, Texas with their seven dogs. Armed with an idea and a typewriter, Cherie created a forum for junior enthusiasts and changed the face of livestock exhibition. With the help of hundreds of dedicated parents and industry leaders, she helped establish Texas as the preeminent livestock exhibition state.

She created The Showbox magazine, the oldest junior livestock publication in existence and the only one under the total direction of a woman. Her belief that anything is possible through dedication and focus has inspired and given direction to thousands of young livestock exhibitors, many of whom have assumed leadership roles in all types of industries.

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Rebecca Tinsley is a human rights activist and journalist. She founded the humanitarian aid group Network For Africa to help survivors of genocide rebuild their lives.

She is a former BBC reporter, and the founder of Waging Peace, a human rights group campaigning against genocide. When not in Africa, Rebecca lives with her husband Henry Tinsley in London, England and California. Her previous novels include ‘Settlement Day’ and ‘The Judas File.’

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