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Skip Vaccarello has over 35 years of experience in leadership positions for Silicon Valley technology companies. In 1979, he came to Silicon Valley as the VP of Operations with VisiCorp, the provider of the industry’s first spreadsheet, VisiCalc, and a pioneer in the personal computer revolution. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of Applied Weather Technology, a global ...

To kick off 2017 we are hosting a very special Unconventional Business dinner with Alan Robertson from Duck Dynasty! Alan is the oldest son of The Duck Commander. He grew up hunting and fishing and helped build the foundation of the family business in the ’70s and ’80s. Back in the day, he and Phil would travel around Louisiana and ...

The Benham Brothers, identical twins, David Benham and Jason Benham, are former professional baseball players, best selling authors, speakers, and nationally acclaimed entrepreneurs. Their rise to success earned them a reality show with HGTV that was set to air in the fall of 2014- yet the show was cancelled because of their commitment to biblical values. They started using biblical ...

Rich McClure is former President of UniGroup, the parent of United Van Lines, Mayflower Transit, UniGroup Relocation, and UniGroup Logistics.  In 2011, Rich and his wife Sharon were the first couple featured on the CBS show, Undercover Boss, featuring United Van Lines. He came to the UniGroup companies in 1995 as executive vice president/chief operating officer of United Van Lines ...

Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family and host of the daily broadcast, heard by more than 6.3 million listeners a week on more than 1,000 radio stations across the U.S. The show was honored as 2012 Program of the Year by the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB). Daly’s personal journey from orphan to head of an international Christian ...

Major General (Retired) Robert F. “Bob” Dees served for 31 years in the U.S. Army in a wide variety of command and staff positions culminating in his last three assignments as Assistant Division Commander for Operations, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Commander, Second Infantry Division, United States Forces Korea; and as Deputy Commanding General, V (US/GE) Corps in Europe, concurrently ...

Phil Vischer made his first animated film when he was nine years old; by the age of fourteen, he was convinced he would be a filmmaker when he grew up. After a brief stint at a Bible college, Phil struck out on his own, looking for a way to integrate his faith with his filmmaking. This quest led him to ...

Mark and Mary Kay Liston are a power couple with valuable franchise experience and training in the Dwyer Group's® Code of Values. Mary Kay was named president of Five Star Painting and ProTect Painters when Dwyer Group® acquired them in 2015. This is the third franchise brand with Dwyer Group for Mary Kay. For the past three years she has served as ...

Dee Ann Turner is a business leader, best-selling author and speaker. She started her career at Chick-fil-A in 1985 as an administrator in the Human Resources department.  Selected as Chick-fil-A's first female officer in 2001, Dee Ann has led various areas of the business including Human Resources, Franchisee Selection, Culture, Learning and Development, Talent Management and Talent Acquisition.  She currently ...

Michele Rigby Assad is a former undercover officer in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations. Trained as a counterterrorism specialist, Michele served her country for ten years, working in Iraq and other secret Middle Eastern locations. Upon retirement from active service, Michele and her husband Joseph (also a former agent) joined a group of Americans who wished to ...