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Webinar Speaker Profiles | BOOK NOW! Registration Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009 | | Sessions begin October 2009 thru April 2010 | | | | |  |  |  | Matt Kirchner
C.E.O.
American Finishing Resources, LLC | Mike Malatesta
Founder & President
Advanced Waste Services, Inc. | Chuck Zamora
Founder & President
Zamora Group International | | Matt Kirchner ('Kirk-ner') | | Matt Kirchner presently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of American Finishing Resources, LLC (AFR). With facilities in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana, and a transportation footprint encompassing twelve states, AFR is by far the largest provider of Industrial Coatings Removal and Paint Fixture and Hanger Fabrication in the Midwest. For 10 years prior to joining AFR, Kirchner served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of ABQC Corporation, a metal finishing operation located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With approximately 250,000 square feet of floor space ABQC is one of the largest metal finishing facilities in the United States. In the mid-1990s Kirchner completed the turnaround of Innovative Control Systems, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation that develops and manufactures high-tech security and asset protection systems for healthcare facilities. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Wisconsin, is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, and serves on the board of directors of three corporations and several non-profit organizations. Kirchner is the immediate past President of the Milwaukee Branch of the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society and presently serves on its Board of Managers. He also serves as the Co-Chair of the Management Committee of the National Association for Surface Finishing. In 2004, he was named to the Milwaukee Business Journal’s “40 under Forty,” honoring leaders under 40 years of age who have succeeded in business and given back to the community. He is a graduate of Marquette University. In addition to his role with AFR, Kirchner is President of Profit360, LLC, a Midwest provider of management advisory services, and speaks frequently on topics of interest to American businesses. He is the author of “Never Finished,” a monthly management column appearing in Products Finishing magazine. | | BOOK NOW! Registration Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009 | | | | Mike Malatesta | | Mike Malatesta is the founder and President of Advanced Waste Services, Inc., a Wisconsin-based firm focused on delivering unique, effective, and environmentally sound waste collection, transportation, and treatment solutions to a wide range of manufacturing, commercial, and municipal clients throughout the upper Midwest. Over the last 16 years, Mike has not only lived through the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial cycle, but he has also learned the importance and impact that innovation and transformation bring, not just to an organization, but to every person in the organization. During that time, his company has grown from a “two men and a truck” start up to a fully integrated waste services enterprise with more than 130 employees and operations in four states. As you can imagine, that growth has created not only its share of challenges, obstacles, and frustrations but also tremendous opportunities that were unimaginable at the beginning. Mike believes that a leader’s most important responsibilities to the organization are to 1.) Know and very clearly articulate where the business is going, 2.) Understand where he or she provides the most value to that vision, 3.) Maximize that value by focusing on it as much of the time as possible, 4.) Create a team to which to delegate all other necessary and vital activities and, 5.) Let it happen. His company is a distinguished Future 50 “Master Mettle” award winner, a three-time “The Mid Market Growth Award” winner, an INC. 5000 award recipient and a Waste Age Magazine and Waste News Magazine 100 Largest and Fastest Growing waste industry company. | | BOOK NOW! Registration Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009 | | | | Chuck Zamora | Chuck Zamora is also the author of “Chuck Zamora’s Little Black Book of Quotes,” a book that compiles 115 quotes that Chuck has personally written. Chuck is also the president and founder of ZAMORA GROUP INTERNATIONAL-The Learning Company, a staff development and corporate education company. The company was conceived in 1984 and is a culmination of Chuck’s background in both education and his experience in the corporate world. After a decade of teaching, Chuck joined a large multinational corporation overseas and launched his corporate career in sales. After quickly achieving success, it was then a natural progression to move into the role of Vice President of Sales and Marketing. From there, Chuck became the Senior Vice President responsible for the entire state of Queensland, Australia. In 1984, he was offered the position of Asia Pacific Regional Training Director. The position was turned down and instead Chuck chose to resign and launched ZAMORA GROUP INTERNATIONAL-The Learning Company Inc. In 2005, Chuck and his wife Trish made a family decision to return to the United States and are now located in the state of Wisconsin. The company now operates on two continents as Chuck continues to serve a very vibrant client base in Australia as well as Northern America. Chuck also serves on the board of Portal Industries, a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to assist adult citizens with disabilities, providing them with opportunities to lead a more fulfilling life.
Chuck specializes in the areas of leadership, sales and, customer service. In the last almost quarter of a century, Chuck has reached in excess of 250,000 people with his high energy and rock solid programs. In 1999, Chuck launched a five-day leadership program titled CLASS, Corporate Leadership And Success Strategies. This course was designed for middle managers as well as small business owners. Due to the huge success in Australia, CLASS became the flagship for the launch of Zamora Training, Inc. in the United States. To date, CLASS has received endorsements from over 18 different companies in the United States and continues to be an effective program for growing and grooming future leaders. In 2008, THINK LEADERSHIP, a program for the business owner and senior executives of publicly listed companies, was launched. Chuck’s course, THE ART OF CONVERSATIONAL SELLING, is positioned today as a cutting edge sales course that has produced remarkable results for companies such as: Toyota Motor Corporation of Australia, Midas Car Care, Castrol Oil, Citibank, Diners Club, Corporate Express, Brisbane BMW, and Warner Brothers Movie World. Chuck’s customer service course, THE BOOMERANG EFFECT-HOW TO GET CUSTOMERS TO COME BACK has been conducted for many of the Banks in Australia as well as most major retail operations. Human resource managers state that it has been the most effective customer service program their people have experienced. Chuck also developed THE TOOLS OF LIFE, a life skills program for senior high students. This program has reached in excess of 86,000 students on two continents. As a keynote speaker, the words of Bill Dean, Australian National Sales Manager of Boral Bricks, ring true. “Chuck, you are a motivator and communicator, but most of all you are a masterful educator.” | | BOOK NOW! Registration Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009 | | |
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