Prominent Authors

Adam Wallace, the Australian, is a multiple New York Times, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author. He has sold over 5 million books, with a mission to entertain and inspire millions around the world. Adam has a unique gift for composing stories that are interactive, teach important skills and, most important of all, entertain.

Professor Malcolm Prowle originally trained as a scientist but switched to a career in economics and finance. He gained extensive experience in public and private sectors and has advised government ministers, ambassadors and senior public servants on many public policy issues. He has been an adviser to two House of Commons Select Committees and three shadow government ministers. Also, a consultant to several UN organizations. His experience in the fields of science, economics and public policy make him ideally placed to write this book.

Mike Saksa has participated as a buyer, seller, and stakeholder in many types of negotiations for Fortune 500 companies over his 30-year career. He survived, adapted, and thrived in crisis management situations with the Tylenol product recall and relaunch, the KKR leverage buyout of RJR Nabisco, and the AOL/Time Warner failed merger.

As a senior executive at Warner Bros. and Redbox, he led negotiations for over $1 billion of content against big retail, professional sports leagues, cable tv networks, streamers, movie studios, and celebrity production companies. In addition to his BS in Finance, MBA in Marketing, and MFA in Cinema/TV, Mike received executive training in leadership and negotiations at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and the Harvard Graduate Business School.

He’s currently a thesis panelist for the USC Cinematic Arts Graduate Producing Program and a guest lecturer in entertainment disruption at the UCLA Anderson Graduate Business School.

Jim Spohrer is a retired IBM executive and active in the International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP.org). He has a bachelor’s degree in physics from MIT and a PhD in Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence from Yale. One of the founders of the field of service science, with over ninety publications and nine patents, his awards include AMA ServSIG Christopher Lovelock Career Contributions to the Service Discipline, Evert Gummesson Service Research, Vargo-Lusch Service-Dominant Logic, Daniel Berg Service Systems, and PICMET Fellow for advancing service science.

Neal Whitten is a popular speaker, trainer, consultant, mentor, and author in the areas of power skills and leadership, project management, team building, and employee development. He is the author of eight books, has written over 150 articles for professional magazines and was a contributing editor of PMI’s PM Network® magazine for over 15 years. He has presented to thousands of people from across hundreds of companies, institutions, and public organizations worldwide. More recently, he has developed over 20 popular online products made available through Velociteach®. Neal has been a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® since 1992.

Alexander Mirza has 25 years experience in Fortune 500 corporations and start-ups. After Deloitte Consulting, he led strategy at Starwood and held senior management roles at Hilton, Ticketmaster, and Caesars. He subsequently served as CEO of Asia-based Cachet Hotels. Mirza holds degrees from Harvard Business School and Queen’s University at Kingston, where he was an Aga Khan Scholar.

Alex Brueckmann is the founder and CEO of Brueckmann Executive Consulting based in Vancouver, Canada. As a strategy facilitator, speaker, and author, he helps businesses reach unmatched levels of alignment, performance, and results. Alex has impacted thousands of business leaders worldwide, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies.

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Mr. Forsgren started his career as a mechanic apprentice at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio and, after ten years of night school, earned an undergraduate and then graduate degree in engineering. In 2005, Mr. Forsgren transferred to NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. to manage agency training and in 2013 was appointed the director of the Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL). In 2016 he was given the additional responsibility of serving as the NASA Chief Knowledge Officer until his retirement in 2021.

Theresa Slater is the President of Empire Interpreting Service, which she founded in 2003. A speaker, author and advisor to new entrepreneurs, her love for business is always driving her path. Theresa now lives far from her beginnings in a small rural town, to living in the center of Philadelphia, where she spends her free time exploring her new life as an urbanite.

Tony D. Thelen is a lifelong learner whose career has spanned roles in manufacturing, sales, marketing, technology, strategy, and finance. Tony is a lifetime member of Trout Unlimited and currently writes from his home in West Okoboji, Iowa.