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THE RESILIENCY & LEADERSHIP SHOEMAKER
USA TOUR
with Joe Foster, Founder of Reebok & Author of Best Seller
Shoemaker
The purpose of the Resiliency & Leadership SHOEMAKER Tour with Joe Foster is to inspire
thousands of entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs in the USA. Joe’s story is one of resilience, grit and determination. The story of the building of a Multi-Billion Dollar brand
Reebok and what it takes for you to do the same. Free Enterprise is the heartbeat of America. We believe Joe’s story embodies that and he wants to use it to give hope to those that believe in the American Dream on this Tour.
TOUR DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
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ABOUT GLOBAL FOUNDERS ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT
Hosted by Entrepreneur, Emilio Antonio Guevara the Global Founders Entrepreneurship Summit (GFES) 2022 – Winter will bring together a diverse group of business leaders from industries around the world to come together to inspire other entrepreneurs and founders. These very special founders will share their stories of passion, perseverance, failure, the agony of defeat from loss, and the thrill of victory from the wins on their journey to success.
As founders and business leaders to grow and succeed we have had to be creative, passionate, optimistic, future-oriented, resourceful and adventurous. The summit will explore how do we use these attributes to not only successfully get through these current challenges but internalize and embody them as permanent attributes to use at will on the way to our own success.
Past Featured Speakers for GFES SPRING 2021
Sâadia Lakehal
CEO & Founder
Emperia Industries Connect, Inc.
Sâadia Lakehal is also the Founder of the Global Women in Manufacturing and AgTech Summit and magazine. Her focus is on the impact of women in manufacturing and Agtech to promote diversity and inclusion in the connected industry, open global markets and create opportunities for women. She contributes to the development and creation of the manufacturing industry of the future which aims to be intelligent, visionary and connected to the current socio-economic, human, environmental and technological challenges of our modern society.
Ramon Ray
Founder
SmartHustle.com
Ray is an in-demand expert on small business success. He’s a global keynote speaker, event host and emcee, entrepreneur, and best-selling author. Ramon inspires and educates
thousands of business owners a year and works with leading brands to help them reach small businesses. Ramon’s started four companies and sold two of them. “Celebrity CEO,” Ramon’s fourth book, is about building a community and personal brand. Ramon has been invited to
testify at the United States Congress and speak at the White House. Ramon has shared the stage with celebrity business thought leaders such as Seth Godin, Simon Sinek, Gary
Vaynerchuk, and others.
Noleen Mariappen
Founder
Saffa Global
Inspiration For Good
Noleen Mariappen is also the Founder of Inspiration For Good. An economic empowerment champion, & an entrepreneur at heart, her focus shifted from managing multi-million projects, to making a meaningful difference in business and society in a more direct way. Now equity partner in a number of companies, founder of a few more, & an advocate of both social and
sustainable enterprise, her key interests are economic empowerment, innovation,
infrastructure & partnerships for business success and the greater good, working strategically
toward sustainability, scalability & impact
carlos sentis
CEO & Founder
world innovation alliance HENKUAI
He is the Founder and CEO of the World Innovation Alliance (WIA), CEO of West – China relations consulting company Henkuai, Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum and Vice-president of Impact Innovation at the Ariel Foundation.
He serves also as a board member for a minimum of ten global organizations. He has developed projects for more than 120 large international companies and public institutions across multiple industries and has lectured in more than 10 different universities and business schools around the world and speaks Spanish, English, Chinese, French and Arabic.
Simon Anholt
Founder
The Good Country
He is the Founder of The Good Generation. He is a policy advisor and author of six books including the global best seller, “The Good Country Equation: How We Can Repair the World in One Generation”. Anholt has advised the Heads of State and Heads of Government of 60 countries, helping their countries to engage more ethically, imaginatively and strategically with the international community. He published the Good Country Index (GCI), built the Global Vote, created the Good Leader Index and the Good Generation. His first TED talk is the all-time most viewed TED talk in the Government category with over 12 million views, and is ranked by viewers as the fourth “most inspiring” of all TED talks.
Michael V. Roberts
Chairman and Ceo
The Roberts Companies
I AM EXCITED to announce that Dr. Michael V. Roberts will be joining us as a speaker at the Global Founders Entrepreneurship Summit 2021 on Wednesday April 28, 2021. He is the Chairman and CEO of The Roberts Companies. He is also the author of two best-selling books “Action Has No Season” and “Action Has No Season 2.0”. In these books he details the principles and steps necessary to build a successful billion dollar business.
He built a business empire that encompasses television and radio broadcasting, commercial, retail and residential real estate development, wireless communications, hotel ownership and management. He owned and managed 76 plus companies with over 11,000 employees.
S. M. Zillur Rahman
chairman & ceo
rahman group
He is the Chairman & CEO of the RAHMAN GROUP. The Rahman Group are Rahtex Industries Limited for Readymade Garments and Textile Manufacturing, Lobster Ltd. for Restaurants, Rahtech Developers Limited for Real Estate Development, Rahman Overseas and Rahman Overseas Trade Link for import, export, trading and International Human Resource Recruitment Consultancy.
He is the Founder and President of the Bangladesh Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BQCCI). The Head of the Bangladesh World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME) whose headquarters is in New Delhi, India. He is the elected director of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI), the largest chamber of commerce in Bangladesh. He is also the Chairman of Bangladesh Bamboo, Cane and Mates Crafts Foundation (BBCMF).
Darryl ricardo matthews, sr.
president & ceo
He is an experienced senior business executive who currently serves as the President & CEO of the National Society of Black CPA (NSBCPA). He has served as the Executive Director and COO of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the National Medical Association (NMA), the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. where he helped engineer the passage of fraternity-sponsored legislation authorizing the fraternity to construct the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the Federal Mall in Washington, D.C.
As an entrepreneur he was an independent consultant for the White House Presidential Advance staff. He coordinated and managed visits and sites in various locations for functions attended by the United States President (POTUS) and his senior team.
marcelo carvalho de andrade
managing partner & co-founder
earth capital holdings
Dr. Andrade is managing partner and cofounder of Earth Capital Holdings, one of the largest global private equity management firm, specialized in sustainable investments in cleantech, on the food, energy and water sectors, under the climate nexus. In 1985 he founded Pró-Natura International, one of the first international Sustainable Economy Development Agencies in the world, present in over 63 countries. He is also the co-founder of the Terra Capital Fund, Axial Bank and in 2017 the Shared Value Platform.
As an Advisory Board member, he has assisted for decades companies as Shell, BHP Billington, DuPont, Proctor and Gamble, multilateral institutions as the IFC, the World Bank and sovereign Governments.
He is a highly experienced leader and a pioneer in the sustainable development arena with a track record of over 35 years.
morgan reynolds
founder & ceo
turnkey future
As the creator of Turnkey Hospital™ Morgan Reynolds is a global innovator and social entrepreneur that is helping to build a better world faster. With a professional resume focused on affordable housing and healthcare in developing nations; Morgan has been featured on nationally syndicated tv and radio shows. Morgan Reynolds, the Founder of Turnkey Future, is continually striving to make an impact through his passion for construction and entrepreneurship.
traci fenton
founder & CEO
WorldBlu
She is the Founder and CEO of WorldBlu, a global leadership membership for CEOs, leaders, and their teams teaching how to lead with the proven Freedom at Work leadership model. Traci is also a globally recognized speaker, author, and transformational coach to CEOs and top leaders worldwide.
Traci is a “Thinkers 50 Radar” award winner, received the Game Changer award for “Outstanding Results in Shaping the World,” has been recognized in Inc. Magazine as a “Top 50 Leadership Thinker,” and as a Marshall Goldsmith “Top 100 Coach.” Traci and her team have helped hundreds of top companies and leaders at world-class organizations such as The WD-40 Company, DaVita, HCL Technologies, Mindvalley, Pandora, Podio, RevAsia, Zappos, and more in over 100 countries worldwide.
Kalkidan Kebede Gashawtena
founder & managing director
Covenant Engineering GmbH
He is the Founder and Managing Director of Covenant Engineering GmbH. Covenant Engineering GmbH is a German based Engineering company with a focus on delivering turn-key engineering and project management services to its clients around the globe. Covenant
Deborah walliser
founder & ceo
Got Produce?® Global Brands
She is the Founder and CEO of Got Produce?® Global Brands. Deborah founded a hydroponic technology company and later a global franchise in order to provide the tools and technology for food security and self-reliance with opportunities for trade and economic growth.
She designed and built Arizona’s first commercial floating lettuce system that can withstand extreme desert temperatures and reduce water use. In California, she was awarded a Water Innovations Grant from Imagine H20 for development of sustainable water policy using new agriculture technology. She has since built out food systems across major desert regions of the world.
frank carbajal
founder & ceo
silicon valley latino leadership summit
Frank Carbajal is Founder and President of Es Tiempo, LLC., Founder of the Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit (SVLLS) which has been in existence now for over 13 years. He created the Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit at Stanford University as a platform to attract, retain the top Latino Thought Leaders in the United States. The mission is to also have Latinos mentor the next generation of leaders. He is the Co-Author of Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation and Co-Author of the highly anticipated book Evolution of Latino Digital Intelligence due out this mid-Fall. Frank has also founded the #365LatinoLeader and #365LatinaLeader. Mr. Carbajal holds an MA, with an emphasis in Human Resources Management. He lives with his wife and three beautiful daughters in Santa Clara, California.
MARK DEMERS
SENIOR DIRECTOR
SAS
Mark Demers leads an expert global team of industry practice directors, industry marketing, principal industry consultants and thought leaders that drive vision and product direction, messaging and support sales for industry-centered SAS products and solutions. Mark and his team work closely with SAS’ customers, sales, Partners, R&D, and technical staff around the world, to position, market and sell SAS solutions for Government, Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Energy, and Education and Communications sectors using analytics and artificial intelligence
KIMBERLY HARRIS
founder & ceo
CAREER CENTER OF SOUTHEAST
I AM EXCITED to announce that Kimberly Harris will be joining us as a speaker at the Global Founders Entrepreneurship Summit 2021 on Wednesday April 28, 2021. She is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, empowerment speaker, and workforce strategist who partners with Fortune 500 companies, executives, solopreneurs, and career seekers to grow their personal and professional brands. She authored the book “26 1/2 Ways to Be Empowered in Work & Life: An Empowerment Guide for the Determined.”
JOSE MOREY
ceo
ad astra media
He is CEO of Ad Astra Media, is a Fellow of the Eisenhower Foundation and the Chief Medical Innovation Officer for Liberty BioSecurity where he helps drive innovation across world leading multidisciplinary teams that sit at the epicenter of genetic intelligence, national defense biotechnologies, precision medicine and augmented human performance.
Dr. Morey has served as an advisor and thought leader to the world leading emerging technology companies and government agencies including, IBM Watson, NASA, White House, Intra-American Development Bank, UN World Food Programme, Hyperloop and Forbes. sDr. Morey holds faculty positions at Singularity University and the University of Virginia and at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is a mentor for MIT Solve and IDEAS programs and has been featured on Forbes, Univision and NASA360 and is considered the first Intergalactic Doctor.