David Castillo

Vice President | The Red Balloon

d.cast@redballoontoystore.com

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David Castillo has worked in the specialty toy industry since 2004 with the family business, The Red Balloon Toy Store. After graduating college in 2014, he joined his father in running the family business as Vice President. David’s passion for number crunching, technology, and problem solving combined with his dad’s years of experience, relations, and love for toys has seen the family business grow to 5 locations in Utah.

David spent 4 years as a volunteer board member for the Utah Chapter of Huntington’s Disease Society of America. He was also a member of ASTRA’s Technology Committee and is currently serving as a member of ASTRA’s Best Toys for Kids Award Committee.

David is a proud father to 2 children, Harper and Bennett, and husband to his selfless wife, Kristin. He loves to share how becoming a father has turned him into a more loyal advocate and customer of The Red Balloon Toy Store.

Dave Fellman

President | David Fellman & Associates

dmf@davefellman.com

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David M. Fellman is the president of David Fellman & Associates, Raleigh NC, a sales & marketing consulting firm serving numerous segments of Small Business America. He is the author of The Small Business Book: 10 Ways To Make Your Small Business More Successful and Listen To The Dinosaur, which Selling Power magazine listed as one of its “10 Best Books To Read in 2010.” His articles on sales, marketing and management topics have appeared in a variety of publications, and he is a popular speaker who has delivered seminars and keynotes at events across the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Jennifer Rust

CEO | Creative Profit Planning

jennifer@creativeprofitplanning.com

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Jennifer Rust is the CEO of Creative Profit Planning, a former retail store owner and a seasoned CPA. She works to develop roadmaps to profitability for independent retail stores, guiding them down the path to resolution of their financial challenges and putting more money in the pockets of her clients.

Jennifer has lived and breathed what you are experiencing on a personal level in her own retail business and shared in many financial challenges through the eyes of hundreds of diverse small businesses in her accounting practice. Jennifer now she shares that knowledge with the entrepreneurs who are willing to commit to tightening their belts, following a plan, and opening their eyes and hearts to the possibility of what financial freedom could look like in their businesses. Her clients consist of a diverse group of retail stores both large and small in all areas of the United States. She is a proud Affiliate of Management One and ASTRA.

Nick Richardson

CEO | Kids Insights

nick@theinsightspeople.com 

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Nick the founder and CEO of Kids Insights, the global leader in kids, tweens and teens market intelligence. He has established himself as a go-to expert on kids' insights and regularly speaks at events in the UK, Europe and the US. Nick has set out to change the way in which market intelligence is conducted, enabling clients to make informed decisions and developed strategies based on real insights, in real-time. Nick holds a BA in marketing and an MBA. You can find him on Twitter @nickrmarketing and @kidsinsights. 

Kids Insights surveys more than 4,000 children per week across 3 continents and 11 countries or more than 200,000 children per year. They are the global leader in kids' market intelligence and they have an unrivaled ability to understand their attitudes, behaviors and consumption of the next generation of consumers. 

Tami Wloch

Social Media Director | Strategic & Creative Marketing Inc.

tami@scmarketinginc.com 

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For over 15 years, Tami has been providing Marketing services for companies, utilizing her expertise in Social Media, PR, TradeShows, Radio/TV/Newspaper, print, and more.  Because of her successes with Social Media Campaigns, she now serves on Advisory Boards for both Facebook Corp & LinkedIn Corp.  She is helping shape the future of Social Media by beta testing & evaluating current & future products & services.  In addition, she is certified in both SEO & Google Analytics. 

She teaches classes both in the US and internationally to help people understand the complex world of gaining customers thru Social Platforms - this can be a very inexpensive Marketing tool if used correctly.  Her classes contain hands-on techniques so attendees can implement changes & get immediate results.  She welcomes feedback and questions from the attendees during all sessions so attendees can get their questions answered.