Forum Groups

Forum 01

Janet Anderson

Janet Anderson
Adjunct Professor

RIT

Advisory services in strategic marketing and business management for established corporate and entrepreneurial start-up clients. Expertise in all global marketing functions, including competitive and market positioning, customer satisfaction and loyalty, marketing communications and advertising, product lifecycle management, product launch and sales training activities. Provide key insights ensuring alignment of cross-functional resources (product development, sales and marketing) to achieve company objectives while delivering superior customer value. Facilitate customer/client advisory boards and conduct strategic planning and review sessions.


Sue Avery

Sue Avery
CEO

Avery Marketing, Inc.

Avery Marketing is an integrated marketing communications company with a long history of creating high quality marketing solutions for Fortune 100 corporations, Non-profit organizations, and Educational Institutions across North America.

Our mission at Avery Marketing is to develop effective and enduring marketing solutions that provide the greatest impact and most significant return-on-investment.


Mary Coombs

Mary Coombs
Chief Operating Officer

CABHQ, LLC

CABHQ, LLC is a consulting firm that provides strategic business solutions and facilitation services (to financial advisors, major corporations, small businesses and individuals) such as client advisory boards, peer advisory boards, and executive leadership training. Specializing in peer-to-peer and group learning, CABHQ’s programs include Client Advisory Boards, Renaissance Executive Forums (executive peer advisory boards), and ProGrowth (teams of business prospect developers.)


Joe Denny

Joe Denny
Co-Founder, President & CEO

Railcomm, Inc.

We provide the world’s railways with software-based solutions focused on train control and railroad management systems. Our systems automate an expanding network of connected devices that generate real-time information used to coordinate and optimize the rail infrastructure.


Mark Fultz

Mark Fultz
President & CEO

Abtex Corporation

Abtex produces application specific abrasive filament power brushes. We design and build custom machinery for applying Abtex brushes.


Glenn Masline

Glenn Masline
Vice President

Masline Electronics

Distributors of Passive and Electromechanical components. Products are used primarily by manufactures in the production of printed circuit boards, chassis and human interface.


Christine Peters

Christine Peters
President & CEO

Family First Credit Union

Family First Credit Union is a full service financial institution where member/owners come together to achieve and exceed their financial goals. The credit union was established in 1969, beginning as the Penfield Central School District FCU. The credit union has grown to serve over 12,000 members with over $105 million in assets.


Kevin Pickhardt

Kevin Pickhardt
CEO

Pharos Systems

Pharos Systems is the recognized industry leader in providing Enterprise Print Asset Management and Cost-Recovery solutions to both corporate office and higher education environments. With over 15 years of experience, we help customers track, measure, and control their print assets to reduce waste, optimize performance, guide the purchase of new devices, and make the most of existing ones. As a result, over fifteen hundred customers in 24 countries are currently benefiting from optimized printing environments, and are experiencing significant expense reduction.


Rick Plympton

Rick Plympton
CEO

Optimax Systems

Optimax manufactures precision optics in diameters ranging from 3 to 300mm and fabricated from brittle materials, such as optical glasses, ceramics and crystals. All optics – aspheres, cylinders, prisms, and spheres – are manufactured to customer specifications.


Dawn VanDamme

Dawn VanDamme
Co-CEO

NimbleUser

NimbleUser is a technology company focused on the nonprofit community. We do web development, consulting, selection and implementations of association management software, fundraising software and collaboration tools. We support Google Apps, Ektron, iMIS, Salesforce.com, the Nonprofit Edition of Salesforce.com, Force.com, and our own AMS called NU Members which is built on Force.com for small staff associations.


William Verhelle

William Verhelle
CEO

First American Equipment Finance

Commercial equipment finance for large corporate borrowers located in the United States.


Steve Wershing

Steve Wershing
President

Ensemble Financial Services

Ensemble is the Leading Outsourcing Company for Independent Financial Advisors. We provide securities custody and clearing, business processing, IT compliance marketing and financial planning consulting, virtual staffing services, and an integrated, web-based technology suite. We aim to perform all the functions necessary in running an advisory business except the development and delivery of the investment advice.


Ron Wille

Ron Wille
Co-CEO

NimbleUser

NimbleUser is a technology company focused on the nonprofit community. We do web development, consulting, selection and implementations of association management software, fundraising software and collaboration tools. We support Google Apps, Ektron, iMIS, Salesforce.com, the Nonprofit Edition of Salesforce.com, Force.com, and our own AMS called NU Members which is built on Force.com for small staff associations.