Meet the 2012 CEO Seminar Speakers...

2012 CEO Seminar Featured Speakers

Thursday, January  19, 2012 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 a.m.

Price for Profit and Growth
Rafi Mohammed, Founder, Culture of Profit, LLC

Even the most sophisticated businesspeople often rely on "that's the way we've always done it" formulas and seat-of-the-pants instinct to set prices for their products and services. The result is that businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to the Fortune 100, leave money on the table. With a focus on actionable insights, Rafi presents key pricing principles and strategies that allow will allow your company to serve and profit from your largest customer base.

Biography: Rafi Mohammed is the founder of Culture of Profit LLC, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company that consults with businesses to help develop and improve their pricing strategy. He holds the title of Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business, is a frequent commentator on pricing issues to the print media, has made prime time appearances on CNBC, MSNBC, Fox Business News, and the Canadian Broadcast and is a regular contributor on pricing issues to the Harvard Business Review and thestreet.com web sites.  Additionally, Rafi is the author of The 1% Windfall: How Successful Companies Use Price to Profit and Grow (HarperCollins, March 2010), which provides a blueprint for managers to create a comprehensive pricing strategy. His first pricing strategy book, The Art of Pricing (Crown Business, October 2005), has been translated into seven foreign languages.

Friday, January 20, 2012 9:00 a.m. – 12:15 a.m.

Be the CEO of Your Health! - Get The Health Benefits You Desire
Dr. Larry Ohlhauser, Physician, Author and Global Healthcare Consultant 

On the battle-ground of business, great leadership is required to build strong, healthy organizations.  The principles of leadership are also required to build strong, healthy people. In a culture where having it all can mean sacrificing health, relationships or peace of mind, many leader’s feel frustration that they do not have enough time to accomplish everything.  In particular, the responsibility held by leaders to their personal health can be low on the priority list due to time constraints. Over 70 percent of leaders have hidden health problems.  When did we as a society start putting less effort into ourselves than we do into our careers? Why did we get bumped from the top of the priority list? It is time to take control and become the CEO of your health.

Biography: Dr. Larry Ohlhauser is a Medical Doctor, the past Registrar and CEO of the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons, an international speaker, the President and CEO of a consulting firm that focuses on health and wellness, and most recently, the author of a book entitled, The Healthy CEO. By sharing his own personal story and challenges, his sources of inspiration and his anecdotal humor, Dr. Ohlhauser continues to motivate and empower people everywhere to become the CEO of their own personal life.Dr. Ohlhauser has received the Alberta Centennial Medal in recognition of outstanding service to the people and province of Alberta and has been named “one of the Top 100 Physicians of the Century” by the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Alberta Medical Association.  He was named the top Canadian TEC speaker for 2007 and 2010. A zealous adventurer with an appetite for living life passionately, Dr Ohlhauser applies his philosophies on goal setting and outcome measurement to enhancing his own life.  Whether piloting jet planes, speaking publicly to hundreds of leaders, or smacking the golf ball out of the sand, he infuses life with contagious energy, spirit and purpose.  He truly has become the epitome of what he preaches.  He is the Healthy CEO.

Saturday, January 22, 2012 9:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Positive Trends
Brian Beaulieu, Principal and CEO, Institute for Trend Research

The stock market has been very volatile and generally pessimistic. There is concern over a Greek default and pessimism seems to be reigning supreme. It is important to look beyond the headlines and examine what the data says is actually happening. We will take a look at the reasons why the economy is likely to grow further in 2012 and by doing so provide increasing business opportunities for BSCAI members. Additionally, there are signs that construction is finally forming a business cycle trough. We will look at what the prospects are for a rise in 2012 and beyond.

Biography: Brian Bealieu is an economist with the Institute for Trend Research, who has served as a principal and CEO since 1987. At the Institute he incorporates research into business cycle analysis and forecasts to increase profits. He is co-author of Make Your Move, a book on how to increase profits through business cycle changes. Beaulieu also is Chief Economist for Vistage International, a global organization comprised of 14,000 CEOs. An experienced lecturer, Beaulieu has led workshops and economic analysis seminars across the U.S. and Canada for more than 28 years.

2012 CEO Seminar Guest Speaker

Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Health Care Reform:  Taking Command for 2012 and the Future
Sibyl C. Bogardus, JD, Chief Compliance Officer, Western Region Employee Benefits Legal Compliance Service, HUB International Insurance Services, Inc.

This discussion crystallizes how federal health reform is impacting health benefit plans, insurance carriers, and medical providers now and in the future.  These changes will impact employers, through their group plans, and many individuals, affecting how both seek insurance coverage and how they pay for it.  Most employers foresee changes – from minor to drastic – to their benefit plans, depending on their current health benefit programs, their workforces, and the cost / benefit impact of the law. While legal challenges meander through federal courts and Congress, understanding the new world of health care can help minimize negative impacts on employers, covered employees, insurance carriers, and health care providers, as well as the ultimate impact on our communities.

Biography: Sibyl C. Bogardus, JD is a member of the HUB California Private Equity Practice Team. Her areas of expertise include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), wellness programs, federal and state health care reform, employment and labor issues, COBRA, ERISA, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), cafeteria plans, and compliance with Internal Revenue Code requirements for favorable tax treatments of benefits.