Mark Herbick, Founder and CEO, Pursant, LLC

M&A Is On The Minds of Many Business Owners, But Most Don’t Have An Exit Strategy?

Mark Herbick is the Founder and CEO of Pursant, a middle market advisory firm specializing in M&A, private capital market financing, transaction advisory services, financial leadership support and consulting and coaching related to business value enhancement. The firm’s integrative, customized suite of services deliver the insight and guidance parties seek to confidently navigate complex strategic initiatives.

Prior to founding Pursant, Mark was a serial entrepreneur and buyer/seller of businesses, having bought, sold and operated over a dozen companies of his own and advised on countless strategic transactions in numerous sectors, including the BSC sector. He grew his companies through acquisitions, strategic divestitures of divisions and managed organic growth. During his time as an operator, Mark found that to best grow enterprise value, it was necessary to become proficient at optimizing company performance and executing strategic transactions. He honed his skills in these areas and in 2009 founded, Pursant, LLC. The firm works on over 50 transactions a year ranging in value from $10m-$500m.

Tom Kruse, CBSE, Chief Development Officer, M&A, Marsden Services

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Tom Kruse, CBSE is responsible for Marsden’s strategy development and execution for mergers and acquisitions, sales, and customer retention. Tom has been involved in the building service contractors industry throughout his career. He began as a cleaner and was promoted to management and administrative roles. Tom purchased Scioto Services, an Ohio-based janitorial company, in 1999. He became a Marsden employee when he sold Scioto Services to Marsden in 2005. Tom oversees all of Marsden’s mergers and acquisition efforts and has been responsible for over 30 acquisitions during his tenure at Marsden. Tom specializes in identifying companies whose interests and values align with Marsden and creating mutually beneficial deals. Tom is a Certified Building Service Executive through the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI). He is a past Board President of the BSCAI, and in 2019, Tom was awarded the James E. Purcell Leadership Award by the BSCAI for his long-term service to the building service contracting industry and the BSCAI. Tom earned his BA at Ohio State University.

Oscar Munoz, former CEO and Chairman of United Airlines

Authenticity and The CEO Role: A Fireside Chat with Oscar Munoz

Jason Schenker, President of Prestige Economics® & Chairman of The Futurist Institute®

The Economic, Financial, and Building Materials Outlook in Uncertain Times

Jason Schenker prepares leaders for the future. He has given over 1,000 keynote speeches on economic, financial market, and technology topics. Jason has given speeches to public and private companies, industry groups, institutional investors, central banks, the U.S. State Department, CIA, NATO, and global financial exchanges.

Around 1.2 million students have taken Jason's 20 LinkedIn Learning courses on business, leadership, economics, finance, and emerging technologies. He is the author of 36 books on finance, energy, economics, supply chain, and emerging technologies. Jason has been a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and he is currently a Forbes contributor.

As President of Prestige Economics, Bloomberg News has ranked Jason #1 forecaster in the world in 26 different categories since 2011, including for oil prices, industrial metals prices, the euro, the British pound, agricultural commodity prices, gold prices, and U.S. jobs. Jason has given over 1,000 television interviews, including as a Guest Host on Bloomberg Television.

Jason is the author of fifteen #1 bestsellers on Amazon, including Futureproof Supply Chain, The Future of Finance is Now, The Future of Energy, Jobs for Robots, and The Robot and Automation Almanac.

Before founding Prestige Economics in 2009, Jason was a Risk Specialist at McKinsey and Chief Energy and Commodity Economist at Wachovia (Wells Fargo).

Jason earned a bachelor’s in History and in German from the University of Virginia. He holds master’s degrees in Applied Economics, Negotiation, and German. He is currently an Adjunct Fellow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a Non-Resident Fellow of the U.S. Joint Special Operations University at USSOCOM.

Jamie Turner, Author, Professor, Speaker and Consultant

Reaching Your Aspiration Line: How to Improve Performance, Mindset, and Well-being

Jamie Turner is an internationally recognized author, professor, consultant, and TV news contributor who has helped The Coca-Cola Company, Holiday Inn, Mercedes-Benz, and other global brands tackle complex business problems. Jamie is a regular guest on CNN on the topics of marketing, business leadership and branding. He is the co-author of four essential business books that have been translated into half a dozen languages. He has been profiled in one of the world’s best-selling textbooks and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker at trade shows, events, and corporations around the globe. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, HuffPost, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Inc. and other prominent publications. Jamie also co-founded a non-profit called A School Bell Rings which has built school rooms for impoverished children in Tanzania, India, Uganda, and Guatemala.