LISTEN TO THE Keynote Speakers
Dan Cockerell
Disney Keynote Speaker, Author, 26-Year Veteran Vice President of Disney Magic Kingdom
Dan Cockerell
Disney Keynote Speaker, Author, 26-Year Veteran Vice President of Disney Magic Kingdom
Dan is the former Vice-President of the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida.
He attended Boston University, graduating in 1991, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.
Upon graduation from Boston University in 1991, Dan moved to Florida and worked as a parking attendant at Disney’s Epcot Center. Subsequently, he joined the Disneyland Paris Management Trainee Program as part of the opening team and moved to France in 1992.
While working in Paris, Dan held various management positions in Parking, Ticketing, Guest Relations, Food & Beverages and Human Resources.
After spending 5 years in France, Dan relocated to Florida and held a variety of executive roles at the Walt Disney World Resort, both in the theme parks and resort hotels. His last 9 years with the company, he was successively Vice President of Epcot, Vice president of Disney’s Hollywood Studios and eventually Vice President of the Magic Kingdom where he led 12,000 cast members and entertained over 20 million guests annually.
He earned his MBA in 2001 at the Crummer School of Business at Rollins College.
In addition to his operational responsibilities, Dan was a keynote speaker for the world-renowned Disney Institute for 18 years. He has addressed open-enrollment participants from all over the world as well as attendees in custom programs including the USAA Bank, General Motors, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Army, the Southern Methodist University Business School, Porsche A.G., and United Airlines.
He served on the board of Junior Achievement of Central Florida from 2004 to 2018, and was Chairman in 2010.
After a fulfilling and exciting 26-year career with the Walt Disney Company, Dan and his wife Valerie made the decision to set out on a new venture and start their own consulting and speaking business.
Dan provides customized, authentic presentations, insightful workshops and one on one coaching, focusing on leadership and management practices drawing upon his extensive Disney career with relevant examples and inspiring storytelling.
Christian Rangen
Founder & CEO of Engage // Innovate and Strategy Tools
Christian Rangen
Founder & CEO of Engage // Innovate and Strategy Tools
Christian “Chris” Rangen is a strategy & transformation advisor to companies, innovation clusters and governments around the world. His clients span oil & gas, energy, technology, telecom, aviation, mobility, finance, consulting and national governments. He has worked extensively with seafood across the value chain.
His field of expertise span strategy, corporate transformation, entrepreneurship, venture capital and accelerating transformation. He has developed significant methodologies and frameworks within these fields.
Christian Rangen is founder/CEO of Engage // Innovate – a global strategy & innovation consulting company and Strategy Tools – the modern strategist’s platform.
He is also faculty at five business schools, teaching strategy, entrepreneurship, energy transformation and more.
His recent publications include the Shifting Energy Arena (2018), Building Switzerland’s Innovation Superclusters (2018) and Building Innovation Superclusters (English and Mandarin, 2019), Building the Transformational Company (2020).
David Burkus
Best-selling Author, Sought After Speaker, Professor
David Burkus
Best-selling Author, Sought After Speaker, Professor
Burkus’ award-winning books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times.
A renowned expert, Burkus’ writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, Fast Company, and more. He has been interviewed by NPR, the BBC, CNN, and CBS This Morning. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50.
Associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University where he was recently named one of the nation’s “Top 40 Under 40 Professors Who Inspire.”
LISTEN TO THE Event Speakers
David Burkus
Best-selling Author, Sought After Speaker, Professor
David Burkus
Best-selling Author, Sought After Speaker, Professor
Burkus’ award-winning books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times.
A renowned expert, Burkus’ writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, Fast Company, and more. He has been interviewed by NPR, the BBC, CNN, and CBS This Morning. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50.
Associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University where he was recently named one of the nation’s “Top 40 Under 40 Professors Who Inspire.”
Dan Cockerell
Disney Keynote Speaker, Author, 26-Year Veteran Vice President of Disney Magic Kingdom
Dan Cockerell
Disney Keynote Speaker, Author, 26-Year Veteran Vice President of Disney Magic Kingdom
Dan is the former Vice-President of the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida.
He attended Boston University, graduating in 1991, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.
Upon graduation from Boston University in 1991, Dan moved to Florida and worked as a parking attendant at Disney’s Epcot Center. Subsequently, he joined the Disneyland Paris Management Trainee Program as part of the opening team and moved to France in 1992.
While working in Paris, Dan held various management positions in Parking, Ticketing, Guest Relations, Food & Beverages and Human Resources.
After spending 5 years in France, Dan relocated to Florida and held a variety of executive roles at the Walt Disney World Resort, both in the theme parks and resort hotels. His last 9 years with the company, he was successively Vice President of Epcot, Vice president of Disney’s Hollywood Studios and eventually Vice President of the Magic Kingdom where he led 12,000 cast members and entertained over 20 million guests annually.
He earned his MBA in 2001 at the Crummer School of Business at Rollins College.
In addition to his operational responsibilities, Dan was a keynote speaker for the world-renowned Disney Institute for 18 years. He has addressed open-enrollment participants from all over the world as well as attendees in custom programs including the USAA Bank, General Motors, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Army, the Southern Methodist University Business School, Porsche A.G., and United Airlines.
He served on the board of Junior Achievement of Central Florida from 2004 to 2018, and was Chairman in 2010.
After a fulfilling and exciting 26-year career with the Walt Disney Company, Dan and his wife Valerie made the decision to set out on a new venture and start their own consulting and speaking business.
Dan provides customized, authentic presentations, insightful workshops and one on one coaching, focusing on leadership and management practices drawing upon his extensive Disney career with relevant examples and inspiring storytelling.
Corey Phelps
Dean of the Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma
Corey Phelps
Dean of the Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma
Corey Phelps is an accomplished keynote speaker, corporate trainer and an award-winning business school professor. He is currently Dean of the Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma. Formerly an Associate Dean of Executive Education and Professor of Strategy at McGill University, he completed his Ph.D. at the Stern School of Business, New York University.
His book – Cracked It! How to Solve Big Problems and Sell Solutions Like Top Strategy Consultants (co-authored with Bernard Garrette and Olivier Sibony) – was published in summer 2018 by Palgrave Macmillan.
Drawing on his extensive research experience, Corey has delivered keynote presentations and executive training programs for over 50 organizations in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. In recognition of his teaching excellence, he received the Pierre Vernimmen BNP Paribas Award at HEC Paris and undergraduate and MBA professor of the year awards at the University of Washington.
Corey’s research, which has appeared in top academic journals and received over 5500 citations, examines how alliances, acquisitions, and corporate venture capital influence growth and innovation. He received the Academy of Management Technology & Innovation Management Division’s Best Dissertation Award, The State Farm Companies Foundation Dissertation Award, and the INFORMS Technology Management Best Paper Award. Corey is the Chair of the AOM TIM division and serve on the editorial boards of four top journals.
Christian Rangen
Founder & CEO of Engage // Innovate and Strategy Tools
Christian Rangen
Founder & CEO of Engage // Innovate and Strategy Tools
Christian “Chris” Rangen is a strategy & transformation advisor to companies, innovation clusters and governments around the world. His clients span oil & gas, energy, technology, telecom, aviation, mobility, finance, consulting and national governments. He has worked extensively with seafood across the value chain.
His field of expertise span strategy, corporate transformation, entrepreneurship, venture capital and accelerating transformation. He has developed significant methodologies and frameworks within these fields.
Christian Rangen is founder/CEO of Engage // Innovate – a global strategy & innovation consulting company and Strategy Tools – the modern strategist’s platform.
He is also faculty at five business schools, teaching strategy, entrepreneurship, energy transformation and more.
His recent publications include the Shifting Energy Arena (2018), Building Switzerland’s Innovation Superclusters (2018) and Building Innovation Superclusters (English and Mandarin, 2019), Building the Transformational Company (2020).
Chester Elton
Helping Leaders Create High Performing "All In" Cultures Author, New York Times bestselling author, Executive Coach,
Chester Elton
Helping Leaders Create High Performing "All In" Cultures Author, New York Times bestselling author, Executive Coach,
How do today’s best leaders accelerate business results? By engaging their employees to execute on strategy, vision, and values. Chester Elton has spent two decades helping clients engage their employees in organizational strategy, vision and values. In his inspiring and always entertaining talks, Elton provides real solutions for leaders looking to build culture, manage change and drive innovation. His work is supported by research with more than a million working adults across the globe, revealing the proven secrets behind high performance cultures and teams.
Elton is co-founder of The Culture Works, a global training company, and author of multiple award winning, #1 New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, All In, The Carrot Principle and Leading with Gratitude. His books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
He has been called “fascinating” by Fortune and “creative and refreshing” by The New York Times. Elton has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CBS 60 Minutes, and is often quoted in Fast Company, Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal.
In 2020 Global Gurus research organization ranked Chester #4 among the world’s top leadership experts and #2 among the world’s top organizational culture experts. The Employee Engagement Awards 2020 named him a Top 101 Global Employee Engagement Influencer; and Engagedly named him Top HR Influencer of 2020. He is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s #MG100 Global Coaches, member of the Fast Company Impact Council, and serves as a board member for Camp Corral, a non-profit for the children of wounded and fallen military heroes.
Christian Rangen
Founder & CEO of Engage // Innovate and Strategy Tools
Christian Rangen
Founder & CEO of Engage // Innovate and Strategy Tools
Christian “Chris” Rangen is a strategy & transformation advisor to companies, innovation clusters and governments around the world. His clients span oil & gas, energy, technology, telecom, aviation, mobility, finance, consulting and national governments. He has worked extensively with seafood across the value chain.
His field of expertise span strategy, corporate transformation, entrepreneurship, venture capital and accelerating transformation. He has developed significant methodologies and frameworks within these fields.
Christian Rangen is founder/CEO of Engage // Innovate – a global strategy & innovation consulting company and Strategy Tools – the modern strategist’s platform.
He is also faculty at five business schools, teaching strategy, entrepreneurship, energy transformation and more.
His recent publications include the Shifting Energy Arena (2018), Building Switzerland’s Innovation Superclusters (2018) and Building Innovation Superclusters (English and Mandarin, 2019), Building the Transformational Company (2020).
David Burkus
Best-selling Author, Sought After Speaker, Professor
David Burkus
Best-selling Author, Sought After Speaker, Professor
Burkus’ award-winning books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times.
A renowned expert, Burkus’ writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, Fast Company, and more. He has been interviewed by NPR, the BBC, CNN, and CBS This Morning. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50.
Associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University where he was recently named one of the nation’s “Top 40 Under 40 Professors Who Inspire.”
Dan Cockerell
Disney Keynote Speaker, Author, 26-Year Veteran Vice President of Disney Magic Kingdom
Dan Cockerell
Disney Keynote Speaker, Author, 26-Year Veteran Vice President of Disney Magic Kingdom
Dan is the former Vice-President of the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida.
He attended Boston University, graduating in 1991, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.
Upon graduation from Boston University in 1991, Dan moved to Florida and worked as a parking attendant at Disney’s Epcot Center. Subsequently, he joined the Disneyland Paris Management Trainee Program as part of the opening team and moved to France in 1992.
While working in Paris, Dan held various management positions in Parking, Ticketing, Guest Relations, Food & Beverages and Human Resources.
After spending 5 years in France, Dan relocated to Florida and held a variety of executive roles at the Walt Disney World Resort, both in the theme parks and resort hotels. His last 9 years with the company, he was successively Vice President of Epcot, Vice president of Disney’s Hollywood Studios and eventually Vice President of the Magic Kingdom where he led 12,000 cast members and entertained over 20 million guests annually.
He earned his MBA in 2001 at the Crummer School of Business at Rollins College.
In addition to his operational responsibilities, Dan was a keynote speaker for the world-renowned Disney Institute for 18 years. He has addressed open-enrollment participants from all over the world as well as attendees in custom programs including the USAA Bank, General Motors, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Army, the Southern Methodist University Business School, Porsche A.G., and United Airlines.
He served on the board of Junior Achievement of Central Florida from 2004 to 2018, and was Chairman in 2010.
After a fulfilling and exciting 26-year career with the Walt Disney Company, Dan and his wife Valerie made the decision to set out on a new venture and start their own consulting and speaking business.
Dan provides customized, authentic presentations, insightful workshops and one on one coaching, focusing on leadership and management practices drawing upon his extensive Disney career with relevant examples and inspiring storytelling.