Expert's Bios
Jane Out of the Box content experts are chosen for their recognized expertise and achievement in various fields, including marketing, business management, human resources, legal, insurance, and lifestyle management. Learn more about the Jane Content Experts below: 
David KinardDavid Kinard, M.Ed., PCM, (The Marketing Guy) is a marketing expert that speaks professionally, and is the principal of Access Marketing Solutions, a Seattle-based firm that works with associations that want to revolutionize their industries, and their members who want to reenergize their marketing. He can be contacted at 206-525-5501 or by visiting www.marketingguy.com where you can also join his FREE email newsletter MondayMarketing™.www.marketingguy.com 
Michele Pariza WacekConsidered one of the hottest copywriters and marketing consultants in the market today, Michele PW (Michele Pariza Wacek) has a reputation for crafting copy and creating marketing campaigns that get results.Michele started writing professionally in 1992, working at agencies and on staff as a marketing/communication/writing specialist. She started Creative Concepts and Copywriting LLC in 1998 and has never looked back. Her articles about marketing, creativity and copywriting are spreading rapidly over both the Internet and print publications. She started speaking to various organizations around Arizona. And she started working with well-known names including Melanie Benson Strick (Success Connections), international sales trainer Eric Lofholm, Beth Schneider (Process Prodigy), Kelly O'Neil (UpLevel Strategies) and her mentor Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero (Red Hot Copy). www.michelepw.com 
Melanie Benson StrickMelanie Benson Strick founded Success Connections in 2001 when she left behind a lucrative corporate job to pursue her passion in life - transforming the lives of overwhelmed, burned out entrepreneurs. Having learned first hand the difference between a struggling solo-practice and a thriving six+ figure business, Melanie works exclusively with entrepreneurs who want to skyrocket their profits so they can experience more time off.With over 12 years experience in corporate project management, advanced results coaching and leadership development, Melanie turns her clients into profitable, high-payoff success stories. Melanie's clients enjoy an average growth rate of 172% within the first year. Today Melanie coaches a limited group of private and group clients - all in the six to seven figure range - who want to streamline their business and experience more of a freedom-based lifestyle. www.successconnections.com 
Beth SchneiderUsing her natural ability to create systems and motivate people, Beth Schneider went from director-level manager to successful independent consultant in just a few years. Her claim to fame is that as an internal manager she held the positions of HR Manager, Project Manager, Director of Administration, Assistant Controller, and Training Manager-all at the same time. Now with 12 years under her belt, she is best known as a Management Consultant who can make things happen. She has worked with major corporations, Inc. 500 companies, small businesses and solopreneurs. The one thing they all have in common is the need for streamlined, effective and consistent processes and procedures. And that is what Beth provides.Now Beth offers Process Prodigy, a company focused on teaching Entrepreneurs and Management Level employees the "art of working smart." Where others have only said you must work smarter, Beth provides tangible tools and techniques that cause you to do just that. www.processprodigy.com 
Paul WagnerOriginally Database Designer and Project Manager for legacy mainframe systems for 28 years, Paul Wagner has a unique combination of technical and teaching skills proven when he was working as a software developer with multibillion dollar corporations such as Hewlett-Packard and Epson America where he was a speaker at technical conferences. He now brings a special combination of Teaching skills and Technical Expertise to both small entrepreneurs and medium-sized corporations. Using a real-time teaching model on the internet, Paul now makes it possible for people anywhere, anytime to learn advanced technical skills.Paul now uses that learned patience, calmness and technical know-how to instruct students in the art and science of Contact Management. His humor and patience contribute to making Classes stimulating, comprehensive and downright fun. www.softwaremagician.com 
Steve LappanAfter graduating college, Steve started his insurance career in 1980 with the Industrial Indemnity Company in Southern California as a Commercial Lines Underwriter and quickly attained rank as a Senior Commercial Lines Underwriter. Steve then became part of a business development team in charge of the design and implementation of new insurance programs marketed through independent agents in 13 Western States. In 1985, Steve returned to Alpena to become a co-owner of Lappan Agency. He obtained his license and continues to provide his knowledge to clients of the agency. Steve enjoys being outdoors; some of his favorite activities include golfing, volleyball and sailing. Steve and his wife, Cathe, have two children, Sara and Lorah.www.lappanagency.com 
Monica RossAs the founder and President of Virtual Bookkeeping™, Monica Ross has considerable experience working for small to medium sized businesses and independent contractors, while specializing in working with couples on their personal finances. Her company provides a full range of bookkeeping and accounting services to clients across North America. She is proficient in all bookkeeping procedures and is familiar with bookkeeping software, including ACCPAC, MYOB, and QuickBooks. She specifically holds a designation as a certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor. Monica has run her own business since 1999 and has taken great pride in building up a large team of Virtual Bookkeeping™ associates. Monica knows what it takes to move from surviving in business to thriving, and she is committed to helping her clients do the same because she knows the value of the type of freedom that comes from success. Monica considers herself a combination single mom/entrepreneur with a big heart. She loves bookkeeping, but more importantly she loves partnering with her clients to help them grow their own businesses.www.virtualbookkeeping.ca 
Susan SlovicSusan Wilson Solovic is CEO of SBTV.com – small business television. SBTV.com is the first and only video news and information destination site for America’s small businesses. Solovic began her professional career as a television news anchor and reporter for NBC and CBS affiliates. Subsequently, she joined a Fortune 100 company where she was named vice president, director of corporate marketing, of the firm’s international asset-based lending division. While working in an executive capacity, she attended Saint Louis University Law School and graduated with honors. Her legal background provides her with a unique view of American business.Solovic is the author of The Girls’ Guide to Building a Million Dollar Business" released in October, 2007. Solovic made her debut as an author with "The Girls’ Guide to Power and Success," which was originally released in June 2001 and was re-released in paperback in 2003. The book is also being published in Korea, China and Thailand. "Reinvent Your Career: Attain the Success You Deserve and Desire" is another of Solovic’s books. It offers motivational and practical advice for those individuals seeking to re-ignite their careers. She also authored "Hanging onto the American Dream: A Story of Business Leadership and Leaving a Legacy." Solovic serves on the advisory board for the John Cook School of Business Entrepreneurial Studies at Saint Louis University – one of the top rated entrepreneurial schools in the U.S. Solovic was among the nominees for the Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame at Saint Louis University in 2007. She is a member of the Board of Advisors for Enterprising Women magazine and in 2007 was selected as one of the magazine’s Enterprising Women of the Year. Solovic was also tapped for the inaugural Women Impacting Public Policy Board of Directors, guiding the nation’s largest bipartisan women’s business group. She was selected as Chair of the WIPP Executive Advisory Board, an organization with over 500,000 members. Her three year term of service began in 2007 to guide WIPP in raising the voices of 10.4 million women entrepreneurs and 46 national women business organizations. WIPP honored Solovic with the organization’s highest recognition, The President’s Award in 2007. Solovic served on the National Women’s Business Council which counsels the President, Congress and the SBA on issues impacting women business owners. She was named one of the Most Influential Women in St. Louis (2004) by the St. Louis Business Journal and received the 2004 YWCA’s Special Business Leader award for Entrepreneurial Success. In 2006 she received the Distinguished Leader award from Southeast Missouri State University and in 2000 she was named a Distinguished Alumni from Columbia College. Solovic previously served on the John F. Kennedy School of Government Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard University. On behalf of SBTV.com Solovic accepted the Stevie Award for the Most Innovative Company up to 100 employees. The Stevie Awards are considered the Oscars of business. In October 2006, SBTV.com was recognized by the Women’s Technology Venture Cluster as the Best Investment Opportunity. For nearly a decade, Solovic taught a women’s entrepreneurial training program at a St.Louis-based college. Solovic co-hosts a weekly radio show with Cliff Ennico, “Succeeding In Your Business” broadcast over the Voice Of America radio network. She was a featured columnist on women’s business issues for UPI. She is regular small business contributor on ABC’s America This Morning. She is also a popular media guest on radio and television programs across the country including CNN, Early Today, FOX News, and Good Day New York. www.sbtv.com |