Speakers

Erik Qualman

Erik Qualman is the author of Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business. Socialnomics made Amazon's #1 Best Selling List for the US, Japan, UK, Canada, Portugal, Italy, China, Korea and Germany. In 2010, Socialnomics was a Book of the Year finalist as voted on by the American Marketing Association.

Qualman has been highlighted in Mashable, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Forbes, and The Huffington Post. He has also been interviewed on radio and television discussing his view on digital trends, and Fast Company Magazine listed him as a Top 100 Digital Influencer.

Erik is currently the Global Vice President of Digital Marketing for EF Education headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland and a Professor of Digital Marketing for Hult International Business School's Masters program. He attended Michigan State University receiving a BA in Marketing and also holds an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.

Dr. Patrick Schul

Dr. Patrick Schul is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Schul Group. During his 31 years in practice, Dr. Schul has had the opportunity to lead multiple global and national sales organizations that generated consistent growth in revenues. He also built and led a boutique professional services firm for many years that partnered with clients in our core segments and beyond in the development and execution of a wide range of revenue generation strategies.

Patrick studied marketing and received his BBA and MBA from the University of Texas System and later earned a doctorate in Marketing from Texas A&M University. He taught previously at University of Alabama, University of Southern California, and University of Memphis.

Today, he is focused primarily on new business development; actively participating in the managing the firm’s large-scale consulting engagements and various educational initiatives.