Jonathan Sprinkles is the author of 13 books (including two international bestsellers), a TV personality, celebrity business coach, and award-winning keynote speaker. He is the founder of The Connection Lab, an award-winning company that is on a mission to help people live bigger and lead better through the power of human connection. Jonathan gets it.
He knows the difference between what looks good on paper and what really works in the real world. He brings best practices from his career as a tech salesman and his 20 years of leadership experience as an entrepreneur. Jonathan has a gift for connecting with any audience, relating to them on a personal level, and inspiring them to bring out the best in themselves and the people around them.
Over the past 15 years, Jessica has become a trusted advisor to executives in broker-dealers, RIAs, and FinTech firms through her work with the Financial Planning Association and FP Transitions. She serves on The American College NextGen in 10 Leadership Advisory Committee that was instrumental in funding and launching numerous industry events—including the fan-favorite FPA Externship. And she’s also a ghost-writer and outsourced CCO and CMO for some of the most respected names in the wealth industry, and a regular contributor in trade publications. If that’s not enough to make your head spin in admiration, tack on her passion for bringing the needs of female advisors to the table within FP Transitions and you’ve got yourself a winning Keynote.
Michael Kitces is a co-founder of the XY Planning Network, AdvicePay, New Planner Recruiting, fpPathfinder, and XY Bean Counters, the former Practitioner Editor of the Journal of Financial Planning, the host of the Financial Advisor Success podcast, and the publisher of the popular financial planning industry blog Nerd’s Eye View through his website Kitces.com, dedicated to advancing knowledge in financial planning. In 2010, Michael was recognized with one of the FPA’s “Heart of Financial Planning” awards for his dedication and work in advancing the profession.
