Keynote Speakers

The 2008 TICA Annual Conference features two very influential speakers. Keynote speakers at the upcoming 2008 TICA Annual Conference include:

Stephen M. R. Covey

Stephen M. R. Covey, son of Dr. Stephen R Covey, is the co-founder and CEO of CoveyLink Worldwide. Previously, he was the CEO of Covey Leadership Center, which under his stewardship became the largest leadership development company in the world. His experience as a CEO of a hundred million dollar firm gave him the knowledge to influence other business professionals. Covey is one of the leading international experts on leadership, ethics and trust. He speaks to and energizes audiences in business, government and various associations. He recently wrote The Speed of Trust, a ground-breaking book that demonstrates trust as an economic driver. Demand for trust is currently at an all-time high and very critical in the economy and industry today. Covey will explain how trust is the critical component in making companies more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing.

Todd Buchholz

Todd Buchholz was the former director of economic policy at the White House, a managing director of the $15 billion Tiger hedge fund and an award-winning economics teacher at Harvard. In addition, he was the senior economic adviser to President Bush and is frequently a commentator on ABC News, PBS and CBS. His editorials in the Wall Street Journal correctly forecasted the 2001 slowdown in the U.S. and the New York Times often turns to him to decipher the job market. Buchholz has written several books including Market Shock: 9 Economic and Social Upheavals that Will Shake Our Financial Future, New Ideas from Dead Economists and From Here to Economy and The Castro Gene. He will inform attendees how to thrive in a chaotic economy and gear up for prosperity.