In-Person Cost: $3,000

Accelerate your executive development by learning from executives in the Manager Tools® community. This 2-day event is packed with networking events and engaging sessions where you’ll hear from top leaders in diverse industries including banking, software, aerospace, consulting, markets, finance, HR, etc. as they share their thoughts on leadership, managing and more. Build your skills and grow your network by getting access to the right topics and the right people.

Attendance Includes:

  • Membership to an instant messaging group for connecting with other attendees, speakers, and the MT team.
  • Meals throughout, including a meet-and-greet the day prior to the event and a dinner after the first day's sessions.
  • Videos of our speaker sessions for one year after the event.
Those wishing to purchase just the videos but not attend the event can do so when those recordings are made available as part of our Executive Outlook Video product.

Meet The Speakers

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David S. Cohen, Esq - General Counsel, Tempus Ex Machina, Inc. & Partner in the law firm of Daniel, Ebeling, and Cohen, LLC

David provides strategic business, administrative, and legal advice and service to a quickly scaling sports technology startup. Cohen built and served as Head of Player Operations of the Alliance of American Football, and for five years as the General Counsel of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is a licensed California attorney and a National Athletic Trainers Association Certified Athletic Trainer.

In previous roles David has overseen the legal department for Angels Baseball LP and AM830 KLAA and was Athletic Trainer in the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, and Montreal Expos organizations. David’s been responsible for drafting and negotiating legal and business terms of contracts with sponsors, vendors, employees, season seat holders, and suite licensees. He oversaw all organizational litigation and has significant experience managing complex and class action lawsuits. David also oversaw human resources, security, insurance, compliance, and privacy functions for the Buccaneers

Mark Thomas - CTO, MRO Healthcare

As the Chief Technology Officer for MRO, Mark is responsible for all aspects of technology including technology vision, strategy, and execution. MRO supports healthcare organizations with proven enterprise-wide solutions for the secure, compliant, and efficient exchange of Protected Health Information (PHI). With a deliberate focus on technology culture, Mark and his team are setting the example of a product driven technology organization.

Prior to MRO, Mark served as SVP IT for eviCore Healthcare where he brought the team at MT in to help transform his team. Mark and his wife have 2 daughters and they live on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.

Lejjy Gafour - CEO, CULT Food Science

Lejjy is a self-taught entrepreneur and experienced company operator who made his start creating opportunities at the young age of 14, and he has been working, leading, and building businesses ever since. Lejjy is the former co-founder and CEO of a YCombinator backed biotechnology company, and one of the first operating cellular agriculture companies in Canada. He has over 15 years of experience in both public and private enterprises executing strategy, technology, and product development for everything from financial institutions, manufacturing, public health, to world class universities. He is also a founding member of Cellular Agriculture Canada, and currently serves on the board of New Harvest Canada.



Wednesday, August 23rd

7:00 Breakfast and Sign In
8:30 Welcome & Introductions
9:30 Speaker & Topic TBD
10:30 Break
10:40 Speaker & Topic TBD
11:40 Break
11:50 Speaker & Topic TBD
12:50 Lunch
2:00 Speaker & Topic TBD
3:00 Break
3:15 Speaker & Topic TBD
4:15 Break
4:30 Speaker & Topic TBD
6:00 Cocktail Hour
6:45 Dinner and Discussion
8:00 Done for the Day

Thursday, August 24th

7:00 Breakfast & Sign In
8:55 Welcome Back
9:00 Speaker & Topic TBD
10:00 Break
10:15 Speaker & Topic TBD
11:15 Break
11:30 Speaker & Topic TBD
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Speaker & Topic TBD
2:30 Break
2:45 Speaker & Topic TBD
4:00 Close/End

Watch a Sample:

Matt Beckwith - Customer Experience: Not a Department, a Revolution

This event brought together an engaged, highly skilled audience with talented presenters covering value adding topics. The discourse, the exchange of perspectives, and the sidebars during the event brought the information to an even higher level.

      Read more...Eldon Schaffer

The M Conference gives you real guidance from real people who are in the muck just like you. You get the opportunity to ask questions and learn from leaders in other firms. It’s the ultimate safe space to ask questions and get some real, actionable answers.

      Read more...Dan West