Smart Business Dealmakers Conference 2020 - Detroit | Smart Business Dealmakers | 2 April 2020 | The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit, 1114 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226, USA

The Smart Business Dealmakers Conference (formerly ASPIRE) connects thousands of local dealmakers - from middle-market CEOs to top investors and lenders to leading M&A advisers.

With sessions ranging from raising capital to buying and selling companies to alternative asset investing, our conference covers the breadth of the M&A landscape.

To experience Dealmakers, take a look inside last year's event (formerly known as ASPIRE).

2020 Speakers

Harry Cendrowski
Managing Director, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors

Timothy R. Damschroder
Member and Co-Chair of Business Practice Group, Bodman PLC

David Dunstan
Managing Director, Citizens Capital Markets

Daimon Geopfert
National Leader, Security and Privacy, RSM US LLP

Kim Gorman
Michigan Market Executive, Wells Fargo Bank

Doug Grimm
CEO, V-to-X, LLC

Doug Holladay
Founder & CEO, PathNorth

Jack Lawless
CEO, Belle Tire Distributors

David Mannarino
Michigan Market President/Commercial Bank Sales Executive, KeyBank

Brian Marshall
Executive Commercial Region Manager, Huntington Bank

Michael Marzec
Chief Strategy Officer, Smart Business Network

Chuck Moore
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Jim Robinson
Regional President, Chemical Bank, A Division of TCF National Bank

Bill Rosin
Attorney, Dickinson Wright, PLLC

David Sowerby, CFA
Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, Ancora

Kelvin B. Squires
CEO, Center Line Electric, Inc.

Samuel Valenti III
Chairman CEO, Valenti Capital

Joe Wagner
Managing Director & Partner, P&M Corporate Finance, LLC

Bradley J. Wyatt
Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC

Tom Zucker
President, EdgePoint Capital

CHAIRMAN:

Fred Koury
President & CEO, Smart Business Network

HOST COMMITTEE:

David Alden
Vistage Group Chair, Vistage Michigan

Lemuel Amen
Chairman, Altius Manufacturing Group, LLC

Jason Bierkle
President, DivDat

David Brophy
Professor of Finance, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

MJ Cartwright
CEO, Matterhorn by Court Innovations

Carolyn Cassin
Co-Founder and General Partner, BELLE Michigan Impact Fund

Harry Cendrowski
Managing Director, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors

David Costa
Portfolio Company Manager, Windsor Industrial Services

Timothy R. Damschroder
Member and Co-Chair of Business Practice Group, Bodman PLC

Brian Demkowicz
Managing Partner, Huron Capital

Ric DeVore
PNC Regional President for Detroit and Southeast Michigan, PNC Bank

Derek Dickow
President, Steward Media

Mike Dingwall
Partner, RSM

Matthew Geiger
Co-Founder/Director, Ovid BP Systems, Inc.

Gerry Giudici
President, Barden Brook Capital, LLC

Patricia Glaza
Managing Director, Invest Detroit Ventures

Stacy Goldberg
CEO & Founder, Savorfull

Kim Gorman
Michigan Market Executive, Wells Fargo Bank

Rick Hampson
State President, Michigan, Citizens Bank

John Henderson
CEO, AEL-Span, LLC

Angie Kelly
Office Managing Partner, Detroit, EY

Lee M. Koury
Managing Partner, Smart Business Network Inc.

Robert Kuehne
Founder and CEO, Blue Newt Software Technologies

David Mannarino
Michigan Market President/Commercial Bank Sales Executive, KeyBank

Brian Marshall
Executive Commercial Region Manager, Huntington Bank

Kathleen B. McCann
Executive Chairman, United Road Services, Inc.

Charles G (Chip) McClure
Managing Partner, Michigan Capital Advisors

Don Nystrom
President, Dynamic Aerospace & Defense

Stephen Polk
CEO, Highgate LLC

Sherwin Prior
Managing Partner, Blue Victor Capital

Dan Ratliff
Principal, Fontinalis Partners

Chris Rizik
CEO, Renaissance Venture Capital

Steve Robert
CEO, Autobooks

Jim Robinson
Regional President, Chemical Bank, A Division of TCF National Bank

Bill Rosin
Attorney, Dickinson Wright, PLLC

Sam Simon
Founder, Chairman & OwnerSimon Group Holdings

David Sowerby, CFA
Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, Ancora

Kelvin B. Squires
CEO, Center Line Electric, Inc.

Samuel Valenti III
Chairman CEO, Valenti Capital

Paul Van Devender
Managing Director, CBRE

Joe Wagner
Managing Director & Partner, P&M Corporate Finance, LLC

David Weaver
Chief Investment Officer, City Side Ventures

Larry Williams
President & CEO, Henniges Automotive

Tom Zucker
President, EdgePoint Capital

2020 Sponsors

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Dickinson Wright PLLC
• Wells Fargo Advisors
• Edge Point
• PNC Bank
• Bodman
• Ancora
• RSM
• Huntington
• KeyBank
• Citizens Commercial Banking
• PMCF
• EY
• Cendrowski Corporate Advisors

SPECIALTY SPONSORS:
• EO
• CBRE
• PlyMouth Growth