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Gary C. Laney is CEO of Success Masters and a 35-year business veteran and entrepreneur. Gary is a two-time bestselling author, former high-tech software executive, and a serial entrepreneur having been personally involved in 20+ startups. A dynamic speaker. Gary has presented to and motivated to more than 100,000 executives, entrepreneurs, business professionals, sales and customer support people. Success Masters is a company offering personal and leadership success training. Guiding thousands of high-profile business professionals, Gary leverages personal experience to develop his customers' dynamic brands.

Prior to his entrepreneurial run, Gary spent 25 years as an executive in corporate high-tech software and commercial publishing. He is known for his ability to turn around businesses and create dramatic revenue growth. Gary has a triple MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management in finance, marketing, and policy with minor in Information Systems. His domain expertise is well founded in industries such as information management, CRM, business networking, e-commerce, financial services, hi-tech software, telecommunications, and publishing.

Gary’s keynote offers collaborative discussions about his transformational relationship techniques. Listeners learn practical skills for integrating empathy into the business relationship process and maintaining trust for productive business outcomes.

His well-endorsed and reviewed book, The Power of Strategic Influence, offers readers valuable insight into the tools Gary uses to build relationships with powerful and influential people. Responsible for managing more than 1500 employees over the course of his career, he is well-versed in proven techniques, which produce high-level team performance. Offering practical tools for maintaining consistency in team dynamics, Gary’s performance strategies are transferrable throughout complex corporate and organizational structures.

A former high-tech executive, serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, professional trainer, and startup investor, Gary has invested and been personally involved in more than 20 start-up businesses including his role as VP Sales for Eloquent, a public company where he ran worldwide sales. Most recently he was CEO and Co-Founder of Trustegrity, which was sold in 2020. Trustegrity is a fast-growing professional networking company that was co-founded and launched in 2013 by Gary that offers an exclusive business networking platform for experienced professionals and trusted advisors.

With more than 35 years of experience in commercial publishing, high-tech software, eCommerce, and startup expertise, Gary’s expertise draws from the financial, tech, telecom, business networking, and e-commerce sectors. He’s developed a proven system for creating trusted partnerships. His innovative leadership skills translate into value for global audiences, who are eager to hear information about creating new connections and maintaining long-term business relationships. Focusing on six crucial building blocks for partnering with influential change-makers.

As a former President, CEO, and VP of Sales for top-performing teams, Gary’s career includes extensive executive experience. With a triple marketing, finance, and policy MBA from Northwestern University’s prestigious Kellogg School of Management, Gary’s career builds on his educational background. Well-known for establishing lucrative business relationships, he’s developed keynote presentations from proven strategies used in successfully securing several multi-million-dollar contracts.

By teaching listeners to develop trust-based relationships in every interaction, audiences may create business opportunities at every turn. From affiliates and resellers to top-tier business influencers, those who apply Gary’s strategic influence principles may enhance productivity and increase revenue. Attendees leave the presentation with the ability to immediately integrate meaningful strategies into professional interactions. As a dynamic speaker, Gary’s approach to relationship-based business performance is a refreshing way to tame toxic corporate cultures and improve the way employees interact.

Gary has a Triple Major MBA from Northwestern/Kellogg in Finance, Marketing, and Policy.