AUTHOR. COLUMNIST. KEYNOTE SPEAKER. CRM ADVISOR. 

gene marks, CPA

TOPICS - • Artificial Intelligence • Business

• Economist • Leadership • Management

• Sales • Technology

gene marks - PROGRAMS

  • AI AND YOUR WORKPLACE: Retaining and Attracting Talent in a Tech-Driven World


  • CHATGPT, AI, AND BEYOND: Game-Changing Technologies That Will Impact Your Industry


  • THE LOOMING TAX STORM: Maximizing Your Company’s Tax Savings Before Big Changes Happen


  •  2025 AND BEYOND: STRATEGIC MOVES FOR BUSINESS GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY 


  • SUCCESSION PLANNING: How Smart Leaders Are Passing Assets to Buyers, Investors, and Future Generations 

“Good morning, Gene, without a doubt, your presentation was the best closing session I have ever attended. I know you are doing the kickoff for Symposium and I’m sure I will be saying the same for the kickoff session. Somehow, you managed to make all the tough news entertaining. It was a master class on presenting.”

— Lewis Linda Dodd, Learning Specialist, North Carolina Association of CPAs 

“Gene, I would say in my 30 years of attending presentations,

yours was THE MOST: valuable, relevant, properly paced, perfect amount of info; not too much, but enough, excellent humor, and perfectly executed presentation I have experienced.”

— Jill Keim, VP Relationship Manager, First Merchants Bank 

gene marks - Biography

A past columnist for both The New York Times and The Washington Post, Gene now writes regularly for The Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine and The Guardian. 

 

Gene has written 5 books on business management, specifically geared towards small and medium sized companies. His most recent is Want More Cash?: 100+ Ideas And Strategies For Increasing Your Company's Cash Flow This Year.

 

Nationally, Gene appears regularly on Fox Business, MSNBC, as well as CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor and SiriusXM's Wharton Business Channel where he talks about the financial, economic and technology issues that affect business leaders today.

 

Through his keynotes and breakout sessions, Gene helps business owners, executives and managers understand the political, economic and technological trends that will affect their companies and—most importantly—the actions they can take to continue to grow and profit.


Gene owns and operates the Marks Group PC, a highly successful ten-person firm that provides technology and consulting services to small and medium sized businesses. 



Prior to starting the Marks Group PC Gene, a Certified Public Accountant, spent nine years in the entrepreneurial services arm of the international consulting firm KPMG in Philadelphia where he was a Senior Manager.

“Gene did an amazing job.”

-Applied Industrial Technologies


“At one moment, about halfway through his presentation, the VP of Marketing came up to me and whispered, ‘Gene's energy is exactly what we needed this morning.’”
— Bobby Kelley, Corporate Account Manager


“Gene’s presentation got another glowing review vs. the other guest speakers in attendance. They said it was like a 1h 45m presentation packed into 45 minutes — fast-paced, but not too fast to follow.”
— Bobby Kelley, post-event follow-up


"Good morning Gene, thank you again for a great presentation in Atlanta as it was very well received. The CEO of our customer hosting the event sent me a follow up email yesterday which noted, “Gene Marks truly stole the limelight this year, what a dynamic presenter! It was a brilliant idea to bring him.” She does not easily hand out compliments so take pride in the feedback."
— CEO of Applied Industrial customer, via Jason Vasquez, VP Sales & Marketing


“You were soooo entertaining!”

=Newell Brands


“Thank you for taking a relatively scary topic and making learning more about it enjoyable. I’ll pass your contact info on to our internal relations team and highly recommend you as a speaker.”
-Oregon Columbia NECA – April 2025


“Gene was so wonderful and engaging. We received great feedback!”
— Courtney Hron, Oregon Columbia NECA


“Very engaging, with a ton of good takeaway info. Would you be able to share his PowerPoint so we can distribute it?”
— Todd Mustard, Oregon Columbia NECA

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gene marks - MEDIA

“In a word.... WOW! Gene absolutely delivered. He was spot on for our small business members. He packed a lot into 45 minutes and left everyone with something to take away. People were taking pictures of his slides during his presentation. The conversations about his keynote continued throughout the day. People said they emailed him right after he got off stage. Others mentioned that they were emailing their own accountants to find out if the advice he was giving could help them. They found out that they were entitled to tax relief or grants that would basically offset their price of attending our show. That is a tremendous value for our members. We could not be happier. He was fantastic.”

— Mike Adamson, President & CEO The Aircraft Electronics Association 


“Gene was a huge hit again. We have never brought a speaker in back to back years. Gene certainly was worthy and delivered again!”

— Kevin Gilbride, Executive Director, The Accredited Snow Contractors Association 


“I attended your AI presentation at the March LMC conference in Houston. Our team

all commented that your session made the most memorable impression of the week. Thank you for your time and efforts. Accordingly, if you could provide a copy of your slide deck, we would greatly appreciate it.”

— Tyson Eavenson, BeLit