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Micheal Burt

World Authority on ACTIVATING Your PREY DRIVE

Coach Micheal Burt is considered “America’s Coach,” a unique blend of a former championship basketball coach combined with a deep methodology of inner-engineering people to produce at a higher level in the business world. Coach Burt found his unique voice early in life at the age of 15 by starting his basketball coaching career with a junior pro basketball team. Coach now coaches 1,000s of leaders across the country with strong, prey-drive tactics and core Christian values. He's a published author, speaker, and mentor to many around the country. And for fun, he likes to work.

Cody Askins

THE #1 Authority on Scaling a Company Through Coaching, Hiring, and Events

Founder of 8% Nation, CEO of Cody Askins LLC, Co-Owner of Secure Agent Marketing, speaker, entrepreneur, and author of Zero To Six Figures, Creator of the Cody Askins YouTube Channel which has amassed over 60,000 subscribers… Cody Askins owns & operates six companies totalling more than $10M in annual revenue. CA is also the founder of The 8% Movement & The 8% Nation Conference, the industry’s largest event for all insurance agents to attend.

Stan Phelps

Forbes Contributor, TEDx Speaker, IBM Futurist, Certified Speaking Professional™, and Bestselling Author

Stan Phelps walks the walk. He stands out in the sea of sameness by modeling his own Differentiated Experience (DX) message: Differentiation isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you do and, more importantly, how and why you do it. Stan leverages his unique collection of 5,000+ case studies on

customer, employee, and brand experience to engage audiences with informative learning-based experiences. He believes purposeful DX wins the hearts of employees and customers, and differentiation ultimately boosts loyalty, retention, referrals, and results.

Stacey Barnes

Tax Business CEO

Stacey Barnes is driven to always find ways to be the difference-maker in the lives of others. He is an expert in management, operations, business development, customer service, and leadership. He inspires his clients to define and achieve their greatest visions of themselves both personally and professionally.

Through more than 20 years as an entrepreneur and business person, he has trained and coached thousands of franchisees and employees. He also built and sold 2 successful franchised businesses.

Karen Perez

Operational Strategist & Team Builder

Karen Perez is a visionary that loves to help businesses succeed! Karen has worked in the tax preparation industry for 9 years and in the insurance industry for over 7 years. She began her career as a tax professional and later on sought out for more. She is the Co-Founder of Freedom Insurance which has scaled to be a national insurance agency.

Karen is on a mission to encourage wealth and freedom among women entrepreneurs and women led businesses! Karen is a leadership expert and she can undoubtedly help you add strong and successful teams in your business.

Michael Rozbruch

Nationally recognized entrepreneur and founder of Michael Rozbruch's Tax and Business Solutions Academy™

Michael Rozbruch, CPA and Certified Tax Resolution Specialist is the nation’s #1 tax resolution coach and is a pioneer in the tax resolution industry. He has a proven “in-the-trenches” track record as evidenced by accumulating 168 month-over-month consecutive revenue growth culminating in $23 million in revenue in just one year alone running his own tax resolution business. He is the creator of the Tax Resolution Domination System and Toolkit and the Client Care Package System & Toolkit, which helps practitioners generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional revenue each year.

Michael is an author, a semi-finalist in Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Roz Strategies has made INC's. 5000 list in 2019 and 2021. He’s also a Clickfunnels’ multiple Two-comma club award winner. His interviews and expertise have been published in Inc. Magazine, Tax Analysts® "Tax Notes Today", U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and Entrepreneur Magazine, to name a few.

Tim Storey

"The voice of inspiration to this generation."

Tim Storey is an acclaimed author, speaker, and life coach. He is well known for inspiring and motivating people of all walks of life. His new book The Miracle Mentality has become a worldwide movement. Quincy Jones calls Tim "The voice of inspiration to this generation."

SPECIAL GUEST

MAINSTAGE Q&A

John Hewitt

• International Franchise Association Entrepreneur of the Year (2006)

• Accounting Today Top 100 Most Influential People (2000–2012)

• 2005 IFA (International Franchise Association) Entrepreneur of the Year

• Author of best-selling book, iCompete: How my Extraordinary Strategy for Winning Can be Yours

• Brought in over 5,000 franchisees

• Founded two Top 100 retail franchise chains. (Jackson Hewitt and Liberty Tax)

• Named twelve straight years as one of The 100 Most Influential People in Accounting

John T. Hewitt is an American entrepreneur, the founder of Jackson Hewitt, Liberty Tax Service and Loyalty Brands. Together these companies account for more than 10,000 tax preparation and business services franchises in The USA and Canada. In addition, Hewitt was a pioneer in the development and use of specialized tax-preparation software, which is now the industry’s standard practice.

Carlos Lopez

Carlos C. Lopez, EA is the founder and CEO of Lopez Tax Service and the Latino Tax Professionals Association located in Salinas, California. He holds a B.A. degree from Pacific Union College and a Certificate of Management Development for Entrepreneurs from UCLA Andersen School of Management and completed the Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Initiative from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has been active in tax preparation and representation before the IRS for 38+ years. His extensive experience includes developing continuing education for NASBA, IRS and CTEC. Mr. Lopez is a lecturer and presenter for the IRS National Tax Forums and holds several awards and honors.

Mr. Lopez serves as a member of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee for 2020 to 2023. His extensive experience has led him through electronic tax administration issues and refund fraud. Mr. Lopez was one of the first tax preparers in Monterey County to offer electronic filing of tax returns in the late 1980’s. Mr. Lopez has worked closely with the Franchise Tax Board, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration as well as actively preparing tax returns in his tax preparation firm, Lopez Tax Service, Inc.

Mr. Lopez served on the IRS National Multilingual Stakeholder Engagement Team and is currently an IRS Stakeholder Liaison.

SPEAKERS

Micheal Burt

World Authority on ACTIVATING Your PREY DRIVE

Coach Micheal Burt is considered “America’s Coach,” a unique blend of a former championship basketball coach combined with a deep methodology of inner-engineering people to produce at a higher level in the business world. Coach Burt found his unique voice early in life at the age of 15 by starting his basketball coaching career with a junior pro basketball team. Coach now coaches 1,000s of leaders across the country with strong, prey-drive tactics and core Christian values. He's a published author, speaker, and mentor to many around the country. And for fun, he likes to work.

Cody Askins

THE #1 Authority on Scaling a Company Through Coaching, Hiring, and Events

Founder of 8% Nation, CEO of Cody Askins LLC, Co-Owner of Secure Agent Marketing, speaker, entrepreneur, and author of Zero To Six Figures, Creator of the Cody Askins YouTube Channel which has amassed over 60,000 subscribers… Cody Askins owns & operates six companies totalling more than $10M in annual revenue. CA is also the founder of The 8% Movement & The 8% Nation Conference, the industry’s largest event for all insurance agents to attend.

Stan Phelps

Forbes Contributor, TEDx Speaker, IBM Futurist, Certified Speaking Professional™, and Bestselling Author

Stan Phelps walks the walk. He stands out in the sea of sameness by modeling his own Differentiated Experience (DX) message: Differentiation isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you do and, more importantly, how and why you do it. Stan leverages his unique collection of 5,000+ case studies on

customer, employee, and brand experience to engage audiences with informative learning-based experiences. He believes purposeful DX wins the hearts of employees and customers, and differentiation ultimately boosts loyalty, retention, referrals, and results.

Stacey Barnes

Tax Business CEO

Stacey Barnes is driven to always find ways to be the difference-maker in the lives of others. He is an expert in management, operations, business development, customer service, and leadership. He inspires his clients to define and achieve their greatest visions of themselves both personally and professionally.

Through more than 20 years as an entrepreneur and business person, he has trained and coached thousands of franchisees and employees. He also built and sold 2 successful franchised businesses.

Whether presenting as a keynote speaker or working directly with clients enrolled in his training & coaching programs, Stacey maintains focus on his mission to guide Franchisees and Business Owners through the process of developing themselves, their teams, and their systems, creating profitable businesses that are built to last.

Karen Perez

Operational Strategist & Team Builder

Karen Perez is a visionary that loves to help businesses succeed! Karen has worked in the tax preparation industry for 9 years and in the insurance industry for over 7 years. She began her career as a tax professional and later on sought out for more. She is the Co-Founder of Freedom Insurance which has scaled to be a national insurance agency.

Karen is on a mission to encourage wealth and freedom among women entrepreneurs and women led businesses! Karen is a leadership expert and she can undoubtedly help you add strong and successful teams in your business.

Michael Rozbruch

Nationally recognized entrepreneur and founder of Michael Rozbruch's Tax and Business Solutions Academy™

Michael Rozbruch, CPA and Certified Tax Resolution Specialist is the nation’s #1 tax resolution coach and is a pioneer in the tax resolution industry. He has a proven “in-the-trenches” track record as evidenced by accumulating 168 month-over-month consecutive revenue growth culminating in $23 million in revenue in just one year alone running his own tax resolution business. He is the creator of the Tax Resolution Domination System and Toolkit and the Client Care Package System & Toolkit, which helps practitioners generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional revenue each year.

Michael is an author, a semi-finalist in Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Roz Strategies has made INC's. 5000 list in 2019 and 2021. He’s also a Clickfunnels’ multiple Two-comma club award winner. His interviews and expertise have been published in Inc. Magazine, Tax Analysts® "Tax Notes Today", U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and Entrepreneur Magazine, to name a few.

Tim Storey

"The voice of inspiration to this generation."

Tim Storey is an acclaimed author, speaker, and life coach. He is well known for inspiring and motivating people of all walks of life. His new book The Miracle Mentality has become a worldwide movement. Quincy Jones calls Tim "The voice of inspiration to this generation."

SPECIAL GUEST

MAINSTAGE Q&A

John Hewitt

• International Franchise Association Entrepreneur of the Year (2006)

• Accounting Today Top 100 Most Influential People (2000–2012)

• 2005 IFA (International Franchise Association) Entrepreneur of the Year

• Author of best-selling book, iCompete: How my Extraordinary Strategy for Winning Can be Yours

• Brought in over 5,000 franchisees

• Founded two Top 100 retail franchise chains. (Jackson Hewitt and Liberty Tax)

• Named twelve straight years as one of The 100 Most Influential People in Accounting

John T. Hewitt is an American entrepreneur, the founder of Jackson Hewitt, Liberty Tax Service and Loyalty Brands. Together these companies account for more than 10,000 tax preparation and business services franchises in The USA and Canada. In addition, Hewitt was a pioneer in the development and use of specialized tax-preparation software, which is now the industry’s standard practice.

Carlos Lopez

Carlos C. Lopez, EA is the founder and CEO of Lopez Tax Service and the Latino Tax Professionals Association located in Salinas, California. He holds a B.A. degree from Pacific Union College and a Certificate of Management Development for Entrepreneurs from UCLA Andersen School of Management and completed the Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Initiative from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has been active in tax preparation and representation before the IRS for 38+ years. His extensive experience includes developing continuing education for NASBA, IRS and CTEC. Mr. Lopez is a lecturer and presenter for the IRS National Tax Forums and holds several awards and honors.

Mr. Lopez serves as a member of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee for 2020 to 2023. His extensive experience has led him through electronic tax administration issues and refund fraud. Mr. Lopez was one of the first tax preparers in Monterey County to offer electronic filing of tax returns in the late 1980’s. Mr. Lopez has worked closely with the Franchise Tax Board, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration as well as actively preparing tax returns in his tax preparation firm, Lopez Tax Service, Inc.

Mr. Lopez served on the IRS National Multilingual Stakeholder Engagement Team and is currently an IRS Stakeholder Liaison.

WHAT PAST ATTENDEES SAY

"It was an amazing day, the speakers are awesome, and the room was full of Top Notch business owners!"

- Edward

"1st of its kind. Remarkable."

- Bill

"It was so great attending events like this. Being surrounded by great individuals and listening to amazing speakers inspire me to push harder for my business."

- Jenny

"Very well organized and engaging. Exciting discussions and excellent speakers!"

-Myrna

Have you ever heard the term, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know?”

One of the greatest things about the Tax Growth Con is the attendees themselves. Friendships, partnerships, and mentorships have all happened from Tax Pros just like yourself who happened to bump into the right person in the audience.

By connecting with the person to your left or your right (or both) at our conference, you can hold each other accountable to your new goals, challenge yourselves to do more every day, and help each other to keep a growth mindset.

It’s important to keep successful people around you if you want to achieve your goals and the people who attend The Tax Growth Con are the ones who are committed to doing something big with their lives.

WHAT PAST ATTENDEES SAY

"It was an amazing day, the speakers are awesome, and the room was full of Top Notch business owners!"

- Edward

"1st of its kind. Remarkable."

- Bill

"It was so great attending events like this. Being surrounded by great individuals and listening to amazing speakers inspire me to push harder for my business."