Mike Coffey is an entrepreneur, human resources professional, licensed private investigator, and HR consultant.

In 1999, he created Imperative to bring high quality, high tech, and high touch to the employment background screening market.

Today, Imperative serves hundreds of businesses across the US and, through its PFC Caregiver Screening brand, many more private estates, family offices, and personal service agencies.

Mike has been recognized as an Entrepreneur of Excellence and has twice been named HR Professional of the Year. Additionally, Imperative is included in the prestigious Best Places to Work lists for both Fort Worth and Texas and was named the Texas state chamber of commerce’s small business of the year.

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Gary Tonniges, Jr, CPA is the founder and CEO of TriQuest Technologies, Inc, Fort Worth's IT Solutions leader for business customers since 1997. TriQuest specializes in supporting executives responsible for directing and managing

IT Support within their organization. We help customers utilize technology to be more effective in their businesses, maximizing their ability to protect their data and their clients' data.

Gary is a proud 1992 graduate of Texas A&M and earned his Executive MBA from TCU in 2005. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds multiple technical certifications.

Gary is active in the Fort Worth community. He is the Treasurer for the Fort Worth Texas State Board of CPAs and
on the Board of Directors for the state TXCPA. He is a proud member of the Fort Worth A&M Club and
active alumni of the TCU EMBA program.

Gary is an expert in technology solutions and has spoken for FWHR Strategic Mindset, HRSW, TXCPA groups, Texas Bar Association,
and local Vistage groups.

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Felix Lozano is the Partner in Charge of Whitley Penn’s Dallas office, Director of the Firm’s Audit department, a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and one of three members of the Firm’s Compensation Committee. Felix is active in both the internal and external growth strategy of the firm.

Felix has more than 31 years of public accounting experience auditing public and private companies and employee benefit plans and family office & owned businesses. His specific audit experience focuses on forensic accounting, fraud auditing, and special services related to internal control assessments.  In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant, Felix is a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Felix serves on the Board of Directors and Board of Advisors for the Dallas Regional Chamber, is a member of the Dallas Assembly, serves on the Park City Club Board of Governors, and is on the Board of Advisors for the State Fair of Texas. He is a former Advisor and Chairman for the Nexia International Audit Committee and currently serves as the Chair of Nexia’s International Digital Committee. In addition, Felix is a member of Association for Accounting Marketing Major Growth Firms Group and is on the Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Finance Committee for the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas where he served as the 2018 & 2019 Annual Campaign Chair. Felix is a member of the Class of 2007 for Leadership Dallas and the Class of 1994 for Leadership Fort Worth.

Felix is a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TXCPA), Dallas Chapter of the TXCPA, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Felix received a BBA in Accounting from Texas Christian University and is an alumnus of Ernst & Young.

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Pam Boyd’s specialty is helping people live productive and drama-free lives. Before ending her twenty-year management career as a C-level executive and beginning her career speaking, consulting, and training, Pam was a well-seasoned, backstabbing, corporate-hating, finger-pointing, excuse-making, and pathologically negative middle manager.  After a proactive boss changed her trajectory, she vowed to help alleviate the suffering that comes from working in high-drama environments.  In 1998, she launched Dramatic Conclusions, providing leadership, coaching, and management support for businesses, schools, entrepreneurs, and non-profit organizations. She has worked with clients in 50 states, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, the Virgin Islands, and Europe, and is the author of four books, Rescripting the Workplace, The Essential Handbook for First-Time Managers, The Two-Minute Tune-Up, The Miracle I Almost Missed, three screenplays, a daily blog, and numerous articles and webinars.   She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and co-producer of workplace miracles, Bernie Beck.

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Dr. Derek Crews is Associate Professor of Management in the College of Business at Texas Woman’s University. Derek’s experience and certifications include Past President of the North Texas Society for Human Resource Management; Past Vice-President for Membership; Texoma Human Resource Management Association; Senior Certified Professional of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP); Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Master Trainer; AchieveGlobal, and Master Trainer; Development Dimensions International. He is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Institute for Management and Leadership in Education. Prior to his academic career, Derek served in various managerial and supervisory roles, including Vice-President, Finance and Administration for Texas Parcel Service. He has consulted with organizations as diverse as the Texas Workforce Commission, Workforce Texoma, Gwinnett Technical College, Texas A&M, Black & Decker, Alcoa, Texas Instruments, Tyson Foods, and Walmart. Derek’s publications include the textbook Mastering Human Resource Management, and articles published in International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, International Journal of Human Resource Studies, International Journal of Business & Social Sciences, and Leadership & Organizational Management Journal. 

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Bruce Waller serves as the Vice President of Corporate Relocation for Armstrong Relocation and Companies in Dallas, Texas. He helps companies arrange relocation services for their most trusted asset, their people, by helping HR professionals relocate talent across the US and abroad for more than 25 years.

As a volunteer leader, Bruce is a former President of DallasHR, the 3^rd largest SHRM Chapter in the US and currently serves Texas SHRM state council as Director of Leadership Development. Bruce also serves as a board member for North Texas Relocation Professionals.

Bruce has published two books, Find Your Lane and Milemarkers, and has a new book scheduled to publish in October called Life in the Leadership Lane; Moving Leaders to Inspire and Change the Workplace. Bruce also writes a weekly blog called MOVE TO INSPIRE that you can subscribe at brucewaller.com… and is a contributor for Texas SHRM leadership blog at www.texasshrm.org

Bruce is the host of “Life in the Leadership Lane” podcast where he interviews leaders serving the HR community. You can find the podcast on Apple, Spotify, and other podcast platforms including YouTube.

In 2021, Bruce was selected as one of the Top 100 “Most Admired” Global Mobility Professionals by Benivo and is listed on “Most Inclusive HR Influencer List” at SocialMicole.com.

Some fun facts about Bruce… He has bowled 10 perfect 300 games and loves peanut butter, coffee, and spending time with grandkids Crosby and Sutton!

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Adrian Porter possesses a diverse business background that includes over 20 years in corporate administrative positions such as VP of Administration and Client Satisfaction, Office Manager, Project Management Administrator, and Executive Assistant.

Adrian has a proven track record of helping business owners, COOs, CEOs, and other executive leaders shine. She is the implementer; she gets great joy out of helping others be successful and is often known as the hot pink duct tape in the office.

With experience in a number of industries including Title Companies, Finance, Civil Engineering, and Human Resources Consulting, Adrian’s career is filled with success stories of assisting executives build the business of the business while they concentrate on the development of their product or service.

The combination of skills, character, intelligence, and personality that are embodied in Adrian culminate in an individual of such excellence. She is incredibly bright. She initiates problem solving solutions on her own. She is quite capable of managing people and doing so with a type of pleasantness that is endearing. She is a genuinely good and productive individual.

Adrian received her AAS in Business Administration and is an Everything DiSC Certified Facilitator.

Always wanting to help others, Adrian is an active member of her church and has a history of organizing volunteering opportunities for the corporations she serves. In her free time, Adrian enjoys spending time with her family, volunteering as a range officer for competitive shooting events with her husband, playing with her Australian Shepherd dogs, and shopping with her girls.