Wizard Academy

His books and Monday Morning Memos are a constant source of fascination and entertainment for his students and friends around the globe. His first book, The Wizard of Ads®, was voted Business Book of the Year in 1998. His second book, Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads, was named the Wall Street Journal’s number one Business Book in America in 1999 and became a New York Times bestseller. The third book in the trilogy, Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads reached bestseller status again in late 2001. His fascinating fourth book, Accidental Magic, is a tightly condensed anthology of writing tips and insights, mixed with artistic examples provided by 106 of his amazing protégés. The Wizard’s first fiction book, Destinae is a powerful allegory aimed directly at the heart of the reader.

With forty branch offices in the US, Canada, and Australia, Wizard of Ads®, Inc. is now serving the advertising and marketing needs of business owners around the globe. Our fees are tied to your growth. The only way for us to make more money is to increase the size of your business.

Website: https://wizardacademy.org/

Kempten brings over 22 years of leadership and industry experience to STS Capital Partners. As both a strategist and an advisor, Kempten has a vast understanding of the components involved in business transactions, such as aligning politics, operating budgets, and finances. Throughout his career, he has gained extensive knowledge of domestic government relations by contracting at the local, state, and federal levels across North America.

From 2009 to 2017, Kempten was President, Officer, and Equity Holder of Praeses LLC, a provider of custom software development and professional consulting services resulting in unique technology products. Customers included over half the states in the U.S., major U.S. municipalities, the US Department of Defense, and numerous Fortune 500 commercial clients. Through his development of commercialized and patentable technology products post-productization, Kempten leveraged commercial finance and strategic client agreements to secure funding and grow the business, which ultimately lead to a strategic exit in 2017.

Before entering the private sector, Kempten was employed by the Delegation Department of the Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC) of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. He was a direct report to the then Secretary-General of the Committee itself. While engaged at the ECOSOC, he worked on a team that provided research and education to members of the ECOSOC delegation which were tasked with improving economic and social conditions in underdeveloped nation-states.

Kempten has served on the Boards of several professional organizations where he has been influential in guiding financial and operating decisions; including multiple years with the Louisiana Center for Manufacturing Sciences (LCMS). LCMS is a commercial consortium serving as a steward of federal and private monies focused on improving manufacturing processes and technologies across the United States.

Kempten has been an active member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) for over ten years and is highly engaged in leadership. He has fulfilled the leadership ladder for YPO Louisiana (serving as Chapter Chair in 2017) and is currently a Southern 7 member serving as SEC Regional Area Officer for the Southeast US and Caribbean. Kempten is also an experienced moderator and facilitator of events, including YPO Deal Network “Deal Talks” and “Needs & Leads” sessions.

Inside and outside of YPO, Kempten is a recognized speaker and has recently presented at Dotski 2020, McKay Forums, Gravitas Impact, and the Knowledge Group. His presentations on “Shifting the lens from financial to strategic”; “Detailed due diligence in technology transactions” and “Shape to survive, prepare to thrive” have all been rated in the highest possible percentile of respondents.

Kempten has a B.A. in International Studies from the University of South Carolina. Through his previous executive position, Kempten was eligible for access to Top Secret Information based on a Single Scope Background Investigation – one of the highest levels of security clearances granted to a civilian.

When Kempten isn’t using his experiences to help others strategically exit from their businesses for maximum outcomes, he can occasionally be found co-hosting and sharing insights on a local Sports Talk Radio.

With energy, enthusiasm, and insight, Vivian Glyck has had dynamic success helping health-based organizations, authors, speakers, and publishers develop and reach their marketing goals. Whether that involves expanding VISIBILITY, increasing SALES, developing an extremely PROFITABLE online presence, completing a successful product launch, or networking with the right entities at the right time, Vivian has an uncanny ability to target the right plan, the right market, and the right message. The outcome: smart, well-integrated marketing activities that work, which translates into visible, tangible results.

Leveraging everything that she had learned while promoting the stories and visions of clients like Deepak Chopra, Dean Ornish, and Tony Robbins, in 2006, Vivian founded Just Like My Child Foundation following the birth of her son, Zak.

Through the experience of a mother’s love for her child, Vivian woke up to realize the value of every human life. After learning about the horrific numbers of children dying from malaria and being orphaned by the AIDS epidemic in Africa, Vivian was moved to make a difference.

For well over a decade, Vivian has orchestrated a multi-continent movement through the non-profit she founded. This fundraising, storytelling, programmatic initiative has literally saved tens of thousands of lives in Uganda, East Africa and is now poised to move into India and the US.

She is now a recognized thought leader in global issues facing the health, education, and economic leadership of vulnerable adolescent girls and women. Just Like My Child Foundation has documented success in increasing acceptance of human rights in developing communities and shifting harmful cultural practices that impede girls from continuing their education. The organization is focused on the Girl Power Project® and is committed to empowering vulnerable adolescent girls to stay in school, avoid forced child marriage, pregnancy, and gender-based violence. Through a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action and in support of Michelle Obama’s Let Girls Learn initiative, JLMC has, directly and indirectly, reached 20,000 girls in central Uganda. Her recent TED talk, “How to Transform the World, One Girl at a Time” has been warmly received in the international development community www.JustLikeMyChild.org/TED.

The publication of Vivian’s first book, 12 Lessons on Life I Learned From My Garden: Spiritual Guidance from the Vegetable Patch, Rodale, 1997, involved a seven-city speaking/media tour which taught her even more about how the publishing industry works. Her most recent book How to Change the World While You Work: The Ultimate Guide For Using Philanthropy to Build Your Business has helped countless entrepreneurs fulfill their dreams to “do good while doing well.” You can download here.