2019 Speakers & Breakout Sessions

Ken Sawyer is the Marketing Director at High Achievers as well as a partner in the business. Ken knows that the amazing members of the High Achievers community will make a dent in the universe by helping local business owners do better and build the business of their dreams.

Ken has worked for over 20 years as an entrepreneur and has helped many local business owners make sure that on a day to day basis, they are doing by focusing on the right things at the right time. As a marketing consultant on a regional and local level for hundreds of business owners. He is an expert in helping them build a brand that deeply saturates a local market. Ken’s passion and focus are on how he can help you quickly and simply build a marketing plan that will build brand awareness and establish you as an expert in your field.

In his pastime, Ken is an organic blueberry farmer that works closely with his extended family to share organic farming techniques and best practices to people in his local community, He and his family shares blueberries, figs and apples with friends and neighbors throughout summer. He hopes that by sharing a little bit of summer with others that they will have the same moment of peace and joy he gets from picking blueberries on July early mornings with the sun on his face.

Having grown up in a small business household, Brian went to college in Ohio not knowing what he wanted to do. He just knew what he didn’t want to do … struggle running a business like his father did. He pursued his degree successfully and entered the corporate world. Brian spent the next 20 years of his life working for three different Fortune 500 companies. It felt awkward to him to do just “one type” of work. So as opportunities for different experiences presented themselves, Brian took them. He held leadership roles in Commodity Management, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing & Sales. His last corporate role was leading the Global Sales organization for one of the divisions of his company.

Among the accomplishments Brian values are:

• Leading a $350M Sales Organization of 18 people delivering over $100M in growth over three years.
• Traveling to and conducting Business in over 20 countries.
• Continual learning: MBA, Chicago Booth Graduate of Executive Finance & UNC Keenan-Fleglar graduate of Executive Leadership.

Looking ahead, Brian is focused on using his broad experience to partner with small and medium-sized businesses to aid them in achieving the growth goals they desire. He is driven to help all the “my Dads” out there that want to make their business work for them. He is focused on driving people and businesses to “Be Better.”