Keith Ferrazzi is one of the rare individuals to discover the essential formula for making his way to the top through a powerful, balanced combination of marketing acumen and networking savvy. Both Forbes and Inc Magazines have designated him one of the world's most "connected" individuals.

Now, as Founder & CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, he provides market leaders with advanced strategic consulting and training services to increase company sales, and enhance personal careers. Ferrazzi Greenlight applies experiences gleaned from the careers of its executives spent in the highest echelons of corporate America, as well as principles from Ferrazzi's book, NEVER EAT ALONE And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time.

Ferrazzi has been widely recognized by his peers, is a frequent contributor to CNN and CNBC, and has authored numerous articles for leading business publications, including Forbes, Inc, the Wall Street Journal and the Harvard Business Review. Ferrazzi was an early leader in the quality movement as the youngest examiner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. He has been named a "Global Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum, one of the top "40 Under 40" business leaders by Crain's Business, one of the most distinguished young Californians by the Jaycees, and one of the most creative Americans in Richard Wurman's "Who's Really Who". Ferrazzi's extraordinary rise to prominence, which includes a stint as the youngest Chief Marketing Officer for a Fortune 500 company while at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, has even inspired a Stanford Business School case study.

Most recently, Ferrazzi served as Chief Executive Officer for YaYa Media, a leading interactive entertainment consultancy. Prior to that, while at Starwood Hotels, he oversaw all marketing activities for global brands such as Sheraton, Westin, The Luxury Collection, St. Regis and W Hotels. Previously, Ferrazzi was Chief Marketing Officer of Deloitte Consulting, a leading global management consulting firm, where he developed and managed the industry's first globally integrated marketing organization. His creative marketing strategy drove the ascent of Deloitte's "Consulting" brand recognition from the lowest in the industry to a primary position, and spurred the highest featured growth rate in the industry.

Ferrazzi actively supports numerous civic, charitable and educational organizations, including his service on Yale University 's Board of Alumni Governors. He is also a Fellow of the Berkeley College at Yale, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kiski School in Pennsylvania. Additionally, he founded and chairs Equality 1st, a foundation focused on assuring everyone has an equal chance at success. He is particularly interested in the relationship between leadership success and spirituality. Ferrazzi earned a BA degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

• Relationships for Revenue Growth - Salespeople and entrepreneurs face the hard reality that more and more of their products and services are faster and faster becoming commodities in today's competitive marketplace. In this environment, the one lasting strategy for consistently growing revenue is to proactively build genuine, lasting relationships with clients. Through "Relationships for Revenue Growth," participants learn to do just that!
  
  
• Relationships for Career Growth - This session will help you develop your mindset for building relationships for success and create an action plan to fulfill your goals -- for your business and for yourself. Then, you'll learn the tips and tactics you need to start executing your plan, today and beyond.
  
  
• Relationships for Career Success - Already in use at leading universities such as Stanford, Yale, UCLA, Wharton and USC, Ferrazzi Greenlight's methodology teaches the principles for generating strong relationships that lead to career success. This dynamic group seminar, customized for both orientation and advanced programs, will benefit any student or entrepreneur by providing a new approach to career advancement, individualized action plans for achievement and the motivation to get started immediately. The course also benefits career services organizations by providing a compelling and entertaining program while putting the responsibility for career management square in the hands of the students themselves.
  
  
• Conference Commando - Designed to jumpstart conferences and events, this session helps people make the most of the conference meeting and leave the session raring to get started and with real confidence. Simply put, this session gives everyone present permission and the skills to build real lasting relationships for mutual success. These sessions have been implemented for groups ranging from 50 to 1,000 people (for 30 minutes to 2 hours) and make your conference more memorable, distinctive and valuable.
  
  
• Network Speed-dating - Perfect for an opening social or an evening cocktail reception, this session instructs, entertains and also facilitates fun group exercises that create instant connections and foster lasting relationships for the conference attendees and organizers.