Announcing 2012 Speakers!

The FSMA staff and our Top2Top Planning Committee are busy developing the exceptional content our Conference delivers each year. As we confirm speakers for our 2012 event, you will see them here. Continue to check back throughout the summer of 2011 for details on speakers scheduled for our 2012 Top2Top in Naples, FL. MORE

Ben Mezrich

You may think you don’t know Ben, but actually you do. He is an accomplished author whose books have been made into two of the most wildly popular movies in the last five years. And his latest book, Sex on the Moon, will be released in July and has already been picked up by Sony Pictures. In his discussion with attendees, Ben will bring up ethical lessons, how friendships can be impacted in business & money as well as ‘what is creation and who does it ultimately belong to’ based on the topics of MORE

Dr Lowell Catlett

R. LOWELL CATLETT, is a Regent's Professor in Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business and Extension Economics and the Dean of the College of  Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.  He is an exciting futurist whose knowledge of technologies and their implications on the way we will live and MORE

John Sileo

John Sileo’s identity was stolen out of his business and used to commit a series of crimes, including $300,000 worth of embezzlement. While the thief operated behind the safety of John’s identity, he and his business were held legally and financially responsible for MORE

Rocky Bleier

Rocky Bleier's life story - a gripping tale of courage on both the football fields of America and the battle fields of Vietnam - has held audiences in rapt attention for years. Yet, the motivational message behind it, detailing how ordinary people can become MORE

Bob Goldin

Bob Goldin is an Executive Vice President of Technomic, Inc. and Director of the Food Supplier Practice. Bob is the founder and director of the firm’s iLab™, Customer Performance Appraisal Service, Distributor Intelligence Service, Foodservice Benchmarking Center, Takeout Packaging Consortium and MORE

Richard George, Ph.D.

Richard George is a well-recognized and highly respected expert in the areas of food marketing, brand strategy, business ethics, and customer service.  He has been interviewed by CNN, CN8, and... MORE

Steve Turner

A long time office and imaging supplies professional, Steve Turner is the former Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Clover Technologies Group, LLC.  In that role, Steve and his... MORE

Tom Rector

Tom Rector brings over 35 years of food industry experience to his current role at Hospitality Training, LLC and its subsidiary Foodservice University. His foodservice career includes sales, marketing, and senior management positions at the Keebler Company, International Multifoods Specialty Brands, TriValley Growers, and FoodConnex Worldwide. In 2000, he established MORE

Rick Heavern

Rick Heavern, Founder and President Food Service Enablers (www.fsenablers.com), the leading developer of Content & Relationship Management and Business Process Efficiency software. The company provides software that simplifies and elevates both the efficiency and effectiveness of the marketing and sales process within the food service industry by leveraging the power and reach of internet technology. FSE creates products and MORE

Lisa Whinnie

Lisa Whinnie is Executive Vice President, Customer Relations for AFS Technologies,a leading provider of end-to-end, real-time business software solutions engineered specifically for the food and beverage industry. Lisa has experience as a software developer, designing, programming and managing IT projects in MORE

John Shier, RN, Ph.D.

John was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1935. He attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota and graduated in 1956. He served four years in the U.S. Navy as an Air Intelligence Officer (Anti-Submarine Warfare) with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eleven in Quonset Point, Rhode Island and aboard the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Wasp in the Atlantic Fleet. In 1960 he returned to the University of Wisconsin MORE

Marvin Deitz

Marvin Deitz is a 25 year veteran of the hospitality industry who has a vision to help operators become more successful leveraging his expertise.  He has created Hospitality Connections which is a company designed to deliver his vision through turn key Social Media and Digital marketing services, connecting operators to their customers.  Hospitality Connections is a culmination of MORE