The Afterburner Seminars, founded by ace fighter pilot Jim Murphy, provide a one-of-a-kind, interactive, high-energy experience that is custom-tailored to inspire leadership, integrated teamwork and the quick, flexible thinking essential to fighter pilots and business managers alike.

Writer, educator, and adviser to organizations on creativity, innovation and leadership, Andrew is adjunct associate professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Andrew's newest book on innovation is entitled THE RIDDLE: WHERE IDEAS COME FROM AND HOW TO HAVE BETTER ONES in which Professor Razeghi explains how the common precursors to "Eureka moments" can be replicated in order to help people learn to become more innovative.

Writer, lawyer, and entrepreneur, Andrew Shapiro is author of The Control Revolution: How the Internet is Putting Individuals in Charge and Changing the World We Know, an Amazon bestseller which Industry Standard magazine called one of 1999's "Ten Books that Matter."

Motivational and keynote speaker, Andy Cohen helps companies think differently by challenging their assumptions and using magic as metaphor. He provides a proven and engaging experience that provides practical business guidelines and solutions.

Black Ops is comprised of unique men that have served in the Joint Special Operations Command or JSOC. JSOC is the joint command that coordinates each branch's elite military forces such as the U.S. Navy SEAL's; the U.S. Army's Delta Force, Green Beret's, Rangers and Task Force 160; and the U.S. Air Force's Para-rescue.

Co-Author of the International bestseller, Blue Ocean Strategy, Chan Kim is a leading authority on business strategy, innovation and managing the multinational corporation in the knowledge economy. He has been recognized as one of the world's most influential academics in global strategy by The Journal of International Management.

Chin-Ning Chu is the foremost speaker on the practical application of Sun Tzu's Art of War and a promoter of strategic thinking as the core competency among leaders of government and corporations worldwide. She collaborated with Discovery Television and the U.S. Library of Congress on the production of their Great Books Series: Sun Tzu's Art of War

For over ten years, Chris studied just one question: How to execute an innovation effort. His work recently came to fruition with the publication of The Other Side of innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge, reviewed by The Economist. Chris's interest in innovation within large organizations developed early in his career, when he was a submarine officer in the United States Navy. Chris is on the faculty at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, recently ranked the world's best MBA program by the Wall Street Journal and Forbes.