Meet Your Local Expert Bloggers

Gelie is the founder of NetworkingPhoenix.com. She has spent her entire professional life developing relationships, connecting professionals, and helping to build local businesses in the Metropolitan Phoenix area. Because of her all-out addiction to networking, Gelie has quite literally attended thousands of networking functions and built professional relationships with many thousands of people who are now part of her personal network. It's not just her job to get to know you, it's her passion and she's looking forward to it! ...read full bio

Dave Cooke, nationally recognized revenue strategist and development guru is Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Strategic Resource Group, LLC. Popularly referred to as "The Sales Cooke", Dave leverages over 25 years experience creating profitable "selling" strategies to transform companies and ignite their revenue engines. "The Sales Cooke" pursues his passion by presenting unique and interactive programs designed to productively increase revenues, effectively improve customer relationships and integrate team and organizational behaviors into the sales equation. His approach brings refreshing insight and enthusiasm into the current trends and complexities of a growing global business environment.
Dave is also the author of "Cooked Up Sales" and "Your Daily Sales Guide", two unique sales books which emphasize the power of relationship building and solution selling behaviors. "The Sales Cooke" has been blogging and writing articles on his passion for effective business growth programs for over three years. His blogs provide unique and direct insights to effective behaviors that build relationships, grow businesses, and help sales professionals be more productive in their daily activities. ...read full bio

Amanda began writing resumes professionally in 1996 while also working in higher education marketing, creating effective marketing copy as well as proofreading and editing colleagues' work. She stays current with marketing and resume trends through strategic partnerships with business developers and coaches, graphic designers, HR and staffing professionals, and through membership in the Resume Writers' Council of Arizona and the Network Employment & Training Professionals Association...read full bio

Wendy Kenney is a nationally known Buzz Building Expert and the Founder and CEO of 23 Kazoos, a marketing firm specializing in inexpensive and creative small business marketing strategies. She brings to the table over 26 years of entrepreneurship and business management experience spanning a multitude of industries - including restaurants, legal, insurance and financial services, nonprofits and more...read full bio

Mitra is the Director of Operations here at NetworkingPhoenix.com and is no stranger to management and leadership roles. As an ASU graduate, Mitra began her career right here in Phoenix when she took on a management position with a major US retailer. She quickly rose through the ranks, wearing many shoes in the organization, until landing in a business strategy and sales training position for the entire Western Region. Ultimately her individuality, curiosity, and courageousness steered her away from her cushy corporate gig and into an all encompassing and absolutely pivotal role at a tiny startup called NetworkingPhoenix.com...read full bio

In her community announcement blog, Mitra will be posting about YOUR businesses' happenings (i.e. announcements, engagements, events, etc). That means you should be really nice to her! :)

So... if you have something you'd like to share with Phoenix like a job posting, fundraiser, general community information or something else of that sort, please get in touch with Mitra here.

Justin is the founder and CEO of SEORCHERS (read: [surch-ers]) - a local web marketing firm specializing in organic search engine optimization (SEO) with a focus on converting visitors into clients. In the late 90's, Justin developed a deep fascination with web design and began to involve himself in, what is today known as, search engine optimization. With hobby-like beginnings (and obsession), he began to blaze a path for himself in SEO consultation. By early 2008, Justin had accumulated an impressive wealth of technical knowledge, lifting him to "expert status," but he wanted to put his business acumen to the test. The result was the founding of a full service internet marketing company. Today, Justin's company - SEORCHERS - is a tremendously successful and rapidly growing powerhouse in the internet marketing arena! ...read full bio