After a short dip in the corporate world, Jason Swenk knew he wanted to run the show. He opened his first digital marketing agency and served heavy hitters AT&T, Hitachi, and Lotus Cars.

He scaled the agency to eight figures fast and sold it within 12 years. He now teaches growth-minded agencies his 8-system framework for scaling to millions. Jason brings more than two decades of industry experience to his podcast, the Smart Agency Master Class Podcast, co-owns top agency Republix, and crashes remote-controlled planes on the weekends.

Jody Sutter started her career “dialing for dollars” in a sales position. The resiliency and sales skills she gained became a huge asset in the agency space. She spent nearly two decades leading business development at agencies like Havas and R/GA before starting her firm, The Sutter Company.

She now supports small marketing agencies through coaching, workshops and hands-on programs. As an agency veteran, Jody quickly identifies the challenges young agencies face. Her outsider perspective gives agencies the insight to understand their strengths and how to position their brand to win more deals.

JC Hite had a cozy position with an Inc. 500 agency. But he knew his purpose was bigger than the dollar-driven metrics most agencies strive toward. Soon after handing in his resignation letter, he founded Hite Digital from his spare bedroom.

Hite Digital International is now one of the fastest-growing agencies in the U.S. JC quickly scaled to 19 offices in North and Central America and created a model that enables faster growth through franchising. He contributes to several online publications and leads the Digital Agency Hacker, which encompasses his Inner Circle, podcast and book.

Karen and JC Hite founded Hite Digital from their spare bedroom. They now plan to open agencies in all 50 states by the end of 2022. Her commitment is to help established business owners find clarity so they can focus on revenue-generating activities and their pursuit of a fulfilling and balanced life. Hite Digital is one of the first (if not the only) Franchise Model Digital Marketing Agency with now 19 franchise locations in the US and over 170 employees. Their mission is to generate 1,000 jobs in Nicaragua through their agency, Inner Circle and various businesses.

Marquis Murray is the CEO and Founder of Ditto — a systems improvement consultancy for organizations who need help creating clarity around the work done inside of their companies. Partnering with companies like Asana, HubSpot, PandaDoc, LogicGate, and Kanbanize allows Ditto to offer some of the best in class solutions for their clients.

Ditto is on a mission to end team burnout for good so that teams can focus more on the work they do without the issue of not knowing where or how the work is happening.

Mandi created the Freedom Scalable Service Growth™ model, a framework that leads consulting agency owners toward greater freedom and success. Mandi has consulted with over 100 consulting agency CEOs. Her clients have grown five figures of net profit every month, added millions of dollars in sales, and delegated day-to-day tasks so they can focus on growth. Some owners now passively manage their businesses while others have had successful exits.
Mandi is a published author and host of The Hands-Off CEO Podcast. As a committed Freedom Fighter, a percentage of business profits go to rescuing enslaved victims of child sex trafficking. Mandi is a mother of two, enjoys travel, mountain biking and exploring the outdoors with her husband.

George is a copywriter, publisher, and online event specialist with a penchant for online and offline sales. This old-school internet marketer launched his first online membership website in 2001. Throughout the years, he developed high-converting systems that he’s used to launch more than 100 virtual summits, produced live events, published print magazines, and has authored over 100 books on Amazon.

He now focuses on running his virtual summit/events brand called 360 Summits which brings the best and brightest educators, entrepreneurs and thought leaders to share their knowledge.

Rachel trains tech workers to transform their companies through democratic project management. She helps companies track project numbers that really matter and turn roadblocks into opportunities for building strong relationships. These processes improve communication with teams, customers, and clients. As the CEO of Louder Than Ten, she’s on a mission to give back power to the people leading their projects so they can transform work performance across all channels.

Dev Basu is the founder of the B2B SaaS Marketing Agency, Powered by Search. After scaling his digital agency to multiple 7-figures in profitability (not just revenue) the hard way, he now coaches digital agency owners who aren't growing fast enough.

Alyson is the founder of Operations Agency and co-creator of the Operations Simplified™ Framework. Her clients affectionately call her ‘The Wolf' because she just gets things done. She specializes in streamlining the back-end ops for a multitude of brands, with a heavy focus on digital and creative agencies.
As a fractional COO for many high-growth businesses, Alyson fell in love with the results that clear ops bring to a service business. She and the team at Operations Agency are determined to help businesses thrive profitably, serve more clients and create high-performing teams. Alyson is a mom to two sons and enjoys spending her time at home with her growing family.

Ontraport Founder and CEO Landon Ray is a serial entrepreneur whose personal mission is to educate, motivate and enable others to realize their goal of starting and growing their own business.

At age 25, Landon transformed himself from a street-corner flower vendor into one of the nation’s top securities day traders in only 12 months. After beating the odds on Wall Street, Landon took his personal experience as an entrepreneur and created Ontraport, a CRM and automation platform with a mission to make it easier for entrepreneurs to bring their value to the world.

With a constant beat on what small businesses need to compete and grow, Landon has continually innovated new features that have made Ontraport the most robust, customizable marketing and sales platform in the small business market.

After graduating from law school at the Cumberland School of Law, Lee McKnight Jr. dove into the Nashville healthcare start-up scene. He then pivoted when the 2000 tech bubble burst. Lee is now the Vice President of Sales at RSW/US, an agency that works with marketing services firms.

Lee specializes in new business development, lead gen, consulting, content, social media, and account management. If you’re lucky, you may also catch his band in a show around Louisville and Cincinnati.Lee specializes in new business development, lead gen, consulting, content, social media, and account management. If you’re lucky, you may also catch his band in a show around Louisville and Cincinnati.

Parakeeto knows boutique agencies deserve the same level of insight as the big guys. So Marcel and his team set out to provide the insight needed for small companies to scale by streamlining their operations and reporting systems.

Marcel is also the fractional COO at Gold Front, an award-winning creative agency in San Francisco working with brands like Uber, Slack, Keap and more. Plus, he heads strategic coaching at SaaS Academy by Dan Martell. When he’s not helping agencies make more money, he’s probably watching “The Office” or “Parks and Rec” on a never-ending loop and eating breakfast foods for every meal of the day.

As the founder of Grow Your Digital Agency (GYDA), Robert is known as the 'go-to expert for agency growth.” He works with some of the top independent agency leaders globally, helping them build agencies they are proud to run. He also designs and runs programs for Google Premier Partners, has clients in over 25 countries, and is the author of Grow Your Digital Agency. This book caters to agencies wanting to increase profitability and win better clients.

Janusz is a consultant, coach, and digital strategist who helps agencies define their vision, grow high-performing teams and sell more strategic offerings. After spending 15 years in the digital agency industry, he’s got what it takes to help agencies build businesses they can strategically exit at the right time.

He joined Grow Your Digital Agency Initiative (GYDA) in January 2022 as a managing partner, and is the lead coach for the UK and Europe Google Partners Elevator Program, where he continues to guide and advise agency leaders on their growth journey. He joined Grow Your Digital Agency Initiative (GYDA) in January 2022 as a managing partner, and is the lead coach for the UK and Europe Google Partners Elevator Program, where he continues to guide and advise agency leaders on their growth journey.

Rob fell into a black hole called the World Wide Web way back in 1995 (through a random introduction while studying for an engineers degree in the UK).

A veteran of agency life, Rob has been pivotal to the growth and successof numerous European marketing companies – in his middle-career role as Ops Director/COO, he’s scaled organisations from 5 to 500, createdinternational production hubs, and ensured maximum profitability (usinga hybrid operations model based on Toyota’s Kaizen Principles).

He continues to work both as an agency mentor and strategic consultant,whilst practicing what he preaches as founder of the global digitalagency, Flint.