Pittsburgh Executive Summit
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 7:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EDT
Beyond Limits
You’re not just a CEO. You’re a visionary, driven to grow faster, scale smarter and lead with purpose. To climb higher, you dig deeper and tap into collective wisdom.
The climb isn’t a solo journey. It thrives on the strength of a global network – from your Chair, to your group, to peak-performing peers. The Vistage Executive Summit is your launchpad: a moment to elevate your vision, expand your impact and explore new vistas.
Key Takeaways:
- Access Expertise & Build Relationships: Tap into diverse perspectives to solve challenges with innovative solutions, strengthen your network, and find motivation through shared experiences.
- Unlock Business Opportunities: Build meaningful connections that lead to new partnerships and strategic referrals for long-term growth.
- Gain Cutting-Edge Insights: Stay ahead of economic shifts, identify growth opportunities, and enhance business resilience with actionable advice.
- Sharpen Leadership Vision & Wellbeing: Gain strategies to make confident decisions, boost productivity, avoid burnout, and build emotional resilience to navigate stress and uncertainty.
This is more than an event; it’s a community where leaders inspire new perspectives and forge meaningful connections. Boundaries are not just challenged – they’re transcended. You shape the future of business and innovation. Let’s redefine what’s possible.
Dr. Greg Wells Invites You to Attend
Event Speakers
Lauren Saidel-Baker
Economist, ITR EconomicsPlan for Rise Ahead
2025 will be a year of macroeconomic economic growth, but the fact of rise or the rate of growth will vary by industry. We will look at the various industries so each can plan accordingly. There will also be factors that are universally applicable. We will examine those factors and discuss how to plan most effectively for 2025 and beyond. International trade, interest rates, inflation, consumer strength and business-to-business activity and more will be part of the discussion. This outlook will require a change in perspective so that you can successfully plan and change to maximize your profits in both the near and longer term.
Dr. Greg Wells
Founder, Wells Performance, Inc.The Ripple Effect: Sleep, Eat, Move and Think for Better Health and Wellbeing
In a world where sleepless nights, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and mental health struggles have become the norm, how can we get healthy, improve our wellbeing and perform at our best?
The challenges may seem overwhelming, but the solution lies in making small, consistent changes that create a ripple effect throughout every aspect of our lives.
In this presentation based on his global bestseller, "The Ripple Effect," Dr. Greg Wells demystifies the science behind optimal health and peak performance. Discover how daily habits in sleep, nutrition, movement, and mindset can improve your well-being and unlock your true potential.
He reveals the science behind how incremental improvements in sleep, nutrition, movement, and mindset can dramatically enhance well-being and performance. The audience will learn HOW to implement these small changes to ignite a chain reaction of positive outcomes in their teams, families, and personal lives.
In this session, you will:
- Master the Art of 1% Wins: Learn how tiny, incremental changes in your habits, routines, and rituals can lead to exponential results.
- Sleep Your Way to Success: Uncover strategies to decompress from busy days, fall asleep faster, and stay asleep longer for optimal recovery.
- Heal Your Brain and Body: Discover the foods that boost brain function, enhance mood, and help you recover from stress.
- Move to Improve: Understand how physical activity enhances your health and sparks creativity, learning, and problem-solving.
- Focus in a Distracted World: Gain tools to control your attention, overcome digital distractions, and increase productivity.
This keynote offers a roadmap to living and working smarter, not harder, even in challenging times. Dr. Greg Wells translates scientific research into clear, actionable tactics that you can implement immediately. Through practical advice and real-world examples, you'll see how small daily decisions can create a ripple effect that improves every area of your life.
Anne Petrik
VP of Research, Vistage Worldwide, Inc. | Summit EmceeInflection Point: Growth at the Speed of Now
To navigate through inflection points in the business cycle, Vistage Research reveals that CEOs must focus on growth, talent, infrastructure and technology. Learn insights and sentiment from your peers as well as expert perspectives from trusted Vistage community experts in this presentation featuring the latest Vistage CEO Confidence Index data.
Breakfast buffet served
A deep dive into the economic forecast facing your market.
The Adaptation Advantage
Celebrate your community's Vistage Member Excellence Award winners and finalists and connect with fellow peers. Refreshments to be served in the Marketplace.
Breakout sessions
7:45 - 8:45 a.m.
The CEO's Guide to Strategically Scaling Sales
Presenter: Coming Soon | SalesStar
Unlock the secret to scalable, measurable, and predictable sales growth in this exclusive session designed for CEOs. Learn how to build a strategic sales system that drives consistent results and empowers your sales force.
Attendees will leave with actionable takeaways:
- Proven methodologies to streamline sales processes and drive consistent results.
- Strategies to leverage data for better decision-making and measurable outcomes.
- Insights to achieve sustainable growth and elevate your company's performance.
This session is for CEO's who want a clear path to building a strategic sales system that is scalable, measurable, and predictable.
Topic: Customer Engagement: Sales & Marketing
7:45 - 8:45 a.m.
Transforming Your Business Through AI & Intelligent Automation
Presenter: Mark Shivers, Founder & CEO | Ignite IPA
Are you worried about hiring/retaining staff? Are you nervous about inflation or a potential recession/depression? Are you looking to grow your business but concerned about increased costs? Are you sick and tired of hearing about how great AI is, but never see the financial impact as a result? Leveraging intelligent process automation can help companies of all sizes support their corporate strategy and achieve high ROI by reducing expenses, avoiding costs, accelerating revenue, and creating more efficient business processes. In this session you’ll learn about intelligent process automation technologies, and how other companies have leveraged them to achieve higher margins.
Topic: Business Operations: Technology
7:45 - 8:45 a.m.
Accelerate Growth With a Revenue Generation System
Presenter: Matt Reilly, CEO | Sales Empowerment Group
Most businesses are missing their revenue goals. Across the board, missed quotas are the norm, sales cycles are longer, and win rates and deal sizes are smaller. We have more technology and channels than ever. Growth should be easier. So what’s missing?
The best businesses have a system for everything – from hiring talent to delivering products and services. To meet today’s unique challenges, you also need a system for revenue generation. This session will explore:
- How the current environment makes scalable growth difficult
- The core components of a revenue generation system
- Key considerations for systematizing marketing, talent, training, and technology
Topic: Customer Engagement - Marketing
7:45 - 8:45 a.m.
Artificial Intelligence For Every Department – Moving Past ChatGPT
Presenter: Chris Tamm, Managing Partner & Founder | Cast Services
Do you know how to use machine vision, machine learning, robotic process automation, and large language models to gain efficiencies across departments? Join Chris Tamm, Vistage member, seven-time founder and CEO, and highly sought-after speaker on AI and automation, to explore the transformative power of AI. (This is not about ChatGPT!)
Equip yourself with the knowledge to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving technological landscape:
- The latest advancements in AI usage, applications, and robotics
- Practical implementation examples with ROI
- Guardrails and discussing these tools with your teams
- Don't wait on your vendors to roll out an AI feature or two
Topic: Business Operations: Technology
12:10 - 1:15 p.m.
Walk-Away Money: Six Steps To Turn Your Business Into Financial Freedom
Presenter: Paul J. Brahim, CFP®, CEPA®, Managing Director, Financial Advisor | Wealth Enhancement Group
Less than 25% of businesses have a formal succession plan, and over 75% of business owners regret selling their business within the first year. Nearly 98% of owners don’t know their business’s value. Facing the reality of eventually stepping away can be challenging, but successful business exits don’t happen by accident. They require careful planning, informed decision-making, and strategic timing. Paul Brahim’s "Walk-away money" session provides a six-step framework designed to help you optimize business value, align personal and business wealth, discover options, and transform your business into sustainable income for the rest of your life.
Topic: Financials - Financial Management
12:10 - 1:15 p.m.
Maximize the Transferrable Value of Your Business
Presenter: Mike Silverman, Shareholder & Matt Clark, Shareholder | Dentons
The value of your business has been created through decades of hard work and is typically the largest asset in your personal net worth statement - often representing 80% or more. In this session we’ll define the building blocks for creating, growing and protecting the transferrable value of your business. We will focus on the proven components of a well-designed exit plan:
(1) Defining goals
(2) Eliminating risks
(3) Protecting the value of the business
(4) Designing Incentive Compensation and Retention Agreements
(5) Creating key value drivers
(6) Implementing a growth plan, a financial plan, a succession plan and an exit plan
Topic: Personal Development: Exit & Succession Planning
12:10 - 1:15 p.m.
Grow Profits Through Process Automation
Presenter: JJ Russell, Director of Sales | Vsimple
Generative AI is transforming how businesses scale and operate - but most leaders lack a clear path forward. In this session, you’ll get an executive playbook to drive immediate ROI with AI-powered automation. Learn how to cut manual work, reduce costly errors, and gain real-time visibility to grow faster.
You’ll walk away with:
- A CEO-level understanding of why clean, connected data matters
- Real-world examples of AI unlocking efficiency and capacity
- A tactical roadmap to implement automation - fast, without disrupting your team
Topic: Business Operations: Technology
12:10 - 1:15 p.m.
Do You Have the RIGHT Right Hand Leader?
Presenter: Ben Wolf, CEO | Wolf's Edge Integrators
Most small business owners struggle to find the right support and end up stuck in both Visionary and Integrator roles. This interactive workshop helps CEOs step out of the “Chief Everything Officer” role by providing clarity on what a #2 leader truly is—and which type their business needs. Through a proprietary assessment, attendees will gain immediate insights and actionable next steps to strengthen their leadership team.
Attendees will:
- Discover the core functions and types of #2 leaders
- Identify which type fits their current business stage
- Take home practical steps to start delegating and scaling
Topic: Business Operations: Productivity & Execution
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