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Heavy-Hitting speakers.
Best-in field education.
No convention fluff.
DAY 1 SPEAKERS
Eugene James
Chief Marketing Strategist, MarketNsight
An MBAG favorite returns!
Eugene will walk us through what the current housing data is actually telling us, where pending sales, inventory, and pricing trends stand right now, why mortgage rates have moved the way they have this year, and what all of that means for construction lending risk, land strategy, and originations heading into next year. Leave with a clear read on where the market's headed, not just where it's been.
Eugene helps builders, developers, construction lenders, real estate/mortgage professionals reduce project risk and make better, faster decisions by turning complex housing and construction data into clear, decision‑ready insight. Eugene advises clients in key U.S. growth markets on where, what, and when to build, buy, sell, lend, and originate.
An active real estate broker and frequent speaker on housing trends, interest rates, and market risk, he regularly briefs executives and project teams on what today’s data means for land strategy, product mix, pricing, pace, and portfolio exposure. His insights have been featured in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, CNN, NBC News, and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
DR. Kristine Sickels
The Clearest Voice in the Room!
Close The Voice-Values Gap™ and Watch Your Organization Perform.
Every organization is sitting on its next great idea. The problem is the person holding that idea has learned to hold back. They're calculating the risk. Editing themselves in real time. Staying quiet in the rooms where it matters most.
This is The Voice-Values Gap™: the distance between what your people believe inside and what they actually say out loud at work. The wider that gap grows, the more your organization pays for it — in decision quality, retention, and the innovation that never makes it out of someone's head.
Grounded in the proprietary VOICE Framework™ and behavioral research, this keynote gives leaders and their teams the language, tools, and conviction to close that gap. The organizational performance lift follows.
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Dr. Ryan Hamilton
Associate Professor of Marketing,
Emory Goizueta Business School
A perspective we guarantee you’ve not considered before!
Ryan Hamilton received his PhD in Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He is an award-winning teacher and researcher, and his research findings have been covered in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Financial Times and CNN Headline News. He has consulted on matters of pricing, branding, and customer experience with Walmart, FedEx, Home Depot, Caterpillar, ConAgra, Cigna, Visa, and Ipsos, among others, and has been a keynote speaker and trainer on various topics in marketing and decision-making to groups as varied as small business owners, lawyers, librarians, accountants, and advertisers.
ANdrew Alaniz
Founder, CipherNorth
You don't need to become an AI expert, but you do need to know enough to make the right calls.
This session is built for financial services leaders who want a simple language breakdown of AI, its growing presence inside your current platforms and vendor relationships, and the regulatory and operational risks that come with it. Everything from fair lending and ECOA exposure to CFPB and FRB scrutiny. We will also cover practical ways for you to drive better conversations across sales, underwriting, compliance, and your technology teams.
Through CipherNorth, Andrew helps organizations turn cybersecurity into a business advantage. With over 18 years of experience in financial services, healthcare, and consulting, Andrew has led global security, risk, and operations teams, driving measurable resilience and enabling innovation in complex environments.
A trusted partner to boards, C-suites, and start-ups, Andrew specializes in aligning security strategy with business priorities. He is known for helping leadership teams anticipate risks, communicate with confidence during crises, and foster a culture of trust and accountability.
DAY 2 SPEAKERS
David Colgan
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Regional Director
Movement Mortgage
AI Educator
Mortgage Industry Keynote Speaker
David Colgan is a Raleigh-based mortgage leader, speaker, and AI educator with more than two decades in the industry. He serves as a Regional Director with Movement Mortgage, leading loan officer teams across the Carolinas and Midwest. He has delivered 100+ workshops on practical AI adoption, builds production AI agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio, and co-hosts the "AI + Agents" webinar series. He speaks nationally on AI adoption, mortgage leadership, sales execution, resilience, and building high-performance teams.
Ally Carty
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Home Lending Growth and Brand Strategy Manager
SoFi
“Gen-Z Guru”
By collaborating closely with loan officers and sharing her findings, she helps them refine their strategies, develop personalized approaches, and ultimately build stronger relationships with Gen Z homebuyers. Ally’s goal is to help shape the future of homebuying, ensuring that both loan officers and Gen Z individuals can thrive in an ever-evolving market.
Kristine Sickels
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Fractional CMO
Mic Drop Workshop
Present Ideas That Influence Decisions: Communicate with clarity, confidence, and authority in the moments that matter most
Ideas don't win because they're the best ones in the room. They win because the person presenting them knows how to move people toward a decision. Kristine draws on two decades of executive experience — leading brand presentations to Walmart, pitching strategy to boards, and developing leaders through the highest-stakes moments of their careers — to give audiences a practical framework for communicating with authority. Less hedging. More clarity. Decisions that actually move.