Tampa Bay Think Tank, Board Members, and President Bud Elias select speakers for quarterly meetings; maintain the mission; manage membership, marketing, and events, and facilitate continuous quality improvements for the group.
Polly Bateman
Polly Bateman has worked as a sales, marketing and training professional for the past twenty-two years and recently completed her MBA degree. She is currently, Manager at Send Out Cards – providing opportunity for small business owners, professionals and individuals to build their business and personal relationships with a system that is both highly personal …
Bob Bush
Bob Bush has had a rich and successful career that began as an art director in advertising, which led to sales for national branded apparel manufacturers, resulting in earning a promotion to Regional Vice president, and onto General Manager at DEMCO, in an affiliation with Russell Athletics, and then the role of National Sales Manager …
Bud Elias
Recruited from Illinois to Florida in 1976 to run an insurance brokerage organization, Bud Elias used a Chicago based business model to re-form his business in Florida. Even though Bud has been in the employee benefits market place since 1963, he and his team at Advantage Group are constantly re-inventing themselves. Since change means people …
Jason Longo
Mission: I will be supportive and caring to my friends, loved ones, and self. Highly organized and outgoing professional with years of experience in marketing, project management, event planning, leadership, graphic design, web design and development, social network marketing, sales, grant writing, and editing. Sincerity, dedication, creativity, charisma, talent, and experience contribute to ongoing success. …
Chris Maggi
A native New Yorker, Chris Maggi moved to the Tampa Bay area in 1990. While he left the Sunshine State to attend college in North Carolina while playing Division 1 baseball, Chris headed back to Florida to start his career showing people how to have a worry-free retirement. Chris has been Insurance licensed since 2000 …
John Patrick
Having spent thirty years helping consumers and managing and training sales forces with Citigroup, John Patrick decided to transfer his knowledge and skills to business owners and the business community by venturing out on his own as a consultant in 2006. As an entrepreneur, John has been able to help local and national businesses increase …