Speaker Biographies

Joe Forbidussi
The Entrepreneur's Source
Joe has over 35 years of experience in the corporate world. He has owned, operated and sold a franchise business. He is currently a franchise owner of the Entrepreneur Source. He has lived in many parts of the country and has traveled extensively overseas. He has been married for over 30 years with a son and daughter. He enjoys coaching encouraging and supporting others in achieving their goals.

Irving Chung
FranChoice
Irving Chung is senior franchise consultant driven to help people take control of their lives and create freedom for themselves through business ownership. My goal is to help others discover More Passion, More Money, More Freedom and Control by becoming their own Boss. As a Professional Franchise Consultant, I help the people I work with understanding franchising, and determine if it might be a good fit for them. If it is, then I take them through a proven, and methodical process to develop a custom model, tailored to them based on their background, skill sets, financial and lifestyle goals, that we then use to match them up with the best franchise business that's a perfect fit for them!

Dave Woggon
Tenet Financial Group
Dave Woggon has been in the franchise industry since 1986 in both funding and franchise exploration roles. As the VP of Development for Tenet Financial Group, he oversees the consulting team and identifies strategic growth opportunities for the company.

Lynne Shelton
Shelton Law & Associates
Ms. Shelton has been counseling Franchise / Business Opp. clients for over 25 years. She especially enjoys working with small business owners assisting them to "Expand their Brand®". Since starting the law firm, she has been focused on providing the “Missing Piece” with legal services to small and emerging businesses. Her business savviness combined with her belief in mentorship is the backbone of the law firms slogan, “Your Outsourced In-house Counsel”. Ms. Shelton focuses on ensuring clients are offered individualized service while handling Franchise Disclosures, registrations, legal creation and vendor distributions within a clients business. Ms. Shelton has published many articles and has even written a book. She has been married for over 25 yrs. and has one son and a sponsored daughter from Haiti. In her spare time she teaches leadership development in third world countries to future colleagues and volunteers at her church.

Dwayne DuBose
The Entrepreneur's Source
Career Ownership Coach
Former Global Oil and Gas Executive who now expowers clients go through a journet of self discovery. We focus on the helping people navigate a new mindset of career ownership through goal setting, education, awareness, aligning skills and finding their desired balance of income, Lifestyle, Wealth and Equity. Many time clients will learn of possibilities beyond what they ever imagined or dreamed possible.

Craig Anderson
The Entrepreneur's Source
Former gloval Oil & Gas manufacturing and service executive who turned to supporting others discover their path to career success through education, self-reflection, and the power of changing your mindset from dependent to self-sufficiency. Let's align your personal goals to your Income, Lifestyle and Wealth needs.

Chris Conner
Franchise Marketing Systems
Chris Conner has spent the last twenty years working in the franchise development field working primarily with startup and emerging franchise systems. Mr. Conner's work covers a variety of franchise categories including strategic planning, franchise operations, franchise training system development, franchise marketing and franchise sales. In 2009, Mr. Conner founded Franchise Marketing Systems based out of Atlanta, Georgia which today has grown to a team of 34 team members located in markets across the United States and Canada. Franchise Marketing Systems has developed over 700 franchise brands and supported clients in selling over 8,000 franchise units in North and South America, Asia, the Middle East, Canada and Southeast Asia. Franchise Marketing Systems has worked with a variety of well known brands and significant franchise systems including Baxter Healthcare, Anytime Fitness, Costco, Ford Motor Company, Delta Airlines, UPS Stores, European Wax Center, Junk King and others.
Mr. Conner’s vision was to develop a model that allowed for efficient, effective and performance based franchise development work to be completed for new and emerging franchisors. The combination of providing consulting and franchise development support along with the franchise sales and marketing model for new brands created more opportunities to more brands to scale and grow through franchising. Chris Conner holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Miami of Ohio and an MBA in Finance from DePaul University in Chicago. He is married to an amazing wife, Dr. Alaina Conner and has two great kids, Ashton and Jameson.

Colin Sprake
Make Your Mark Training
Colin Sprake is a global authority on assisting companies to grow and scale from multiple 6-figures to 7-figures, 8-figures and beyond. He is also a full-time investor and heavily involved in mergers and acquisitions. He currently owns 14 businesses one of which is on its way to becoming his first billion-dollar business in less than 24-months! He has coached and mentored over 110,000 business owners and knows the vital components to growing a massively successful business balanced with an incredible family life.

Paul Dorsey
Jantize America
Paul is a strategic, multidisciplinary sales professional, entrepreneur and a leader with an eye for innovation and a pension for perfection. He is a motivator, public speaker and the author of 52- Franchise Sales Tips. Married, Paul his wife Vonda and children Cameron and Payton enjoy golfing, camping, boating, reading and other leisure activities. Paul and his family regularly volunteer Saturdays at an inner-city Christian mission for the underprivileged youth. Dorsey is a lifelong sales professional with over 25 years’ experience in the franchise industry. Having owned Unit, Multi-unit, Area Developer, and Master Franchises; Dorsey will share his extensive knowledge on the rules and regulations surrounding the various ownership options.

Claudia Lardizabal
FranNet
Prior to joining FranNet in 2013 as FranNet of West TX and Rio Grande Valley, Claudia had 24 years of experience in sales, multi-unit retail management, customer service, and higher education advising. Her 14 years in the higher learning environment brought her great satisfaction knowing that she was helping people change their lives and accomplish their dreams through education. She now gets the same satisfaction knowing that she is helping people change their lives and achieve their dreams through business ownership. She enjoys providing education, resources, and guidance to her clients because it affirms her belief, that education is power.
Claudia completed her MBA/HRM from the University of Phoenix in 2003. She is fluent in English and Spanish. She has had the opportunity to volunteer with many organizations in her community, such as the El Paso chapter of Junior Achievement, the Junior League of El Paso, the Chi Omega Fraternity Alumni chapter, the El Paso Hispanic Chamber and other church organizations.
While she born in California, Claudia has lived in Texas most of her life, and has lived in El Paso, TX for over 40 years. She has been married to her husband David for 28 years and they have 2 adult daughters that also live in El Paso.