CARMINE GALLO  is a Harvard instructor and program leader in executive education at the prestigious Harvard Graduate School of Design. A “communications guru,” according to Publishers Weekly, Carmine coaches CEOs and leaders for the world’s most admired brands.

Carmine’s bestselling books, including Talk Like TED, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, and The Bezos Blueprint, have been translated into more than 40 languages. His books have been endorsed by billionaires Howard Schultz, Vinod Khosla, and Marc Benioff, CEOs like Gino Blefari (Berkshire Hathaway Home Services of America), and Danny Meyer, along with experts such as Barbara Corcoran, Dan Pink, Tony Robbins, Guy Kawasaki, and Adam Grant.

Carmine is one of the most influential voices in communication, business, and leadership and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Success Magazine and on MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, and ABC’s 20/20. He has built a global reputation for transforming leaders into powerful storytellers and communicators. Carmine has worked with everyone from country rulers in the UAE to scientists, entrepreneurs, and executives at 80% of the world’s top ten most admired companies.

Carmine’s books, ideas, and keynotes have inspired leaders at Amazon Web Services, Accenture, Allstate, Amgen, Apple, Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Disney, Google, HCA Health, Intel, JPMorgan Chase, LinkedIn, McKesson, McKinsey, Medtronic, Merck, Microsoft, Pfizer, SanDisk, Walmart, and many other companies that touch our lives every day.

Carmine’s ideas reach top business leaders and top brass across all branches of the U.S. military. Carmine has delivered in-person presentations on advanced communication techniques to Green Beret Special Forces at Fort Bragg, TOPGUN navy aviators, and Marine and Air Force fighter pilots training in Arizona. According to the 2nd Special Warfare Training Group, “The lessons and innovative ideas Carmine shared greatly enhanced the group’s ability to advance as a unit and as special operations forces, trainers, educators, and operators.”

In addition to his popular videos on YouTube’s CarmineGalloTV, Carmine is a prolific writer. As a senior contributor for Forbes, Inc, and Harvard Business Review, Carmine’s monthly leadership columns attract more than three million views a year. Entrepreneurs and leaders worldwide have used Carmine’s books as blueprints to pitch investors, persuade customers, and motivate teams. Square co-founders Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey read one of Carmine’s books to create “one of the greatest pitches Silicon Valley had ever seen.”

Carmine’s book, Talk Like TED, has been a top-ranked public speaking title since its release. CEOs and celebrities say they read Carmine’s book for advice. Among them: rapper and the Roots lead singer Tariq Trotter, baseball great Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod), and Game of Thrones heroine Maisie Williams (Arya Stark).

Carmine’s keynotes are highly customized and engaging. He blends storytelling, multimedia, and unprecedented access to famous business leaders to deliver actionable ideas that have motivated and inspired audiences on six continents.

VANESSA GALLO is the Business Manager and Body Language Expert for Gallo Communications. Her former background doing research in the area of Psychology, as an instructor at San Francisco State University, and as a corporate trainer for the Gymboree Corporation for several years enables her to create and implement impressive training content and modules for Gallo Communications clients with a focus on messaging and effective body language and delivery techniques. She has worked with several executives one-on-one for some of the world’s most admired brands including Intel, Chevron, Coca-Cola, SanDisk, and Edmunds.com, and many others to develop them into extraordinary spokespeople.

In addition to running Gallo Communications, Vanessa is the chief editor on staff who works closely with business partner, Carmine Gallo, bestselling author of 9 business books, including The Storyteller’s Secret, Talk Like TED, and The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs. She also co-teaches a public speaking course at Harvard in the graduate school of design for executive education.