Speaking
Keynotes on resilience, leadership under pressure, and fighting for a business worth building — for founders, sales floors, and executive teams.
Why him
Most speakers left the operating chair a decade ago. Elliott runs a payments company today — payroll, product, customers, and the calls that don't wait for a conference. Whatever he says on your stage Thursday, he had to live in his own company Monday.
He's the outside voice a company calls in when the room has gone flat, and the reason it doesn't stay that way. Navy discipline, a professional fighter's relationship with pressure, and a founder's respect for the numbers — in one operator's language the floor and the C-suite both understand.
Check a date →Speaking topics
How great leaders recognize change, reinvent their strategy, and win through uncertainty. A practical framework for knowing when to pivot and executing without sacrificing momentum.
Audience will learn
Ideal audiences: executive leadership teams, CEOs, business owners, entrepreneur organizations, mid-market and growth companies, industry associations.
Winning through strategy, execution, and competitive leadership. Parallels from military leadership, elite athletics, and executive management for organizations that intend to outperform.
Audience will learn
Ideal audiences: leadership conferences, sales organizations, executive retreats, franchise systems, entrepreneurs, industry associations.
How to spot business trouble before it becomes a crisis. The three indicators that consistently predict growth or decline — and how to act early enough to change the outcome.
Audience will learn
Ideal audiences: CEOs, CFOs, business owners, financial executives, banks, private equity, entrepreneur conferences.
Building financial strength that endures every market cycle. While competitors react emotionally, disciplined organizations preserve cash and position for long-term growth.
Audience will learn
Ideal audiences: corporate leadership teams, CFO forums, financial institutions, boards, family-owned businesses, government contractors.
Mastering decisions, resilience, and performance when the stakes are highest — drawn from military service, competitive boxing, and executive leadership.
Audience will learn
Ideal audiences: executive leadership, government, healthcare, manufacturing, technology, military and veterans organizations.
How digital wallets, embedded finance, AI, and real-time payments are reshaping commerce — and a practical roadmap for preparing the organization.
Audience will learn
Ideal audiences: financial services, banking conferences, credit unions, payment networks, technology and corporate innovation events.
What they walk out with
Whatever he says on your stage Thursday,
he had to live in his own company Monday.
Speaking formats
Flexible formats built for conferences, executive retreats, leadership summits, corporate meetings, and industry events — every engagement customized to the audience, industry, and desired business outcomes.
A dynamic, thought-provoking keynote combining storytelling, executive insight, and practical strategies leaders can implement immediately.
A conversational interview format with a moderator. Ideal for leadership forums and customer events. No slides required.
Interactive working session for executive teams: frameworks, collaborative action plans, and tools to accelerate performance.
Leadership, financial discipline, business strategy, fintech, innovation, transformation, and the future of business.
Still operating
CEO, Bonita Payments
Not a retired executive with old slides — a founder who ran payroll this week.
What the room gets
How he works
Twenty minutes on the room, the date, and what needs to change by the time people walk out.
He rewrites the examples for your industry and your numbers. Same spine, your fight.
He shows up early, works the room before he's on it, and stays after for the people who need the follow-up.
Business coaching
Strategic guidance for leaders ready to scale, strengthen, and succeed. Work directly with Elliott to strengthen financial discipline, improve operational performance, increase profitability, and develop strategies for sustainable growth.
The biggest challenge facing most business leaders isn't a lack of opportunity — it's knowing which decisions will create lasting growth, and which will quietly erode it. Elliott's coaching goes beyond motivation or accountability: he serves as a trusted advisor, helping leaders see around corners, identify opportunities others miss, and make disciplined decisions that strengthen both financial performance and organizational resilience.
Recognize market shifts early, identify strategic opportunities, and lead transformational change before circumstances dictate it.
Build financial intelligence, strengthen governance, improve cash flow, and make smarter decisions under pressure.
Evaluate systems, processes, and structure to eliminate inefficiencies and build a business designed for sustainable scale.
Strengthen pricing, diversify revenue streams, improve profitability, and position the business for long-term financial success.
Stronger leadership habits, better decisions under pressure, high-performing teams, and greater confidence and clarity.
Stress-test the model against changing conditions, surface emerging risks, and uncover new competitive advantage.
Book Elliott
45–60 minutes on resilience, leadership under pressure, and fighting for a business worth building. Conferences, offsites, associations.
Request Elliott →A half- or full-day for sales and leadership, in one operator's language that the floor and the C-suite both understand. The invest-in-your-people session that pays for itself.
Book training →Business Is War, applied — a multi-month engagement on the 10-point curriculum, for founders and executive teams ready for the adjustment.
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