Pet Product News - January 2019

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SPEAKER BIOS
2019 SEMINARS
KRISSI BARR
BARR CORPORATE
SUCCESS

Krissi Barr is CEO of Barr
Corporate Success, and a
world-renowned business
consultant, author and
speaker. An avid dog lover
and long-time pet owner, her newest book is The
FIDO Factor, a work on the leadership wisdom
business people can learn from dogs. Using the core
principles from her book, Krissy has successfully
executive coached hundreds of business people. In
over 15 years of speaking and consulting, Krissi
combines her experience in running businesses
with keen insights into strategy and behaviors. But
more than anything, Krissy’s humor, energy and
passion wins over her audience.

PHIL CHANG

RETAIL PHIL

Phil’s been around the block
when it comes to all things
retail. With experience as a
sales guy and buyer at major
corporations like Johnson &
Johnson, Unilever, Pfizer and
Target, he’s the guy you go to when you’re looking
for answers on retail industry trends and analytics,
what the industry is thinking about today,
tomorrow and a year from now. From price points
and margins, to the best products in any industry—

Retail Phil has timely, real-world solutions.

CANDACE D’AGNOLO

PET BOSS NATION

A pet industry veteran of
15 years (retail, wholesale,
doggy daycare, grooming,
training, dog walking),
Candace has successfully
translated her passion
for pets into multiple million-dollar businesses
(including a retail store sold to Marcus Lemonis
and Bentley’s Pet Stuff). She’s conquered cash flow
quandaries, tackled team issues, traveled the world
while business ran like clockwork at home, and
created a PET BOSS lifestyle instead of working like
a dog in her business. But it wasn’t always that way!
Candace has turned obstacles into opportunities
and created step-by-step systems for every facet of
a pet business unique challenge, so you can skip the
struggle and achieve your goals. Pet Boss Nation
is a coaching and consulting community bringing
profits to pet businesses.

NANCY HASSEL AMERICAN PET PROFESSIONALS

Nancy Hassel is the founder
and President of American
Pet Professionals, an
award-winning business-
networking and educational
organization for the pet industry since 2009. She
has led over 100 in-person educational networking
events, seminars, fundraisers and online events
for pet industry professionals. A public relations
specialist for the pet industry, Nancy works with
pet companies in a swath of PR, event planning,
media relations and training aspects. Nancy is
also a speaker at various pet industry conferences,
a writer for pet trade and consumer magazines,
blogger and photographer, and was a TV producer
and production coordinator for 10+ years.