Speakers

  • Jean Impert

    Jean Impert

    Jean Impert is a veteran composer and media producer with over 20 years of experience. His work appears in major productions like Shark Tank and Chicago Fire. He founded While You Wait to address a market gap for affordable advertising solutions, emphasizing storytelling and innovative engagement opportunities for businesses and audiences.

  • Rashid Sarwary

    Rashid Sarwary

    Quality Food Trucks Owner Quality Food Trucks has more than 25 years of experience in creating customized food trucks. It all began in 1995 in the heart of New York City with a focus on building unique food carts. Over the years, they have grown into the food truck business. With decades of experience, they…

  • Alex Parada

    Alex Parada

    Alex Parada, owner of AP Digital Market, assists small businesses and nonprofits in maximizing limited resources through effective, straightforward digital marketing strategies. His team specializes in local SEO, social media management, and email marketing, with a focus on results-driven methods that generate measurable growth and enhance online visibility.

  • Richard Lo

    Richard Lo

    Richard, a product consultant at Clover Business Solutions, assists small NYC businesses, especially food truck operators, in utilizing Clover’s digital platforms for payment processing, inventory management, and eCommerce. Clover’s advanced POS hardware and software help enhance operational efficiency, enabling better customer engagement and access to working capital.

  • Natasha and Candi

    Natasha and Candi

    Sisters Natasha and Candi have over eight years in beauty, transitioning from successful careers into entrepreneurship. After running a brick-and-mortar beauty bar for seven years, they launched a mobile beauty truck to reduce costs and retain staff. Their innovative approach aims to inspire other small business owners.

  • Tony Jean

    Tony Jean

    NAO’s Caribbean Flavors is a Haitian food truck in Long Island, New York, co-owned by Tony and Carline Jean. It offers authentic, fresh dishes, recognizable by its colorful wrap showcasing Haitian culture. The truck gained attention from Newsday and News 12 and will participate in a panel on food truck life in September 2025.

  • Rafael Rivas

    Rafael Rivas

    The Marketing Manager of Four Wheel Feasts connects food trucks with events and customers, leveraging over a decade of marketing experience to enhance mobile food brands. He specializes in making them standout and scaling their reach. A panel discussion on marketing and social media is scheduled for September 6, 2025.

  • Erika Linnevers

    Erika Linnevers

    The NYC Small Business Service Solutions features a Finance Account Manager from Lawndale, CA, who is dedicated to aiding entrepreneurs in securing funding for their businesses. With a background in strategic financial planning, their mission is to make financing more accessible for small businesses to foster growth and confidence.

  • Gage Jenkins

    Gage Jenkins

    Gage Jenkins, Director of Marketing at Joule Case, has over ten years of experience in brand building and campaign development in various sectors. He leads marketing strategies focused on sustainable mobile power solutions, aiming to transform the food truck industry by replacing generators with clean, silent battery power.