Ryan Walter played and coached more than 1100 games over 17 seasons in the National Hockey League. Drafted second overall by the Washington Capitals, Ryan was named the youngest NHL captain, won a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens, and finished his playing career with his hometown Vancouver Canucks.

Ryan was an NHL All-Star and 3-time Team Canada member, World Junior Captain, Vice-President of the National Hockey League Players Association, BC Hockey Hall of Fame inductee and NHL Man of the Year.

Ryan won a Gold Medal as Head Coach of Canada’s National Women’s Hockey Team, has been the founding partner in 2 start-up companies, a TV hockey analyst, hockey expert and actor, and the President of a Professional Hockey Team.

Ryan has a Master’s Degree in Leadership/Business and is the author of 6 books. With an interactive training focus, Ryan has been developing leadership capacity, team energy and high performance in corporate leadership executives and teams for over 25 years.

Morné Smit doesn’t just talk about resilience—he’s lived it. A former national-level rugby player, Morné learned early on how discipline, teamwork, and focus can drive success under pressure. “Rugby teaches me a lot,” he says. “It’s not about the individual player. It’s about the team, and everyone doing their job to win together.”

That mindset shaped a career that’s taken him across 60 industries and four continents. Along the way, he’s seen the struggles sales teams face: overworked, under-supported, lacking direction, and struggling to scale. He’s also seen their potential. “Salespeople are some of the toughest, grittiest people out there,” Morné says. “But even the best need the right systems and coaching to unlock their full potential.”

To help them do just that, Morné built Emerse Group, a company dedicated to unlocking sales potential through proven systems and actionable strategies. Under his leadership as CEO, Emerse Group was named Best Sales Training & Development Company (2025) in the U.S. by the Business Excellence Awards, hosted by Acquisition International.

Morné’s results speak for themselves. He helped take one company from $18M to $180M in under five years—without a dollar of external funding. “That wasn’t luck,” he says. “It was about finding the gaps, building the right systems, and giving people the tools to succeed.” By combining systems, discipline, and encouragement, Morné doesn’t just help teams hit their numbers—he transforms how they think about sales.

Through his work, Morné caught the attention of legendary sales guru Jack Daly, who entrusted Morné with carrying forward his life’s work. As Jack’s sole partner for his renowned sales growth tactics, Morné continues to inspire and empower sales professionals around the globe.

He was named Transformational CEO of the Year (Sales Industry) by the Global Excellence Awards and honoured by Marquis Who’s Who for his leadership and impact. In 2025, he earned the Top New Speaker award from Vistage and was a top-rated presenter at EO’s EMP program at MIT, where attendees praised his sessions for their actionable strategies and fresh perspectives on sales leadership.

Morné’s workshops are practical, direct, and built for results. He’s not here to inspire from the sidelines, he’s here to help sales teams win.

As the CEO of Treefrog Inc. (http://www.treefrog.ca), a renowned multi-faceted digital transformation agency, Sean gets to regularly work with companies all over the world to strategically leverage branding, marketing and technology to hyper-charge their businesses. Having worked with thousands of companies over several decades, and seen hundreds of clients radically transform their business and scale into hundreds of millions in revenue, Sean’s access to world-class talent and innovative ideas and technologies are regularly leveraged by CEOs across the world to achieve astonishing growth and results. Sean gets to meet and work with CEO’s across all industries and walks of life, and gets to bring new technologies regularly to bear in new and interesting places.

In addition to helping companies grow, get efficient and pursue radical innovations, Treefrog also runs a business Accelerator (https://www.treefrog.biz) which puts ~200 businesses a year through a pressure-cooker course to get them growing faster quickly. As a result, Sean not only works with billion-dollar companies, but also works daily with brand-new entrepreneurs with new exciting scalable technologies.

On the side, Sean is also an active recording musician, a passionate Latin dancer, a dedicated computer programmer, and a regular travel adventurer. An incurable romantic, a passionate business mentor, and a man devoted to innovation, love and beauty, Sean is always looking for how he can be a part of your professional story as well.

Recently, the Treefrog team (led by Sean) has started deeply investing in AI-based marketing tools – especially ChatGPT – with astonishing results. He can help you see opportunities for your business that you may have not already seen.