Gene Marks helps business leaders understand how AI, automation, the economy, Washington and workplace trends will affect their companies and what they should do next.
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Gene was a huge hit again. We have never brought a speaker in back to back years. Gene certainly was worthy and delivered again!
Kevin Gilbride
Executive Director, The Accredited Snow Contractors Association
Gene Marks is a CPA, business owner, Forbes columnist, author and nationally recognized keynote speaker who helps business leaders understand how AI, automation, the economy, Washington and workplace trends will affect their companies - and what they should do next. As owner of The Marks Group, Gene works with hundreds of businesses nationwide and combines firsthand business experience with his national reporting to deliver practical, industry-specific strategies audiences can immediately apply.
Gene Marks brings together perspectives that are rarely found in one speaker. He is a CPA and business owner, an experienced advisor, a nationally recognized columnist and a keynote speaker who regularly works with corporate and association audiences.
His reporting focuses on the issues executives and business owners are navigating right now, including artificial intelligence, automation, economic developments, workplace trends, taxes, technology and policy. Gene connects these developments to the everyday decisions leaders need to make about their companies, employees, investments and future plans.
Gene writes regularly for Forbes, The Hill, The Guardian, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Times, The Chicago Daily Herald and other national publications. This work keeps him close to developments shaping the business environment and gives him a broad perspective on what leaders should be paying attention to next.
Alongside his work as a columnist, Gene is the owner of The Marks Group, where he advises hundreds of businesses across the country. This gives him firsthand insight into how executives are responding to economic uncertainty, emerging technologies, workforce challenges and changes in policy.
It is this combination of reporting and real-world business experience that shapes Gene's presentations. He takes major trends and connects them directly to the realities facing business leaders, giving audiences both context and useful strategies for responding.
Gene's background as a CPA adds another dimension to his perspective. Before founding The Marks Group, he spent nine years with KPMG as a Senior Manager in its Entrepreneurial Services practice. His career spans accounting, advisory work, entrepreneurship, journalism and public speaking, giving him a well-rounded understanding of the challenges organizations face.
Artificial intelligence and automation are changing how companies operate, compete and manage their people. Gene helps audiences understand what these developments mean in practice and how leaders can identify the opportunities most relevant to their organizations.
His work with businesses allows him to go beyond discussing technology in theory. He sees how companies are approaching new tools, where they are finding value and which challenges arise as organizations adapt.
Gene also explores the changing workplace and the pressures affecting employers and employees. From evolving expectations and new technologies to economic conditions, he helps leaders understand the forces influencing their workforce and make more informed decisions about what comes next.
Gene speaks nationally to corporate and association audiences across manufacturing, construction, distribution, financial services, retail, technology and professional services. His experience across sectors enables him to make broad business developments relevant to the specific concerns of different industries.
His keynote presentations can explore areas including:
Every presentation is customized to the audience, allowing Gene to focus his reporting, examples and experience around the issues that matter most to the organization or industry in the room.
Gene is also the host of the Paychex Thrive Podcast, where he interviews CEOs, economists, policymakers, entrepreneurs and technology leaders about the trends shaping business.
These conversations expose him to perspectives from people making decisions, building companies, developing technologies and influencing policy, further informing the insights he brings to audiences.
Book Gene Marks for your event when you want a keynote that makes today's biggest business developments relevant to the decisions leaders are making now. Drawing on his experience as a business owner, advisor, CPA and national columnist, Gene delivers timely insights with clear applications for executives and decision-makers.
Whether addressing AI, the economy, workforce developments, technology or policy, Gene tailors his presentations to the audience and provides leaders with a clearer understanding of what is changing, why it matters and how their organizations can respond.
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Gene was a huge hit again. We have never brought a speaker in back to back years. Gene certainly was worthy and delivered again!
Kevin Gilbride Executive Director, The Accredited Snow Contractors Association
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Gene, I would say in my 30 years of attending presentations, yours was THE MOST: valuable, relevant, properly paced, perfect amount of info; not too much, but enough, excellent humor, and perfectly executed presentation I have experienced.
Jill Keim VP Relationship Manager, First Merchants Bank
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Thanks much for the eye-opening (and jaw-dropping) presentation you gave on AI at last week's Mass. Bankers Conference. Would you send me a copy of your deck? I'd love to share it with my Marketing staff.
Peter Roveto Senior Vice President, Director of Marketing, BrooklineBank
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In a word.... WOW! Gene absolutely delivered. He was spot on for our small business members. He packed a lot into 45 minutes and left everyone with something to take away. People were taking pictures of his slides during his presentation. The conversations about his keynote continued throughout the day. People said they emailed him right after he got off stage. Others mentioned that they were emailing their own accountants to find out if the advice he was giving could help them. They found out that they were entitled to tax relief or grants that would basically offset their price of attending our show. That is a tremendous value for our members. We could not be happier. He was fantastic.
Mike Adamson President & CEO, The Aircraft Electronics Association
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Good morning, Gene, without a doubt, your presentation was the best closing session I have ever attended. I know you are doing the kickoff for Symposium and I’m sure I will be saying the same for the kickoff session. Somehow, you managed to make all the tough news entertaining. It was a master class on presenting.
Linda Dodd Learning Specialist, North Carolina Association of CPAs
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I attended your AI presentation at the March LMC conference in Houston. Our team all commented that your session made the most memorable impression of the week. Thank you for your time and efforts. Accordingly, if you could provide a copy of your slide deck, we would greatly appreciate it.
Tyson Eavenson BeLit
Keynote by Gene Marks:
For more than 20 years, Gene Marks has covered business technology for Forbes, reporting regularly on the latest advances in artificial intelligence, automation and enterprise software.
In this fast-paced, practical keynote, he separates AI hype from business reality and explains what is actually impacting industries like construction, manufacturing, distribution, retail and financial services.
Drawing from his interviews with Microsoft, Google, emerging AI firms and real-world companies implementing these tools, Gene outlines where AI is delivering measurable ROI - and where businesses are wasting time and money.
This keynote focuses on:
Attendee outcome: A clear, practical technology roadmap - not theory - and a better understanding of how smart leaders are using AI to protect margins and drive growth.
Keynote by Gene Marks:
As a regular columnist to Forbes, The Hill and The Guardian, Gene Marks spends every week interviewing business leaders, economists, technology executives and policymakers to understand what is really happening in today's economy - and how successful companies are responding.
Businesses across every industry continue to face rising labor costs, higher borrowing costs, insurance increases, supply-chain disruptions, rapid advances in AI and continued economic uncertainty.
Rather than focusing on politics, Gene delivers a practical business briefing filled with real-world strategies companies are using to control costs, improve productivity, increase profitability and prepare for what's next.
This keynote focuses on:
Important positioning: This is not a political presentation. It is a practical business briefing designed to help executives make smarter decisions regardless of who occupies the White House.
Attendee outcome: Practical strategies to improve profitability, reduce costs, increase cash flow, make smarter technology investments and take immediate action.
Keynote by Gene Marks:
Businesses across the country are approaching one of the biggest workforce transitions in decades. Experienced owners, executives, managers, salespeople, technicians and other key employees are retiring - and when they leave, decades of relationships, skills and institutional knowledge can leave with them.
At the same time, employers are competing for a younger generation of workers who have very different expectations about technology, career development, flexibility, communication and the workplace itself.
Business owner, CPA, author and nationally recognized business speaker Gene Marks will show business leaders how smart organizations are preparing for this "great workforce handoff" - and what they should be doing now to protect their businesses and position themselves for the next generation.
Drawing on the latest workplace trends and the hundreds of business owners and executives he speaks with each year, Gene will address some of the most pressing workforce questions facing employers today:
This is not a presentation about Millennials versus Boomers or a list of generational stereotypes. It is a business presentation about continuity, productivity, succession and growth during one of the most significant workforce transitions employers have faced in decades.
Attendee outcome: Specific, actionable ideas to protect institutional knowledge, strengthen the talent pipeline, retain top people and prepare the next generation of leaders.
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