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JT Vaughn is focused on developing high impact business models that transform people while generating economic and environmental returns.
He is the Chief Operating Officer at Industrial Heat. IH is focused on developing cutting edge clean energy technologies and working with partners to commercialize such technologies.
Justin is an entrepreneur that has inspired business leaders to see their Work as a part of their Calling for the past 20 years. As Executive Vice President he was a part of dreamers and doers that built RightNow Media, which serves 30,000 churches and 4 million people in 120 different countries through this “Netflix of Video Studies”. During that time he was also part of creating RightNow Media @ Work’s tools to help business leaders equip their people to be better at home and at work.
He’s been Executive Producer of several books and dozens of short films from business leaders at companies like Hobby Lobby, Popeyes Chicken, Interstate Batteries, SeaWorld, Auntie Anne’s, Grab, NatureSweet and business leaders like Patrick Lencioni, Dave Ramsey and many others.
Today he and his wife own several small businesses in Dallas and serve as President of the Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Investor. The team of 30+ staff support over 1,000 volunteer leaders that serve entrepreneurs in over 88 different countries through world class content and community.
Justin, his wife Sharee both went to school at Baylor University. They have three kids (Tristan, Audrey and Kate). Some things in life are predestined, and for him it was to be a Michigan State Spartan Fan. Office legend has it that his family invented “Sparty”, the iconic Michigan State Mascot. On any given weekend you’ll find him coaching his daughters “Pixie Chicks” girls soccer teams and involved at Citybridge Church.
Dr. Joel Morris is the Executive Director of Union Foundation, overseeing the strategic and operational direction of the organisation. He is a leader and trustee of Grace Community Church, Porthcawl. He has been a missionary working in 28 countries with Operation Mobilisation before obtaining a doctorate and beginning a career in Materials Engineering which took him from Aerospace to the Nuclear sector.
Prior to joining Union, he was Assistant Professor at the Seoul National University in South Korea. He has extensive experience in bringing technology research to market, and in creating industrially sponsored University projects. He also started his own company specialising in aerospace technology, spun out of Swansea University.
Joel is married to Hye Lim and they have three children.
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Johan Du Preez began his career in the USA (California, 1991) where he specialised in the turnaround of large retail “drug” stores (for American Drug Stores, a retail group that owned more than 700 stores). He then moved on to managed healthcare (medical insurance and risk management) and was part of a core team that created a national claims processor (RxAmerica) allowing pharmacies to submit their claims to medical insurers online and in real-time (via a satellite link).
Upon his return to South Africa he was instrumental in the turnaround of Sanlam Health (health insurance, CEO 1999 – 2001), led Glacier by Sanlam (retail investments, CEO 2002 – 2004) and headed the start-up of the financing company Quince Capital (CEO 2006 – 2009).
He recently acted as the CEO of the then JSE listed pharmaceutical company Cipla Medpro South Africa (August 2012 to June 2013) and during this time concluded a R4.5bn transaction with Cipla India that saw the delisting of Cipla Medpro. During his involvement with the Sanlam group he served on the Executive committees of Sanlam Life and Sanlam Investment Management.
Johan obtained the degree M. Pharm in 1989 (University of Pretoria) and holds an MBA from National University in San Diego, California (1996).
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Along with his brother, Jon began his career as a teenager working for ESPN as a camera operator in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Jon worked as a sports cameraman and covered University of Alabama games all over the country and also worked with ESPN College Football Primetime, FOX NFL, and the NBA. In 2002, he founded a production company with his brother, Andrew. Their first ventures were commercials, documentaries and music videos. The brothers soon were directing videos and producing concerts and television programs for platinum recording artists such as Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Casting Crowns, Switchfoot, Skillet and others and received eleven GMA Dove Awards nominations and 3 wins for Music Video of the Year.
Alongside their award-winning music videos, Jon and Andrew have also produced and directed several documentaries. These include the multi-award winning 9/11 story, “The Cross and the Towers”.
In 2010, Jon and Andrew began exclusively developing dramatic feature films. Their features have all opened in the top ten box office on opening weekend and they have received the coveted A+ Cinema Score twice. Their features include OCTOBER BABY, MOMS’ NIGHT OUT, WOODLAWN and the 2018 surprise hit I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, which became the #1 independent film of 2018, earning over $83 million at the box office.
In 2019, Jon and Andrew launched Kingdom Studios, alongside their partners Kevin Downes and Tony Young, with a first-look deal with Lionsgate. The first film from that venture is I STILL BELIEVE, a biopic about CCM megastar Jeremy Camp slated for 3/20/20.
Jon serves as Chief Executive Officer at Kingdom Studios as well as writes and co-directs feature films with Andrew. He is also the author of the upcoming book For Love and Honor, which tells the amazing true story of his grandfather Red Erwin, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor in WWII. It is slated for publication in 2020.
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Genuine biblical fellowship doesn’t create solitary oak trees standing alone but fosters a forest of friends standing together for the gospel.