Keynote Speaker · CEO Coach · Entrepreneur
For more than 35 years Frank Tommaso has built companies in restaurants, real estate and software. Now he helps leaders grow organizations where people do their best work, with gratitude, accountability and AI.
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Keynotes
Every keynote comes from companies Frank has started, run and grown. Each one can be tailored to your audience as a keynote, a workshop or a fireside chat.
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AI isn’t the opportunity. What it lets people become is. A small team of exceptional people can now do what once took an organization many times its size.
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Companies spend heavily to generate demand, then lose it in the gaps between inquiry, meeting and close. Frank shows where revenue leaks and how to win it back.
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Culture isn’t a poster on the wall. Frank’s companies earned “Best Place to Work in Virginia” by leading with intentional gratitude, and it showed up in retention and results.
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The son of Italian immigrants and a dual U.S.-Italian citizen, Frank shares what America and Italy each teach about building businesses, families and communities that last.
About Frank
Francesco (Frank) Tommaso has spent more than 35 years starting and scaling companies in restaurants, real estate and software. He is co-founder and CEO of Ripcord.io and founder of Sela Group, a portfolio of companies in real estate, AI and consumer brands.
Along the way he has mentored students across the country through Nepris, served on boards that strengthen his community, and co-authored a book whose proceeds support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
“The goal shouldn’t be eliminating humans. The goal should be elevating humans.”
Ways to Work Together
Frank shapes each engagement around your audience and the result you want them to leave with.
Conferences, association meetings and company kickoffs. 30 to 60 minutes with Q&A.
Hands-on sessions for leadership and sales teams on AI, follow-up and culture.
Candid conversations on entrepreneurship, scaling and leading through change.
One-on-one strategy for founders and CEOs ready for their next stage of growth.
CEO Coaching
Low productivity, a struggling culture, slow growth, revenue that won’t move: Frank has lived these problems as an operator. He helps CEOs find the root cause and build a practical plan to fix it.
Book a 1-Hour CEO Strategy MeetingThe Book
Frank is a co-author of this #1 new release on Amazon, written to inspire a million people to practice intentional gratitude every day. All proceeds go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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