Wayne Einhorn is an expert industry speaker who has been involved at all levels in the real estate business for forty years. Wayne started his first business venture at the age of sixteen and progressed to the real estate and mortgage industry at age nineteen. From selling real estate to leading large companies and on to brokerage ownership and consulting. Wayne’s unique ability to deliver results has kept him at the top of the industry throughout his career. After selling his multi-office brokerage firm, Wayne pursued his lifelong dream of completing his MBA. He has also assisted hundreds of brokers through the valuation, merger, and acquisition process and has co-authored a bestselling book called “The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Real Estate Brokerages.”

Norma Rawlings has a B.A. in French, a J.D. in Law, and an MBA in business administration. She has spent the past 21 years in the real estate industry in various capacities, from commercial and industrial developer to multi-residential builder to portfolio owner to property manager to strategic asset management. With her legal and business background, she has consulted numerous companies and individuals looking to sell their businesses over the years. As the President of Broker Valuations, Mergers and Acquisitions, she brings a mediator’s mentality to the table and enjoys helping people plan their own succession and organize the sale or purchase of their business in a mutually beneficial fashion. She believes that finding the right fit between buyer and seller is critical, and she does her best to ensure that even difficult issues don’t devolve into conflict.

Rob Lyszczarz has spent nearly three decades building and leading real estate brokerages, growing from a single New Jersey office in 1997 to a network of 65 offices across 11 states. His experience spans acquisitions, organic growth, agent development, and navigating changing markets. Recognized as a REAL Trends Game Changer, Rob builds his business around a clear principle: helping agents build successful businesses. At the ICBC Broker Owner Summit, he brings firsthand experience to the M&A panel, sharing practical perspectives on expanding a brokerage while preserving the leadership, relationships, and culture that support lasting growth.

Arshad Rashed is an accomplished real estate entrepreneur and Broker-Owner of CENTURY 21 Bravo Realty, one of Canada’s leading CENTURY 21 brokerages. With a passion for leadership, innovation, and business development, Arshad has transformed the brokerage into a thriving organization of approximately 260 real estate professionals, serving clients across residential, commercial, and investment real estate, complemented by a thriving Property Management and Mortgage division. Since acquiring the brokerage in 2020, Arshad has built a reputation for strategic growth, mentorship, and empowering real estate professionals to reach their full potential. His leadership has helped propel CENTURY 21 Bravo Realty into the Top 10 CENTURY 21 offices in Canada and achieve recognition as the #12 office worldwide by production in 2024. Personally recognized as a CENTURION® producer, placing him among the Top 1% of CENTURY 21 Canada in 2024, Arshad combines hands-on industry expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset. His philosophy centers on building meaningful relationships, fostering a culture of collaboration, and creating opportunities for others to succeed. Driven by the belief that great leadership creates lasting success, Arshad continues to champion innovation, professional development, and excellence in the real estate industry.

With over 35 years of experience, Lee Linhart has built a career defined by exceptional service, trusted leadership, and proven results. With more than $450 million in personal sales and over 2,000 families helped, he is one of the Southeast’s most respected real estate professionals. As owner of 40+ offices across five states, Lee leads more than 1,000 agents with a focus on integrity, innovation, education, and exceptional client care. Driven by a passion for real estate and helping people succeed, Lee continues to raise the standard across the Southeast, making a lasting impact on agents, clients, and communities.

With over 17 years in the real estate industry, Elena brings operational expertise, corporate leadership, and a genuine passion for helping others succeed. As an executive at RE/MAX, LLC, she advised hundreds of broker-owners across the U.S., helping them increase profitability and build more efficient, thriving brokerages. Elena’s hands-on leadership as COO for a large, multi-office brokerage gives her a deep, practical understanding of the industry’s complexities and opportunities, and having also been an entrepreneur, she knows first-hand the real challenges business owners face. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a master’s in management and organizational development from the University of Colorado.

Kai Sulentic is the co-founder of Indigo Stride, which builds AI systems that answer the office line, follow up with leads, handle agents’ paperwork, and run their marketing, all designed to fit the way a brokerage already runs and help it scale. Kai is also the Director of AI Initiatives at Inner Circle Broker Coaching, where he leads the AI tools that coaches and members use to run their brokerages, from commission plan modelling to profitability analysis. On the Summit’s AI panel, he shares with broker-owners what is working today, how to actually get started with AI, and what the return on investment can look like.

Tim Mezik is the co-founder and Managing Principal at Indigo Stride, where he partners with select real estate broker-owners and agent teams in the United States and Canada to improve the homebuying journey, monetize client relationships and create new revenue streams utilizing custom Artificial Intelligence solutions as well as innovative mortgage referral and customer engagement solutions. Drawing on senior leadership roles as Vice President, Corporate Partnerships at DUCA Financial Services Credit Union, President of Six-Mile Capital Corp., President of FirstLine Mortgages at CIBC, and Vice President at GE Money, he has built and led large teams, scaled digital platforms and driven multibillion-dollar mortgage origination growth.