Bert OlivaSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Bert came to the United States at the very tender age of 11 months old with his mother, a single parent, who dreamed of a better life for her son. Little did she know how difficult it would be to obtain the American dream.

Being raised in a poverty stricken neighborhood did not offer Bert much hope for success. Yet, he knew from the beginning that there must be a better life and set out to find it.

So, he went to work, immersing himself with educational materials and reading as many motivational and self-help books he could get his hands on. In doing so, he discovered the limitless opportunities available to those who seek them. His extensive sales training was obtained at Xerox Corporation at University in Leesburg, Virginia. He has attended many workshops, training programs and seminars to assist him in developing his craft. Throughout his career, Bert has been recognized as an excellent communicator, having highly developed presentational, sales and advertising production skills. These skills have proved useful many times over, not only for capturing and expressing the company’s vision, but its objectives for its clients as well. He has been involved with the development and running of two event marketing companies Hookitup.com and Socialicity leading them into new markets of the dot.com era. He is also one of the founders of an already well known Speakers Platform called MindBuzz. MindBuzz was designed specifically as a platform for up and coming motivational speakers who both have written a book, conducted various types of coaching and seminars.

In addition to his motivational speaking and training, Bert is a marketing and advertising consultant who assists mid-sized and large corporations in developing business strategies and brand awareness campaigns. His experience in launching, rejuvenating and successfully managing organizations of all sizes proves to be valuable to his Altius Group client base. His magnetic and exhilarating personality enhances the passion that Altius thrives on.Bert’s extensive motivational experience in speaking, and business seminars are evident to all who attend. His training programs are chock-full of personal stories, anecdotes, case studies and simulations, adding an extra dimension of reality to the concepts and techniques he teaches. Bert Oliva has spoken for hundreds of business groups and associations, has written numerous articles for trade publications and magazines and has a new book called the “10 Empowering Networking Techniques-The Art of Interacting with Others”. His dynamic, motivating and entertaining speaking style have made him a popular choice among meeting planners for motivational keynote speeches, training seminars and team building programs.