Under his leadership, New Signature has achieved an organic nine year average annual growth rate of 56%, including 54% y/y growth in 2011. The firm has also received the following recognition: 2010 National Capital Business Ethics Award; 2012 SmartCEO100 Best-Run Company and Chris won 2012 Small Business Person of the Year by the DC Chamber of Commerce. Chris holds a MBA degree from MIT Sloan School of Management and BS from Syracuse University

Julie joined Barrel of Jobs from the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship where she was the Executive Director of NFTE Greater Washington DC Region. In this role, she was a dynamic leader in the field of entrepreneurship education and grew the organization to serve over 24,000 local youth. Julie fundraised over 20 million, managed a Board with 22 members, and hundreds of C-suite volunteers. She currently writes for Huffington Post Business.

Neal has been an entrepreneur at both big and small companies for over 20 years. Neal recently sold Gifford's Ice Cream & Candy, Co., an ice cream manufacturer that he grew from one ice cream store in 2004 into a retail & wholesale regional brand with multiple stores, over 250 wholesale customers, and over 400 grocery store customers. Prior to acquiring Gifford's, Neal spent 8 years at Discovery Channel, where as Vice President, Licensing.