Ron Galloway

Ron Galloway directed the noted documentary film “Why Wal-Mart Works & Why That Makes Some People Crazy,” an Ayn Randian look at Wal-Mart which premiered inside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. 

He is a frequent public speaker whose presentations include a variety of business topics, notably regarding Wal-Mart and innovations in business technology. Ron is the lone conservative on The Huffington Post.

Ron is a graduate of Georgia Tech and was an investment advisor and analyst for nearly 20 years. In a feat of optimal timing he retired from investments in 2004. 

Ron has been featured on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, ABC’s World News Tonight and The Daily Show. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, and New Yorker magazine. 

Future Money: Virtual Currencies & Payment Systems

Money is a medium of exchange. The exchange is still taking place but the “mediums” are rapidly changing. From stored value cards, to mobile device payments systems, the very nature of money is changing. The “QQ’” a virtual currency in China, is so popular it is having an effect on the money supply. A $195 million dollar bank run occurred inside a video game. Google, Paypal, and Amazon want to be your wallet. Ron examines these new forms of “Future money” and assesses their impact on our financial system.

Boxed In: Competitive Threats to Financial Services Firms

From Wal-Mart to Google, Paypal to Amazon, more and more businesses are leveraging information technology and distribution to enter the retail financial services industry.Assets are the name of the game in financial services, and there is increased pressure as financial service firms, “non-bank” banks, and now retailers are leveraging their existing distribution “footprints” to grab more of the pie.

For example, if just 5% of the people who walk into one of Wal-Mart’s 4000 stores in one week opened a $3000 deposit account in a “Wal-Mart Bank,” the company would raise $22 billion that week alone. Wal-Mart withdrew their ILC application, but GMAC, Merrill Lynch, and Target all have ILCs. The assets of all ILCs chartered in Utah are 12 times the assets of all Utah banks, S&L’s and credit unions combined. 

Meanwhile, Paypal and Google have developed payment systems that do a complete end-around the traditional banking system. All the while hedge funds use their huge, unregulated pools of capital to draw assets away from banking. 

Find out how you can compete with the overwhelming distribution and resources of these emerging threats in this presentation.
 
The Top 12 Tech Trends Of 2009 & How You Can Benefit From Them

The past year has brought forth startling changes in technology. You can shake your iPhone and it will recommend restaurants near your physical location. Have your DNA analyzed for $300 and find out if your prone to cancer. 250 million people in China use virtual cash instead of Chinese currency. Online news sites are destroying the newspaper industry. Cars talk to you. The Amazon Kindle is changing the way we read and buy books. Google can predict flu outbreaks faster than the CDC. 

It’s a brave new fascinating world out there, and in this 60 minute presentation Ron Galloway looks forward to 2009 and predicts the top technology trends and how you can adapt to, and prosper from these new innovations. For example, will Twitter become a primary tool for communicating? Will artificial intelligence “bots” manage and trade funds for traders? Will cable companies adoption of IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) allow you to have their own low cost cable channel that customers can watch and communicate through? Will debit cards contain member healthcare information? Will the mobile phone finally become your “wallet?” 

Ron is a graduate of Georgia Tech, writes on technology for the Huffington Post, and revels in all things nerd. “The Top 12 Technology Trends For 2009 & How Credit Unions Can Benefit From Them” is a fun, informative, forward-looking presentation that will have your attendees talking for quite a while.

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