As a full-time entrepreneur since early 2005, Brad Stauffer founded Portable Publisher™, a publishing consultancy; On the Mark™, a branding and marketing firm for entrepreneurs; as well as StaufferMedia™. Until recently he was also the Publisher of choice Magazine, the magazine of professional coaching.

Brad is the President of the Western Publications Association and has been a publishing executive for over 20 years, managing multi-million dollar businesses, as well as smaller family-owned publishing enterprises. He has worked in both consumer and business publishing arenas overseeing marketing, creative services, sales, manufacturing, finance, online services and technology. In November 2006, Brad was named in BtoB Media Business Magazine's "2006 Who's Who in Business Publishing".

Brad has spoken at conferences and trade shows over the last ten years and has been an inspirational speaker and small business coach for the last four years.

He is a Certified Professional Coach having trained with The Coaches Training Institute and Marcia Wieder’s Dream Coach® University. Brad has been a member of Toastmasters International for over four years and has studied speaking and relational presence with Lee Glickstein of Speaking Circles® and Leslie Lupinsky.

Brad has a Bachelors Degree in Communications.