Jon Petz is the world’s only Amazement Artist® and a two-time, best-sellers list author, Hall of Fame Keynote speaker and multi-award-winning live event host and emcee. As a remarkable addition – Jon is a professional magician and mentalist that has performed around the globe for audiences of all types. As an opening keynote speaker and conference emcee, Jon has presented at over 1,600 events, to more than 1,000,000 audience members, in over 200 industries. From soft goods to hard goods to services to advanced technology to digital to manufacturing to mining, there isn’t a sector of the international economy that Jon’s work hasn’t touched. Before founding Bore No More, Jon was a tech-industry sales-and-marketing senior executive. As a member of a 15-person start-up, he helped build the company to 1,500 team members. As the organization’s leading salesperson, he was instrumental in helping it acquire over $300M+ in VC funding. Following that success, Jon became VP of Sales in an insurance-industry firm, and helped it to convert from a transactional sales model to value-based model. This change of models and philosophy helped prepare the 52 office organization for acquisition. As part of his insurance industry work, Jon presented to his own 250-member sales organization using his unique trifecta of business strategies, entertainment, and inspiration. Word got around about the excitement and usefulness of his presentations, and his customers asked if he would present to their own sales team. Then, vendors asked … then, companies that Jon had no affiliation with started to ask him to speak to their teams. In June of 2004, Jon realized he had more people to help and left his corner office corporate exec role to form Bore No More. He’s gone on to inspire and empower organizations like Dell, Deloitte, Diebold, Nationwide Insurance, P&G, US Bank, US Air Force, and dozens of associations in different industries. Jon has also assisted many client partners with their event flow. This skill led to Jon assisting as emcee, keynote speaker, and even co-director or producer. For one such client event, Jon has in fact hosted and directed it for, as of 2024, 20 consecutive years! An important part of Jon’s opening keynote speaker role comes from his background as a professional magician. Jon first got bit by the magic bug as a little boy, when his father showed him “The World Famous Penny Trick.” The youngster began to teach himself magic through library books. Since then, Jon has performed magic in Paris, London, Sydney, Las Vegas, and Orlando. Whether creating sleight-of-hand magic for billionaires or large-scale illusion shows for the stage, he creates an unequivocal connection and energy with an audience. As part of his magic work, Jon created the “7 of hearts mission,” which is highlighted in his book Significance In Simple Moments. There are over 100,000 7 of hearts playing cards circulating the globe as audience members pay-it-forward with a message of hope and inspiration.