Lance Miller is an award winning
speaker and trainer. He brings to the podium a unique mix of talent and
life experience that has shaped his philosophy and viewpoint of the world.
He shares a perspective of having lived life. In addition to an
extensive business background, he has sat atop 14,000 ft. peaks, rafted
some of the roughest whitewater in U.S., sailed transatlantic from the
Virgin Islands to Norway, piloted his own aircraft hundreds of hours
from Northern Michigan to the tip of Key West, scuba dived under the ice
of frozen lakes in the dead of winter and twice hitchhiked through
Europe. He has traveled extensively and has worked in forwarding
numerous international humanitarian causes.
Lance Miller is a graduate of
Michigan State University
with a degree in Food Systems, Economics and Management. He began working as a
teenager in his family's milk and ice cream company learning real life
lessons while working in the processing plant, running delivery routes
and managing retail stores. He gained valuable experience in
understanding the importance of hard work and service in handling both
employees and customers.
He has held sales and management positions with the
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee,
Nestle, Anheuser Bush and Katz Media
Group. For 15 years he developed and managed sales and marketing
programs for businesses in the fields of Law, Construction,
International Finance, Alternative Health and the Internet.
From 1990 to 1993 he served as the National Spokesperson for
Citizens for an Alternative Tax System
.
where he addressed community & political
groups throughout California and Nevada and was the guest on over 150
Television and Talk Radio Shows across America.
From 1997 to 2003 he served as Vice-President of the
International Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance
where he organized and led International Human Rights Marathons
in the United States and Europe covering over 10,000 miles in over 15
countries. Lance has delivered
over 300 public addresses at civic forums and official gatherings on
the importance of fundamental human rights as a foundation to
civilization, peace and economic prosperity.
From 2004 to 2008 he served as the President of
The Way to Happiness Foundation International
. The Foundation delivers programs in 94
languages and 100 countries teaching universal character and ethics
principles to assists individuals and organizations around the world by
creating values of trust, honesty and responsibility.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Glendale California Chamber of Commerce
and is Co-Chair of the Leadership Glendale Program.
Lance is currently the President of
Diesel TEK, Inc.
, an environmental technology company that is providing new cost
effective solutions to the diesel industry to reduce diesel exhaust
emissions and greenhouse gases while increasing engine performance,
fuel mileage and engine life.
Lance is a member of
Toastmasters International
and is a Distinguished Toastmaster. He was instrumental in building
his home Toastmasters Club, Renaissance Speakers, to the
#4 Toastmasters Club in the world. In 2005 he emerged from a field of
28,000 contestants from 90 countries to win the title of the
World Champion of Public Speaking.
Lance possesses a unique gift of simplifying
life's challenges into bite size solutions that are easy to use and apply by
anyone. He has delivered over 2,500 speeches in over 25 countries from
Saudi Arabia to China to Ireland on the fundamentals of public speaking,
leadership, effective management, sales and overcoming failure and adversity His
real life experience brings fun, lively and entertaining presentations
to the podium. Lessons of leadership, integrity, responsibility and
honesty are the Hallmark of his messages.