Paul Esajian, one of the stars of A&E’s “Flip This House” and co-founder of FortuneBuilders Inc., was in Rockford July 10 to talk to members of real estate investment club Midwest REA of Rockford.

Doug Stitt is president and chief operating officer of The Caldwell Group Inc., 5055 26th Ave., Rockford.

Wayne Perrett is president of Strategic HR Advisors, a human resources consulting firm that caters to small and midsized companies.

Ken Dufour is president of Aviation Management Consulting in Rockford, which inspects and appraises a large spectrum of aircraft for financial transactions around the world.

Jon Krause is president of Gambino Realtors Inc., the second-largest real estate company in the Rock River Valley as measured in sales.

Neil Hartigan was one of two keynote speakers at the “Go Global or Get Left Behind” trade seminar May 13 and 14 at NIU-Rockford.

Seattle Sutton, 76, is the founder of Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating, a healthy meal-replacement plan based in Ottawa.

Joe Altenhoff and Gene Stoll were co-workers at a Rockford engineering firm more than 20 years ago when they started talking about a better way to run an engineering company.

Kristine Scott is a senior financial consultant for Waterside Financial Advisors LLC.