SPEAKERS

October 5, 2020

Eric Knellinger is President of US Federal Contractor Registration, Inc., the world’s largest and most respected third-party government registration firm. With more than 30 years of government acquisition, advertising, marketing, sales, and business development experience, Eric has helped secure federal contracts for Google Services, Hilton Hotels, McGraw Hill, Inc., Raytheon, and more. Prior to starting US Federal Contractor Registration, Eric ran several small businesses, including an import-export company; a check verification company, during which he helped developed better ways of verifying funds and decreasing company loss as a result of accepting bad checks; a landscaping firm; and a small truck transporting company. Eric also worked with AT&T and Verizon, becoming one of each company’s top representatives while handling advertising for large and small global businesses.
At an early age, Eric volunteered at the Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce, where his
mother served as the first female president of the Chamber. Recalling his time as a
young man at the Chamber, Eric describes unloading jelly during several arts and crafts
festivals, where monies were raised to finance Chamber activities. He also has coached
several baseball teams. Eric is active in his church, is involved with his church youth
group, mentors students from other countries who are attending high school and/or
college in the United States, and awards scholarships each year to local college
students.
But Eric is proudest of the relationship he has with his son, Brett. This relationship is the cornerstone of everything Eric does, be it with US Federal Contractor Registration, at his church, or with any of the organizations where he donates his time.