Frank "FTZ" Ziede is a professional trainer and facilitator with real world retail experience and over two decades of training for over a dozen different brands, including BMW, MINI, Tesla, Lexus, Honda, Toyota, Sub-Zero, Colgate, and countless others. Having started in retail at the age of 19, FTZ understands what the retail experience is really like and what it takes to make it go from good to great. And his experience as a filmmaker, actor, performer, dancer, and choreographer in the world of hip-hop has given him a unique perspective on how art factors into the corporate training world. Now the CEO of Common Ground Consulting LLC, a facilitation company focused on finding the common ground between not only the facilitator and the participant, but also the participant and the material, FTZ has also helped brands like Northrop Grumman, Coach, and Amtrak. He lives in Chicago with his wife, son, and their dog, Copper. He's a die-hard Lakers fan who loves movies and Dr Pepper.