Derrick M. Guest, CEO and co-owner of Griot's Roll Film Production & Services Inc., graduated from City-As-School, with an academic high school diploma, Associates degree from Queens Borough College, majored in Performing Arts and minored in Business Management and Marketing, Bachelors Degree from Brooklyn College in Film Production.

Author: Marketing Mogul Manual: Improve Your Marketing Brand (February 2012) &I Built It But They Ain’t Coming: The Marketing Mogul’s Manual on How to Pursue, Date, and Engage Your Customer(April 2014).

Derrick M. Guest presenter 2015 Small Business Boot Camp for Women in Elizabeth, NJ – workshop titled: “That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it". (July 2015)2015 The Multicultural Retail 360 Summit in Anaheim, California – Presentation Titled:“Using Story Telling to Connect with Women of Color” (August 2015)2015 African American Author's Expo in Timonium, Maryland – Author’s Panel, Authors Breakfast -I Built It But They Ain't Coming: The Marketing Mogul's Manual on How to Pursue, Date, and Engage Your Customer (August 2015)The Video Expo in Washington D.C. – workshop entitled:“That’s My Story and I’m Sticking To It” (December 2014). LAEDA Empowers: workshop and book-signing titled: “Gorilla Marketing: High Impact, Low Cost Techniques” Camden, New Jersey (November 2014). Presenter for Project Enterprise: Entrepreneur Week – A Taste of PE “I Built It But They Ain't Coming: Book Signings & Workshops” (April 2014). Presenter seminar entitled:“No Fluff: Power Your E-mail Marketing” at Columbia University Small Business Development Center (December 2012), The Empowerment Network (TEN)“Take Time Out Tuesday” with Shark Tank Barbara Corcoran (June 2012), The New York XPO video marketing expert for Constant Contact (May 2012), Panelist for Harlem Business Success Forum with Barbara Corcoran “Where Business Succeeds in the Face of Adversity” (May 2012), In the Black: Successful Strategies, Motivations and Tools for Entrepreneurs guest panelist for Entrepreneur Week (April 2012). Marketing Mogul four part series sponsored by Seedco Financial – In the Bronx at South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (Sobro), In Brooklyn at the Pratt Institute, 2011 winner of the Charles B. Benenson Project Enterprise Entrepreneur of the Year, 2011 British Airways Face of Opportunity Video Marketing Contest, his company was flown to