About Us

Doug Moore Co-Founder, CEO

Mr. Moore has been a successful businessman and publisher for more than 25 years. During that time he launched more than fifty individual titles and owned several publishing businesses, including Vulcan Publications. Vulcan was named one of the ten fastest growing publishing companies in the world in 2001 for the previous decade. It had more than 400 employees generating revenues of more than $50 million annually prior to Moore's sale to Cygnus in 2002.

After selling Vulcan he launched Private Air magazine and launched Nicklaus magazine for Jack Nicklaus Companies. He then built a highly successful 5-star resort real estate sales and marketing company with clients such as Ritz-Carlton, Capcana, Four Seasons, and Reserva Conchal in Costa Rica.

He's been featured in a number of publications through the years including Forbes, Folio Magazine, and Wall Street Journal. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the SBA and Small Business Person of the Year by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce in 2000. Moore is an experienced network marketer and took the fast track to reach executive status. He is a renowned motivational speaker and has authored high-performance columns for various publications for more than a decade.

He's married to Kelly and is the father of 5 children who range in age from 16 months to 22 years old.

Moore has served on the boards of numerous businesses and non-profit organizations. He's an active layman at Church of The Highlands as well as being an avid sportsman, outdoorsman, polo player, golfer and rabid Alabama fan.

Bart Smelley Co-Founder, President

Bart Smelley has been a successful entrepreneur in both founding and acquiring businesses throughout his career. He has created multi-million dollar enterprises in a variety of industries ranging from publishing, internet marketing, apparel manufacturing, commercial real estate, aquaculture, sports facilities and equipment dealerships. Bart has the unique ability to create winning ideas and grow successful business entities in numerous industries through his proven leadership and management disciplines.

Bart has been involved in the MLM industry and achieved a top executive rank in less than a year. His fascination with the networking industry combined with his passion for self improvement, leadership development and motivation led to him join forces with Doug Moore to create Empower Success System.

Smelley considers Empower as "a powerful product that will help millions of people achieve greater success and significance in their lives as well as an incredible business opportunity for ordinary individuals as well as network marketing veterans to create financial freedom".

Other accomplishments include Alabama High School Association Coach of the Year four times. He has won three state high school baseball championships as a volunteer head coach at American Christian Academy as well as a National AAU Championship.

Bart and his wife Sissi have three children who have all received Division 1 athletic scholarships. He is active in mission work and serves on the board of the international mission organization G.E.M. He is a founding member and Elder of the Church at Tuscaloosa. Over the years he has had the distinction of being named Tuscaloosa Businessman of the Year as well as Citizen of the year.

Ed Ernsting Chief Operating Officer

Ed brings more than 30 years of diverse marketing and communication experience to Empower Success System. His initial interest in direct marketing began when he moved to the Pacific Northwest to plant a church outside of Seattle after graduating from Seminary.

He has served as church planter, senior pastor, marketing/communication consultant, newspaper editor, writer, copywriter, public speaker, professional photographer, special event organizer, strategic planner, leadership development consultant, organizational change consultant, performance coach, trainer and facilitator.

He has both his bachelor's and master's degree and his doctoral studies focused on the areas of leadership development, marketing, and personal growth.

Most recently he has been the driving force behind M Squared Marketing, LLC. A marketing/communication consulting firm focusing specifically on Internet marketing for professional speakers, authors, and trainers primarily in the network marketing and personal growth industry.

He has worked exclusively with clients focusing on their branding, advertising, and marketing efforts. He has created and written targeted email campaigns for ecommerce as well as copywriting, website design, target market segmentation, sequential autoresponders, branding, brand extension and product development.

Over the past 30 years he has been involved as a distributor or representative with more than 5 different network marketing companies. His first experience in MLM was while he was still in college.