Leading to Zero

Ruby Guillen MSW, CIS, is a family/child advocate for the reduction of fatal child abuse and family violence. Ruby responds to severe and fatal child abuse calls derived from hospitals, police, fire/EMT and private residences in L.A. County. Her extensive experience includes the investigative “teaming” processes with several thousand personnel from hospitals, mental health, and police officers, with over three thousand child abuse cases. She has broadened her child advocacy efforts by incorporating technological protocols to bolster the prevention and intervention response. She assists organizations seeking solutions to strengthen their data-driven social service systems, produce positive statistical outcomes, and increase emergency-based social services for field agents. The co-chair of the National Association of Social Workers-CA Technology Council, Ruby holds a master’s degree in Social Work , CA. State University, Long Beach

Nicole Lazzaro, immersive media trailblazer, entrepreneur, and game industry veteran has run XEODesign for 27 years. She discovered how game mechanics create emotion, designed the 1st iPhone game, and the 4 Keys to Fun used by millions of leading developers worldwide. Her 4 Keys are baked into the AI for the Sims and inspired IBM Watson’s sentiment analysis. Her game Tilt World planted 16K trees in Madagascar. Recent XR accomplishments include Follow the White Rabbit as well as Unscramble the Oracle, a choose your own adventure for BOSE AR headsets that inspires healthy play walking around the block. Lazzaro is currently developing a Virtual Real Estate Tour Application and advises several leading XR companies including Facebook. Lazzaro is widely cited by global news media such as Wired, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, Samantha Bee, VentureBeat, CNN, CNET, and the Wall Street Journal. She has advised the Obama White House and the US State Department on the use of games to improve our world. Follow her on Twitter: @nicolelazzaro

Our guest is Marquis Cabrera, Co-Founder & CEO of Stat Zero. Marquis currently serves on the World Economic Forum's Global Council for AR/VR. Previously, he was IBM’s Global Leader of Digital Government Transformation and Global Head of IBM's Government Garage. Marquis also worked at the White House Chief of Staff's Office under President Obama and studied under the 1st Black Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court Judge Roderick Ireland and Governor Michael Dukakis at Northeastern University. A social entrepreneur, Marquis has worked for startups, like Wefunder and Wayfair, and has founded impact ventures, like RateMyFosterHome.com. Listen to his journey, his lessons learned, and his vision for Stat Zero.

In the first episode, meet the women executives of Stat Zero, learn their stories, and why they're working to achieve zero poverty, zero disease and zero pollution.