Uncaged Show

Today we're speaking with David Marlon, a behavioral healthcare leader. We'll be talking about his organization today, Vegas Stronger, and some of the work he's been doing in the Las Vegas area. And now taking nationally, David works at Vegas stronger. It's a nonprofit organization focused on reversing the devastation caused to our community by the opiate epidemic and addiction.

Today we're speaking with Christian Sorensen about cybersecurity here. Christian is the founder and CEO of SightGain, a cybersecurity readiness platform, the first cybersecurity technology that tests and measures readiness using real-world attack simulations in your live environment. And so it sounds exciting and, indeed, something that is needed today when we read about new cybersecurity challenges. It seems like almost every couple of hours.

Today we're speaking with Christine Slocumb, the president of Clarity Quest Marketing. Clarity Quest Marketing was named the 2022 and 2019 Health IT marketing community agency of the year. And so we're going to be talking about healthcare marketing, biotech, b2b marketing, and transformational marketing.

Today we're speaking with Rob McDougall, the president, and CEO of Upstream Works software. Upstream work software is doing some great stuff in the omnichannel contact center software space, they're aiming to build and roll out software to increase customer engagement and agent success. Their agent-first approach to the contact center has helped bring the customer journey together across all digital channels, applications, and platforms with desktop elegance.

Today we're speaking with Azzedine Downes, the president, and CEO of the International Fund for animal welfare, sometimes going by the acronym of IFAW. IFAW explores new ways to improve conditions for animals, people, and the place we call home.

Today we're speaking with Jerome Grant, the chief executive officer of the Universal Technical Institute. He's working on some big stuff in critical educational areas. He plans to become the leading provider of technical training for students entering careers in automotive, diesel, collision, repair, motorcycle, Marine, and much more based on our conversation before the show started.

Today we're speaking with Vince Hafeli, the president of Ajax paving industries. We'll talk more about what Ajax is up to. He is also working heavily in mental health and is a mental health advocate and speaker, and we'll talk about where that plays in and how he's moving that discussion forward.

Today, we're speaking with Michelle Perez. Michelle is the SVP of partnerships in business development at Player 2. Player 2 is an agency specializing in solving business needs and reaching new audiences through gaming eSports and emerging digital trends. Michelle has an excellent background in licensing partnerships and marketing and strategic consulting. And we'll talk a little bit more in-depth about the licensing and partnerships elements for sure, but we'll also talk about what Player 2 is up to.

Today we're speaking with Greg Mcpherson. We're going to be talking with Greg about the broader topic of wellness and science and bringing science innovation to people more rapidly and effectively, Greg does a variety of different things. He's the founder of the SR W laboratories. We'll talk about what they're working on in a second. He's also the co-founder of the wellness access Institute, which aims to position itself as the leading authority and innovation accelerator in the wellness industry and so much more. Greg is very active in many things related to, as we said, wellness, science, and bringing innovation to individuals faster.

Today we're speaking with Mario Bourdon, the chief scientific officer of BioLaurus, which is innovating the future of in vivo preclinical molecular imaging by combining study design, consulting, study management, and image analytics. We will go through the BioLaurus story that Mario has taken from the ground floor to where it is today.

Today we're speaking with Kirk Hayes, the Chief Operating Officer of Dunlieh Energy. He's also on the board of DKN Renewables. Those are two examples of the many things he's done with renewable energy. Kirk is a renowned global renewable energy expert. We'll be talking about what's happening in that industry with that space, how it's affecting the world, how we're progressing, or perhaps how we're not progressing.

Today we're speaking with Mandali Khalesi, the vice president for China's strategy at Woven Planet. Woven Planet is Toyota's dedicated autonomy subsidiary focused on taking automobile innovation to the next level for the betterment of society. So when Toyota moves into a space, like autonomous vehicles, they always take it seriously.

Today we're speaking with James Miller II. Not only is he a franchise owner of Subway, but he's also the CEO of Vision Investment Group. But more importantly, he is a board member of multiple organizations, Marriott Vacations Worldwide and Linear 1 Technologies, and he has a lot of board experience. And we'll be talking a lot about that today as the nature of boards continues to evolve and their priorities continue to shift.

Today we are speaking with Tim Bielaski, the chief operating officer for Marleon Capital, and we're going to talk a little bit more about what Marleon is focused on these days. They are a company that focuses on supporting and making operations more efficient for construction-related businesses.

Today, we have Melvin Wilson on the show for the second time. Melvin is an old friend and the founder of Solve Innovation Group. He was part of the IPG media lab, worked at WPP has been part of many exciting marketing digital data businesses along the way. But in 2017, he set up Solve Innovation Group, a team of strategists, makers, and consultants that develop startups for growth, create value-focused technology scenarios and bring outcome-based innovation to market.

Today we're speaking with Ryan Hummel, and we'll talk about how technology plays a key role and understanding technology have a critical role in understanding merger and acquisition possibilities and ways to build advantage for businesses. We'll also discuss Ryan's experience as a partner at Fortium Partners and a Senior Advisor at Excendio M&A. He's also an adjunct professor at the amazing Drexel University.

Today we're speaking with Sandrine Miller-Montgomery, the president and CEO at Micronoma. They are an early cancer detection system using microbiome-driven liquid biopsies. It's a fascinating and promising area,

Matt Timmins is an experienced sales leader and growth consultant with a demonstrated history in a variety of industries. He is the founder and CEO of RAEG, a boutique growth and sales consulting firm working with entrepreneurs, executives, stakeholders and the VC and Private Equity firms behind them, to achieve the revenue outcomes they don't yet dare to believe.

Taylor is a cross-functional team leader with 15 years of experience guiding people in diverse and complicated technical industries to form and scale their new ventures. Currently, He's scaling an internal startup studio and innovation ecosystem within Microsoft's Office of the CTO into a new growth engine for Microsoft. He's a full-stack developer, former educator and entrepreneur. He enjoys guiding highly technical product companies from infancy to scalable success by offering strategic, operational, and marketing expertise.

Today we're speaking with Wil Ralston, the CEO of SinglePoint Inc, providing renewable energy, environmentally friendly, and healthy living solutions focused on sustainability.

Today we're speaking with Benjamin Swig about everything he is innovating in the healthcare space at Acadian. Benjamin is the director of healthcare innovation and strategy at the Acadian companies. He's also the director of Acadian health, one of their divisions. We'll talk about all the things that Acadian's doing a bit. It is a diverse group of businesses specializing in medical transportation, pre-hospital care, health care at home, industrial health, safety, and environmental services, training, consulting, dynamic security equipment, monitoring for homes and businesses, charter flight services, world-class emergency medical services, and education.

Emma Armstrong is an exceptionally experienced and engaging leader specialising in corporate real estate and facilities management. She is the director of Empro Consultants which is a specialist Facilities Management and Corporate Real Estate Consultancy firm. She has 15+ years' experience across operations, technology, change and project management and she uses her well rounded commercial and business acumen to successfully deliver key initiatives, improve operations and transform businesses through defining and leading key projects and programmes. Having worked with a range of large global organisations, including FTSE250 and Fortune 500, she has had the pleasure of working with some of the world's most renowned businesses and brands across a multitude of projects and contracts ranging from £6m to £130m in value.

Today we're speaking with Larry Steinway, the Senior Vice President of mortgage lending at Guaranteed Rate and one of the 0.5% loan officers in the United States. So, no surprise to any of you, we'll be speaking about loans, mortgages, and the real estate marketplace we find ourselves in these days.

Today we're speaking with Donna Hover-Ojeda. Donna co-founded the Mighty Underdogs Company, which provides small business education and entrepreneurial development tools. So, we'll be talking about small business opportunities and all the exciting things the Mighty Underdogs Company is providing.

Today we're speaking with Arun Kejariwal, and we will discuss pharmaceutical research and development commercialization in the pharma space. Arun has a lengthy career with all the major leading pharma companies, whether it be Merck, Pfizer, GSK, or Spark Therapeutics, where he is right now as the asset general manager for Huntington's disease and other CNS programs.

Today we're speaking with John "JT" Scott, the VP of Walmart Global Tech's global information technology, data, and ERP platforms. John leads their global product, and engineering organization focused on driving excellence in execution, innovation, and insights across Walmart, Inc, supporting their entire company operations.

Today we're here with Glenn Akramoff. We'll probably be talking about one of the biggest topics on every business leader's mind these days. Glenn is the founder and CEO of Akramoff; a company focused on creating healthy working environments and reimagining the workplace.

Today we're speaking with James Johnson. James has had an amazing military career, but currently, he is the president and CEO of Operation Gratitude. It's an incredible organization, and we'll go through all of the giving that they provide, and all of the thanks that we need to see, and certainly helping our armed services' mental health and well-being activities.

Today we're speaking with Jai Kibe. He has been a CMO of companies like SC Johnson and worked at the Coca-Cola company. Today we'll talk about marketing, its role in branding, and how you harness it to grow talent.

Today we're speaking with Julia Bardmesser, who has had an incredible 20-plus-year career in data architecture and CRM development. She is a transformational leader, sits on the editorial board of things like CDO magazine, is part of the Voya advisory board member for Polymer, and is one of the founding members of Women Leaders in Data and AI, or WDLA.

Today we're speaking with Marijo Storment. She is a nurse by education, an expert in business transformation, and the CEO of ForzaCare. We will be talking about her new entrepreneurial venture.

Today we're speaking with Nicolas Levitte. Nicolas is the CEO and founder of Expand in Asia. They provide b2b outbound prospecting and pipeline growth services, targeting mid-sized tech companies focusing on growing their market share. So, we'll talk about what Nicolas and the Expanding in Asia team are working on.

Today we're speaking with Kenneth Landau, the CEO and co-founder of Mytaverse, a company focused on developing immersive environments for business, reimagining how people work, and will become the business Metaverse enabling users to interact and experience the interconnected digital world in a true-to-life environment.

Today we're speaking with Joe Massaquoi, the CFO of H2 Clipper, and we're going to be talking a lot about the topic of hydrogen, the distribution of hydrogen, the use of hydrogen, and what the marketplace looks like.

Taylor Robinson is the President of SearchWorks LLC., a retained executive recruiting firm with capabilities to serve middle management and Senior Executive needs. He brings a unique perspective to the company and industry as a young leader and business owner, bridging the gap between the typical CEO with decades of experience and younger pools of talent. Taylor leverages a holistic understanding of industry best practices, and combines traditional tactics with new, cutting-edge techniques, which has resulted in a customized solution that delivers results.

Ms. Davlin is a strategic consultant and fundraiser in the environment and energy sectors working to increase private sector participation in national security with an emphasis on economic and environmental security. Ms. Davlin has served in a number of leadership positions related to Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). Ann is the Chief Strategy Officer, at Dynamhex, Technology, who monitors and visualizes complex energy consumption data for individual, corporate, and government entities on building out the implementation strategy. Previously, she was Managing Director, Environmental Programs for Brevet Capital.

Today we're speaking with Brian LeCount. He is working in an industry that has been very much at the center of a lot of people's lives over the last couple of years. Brian is the Chief Marketing Officer at Health carousel, and we're going to be talking about what healthcare is doing, especially in the digital travel nursing space.

Today we're speaking with Patricia Tiller. She's a commercial lawyer and the managing partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth in Dubai. Andrews Kurth LLP serves clients across a broad range of complex transactional, corporate, and regulatory matters.

Today we're speaking with Rob Wolfe, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Strategic Partners which helps guide acquisition entrepreneurs through the technology due diligence process. He is also the founder and CEO of LLAVE.IO, a cryptographic key exchange platform.

Today we're speaking with Lenk István, the president of ABSL Hungary., a professional outsourcing industry Business Association. They act in the interest of the business services and outsourcing sector, and the members of that sector. Their goal is to act as a bridge between the business services sector and Hungary supporting the growth of both.

Today we're speaking with Jeff Roberts. Jeff is the founder and CEO of innovation Vista, which is an IT consultancy, providing tech strategy and leadership services on a contract basis to small and mid-sized clients in the US, Canada, UK, and other English-speaking markets.

Today we're speaking with Mohit Malhotra. Mohit is the director of SAP customer experience. He's the customer experience lead for Accenture, in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, really helping develop SAP customer experience solutions for Accenture, Accenture being literally one of the leading consulting firms around the world. And I think it's gonna be an interesting conversation today as we think about how customer experience evolves.

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Muyiwa Faulkner is the Co-founder at Blackcopper, a financial services company whose main goal is to go beyond the provision of mundane banking services and build a fast-growing community around their users. Faulkner has spent over 12 years building relationships with executive business partners, and leading effective business development strategies in the Fintech space, his experience spans GTBank, Tavia, Team Apt, Flutterwave and Migo. Muyiwa is a self-motivated and purpose-driven individual who has a great aptitude for numbers, enjoys public speaking, and building networks and has great interests in e-business, technology, and strategy. He works well in a team and is always ready to take on leadership responsibilities if required.

Patrick Ward is the Vice President of Marketing at Rootstrap, a custom software development consultancy. They are responsible for the digital transformations of notable companies and celebrities like MasterClass, Google, Tony Robbins, and Snoop Dogg. During the pandemic shutdown, Patrick founded NanoGlobals, an expert-led platform that helps mid-size tech companies tap into global markets through remote hiring, offshoring, and international market expansion. Patrick is known for his writing and expertise in bringing colorful marketing to otherwise bland industries. His writing has been featured in The New York Times, Ad Age, Fast Company, Morning Brew, Hacker Noon, HuffPost, and Business Insider. He is also a member of the Forbes Communications Council.

Lorena Puica is a global AI leader in advanced healthcare with 5 degrees in mathematics, economics, and finance, published author - Microfinance as a tool for empowering individuals towards Sustainable Personal Economics, a decade-long career in strategy and investment management with global institutions working with portfolios of over £200billion while also being an extreme athlete with 2 world record events.

Martin is the CTO at Rizing. He drives the technology that oversees their three divisions to develop and maintain that technology strategy and to push Rizing towards its goal of enabling every business that uses SAP solutions to achieve a truly intelligent enterprise.

Yon Valverde Amunarriz is the Founder of Yon Valverde and the Ceo of Key Result. He is a business advisor and mentor for CEOs, Business owners and entrepreneurs. He enjoys eliminating blockers that prevent companies from connecting their strategy with operations.

Dr. Wachira is an innovative and dynamic leader with a global perspective on building partnerships to bridge the economic divide. She is passionate about minority equity and access. Her philosophy is socioeconomic justice and her tool set is Improvement Science.