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Les Rubin is a professional accountant/entrepreneur/ real estate developer with a clear understanding of what makes economic systems work and the power of incentives. While not a professional economist, he has studied it for over 40 years and been heavily involved with economic education locally, working with the school system, writing articles, and commissioning sculptures on economic themes for his real estate developments. Rubin's passion for economics and economic education inspired him to create MainStreetEconomics.org - a non-profit organization to provide for average people on “main street” the opportunity to learn about economic systems without going back to school. Les graduated from UNC at Chapel Hill in accounting and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma honorary societies. For 10 years he was a practicing CPA/controller and for 45 years the owner/head of his own commercial real estate development company.

Welcome to Episode 271 of the Grow Your Law Firm podcast, hosted by Ken Hardison. In this episode, Ken sits down with Rafi Arbel, the founder of Market JD, to dive into the world of SEO strategies for law firms.   Since 2000, Rafi Arbel has been helping hundreds of attorneys expand their visibility and build their practices. Working for the largest provider of online marketing and legal research, Rafi built a reputation as a leader in law-firm marketing, strategy and operations.   As lawyers began to face increasing competition for clients, Rafi started Market JD to offer consumer law firms a new online marketing alternative, one that provides a greater return on investment, more flexibility, and personalized service.   A former litigator who ran his own practice, Mr. Arbel uses his first-hand knowledge of the legal industry to help lawyers grow their client base, increase margins and improve their quality of life.   In addition to his broad and diverse legal consulting experience, Rafi earned his MBA, with honors, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He was inducted into the national business honors society, Beta Gamma Sigma, in 2009.   If your firm is looking to meaningfully increase revenue and the size of your client base, give Rafi a call at 312.970.9353 or visit www.marketjd.com for more information. What you'll learn about in this episode:   1. The Long-Term Approach  - Rafi emphasizes the importance of a long-term commitment to SEO strategies for law firms.  - Avoid chasing trends and focus on strategic, sustainable approaches.   2. Location Targeting  - Learn how law firms in competitive cities can optimize their location by targeting less saturated markets.  - Enhance visibility and reach by strategically positioning your firm.   3. Measuring Success  - Rafi stresses the significance of measuring campaign success annually.  - Understand the importance of tracking key metrics to evaluate SEO effectiveness.   4. Patience and Provider Selection  - Maintain patience in the SEO process to avoid hasty decisions about switching providers.  - Choose a provider carefully and give strategies time to yield results.   5. Dedicated Intake Personnel - Explore the positive impact of investing in dedicated intake personnel for managing leads and increasing ROI. - Understand the crucial role of effective intake processes in client acquisition. Resources:  https://marketjd.com/portfolio/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketJd/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/marketjd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafiarbel/   Additional Resources:  https://www.pilmma.org/aiworkshop https://www.pilmma.org/the-mastermind-effect https://www.pilmma.org/resources https://www.pilmma.org/mastermind

               Martin Van Brauman - our guest - at Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan #Podcast. Martin M. van Brauman is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary, Treasurer and Director of Zion Oil & Gas, Inc.    He is the president of Jews and Christians United For Israel, Inc.; the managing director of The Abraham Foundation (Geneva, Switzerland) and the Bnei Joseph Foundation (Israeli Amuta). He is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.        Mr. van Brauman holds a B.E. degree from Vanderbilt University, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from St. Mary's University and an M.B.A. (Beta Gamma Sigma) and LL.M. (Tax Law) from Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the Society of Legal Scholars of the Texas Bar College. He has been an Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University, School of Law. Martin is on the Advisory Board of the Jewish Studies Program, University of North Texas and on the Advisory Board of the Museum of Biblical Art/National Center for Jewish Art in Dallas. He is a Club member of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (“AIPAC”); and a Board member of the Texas Map Society. Publication: Jews and Christians, Fellow Travelers to the End of Days, (2nd ed. 2020). We love to hear your comments, questions or share what you have learned from this podcast. Or to help you with any questions, concerns you might have or trainings . Be part of our training and coaching sessions - go to: https://www.virginiaprodanbooks.com/freedom-coaching Follow Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan #Podcast on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7kHPeoAgbkAHCg2C6RApEZ  -  to hear encouraging & inspiring messages ‬. Order your autographed copy(s) of #SavingMyAssassin by Virginia Prodan - directly here: https://virginiaprodanbooks.com/product/book/-          Follow Virginia Prodan  on : Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/virginia.prodan.1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia- Twitter: https://twiter.com/VirginiaProdan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginiaprodan/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSRIhzNks8   Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan  Podcast  : https://open.spotify.com/show/7kHPeoAgbkAHCg2C6RApEZ   - ------ Invite Virginia Prodan to speak at your events -: https://virginiaprodanbooks.com/invite-virginia/ ----- Donate to Virginia Prodan #Ministries - here: https://www.virginiaprodan.com/donate/ ----- Subscribe to out Youtube Channel - here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSlM_aAfLxHXTaI05Skv1WQ We love to hear from you; your comments or questions.   Please share it with others.   #network #podcast #film #events #training #training #leadership #coaching #people #community #australia #motivation #share #like #power #romania #america @frcdc @AllianceDefends @focusonthefamily @VirginiaProd

My guest today is Steven Gorelik, in the spirit of keeping these intros short, find all about Steve in the notes. In two sentences — Steve was born in Belarus during the Cold War, moved to the States, fell in love with investing, and has a lot to share both about the US market and the Eastern European markets. In my mind, both experiences build on top of each other and complete a much deeper, broader perspective that can be very helpful in long-term investing. If you want to hear more about how investing in two very different regions can make you a better investor, tune in, and listen to our conversation.In addition to being Head of Research at Firebird Management, Steve Gorelik is the Lead Fund Manager of Firebird U.S. Value Fund as well as portfolio manager of Firebird's Eastern Europe and Russia Funds. He joined Firebird in 2005 from Columbia University Graduate School of Business while completing education from a highly selective Value Investing Program. Prior to business school, Steve was an operational strategy consultant at Deloitte working with companies in various industries including banking, healthcare, and retail. He holds a BS degree from Carnegie Mellon University as well as a CFA (chartered financial analyst) charter and a membership in Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Steve serves on the number of supervisory boards of listed and private companies in the Baltics. He speaks Russian, English and his native Belarussian.www.fbird.com Takeaways Understanding the economic environment and incentives is crucial for successful investing in different regions.Family ownership in Eastern European businesses often leads to long-term decision-making and alignment with investment approaches.Corrupt democracies pose challenges for investment decisions, while non-corrupt democracies provide more stability.Investing in the best financial institutions in growing economies can lead to significant returns. Local knowledge and understanding of the local market is crucial for successful investing.Banks play a crucial role in the economy and can benefit from long-term growth trends.Being a minority shareholder requires careful consideration of the company's treatment of minority shareholders.Having conviction in investment decisions is important, but it's also necessary to admit when you're wrong and make necessary adjustments.Investing in companies with shrinking addressable markets can be risky and may lead to poor returns.The concentration of market performance in a few companies raises questions about the long-term sustainability of their success.Active management can provide opportunities to outperform benchmark indexes. Podcast Program – Disclosure StatementBlue Infinitas Capital, LLC is a registered investment adviser and the opinions expressed by the Firm's employees and podcast guests on this show are their own and do not reflect the opinions of Blue Infinitas Capital, LLC. All statements and opinions expressed are based upon information considered reliable although it should not be relied upon as such. Any statements or opinions are subject to change without notice.Information presented is for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies.  Investments involve risk and unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. Information expressed does not take into account your specific situation or objectives, and is not intended as recommendations appropriate for any individual. Listeners are encouraged to seek advice from a qualified tax, legal, or investment adviser to determine whether any information presented may be suitable for their specific situation.  Past performance is not indicative of future performance.

In this episode of the Road to Growth podcast, we are pleased to introduce you to Leslie A. Rubin . Leslie is an entrepreneur, professional accountant, philanthropist, and real estate developer. He has studied economics for over forty years and has been heavily involved with economic education locally, working with schools, writing articles, and commissioning sculptures on economic themes for his real estate developments, which allowed him to gain a clear understanding of what makes economic systems work and the power of incentives. Rubin's passion for economics and economic education inspired him to create Main Street Economics, Inc., a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that provides the average person on “Main Street” the opportunity to learn about economic systems without going back to school. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in accounting and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma honorary societies. For ten years he was a practicing CPA/controller and has been the owner and president of his own commercial real estate development company, Rubin Development Corporation, for almost fifty years.   Learn more and connect with Leslie A. Rubin by visiting him on   Website: www.mainstreeteconomics.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mainstreeteconomics?igshid=OGQ2MjdiOTE%3D Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MainStreetEconomics         Be sure to follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/to_growth on Facebook: facebook.com/Road2Growth   Subscribe to our podcast across the web: https://www.theenriquezgroup.com/blog Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Cdmacc iTunes: https://apple.co/2F4zAcn Castbox: http://bit.ly/2F4NfQq Google Play: http://bit.ly/2TxUYQ2 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKnzMRkl-PurAb32mCLCMeA?view_as=subscriber   If you are looking to be a Guest on Podcasts please click below  https://kitcaster.com/rtg/  For any San Diego Real Estate Questions Please Follow Us at web: www.TheEnriquezGroup.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKnzMRkl-PurAb32mCLCMeA or Call : 858 -345 - 7829 Recently reduced properties in San Diego County * Click **** bit.ly/3cbT65C **** Here* ************************************************************ Sponsor = www.MelodyClouds.com

RichardBernstein is the chief executive officer/chief investment officer of Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC. The firm utilizes a unique top-down approach to investing, focusing on macro trends rather than individual stock selection. RBA is one of the fastest growing money management firms, is among Morningstar's Top 10 ETF Model Managers in assets and partners with some of the world's leading financial institutions. Mr. Bernstein has over 40 years' experience on Wall Street, and was formerly the Chief Investment Strategist at Merrill Lynch & Co. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1988, he held positions at E.F. Hutton and Chase Econometrics/IDC. A much-noted expert on equity, style and asset allocation, Mr. Bernstein was voted to Institutional Investor magazine's annual “All-America Research Team” eighteen times and is one of only fifty-seven analysts inducted into the Institutional Investor “Hall of Fame”. He was also twice named to both Fortune magazine's “All-Star Analysts” and to Smart Money magazine's “Power 30” and was a member of Registered Rep's “Ten to watch” for 2012. His book “Style Investing: Unique Insight into Equity Management” is widely viewed as the seminal book on style-oriented investment strategies. He donates the profits from that and his other book, “Navigate the Noise: Investing in the New Age of Media and Hype,” to charity. Mr. Bernstein is chair of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation endowment's Investment Committee (~$2.0 billion) and sits on the Hamilton College endowment's Investment Committee (~$1 billion); he is a trustee of both institutions. Rich holds an MBA in finance, with Beta Gamma Sigma distinction, from New York University, and a BA in economics from Hamilton College. He has lectured on finance and economics at numerous colleges, universities, and professional forums.

Brittany Dunn, a national leader working to eradicate human trafficking in the United States and COO and Co-Founder of Safe House Project, joins program host Chris Meek in this edition of Next Steps Forward. Prior to the Safe House Project, Brittany spent 10 years in international business development at CareerBuilder.com. Brittany earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Wellesley College. She graduated top of her class with an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Sigma Alpha, Wellesley Alumnae Association, the Naval Officers' Spouses Club, and is an active member in her church. Brittany received the CEO Circle Award from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a military spouse, the mother of two, a lifelong learner, a world traveler and a protector of the vulnerable. Human trafficking is an issue that once you sink your teeth into it, you cannot turn away from the issue - Brittany believes that we all have a responsibility to face and combat the evil that is human trafficking. Through her work through the Safe House Program she has increased survivor identification via education and training, served survivors as they exit their specific trafficking situations and spearheaded policy on the state and federal level to create comprehensive solutions. Throughout the hour, Brittany will establish how to serve survivors without re-victimization, speak to how deep relationships allow us to work to meet the needs of survivors holistically and the need to not only focus on a survivor's victimization.

Brittany Dunn, a national leader working to eradicate human trafficking in the United States and COO and Co-Founder of Safe House Project, joins program host Chris Meek in this edition of Next Steps Forward. Prior to the Safe House Project, Brittany spent 10 years in international business development at CareerBuilder.com. Brittany earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Wellesley College. She graduated top of her class with an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Sigma Alpha, Wellesley Alumnae Association, the Naval Officers' Spouses Club, and is an active member in her church. Brittany received the CEO Circle Award from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a military spouse, the mother of two, a lifelong learner, a world traveler and a protector of the vulnerable. Human trafficking is an issue that once you sink your teeth into it, you cannot turn away from the issue - Brittany believes that we all have a responsibility to face and combat the evil that is human trafficking. Through her work through the Safe House Program she has increased survivor identification via education and training, served survivors as they exit their specific trafficking situations and spearheaded policy on the state and federal level to create comprehensive solutions. Throughout the hour, Brittany will establish how to serve survivors without re-victimization, speak to how deep relationships allow us to work to meet the needs of survivors holistically and the need to not only focus on a survivor's victimization.

Mary Pearson is the Dean of the Dixie L. Leavitt School of Business at Southern Utah University. Her responsibilities include oversight of the Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Hotel Resort and Hospitality Management, Management, Marketing, Professional Sales, Masters of Accountancy, Masters of Business Administration, and Master Science Business Analytics degrees.Over the years, Pearson has received several awards. Most recently, she earned the UACPA Women to Watch Experienced Leader Award, Outstanding Educator for Beta Gamma Sigma, Student Influencer Award, Cedar City Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year Award, and Outstanding Educator Award for Southern Utah University in 2013.Pearson has taught internationally at two of SUU partner schools in Austria for the last 16 years. Along with her work as a professor at SUU, Pearson is a certified public accountant (CPA) with her own financial firm in Cedar City, Utah. Pearson has served on several city, county, and school district committees and currently serves on the Helen Foster Snow Advisory Board and the Board of Directors for State Bank of Southern Utah.Pearson earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting and a masters of accounting from Southern Utah University and has earned a Ph.D.​ in business administration from Northcentral University. Pearson's previous experience includes serving as Associate Dean at Southern Utah University, Instructor of Accounting at College of Southern Nevada, and Accountant/Auditor for Carol A. Stone CPAs. These comments made as part of the podcast reflect the views of the episode participants only and should not be construed as official university statements.

J. Richard Jones is back with another episode of Vanguard Radio. This time he's sitting down to speak with Tracy Medve, President & CEO of KF Aerospace and Board Chair of SkyAlyne. The discussion covers many topics, including Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) and SkyAlyne, the Canadian-Multi Mission Aircraft project (CMMA) and Team Poseidon. Since she began her career in aviation in 1985, Tracy has held various senior airline management positions, including at Norcanair, Time Air, Canadian Partner, and Canadian Regional Airlines. Tracy was the co-founder of C.T. AeroProjects, a Calgary-based consultancy focused on air transport resource management, working with a wide range of public and private aviation clients around the world. From 2007 to 2012, Tracy was the President of Canadian North Airlines. In May 2013, Tracy was appointed President of KF Aerospace and became President and CEO in August 2021. Tracy is a lawyer by training (University of Saskatchewan, 1982) and a graduate of the John Molson School of Business Global Aviation MBA program at Concordia University (2009). She is the 2007 recipient of the John Molson School of Business MBA Scholarship and was inducted as a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma honour society in 2009. Tracy also served in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves as a Signals Officer from 1975 to 1981. Founded by Barry Lapointe in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia in 1970, KF Aerospace is Canada's largest commercial aviation maintenance, repair, overhaul, and modification (MRO) provider. With a workforce of over 1200 highly skilled employees, KF's multi-faceted business operations include first-class engineering and design services, commercial aircraft leasing and decades of experience as a commercial cargo carrier. KF Aerospace also has a long history of supporting and working with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) including managing the CFTS pilot training contract for the RCAF at Southport, MB since 2005. In this episode: The aviation and defence career path Advice for entering the industry Where Canadian aerospace and defence is heading KF Aerospace contract with the Future Aircrew Training Program The KF Aerospace role on Team Poseidon And more!

The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a one-of-a-kind leadership development program for girls, with proven results. It is based on time-tested methods and research-backed programming that help girls take the lead—in their own lives and in the world. Today's Daughter of Change, Mikayla Reynolds, is a prime example of the success of this program. Mikayla, originally from Waterville, Maine is a first-generation, independent college student. During her time as an undergraduate at the University of Maine, Mikayla held several positions and was engaged in numerous activities that greatly shaped and deepened her college experience. She was the Lead Peer Coach for TRIO Student Support Services, a Program Leader for the Center for Student Involvement, a Student Consultant for Black Bear Consulting Corps, an Ambassador for the Maine Business School, and a Teaching Assistant for MKT 371: Services Marketing. She also served as the Student Success Initiatives Intern for the Maine Business School, where she worked on launching the Knack College tutoring program and designing a peer coaching line, as well as developing a personal finance course.Mikayla was involved in All Maine Women, Senior Class Council, Beta Gamma Sigma, Black Bear Mutual Aid Fund, Sigma Alpha Lambda, and the Honors College Student Advisory Board service initiatives, including the Maine Day Meal Packout/Food Drive and Its Personal Campaign. She was also a Sophomore Eagle, Emerging Leaders mentor, and member of the Maine Day Task Force. Mikayla graduated as Salutatorian in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Management with an additional major in Marketing. She was selected to be an Alfond Ambassador and will serve in this position while pursuing her MBA with the Graduate School of Business in the Fall of 2023. She will be concentrating her studies in sustainability and public and non-profit management.As I said, Mikayla is a shining example of how the Girl Scouts build leaders. Stay tuned to meet this incredible young woman.Links to Check Out:Girl Scouts of Maine WebsiteGirl Scouts of Maine LinkedInGirls Scouts of Maine FacebookGirl Scouts of Maine Instagram - @girlscoutsofmaineGirl ScoutsDonate to support Girl Scouts of Maine: www.girlscoutsofmaine.org/supportFollow Daughters of Change:Website:Facebook:InstagramLinkedInMarie's LinkedIn:Daughters of Change Podcast Producer:  Sarah StaceySarah's LinkedIn Profile

Everywhere you look, people are asking the same question, “What the heck is happening in this crazy world we live in?” Depression and suicide are both on a rise, outrage has replaced reasoned discourse, victimhood is now a virtue, and cynicism in more the norm, instead of the exception. Enter in Marine Corps veteran Captain Jayson Downing who is on a mission to “Reawaken the warrior spirit and what it means to be a warrior in the modern west today.” Drawing on his own experiences in military training and the crucible of combat deployments, Jayson breaks down not only what exactly is going on in the modern West, more importantly, he addresses what we can do about it.   We are blessed to have Jayson on the IMPACT SHOW today. Specifically, here are some of the things we cover on this important topic that needs to be heard: A few of Jayson's top lessons that he learned as a Marine and how he uses them now in the civilian world. Why the transition from the military to the civilian world is often frightening and scary.   Why Jayson wrote his book (that just came out September 5th). Who this book is for and what's the mission behind the book. What is the Warrior Spirit…and where did it go? How to “Embrace life with strength & power” when you're getting your tail whopped.  You talk about “Pray for Peace…Prepare for War.” Talk more about that… What would be your recommendations be for young men & women today who not only want and need to survive, but want to lead and thrive in a changed world? Why I love the quote, “bleed more in training and die less in war.” How to be a modern day Warrior in the times we live in now. Jayson's big hope with this book and why everyone needs to read it and pass it on to a friend or family member.   I'm really proud of Jayson Downing. Not only is he a new author, he completed my “God-Sized Dreams” program a year ago and committed to writing and publishing this book. Additionally, he's about to become a first-time Dad in just a matter of days with his wife Dr. Carleigh Golightly.    If you would like to purchase his book, you can do so on Amazon or visit his website at www.TheWarriorJournal.com. Additionally, please snap a picture of this episode and tag us on your IG stories. IG: @ToddDurkin @jaysonmdowning   Jayson Downing BIO: Jayson Downing, MBA, MSF, is a former Marine Corps Captain and combat veteran. His military accomplishments include a wide range of experiences, including managing an Intelligence Unit in Afghanistan and assembling, training, and leading a Scout Sniper Platoon overseas. He has completed some of the most challenging military training schools in the world, including the legendary Marine Corps Infantry Officer Course. Since leaving the military, Jayson has acquired two Graduate degrees with honors in both business and finance. He was awarded the Dean's scholar award at the University of California, Irvine, graduating in the top 12% of his class. His academic accomplishments have also garnered him invitations into numerous academic honorary societies, including Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi. Jayson has worked as both a college professor and business consultant. He is the founder of thewarriorjournal.com, a website dedicated to personal development and fostering the next generation of courageous warriors. His book, Reawakening the Warrior Spirit: Exploring What it Means to be a Warrior in the Modern West, engages some of the most challenging topics of the day from the unique perspective of the military warrior mindset. Jayson has been married to his wife, Carleigh, for two years. She is a Naturopathic doctor and business owner. 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In this episode of Navigating Major Programmes, Oxford Saïd Business School alumni Riccardo and guest host Corail, interview fellow alumnus, Jim Bernard. Jim specializes in real estate investment programme design, structured finance, risk conceptualization and strategic partnership formation. With an impressive track record spanning over 25 years, Jim has accumulated more than 4 billion dollars in real estate investment experience. Now, as a partner at consultancy and as a major programme advisor, Jim is focusing on disrupting traditional approaches to major programme management—making him an exceptional expert to share his insights on this podcast.   Key Takeaways:  Why major programme management in North America is behind the UK and what needs to improve in order to catch up.The practicality of the Galbraith Star Model™ in major programmes and why People and Rewards need earlier attention.  Considering the perception of major programmes as temporary organizations as well as their nonlinear evolution.  The power of major programmes as they relate to climate improvement initiatives.   If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. The conversation doesn't stop here—connect and converse with our community: Riccardo Cosentino on LinkedInJim Bernard on LinkedInCorail Bourrelier Fabiani on LinkedInTwo Roads Group website Transcript:Riccardo Cosentino 00:05 You're listening to navigate major problems, the podcast that aims to elevate the conversations happening in the infrastructure industry and inspire you to have a more efficient approach within it. I'm your host, Riccardo Cosentino I brings over 20 years of major product management experience. Most recently, I graduated from Oxford University's day business school, which shook my belief when it comes to navigating major prpgrams. Now it's time to shake yours. Join me in each episode, as I press the industry experts about the complexity of major program management, emerging digital trends and the critical leadership required to approach these multibillion dollar projects. Let's see where the conversation takes us. James Michael Barnard, commonly known as Jim is a highly accomplished professional specializing in real estate investment program design, structure finance, risk leadership, and strategic partnership formation. With an impressive track record spanning over 25 years, Jim has accumulated more than $4 billion in real estate investment experience. Currently, Jim serves as a partner at Two Roads Group, a consultancy he co founded with a focus on disrupting traditional approaches to measure program management by employing novel and empirically supported methods for risk mitigation, decision making and stakeholder engagement. He also serves as a major program management advisor for AI cumulus. Additionally, Jim is the founder of the Regal, a privately held investment company that concentrates on sustainable real estate assets. Outside of his professional pursuits, Jim actively engages in community service as a member of the town Castine Planning Board, and serves as a director on the SMU Cox School of Business alumni board. He is also an accomplished diver and a skilled jazz pianist. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of navigating major programs. I'm here today with my co host, a guest appearance from Corail with my esteemed colleague and friend Jim Barnard, who has graciously agreed to join the podcast today and talk to us about his new venture and his new approach in helping major programs. How are we doing, guys? How are you doing, Jim? Jim 02:37 Great. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Corail 02:39 Hi, Riccardo Jim 02:40 Carail. Corail 02:41 I'm doing great. Thank you for having me again. And I'm excited to hear more about Jim today. Riccardo Cosentino 02:47 And by the way, today, we were joining the podcast. I'm in Toronto. Jim is in Maine, and Correll is in London. So you got a truly international episode? Corail 02:57 Yes, very much. Riccardo Cosentino 02:59 So why don't we Why don't we jump right into it? Corail, I think you're gonna help me co host today's episode, the new format for us. But you being a guest on this show before? So I think you're you're almost almost part of the family. Why don't you take it away? Corail 03:18 Hi, Jim. I hope you're well and nice to see to see you and hear you. I wanted to ask Can you please introduce yourself to our listeners today and tell us a little bit about your career? Jim 03:32 Sure, It'd be my pleasure. My name is Jim Barnard. I'm fortunate to have been a classmate with your two esteemed hosts here at the University of Oxford and major program management program at Syed business school. How I came to the program. Let's see. I was a CFO for real estate, sustainable real estate investment development company in Austin, Texas for about five years before I applied to Oxford. My background had always been in real estate. I'd done it since I graduated from university. At the time, we were struggling with some fairly common major program themes, complexity or projects are getting more difficult, more intricate, larger, we are having challenges scaling. So interestingly, I was sitting in a conference room trying to sketch out a risk curve with my team in the finance department to try to figure out where he has some significant exposure and one of my co workers looked at the whiteboard and said, you know, there's a whole program at the University of Oxford that takes on these questions directly. So I I bet him that if he would write a recommendation I would make the application under no circumstances did neither one of us think that we would be or that I would be admitted to the program. But here we are two years later having survived it and fortunately, having had the chance to work with great people like the two of you You learn a whole lot about managing major programs. Corail 05:03 Yeah, congratulation. Jimmy did I think wonderful in the program, and he was really interesting, you know, to hear about your experience throughout and your background. I was wondering like, I think we both know Ricardo and I, that you started in entrepreneurial adventure after the program. Can you tell us a bit more about what led you to start your own business after the program? And why are you particularly interested in consulting in the fields of major programs? Jim 05:39 Well, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I haven't started this alone. In fact, you both probably know very well, some of the people that are investing in the, in the consultancy with me. And that alone is a privilege. So the opportunity to work together with like minded colleagues, who've enjoyed similar professional backgrounds, or have had similar professional backgrounds was probably one of the primary reasons why I decided to start this consulting practice. But really, the, I guess the motivation came out of, believe it or not the global financial crisis in 2008. A couple of us back in Austin, with this real estate development company that I mentioned, we basically, we'd all lost our jobs, you know, the industry was kind of in shambles. So at that point, we decided we would get together kind of start at ground zero. And I think maybe we had 200, or we had $2 million in assets at the time. And 10 years later, we were up to $250 million in assets. So to kind of get back to some of the scaling challenges I mentioned earlier. But that experience of of one having an industry job, and then losing it quickly, in rather chaotic circumstances. And then having built up the other company, over that period of time sort of gave me a sense that one, security in major companies undertaking major programs is not always as secure as you might think it is. And two, there's not necessarily as much risk in starting in your own venture, as you may think there is so the chaos of that prior period of my career gave me the confidence to start this new consulting practice with the folks I mentioned previously. So yeah, that's that's kind of where it all came from. In terms of goals for the program, I mean, the whole podcast is focused on major program risk and making major programs function more effectively. Certainly, in my career, and in the careers of the colleagues that have joined me in the group, we've seen plenty of complexity. And we've seen plenty of four major program performance. So the idea behind the group, at least for me, was to be able to use a lot of what we learned at Oxford, and try to address these issues at meaningful points of intervention. So being able to offer that to a variety of clients at a variety of different industries was appealing, and seems rewarding. Corail 08:16 Yeah, that's amazing. That sounds super interesting. Can you tell us a little bit more about what you're offering in this consultancy, then? And you know, how you feel like you're apart from other consultancy, what puts you about? Jim 08:33 Sure, broadly speaking, I think what separates our consulting practice from maybe some of the other ones out there would be our combination of gray hair and battle scars, domain expertise on the on the one hand, having worked in all of these areas professionally, as of, you know, my, my colleagues in the practice, but also the academic basis. So one of I had an MBA before going to still do MBA before going to Oxford. So I was familiar with the professional graduate school, curriculum and approach, particularly United States. Oxford is obviously very different. But one of the things within Oxford that truly distinguishes it, particularly MMPM, is the research background. So we not only had to justify our opinions professionally, but we had to support them academically as well. So when we form TRG, both of those aspects became mutually supportive and critical to the practice. So we we tried to bring a whole lot of domain expertise in a variety of different fields and circumstances and marry it with the best academic research that we can find. And then do some of our own research. So hopefully, we can keep the practice as progressive as possible and as helpful as possible. Corail 09:59 Yeah, I do. Like, the fact that you're trying to combine this academic side of the field with your practice, you know, and the kind of practical aspects of of being a major program leader everyday. So I wanted to ask with what you've learned in Oxford and what you're doing in your current consultancy. What do you think will be the main area of improvement for major programs in the future? Jim 10:32 It's an interesting question, because I think it's geographically dependent to some extent. And by that, I mean, the whole concept of program management is really not understood even conceptually, on this side of the Atlantic. In the UK, major program research is been around for quite a while, I mean, clearly, the program's been around for quite a while. But the subject itself certainly goes back a long way. And the UK Government has adopted over the years many major program management practices. So in that area in the UK, in particular, major program management is understood as a discipline, as well as its value is understood. And they've UK Government in particular, and obviously Oxford have invested a lot and refining the subject and practice. In the US, it's very different. The concept of program management really hasn't entered the collective experience, I guess, major programs are still heavily engineering based. Project management is a very familiar term. And certainly there are enough people who engage in project management, they get very frustrated by some of the program management aspects that says so much it's beyond their purview, it's just the project managers are as they should be laser focused on delivery, on time on budget, and aren't necessarily positioned to deal with the externalities that can influence that delivery schedule. So one of the bigger challenges, I think we have at least bidding projects in the US is making the case for program management being part of any large mega project, there's definitely a sense that improvements need to be made, particularly when you start talking about less quantifiable aspects like stakeholder engagement, kind of broader community outreach, communication, change management, I mean, a lot of these very established business practices that are at least familiar in the consulting world, per se, but may not have made it into the major program management world. So the big opportunity, and I guess challenge, at least again, in the US, is sharing this field and the insights that it can provide with some of the larger project constituencies, and really, you know, help the programs perform better than they have been traditionally. Riccardo Cosentino 13:09 You mentioned the United States, but I'm in Canada. And I think what you describe is really a North America phenomenon, where major program management is just not viewed as a discipline in itself. Would you ask a guest why they is in North America? How come I always say Canada is at least five to 10 years behind what the UK is. I haven't quite been able to explain why North America is behind. One of the policies I have is just the way major projects are funded, not founders centrally, like the UK, there and therefore create doesn't create a center of knowledge that the UK has with Treasury. But do you have any view on that? 13:54 That's a really good point, the centralization of a lot of the biggest projects in the UK. I think you're onto something there. I mean, that that would explain why there's been so much investment, at least in part, why there's been so much investment and trying to understand kind of the major program management phenomenon. In the US, we obviously, I guess in as in a lot of other places have a robust private sector. That very active builds a whole bunch of different things. And then we have the public sector, which is probably more focused on what you'd consider traditional infrastructure, and then your private public partnerships for for large events and stadiums and that type of thing. The US is a complex network, and pardon me for overusing complex, but I'll probably be using it a lot in this conversation. It's a rather complex overlap of jurisdictions. So for example, the federal government came out with the infrastructure plan, build back better, massive amount of money, but unlike in the UK, in the US, the federal government's role is basically to distribut and administer of money, they're not particularly involved in any of the actual construction, or conducting major programs that can happen at the state level that can happen at the local level that can happen in public private partnerships. So you definitely have a very fragmented market for pursuing any of these types of projects. So then the private side. And of course, this is financed completely differently as well. Why it hasn't made it far enough along, or as far along as in the UK? Maybe it is because there's not as much of a central actor, as there is over there. But it's an interesting research question. Maybe we can get convince some of our colleagues at Oxford to take it up. Corail 15:48 Yes, talking about research, and I know you, you are really fond of everything. Academic related, following on what you just said, Jim. I think it's really interesting for our listeners, who are leaders in major programs to get your knowledge in a bit of sense of your knowledge in the research into major program. And I know that you're fond of many frameworks that help improve major programs. And I was wondering if there was, like one framework out of your time in Oxford that you saw was particularly useful to improve the performance of major program? And could you share that with our listeners, Jim 16:32 I'm happy to share some of the conclusions I've come to and some of the frameworks I've found more useful than others. Of course, the big challenge is always empirically establishing a framework or trying to apply a framework that's been super successful in one area to another area and see, see how it goes. So there are a whole bunch out there, I think a lot of them are more applicable to certain circumstances than others. However, the framework I use for my dissertation in particular is called the Galbraith Star model. It's, it's been around forever, primarily applied to ongoing businesses, not necessarily major programs. But we had a professor at Oxford, introduce it to us, and show how it could be usefully applied to major programs in particular sort of extend its range beyond your your typical business consulting practice. So I found that one fairly useful on primarily because it's, it's sort of simple to conceptualize, it's got a are, for those who don't know, it's a five pointed star, it's got several aspects of an organization that all need to be organized in order for the organization to kind of hit its goals or realize that strategy. And in that instance, certainly applies in a major program context as well. It's also somewhat easy to understand for for people that are used to working in more traditional business environments, or sort of more traditionally practicing project management. So things like identifying a strategy or the goal of a major program, and then making sure that you've got a management structure that supports that strategy. And you'll get decision processes that help information flow among the people within the structure. The other two areas, which interestingly seem to get next to no attention are people. So the which would open up areas of psychology and and behavioral economics, and then reward structures. So how do we actually keep our people who are working on the project who are compensated in a variety of different ways, whether they're the general contractor or subcontractor, the developer, or the municipality or a government official, and everybody's sort of rewarded in different ways? So the question is, are all of those areas sort of aligned in the same direction, so you can accomplish the goals of the major program? So I guess the one of the questions is what is, you know, the perfect alignment for a major program and some of the research I did, unfortunately, was inconclusive in that area. It doesn't seem that there's a single right way to organize a major program, but provided all of those areas are aligned, I think you've certainly got a much better shot of finishing one successfully, Riccardo Cosentino 19:26 if I may jump in and follow up because that framework was a very interesting framework. I was fascinated by that class and having worked in major programs for a big chunk of my career. And I think the for me, the lightbulb moment was major program is a temporary organization. So although the Gobrecht star can be applied to major program, you have to do it through the lens that these are temporary organization. And I think that was a nuance of major program that never occurred to me So as you're designing your organization, you have to keep in mind that you have challenges and opportunities that come with a temporary organization. So, in your view, how much does that influence the way you're designing a major program organization, the fact that is a temporary one. The deal did your research touched upon that? Jim 20:23 It did. In fact, I, in some sense, one could look at the defining difference of a major program, relative to a permanent organization, is the fact that it's temporary. But when you unpack that a little bit, and you start to think about what Temporary means, offer that a lot of the permanent organizations and the permanent organization mindset is far too focused on longevity, when we actually don't see companies last as long as some of the major programs that we work on. So even though a major program may be temporary, you know, a beginning and an end, people can work on a single major program for the majority of their career. So they are so long lived, that they're, they're temporary aspects, maybe more of a perception necessarily than a mental chronological reality. And similarly, on the corporate side, where people are looking at, you know, perpetual existence of a corporation that very rarely happens. Most companies could probably benefit from thinking, and again, this is my opinion. So for all the people who own companies out there who think that I'm a fool, they're certainly welcome to that perspective. But I think companies would probably benefit more by acknowledging volatility and change and sort of the temporary lifespan of whatever a single strategy is, and maybe the major program world would would benefit a little bit from looking at their projects more organically, because they certainly do evolve over time and less from my on a sort of linear project management standpoint, where point A will never be revisited after we complete it or pass it, because we're temporary. So we're gonna do ABCDE. Whereas you're really not you're going A, B, C, D, B, C, A, D, and then kind of spiraling apps. barleys, not the right word. But hopefully your project doesn't spiral but evolving forward in a nonlinear framework. So I guess it's a long winded way of saying, yes, they're temporary, but maybe not as temporary as it's helpful to consider them being, particularly since these projects are supposed to really impact communities for generations, even if their actual construction or development is somewhat limited. And again, could be decades but somewhat limited. I think the perception behind their concepts. And what they're supposed to do for a society is far longer than even most permanent organizations. I mean, the investment we're making in any of these things is really supposed to be generational. Riccardo Cosentino 23:14 Thank you. That was interesting. Exchange, and certainly helped me revisit some of my view about major projects or temporary organization. Jim 23:25 One of the things that was glaringly obvious in my dissertation mean, there was very little that was glaringly obvious in my dissertation, it was largely failed to support the management frameworks that I had formed based on the literature. But, interestingly, of the Galbraith principles of the five points of the star, people and rewards barely showed up at all. So there was, if you think of programs, as we have discussed, having a beginning and an end, whether that's an appropriate perspective or not, they certainly do go through phases from concept of you know, what, what qualifies as completion, although I'll offer that the never really complete, but that whole aspect of people aspects and the reward aspect, explicitly tied towards stakeholders that are involved in the program, kind of a much broader perspective of who was actually involved, and then rewarding people for their involvement in the success of the program, like completely lacking. It didn't show up at all. I mean, maybe towards the later part of a project, did you start to see some considerations about people and how they were going to use the output of the of the program. But really, in the beginning, it was all strategy and structure related. I mean, it just didn't even show up. The programs are so Mayopiccally focused on, on this strategy thing that they never really, at least in my research, exhibited any consideration for people and rewards. So you got another area of research that's probably worth considering there. Riccardo Cosentino 25:16 That's interesting. So your your research show that major programs don't take the time to design a compensation structure and a reward structure to align the interests of the project with the interest of the leadership and in Jim 25:36 really, it really anybody I mean, there's there's certainly incentive based compensation mechanisms at the corporate level, you know, risk base, you come across this all the time, whether you're delivering a turnkey project, or you know, cost plus, or g max, or whatever the structure happens to be relative to the contractor. But in my experience, particularly if it's a major program within an organization, so we worked on a program, or I did with a, another friend of mine, where a company was digitalizing, their entire, basically production stream. So it was within almost exclusively within an organization, although obviously, it touched on some external partners as well. But there was no bonus incentive, there was no reward structure, there was no career path, you know, sort of advancement on to greater challenges or responsibility for implementing the program successfully. I mean, it was literally like, your job is to do it. And good luck. We'll be back in touch if things go wrong. So that to me, that, to me seems like an opportunity to to pull people in the same direction. One acknowledge more broadly, the breadth of the stakeholders that are influenced and then within the program, aligning some of those reward incentives, which may or may not need to be monetary, but aligning those reward incentives within the program to see it completed successfully. Riccardo Cosentino 27:09 Yeah, can it can resonate any makes sense? That's certainly my anecdotal experience. And when you're when you think of a major program, do you think, you know, stakeholders have a lot of influence on the success of their major programs, I've never seen in the few, one of the few major programs I've been involved with, and alignment of the project leadership to the stakeholders. So you know, you could have situation where you could have engagement with stakeholders, and measuring and getting the feedback on how the project is delivering against their needs, and aligning the compensation of the leadership to the stakeholder needs, because we know from our study that stakeholders can derail a major program. And then stakeholder management is key. So there should be a metric that should be aligned. Jim 27:59 Sure, we're in there also a tremendous asset to a program to the coordination takes a huge amount of resources. And it can be very frustrating, particularly from a project management standpoint, where there's a, there's a tendency to to go, go, go, go go. So any sort of these, these stakeholder intervention points, I think, have probably traditionally been viewed as a burden for the program. Whereas leveraging resources of a community, and this comes up a lot in my native state of Maine, particularly with some offshore wind programs, recognizing the support and resources that the local community can provide is a pretty big step. We've got these offshore wind communities obviously touch a lot of sea based industries, fishermen, marine biologists, obviously, the electricity company, but also shipping, manufacturing base quality jobs within the state of Maine. I mean, these are huge opportunities that touch so many different aspects of society. And that can be positively influenced by them. But you kind of have to start with that first perspective that there are a lot of people involved that have a lot to contribute. So engage them early and often and I you should have a better program. Riccardo Cosentino 29:24 Music to my ears. Correll, over to you again, with your series of questions. Corail 29:33 I wanted to go back to a more personal question now. What do you love most about your work and about setting up a consultancy in major in the major program industry? I think what would be interesting is to know more about you and what what does it take to be a major program leader? Jim 29:56 More about me professionally, personally, what attracts me to Do it what a, and we could go down a rabbit hole here. Corail 30:04 I'd be interested to know more about you personally, and, you know, understanding better. What do you love about your job? What drives you to this field? And yeah, what's what is your passion? Jim 30:22 So big, big question, obviously limited time in a podcast format. So I'll try to be as specific as possible. But what what drew me to the real estate industry in particular, despite my best efforts to avoid getting into what had been a family business for years, was how multifaceted is probably an overused description, but how many areas real estate touched any sort of construction project, which sort of, you know, goes back to the broader stakeholder engagement perspective, but also the number of disciplines who are are had to be involved in any successful project, from architecture, to engineering, to finance to delivery to sales, I mean, there, there's not a lot of pigeon holing within real estate, people have to be somewhat familiar with a great number of things in order to have a project delivered successfully. So, you know, personally, I like the breadth of knowledge and the breadth of engagement and the opportunity to use a whole bunch of different skills without diving maybe sufficiently deeply in any of them. My background, certainly, as I mentioned, finance, and there's that's sort of a obvious area one could focus on. But what I've discovered over my career is that any subject, such as finance, is really, again, back more to being about the constituents, stakeholders involved in the finance process. So I can run spreadsheets all day long, I can make him say whatever you want, I can regress to the mean, I can calculate internal rates of return. But what really matters is the people within the transaction, and what they what is their perspective, if I'm a lender going into a project, what Yes, I want my money paid back. Yes, I want interest to to be generated on the loan. I mean, all of these things are fairly cut and dry. But what does that actually mean for the loan officer, the person that you're working with on a day to day basis? And how does your program fit within the larger context of the organization that's lending you the money. So even within something that seems like it would be as as specific and cut and dried as finance is really a far broader and more interesting opportunity to connect with people that have a vested interest in the project? I think that is one of the things that's most appealing about being at least for me, personally, being in a consulting practice or forming a consulting practice, are, I'll say, the second most interesting thing is the breadth of engagement and the number of different subjects and aspects of major programs that you get to touch and sort of have to acknowledge at a minimum to deliver services to your clients. But hands down, the most rewarding thing is the people I get to work with. So and Oxford definitely raised that bar in terms of professionalism and capability of the people on the teams. So does that answer the question people and diversity of subjects? Maybe Riccardo Cosentino 33:28 you sold that to me? So Oh, good. Jim 33:32 No good. Should I point you to our website, because we're always looking for new clients? You Riccardo Cosentino 33:36 should you should what's, what's the website? 33:38 The company is called Two Rodes Group. Website is www.tworoadsgrp.com. As you mentioned, we've got partners in Dublin and London and here in the States. So I won't get into the story of the name. I'm not that I'm not romantic enough to do justice to it. But yeah. Riccardo Cosentino 34:03 Now you have to now. Jim 34:08 So, Robert Frost, former Poet Laureate of the United States and find New Englander wrote a poem called two roads. And the ending stanza is two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference. So when we start to think about major programs and adjusting the perspective, we tried to bring in that road less traveled, the the opportunity to make all the difference by looking at traditional forms of delivering major programs and offering some alternatives that hopefully will make a material difference. Corail 34:45 That's amazing. Thank you, Jim. Riccardo Cosentino 34:48 Very nice. And by the way, the link to your website will be in the show notes and in the episode description so the listener can can find the details if you I couldn't read it down quickly enough. Okay. I think we're coming towards the the end of the podcast currently, if you don't mind, I'll ask the final question to Jim. And so, Jim, in your mind, what would be the dream major program? What will? What would that look like? Jim 35:20 There has so the absolute dream program under sort of all circumstances, for me would be impact related, particularly related to climate change in the natural environment, having grown up in Maine and actually sitting in Maine now looking at the ocean, I think, maybe Maine culture is somewhat uniquely attuned to or dependent upon the natural world. So given all the climate related challenges that everybody acknowledges that we have now, unfortunately, any project that influences a basically preservation of the natural world is to me hugely meaningful. So whether there's delivering clean energy, whether it's considering different ways of funding, climate related initiatives, reef preservation, I'm being a little coy because we just bid on a project recently that had some of these characteristics. But since it hasn't been awarded yet, I can't get into too many details, but basically, the opportunity to use the inherent transformational aspects of a major program to to improve any of a number of situations, particularly around climate change. Riccardo Cosentino 36:32 Very nice. Okay, I think we come to the end of the podcast, Correll, any, any, any final thoughts from you? Corail 36:43 I just, I'm thinking that if every leader, were interesting in the same topics as you, Jim, we wouldn't situation we are today. So I hope you're an inspiration for all our listeners. And thank you for your time. Riccardo Cosentino 36:59 Thank you very much, Corail for CO hosting the podcast with me. Thank you, Jim, for joining us in this conversation, always stimulating conversation with you and Corail. Any final thoughts from you, Jim. Jim 37:14 It's, it's an exciting world. Major programs are definitely a topic not only were studying, but fascinating to work in. So I encourage everybody who's got the chance to consider the topic and get involved. Riccardo Cosentino 37:27 And on that, thank you very much for joining us this week, and we'll talk to you soon. Bye now. Thank you. That's it. For this episode, we'll navigate the major problems. I hope you found today's conversation as informative and thought provoking as I did. If you enjoyed this conversation, please consider subscribing and leaving a review. I would also like to personally invite you to continue the conversation by joining me on my personal LinkedIn at Riccardo Cosentino. Listening to the next episode, where we will continue to explore the latest trends and challenges in major program management. Our next in depth conversation promises to continue to dive into topics such as leadership risk management, and the impact of emerging technology in infrastructure. It's a conversation you're not going to want to miss. 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Learning Forward Podcast Season 10 Episode 14, we try to understand India's strategy for unleashing its innate greatness: Ms Bhairavi Jani, the author of Highway to Swades. Join Anvesha and Rishona on this marvellous trip to rediscover India's superpowers. In a country overflowing with its culture, a nation intertwined along with its love for heritage and a place blossoming in its beautiful diversity. We belong to India, the land of differences, but these differences act as a binding force for each of us. India is indeed a great country, full of stories to tell and experiences to share. Indeed, all the powers mentioned in the book have their unique meaning. Powers are a way to recall our past, and as we have said many times, India's only way to rediscover its superpowers is the Highway to Swades. At our Sunday School, we discussed the power of nature, and we believe the character has its way of healing us. Rishona asks Bhairavi Which power inspired you the most and touched your heart and why? Anvesha asks if nature helped you regain yourself and what you love the most about nature.  Bhairavi is a fourth-generation entrepreneur, developmental enthusiast and avid venture philanthropist. She is the Chairperson and Founder of the IEF Entrepreneurship Foundation and Executive Director of SCA Group of Companies, founded in 1896. SCA Group undertakes activities in the supply chain and logistics sector. Bhairavi has been listed as one of the 30 most Powerful Women in India by the India Today publication. She has been profiled as Stree Shakti (Woman Power) person by CNBC Awaaz and featured as a Young Turk by CNBC TV 18. She has been listed as one of the ten women exemplars by the Hindustan Times, and Business Today Magazine has featured her as the Supply Chain Maven. Bhairavi is World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader. She is a KBF Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network of the Aspen Institute and a Responsible Leader of the BMW World Responsible Leaders Forum. She is a Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the Business Honor Society, USA, and the Past National Chairman of CII's Young Indians. She is a trustee of India@75 Foundation, Leap Foundation and Ananta Centre. She serves on the Global Advisory Committee of the Earth Day Network, the Advisory Board of the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship and the Global Advisory Network of Apolitical Academy Global. Bhairavi is a firm believer in entrepreneurial ecosystems that create livelihood opportunities. She dedicates much of her time, expertise and philanthropy to the cause and has been committed to it for the past decade. In 2014 Bhairavi drove 18,181 km. Across India to gather information on peoples' choices and views on entrepreneurship, livelihood and development. Travelling for 51 days with her team, Bhairavi visited 102 locations and conducted 3000 plus interviews of Indians from all walks of life. Co-creating sustainable livelihoods for communities in the higher Himalayas is a mission close to her heart. If you want to be a part of similar podcasts, join us. Enjoy our shows on www.DilJeeto.com. You will love the stories our students, teachers, and passionate educators share. Please find out more about My Good School at www.MyGoodSchool.in. The information about Bhairavi is sourced from her Linkedin Profile and conversations with us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learningforward/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learningforward/support

Rob Hughes anchors “First News” on KMBC ABC 9/KCWE CW 29 in Kansas City, Missouri, weekdays from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m., and noon. He previously served as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor at KMBC's sister station, KOCO ABC 5 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Rob has worked as an anchor, reporter and producer at KSWT CBS 13 in Yuma, Arizona, KRGV ABC 5 in McAllen Texas, and KJCT ABC 8 and KKCO NBC 11, both in Grand Junction, Colorado.Hughes earned his MBA from Emporia State University. He's a lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the premier honorary organization for students in business, and recognized worldwide as an indicator of outstanding achievement. Beta Gamma Sigma chapters are limited to schools of business that are accredited by AACSB International. To earn membership, graduate students must be in the top 20% of their class. Hughes also graduated from the University of Southern California with Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and communication.Hughes was on the Dean's list and a recipient of the Order of Troy, presented to the top 140 out of 4,000 graduating seniors for superior academics, leadership and service.While at USC, Hughes was host of “Political Platforum” and “CU@USC,” which was voted best college television talk show by Spin Magazine. The show reaches nearly 2 million homes in the greater Los Angeles area. For his work, Hughes was voted best male host and best senior host. Some of his most memorable interviews include Star Wars creator George Lucas, actors Gary Sinise and Laurence Fishburne, Grammy Award-winning band Train and former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez.Hughes serves as an infantry officer in the Kansas Army National Guard. He's currently a division operations staff officer, and previously served as a battalion operations staff officer, human resources/administrative officer, company executive officer and rifle platoon leader. Hughes deployed to Ukraine in 2016-2017 as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, European Reassurance Initiative, Joint Multinational Training Group Ukraine, Task Force Tomahawk. Hughes helped train the Ukrainian Army, and worked with the Canadian, Polish, Lithuanian, British and Danish militaries to help build Ukraine's first ever Combat Training Center.His awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with M Device, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Army Certificate of Achievement and a Citation of Commendation from the Oklahoma State Senate and Oklahoma House of Representatives for being 1 of 16 out of a total 64 soldiers to graduate from Officer Candidate School, and for his commitment to education.Hughes emcees multiple charity events annually. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Autism Training Center/Astra Day School. Hughes enjoys spending time with his wife Rhea, children Robbie, Rowan, and Rhen. He also enjoys playing guitar, surfing, snowboarding, running and volunteering. National Suicide Prevention Hotline 988 thewashdownpodcast@gmail.com #NeverAloneAlwaysForward

Rob Hughes anchors “First News” on KMBC ABC 9/KCWE CW 29 in Kansas City, Missouri, weekdays from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m., and noon. He previously served as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor at KMBC's sister station, KOCO ABC 5 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Rob has worked as an anchor, reporter and producer at KSWT CBS 13 in Yuma, Arizona, KRGV ABC 5 in McAllen Texas, and KJCT ABC 8 and KKCO NBC 11, both in Grand Junction, Colorado.Hughes earned his MBA from Emporia State University. He's a lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the premier honorary organization for students in business, and recognized worldwide as an indicator of outstanding achievement. Beta Gamma Sigma chapters are limited to schools of business that are accredited by AACSB International. To earn membership, graduate students must be in the top 20% of their class. Hughes also graduated from the University of Southern California with Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and communication.Hughes was on the Dean's list and a recipient of the Order of Troy, presented to the top 140 out of 4,000 graduating seniors for superior academics, leadership and service.While at USC, Hughes was host of “Political Platforum” and “CU@USC,” which was voted best college television talk show by Spin Magazine. The show reaches nearly 2 million homes in the greater Los Angeles area. For his work, Hughes was voted best male host and best senior host. Some of his most memorable interviews include Star Wars creator George Lucas, actors Gary Sinise and Laurence Fishburne, Grammy Award-winning band Train and former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez.Hughes serves as an infantry officer in the Kansas Army National Guard. He's currently a division operations staff officer, and previously served as a battalion operations staff officer, human resources/administrative officer, company executive officer and rifle platoon leader. Hughes deployed to Ukraine in 2016-2017 as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, European Reassurance Initiative, Joint Multinational Training Group Ukraine, Task Force Tomahawk. Hughes helped train the Ukrainian Army, and worked with the Canadian, Polish, Lithuanian, British and Danish militaries to help build Ukraine's first ever Combat Training Center.His awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with M Device, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Army Certificate of Achievement and a Citation of Commendation from the Oklahoma State Senate and Oklahoma House of Representatives for being 1 of 16 out of a total 64 soldiers to graduate from Officer Candidate School, and for his commitment to education.Hughes emcees multiple charity events annually. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Autism Training Center/Astra Day School. Hughes enjoys spending time with his wife Rhea, children Robbie, Rowan, and Rhen. He also enjoys playing guitar, surfing, snowboarding, running and volunteering. National Suicide Prevention Hotline 988 thewashdownpodcast@gmail.com #NeverAloneAlwaysForward

In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Lloyd Greif. After a decade-long investment banking career at Sutro & Co. Incorporated, Lloyd left to start his own boutique investment bank, Greif & Co. Some people would be skittish to make this leap. Not Lloyd. As he tells us, he was a top producer firm wide, and as the leading rainmaker within the organization, he was routinely generating 40% to 60% of the total revenue for their division. Lloyd had the relationships, contacts and chutzpah to know that that success he had at Sutro would carry over, even if he was starting Greif & Co. during a recession. Lloyd's extreme work ethic is legendary, and he had no doubts that he would pull off the new venture.Lloyd is a highly accomplished investment banker of four decades' standing. The fact that he routinely lectures on negotiations at all three of his alma maters – UCLA, USC and Loyola – speaks to his knowledge and expertise. He exclusively represents entrepreneurially owned and operated middle market companies, hence Greif & Co.'s reputation as “The Entrepreneur's Investment Bank.” Lloyd is a zealot for his clients, always putting their interests first, religiously avoiding conflicts of interest, and going to the mat for them. He is also renowned for getting tough, extremely complex deals done no matter the obstacles. A proven successful economic cycle rider, Lloyd founded his eponymous firm during the recession of the early 1990s and has persevered through three other economic downturns.The son of Holocaust survivors, Lloyd grew up in a one-bedroom apartment that he shared with his mother and older brother. Lloyd worked full-time to pay his way through school, earning three degrees—in Economics (BA―UCLA), Entrepreneurship (MBA―USC, Beta Gamma Sigma), and Law (JD―Loyola Law School, Order of the Coif). Running the midnight-to-9am store stocking crew at Ralphs Grocery Co. before going to school was not an infrequent occurrence for him. Lloyd founded Greif & Co. in 1992 following a successful, decade-long investment banking career as Vice Chairman of Sutro & Co., the oldest investment banking firm in the West, where he was head of the investment banking division and a member of the five-person Management Committee that ran the firm. Previously, Lloyd was a business operations and strategy consultant with Touche, Ross & Co. (Deloitte Consulting LLC).In 1997, Lloyd founded the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC's Marshall School of Business. The Greif Entrepreneurship Center is consistently ranked among the top 10 entrepreneurial studies centers in the world. Lloyd is past chair of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation and the Los Angeles Police Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of the California Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Board of Leaders of the USC Marshall School of Business, a member of both the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and World Presidents' Organization (WPO), a member of the Board of Overseers of Loyola Law School, past member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of the Florence Academy of Art, and a member of the Board of Advisors of the National Museum of American Illustration.In 2002, Lloyd received the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award from the Boy Scouts of America, in 2000 received the Corporate Excellence Award from Loyola Law School, in 1999 and 2012 received commendations from the City of Los Angeles for his “dedication and outstanding contributions to the Los Angeles community,” and in 2019 received the Alumni Service Award from the University of Southern California. A frequent public speaker, he is an internationally recognized authority in the field of mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance and has been featured in such books as The Entrepreneurial Journey, Strategies for Small Business Success, The Entrepreneurship Movement and the University, Loyola Law School: A Sense of Purpose and A Sense of Mission,

In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Lloyd Greif. After a decade-long investment banking career at Sutro & Co. Incorporated, Lloyd left to start his own boutique investment bank, Greif & Co. Some people would be skittish to make this leap. Not Lloyd. As he tells us, he was a top producer firm wide, and as the leading rainmaker within the organization, he was routinely generating 40% to 60% of the total revenue for their division. Lloyd had the relationships, contacts and chutzpah to know that that success he had at Sutro would carry over, even if he was starting Greif & Co. during a recession. Lloyd's extreme work ethic is legendary, and he had no doubts that he would pull off the new venture. Lloyd is a highly accomplished investment banker of four decades' standing. The fact that he routinely lectures on negotiations at all three of his alma maters – UCLA, USC and Loyola – speaks to his knowledge and expertise. He exclusively represents entrepreneurially owned and operated middle market companies, hence Greif & Co.'s reputation as “The Entrepreneur's Investment Bank.” Lloyd is a zealot for his clients, always putting their interests first, religiously avoiding conflicts of interest, and going to the mat for them. He is also renowned for getting tough, extremely complex deals done no matter the obstacles. A proven successful economic cycle rider, Lloyd founded his eponymous firm during the recession of the early 1990s and has persevered through three other economic downturns. The son of Holocaust survivors, Lloyd grew up in a one-bedroom apartment that he shared with his mother and older brother. Lloyd worked full-time to pay his way through school, earning three degrees—in Economics (BA―UCLA), Entrepreneurship (MBA―USC, Beta Gamma Sigma), and Law (JD―Loyola Law School, Order of the Coif). Running the midnight-to-9am store stocking crew at Ralphs Grocery Co. before going to school was not an infrequent occurrence for him. Lloyd founded Greif & Co. in 1992 following a successful, decade-long investment banking career as Vice Chairman of Sutro & Co., the oldest investment banking firm in the West, where he was head of the investment banking division and a member of the five-person Management Committee that ran the firm. Previously, Lloyd was a business operations and strategy consultant with Touche, Ross & Co. (Deloitte Consulting LLC). In 1997, Lloyd founded the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC's Marshall School of Business. The Greif Entrepreneurship Center is consistently ranked among the top 10 entrepreneurial studies centers in the world. Lloyd is past chair of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation and the Los Angeles Police Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of the California Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Board of Leaders of the USC Marshall School of Business, a member of both the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and World Presidents' Organization (WPO), a member of the Board of Overseers of Loyola Law School, past member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of the Florence Academy of Art, and a member of the Board of Advisors of the National Museum of American Illustration. In 2002, Lloyd received the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award from the Boy Scouts of America, in 2000 received the Corporate Excellence Award from Loyola Law School, in 1999 and 2012 received commendations from the City of Los Angeles for his “dedication and outstanding contributions to the Los Angeles community,” and in 2019 received the Alumni Service Award from the University of Southern California. A frequent public speaker, he is an internationally recognized authority in the field of mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance and has been featured in such books as The Entrepreneurial Journey, Strategies for Small Business Success, The Entrepreneurship Movement and the University, Loyola Law School: A Sense of Purpose and A Sense of Mission,

Today, Dr. Kallie Fischer, returns to the podcast and walks us through a topic that a lot of women don't even realize they are having difficulty, our menstrual cycle.  I know this can be a really uncomfortable conversation, but none the less it is a super important one. There are so many of us having monthly struggles that are common, but not normal. Dr. Kallie does an excellent job walking us through what she sees most often with her patient's and cycle irregularities, but, if you are struggling and think there is something not right with your cycle, trust your gut.  Dr. Kallie is a wonderful resource and huge proponent for understanding your body. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to her. Help us continue to share awareness of this podcast and reach other women who might need to hear this conversation. It's ok to not be ok, but let's not stay there, Please like and share this episode and if you are feeing extra motivated go ahead and write a review.Ways to Find Embrace. Live. Thrive.:Website: Embrace, Live, Thrive! (embracelivethrive.com)Instagram: Sarah Meyer (@embracelivethrive) • Instagram photos and videosFacebook: Embrace, Live, Thrive | O'Fallon MO | FacebookWays to Find Dr. Kallie:Email: Drkalliefischer@gmail.comInstagram: Kallie Fischer DC (@drkallie) • Instagram photos and videosFacebook:Dr. Kallie Fischer | Weldon Spring MO | Facebook Bio Kallie Fischer, D.C.:Since I was three years old, I knew I was going to be a chiropractor. Growing up with a chiropractor dad, it was inevitable. I have been adjusted since birth and I want to share the importance of chiropractic from birth throughout life. Chiropractic changed my life, and I am so blessed to help families achieve their health goals by removing interference from the nervous system and allowing the body to function at its fullest potential. After graduating with my undergraduate degree from Kent State University in Ohio, I decided to live out my life's purpose and pursue my Chiropractic degree at Logan University. While at Logan, I wanted to learn to be the best doctor I could possibly be for my future patients. That's when I came across Gonstead Chiropractic.I am so passionate about Gonstead Chiropractic and I especially love working with the pediatrics population. I look forward to the opportunity to serve you and your family. In my spare time, I love being active and social. You will find me on the volleyball court, hiking, hanging out with friends, or teaching Gonstead Chiropractic to students.Professional Accomplishments:Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Logan University - Chesterfield, MOBachelor of Business (summa cum laude) from Kent State UniversityService Award from Logan UniversityMaximize Human Performance Award from Logan UniversityLegacy recognition from Logan UniversityRecipient of 100 Hours Certificate from the Dr. Wood Gonstead Boot Camp SeriesHead intern of the Gonstead Intern ProgramPresident of Fellowship of Christian ChiropractorsSocial Chair of Chi Rho Sigma - professional chiropractic fraternityFounder and President of the Logan University Chapter of the Student International Chiropractic AssociationPresident of Chiropractic on Purpose organizationFinalist in the 2018 International Talk the Tic CompetitionMember of Beta Gamma Sigma - professional business fraternityAchieved Competent Communicator through Toastmasters International

On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by Michelle Gidhotti.  Michelle Ghidotti-Gonsalves, Partner at Ghidotti | Berger LLP, was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Finance Magna Cum Laude from Western Illinois University in 2001, where she was actively involved in numerous campus organizations, including the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority and the Beta Gamma Sigma business fraternity. Michelle has been practicing law since 2004 and has extensive legal experience with a business background.  In this episode, Michelle talks about her background, and she also shares how she managed and balanced her life of being a mom and an entrepreneur. She talks about delegating and hiring the right people for your organization, relinquishing control, and empowering your team. She also shares some advice for those who want to live a rich and balanced life. She talks about time scheduling and her fitness goals. And wraps up the conversation by sharing her thoughts about what is rich life means to her.  Highlights: 00:00 - Ashish Introduces Michelle03:05- Michelle shares her most significant lesson in the past few years of her life 04:01 – The importance of delegation, hiring, and putting the right person in place helped her become a better business owner and gain more freedom of time 05:08 – Ashish asks Michelle what were the things that kept her in the grind and what motivates her to keep on going in life and in her career09:36 - Michelle talks about how she manages to be a busy mumpreneur, handling a team of 65 and being a mum of 3 kids 11:10- Michelle advises people who are struggling to find harmony between business and family life 15:15 – Cultivating interests outside of work17:01 – Ashish asks Michelle to talk about her bodybuilding journey and why she started competing 21:13- Ashish and Michelle talk about entrepreneur's self-doubt and how it creeps into your psyche22:33 – Michelle talks about her next steps and what she hopes to achieve23:49 – Do not focus on the destination, focus on the journey, as there will always be a next destination to go to as you move through life26:44- Ashish asks Michelle about her biggest lessons in 2022 and her plans in 202331:05 - Ashish asks Michelle what it means to have a rich life Connect with Michelle Gidhotti here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-ghidotti-gonsalves-9221bb4/Website: https://ghidottiberger.com/Links:   Sign up to the mailing list to receive special access and content here: https://therichequationpodcast.com/Check out previous episodes of The Rich Equation Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rich-equation/id1585002788Let's Connect! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashishnathu/Website: https://therichequationpodcast.com/ Sign up to the mailing list to receive special access and content here: https://therichequationpodcast.com/Check out previous episodes of The Rich Equation Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rich-equation/id1585002788

Brittany Dunn, a national leader working to eradicate human trafficking in the United States and COO and Co-Founder of Safe House Project, joins program host Chris Meek in this edition of Next Steps Forward. Prior to the Safe House Project, Brittany spent 10 years in international business development at CareerBuilder.com. Brittany earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Wellesley College. She graduated top of her class with an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Sigma Alpha, Wellesley Alumnae Association, the Naval Officers' Spouses Club, and is an active member in her church. Brittany received the CEO Circle Award from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a military spouse, the mother of two, a lifelong learner, a world traveler and a protector of the vulnerable. Human trafficking is an issue that once you sink your teeth into it, you cannot turn away from the issue - Brittany believes that we all have a responsibility to face and combat the evil that is human trafficking. Through her work through the Safe House Program she has increased survivor identification via education and training, served survivors as they exit their specific trafficking situations and spearheaded policy on the state and federal level to create comprehensive solutions. Throughout the hour, Brittany will establish how to serve survivors without re-victimization, speak to how deep relationships allow us to work to meet the needs of survivors holistically and the need to not only focus on a survivor's victimization.

Brittany Dunn, a national leader working to eradicate human trafficking in the United States and COO and Co-Founder of Safe House Project, joins program host Chris Meek in this edition of Next Steps Forward. Prior to the Safe House Project, Brittany spent 10 years in international business development at CareerBuilder.com. Brittany earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Wellesley College. She graduated top of her class with an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Sigma Alpha, Wellesley Alumnae Association, the Naval Officers' Spouses Club, and is an active member in her church. Brittany received the CEO Circle Award from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a military spouse, the mother of two, a lifelong learner, a world traveler and a protector of the vulnerable. Human trafficking is an issue that once you sink your teeth into it, you cannot turn away from the issue - Brittany believes that we all have a responsibility to face and combat the evil that is human trafficking. Through her work through the Safe House Program she has increased survivor identification via education and training, served survivors as they exit their specific trafficking situations and spearheaded policy on the state and federal level to create comprehensive solutions. Throughout the hour, Brittany will establish how to serve survivors without re-victimization, speak to how deep relationships allow us to work to meet the needs of survivors holistically and the need to not only focus on a survivor's victimization.

Brittany Dunn, a national leader working to eradicate human trafficking in the United States and COO and Co-Founder of Safe House Project, joins program host Chris Meek in this edition of Next Steps Forward. Prior to the Safe House Project, Brittany spent 10 years in international business development at CareerBuilder.com. Brittany earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Wellesley College. She graduated top of her class with an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Sigma Alpha, Wellesley Alumnae Association, the Naval Officers' Spouses Club, and is an active member in her church. Brittany received the CEO Circle Award from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a military spouse, the mother of two, a lifelong learner, a world traveler and a protector of the vulnerable. Human trafficking is an issue that once you sink your teeth into it, you cannot turn away from the issue - Brittany believes that we all have a responsibility to face and combat the evil that is human trafficking. Through her work through the Safe House Program she has increased survivor identification via education and training, served survivors as they exit their specific trafficking situations and spearheaded policy on the state and federal level to create comprehensive solutions. Throughout the hour, Brittany will establish how to serve survivors without re-victimization, speak to how deep relationships allow us to work to meet the needs of survivors holistically and the need to not only focus on a survivor's victimization.

Brittany Dunn, a national leader working to eradicate human trafficking in the United States and COO and Co-Founder of Safe House Project, joins program host Chris Meek in this edition of Next Steps Forward. Prior to the Safe House Project, Brittany spent 10 years in international business development at CareerBuilder.com. Brittany earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Wellesley College. She graduated top of her class with an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Sigma Alpha, Wellesley Alumnae Association, the Naval Officers' Spouses Club, and is an active member in her church. Brittany received the CEO Circle Award from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a military spouse, the mother of two, a lifelong learner, a world traveler and a protector of the vulnerable. Human trafficking is an issue that once you sink your teeth into it, you cannot turn away from the issue - Brittany believes that we all have a responsibility to face and combat the evil that is human trafficking. Through her work through the Safe House Program she has increased survivor identification via education and training, served survivors as they exit their specific trafficking situations and spearheaded policy on the state and federal level to create comprehensive solutions. Throughout the hour, Brittany will establish how to serve survivors without re-victimization, speak to how deep relationships allow us to work to meet the needs of survivors holistically and the need to not only focus on a survivor's victimization.

Have you always wanted to join the education revolution? Does the idea of making money while you sleep appeal to you? Are you interested in the knowledge industry? On this week's podcast, online course pioneer, Stephanie Obi, shares how she discovered online training in the early days and how she used it to propel herself to financial abundance while helping others to do the same. Sorry, no video for this episode. Listen to the podcast Connect with Stephanie About Stephanie Obi: Award Winning & Pioneer Digital Business Coach Stephanie Obi is an award winning and pioneer digital business coach whose work is contributing to closing the US$330 billion finance gap that small and medium sized enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa face. She is the founder of Leverage for Africa, which supports businesses to launch one online course and turn it into a Six Figure Income Stream. She has helped some of Forbes Africa's most powerful women and LinkedIn Top Voices to launch online courses and is the author of the Amazon best-selling book, Knowledge Is The New Gold. She is a recipient of the Beta Gamma Sigma 2021 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award, the Social Media for Social Good Award and was named one of the "100 Most Impactful Women" in 2022 by The Richer Woman for her work in helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. She has spoken at the Women In Management, Business & Public Service Annual Conference, one of the largest women in leadership conferences in Africa, as well as The Lagos Business School's Entrepreneurship Expo and Contest. She has been featured on Forbes, Thrive Global, Guardian Woman, Arise TV, Channels TV, Business Day, Vanguard, etc She's a First-Class Graduate of Computer Science and holds an MBA from the prestigious Lagos Business School.

The fascinating independent educational consultant we want to profile today is Marcy Fischer. We're so glad to be speaking with you today, Marcy. How are you doing?  What will you learn about our guest in this episode? Can you tell us a bit about where you are and what you do? How did you get your start in college consulting and what did you do before you moved to this career? What was your training like?   How has your practice evolved? What are your favorite aspects of working in college consulting? What aspects of college consulting do you find frustrating or challenging? What insights would you like to share with current and future independent educational consultants? What is something most of your colleagues would be surprised to learn about you? Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Marcy Fischer attended the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated magna cum laude and was elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. She spent several years at Bain & Company and went on to start her own interactive marketing agency. Subsequently, she earned an MBA with honors at Harvard Business School. After successful careers at Staples and Fidelity Investments, Marcy decided to pursue her passion - helping students find and gain acceptance to their best-fit colleges - and launched Collegiate Coach.  Marcy's experience interviewing students for the University of Pennsylvania and serving as a college essay coach at Brookline High School provided her a launchpad in assisting students in identifying and achieving their admissions dreams. Leveraging her quantitative background and consulting experience, she utilizes a data-driven approach to identify the appropriate college list for her clients, and she works in a highly consultative way with each student. Marcy has visited over 40 colleges in the past few years, and has resumed visiting schools where COVID restrictions permit. As the mother of 2 daughters who were both accepted to their first choice highly-selective colleges, Marcy knows how to mentor and work with students to accomplish the many time-consuming admissions tasks, to position themselves for success, and ultimately gain acceptance to their top choice schools. She is happy to start working with students at any time between their freshman year of high school to the summer before senior year. Her expertise includes (but is not limited to!) high school course selection, standardized test timing and strategies, college list development, essay coaching, mock interviewing, and application strategies.  Marcy is an Associate member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association, an indication of her education, expertise, ethics, and training, and also a testimony to her passion for staying current in the admissions consulting industry. Find Marcy at marcy.fischer@collegiatecoach.com. ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.

Course creation can be overwhelming and confusing, Stephanie makes the process easy to understand and execute! Stephanie Obi is an award winning business coach and the founder of TrainQuarters, the first female owned tech platform which provides tech support to thought leaders so that they can overcome their fears around turning their expertise into profitable online courses. She is the creator of the Course Launched Delivered method, which helps female thought leaders to earn $100k and beyond from creating and selling premium priced online courses.She is also a recipient of the Beta Gamma Sigma 2021 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award, the Social Media for Social Good Award and was named one of the "100 Most Inspiring Women in Nigeria" in 2017 by Leading Ladies Africa.Connect with Stephanie: Website: https://www.stephanieobi.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieobi/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLVu3ordeMpMIKdFAQ6_i7AInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephobi/Connect with Danielle:SUMMER SALE!Feeling a little lost in where to take your brand and business next? Not seeing the results you want to be seeing? Maybe it's time for a brand audit!Learn more here! Use code SUMMER22 for an exclusive 15% savings!InstagramTikTokBlogWebsiteLinkedIn

Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Laurie Kopp Weingarten attended The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies.  She worked in marketing for several Fortune 500 corporations until she decided to pursue an MBA at Harvard Business School. After returning to New Jersey, Laurie and her partner, Elsie Koo, co-founded One-Stop.  In her role as Chief Educational Consultant, Laurie guides students through each stage of the college admissions process.  She is passionate about helping students reach their full academic and extracurricular potential; there is nothing more rewarding than their look of elation upon acceptance to their top choice schools! Laurie starts working with students as early as their freshman year of high school and acts as their personal guide and consultant until they select and commit to their ideal college! She covers all aspects of the admission process from high school course selection, standardized test choices, extracurricular activity enhancement, volunteer work, summer jobs/internships, essay topic selection, resume guidance, early decision/early action strategies and practically every other situation that arises during the high school years! For over two decades, Laurie was an alumna interviewer for the University of Pennsylvania, meeting with hundreds of students from various areas of the country. She applies this experience by coaching our students on how to improve their interview skills, whether it's for summer internships or college admission.    Laurie visits various colleges and universities regularly and speaks directly with admissions officers to remain up-to-date on current admissions policies and practices. Awarded the CEP by the American Institute of Certified Educational Planners (AICEP), Laurie has been recognized for achieving the highest level of competence in her field. She has been regularly featured in numerous newspapers and publications. Laurie is also a professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), and a member of the Higher Education Consultants Organization (HECA), the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), the New Jersey Association for College Admission Counseling (NJACAC), and the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling (PACAC). She is also a proud member of the Character Collaborative. Laurie is married and has two children who, in the time it takes to blink, suddenly became young adults. One graduated from Princeton, and the other graduated (virtually, due to Covid) from the University of Pennsylvania.  Find Laurie at Laurie@one-stopcc.com. ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.

David has loved using strategic insights to drive organizations forward for as long as he can remember. Across his background as a 4x entrepreneur, board member of for and not-for profit organizations, and an author, his focus is on helping to clearly distill the questions organizations face and then formulate an appropriate response. David began consulting after founding his first company in high school helping businesses with technology. Since then, he has helped build organizations of all types including: Large, multi-national financial services firms Private equity funds Regional wealth management firms Education focused non-profits In 2019, he founded Family Capital Strategy to work with family members and executives of family offices / family-owned companies to help them think strategically about wealth and build world-class family wealth management organizations. Prior to founding the firm, David was a partner at a large asset management firm in Nashville after spending many years as a fundamental investor and analyst. David has and continues to serve in a broad range of governance roles. David is the Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Investment Committee for the private trust company of a 75 member Midwestern family. As well, he currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Nashville Classical Charter School, one of the top-performing schools in the state of Tennessee. He is also on the Board of 21/64, a national practice advising family philanthropies. An Eagle Scout, David is a graduate of Wake Forest University, magna cum laude, Beta Gamma Sigma. He has completed executive education course work on Family Business Governance at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Additionally, he is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. He is also a 21/64 Certified Advisor for those who work in an advisory role with multi-generational families. He was recognized in 2017 as one of Nashville's Forty under Forty and in 2019 as a recipient of a Nashville Emerging Leader Award – Financial Services Industry. In 2020, he was recognized by the Nashville Post as part of their All Star Board. Connect w/ David: TW: @davidcwellsjr LI: linkedin.com/in/davidcwellsjr https://familycapitalstrategy.com/ Connect w/ Jovica: LI: linkedin.com/jdjurdjevic TW: @TheJovPost IG: @asap_jovi Music Credit: Title: Clean Break Artist: Density & Time

Bonnie Comley(bonniecomley.com)(LI:@bonniecomley) is a three-time Tony Award-winning producer. She has, also, won an Olivier Award and two Drama Desk Awards for her stage productions. She is a full member of The Broadway League and the Audience Engagement and Education Committee. Comley has produced over 40 films, winning five Telly Awards and one W3 Award. She is the founder and CEO of BroadwayHD, the world's premier online streaming platform delivering over 300 premium live productions to theatre fans globally. The theatre community has honored Comley for her philanthropic work; she is the recipient of The Actors Fund Medal of Honor, The Drama League Special Contribution to the Theater Award, The Paul Newman Award from Arts Horizons and The Theater Museum Distinguished Service Award. Comley's educational honors include The Distinguished Alumni Award from Emerson College and The Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Massachusetts and the business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma. The Music Theatre Program at Boston University is named in her honor, The Musical Theatre Society Room at Emerson College bears her name, the 500-seat theater at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is known as the Comley-Lane Theatre, and The Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley Stage is housed within the Booth Arts Complex in Boston. Comley has been a keynote speaker or panelist at BroadwayCon, C2E2 (Chicago ComicCon), SXSW, Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU) and City National Bank Women Entrepreneurs, and taught masterclasses or guest lectured at Columbia University, New York University, Emerson College, NYFA, Five Towns College and UMass, among others.

Bonnie Comley(bonniecomley.com)(LI:@bonniecomley) is a three-time Tony Award-winning producer. She has, also, won an Olivier Award and two Drama Desk Awards for her stage productions. She is a full member of The Broadway League and the Audience Engagement and Education Committee. Comley has produced over 40 films, winning five Telly Awards and one W3 Award. She is the founder and CEO of BroadwayHD, the world's premier online streaming platform delivering over 300 premium live productions to theatre fans globally. The theatre community has honored Comley for her philanthropic work; she is the recipient of The Actors Fund Medal of Honor, The Drama League Special Contribution to the Theater Award, The Paul Newman Award from Arts Horizons and The Theater Museum Distinguished Service Award. Comley's educational honors include The Distinguished Alumni Award from Emerson College and The Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Massachusetts and the business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma. The Music Theatre Program at Boston University is named in her honor, The Musical Theatre Society Room at Emerson College bears her name, the 500-seat theater at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is known as the Comley-Lane Theatre, and The Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley Stage is housed within the Booth Arts Complex in Boston. Comley has been a keynote speaker or panelist at BroadwayCon, C2E2 (Chicago ComicCon), SXSW, Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU) and City National Bank Women Entrepreneurs, and taught masterclasses or guest lectured at Columbia University, New York University, Emerson College, NYFA, Five Towns College and UMass, among others.

PODCAST GUEST BIO: Led by President Blake Sturcke, Encore Renewable Energy is a community-scale solar and energy storage development company, as well as a B Corps showing leadership on diversity in the energy sector. Blake serves as the President for Encore Renewable Energy, where he spearheads all of the Company's project and corporate finance activities. In addition, Blake leads the Company's corporate development and M&A activities and oversees a number of general management functions. Prior to joining Encore, Blake co-founded Turning Earth, a leading clean energy company within the organics recycling and waste-to-energy sector. Earlier in his career, Blake worked for 15 years for leading global investment banks as a capital markets and corporate finance banker to high-growth companies in the U.S., Asia and Latin America. Blake began his career at Morgan Stanley where he held a succession of positions, including leadership roles in the firm's Investment Banking Division in New York, Hong Kong and India. Blake is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School, a community-based charter middle school governed by the New York State of Education Department which was founded to provide interdisciplinary education to adolescents of all abilities and backgrounds, with a focus on environmental sustainability. In addition, Blake is a member of the Advisory Board of 118 Capital, a New York-based impact investing organization catalyzing economic, social and environmental impact in the Americas. Blake received his MBA from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, where he graduated as a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society, and earned his BA in Economics from Bucknell University. He later co-founded the Bucknell Finance Network. Blake regularly guest lectures on topics including clean energy, financing green technologies, and corporate development, at academic institutions including Bucknell, Columbia, Yale, UVM and Villanova. ------- PODCAST HOST: Entrepreneurs for Impact is the only private mastermind community for growth-stage CEOs and investors fighting climate change. We're on a mission to help climate leaders supercharge their impacts, share best practices, expand their networks, and reach their full potential. Our invite-only cohorts of 12 executives catalyze personal development and business growth via monthly meetings, annual retreats, a member-only Climate Investor Database, and 1:1 coaching and strategy calls. Today's highly curated Mastermind members represent over $4B in market cap or assets under management, and are influencing corporate priorities and infrastructure much bigger than that. Peer groups are led by Dr. Chris Wedding who brings $1B+ of investment experience, 60,000+ professional students taught, 25 years of meditation, an obsession with constant improvement, and far too many mistakes to keep to himself. Website: www.entrepreneursforimpact.com Membership benefits: https://bit.ly/3l12Gyg Sample Mastermind members: https://bit.ly/3ipSehS Request more information on membership: https://bit.ly/3mj48eM --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/entrepreneurs-for-impact/message

Bio:Stephanie Obi is an award winning business coach who has inspired thousands of African women to turn their expertise into wealth.She pioneered the online course movement in West Africa and has spent the last six years equipping women to tap into the $370 Billion eLearning market. She has helped some of Forbes Africa's most powerful women to launch their courses and is the author of the Amazon best-selling book, Knowledge Is The New Gold.Stephanie is also the founder of TrainQuarters, the first female owned tech platform which provides tech support to female course creators so that they overcome their fears around building tech businesses.She is a recipient of the Beta Gamma Sigma 2021 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award, the Social Media for Social Good Award and was named one of the "100 Most Inspiring Women in Nigeria" in 2017 by Leading Ladies Africa.She has spoken at the Women In Management, Business & Public Service Annual Conference, one of the largest women in leadership conferences in Africa, as well as The Lagos Business School's Entrepreneurship Expo and Contest.She's a First-Class Graduate of Computer Science and holds an MBA from the prestigious Lagos Business School. Connect with Stephanie Obi! Website: https://www.stephanieobi.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieobi/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephobi/Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephobi

“Treat your training as a ritual and not a habit.” - Ryan DeBellIn today's episode, we are joined by my good friend and Founder of Movement Fix, Ryan DeBell. We dive into how we can implement mobility even as deskbound professionals and why training hard all the time isn't actually making you healthy. We also discuss how to live a healthy lifestyle without pushing yourself too much at the gym.Ryan DeBell is a sports chiropractor and has a Master's degree in Sport and Exercise Science. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Western States. Before becoming a chiropractor, DeBell attended the University of Washington's Foster School of Business. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's degree in Business, focusing on the management of information systems. DeBell is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society for business, which is the highest recognition a business student can achieve in a business program. Additionally, he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the most prestigious academic honor society in the United States. After graduating from the University of Western States, DeBell started Movement Fix and has traveled internationally speaking about health and fitness.You can reach Ryan at:Web: https://themovementfix.com/FB: https://www.facebook.com/themovementfixIG: https://www.instagram.com/movementfix/YT: https://www.youtube.com/themovementfixTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/themovementfixShow notes:[0:25] More about Ryan DeBell[4:58] On training intelligently[10:15] Overtraining and under recovering[13:00] Why do some people don't over-expend themselves in the gym?[19:34] Learning how to manage energy[24:58] On the ideals in fitness training[25:12] Quick testimonial from one of my clients[26:26] Preventing injury at the gym[28:41] Is your routine really the best for you?[34:48] Practicing yoga and a balanced training[36:47] Segmental exercise[40:50] Strength and conditioning[45:02] Manual therapy vs. tool therapy[51:37] OutroFor online coaching inquiries and questions about my online programs, connect with me below.IG: https://www.instagram.com/DeskboundTherapyEmail: David@deskboundtherapy.com12 Week Posture Online Course: https://deskboundtherapy.podia.com/12-weeks-to-perfect-posture

                                                                  Dr Floyd Ormsbee shares some valuable lessons with us in this episode. Why you should "never let them see you sweat". That you can "disagree but learn from each other" and why "if it were easy everyone would do it. Hosted by Robert Hossary. About Dr Floyd Ormsbee Dr. Floyd Ormsbee, an Assistant Professor of Consumer & Organizational Studies and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs & Operations in Clarkson University's David D. Reh School of Business, and he is also the owner of Genaffex Training and Consulting. He is a past recipient of the Clarkson School of Business Service Award and Beta Gamma Sigma's Ralph Janero Teaching Award, was selected by graduating seniors to present a “Last Lecture” presentation and was named the 2020 recipient of the Clarkson University Distinguished Teacher Award, an award given "in recognition of the importance of superior teaching" and selected from faculty nominated for the award by Clarkson alumni. Dr Ormsbee is an annual keynote speaker for the St. Lawrence Leadership Institute and has delivered a variety of keynote presentations and talks on generational issues in the workplace, strategic issues, cultivating professionalism in the workplace, and managing organizational change to local, regional and international associations and organizations in both the United States and Canada. A native of Heuvelton, N.Y. (USA), Dr Ormsbee worked in the insurance industry for a number of years before returning to school for graduate work. He joined the Clarkson University admissions office in 1998 and then taught briefly at The State University of New York (SUNY) College at Potsdam and SUNY Canton before starting his Clarkson teaching career in 2002. Dr Ormsbee earned his Ph.D. in Management from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada), his Master of Science degree in Management Systems from Clarkson, his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics from SUNY Potsdam, and 2 Associate Degrees in both Business Administration, and Banking, Insurance & Real Estate from SUNY Canton. Episode Notes Never let anyone tell you no 6m 32s. Never let them see you sweat 10m 51s. It's not about the message. It's about the delivery 16m 10s. Disagree but learn from each other 19m 29s. Tomorrow is not guaranteed 22m 29s.  If it were easy, everyone would do it 26m 38s.  Run your own game – not someone else's 31m 58s.  You have to be the one who pushes yourself 37m 19s.  Live a real life – not a virtual one 43m 27s.  See the world, meet the people, and always learn more 46m 57s.

En este episodio entrevistamos a Miguel Piedrahita. El es el Director General de NoName, una escaladora de pequeñas y medianas empresas en Colombia. Es administrador de negocios con énfasis en fianzas de la universidad EAFIT Tiene un MBA y un LLM del IE Business School con reconocimiento Beta Gamma Sigma por su desempeño académico. En 2007 se destacó en la universidad por tener uno de los 10 mejores resultados de las pruebas ECAES en Colombia. Es miembro de varias juntas directivas, entre ellas Celsia y Odinsa Asimismo hace parte de los consejos directivos de Endeavor Regional, Libertank y Proantioquia Trabajó 8 años en la banca de inversión de Bancolombia. Fue CEO de Maji swimwear La conversación con Miguel Piedrahita gira  en torno a 3 ejes: La conexión empresa privada con sociedad Liderazgo La situación de empleo y educación de los jóvenes en Colombia   Conduce: Iván Trujillo, gerente de Relaciones Institucionales y Comunicaciones de Grupo Argos.   Escucha, suscríbete y comparte este podcast con tus amigos, familiares y compañeros de trabajo.   Son “Conversaciones que Transforman”   Escucha y suscríbete a “Conversaciones que transforman” en…   Apple http://bit.ly/ArgosPodcastAPL   Spotify http://bit.ly/ArgosPodcastSP   Stitcher http://bit.ly/ArgosPodcastST

Kenneth W. Meyer, SHRM-SCP, SPHR. Ken is currently Chief Human Resources Officer/VP, Human Resources for a Federally Qualified Health Center providing Primary Care, Behavioral Health, and Care Coordination to the underserved populations of New York City. He is an accomplished HR professional experienced in all areas of HR Management. Ken has spent his career working in the healthcare field and started his career in HR in 1986. MS-Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University & Bernard M. Baruch College and BA-Economics from Herbert H. Lehman College, Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma and Golden Key National Honor Societies and holds SHRM-SCP and SPHR certifications. He is also the President-Elect for New York City SHRM, the longest-existing local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management and has served on its Board of Directors as its Board Secretary and as Board Director. He was a recipient of the Lifetime Ambassador of Laughter Award from the Gotham Comedy Foundation and was a long-time volunteer with his local Little League, the North Riverdale Baseball League.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ks4uEPI212A Bonnie Comley is a three-time Tony Award-winning producer. She has won an Olivier Award and two Drama Desk Awards for her stage productions. She is a member of The Broadway League and serves on their Audience Engagement and Education Committee. Comley was recently elected as President of the Board of the The Drama League and has served on their board since 2009. Comley was recognized as a Top Silicon Valley Entrepreneur to Watch in 2021. She has produced over 40 films, winning nine Telly Awards and one W3 Award. She is the founder and CEO of BroadwayHD, the world's premier online streaming platform delivering over 350 premium live productions to theater fans globally. In 2016, Comley and BroadwayHD made the Guinness World Record for the First Live Stream of a Broadway Show. BroadwayHD is the 2020 recipient of the Global Business Excellence Award for Outstanding Innovation and Global Business Excellence Award for Outstanding Product/Service. Comley was selected as an Industry Leader in Cynopsis Women in Media Class of 2020. In 2019, Charlotte St.Martin, President of The Broadway League presented Comley with the Woman of Achievement Award from the WP Theatre. Comley is a Member of Portfolia and their Rising America Fund investing directly in early-stage and growth companies in the US where people of color and LGBTQ investors see opportunity for returns and market impact.  Comley's educational honors include The Distinguished Alumni Award from Emerson College and The Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Massachusetts and the business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma. 

Get inspired to jump into your own entrepreneurial journey with Amanda Pullinger, CEO of 100 Women in Finance, an organization focused on empowering women in the finance industry and inspiring the next generation of pre-career young women. Weilyn and Ali discuss in this attention grabbing episode how Amanada learned the power of simply asking for more as a female entrepreneur will get you more, every “failure” is an opportunity to learn, and why building up your skillset and network as a young entrepreneur can be your best investment for your career. Amanda graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford University in 1987 with an Honours Degree in Modern History. She earned an MBA from La Salle University, Philadelphia, in 1998, and received the Academic Award for MBA student of the year as well as the Beta Gamma Sigma designation. Amanda is a former principal of Aquamarine Capital Management, where she was responsible, over a period of seven years, for managing marketing, investor relations and back office administration for two private investment funds. Amanda is Chair and Non Executive Director of the Board of FlyPlymouth, based in Plymouth, UK. She also serves on the Boards of the HALO Trust (USA), the American Friends of The National Portrait Gallery (London) Foundation and as a Director on the Oxford University Alumni Board. She is President of the Brasenose Society, Vice Chair of the Women's Network Forum and an Advisory Board Member of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance (Harambe). Previously, she served as Chairman of the Board of The HALO Trust (www.halotrust.org). Learn more about Amanda and 100 Women in Finance here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Pullinger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Pullinger https://100women.org/

Sarah Liu, VP at leading proptech venture capital firm Fifth Wall, shares her journey in VC and proptech with Guy Westlake.   Sarah Liu is a Vice President on the US Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she leads much of the work on deals across the residential, construction, and transaction spaces. Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Sarah worked at McKinsey in San Francisco where her work spanned Financial Services, TMT, and Retail and included private equity due diligence, M&A strategy, and corporate transformations. Sarah was born in Shenyang, China, grew up in Toronto and currently lives in Austin, TX. She graduated summa cum laude and Beta Gamma Sigma from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.   About Fifth Wall Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, Fifth Wall is the largest venture capital firm focused on technology-driven innovation for the global real estate industry. A certified B Corporation with approximately $2.5 billion in commitments and capital under management, Fifth Wall connects many of the world's largest owners and operators of real estate with the entrepreneurs who are redefining the future of the “built world”. Fifth Wall is backed by a strategic consortium of more than 70+ corporate investors from 15 countries - representing one of the largest groups of potential partners in the global “built world” ecosystem and providing a framework for game-changing investments and collaborations with promising portfolio companies. Focus sectors include retail, residential and multi-family, commercial, industrial, hospitality amongst others. For more information visit www.fifthwall.com.   In this episode Sarah shares: - How her experience at McKinsey equipped her for a career in venture capital. - How as a VC she gets professional fulfilment working alongside inspiring entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of the planet - The personality traits and characteristics that make a great VC, and the challenges of hiring during a pandemic. - The similarities between proptech and fintech, and why big valuations and exits (like Stripe) are only ~5 years away. - The “paradigm shifts” that have occurred over the last year, and the sectors/technologies that have most benefited. - Key learnings arising from the pandemic - including the fundamental flaws of the “master lease” model and the hybrid future of work. - The primary reasons why proptech entrepreneurs fail. - The very sad state of equality, diversity & inclusion in venture capital, real estate and technology, and her recommendations for how companies can make measurable progress. - What it means to be a B Corporation. - Her advice for other women aspiring to build a career in venture capital. - Shouts out to Fifth Wall portfolio companies Assignar, Industrious, Notarize and Blend

Hello Podcast listeners, Today is a very special episode with Rahul Sen Sharma, managing partner at Indxx. Prior to joining Indxx, he was director of investment research for RR Advisory Group, now part of Mariner Wealth Advisors. He is a graduate of Boston College and earned his MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma honors from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. In today's episode we discuss thematic ETFs, his take on SPACs and ESG. Enjoy and thanks for the listen!

Living Untamed and Free  The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest.  Listen as Clea Annecchiarico shares a motivational talk Living Untamed and Free with AGC Indiana February 2021 Culture programs us all, but especially women, to be small, to not rock the boat, to fit in. However, there comes a time in life when we realize that "going along to get along" is destroying our soul. Our life, identity and everything we hold dear is at stake. I have successfully played on the inside of the system, working hard, playing hard, jet-setting around the world, only to be slowly destroyed by what I thought I "should" do until I had to choose whether to fit in or save myself. I chose the latter and never looked back. Learning Objectives: overcoming fear self reliance sovereignty taking back control of our lives living full out Speaker Bio: Clea grew up in Italy, earning her college degree in Business Administration at Bocconi University in Milan before moving to the United States to pursue a Master in Business Administration from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University where she graduated with High Honors and was inducted in the Beta Gamma Sigma society. She spent the following years in the Credit and Risk Department of State Street Bank, the largest custodian bank in the world. While there, she gained the CFA (Certified Financial Analyst) designation. Subsequently, she became an independent online trader and asset management consultant for high-net-worth individuals and helped establish the first Thai Canadian collaboration project to bring world class hospice care to Thailand. In 2007, during the U.S. real estate market crash, she started a real estate company that she runs to this day. She also serves as Treasurer on the board of River Styx Magazine, the longest continuously published literary magazine in the US. Her memoir, Untamed and Free, was a #1 New Release on Amazon when it was released in June 2020. Ms. Annecchiarico speaks three languages and has lived in seven different countries across three continents. When shes not traveling, she enjoys her daughters and cats company at home in St. Louis.  AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/​ 

“Experiences are the best teachers ….”  We often want to know how to discover more about ourselves, who we are, what drives us, what motivates us, and what makes us happy. But how do we do this? Do we read books, listen to podcasts (yes, please!), go to workshops, go on trips, go on retreats…maybe we do all or none of those things. The key is to have an open curiosity about your own experience every day.  We all want safety, to feel loved, understood, and to thrive.  In this episode of THE GO REFLECT YOURSELF PODCAST, we will explore with Chris Manning, The Coauthor of NeuroWisdom, the power of your experiences and how having curiosity can enhance your life. The Go Reflect Yourself Podcast ——- To truly have the life you want; the career, house, family, relationships, car, lifestyle, wealth, freedom, you name it….you must learn what success is and where it comes from, starting with how you think. Welcome to The Go Reflect Yourself Podcast, where we provide 60-second brain-based strategies for your success; in all key areas of your life, including wealth, health, business, relationships, etc.  Go Reflect Yourself was created after years of being a corporate employee and an independent business owner. Throughout all of those years, I learned that no matter what level of success people had achieved, and specifically financial success, typically, they were still missing something, missing true joy, well-being, and fulfillment.  I’ve spent a career helping business owners, leaders, and entrepreneurs learn the skills needed to discover their inner brilliance.   That’s how Go Reflect Yourself was born. My goal is to help as many as possible learn the necessary skills to achieve ultimate fulfillment and well-being. Your host, Heather J. Crider, CEO of Digital Architect Media, A High-performance strategist, neurocoach, author, and speaker talks today with author, entrepreneur and professor, and Chris Manning Ph.D. What you will learn from today’s episode.    Having a basic understanding of your brain networks can help you have clarity.  How to discover who you are by being a student. Why experiences will lead to your growth. Developing curiosity in all you do will set you free. Listen to your awareness and your peak experiences to learn. Developing your awareness. Curiosity gives us the raw material to think better. Emotional intelligence comes from listening to our experiences. The only sin in the world is not living. Take the risk to continue to learn and explore. Learning leads us to enjoy ourselves and serving others. How to learn the concept of Do what you love, the money will follow    Tune in and as you watch or listen to this special episode. Pause every 5-10 minutes and mindfully reflect on what you just heard. Write down your thoughts, then yawn and stretch before proceeding.               —————————   More About Chris Manning, Ph.D., . A first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, an owner of a Venture Capital firm, he has excelled as a distinguished clinical professor of finance, real estate and entrepreneurship at many different universities, and also teaching Executive MBAs, MBAs and undergrads as a Professor of Finance and Associate Professor.    Coauthored the neuro-leadership book “NeuroWisdom: The New Brain Science of Money, Happiness and Success” with Mark Waldman. With more than 50 years of professional excellence to his credit, Chris Manning, Ph.D., excelled as a distinguished clinical professor of finance, real estate and entrepreneurship at Loyola Marymount University since 2016, after previously teaching Executive MBAs, MBAs and undergrads as a Professor of Finance and Associate Professor from 1986 to 2016. Earlier in his career, he served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1970 before founding and managing Manning and Company, a venture capital firm (1971-1986), and Sequoia Spa Company (1979-1983) as their president and CEO. Between 1975 – 1978, he worked with the investment bank Houlihan Lokey’s founding partners to redevelop the Solitude Ski Resort just outside Salt Lake City, UT, serving both as a Director and its VP of Finance & Administration. While continuing to manage his venture capital firm, Manning and Company, and prior to joining the College of Business faculty at Loyola Marymount University, he began his education career, teaching first for Pepperdine University in Malibu (1979-1983) and later for California State University, Long Beach, (1983-1986) as an MBA and undergrad instructor of corporate finance and real estate. Seven years later, while on sabbatical from Loyola Marymount University (1993-1994), he moved to Colorado and taught finance part time for the University of Colorado while opening the Denver, CO, office of Houlihan Valuation Advisors as its Managing Partner (1993-1994). A past president of the American Real Estate Society (ARES)(2002-2003), Dr. Manning is currently an Associate Executive Director of ARES and a member of the James R. Webb American Real Estate Society Foundation, where he has been sitting on both their boards of directors for more than 15 years. Dr. Manning was admitted to Phi Eta Sigma as a freshman at San Diego State University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in 1967, and was admitted to Beta Gamma Sigma in his first year at Northwestern University where he earned his Master of Business Administration in Finance (1971). Following a 12-year career as a financial executive and entrepreneur, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1983. To remain abreast of changes in his fields, Dr. Manning continues to organize panels and present manuscripts at the American Real Estate Society’s Annual Meetings. After providing his wealth of knowledge by authoring and co-authoring more than 30 articles published in both academic and professional journals (to include the Harvard Business Review), he continues to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Real Estate Research (1988-1999, 2003 – present) and in 2017 co-authored the neuro-leadership book “NeuroWisdom: The New Brain Science of Money, Happiness and Success” with Mark Waldman. Prior to launching his professional career, Dr. Manning served the U.S. Army as a 1st lieutenant in Vietnam (1969-1970) for which he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in 1970. He is the proud father of one daughter and grandfather of two grandsons. Looking toward to the future, Dr. Manning intends to continue sharing his knowledge with colleagues, friends and mentor his students at Loyola Marymount University, past and present. In addition, Dr. Manning looks forward to teaching NeuroLeadership, helping to certify Mark Waldman’s NeuroCoach Training Program students, and providing NeuroLeadership consulting and coaching thru MarkRobertWaldman.com       To get YOUR copy of The Go Reflect Yourself: 2021 Self-Reflection To Success Workbook Visit www.goreflectyourself.com/selfreflectionworkbook or heathercrider.com/selfreflectionworkbook To learn more about me, visit heathercrider.com  What You THINK Matters.  If there is something you hear in this episode that inspires you, please leave a comment or submit a contact us form and tell me all about it, I’d love to hear from you. Also, if you are struck by something, please feel free to share, and rate, and review! 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This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Adaptrack. To learn how Adaptrack is helping healthcare avoid malpractice, burnout & administrative risks: https://www.adaptrack.com/ (CLICK HERE) --- What began as a six-month assignment to help his father’s organization has turned into a multi-decade journey of helping to bring relief and healing to our world’s most vulnerable and needy citizens.  During this episode, I am honored to be joined by Dr. Douglas Jackson, President and C.E.O. of Project C.U.R.E., the world’s largest distributor of donated medical equipment and supplies to resource-limited communities across the globe. While together, Dr. Jackson shares why Project C.U.R.E. began, how he and his team successfully built a network of over 135 countries to deliver medical relief, and why he remains so passionate and dedicated to the mission of the organization.  Additionally, Dr. Jackson discusses the other services Project C.U.R.E. has launched over the years, where the organization is heading, and how you and your community can get involved.  Join us for a heart-warming conversation about the art of the possible as we continue to work together to move the health of our world forward. Let’s go! Episode Highlights: How Project C.U.R.E. began with Douglas’ Father What Project C.U.R.E. is and who the organization serves How medical suppliers got involved with Project C.U.R.E.  The strategy Project C.U.R.E. took to work with over 135 countries What other services Project C.U.R.E. has launched over the years Where Project C.U.R.E. is heading into the future About our Guest:  Dr. Douglas Jackson serves as the President/CEO of Project C.U.R.E. Each week, Project C.U.R.E. delivers approximately four semi-truck loads of donated medical supplies and equipment to desperately needy people around the world. Since 1987, Project C.U.R.E. has delivered equipment and supplies to hospitals and clinics in over 135 countries. Project C.U.R.E. is consistently recognized with the highest rankings from Guidestar and Charity Navigator, and was named by Forbes as one of the top 20 charities in America. In addition to delivering nearly 200 forty-foot containers each year through the C.U.R.E. Cargo program, the C.U.R.E. Clinics program sends teams of medical professionals to assist partner hospitals and clinics. Project C.U.R.E. also provides hundreds of hours of training through the Helping Babies Breathe and Helping Mothers Survive curriculum. Thousands of dollars of medical supplies are carried by traveling doctors and nurses in the form of C.U.R.E. Kits. More than 25,000 people volunteer with Project C.U.R.E. every year, making the organization one of the most efficient and effective grass-roots organizations in the country.  Douglas graduated magna cum laude from Northwest Nazarene University in 1982, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. In 1985, he earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado at Boulder, receiving the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in the study of law. In 1992, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance and econometrics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, authoring a dissertation on leveraged buyouts and secondary public offerings.  In 2018, Dr. Jackson was awarded the Honorary Doctorate of Medicine from ABUAD University in Ekiti, Nigeria for his work in Africa. Douglas is a member of the Alpha Delta Sigma and the Beta Gamma Sigma national honor societies, and recently completed post-graduate Executive Education at the Stanford University School of Business.  Links Supporting This Episode:  Project C.U.R.E. website: https://projectcure.org/ (CLICK HERE) Douglas Jackson LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-douglas-jackson/ (CLICK HERE) Project C.U.R.E. Twitter page: https://twitter.com/projectcure (CLICK HERE) Clubhouse handle: @mikebiselli Mike Biselli... Support this podcast

In this Industry Talk, KGI featured Douglas Jackson, who serves as the President/CEO of Project C.U.R.E. Each week, Project C.U.R.E. delivers approximately four semi-truck loads of donated medical supplies and equipment to desperately needy people around the world. Since 1987, Project C.U.R.E. has delivered equipment and supplies to hospitals and clinics in over 135 countries. Project C.U.R.E. is consistently recognized with the highest rankings from Guidestar and Charity Navigator and was named by Forbes as one of the top 20 charities in America. In addition to delivering nearly 200 40-foot containers each year through the C.U.R.E. Cargo program, the C.U.R.E. Clinics program sends medical professionals teams to assist partner hospitals and clinics. Project C.U.R.E. also provides hundreds of training hours through the Helping Babies Breathe and Helping Mothers Survive curriculum. Thousands of dollars of medical supplies are carried by traveling doctors and nurses in the form of C.U.R.E. Kits. More than 25,000 people volunteer with Project C.U.R.E. every year, making the organization one of the most efficient and effective grass-roots organizations in the country. Jackson graduated magna cum laude from Northwest Nazarene University in 1982, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. In 1985, he earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado at Boulder, receiving the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in the study of law. In 1992, he was awarded a PhD in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance and econometrics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, authoring a dissertation on leveraged buyouts and secondary public offerings. In 2018, Jackson was awarded the Honorary Doctorate of Medicine from ABUAD University in Ekiti, Nigeria, for his work in Africa. Jackson is a member of the Alpha Delta Sigma and the Beta Gamma Sigma national honor societies and recently completed post-graduate Executive Education at the Stanford University School of Business. Following his admission to the bar, Jackson administered the legal affairs for the international agricultural firm of CTB, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company. Upon completing his PhD, Jackson opened the Fermanian Business Center at Point Loma University in San Diego, CA. As Executive Director, he developed and implemented numerous programs and seminars to advance business opportunities for college students and business professionals in the San Diego community and abroad. In 1995, Jackson assumed the role of Provost at Colorado Christian University. In this capacity, he oversaw the university’s academic, financial, operational, advancement, and student life functions. In addition to his work at Project C.U.R.E., Jackson has taught at the university level in the disciplines of finance, investments, and leadership development, legal and international issues. He is a frequent speaker and lecturer to colleges and universities, conferences such as TEDx, as well as civic, corporate and community organizations. Jackson is a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow and is a past President of the Denver Rotary Club #31. His board service includes InterAction, the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations, WorldDenver, The Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Denver, the World Trade Center Denver, and the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professionals at Regis University. He is a member of the National Who’s Who, Registry #57689, and a graduate of the leadership program LEAD San Diego. Jackson received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Healthcare from the American Red Cross, Innovative Philanthropy Prize from Prince Albert II, the Civis Princeps recognition from Regis University, the 5280 Magazine Philanthropist of the Year, and accepted the CoBiz “Best Places to Work” and Colorado Ethics in Business Award on behalf of the team at Project C.U.R.E.

Today's interview is with Dr. Kallie Rogers and she loves what she does and how much it helps her patients. She explains to us how Gonstead is a specific type of Chiropractice care and how it is so good at maintaining your optimal body function. She tells us about how important care can be at any phase of our life as women, including throughout pregnancy and post partum care. She is so fun to listen to and you can hear her passion for life. website: www.embracelivethrive.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/embracelivethriveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/embrace.live.thriveLawlor Chiropractic636-300-8250https://www.lawlorchiropracticclinic.comDrkallierogers@gmail.comKallie Rogers, D.C.Since I was three years old, I knew I was going to be a chiropractor. Growing up with a chiropractor dad, it was inevitable. I have been adjusted since birth and I want to share the importance of chiropractic from birth throughout life. Chiropractic changed my life and I am so blessed to help families achieve their health goals by removing interference from the nervous system and allowing the body to function at its fullest potentialSince I grew up in chiropractic, it meant getting adjusted before and after sporting events, when I had a headache, or whenever I got sick. I knew how amazing chiropractic was and, from a young age, I knew I wanted to help people in the same way my dad helped me. After graduating with my undergraduate degree from Kent State University in Ohio, I decided to live out my life's purpose and pursue my Chiropractic degree at Logan University. While at Logan, I wanted to learn to be the best doctor I could possibly be for my future patients. That's when I came across GonsteadChiropractic.I started receiving care from Dr. Jeff Lawlor for chronic low back pain. Not only did that improve, other symptoms that I thought were "normal" no longer persisted. This made me realize that chiropractic can help with so much more than just sports injuries, headaches, back pain, and neck pain! I knew I had to do whatever it took to become proficient at the Gonstead system. I have spent many hours shadowing Dr. Jeff and was a leader in the Gonstead Intern Program while in school. I also participated in a clinical rotation at Logan's Pediatrics Clinic, where I learned more about the importance of chiropractic care from birth.I am so passionate about Gonstead Chiropractic and I especially love working with the pediatrics population. I look forward to the opportunity to serve you and your family.In my spare time, I love being active and social. You will find me on the volleyball court, hiking, hanging out with friends, or teaching Gonstead Chiropractic to students.Professional Accomplishments:Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Logan University - Chesterfield, MOBachelor of Business (summa cum laude) from Kent State University - Kent, OHService Award from Logan UniversityMaximize Human Performance Award from Logan UniversityLegacy recognition from Logan UniversityRecipient of 100 Hours Certificate from the Dr. Wood Gonstead Boot Camp SeriesHead intern of the Gonstead Intern ProgramPresident of Fellowship of Christian ChiropractorsSocial Chair of Chi Rho Sigma - professional chiropractic fraternityFounder and President of the Logan University Chapter of the Student International Chiropractic AssociationPresident of Chiropractic on Purpose organizationFinalist in the 2018 International Talk the Tic CompetitionMember of Beta Gamma Sigma - professional business fraternityAchieved Competent Communicator through Toastmasters International

Question: What if you need to leave creative work to deal with crisis?  How can you bring your creativity to other fields?  Guest: Christopher Zyda, Author; CEO, Mozaic LLC In this episode, Christopher Zyda shares his journey through the 1980s AIDS pandemic as a young professional writer-to-be and his shift into finance to help care for his partner while dealing with insecurities and fears in launching a life.  He tells of his choices to go to graduate school, his persistence and a kind person that got him into Disney finance, his Zelig-like choices of taking financial leadership roles at Amazon, eBay, and a mortgage finance company, and his newer role of leading Mozaic, a financial investment firm. All of this work in finance still involved storytelling and learning everything he can.  Chris tells the story of returning back to writing with his biography of his own AIDS-era journey with his new book “The Storm.” About Chris Christopher Zyda is the author of The Storm: One Voice from the AIDS Generation. Chris is also the CEO of Mozaic-LLC, an independent, privately-owned firm that focuses on wealth management, family office, and corporate advisory services. He has over 30 years of investment management and senior-level corporate finance experience at several high-profile growth companies including The Walt Disney Company, Amazon.com, and eBay. Chris earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in 1989 with a concentration in Finance and achieved Beta Gamma Sigma honors. Chris also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of California Los Angeles in 1984. Chris serves on the UCLA English department Board of Visitors, the advisory board for the LZ-Grace Warrior Retreat for special operations warrior veterans and Tier 1 first responders, and the advisory board for Veterans in Media and Entertainment. In addition to investments and finance, Chris enjoys training in CrossFit and Olympic lifting, running, skiing, river rafting, playing the piano, and creative writing. Links: Website: https://czyda.com (Czyda.com) Your Host: Gigi Johnson, EdD I run transformative programs, speak/moderate, invest, advise, and produce multimedia on creativity and technology.  I taught for 22 years at UCLA, where I ran the Center for Music Innovation and the podcast "Innovating Music," built four industry-connecting programs, and taught undergraduates, MBAs, and executives about disruption in creative industries.  Before UCLA, I financed media M&A at Bank of America for ten years. Connect with Us https://maremel.com/creative-innovators-podcast/ (Our Website) How to submit a Creative Innovator Guest: https://maremel.com/creative-innovators-podcast/guest-information/ (Information Page) Subscribe to our newsletter http://eepurl.com/bugPcj (here). Join our Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/creativeinnovators (here). Sponsored and Produced by the https://maremel.com/ (Maremel Institute)

The ability to be grateful is something to be grateful for.How do you react in the face of adversity? Do you find ways to express your creativity in each passing week? What makes you happy? What thoughts from your childhood are being projected into your passions, paths, and everyday life?In this touching and insightful guest interview episode, Deborah sits down to chat with Alexa Cucchiara, a best-selling author and health and wellness blogger from New York City. After beating cancer at the age of 20, Alexa decided to dedicate her platforms to helping others find hope and perseverance. She is also a recent graduate of Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business. They talk about having faith in especially challenging moments, how to stop withholding from living an authentic life, exploring options after graduating college in a pandemic, and how to escape the statements people say or we think as children. They also discuss pop culture, entrepreneurship, and views on manifestation.Then, they dive into hard conversations that creators face when things don't go as planned...the art of the pivot. Deborah touches on how she met Alexa through their book publisher, New Degree Press, and some of the challenges that they both faced as newly published authors. Beyond making a disruption in health and wellness, Alexa is taking over the art and fashion scenes of New York in her own way, showing us that taking ownership over life is truly a matter of perseverance and hope.In this episode, you will hear from a member of Gen Z, (who recently turned 23!! We've celebrated two birthdays on the podcast) who has endured one of life's hardest challenges and is using her story of survival to inspire people all over the world. This interview focuses on the importance of acknowledging your small wins, spreading kindness, and being true to yourself. If you're looking for a heartfelt conversation on dealing with the feeling of never being “done,” finding a sense of direction when everything continues to change, and reshaping your perspective in times of struggle, disappointment, worry, pain, and doubt, then this episode is definitely for you!Guest Biography:Born and raised in New York City, Alexa Cucchiara is a commissioned artist, author, designer, entrepreneur, health and wellness advocate, speaker, and storyteller. Early in her career, she found her unique upbringing to propel her to study at The Art Students League of New York and Fashion Institute of Technology during her childhood, fostering her passion for art and design. In high school, she had her illustrations published on covers and inside Creative Outlook, and used her creativity to drive her entrepreneurial spirit and launched a jewelry business, One Twist Co.Today, Alexa is a graduate of Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business, Magna Cum Laude, and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. She recently published her first book, Power to Persevere: Inspiring Stories to Help You Get Through Challenging Moments which debuted as a Best Seller and #1 in Teen & Young Adult Diseases, Illnesses, and Injuries, Teen & Young Adult Physical Impairment, and Teen & Young Adult Body, Mind & Spirit on Amazon.After surviving cancer at a young age, Alexa has found a deep passion in influencing others to live their best life despite their own misfortunes. She believes in the beauty of balance and the magic of taking control of your health. She uses her platform to encourage and motivate others to live their life to the fullest despite their unforeseen circumstances and helps others work through their own obstacles.You can find her on Instagram @alexacuc and on her website - https://alexacuc.com/Connect with Deborah Olatunji on In

En esta ocasión tenemos dos invitados de lujo. Por un lado, nos va a acompañar Jorge Mario Velásquez; él es el presidente del grupo empresarial Argos. Y va a estar acompañándonos en una conversación muy provechosa con Miguel Piedrahita. Para quienes no lo conocen Miguel es el Director General Co fundador y estratega de No Name; una escaladora de pequeñas y medianas empresas en Colombia. Miguel es el Administrador de negocios con énfasis en finanzas de la Universidad EAFIT. Él tiene un MBA del IE Business School y un LLM, de hecho, también en el IE School en Madrid, España. En su carrera universitaria se destaco como uno de los diez mejores resultados del país en las pruebas de ECAES del año 2007. En su MBA y su maestría en derecho, también obtuvo honores con el reconocimiento BETA GAMMA SIGMA por su desempeño académico. Miguel muy joven participa en diferentes juntas directivas. Actualmente es miembro de la junta directiva de Odinsa, de Celsia, de CI Jeans. Adicionalmente es miembro principal del consejo asesor de Libertank, y miembro principal de la comisión de pensiones voluntarias de protección. Miguel trabajo ocho años en la banca de inversión de Bancolombia, ocupando diferentes posiciones, desde analista investigaciones hasta director de energía de recursos naturales. Además, fue director corporativo de estrategia para la transformación digital del grupo Bancolombia. Desde el 2015 hasta el 2018 hizo parte de Maagi Swimwear donde se desempeño como CEO, asesor para estrategia corporativa y miembro principal de la junta directiva.   No nos extendamos más con esta maravillosa presentación de Miguel y su larga experiencia. Y yo sugiero entonces tengamos una conversación muy buena que va a estar liderando nuestro presidente Jorge Mario Velásquez. Y va a hacer una conversación que va a girar en torno a los temas de empresarismo, a los temas de liderazgo, de rol social de las empresas o como Miguel lo llama rol integral de las empresas. Y tendremos al final también, oportunidad de compartir las ideas sobre los temas de reactivación económica. Conduce: Iván Trujillo, gerente de Relaciones Institucionales y Comunicaciones. Escucha, suscríbete y comparte este podcast con tus amigos, familiares y compañeros de trabajo. Son “Conversaciones que Transforman” Escucha y suscríbete a “Conversaciones que transforman” en… Apple http://bit.ly/ArgosPodcastAPL Spotify http://bit.ly/ArgosPodcastSP Stitcher http://bit.ly/ArgosPodcastST

Meet Dave Moran. A superior strategic problem solver and “innovation architect” with a 35-year marketing consulting track record of driving profitable growth for large corporations and startups. In 2012, Dave and a partner founded Deep Relevance Partners (DRP), a communications strategy firm. DRP's expertise is integrating leading-edge marketing science approaches with consumer strategy expertise to develop powerful consumer ideas that drive behavior change and in-market growth. A highlight of Dave's career was as a Director of Keurig Green Mountain from the 1993 IPO to the 2016 sale. Today Dave is going to talk to us about how a company-wide commitment to “Total Innovation” fueled explosive and disruptive growth for Keurig Green Mountain. It is an insider's story on what Forbes called “one of the most successful acquisitions in the history of the US Food and Beverage Industry.” Chapters 00:00 Sabir Welcomes Dave Moran 06:20 Has Marketing Changed Over the Years? 12:09 How Dave Moran Got Involved with Keurig Green Mountain 16:00 The Value of Honesty 20:02 Why Entrepreneurs Need to be Persistent 21:18 Confidence, Not Arrogance 25:33 How Green Mountain Discovered Keurig 32:35 The Concept of Total Innovation 35:29 How Keurig Began Focusing on the Consumer Market 36:56 Making Walmart Wait 39:03 Coffee on College Campuses 41:23 Are You Ready for Walmart? 44:00 The Razor and Blade Model 47:51 How to Deal with Massive Growth 53:50 Keeping Your Vision Simple 58:02 Sage Advice from the Man Behind Keurig Green Mountain Need Help Growth Hacking Your Business, Visit Sabir on the Web at GROWTH by Sabir. Prior to founding DRP, Dave was a leader and growth driver of three highly successful marketing consulting organizations: Marketing Corp of America, Cambridge Group and Fusion 5. He is an expert in generating growth through consumer insight, superior communication and innovation. Dave is a Synectics trained and experienced facilitator of group brainstorming, collaborative team strategy development and senior management problem-solving sessions. Dave received a B.A. in Management and an MBA from Texas Christian University (TCU). He was awarded the Tandy Marketing Fellowship and earned Beta Gamma Sigma, National MBA Honor Society, honors. In recognition of his innovation results, Dave was selected by Tom Peters to facilitate his In Search of Excellence Innovation Leaders' Summit. He was a long-standing member of the Board of Directors of Keurig Green Mountain (KGM). He was Chair of the CSR Committee and member of the Compensation/Organization and Governance Committees. Dave is also an Advisor to Prevu (prevuapp.com), a NYC based real estate startup with a disruptive model. Dave is a Director of Shepherds, Inc, a Connecticut based non-profit organization that sponsors and mentors “at risk” inner city students through private high schools. Visit Dave on the Web at deeprp.com. Watch all video episodes of #ThisWeekWithSabir with $100,000+ Insights from Growth Hackers here. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sabir-semerkant/support

In this episode of Relate, we are joined by three-time Tony-winning producer Bonnie Comley and six-time Tony-winning producer Stewart F. Lane. We discuss the current state of Broadway, especially during times of Covid, and how their streaming platform, BroadwayHD, is making theater more accessible to a wider and more diverse audience. We discuss how Broadway has always been an evolving art form, the role of producers in a production, collaboration for artistic and financial success, how to find a great script, and the future of Broadway. There is a lot of great conversation to unpack in this episode, so strap in and get ready for a backstage look at the world of Broadway! Please be sure to check out Bonnie and Stewart's streaming platform at https://www.broadwayhd.com/ Bonnie Comley is a three-time Tony Award-winning producer. She has, also, won an Olivier Award and two Drama Desk Awards for her stage productions. She is a full member of The Broadway League and the Audience Engagement and Education Committee. Comley has produced over 40 films, winning four Telly Awards and one W3 Award. She is the founder and CEO of BroadwayHD, the world’s premier online streaming platform delivering over 270 premium live productions to theatre fans globally. The theatre community has honored Comley for her philanthropic work; she is the recipient of The Actors Fund Medal of Honor, The Drama League Special Contribution to the Theater Award, The Paul Newman Award from Arts Horizons and The Theater Museum Distinguished Service Award. Comley’s educational honors include The Distinguished Alumni Award from Emerson College and The Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Massachusetts and the business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma. The Music Theatre Program at Boston University is named in her honor, The Musical Theatre Society Room at Emerson College bears her name, the 500-seat theater at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is known as the Comley-Lane Theatre, and The Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley Stage is housed within the Booth Arts Complex in Boston. Comley has been a keynote speaker or panelist at BroadwayCon, C2E2 (Chicago ComicCon), SXSW, Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU) and City National Bank Women Entrepreneurs, and taught masterclasses or guest lectured at Columbia University, New York University, Emerson College, NYFA, Five Towns College and UMass, among others. Stewart F. Lane is Chief Executive Officer, President and Co- Founder of BroadwayHD and Chief Executive Officer of Theater Venture Inc. He is a six- time Tony Award winning producer for ”Jay Johnson: The Two Only,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “The Will Rogers Follies” “La Cage Aux Folles,” “A Gentleman Guide to Love and Murder” and “War Horse.”As well as a nine time nominee including “Fiddler on the Roof” (revival) starring Alfred Molina,“Gypsy” (revival) starring Bernadette Peters, “1776” (revival) starring Pat Hingle and Brent Spiner, “The Goodbye Girl” starring Martin Short and Bernadette Peters and “Woman of the Year” starring Lauren Bacall. Lane is also the recipient of four Drama Desk Awards, a Drama Critics Circle Award, a Outer Circle Critics Award and a Drama- Lounge Award . Other Broadway producing credits include “Cyrano De Bergerac” starring Kevin Kline, Jennifer Garner and Daniel Sunjata, “Legally Blonde the musical,” “Minnelli on Minnelli” starring Liza Minnelli, “Wait Until Dark” starring Quentin Tarantino and Marisa Tomei, “Can-Can” starring Zizi Jeanmaire, “Frankenstein” starring Dianne Wiest, “Teaneck Tanzi” starring Deborah Harry and Andy Kaufman, “A Change in the Heir,” “The Grand Tour” starring Joel Grey, “West Side Story” starring Debbie Allen and many more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/relate-patrick-mcandrew/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/relate-patrick-mcandrew/support

Dr. Vlado Dimovski, redni profesor za področje managementa in organizacije na Ekonomski fakulteti, Univerze v Ljubljani Dr. Vlado Dimovski je redni profesor za področje managementa in organizacije na Katedri za management in organizacijo ter pridruženi član Katedre za mednarodno ekonomijo in poslovanje. Leta 1984 je diplomiral na Ekonomski fakulteti, narodnogospodarska smer, leta 1989 pa tudi na Filozofski fakulteti, smer filozofija. Študij je nadaljeval na Ekonomski fakulteti v Ljubljani, kjer je leta 1988 tudi magistriral. Leta 1990 je pričel z doktorskim študijem iz managementa in poslovnih financ na Cleveland State University ter ga leta 1994 zaključil. Njegova primarna področja ekspertize so organizacijsko učenje, management znanja in vodenje, tako v domačem, kot tudi mednarodnem okolju. Prof. dr. Dimovski je poučeval in raziskoval na številnih mednarodnih univerzah in inštitutih. Prof. dr. Dimovski je objavil članke v priznanih revijah (prek 90 objavljenih znanstvenih člankov), poleg tega pa je tudi avtor številnih knjig (9 znanstvenih monografij) ter številnih drugih del, saj njegova bibliografija vsebuje cca 1.400 enot, objavljenih tako v domačem kot mednarodnem okolju. V obdobju 1995-1997 je prof dr. Dimovski opravljal funkcijo državnega sekretarja za industrijsko politiko, v letih 1997-2000 pa je poleg zaposlitve na Ekonomski fakulteti, kjer je vodil program Visoke poslovne šole, z njenim soglasjem predsedoval Centru za mednarodno konkurenčnost. V letih 2000-2004 je prof. dr. Dimovski opravljal funkcijo ministra za delo, družino in socialne zadeve v Vladi Republike Slovenije, v letih 2005-2006 deloval tudi kot svetovalec predsedniku vlade Republike Makedonije. Prof dr. Dimovski je aktiven tudi v svetovalni vlogi, kjer podaja svoje znanje in izkušnje podjetjem iz slovenskega, kakor tudi regijskega okolja. Prof. dr. Dimovski je za svoje družbeno, strokovno in znanstveno delo prejel več priznanj in nagrad, izpostaviti gre Beta Gamma Sigma (1992), Harvard Directory of Scholars (1993), Kdo je kdo (1999), Priznanje Plavalne Zveze Slovenije (2001), nagrado Zlata knjiga najuspešnejših podjetnikov (2001), Who is Who Statesmen (2004) ter CEEMAN Champion Awards v kategoriji raziskovanja (2019). Prof. dr. Dimovski je tudi vodja programske raziskovalne skupine "Vpliv upravljanja, organizacijskega učenja in managementa znanja na sodobne organizacije" ter član Evropske akademije znanosti in umetnosti (angl. European Academy of Sciences and Arts). Quote: Lao Fje: «When your work is done, then withdraw. This is the way to Heaven«. Knjiga: Daniel Reid: The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity. Serija: Seinfeld Hobiji: Duhovna literatura, hoja, meditacija, vrtnarjenje Najljubša hrana: Sushi, ričet Podjetnik: Sandi Češko, Michael Dell App: Avant2Go, Keeper Trije nauki: · Vztrajnost (kaj želiš), · Sproščenost, duhovnost (smisel), · Avtentičnost (kdo si). *Slovenian Research Agency, Program P5-0364 – The Impact of Corporate Governance, Organizational Learning, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, Slovenia.

In this week's episode, we have Indiana's Real Property tax Lawyer, Kathryn Merrit-Thrasher where we'll be discussing how property taxes are calculated and how it comes to play when purchasing a property. Disclaimer: All information discussed in this video are pertaining to Indiana's tax laws and may differ from other states. It is also not to be considered legal advice. We recommend seeking assistance with a licensed professional to discuss your individual situation. Kathryn focuses her practice on real estate tax appeals and real property commercial litigation. She works closely with commercial property owners and managers to ensure property tax appeals are comprehensively pursued from the initial County level to the Indiana Tax Court level. Kathryn graduated first in her class, summa cum laude, from Ball State University’s Honors College in 2006. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the Miller College of Business in Corporate Finance with a minor in Economics. While at Ball State, Kathryn was a Financial Executives Institute Scholar, a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and was an author and presenter at the Eastern Economics Association Conference in New York City, New York. Kathryn graduated with highest honors from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, receiving her Master of Business Administration degree in 2012. While attending the Kelley School, she was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Kathryn received her law degree, magna cum laude, from Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2012. During law school, Kathryn served as a Note Development Editor for the Indiana International and Comparative Law Review. Her student note was published in Volume 21 of the Indiana International and Comparative Law Journal. Kathryn is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association. Kathryn is also a Level II certified Assessor-Appraiser. To get in touch with Kathryn, please go to https://landmanbeatty.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To check on my latest podcast, please subscribe to Starkey Multifamily Podcast To connect with me, you may reach me on Reed@StarkeyCapital.com To know about our events and meetups, please Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StarkeyMultifamily --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reed-starkey/support

Chris is a COO/CRO of RocketDollar and a former Marine Corps officer that lives in Austin, Texas. He holds an MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma, from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, an MS from Boston University, a BS from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a US patent in mobile computing.   He has held leadership roles in sales, marketing, business development, and operations at Khorus Software, SolarWinds, and Google He is a mentor at startup accelerators, a guest lecturer at business schools, and an angel investor He is founding Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, and an advisor to CEOs     Episode Summary:   In this episode of the Be Real Show, Travis is joined by Chris Palmisano  and they talk about investing, the new wave of investment opportunities.     Connect:   Chris Palmisano Website - https://www.rocketdollar.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/palmisano LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmpalmisano/     People Mentioned   Warren Buffet - https://twitter.com/WarrenBuffett   Charlie Munger - https://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-munger/#1f0ebf2a697a  

Hello Podcast listeners, Today is a very special episode with Rahul Sen Sharma, managing partner at Index. Prior to joining Indxx, he was director of investment research for RR Advisory Group, now part of Mariner Wealth Advisors. He is a graduate of Boston College and earned his MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma honors from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. In today's episode we discuss the rise of thematic investing and best practices of for creating an Index. Enjoy and thanks for the listen!

Chris Palmisano is Chief Operating Officer/Chief Revenue Officer and Board Member at Rocket Dollar. He has held leadership roles in sales, marketing, business development, and operations at Khorus Software, SolarWinds, and Google. He is a mentor at startup accelerators, a guest lecturer at business schools, an angel investor, Founding Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, and an advisor to CEOs. Chris is a former Marine Corps officer and lives in Austin, Texas. He holds an MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma, from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, an MS from Boston University, a BS from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a US patent in mobile computing.

In this episode, you will learn: • Jake’s brief background • Jake’s light bulb moment • Some of Jake’s recommended books • Jake’s opinion on the future of opportunity zone developments • What Jake’s diet looks like • What Jake does to stay fit and healthy • Jake’s income and expenses • Plus, so much more! Jake Harris is the co-founder of Harris Bay. In 2003, Mr. Harris was involved in commercial construction as an estimator, superintendent, and later project manager. He was running millions of dollars of commercial property retrofits for clients including Equity Office Properties (EOP) in the Sacramento region and San Francisco Bay Area. He managed first-hand the value-added process of acquiring below-market properties to re-position them with cost-effective remodels. In 2004, Mr. Harris decided to transition his day-to-day operational experience into buying properties and rehabbing them for short-term profits. Based in the Bay Area, his first property was in the suburb of Phoenix, AZ. Soon after he relocated his full-time operations to the Phoenix, Arizona, region. After several years in Arizona he once again relocated back to Northern California in 2008. Over the years of investment management, Jake has been responsible for $200M+ across 100s of transactions. While working with several top Family offices and institutional investment firms like Invitation Homes, Tricon, Colony Capital and Wedgewood. In 2014, Harris Bay was formed when Mr. Harris and Mr. Bayer combined their decades of experience in real estate and wealth management to offer better and expanded opportunities to their clients. Creating a flexible investment strategy with strategic placement of capital into opportunistic assets and locations. Jake graduated cum laude from Rasmussen College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Entrepreneurship. He also received with Beta Gamma Sigma and honors a Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) from the Tibor Hollo School of Real Estate at Florida International University. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Accredited City-Builder Member of the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU-A), and a licensed Real Estate Broker in California.

David has an educational background in accounting and finance.  Professionally he has owned, operated and sold a business which experience he uses to benefit his clients.  His career in banking began as an analyst / underwriter.  Currently he holds the title of Vice President and Business Banker at First Citizens bank specializing in dental finance.  Previously he taught and assisted in developing B475 – Financing New ventures for BYU – Idaho.  David was inducted to Beta Gamma Sigma recognizing his high scholastic achievement in business school.  He likes fast cars, motorcycles, greek food, and fishing.  He is blessed with a beautiful wife and two sons. 

Students are inducted to Beta Gamma Sigma, Sigma Iota Epsilon, and Sigma Nu Tau.

Students are inducted to Beta Gamma Sigma, Sigma Iota Epsilon, and Sigma Nu Tau.

In this episode I have been joined by Sheri Hinish "Supply Chain Queen" and she shares with me :- The Latest in Reimagined Supply Chain, Sustainability, Talent Management, and Leading Transformations. For anyone in technology, purchasing and in particular business management it is important to understand the threats and opportunities around supply chain management. These are some of the questions she answered and the value she delivered here is huge! 1) How is the supply chain changing? 2) What are the biggest challenges facing supply chain leaders? 3) What constitutes a strong innovator? 4) What are the best ways to improve supplier performance? 5) What does an alliance with a key supplier look like? 6) What are the most important considerations for supply chain managers and other key stakeholders? 7) What excites you most about the use of technology in the supply chain and why? Recent media engagements include: highlight in Industrious Magazine (January 2019), featured Guest on Building Business Acumen Podcast with Nathaniel Schooler (March 2019), featured Guest Panelist on webinar discussing the Future of AI, Edge, and Analytics in Supply Chain Technology hosted by Frost & Sullivan (May 2019), Thought Leadership at Gartner's IT Expo (October 2018), and Guest on "Let's Talk Supply Chain" (Season 2, Episode 27). She has presented to Gartner's Special Interest Group on Sourcing & Procurement leading practice and was a guest speaker at the Chinese Association of Science & Technology (August 2018), where she discussed the future of blockchain and supply chain technology. Sheri holds two credentials from Rutgers Business School with highest distinction (Beta Gamma Sigma), a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management, and a Mini-MBA, with focus in Digital Supply Chain. She is a Masters Candidate at Harvard University in Sustainability with emphasis in Industrial Ecology (Circular Economy) and Product Life Cycle Management. She is certified in Organizational Behavior and Change Leadership from Cornell University. She also has a Bachelor of Science in Business, Supply Chain Management (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Maryland. Additionally, Sheri is a licensed Project Management Professional (PMP), and Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt. Find more about Sheri here on her website :- https://www.supplychainqueen.com/Home

ENJOY this interview with BRIAN DOZER! Brain dozer is the director of the Webster University Irvine Campus. Dozer has a Doctor of Management degree from Webster University and Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. Member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Delta Mu Delta International Business Honor Societies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mogulinsider/support

We continue our special series Ashoka U on Teaching Change with our interview of Jacen Greene, Director of Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State University. Jacen shares his winding journey from the private sector to consulting to higher education and working with change-making education. He also shares how his private sector experience influences his work in education and how important learning outcomes are for a strong educational foundation. Listen to find out why Jacen believes that every decision he makes to be more inclusive in his programs has benefited every student participating.BiographyJacen Greene manages social innovation programs in PSU’s School of Business, including the Social Innovation Certificate and Elevating Impact Summit, and co-founded PSU’s new Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative. He teaches design thinking and lean startup courses in social entrepreneurship, initiated the student-run B Impact consulting program, and leads an award-winning case writing program. He serves as PSU’s Change Leader, official representative to the Ashoka U Changemaker Campus network, and is one of Ashoka U’s global Network Advisory Committee members.Jacen’s case studies have won the Oikos Case Competition, placed 2nd in the Next Billion Competition, and been used by more than 2300 students and faculty. He has published in the International Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Learning, VentureWell 20th Annual Conference Proceedings, Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, and the Oikos Case Quarterly.In addition to overseeing the planning team for the yearly Elevating Impact Summit, he has presented at or led workshops for the Fulbright Program, AmeriCorps, Net Impact Conference (2011), GoGreen PDX (2012), VentureWell OPEN (2016), Ashoka U Exchange (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018), and Social Enterprise World Forum (2018), among others.Jacen graduated Beta Gamma Sigma with an MBA in sustainability from Portland State University and magna cum laude with a B.A. in China Studies from Willamette University. He has previously worked or taught in India, China, Cambodia, Honduras, and Nicaragua.LinksLearning Objectives Guide DOWNLOADhttps://guides.library.pdx.edu/c.php?g=527355&p=3605354 

If you enjoy listening to my podcast, please take a minute to leave a review here! Today you will hear a power-packed Episode with a world-class CIO. My guest today is David DiLeo, the Chief Information Officer at Industrial Scientific. If you aspire and dream of a big job as a CIO and then land there, what would you do next? Well, 5-1/2 years ago, David landed at Industrial Scientific. What he and his team have achieved during that time has been remarkable. As CIO, David is responsible for the information technology needs of Industrial Scientific which includes leading a large and diverse technical team comprised of ERP, business applications, application development, business intelligence, IT security, global infrastructure, and support functions. This team represents a world-class IT organization with capabilities that deliver high quality and data-driven solutions to both internal and external customers. If you want to hear about good old-fashioned project management delivered at a world-class level, this Podcast is for you. Here are some areas we cover: Changing the Brand of IT. How to create a scalable IT organization to support a business. Changing IT from “Reactive” to “Proactive” – This is impressive since it was delivered in the midst of tremendous complexity and scale – not just lip service or words that everyone in business wants to hear from top CIO’s. Project management can give you the broadest understanding of business. See why the path to David’s CIO role – a progression of technical, project management, middle management, and then senior management roles – was significant. The powerful impact of IoT in his world. How he integrated top-notch security into his environment following risk-based and security-by-design principles. How people (good people) joined him on the journey to transform the business. How he remains grounded and balanced. His vision for himself and the business over the next few years. This is only a small subsection of what you will learn from listening, enjoy! Major Take-Aways from This Episode: How to focus on delivering value first by partnering as a consultant with the business. Benefits of segmenting types of project management depending on risk, Agile/lean vs. Waterfall tactics and techniques. How to strategically use 3rd-party vendors to outsource low-value commodity work and retain high-skill, high-value skills in-house. How to use security to add offense capabilities and remove latency in the sales process. Read the Full Transcript Here About David DiLeo: David DiLeo joined Industrial Scientific in 2013 as the Global Director of Information Technology and was promoted to Chief Information Officer in September 2015. Now as CIO, David is responsible for the information technology needs of this leading gas detection, safety analytics, and connected device (IoT) company. Previously, David was the VP & Director of Quality Assurance, Strategic Information & Risk Technology, at PNC Financial Services Group. He also served as the IT Group Manager of Integrated Service Solutions at Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., where he was responsible for managing the development and operations of Pratt & Whitney’s real-time advanced diagnostic engine monitoring solution. He earned his MBA from the University of Hartford and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Central Connecticut State University. He also holds Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute, and a certification in quality and process improvement (ACE Associate) from United Technologies Corp. He is a lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma, International Honor Society. How to get in touch with David DiLeo: LinkedIn Twitter Key Resources + Links: CIO Review, Industrial Scientific Blazes a Trail in IoT – how Industrial Scientific uses IoT to innovate on the product level. CIO Review, Refining Quality for a Safer Community – David DiLeo explains how Industrial Scientific is firmly planted in the IoT and big data space and his focus on maturing and establishing upstream QA processes into both software development processes. Toggle Magazine Article, David DiLeo – Industrial Scientific: On-the-Job Safety is the Real Gas. Sync Magazine Articles, Industrial Scientific Empowers IT to Drive Business, Save Lives – How David DiLeo has pivoted his IT team away from answering help tickets and toward leading the way. Industrial Scientific provides gas detection gas detection devices and services across a variety of business sectors. This episode is sponsored by the CIO Scoreboard, a powerful tool that helps you communicate the status of your IT Security program visually in just a few minutes. Credits: * Outro music provided by Ben’s Sound Other Ways To Listen to the Podcast iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn Leave a Review If you enjoyed this episode, then please consider leaving an iTunes review here Click here for instructions on how to leave an iTunes review if you’re doing this for the first time. About Bill Murphy Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Grant Son is a full-time faculty member at Columbia University currently serving as Senior Lecturer of Professional Practice in the School of Professional Studies and teaches graduate-level courses in the discipline of Sports Management and Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia in January 2018, Son taught Entrepreneurship and Sports Marketing courses at Columbia Business School and the Yale School of Management. In addition, Son serves as CEO of Greater Good Ventures, a firm he founded in 2009 serving nonprofits, charities, academic institutions, and expanded to include startups, growth ventures and established corporations. Significant engagements include Cornell University, HockeyTech, Sports195, and Sequel Studios. As CEO, Son grew a previous startup into a top-10 sports website acquired by ESPN. His professional experience includes over 30 years of marketing, e-commerce, and digital media experience at iconic brands including the NFL, Sports Illustrated, and CBS where he has acquired over 70 million paid subscribers, generated sales revenue of over $4.2 billion, and managed a P&L of $230 million. Son's education includes a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (1985) and an MBA from Columbia Business School (1994) with Beta Gamma Sigma honors. Son is an avid athlete and sports fan. He has over 20 years of experience coaching soccer and tennis, runs three miles a day, and has attended every major sporting event, including six Super Bowls, World Cup Soccer, the World Series, the NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup Finals, championship boxing, and two Olympics (Barcelona and Atlanta). The Facts The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports Our presenters are Joe Favorito (@Joefav) and Tom Richardson (@ConvergenceTR).  

Julia Torgovitskaya Rapoport, President of iCadenza & CEO of Cadenza Artists, is a trained opera singer and relates first-hand to the journey that performing artists undertake on their quest to success. She has extensive consulting experience with both arts organizations and individuals with particular expertise in guiding projects from concept to impactful launch, motivation, empowerment, and team dynamics. Credited by clients for cultivating an environment of trust, as well as a co-creating a team and platform for building plans and systems around nascent ideas and new projects, Julia is known for her unique combination of business savvy and heart, and, in the words of renowned innovative pianist and personality Lara Downes, “truly being my partner in dreaming and growing.” Julia has also been recognized for her writings, which have been published in international publications, including The Moodie Report. Having earned a Master of Science in Executive Leadership from the University of San Diego, Julia is passionate about introducing artists and arts leaders to the concept of approaching their careers with an entrepreneurial mindset, and using proven business concepts for their professional career success. Julia earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Music, International Relations, and Russian and East European Studies with High Honors at Tufts University, also minoring in Philosophy. Julia received Beta Gamma Sigma distinction for her graduate studies and Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa for her undergraduate work. Julia is on the Board of Directors at Classical KUSC radio and Ohana Arts, and is the co-author of the book Awakening Your Business Brain: An iCadenza Guide to Launching your Music Career (https://amzn.to/2uhpyP2) , published in November 2015 CONTACT: https://icadenza.com/ (https://icadenza.com/) https://cadenzaartists.com/ (https://cadenzaartists.com/) BONUS: https://icadenza.com/idea-to-impact/ (https://icadenza.com/idea-to-impact/) Click on this link and Help support this podcast becuase I love puppies : ) https://www.patreon.com/advanceyourart (https://www.patreon.com/advanceyourart) This podcast is brought to you by Audible. I have used Audible for years, and I love audiobooks. Click on the link to get a 30-day free trial, complete with a credit for a free audiobook download Audible.com (http://www.audibletrial.com/Yuri) QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

On the Cult/Tech Podcast our guest today is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nepris, Sabari Raja. Find Nepris here: https://nepris.com/ We discuss the STEM-education gap and how the Nepris platform is addressing it by providing career role models for students all over the world. Sabari has a strong track record in building and launching successful education technology products in markets around the globe. Prior to starting Nepris, she worked for 15 years with Education Technology division of Texas Instruments to lead product and content strategy, publisher relations, business development, partnership and alliance ecosystem for new edtech products. Sabari has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from India, Masters in Computer Science from Louisiana State University and graduated Beta Gamma Sigma with an Executive MBA degree from Cox School of Business, SMU.

Mehmet Serkan Tosun 1971 yılında Karaman'da doğmuştur. İlk, Orta ve Lise öğrenimini Ankara'da sırasıyla AyseAbla İlkokulu ve TED Ankara Koleji Ortaokulu ve Lisesi'nde tamamlamıştır. Lisans eğitimini Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Ekonomi Bölümü'nde tamamladıktan sonra sırasıyla Boston Üniversitesi'nden Ekonomi yüksek lisans derecesi ve Syracuse Üniversitesi'nden Ekonomi doktora derecesi almıştır. Şu anda ABD bulunan University of Nevada, Reno Ekonomi Bölümü'nde Professor olarak çalışmakta ve 2013'den beri Ekonomi Bölüm Başkanlığı görevini sürdürmektedir. Aynı zamanda Almanya'daki Institute for the Study of Labor'da (IZA), İngiltere'de University of Oxford bünyesindeki Oxford Institute of Population Ageing'de ve Mısır'daki Economic Research Forum'da (ERF) araştırmacı statüsünde üyelikleri bulunmaktadır. Uzmanlık alanları kamu ekonomisi (özellikle vergi politikaları), nüfus ekonomisi (özellikle nüfus yaşlanması ve göç konuları), uluslararası politik ekonomi, bölge ekonomisi ve ekonomik büyümedir. Bunun yanında yakin zamanda IMF, Dünya Bankası, Birleşmiş Milletler Batı Asya Ekonomik ve Sosyal Komisyonu (UNESCWA), Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı (UNIFEM) ve Birleşik Şehirler ve Yerel Yönetimler (UCLG) gibi kurumlarda danışmanlık yapmıştır. Dr. Tosun'un 40'a yakin akademik ve profesyonel dergi yayınları, kitap bölümleri ve konferans yayınları vardır. Beta Gamma Sigma işletme topluluğunun Nevada şubesinden 2009 yılında en iyi araştırmacı ödülünü, Ortadoğu Ekonomi Derneği'nden (MEEA) 2005 yılında Ibn Khaldun ödülünü almıştır. 2013'de Nevada Üniversitesi, Reno İsletme Fakültesi Dekanlığının Araştırma Profesörlüğü ve 2015'de Barbara Smith Campbell Vergi Politikaları Seçkin Profesörlüğü ödüllerine layık görülmüştür. Evli ve iki çocuk babasıdır.

Tres Crow is a Business Consultant with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the CEO and Co-Founder of City Data Company, creators of the event mapping technology Walkabout, writer, and advocate for sustainable design, architecture, and economic policy, and the small businesses that make it all possible. He’s an experienced professional with 10 years of sales, marketing, and management experience. Tres has a BA in History from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, and finished his MBA at the University of West Georgia, where he was inducted into the prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society. Mission: By observing how communities and event organizers and attendees were limited by the functionality of Google Maps, Tres began working on an idea that would make finding event specific information (like parking, concert stage locations, and food options) accessible from your smartphone.    Mindset: Seeing the unique value and opportunity to impact his community, Tres got busy assembling the team to being Walkabout App to life. Marketing: The challenge with Walkabout App is the many players involved… there is the event organizer, vendors, sponsors and more. Tres and his team have made a focused effort to make the end user experience for the event attendee as seamless as possible in order to drive usage and create a viral element to the app. Mastermind Challenge: I love that the inspiration for Walkabout App came from noticing the limitations of the platform as big as Google Maps. How can you take a look at what the big guys are doing to carve out your own niche in the marketplace?