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Episode SummaryIn this episode of OnBase, host Chris Moody is joined by Alison Mendoza to dive into the power of the Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) framework and its transformative impact on innovation, marketing, and product strategy. Alison shares her non-linear journey into R&D, how her background in linguistics shapes her collaboration with engineers, and how JTBD allows companies to avoid blind spots and uncover real customer needs.Listeners will gain insights into how Honeywell uses behavioral science and JTBD to drive meaningful product adoption, why traditional voice-of-customer methods often fall short, and how AI is unlocking strategic work by automating repetitive tasks. From uncovering misaligned innovation strategies to empowering teams through better language and observation, this episode is a masterclass in modern customer-centric thinking.Key takeaways:Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) vs. Hypotheticals: JTBD eliminates guesswork by focusing on observable behaviors, not hypothetical customer desires.Behavioral Science + JTBD = Impact: The fusion of decision-making psychology with JTBD drives better adoption and product-market fit.Innovation Pitfalls: Over-reliance on competitor analysis or legacy processes can limit true innovation.Speak Their Language: Product teams must translate customer outcomes into language engineers can act on.AI for Strategic Work: Honeywell's $120M in AI-driven savings shows how tech can free time for impactful, strategic work.Quotes:“We don't really have to worry about product-market fit if we've built a product on the Jobs-to-be-Done framework.”“If you use AI for simple tasks, it will give you simple output. Use it for complex challenges—like segmentation or positioning—and you'll see exponential value.”Best Moments Tech recommendations:Notebook LM (Google): A powerful AI research assistant ideal for strategic marketing and A/B testing.Resource recommendations:Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanBooks by Jonah Berger – Practical marketing playbooks from the Wharton professor321 Newsletter by James Clear – Weekly insights on habits, strategy, and self-improvementLeaders to follow:Chandler Stillman– Director, Marketing & Customer Experience at ADDMANLiz Schmittou– Brand & Marketing Content Leader at ADDMANEmily Carr– Consulting Account Lead at Google00:30Alison's global career journey from flight attendant to R&D innovatorBest moments:03:00JTBD explained and why most voice-of-customer methods fall short08:30How to bridge engineering and customer outcomes with the right language14:00The synergy between behavioral science and JTBD in shaping innovation16:40Honeywell's AI success: $120M saved through automation and productivity tools20:20The evolving challenges of B2B marketing and the role of dynamic contentAbout the guest:Alison is the Global Sr. Director of Innovation at Honeywell International, leading innovation and growth across the Honeywell portfolio of businesses. With over 15 years of global experience, she integrates customer-centric expertise in aerospace and advanced technology sectors. Alison is also a member of the Strategic Communications Committee at AUVSI and actively recruits for the Honeywell Political Action Committee. She shares insights on innovation, communication, persuasion, and leadership in her LinkedIn blogs.Connect with Alison.
Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Arce v. Honeywell International Inc.
Meet Chris Loeffler: Caliber's CEO Shares Timeless Lessons For Investing In Real Estate. $CWD Guest: Chris Loeffler Title CEO and Co-Founder Website: https://www.caliberco.com/ Ticker: CaliberCos Inc. NASDAQ: $CWD BIO: Chris Loeffler has served as the CEO and Chairman of Caliber's Board of Directors since its inception. As CEO, Chris directs and executes global strategy, oversees investments and fund management, and contributes to private and public capital formation. As a Co-Founder, Chris took an early role in forming the Company's financial and operational infrastructure and navigating the vertical integration of all real estate and investment services. Prior to forming Caliber, Chris served as an Assurance Associate at PwC in Phoenix, Arizona, completing public company audits, developing control systems, and completing several acquisition or sale transactions. Some of Chris' clients included Honeywell International, Inc., CSK Auto Inc., Verizon Communications, Inc., Republic Services, Inc., Car Wash Partners, Inc., and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Chris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Chris also attended Universidad Complutense de Madrid (University of Madrid) in Madrid, Spain. In addition, Chris is the Co-Founder and former Board Director for Qwick, Inc., a venture-funded hospitality staffing marketplace, a Board Director for ZenniHome, Inc., a housing-tech startup and a Board Director and Treasurer for the Mesa Police Foundation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smartmoneycircle/support
Plus: The price of bitcoin hits an all-time high. Shares of Honeywell International climb to a new high mark after the industrial conglomerate said it was considering a potential separation of its aerospace business. J.R. Whalen reports. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you spending like other consumers? Retail sales in the month of October showed an impressive gain of 2.8% compared to last year. With lower gasoline prices, gas stations were a major negative as they declined 7.1% compared to last year. If this group was excluded from the headline number, retail sales would have been up an even more impressive 3.7%. There were several areas of strength as gains were quite broad across various industries, but nonstore retailers, which was up 7.0% and food services and drinking places, which was up 4.3% continued to lead the charge. Interestingly, both furniture and home furnishing stores, which was up 1.5% and building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers, which was up 2.8% showed annual gains for the first time in many months. I wouldn't necessarily say these categories are particularly strong, but it appears they may have finally bottomed. With that said, I do believe they could be areas of strength in 2025 considering they have both been depressed areas for a couple of years now and I believe people will look towards home improvement next year. Overall, this is further evidence that the consumer remains healthy and willing to spend in this economy. How the tariffs with China could play out over the next few months I'm beginning to get questions from people who have concerns about the tariffs on China products such as when will they start? How much will they be and should I buy products such as appliances now before the tariffs on China begin? These are all great questions. It's important to understand the tariffs cannot be placed until after the inauguration of the Mr. Trump. It is possible on is his first day that could be one of the many things he will do when he is the official president. It is, however, possible that he may hold off on the tariffs because the purpose of tariffs is to force equal trade or free trade with China, and Mr. Trump may want to use tariffs as a negotiation tool. In 2023 the trade deficit with China was $279 billion. Mr. Trump wants China to import more goods from our economy, which was only $148 billion in 2023. This could come from such things as agricultural products and based on the amount of oil we could be pumping in 2025, we may have more oil than we can use here and maybe China will purchase some. There are also other products as well that will be on the table. It should also be noted last time Mr. Trump was in office, China's economy was very strong, and they were not as willing to negotiate. Fast forward to today and the Chinese economy has weakened. This could mean they would be more open to talk on trade to help their economy. No one knows exactly what the new president will do or how much the tariffs will be, but if you need to buy goods that are made in China, your window of opportunity may be running out! Is inflation continuing to cool? The October Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed price gains came in line with expectations. Headline CPI increased 2.6% compared to last year and core CPI, which excludes food and energy climbed 3.3%. The headline CPI was above September's reading of 2.4% and core CPI matched September's reading of 3.3%. According to economists, the monthly inflation rate in October 2023 was unusually low, which made the October 2024 reading look relatively high. Hopefully, this means we will see further progress in the months ahead as core CPI has not shown much progress as of last as it has been stuck at 3.2% or 3.3% since May's 3.4% reading. While much of this sounds problematic, there are not many areas of concern when looking at the inflation report. The major issue continues to be shelter which rose 4.9% compared to last year and accounted for over 65% of the annual increase in core CPI. I continue to believe shelter inflation will eventually resolve itself, which would then bring the major inflation measures more in line with the Fed's desired level. Powell even said during a press conference, “Market rents, newly signed leases, are experiencing very low inflation." He also mentioned the current shelter inflation readings are due to a catch-up problem and "It's not really reflecting current inflationary pressures." I do believe with this report a December cut looks more likely, but that would not leave room for as many cuts in 2025. Based on the current data, I believe a Fed Funds Rate around 3.5% would be a fair level and that compares to a current Fed Funds Rate of 4.5-4.75%. That means if there is a cut in December, we could be looking at maybe just 3 or 4 rate cuts next year. Work Income vs Retirement Income When planning for retirement, it's important to understand the difference between your work income and your retirement income. If you get paid $200k/year, close to $17k/month, after taxes and savings, your net paycheck might be closer to $120k/year or $10k/month. If you go into retirement with the idea that you need to replace that entire $200k of income to continue your lifestyle, that's just not true. In retirement you are not paying payroll taxes, which in California is a flat rate of 8.75%, you're typically not saving much anymore, and if planned properly, you're paying less federal and state taxes as well. In this scenario, Social Security alone might be between $5,000 and $6,000 per month for a married couple which means any retirement savings just need to cover the remaining living expense need which a nest egg of about $1 million should be able to do if invested appropriately, even after taxes are considered. We see retirees all the time where their income potential, or the maximum amount they can spend without running out of money, is much larger than they are currently living on, and they have no idea. If you're planning for retirement, know how much you actually need so you can either retire earlier or at least have the peace of mind that you are financial independent if you'd rather keep working. Companies Discussed: Honeywell International Inc. (HON), Dominos Pizza, Inc. (DPZ) & Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY)
Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Honeywell International Inc. v. 3G Licensing, S.A.
Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
3G Licensing, S.A. v. Honeywell International Inc.
Former Edelman San Francisco GM Michael Kuczkowski, who founded his own shop Orangefiery in 2014, is the special guest on this week's episode of The PR Week podcast. Kuczkowski reflects on what Orangefiery has been up to over the past 10 years, how it has branched out from healthcare into the corporate social impact space and he shares his advice for anyone looking to launch their own PR agency. Kuczkowski also talks with PRWeek's Steve Barrett and Diana Bradley about the biggest PR and marketing stories of this week, including the unveiling of PRWeek's 2024 Hall of Fame class, J.J. Carter taking over as FleishmanHillard CEO from John Saunders, Honeywell International selecting Edelman as its global PR AOR, comms reflections on the DNC and the “demure” trend taking over social media. Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek
The Village of Hoosick Falls is expected to receive $3 million from a national class action settlement connected to PFAS manufacturers 3M and DuPont. The settlement differs from ongoing negotiations with Honeywell International and Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. Village Mayor Rob Allen discusses the status of the PFOA water contamination cleanup with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.
Plus: Tesla shares rise for the 11th straight trading day. Honeywell International shares climb after WSJ reported the company will buy a unit of Air Products, maker of equipment for processing liquefied natural gas. J.R. Whalen reports. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
3G Licensing, S.A. v. Honeywell International Inc.
Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Charles Vavra v. Honeywell International, Inc.
Honeywell International is one of the largest companies in the world, ranking 115th in the Fortune 500 and operating in 70 countries around the world. With lines of business in aerospace, building technology, workplace safety, and digital technology, Honeywell is applying its expertise to reduce its environmental impact. Since 2018, Honeywell has reduced CO2 emissions by 18%, progressing toward its Scope 1 and 2 carbon neutrality goal for 2035. Our guest, Dr. Gavin Towler, the Chief Sustainability Officer at Honeywell, led those efforts. He brings more than 30 years of experience in the chemicals and fuels industry to the conversation today and has helped Honeywell reduce the emissions associated with its refrigerants and electric vehicle solutions while engaging the wider industry to encourage environmental progress. An essential aspect of Honeywell's progress is its focus on reducing operational carbon intensity, the amount of CO2 it generates to earn revenue, which fell from 60.5 MT of CO2e per $1 million of revenue in 2018 to 49.5 MT in 2022. Some of the projects Honeywell is pursuing include emissions management systems for oil and gas facilities that monitor and measure emissions and recover flare gas that traditionally was burned as waste. The company also launched battery energy storage systems to backup electric grids and is a leading producer of blue hydrogen, made from natural gas, at a facility that scrubs 98% of the CO2 produced by the process. You can learn more about Honeywell at https://www.honeywell.com/
US equity markets retreated as stronger-than-expected producer prices undermined an early rally, and with some major chipmakers recording fresh declines - Dow eased -138-points or -0.35%, with Amgen Inc (down -1.61%), Honeywell International (-1.69%), International Business Machines (IBM) Corp (-1.66%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (-1.78%) all falling over >1.5%.
US equity markets retreated as stronger-than-expected producer prices undermined an early rally, and with some major chipmakers recording fresh declines - Dow eased -138-points or -0.35%, with Amgen Inc (down -1.61%), Honeywell International (-1.69%), International Business Machines (IBM) Corp (-1.66%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (-1.78%) all falling over >1.5%.
Tập đoàn Honeywell International của Hoa Kỳ sắp hợp tác xây dựng nhà máy hydro thân thiện với môi trường đầu tiên tại Việt Nam bằng cách cung cấp các giải pháp lưu trữ năng lượng thông minh. Xem thêm: https://bit.ly/3wSHe49 Tin tức đáng chú ý khác: VietJet đạt thỏa thuận sơ bộ mua 20 máy bay của Airbus. Việt Nam kỳ vọng tăng xuất khẩu nông hải sản, thịt gia cầm sang Trung Quốc. Cuộc sống ở Ukraine đảo lộn sau hai năm chiến tranh. Đan Mạch viện trợ thêm cho Ukraine, kêu gọi đồng minh tiếp tục giúp. Nga nói đang cho dọn dẹp Avdiivka sau khi chiếm giữ. Philippines bác cáo buộc của tuần duyên Trung Quốc ở Biển Đông. Trung Quốc kêu gọi Mỹ ngừng can thiệp vào vấn đề Đài Loan.
Tập đoàn Honeywell International của Hoa Kỳ sắp hợp tác xây dựng nhà máy hydro thân thiện với môi trường đầu tiên tại Việt Nam bằng cách cung cấp các giải pháp lưu trữ năng lượng thông minh. Xem thêm: https://bit.ly/3wSHe49 Tin tức đáng chú ý khác: VietJet đạt thỏa thuận sơ bộ mua 20 máy bay của Airbus. Việt Nam kỳ vọng tăng xuất khẩu nông hải sản, thịt gia cầm sang Trung Quốc. Cuộc sống ở Ukraine đảo lộn sau hai năm chiến tranh. Đan Mạch viện trợ thêm cho Ukraine, kêu gọi đồng minh tiếp tục giúp. Nga nói đang cho dọn dẹp Avdiivka sau khi chiếm giữ. Philippines bác cáo buộc của tuần duyên Trung Quốc ở Biển Đông. Trung Quốc kêu gọi Mỹ ngừng can thiệp vào vấn đề Đài Loan.
Tập đoàn Honeywell International của Hoa Kỳ sắp hợp tác xây dựng nhà máy hydro thân thiện với môi trường đầu tiên tại Việt Nam bằng cách cung cấp các giải pháp lưu trữ năng lượng thông minh.
Los rendimientos de los bonos del Tesoro de Estados Unidos caen a su nivel más bajo en lo que va de año. Suben precios en deuda ya que las solicitudes de subsidios por desempleo, más altas de lo esperado, sugieren que el mercado laboral se está enfriando. No ha cambiado esa tendencia en renta fija datos más fuertes de lo esperado en actividad manufacturera porque la inflación a las puertas de esas fábricas repunta en el mes de enero. En Bolsas, la americana ha abierto la sesión con rebote tras las pérdidas de la víspera. Ganancias en Nasdaq del 0,70%, con la vista por aquí puesta en resultados de esta noche de Amazon , Apple y Meta. También en lo corporativo, InVivo Therapeutics se desploma al acogerse al Capítulo 11 de la Ley de Quiebras, Royal Caribbean sube gracias a sus optimistas previsiones de beneficios para 2024 y Altria Group, fabricante de Marlboro, sube gracias a un plan de recompra de acciones y a un beneficio superior a lo esperado. Protagonistas también Honeywell International, quecae tras unas previsiones anuales poco halagüeñas y la farmacéutica Merck, que mejora sus resultados del cuarto trimestre gracias al aumento de las ventas de Keytruda. Tenemos esta hora análisis con José Lizán, gestor de Quadriga Funds.
US equity markets climbed on Friday (6 October), reversing earlier session declines as investors digested the latest non-farm payrolls data - Dow gained +288-points or +0.87%, recovering from an earlier decline of as much as -272-points but settling of its best levels of the session that saw the 30-stock index up more than >400-points. Caterpillar Inc (up +2.01%), Honeywell International (+2.58%), Microsoft Corp (+2.47%), Salesforce.com Inc (+2.65%) and Walt Disney Co (+2.64%) all gained over >2%.
US equity markets climbed on Friday (6 October), reversing earlier session declines as investors digested the latest non-farm payrolls data - Dow gained +288-points or +0.87%, recovering from an earlier decline of as much as -272-points but settling of its best levels of the session that saw the 30-stock index up more than >400-points. Caterpillar Inc (up +2.01%), Honeywell International (+2.58%), Microsoft Corp (+2.47%), Salesforce.com Inc (+2.65%) and Walt Disney Co (+2.64%) all gained over >2%.
The benchmark US equity indices logged their first advance in five sessions, rebounding from their lowest settlements since early June last Friday (22 September) and shaking off fresh multi-year highs for longer dated Treasury yields - Dow added +-43 points or +0.13%, underpinned by gains for Dow Inc (up +1.67%) and energy majors Chevron Corp (+1.46%) and Honeywell International (+1.10%).
The benchmark US equity indices logged their first advance in five sessions, rebounding from their lowest settlements since early June last Friday (22 September) and shaking off fresh multi-year highs for longer dated Treasury yields - Dow added +-43 points or +0.13%, underpinned by gains for Dow Inc (up +1.67%) and energy majors Chevron Corp (+1.46%) and Honeywell International (+1.10%).
Join us as we delve into the world of corporate transformation and startups with Mr. Anil P Gupta, a seasoned professional with a vast experience in leadership roles. He shares his valuable insights on the importance of corporate transformation, the role of technology and the art of pivoting in the ever-changing business landscape. Tune in for a knowledge-packed episode! [00:33] - About Anil P Gupta Anil is the principal partner with India Accelerator. He is a Senior Advisor with 3Lines VC. Anil is the Managing Partner and CEO of AN Corporate Transformation. He has spent time,earlier, as the President of Reliance Infrastructure, the former President of Honeywell International and a global Marketing Executive with GE Energy USA. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support
How do you move your ethics and compliance program along the journey from basic to best in class? How do you keep momentum amid a major business disruption and downturn? And how do you make progress on the holy grail of compliance objectives—a speak-up culture? In this episode of LRN's Principled Podcast, host Emily Miner is joined by Gail Lehman, the EVP, general counsel, and secretary at Hexcel Corporation. Listen in as Gail shares how this high-tech materials manufacturing company has evolved its compliance program over the past five years and what that's meant for the company's culture. For a transcription of this podcast, please visit the episode page at LRN.com. Guest: Gail Lehman Gail Lehman is the executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Hexcel Corporation, having joined Hexcel in January of 2017. Hexcel is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Gail oversees the legal and trade compliance functions for this NYSE public company, a leading global producer of advanced composites for commercial aerospace, space and defense, and various industrial markets. She is also the leader of Hexcel's Sustainability program at a corporate level. Gail serves as a trusted strategic advisor to the board, chief executive officer, and business teams. Upon joining the company, Gail restructured the legal and trade functions to align with Hexcel's business teams and operational objectives. She re-engineered the Code of Business Conduct program, redrafting the code and rolling out specially tailored “speak up” ethics training and messaging across all global locations. She collaborates with other senior leaders and teams to drive Hexcel's sustainability efforts and major growth, strategic and commercial activities, including mergers and acquisitions, cyber incident readiness, and contracting with the company's critical customers and suppliers. Prior to joining Hexcel, Gail served as chief administrative officer, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation. Prior to Noranda, Gail was vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at both Hawker Beechcraft Corporation and Covalence Specialty Materials Corporation. Earlier she rose through the ranks of the law department at Honeywell International. She began her career at the law firm of Lowenstein, Sandler in Roseland, NJ after serving a federal judicial clerkship in the District Court in New Jersey. Gail has a degree in psychology from Rutgers College, a graduate degree in educational psychology from Rutgers Graduate School of Education, and a law degree with high honors from Rutgers University School of Law. She has served on several non-profit boards, including currently for the Women's Business Development Council in Stamford, Connecticut. Host: Emily Miner Emily Miner is a vice president in LRN's ethics and compliance Advisory practice. She counsels executive leadership teams on how to actively shape and manage their ethical culture through deep quantitative and qualitative understanding and engagement. A skilled facilitator, Emily emphasizes co-creative, bottom-up, and data-driven approaches to foster ethical behavior and inform program strategy. Emily has led engagements with organizations in the healthcare, technology, manufacturing, energy, professional services, and education industries. Emily co-leads LRN's ongoing flagship research on E&C program effectiveness and is a thought leader in the areas of organizational culture, leadership, and E&C program impact. Prior to joining LRN, Emily applied her behavioral science expertise in the environmental sustainability sector, working with non-profits and several New England municipalities; facilitated earth science research in academia; and contributed to drafting and advancing international climate policy goals. Emily has a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida with a degree in Anthropology.
All Home Care Matters was honored to welcome, Mr. Kevin Jameson as our guest to the show. Kevin is the founder of the Dementia Society of America, as well as the Volunteer President and Chairman. Business Executive. Starting as a young entrepreneur from the age of 18, and having launched several start-up businesses in the security industry, Mr. Jameson carried on his career as a sales and marketing executive, which has included over 35 years with major corporate divisions of ADT, BOSCH, and Honeywell International. Author, singer, inventor, and patent holder, Kevin has traveled to Europe, Asia, India, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, South and Central America, and throughout North America to see how the world really lives. Kevin also has a personal story and connection to Dementia. His first wife, Ginny, together for 32 years, died from Dementia, and thus he leads the fight against all forms with thoughts, words, and deeds. In 2016, Jameson was awarded a Doctorate of Public Service, Honoris Causa (DrHC) for his life's work, by his alma mater. His establishment of the Dementia Society is a mission in the making. Mr. Jameson also serves on the Board of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce. About the Dementia Society of America: Dementia Society of America® (DSA) is the nation's leading volunteer-driven all-Dementias awareness organization. DSA provides an information hotline (1-800-DEMENTIA®), many online resources, and an easy-to-use, web-based locator, which can help families and individuals find valuable support near to them. DSA underwrites through its Ginny Gives® Program, non-medical activities focused on: music and singing; dance and movement; the visual arts, touch, and sensory stimulation. The Dementia CARER™, Dementia SMART®, and Dementia QUEST® Programs provide recognition to those who serve the Dementia community through meaningful care, innovation and research respectively. Whether as a Volunteer Board Member or Advisor, if you believe you have the skills, connections, and a "passion for making change happen," please let them know. The Dementia Society of America is here to help!
US equity markets mixed as strong earnings from some technology heavyweights competed with persistent concerns around the banking sector - Dow fell -229-points or -0.68%, unwinding an earlier gain of over >100-points. Home Depot Inc (down -2.79%), Honeywell International (-2.58%) and Merck & Co Inc (-2.66%) all declined over >2.5%. The broader S&P500 eased -0.38%, with Utilities (down -2.37%) leading ten of the eleven primary sectors lower. Information Technology was the sole standout performer with a +1.78% gain. The Nasdaq rose +0.47%, paring an earlier rally of ~1.4%. Microsoft Corp rallied +7.24% after the software giant released first quarter earnings per share (EPS) and revenue after the close of the previous session that topped Wall Street's estimates, underpinned by strong Cloud demand. The company ell narrowly short of topping its daily record for market-capitalisation gains, adding +US$148.34B in market cap overnight – just shy of the company's record one-day market-cap haul of US$150.37B achieved 13 March, 2020. It also marked the seventh-largest daily increase in market value for a U.S. company, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Microsoft also shrugged off news that the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority would prohibit the company from merging with Activision Blizzard Inc (down -11.45%), a decision Microsoft plans to appeal. Google parent Alphabet Inc slipped -0.15% after trading in positive territory for most of the session despite the Google parent posting better-than-expected first quarter EPS after the close of the previous session. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 lost -0.89%.
US equity markets mixed as strong earnings from some technology heavyweights competed with persistent concerns around the banking sector - Dow fell -229-points or -0.68%, unwinding an earlier gain of over >100-points. Home Depot Inc (down -2.79%), Honeywell International (-2.58%) and Merck & Co Inc (-2.66%) all declined over >2.5%. The broader S&P500 eased -0.38%, with Utilities (down -2.37%) leading ten of the eleven primary sectors lower. Information Technology was the sole standout performer with a +1.78% gain. The Nasdaq rose +0.47%, paring an earlier rally of ~1.4%. Microsoft Corp rallied +7.24% after the software giant released first quarter earnings per share (EPS) and revenue after the close of the previous session that topped Wall Street's estimates, underpinned by strong Cloud demand. The company ell narrowly short of topping its daily record for market-capitalisation gains, adding +US$148.34B in market cap overnight – just shy of the company's record one-day market-cap haul of US$150.37B achieved 13 March, 2020. It also marked the seventh-largest daily increase in market value for a U.S. company, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Microsoft also shrugged off news that the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority would prohibit the company from merging with Activision Blizzard Inc (down -11.45%), a decision Microsoft plans to appeal. Google parent Alphabet Inc slipped -0.15% after trading in positive territory for most of the session despite the Google parent posting better-than-expected first quarter EPS after the close of the previous session. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 lost -0.89%.
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Best of Arizona Tech Council Guests on BRT - BRT S04 EP05 (169) 2-12-2023 Clips of past Guests from the AZ Tech Council talking Tech on BRT What We Learned This Week AZ Tech Council w/ Steve Zylstra Solar Power of Array Tech w/ Erica Brinker Satellites w/ Marti McCurdy of Spirit Electronics AZ Bio & Tech Incubators w/ Russ Yelton Cybersecurity w/ Vince Matteo of Seven Layers AI & the Algorithm w/ Naru of Inventives Tech Launch Arizona w/ Doug Hockstad 3D Printing w/ Eric Miller of PADT Guest: Steve Zylstra, President / CEO AZ Tech Council https://www.aztechcouncil.org/ https://www.aztechcouncil.org/kfnx_july2021/ Steve Zylstra of AZ Tech Council joins BRT to talk all things technology in the Valley. The Arizona Technology Council is one of the largest technology-driven trade associations in North America, with over 850 members and growing, the only organization specifically serving technology companies statewide. They protect innovators and truly believe that technology moves all of us forward; and are dedicated to the future of Arizona. Steve Zylstra advocates for AZ tech, as well as his recurring writing about the industry. Steve, and the Council are a major source for updates on technology, business growth, and what legislation is being drafted. Notes: Seg 1 We talk about AZ as a great technology hub in the U.S., and how it compares to Silicon Valley, Boston, etc. Also the Future tech Co's moving to the valley, influx of people moving to the valley from CA, NY, etc. How high tech jobs help the valley, and surrounding business plus VC and Angel Investing. The importance of semiconductors and Aerospace, two of the most prominent industries in AZ. Full Show: HERE Steve knows the tech industry in Phoenix, the big companies to watch, the history of tech in the desert, military contractors, and new companies moving to the Valley. We also cover the Sci Tech Institute promoting STEM programs. Full Show: HERE Seg 2 Guest: Erica Brinker, Chief Commercial Officer, Array Technologies https://arraytechinc.com/executive-team/ https://arraytechinc.com/team-member/erica-brinker/ erica.brinker@arraytechinc.com Erica Brinker Chief Commercial Officer A technology and data-driven executive with over 20 years of diverse marketing, brand management, corporate communications and business development experience, Brinker joins Array from Honeywell International, where she served most recently as CMO, Vice President Marketing & Sales Excellence. Brinker also led business development for the Services, Software and Connectivity business of Honeywell Aerospace. Prior to joining Honeywell in 2011, Brinker held various leadership roles within software, technology, industrial, healthcare, aerospace, retail and hospitality companies with brands including Polo Ralph Lauren, Tiffany & Company and Kate Spade. Brinker earned a Bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and earned her MBA in International Business from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. https://arraytechinc.com/ Who We Are Array Technologies is a global leader advancing the future of clean energy. With over 30 years of innovations that have powered the solar industry, Array is uniquely positioned to deliver renewable energy solutions for customers seeking clean energy adoption in markets around the globe. While our strength lies in building the world's most reliable and efficient utility-scale solar trackers, our expertise, capabilities, and resources position us to extend into additional renewable energy solutions. As pioneers, innovators, and visionaries, we are committed to generating energy with integrity for a sustainable world. Full Show: HERE Guest: Marti McCurdy - CEO of Spirit Electronics https://www.linkedin.com/in/marti-mccurdy-1083a936/ https://www.spiritelectronics.com/about-us/ Marti McCurdy, owner and CEO of Spirit Electronics, is a veteran not only of the semiconductor business but also of the United States Air Force. Marti's focus as CEO is to serve the aerospace and defense industry for high reliability components. She exercises her engineering knowledge of space qualified flows and sophisticated testing to deliver flight class devices. Throughout her career as a business owner and most recent position as VP, Marti's goal is to bring her high standard of customer service and cultivated relationships to serve the aerospace sector she is so familiar with. Marti holds a current patent and is a published author in ultrasonic applications. Spirit Electronics is a certified veteran-owned, woman-owned value-added distributor of electronic components. Our product lines and value-added services offer power, memory, FPGAs, ASICs–everything you need to build out a high-reliability board that can perform in even the harshest environments. Spirit builds components for satellites, used in the aerospace and defense industries. Spirit Electronics is redefining distribution by bringing supply chain services under one roof. We are creating new approaches to service and delivery for our customers. With our team's focus on unique aerospace and defense (A&D) requirements, chain of custody, and on-time-delivery, our services deliver components fully qualified and ready for assembly right when you need them. The facility is in Phoenix, AZ, includes 2,000 sq ft of warehouse space to house your inventory. We recently added a fully equipped test and qualification lab and a partner facility dedicated to contract manufacturing. Full Show: HERE Seg 3 Guest: Russ Yelton, Pres., Yelton & Associates Immediate Past Chairman, AZBio Board of Directors http://www.yeltonandassociates.com/ https://www.azbio.org/azbio-board-of-directors/russ-yelton https://www.linkedin.com/in/russ-yelton-46a9412/ https://twitter.com/ryelton Russ Yelton Bio: Russ Yelton served as Chairman of the AZBio Board of Directors from January 2015 to December 2017. He has been an active board members since being elected in 2009. He is currently president of Yelton and Associates. The firm provides economic development services as well as early stage business solutions. Yelton and Associates has experience both domestically and internationally and has assisted thousands of entrepreneurs to raise funding and bring their products to a variety of markets. The firm also has a long history of assisting municipalities with the development of co-work, incubators and accelerators as well as loan funds, student focused entrepreneurial programming as well as shared facilities. As a Board Member at Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, Inc., Yelton provides executive level leadership to a rapidly expanding tissue bank and medical device company. Yelton served as Pinnacle Transplant's CEO from 2014 to 2017. Pinnacle Transplant Technologies is a multi-service tissue bank dedicated to ethical participation in the donate life process. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registered and American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) accredited, Pinnacle only works with federally chartered Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and agencies accredited by AATB to help safeguard our employees, provide superior allografts for transplantation and assure reverence to our donor families. Prior to joining Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, Yelton was President and CEO of the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology located in Flagstaff. NACET is a business incubation program that assists companies with commercializing their technologies in both domestic and international markets. NACET is supported by the City of Flagstaff and Northern Arizona University where it functions as the Technology Transfer Office for NAU. Clients in NACET's program received individual business consulting, access to mentors, venture and angel capital and domestic and international student research teams. AZBio: Supporting Arizona's Life Science Industry for 19 Years (2003 – 2022) Learn more about Arizona's bioindustry: www.azbio.org | Facebook: AZBIO |Twitter: @AZBio @AZBioCEO We're part of a movement to create sustainable funding for life science innovation in Arizona. Learn more at www.AZAdvances.org Full Show: HERE Guests: Vince Matteo, Seven Layer Networks, Inc. https://sevenlayers.com/ There are many different types of cyber attacks from a password breach, website hack to email phishing scams. Vince Matteo of Seven Layers (.com) gives advice on what to be on the lookout for, tips for protection, and some reference sites for more info. We discuss Email Phishing scams, spearphishing attack, password breaches, website hacks, data breaches, ramsonware, software and VPNs. Full Show: HERE Seg 4 Guests: Naru, CEO / Founder of Inventives (formerly Aptus AI) https://aptusai.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/inventivesai https://www.linkedin.com/in/naru95/ Naru returns to BRT Show talking tech, software, and AI. His team is always developing new applications with AI in healthcare, finance, biotech, & aerospace. Naru shows how so many technologies are connected and what the future of business looks like. Inventives is the new company, with the same core technology team, but focusing the business into a venture studio by creating new AI projects for companies not yet using AI. Inventives new projects can become spinoff companies with this new technology. They work with B2B clients and also Investors for these types of companies. Radiology is a current project to enhance the patient experience using AI – called SKIP. This project is on the Operations side to make the patient process of paperwork, payments, etc. to be automated (& efficient) with AI working with the patient. This will be stand alone, but if adopted by other medical offices over the long term can streamline the healthcare industry. Naru and his team are working on document management, where their AI program will be able to read documents and determine what the info is. Rising Cloud is another project they are building that manages a company cloud usage to improve costs. Moore's Law – Each year computing power grows 2x as fast, but cuts the cost in half Full Show: HERE Guests: Doug Hockstad, RTTP Assistant VP, Tech Launch Arizona https://techlaunch.arizona.edu/person/doug-hockstad Doug Hockstad is TLA's Assistant Vice President. TLA helps to accomplish the broader University of Arizona mission by providing a variety of services to faculty that protect intellectual property, streamline the technology commercialization process, support the creation of startups based on University technology, and find commercial applications for university research. Doug joined the UA with 25 years' of experience in high tech markets, primarily in the software market, including both established company and startup experience, and most recently having served as Associate Director, Software & Engineering Licensing in the University of Michigan's Office of Technology Transfer. The University of Arizona is a place of learning, invention, discovery, and a leading public research university. Tech Launch Arizona started in 2012 to help bring those discoveries to the world through commercial pathways (laboratory and into the marketplace). Their primary focus is ensuring that innovations originating with UArizona faculty, researchers, staff and students find meaningful applications. Tech Launch is an incubator for StartUps with Angel Investors and VC connections. They also team with alumni, in concert with the technology and business community, to maximize the impact of UArizona research, intellectual property (IP), Licensing, patents, and technological innovation. The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) is a startup incubator network with locations across the Southern Arizona region. Half of UA Tech Launch is bio science, and there are 2 medical schools located in Tucson and Phoenix. Full Show: HERE Guest: Eric Miller, Co-Owner & Principal of PADT, Inc. https://www.padtinc.com/ Eric Miller is the co-founder and Principal for a 3D printing, consulting and design company called PADT (started in 1994). They hold engineering patents for design. Their main location is in AZ, but have offices around the SWest. They have all areas of the industry covered, as well as servicing, and selling the 3D equipment. PADT also does modeling and simulation for clients. Eric is very involved in the AZ Tech Industry for more than 30 years, as an Executive, Entrepreneur and an Investor. He serves on the AZ Tech Council, and in some prominent Angel Investor funds groups. He has dealt with Startups, and also AZ Commerce Authority in promoting tech in AZ. The tech sector is covered is covered in a wide range, from investing and seed funding to regulations Government involvement in luring new firms to the valley. The uses of 3D technology affects so many fields from healthcare, to Aerospace, engineering design, building, and even robotics. Full Show: HERE Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech More - BRT Best of Tech 2021: Cell Based Collagen from Jellatech + BRT 2.2021 - Best of Tech 2021 BRT Summer TechFest 2021 – Drones, Robotics & More Tech BRT S02 EP52 (99) 12-26-2021 – Tech for the Holidays – BRT Best of Tech 2021 Thanks for Listening Please Subscribe to the Podcast Business Roundtable with Matt Battaglia The show where Entrepreneurs, High Level Executives, Business Owners, and Investors come to share insight and ideas about the future of business. BRT 2.0 looks at the new trends in business, and how classic industries are evolving. 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The Founders – How Tech Impacts All Areas of Business from Clean Energy to Smartwatches, E Bikes, Data & Investing - BRT Best of Tech 2022 Part 2 BRT S03 EP61 (162) 12-25-2022 Clips from Previous BRT Tech Shows in 2022 Part 2 Things We Learned This Week PayPal Mafia– alumni created or involved many other co's – Tesla, SpaceX, Palantir, Yelp, Yammer, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube & more Delfast E Bikes – smart bike, connects to E Bike, range of 220 miles on 1 charge, & speed of 50 mph, can drive on all different terrain Clean Energy - many AZ Tech Co's working on zero emission plan Agile + Intelligence = Agilence, bringing great data analysis to companies Savvy Trader allows you to share your portfolio GoX Labs & ‘Pre-care' – preventive care can save lives, prevent injuries + save $ billions Array Technologies is a global leader advancing the future of clean energy. With over 30 years of innovations that have powered the solar industry Notes: Clips from Previous BRT Tech Shows in the 2nd Half of 2022 Clip from 8/7/2022 - w/ Jimmy Soni on the start of PayPal and their battle w/ EBAY From Seg. 3 - FULL SHOW: HERE Guest: Jimmy Soni, Author https://jimmysoni.com/ https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmysoni/ My books are passion projects. My topics come because I look for a book to buy on the subject and can't find one. I know it's supposed to be fancier than that, or that there must be some grand theory of my work, but there isn't one. That said, my readers seem to enjoy what I've written, so maybe it's fine? I am inspired by my literary heroes, including Robert Caro, Laura Hillenbrand, Candice Millard, Daniel James Brown, and Barbara Tuchman, among many others. They are all rigorous researchers—but reading their books doesn't feel like doing homework. That's what I'm going for, and hopefully I hit the mark a few times. The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley A definitive, deeply reported look at the origin of PayPal and its founding team, including Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Max Levchin, and others whose stories have never before been told. They defined the modern world. This experience defined them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia Clip from 9/18/2022 – w/ Daniel Tonkopiy, CEO, Delfast Bikes Replay Seg. 4 – on VC Funding and competition FULL SHOW: HERE Guest: Daniel Tonkopiy, CEO, Founder, Chairman Delfast Bikes https://us.delfastbikes.com/ Daniel Tonkopiy is founder and chief executive officer of Delfast, Inc. Daniel is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of successful business experience. His previous entrepreneurial endeavors include best.ua, a Ukrainian business reviews service; X-Rift, an augmented reality mobile game; and Million Dollar Startup, a Kyiv-based startup school. In 2014, Daniel set out to transform the future of transportation and combat climate change with Delfast's innovative E-bikes. He has since grown the company into a disruptive global e-bike leader that holds a Guinness World Record for greatest distance (228 miles) traveled on a single charge. In addition to Delfast, Daniel also serves as a business and entrepreneurial mentor for MiniBoss School, Startup Ukraine, and the Central Asia FLEX business program. He is an author, a former radio host, and is a dynamic and sought-after speaker inspiring entrepreneurs and sustainability enthusiasts globally at more than 50 conferences to date. Daniel holds a Bachelor's degree in International Economic Relations from Kazakh Economic University. Delfast Bikes ECO-FRIENDLY - No air emissions and subsequently ― negative impact on environment. SIGNIFICANT RANGE - In-house developed Battery Management System allows to travel up to 370 km on a single charge. RELATIVELY CHEAP - We help to save your money for expensive fuel and insurance. LESS STRESS, MORE FREE TIME - Delfast bike is the best choice to avoid annoying traffic jams. CONVENIENCE - You can easily switch on bicycle mode and do sports when you want; and use e-bike mode when you are tired. Clip from 10/30/2022 – w/ Steve Zylstra, President / CEO AZ Tech Council Replay Seg. 4 – on Clean Energy and tech FULL SHOW: HERE Guest: Steve Zylstra, President / CEO AZ Tech Council https://www.aztechcouncil.org/ https://www.aztechcouncil.org/kfnx_july2021/ Steve Zylstra of AZ Tech Council joins BRT to talk all things technology in the Valley. The Arizona Technology Council is one of the largest technology-driven trade associations in North America, with over 850 members and growing, the only organization specifically serving technology companies statewide. They protect innovators and truly believe that technology moves all of us forward; and are dedicated to the future of Arizona. Steve Zylstra advocates for AZ tech, as well as his recurring writing about the industry. Steve, and the Council are a major source for updates on technology, business growth, and what legislation is being drafted. Clip from 11/13/2022 – w/ Russ Hawkins, CEO Agilence Replay Seg. 3 – on how CEOs run companies & use the data FULL SHOW: HERE Guest: Russ Hawkins, CEO Agilence https://www.agilenceinc.com/ Agilence is the leader in data analytics and reporting in the retail, restaurant, grocery, convenience, and pharmacy industries. We develop intelligent data analytics and reporting technology that enables organizations to easily connect the dots within their stores or restaurants by automatically collecting and summarizing data to identify anomalies and trends that can improve operations, measure enterprise-wide performance, and boost profits. Agilence provides users with a complete view of their business, empowering them to make informed decisions faster and improving efficiency across the enterprise. Bio: Russ Hawkins is the President and CEO of the leading data technology company, Agilence. Russ has spent over 35-years in the technology industry, helping established organizations and small start-ups reach their full potential by driving change from the "inside." Russ is responsible for developing the overall strategy and leading the growth of SAAS Analytics & Reporting company Agilence, which helps retailers, grocers, and restaurants improve their operational effectiveness and uncover preventable losses using the data already in their hands. Before Agilence, he transformed two early-stage technology companies into successful businesses by leading go-to-market strategies focused on product development, re-brands, and customer profile analysis resulting in exponential growth and success. Clip from 11/20/2022 – w/ Hamid Shojaee Savvy Trader Replay Seg. 2 – on sharing your trading playbook FULL SHOW: HERE Guests: Hamid Shojaee AZ Tech Beat https://aztechbeat.com/ https://azdisruptors.com/ https://www.azcowork.com/ Hamid talks all thing AZ tech, Startups and what the world of an Angel Investor really looks like. His 2 decades + of experience is laid out, from starting and running software companies, plus exited the industry to now an Angel Investor mentoring the next generation of Startups. Hamid (Founder of Axosoft and Pure Chat) has always had a passion in helping Arizona's up-and-coming tech talent. Since 2010, Hamid has been involved with various AZ tech initiatives, including bringing tech founder and CEOs together, investing in startups and helping push the #YesPHX community forward. Axosoft – software tools for software development PureChat – live chat software for websites https://savvytrader.com/ What is Savvy Trader? Create Create a virtual portfolio of your stocks and crypto. Buy or sell your investments at any time to keep your portfolio up to date. Share Share your portfolio for free, or set a price, for your followers to get access to your portfolio and notified about your trades. Notify Notify your subscribers when you make a trade. Savvy Trader will send a text or email to everyone subscribed to your portfolio. Savvy Trader is on a mission to make investment information more accessible. Learning about stocks and crypto can be intimidating and overwhelming with incredibly high levels of noise and very little signal. Clip from 12/4/2022 – w/ Joseph Hitt, PhD & Co-Founder of GoX Labs Replay Seg. 3 – on who pays the bill in workplace injuries FULL SHOW: HERE Guests: Joseph Hitt, PhD & Co-Founder of GoX Labs https://www.goxlabs.com/ https://www.fitt-sci.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-hitt-ph-d-70933752 https://www.fitt-sci.net/copy-of-bio-page-bruce-floersheim Dr. Joe Hitt served 25+ years on Active Duty in the US Army, culminating his career as a DARPA program manager. He has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus in robotics. He started and managed the largest government funded wearable robotics R&D program - Warrior Web. He formulated the strategy for Squad-X, a current DARPA program designed to link human, autonomous and semi autonomous ‘members' of a small unit together in a seamless fashion for tactical operations. He is also a co-founder and current Chief Executive Officer for GoX Labs (www.goxlabs.com ) GoX Labs: Protect your team from the top three workplace injuries using Boost's AI and machine learning. Clip from 12/18/2022 – w/ Erica Brinker of Array Technologies Replay Seg. 3 – on Solar and Clean Energy FULL SHOW: HERE What is the Future of Solar Energy w/ Erica Brinker of Array Technologies - BRT S03 EP62 (161) 12-18-2022 https://arraytechinc.com/ Who We Are Array Technologies is a global leader advancing the future of clean energy. With over 30 years of innovations that have powered the solar industry, Array is uniquely positioned to deliver renewable energy solutions for customers seeking clean energy adoption in markets around the globe. While our strength lies in building the world's most reliable and efficient utility-scale solar trackers, our expertise, capabilities, and resources position us to extend into additional renewable energy solutions. As pioneers, innovators, and visionaries, we are committed to generating energy with integrity for a sustainable world. https://arraytechinc.com/executive-team/ https://arraytechinc.com/team-member/erica-brinker/ erica.brinker@arraytechinc.com Erica Brinker Chief Commercial Officer A technology and data-driven executive with over 20 years of diverse marketing, brand management, corporate communications and business development experience, Brinker joins Array from Honeywell International, where she served most recently as CMO, Vice President Marketing & Sales Excellence. Brinker also led business development for the Services, Software and Connectivity business of Honeywell Aerospace. Prior to joining Honeywell in 2011, Brinker held various leadership roles within software, technology, industrial, healthcare, aerospace, retail and hospitality companies with brands including Polo Ralph Lauren, Tiffany & Company and Kate Spade. Brinker earned a Bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and earned her MBA in International Business from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech-Startup-VC-Cybersecurity-Energy-Science Best of Tech: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=best+of+tech Investing Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Investing-Stocks-Bonds-Retirement ‘Best Of' Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Best+of+BRT Thanks for Listening. Please Subscribe to the BRT Podcast. Business Roundtable with Matt Battaglia The show where Entrepreneurs, High Level Executives, Business Owners, and Investors come to share insight and ideas about the future of business. BRT 2.0 looks at the new trends in business, and how classic industries are evolving. Common Topics Discussed: Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Stocks, Cannabis, Tech, Blockchain / Crypto, Real Estate, Legal, Sales, Charity, and more… BRT Podcast Home Page: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/ ‘Best Of' BRT Podcast: Click Here BRT Podcast on Google: Click Here BRT Podcast on Spotify: Click Here More Info: https://www.economicknight.com/podcast-brt-home/ KFNX Info: https://1100kfnx.com/weekend-featured-shows/ Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the Hosts, Guests and Speakers, and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent (or affiliates, members, managers, employees or partners), or any Station, Podcast Platform, Website or Social Media that this show may air on. All information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing said on this program should be considered advice or recommendations in: business, legal, real estate, crypto, tax accounting, investment, etc. Always seek the advice of a professional in all business ventures, including but not limited to: investments, tax, loans, legal, accounting, real estate, crypto, contracts, sales, marketing, other business arrangements, etc.
What is the Future of Solar Energy w/ Erica Brinker of Array Technologies - BRT S03 EP62 (161) 12-18-2022 What We Learned This Week Array Technologies is a global leader advancing the future of clean energy. With over 30 years of innovations that have powered the solar industry Main product is a solar tracker, part on a solar panel, allows the panel to move with the angle of the sun They are a utility scale company, with bigger clients that are connected to the power grid using solar farms Array technologies puts the ‘Big E' in ESG, as they are a manufacturer of an environmental product. Inflation Reduction Act gives 10 year tax credits for renewable energy, modern day gold rush for long term investment Guest: Erica Brinker, Chief Commercial Officer, Array Technologies https://arraytechinc.com/executive-team/ https://arraytechinc.com/team-member/erica-brinker/ erica.brinker@arraytechinc.com Erica Brinker Chief Commercial Officer A technology and data-driven executive with over 20 years of diverse marketing, brand management, corporate communications and business development experience, Brinker joins Array from Honeywell International, where she served most recently as CMO, Vice President Marketing & Sales Excellence. Brinker also led business development for the Services, Software and Connectivity business of Honeywell Aerospace. Prior to joining Honeywell in 2011, Brinker held various leadership roles within software, technology, industrial, healthcare, aerospace, retail and hospitality companies with brands including Polo Ralph Lauren, Tiffany & Company and Kate Spade. Brinker earned a Bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and earned her MBA in International Business from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. https://arraytechinc.com/ Who We Are Array Technologies is a global leader advancing the future of clean energy. With over 30 years of innovations that have powered the solar industry, Array is uniquely positioned to deliver renewable energy solutions for customers seeking clean energy adoption in markets around the globe. While our strength lies in building the world's most reliable and efficient utility-scale solar trackers, our expertise, capabilities, and resources position us to extend into additional renewable energy solutions. As pioneers, innovators, and visionaries, we are committed to generating energy with integrity for a sustainable world. Notes: Seg 1 Recap Clips on Clean Energy in AZ from: Clean Energy & the State of AZ Tech in 2022 w/ Steve Zylstra of the AZ Tech Council Guest: Steve Zylstra, President / CEO AZ Tech Council https://www.aztechcouncil.org/ https://www.aztechcouncil.org/kfnx_july2021/ Steve Zylstra of AZ Tech Council joins BRT to talk all things technology in the Valley. The Arizona Technology Council is one of the largest technology-driven trade associations in North America, with over 850 members and growing, the only organization specifically serving technology companies statewide. They protect innovators and truly believe that technology moves all of us forward; and are dedicated to the future of Arizona. Chips & Science Act is good for Semiconductors & the U.S. Supply Chain Clean Energy - many Tech Co's working on zero emission plan Semiconductor – big Tech Co's building plants in AZ Nuclear Power tech is vastly improved & viable in the future Full Show: HERE Seg 2 Array Technologies main product is a solar tracker, part on a solar panel, allows the panel to move with the angle of the sun The trend in building solar panels is to go with a larger, kind of a giant panel and like wind bi-facial to keep up with where the sun is Typical solar panel is made with silicon wafer technology, and usually made in China. The company is a domestic US Corp. with offices worldwide, and they use new technology, not silicon away for tech. Their clients range from the US to Europe to Australia Africa and Canada Array Technology is module agnostic, their solar tracker can go on any solar panel They are a utility scale company, with bigger clients that are connected to the power grid using solar farms. The power grid in Phoenix Arizona uses very little solar or renewable energy, just 4%. Array Tech works with both APS and SRP Solar growth rate is 194% over last 5 years Array tech moving into an area of organic growth and strategic acquisitions. They are a 30 year old company which went public in October 2020. The overall projected goal for the US by 2040 is to have 40% from solar or renewable energy. Another goal is to have no carbon by 2035. Growth and solar for Array Technologies is 160% organic growth year over a year. Lots of commercial construction and solar. Seg 3 The Inflation Reduction Act Bill of 2022, or IRA is a 750 page bill with large parts for renewable energy on a ten-year runway. The Inflation Reduction Act is the single most significant legislation to combat climate change in our nation's history, investing a total of $369 billion to help build a clean energy economy.Nov 29, 2022 https://www.energy.gov/lpo/inflation-reduction-act-2022 The long-term tax credits are very valuable for business investment. Previous government bills tax credits that were short term, 2 to 3 years. Government is looking for mass adoption of renewable energy to make energy clean and in our control. Currently in renewable energy, Europe is #1 and the US is #2. It's a long-term 10 to 20 year process to ramp down from fossil fuels while also building the needed infrastructure. Renewable Energy makes sense in different parts of the world. For example on the East Coast of the US wind can be very usable for energy, and on the West Coast solar can be of great benefit. Also over the long term both nuclear and hydrogen energy sources can be part of the solution. Battery storage is one of the biggest challenges in renewable energy and solar. The analogy is like the PC processing power of 20 years ago, where it was small slow and inefficient. Battery storage will be a lot better in five and even 10 years. RE+ https://www.re-plus.com/ is a solar tradeshow, & this past year batteries were one of the hot commodity topics. Battery power and technology is critical for the utility and power grid to build infrastructure. The permitting rules need to improve to lessen the regulation process for building out that infrastructure. Wind, EVs and natural gas plus solar tax credits is all part of the solution. The government also has an advanced manufacturing tax credit to have company is Bill domestic with also supplies made in the USA. Long-term investment in the energy plan with the government help and government as a customer Seg 4 E.S.G. investing band is gaining headwind with venture capital and private equity money going towards renewable energy projects. Per Erica this is the modern day gold rush in a very good long-term investing bet. ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. Investors are increasingly applying these non-financial factors as part of their analysis process to identify material risks and growth opportunities. Array Technologies puts the ‘Big E' in ESG, as they are a manufacturer of an environmental product. E.S.G. simply ask companies to measure and improve on their environmental footprint, while also showing transparency. There is a new supplier code of conduct, where our business customers would prefer you to not use old energy sources to create the product. The idea of being to move towards new energy sources, not perfection but progress. Also being studied is how to build better solar farms and reduce their impact on the land in an environmental manner. Companies do not want to disrupt the land or heard it long-term. And ongoing issue currently is finding labor to build solar farms. Companies like Omni Track use topography for best use of the land. Farmers who build solar farms can engage in dual purpose of their land as the solar farms can shade livestock and crops. Other areas you will see solar farms built will be parking lots, commercial buildings, residential or apartment buildings. Engineers can determine best sourcing use for solar panels. 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Businesses realize the tremendous benefits that sustainability in the supply chain brings. From increasing efficiency and decreasing cost to product innovation, creating a greener economy and of course, reducing their carbon footprint. With us today are leaders working with companies that are planting those seeds of sustainability in the supply chain. Scott Summerville, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Evan van Hook, Chief Sustainability Officer for Honeywell International, David Suarez, Business Development Manager at OneCharge and Kristen Delphos, Head of Communications & Public Affairs at Dematic.
The Founder and President of the Dementia Society of America® talks about the misconceptions surrounding cognitive impairment, ways to improve brain health, and how the not-for-profit organization educates and empowers senior living communities and caregivers to better support those challenged with cognitive decline. About Kevin Starting as a young entrepreneur at age of 18 and having launched several start-up businesses in the security industry, Mr. Jameson built his career as a sales and marketing executive, which has included over 35 years with major corporate divisions of ADT, BOSCH, and Honeywell International. Author, singer, inventor, and patent holder, Kevin has traveled to Europe, Asia, India, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, South and Central America, and throughout North America to see how the world really lives. Kevin also has a personal story and connection to dementia. His first wife, Ginny, together for 32 years, died from dementia, and thus he leads the fight with thoughts, words, and deeds. In 2016, Jameson was awarded a Doctorate of Public Service, Honoris Causa (DrHC) for his life's work, by his alma mater. His establishment of the Dementia Society nearly ten years ago is still a mission in the making. Key Takeaways Senior living companies often “miss the boat” when it comes to dementia. Dementia is a syndrome not a disease (Alzheimer's is a disease.) Dementia effects more than memory. Early indicators of some types of dementia are personality and behavior changes. We can improve brain health and increase neuroplasticity by modifying risk factors and our environment. Important steps include improving nutrition, increasing movement, spending time outdoors, and creating cognitive reserves through lifelong learning. The Dementia Society offers presentations on dementia and brain health, virtually or in person, for senior living communities to share with prospects and residents. Informational pamphlets are provided to doctor's offices and care communities.
Let's understand the business from a company that believes what happens tomorrow is determined by what we do today. The company has been innovating for more than 100 years and now is focused on creating the future. Chapters:(00:00) Intro (00:18) Business Description(01:03) Industry Landscape(05:00) Annual Financial Performance
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Oprah Winfrey, “Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself." YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qh-e19986zk Check Out These Highlights: As I write this introduction and reflect on this quote, I realize the importance of not putting a ceiling on ourselves. This can be tough for business owners. We are often in our own worlds and minds. Collaboration, ongoing learning, trial and error, tenacity, having a healthy mindset, and never giving up, are just some of the needed skills we need to tap into as business owners. Having an entrepreneurial mindset can help you start a business but also help you perform at a higher level in your corporate job too. If you are thinking about starting a side hustle or launching your own business, you are in store for a treat. About Professor Scott Livengood, a.k.a. the Seinfeld Sensei: Scott earned his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Maryland and his Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He worked at KPMG, and Honeywell International along the way, but his true passion lies in education. He is the lead author of "That's Our Turf! Identity Domains and Competitive Dynamics" with Rhonda Reger, and has been an award-winning teacher ("sensei" in Japanese) of strategy and entrepreneurship at numerous universities throughout the United States and to groups around the world. An Ironman, lover of music, movies, and sports, avid traveler, and curious explorer of the world around him, Scott is also fluent in Japanese and Seinlanguage. How to Get in Touch With Scott Livengood Website: http://seinfeldsensei.com/ Email: seinfeldsensei@gmail.com Free Trial: https://livengoodsensei.kyvio.net/trial EZone: https://youtu.be/Ieq6vsYaqPs Stalk me online! LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/conniewhitman Download Free Communication Style Assessment: https://www.changingthesalesgame.com/communication-style-assessment All-Star Community: https://changingthesalesgame.mykajabi.com/All-Star-Community Enlightenment of Change Facebook group: tinyurl.com/EOCFacebookGroup Subscribe and listen to the Enlightenment of Change podcast on your favorite podcast streaming service or on YouTube. New episodes post every week - listen to Connie dive into new sales and business topics or problems you may have in your business.
1,000 Acres Of Ancestral Land Returned To Onondaga Nation Earlier this month, more than 1,000 acres of land in central New York were returned to the Onondaga Nation, the original steward of the land. This decision stems from a 2018 settlement between the Natural Resource Trustees and Honeywell International, Inc., which previously owned the land and polluted it with dangerous toxins, such as mercury and heavy metals. Under this agreement, Honeywell will fund and implement 18 restoration projects, and the Onondaga Nation will lead the restoration and preservation of its land. “It is with great joy that the Onondaga Nation welcomes the return of the first substantial acreage of its ancestral homelands. The Nation can now renew its stewardship obligations to restore these lands and waters and to preserve them for the future generations yet to come,” Onondaga Nation Chief Tadodaho Sid Hill said in a statement. “The Nation hopes that this cooperative, government-to-government effort will be another step in healing between themselves and all others who live in this region which has been the homeland of the Onondaga Nation since the dawn of time.” Roxanne Khamsi, science writer based in Montreal, Canada, joins Ira to talk about this “landback victory,” which marks one of the largest returns of land to an Indigenous nation in U.S. history. Roxanne and Ira also discuss other science news of the week, including why pulse oximeters aren't inclusive of people with dark skin, how some mosquito-borne viruses trick their hosts into attracting more mosquitoes, the discovery of a one-of-a-kind carnivorous plant that hides its traps underground, why some flowers act as cesspools for bumblebees, and how relocating sea turtle eggs can lead to health issues for newborn turtles. A New COVID Wave Is Here, Raising The Risk Of Reinfections Coronavirus is surging again in the United States. The latest sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 are now dominant. Right now, things are feeling a little different: People who were recently sick are getting reinfected. And those who have so far evaded the virus are getting it for the first time. A new booster based on the new omicron sub-variants is slated to roll out in the fall. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is pushing to allow people under 50 to get a second dose of the currently available booster. Ira is joined by Katelyn Jetelina, adjunct professor at UTHealth School of Public Health and author of the newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist and Jessica Malaty Rivera, epidemiology fellow at Boston Children's Hospital and senior advisor at the Pandemic Prevention Institute to debunk the latest pandemic misinformation and update us on the current state of the virus. Texas Heatwave Puts Strain on Electric Grid Texans woke up Monday morning to a familiar fear, worried that the state's electric grid may not provide enough energy to see them through the day. While the anxiety is understandable, a shortfall of energy reserves on the system does not automatically mean the grid operator will order rolling blackouts. If you, like millions of others, are wondering about the likelihood of blackouts, here's a review of what happens if the state falls short of power. Read the rest at sciencefriday.com. Gene Editing Is Easy—And A Crime—In This New Techno Thriller Book Logan Ramsay wakes up one morning and feels different. It's not allergies, and it's not the flu. If anything, he feels sharper: He needs less sleep, and can multitask and read at lightning speed. What's going on with him? It turns out his genome has been hacked: tiny changes were made to his DNA to make him a bit of a superhuman. But at what cost? This is the plot of Upgrade, Science Friday's next book club pick, and a new science fiction novel that mixes real science concepts—notably CRISPR—with a fast-paced plot. It's written by author Blake Crouch, who was inspired to write the book in part because of a Science Friday appearance in 2016. It's also our current book club pick. Blake joins Ira to discuss a future where gene editing is used to hack drugs, people, and animals, and how far off we are from the book's climate disaster surveillance state. Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.
Today's guest is Larry Bossidy … the former chairman and CEO of Honeywell International and author of the book Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. Have you ever put together a business strategy that didn't work? Or perhaps the plans to execute that strategy weren't effective and ultimately, you failed? Building a strategy is one thing and executing it successfully is another. But Larry knows what it takes to get things done and in this conversation, you're going to hear how he leverages three things, just three things to make big things happen: people, strategy, and operations. It was the process and discipline he put around those parts of the business that made his teams successful and it's what you can focus on as a leader if you too want to be successful.
Jacques M. Jean is the Founder & CEO of TechFides, and I met him at the Festival of the Diaspora. Jacques is an accomplished business professional with over 20 years of experience in planning and implementing global technology strategies. Prior to forming TechFides, Jacques held an executive position where he served as an IT Business Stakeholder for the $4B IT Division of Schneider Electric Company where he led and championed driving their IT strategy and project-related portfolios. Earlier in his Schneider tenure, Mr. Jean also led the development and implementation of the IT engagement strategy for their $7B dollar Industrial Automation division. Prior to joining Invensys, Jacques spearheaded the Value-Based Planning group at Honeywell International, where he collaborated with all business unit CIOs, optimized the IT infrastructure services, and minimized overhead and costs. Jacques also served as the IT Six Sigma Leader in Latin America for Honeywell Corporate, responsible for Regional Program Management and Six Sigma deployments across Latin America and the Caribbean. Jacques began his career as an IT Security Policy Business Analyst with AlliedSignal. Earlier in his Schneider tenure, Mr. Jean also led the development and implementation of the IT engagement strategy for their $7B dollar Industrial Automation division. Prior to joining Invensys, Jacques was the IT leader for the Honeywell CPG business in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Jacques also spearheaded the Value-Based Planning group at Honeywell International, where he collaborated with all business unit CIOs, optimized the IT infrastructure services, and minimized overhead and costs. Jacques also served as the IT Six Sigma Leader in Latin America for Honeywell Corporate, responsible for Regional Program Management and Six Sigma deployments across Latin America and the Caribbean. Jacques began his career as an IT Security Policy Business Analyst with AlliedSignal. Jacques is a member of the Executive Advisory Board for Tartan Advisory Partners. Jacques is also a philanthropist with three libraries under his belt across the northern side of Haiti. Jacques' academic credentials include earning a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and furthering his studies with an Executive Program in Business Marketing Strategy from Harvard Business School and an Executive Program in LEAD to Impact from the University of North Carolina KenanFlagler Business School with the Schneider Electric Executive Corporate Leadership program in Budapest. Jacques also holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from la Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico. Jacques is fluent in many languages such as Creole, French, Spanish, English, and some Portuguese.
Niccolo de Masi of dMY Technology Group talks to Boardroom Alpha's David Drapkin about why quantum computing is the next big tech innovation and how investors won't want to miss out. Discussion TopicsIntro IonQ and Quantum computing overviewIonQ's financial and strategic valueCompetitive landscapeRevenue and customer pipelineSPAC RedemptionsFinal message ahead of IonQ shareholder voteThis is the second of two special episodes with Niccolo. Hear Part I on dMY Technology here.About IonQIonQ, Inc. is the leader in quantum computing, with a proven track record of innovation and deployment. IonQ's 32 qubit quantum computer is the world's most powerful quantum computer, and IonQ has defined what it believes is the best path forward to scale. IonQ is the only company with its quantum systems available through both the Amazon Braket and Microsoft Azure clouds, as well as through direct API access. IonQ was founded in 2015 by Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim based on 25 years of pioneering research at the University of Maryland and Duke University. Learn more at IonQ's website: https://ionq.com/About Niccolo de Masi (CEO of dMY Technology Group)Niccolo de Masi is an experienced public company chief executive officer and board member with deep expertise in mobile, deep tech, and creating software and hardware ecosystems.He serves or will serve on the Board of all three dMY Technology SPAC-IPOs post close: Rush Street Interactive, Genius Sports Group, and IonQ.Over the course of his career, Mr. de Masi has consummated over 25 mergers and acquisitions and has raised approximately $3 billion in equity to support public and private companies he has led. He has held leadership positions in five mobile companies: Glu Mobile, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLUU) (“Glu”), Essential Products, Inc. (“Essential”), Xura, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: MESG) (“Xura”), Hands-On Mobile and Monstermob Group PLC (formerly LSE: MOB) (“Monstermob”). Mr. de Masi became Chief Executive Officer of Glu and of Monstermob before the age of 30.From December 2014 through its sale to Electronic Arts in 2021 for $2.4B, Mr. de Masi was Chairman of Glu Mobile, a gaming leader. Mr. de Masi was President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2010 to November 2016 and was instrumental in creating many of the app ecosystem's “firsts,” including developing mobile “freemium” gaming (of which Glu has published approximately one hundred titles), evolving the Android and iOS rewarded advertising ecosystems, and developing some of the world's first mobile virtual reality (“VR”) and augmented reality (“AR”) experiences. Mr. de Masi additionally helped to create the entire category of celebrity games, launching Kim Kardashian: Hollywood in June 2014—a unique partnership with Kim Kardashian.Between October 2018 and January 2020 Niccolo served on the Board of Directors of Resideo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: REZI). He also served as President, Products and Solutions and Chief Innovation Officer. Resideo, which was spun-off from Honeywell International, Inc. in October 2018, is a leading global provider of critical comfort, residential thermal solutions and security solutions primarily in residential environments that operate in the IoT space. Resideo reported approximately $5 billion in net revenue in 2020 with approximately 13,000 employees.Mr. de Masi serves on the Leadership Council of the UCLA Grand Challenges.Mr. de Masi received first class B.A. and M.Sci degrees in physics from Cambridge University.For more on dMY Technology group visit their website at: https://www.dmytechnology.com/
Niccolo de Masi of dMY Technology Group talks to Boardroom Alpha's David Drapkin about why they are at the top of the SPAC sponsor tables, how bad actors are stealing value from everyone else in the SPAC market, and why dMY is "long-term greedy."Discussion TopicsIntro w/ Niccolo dMY Overview and value addWhy dMY's deals have been successful SPACs, targets, and projections from bad actorsTransitioning from private to publicInvolvement in PF company boardsFuture of the SPAC marketWhat's next for dMYThis is the first of two special episodes with Niccolo. We'll soon be publishing a second discussion with Niccolo on why quantum computing and IonQ are the next big thing.About Niccolo de Masi (CEO of dMY Technology Group)Niccolo de Masi is an experienced public company chief executive officer and board member with deep expertise in mobile, deep tech, and creating software and hardware ecosystems.He serves or will serve on the Board of all three dMY Technology SPAC-IPOs post close: Rush Street Interactive, Genius Sports Group, and IonQ.Over the course of his career, Mr. de Masi has consummated over 25 mergers and acquisitions and has raised approximately $3 billion in equity to support public and private companies he has led. He has held leadership positions in five mobile companies: Glu Mobile, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLUU) (“Glu”), Essential Products, Inc. (“Essential”), Xura, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: MESG) (“Xura”), Hands-On Mobile and Monstermob Group PLC (formerly LSE: MOB) (“Monstermob”). Mr. de Masi became Chief Executive Officer of Glu and of Monstermob before the age of 30.From December 2014 through its sale to Electronic Arts in 2021 for $2.4B, Mr. de Masi was Chairman of Glu Mobile, a gaming leader. Mr. de Masi was President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2010 to November 2016 and was instrumental in creating many of the app ecosystem's “firsts,” including developing mobile “freemium” gaming (of which Glu has published approximately one hundred titles), evolving the Android and iOS rewarded advertising ecosystems, and developing some of the world's first mobile virtual reality (“VR”) and augmented reality (“AR”) experiences. Mr. de Masi additionally helped to create the entire category of celebrity games, launching Kim Kardashian: Hollywood in June 2014—a unique partnership with Kim Kardashian.Between October 2018 and January 2020 Niccolo served on the Board of Directors of Resideo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: REZI). He also served as President, Products and Solutions and Chief Innovation Officer. Resideo, which was spun-off from Honeywell International, Inc. in October 2018, is a leading global provider of critical comfort, residential thermal solutions and security solutions primarily in residential environments that operate in the IoT space. Resideo reported approximately $5 billion in net revenue in 2020 with approximately 13,000 employees.Mr. de Masi serves on the Leadership Council of the UCLA Grand Challenges.Mr. de Masi received first class B.A. and M.Sci degrees in physics from Cambridge University.For more on dMY Technology group visit their website at: https://www.dmytechnology.com/
Robin L. Washington is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Alphabet, Inc. (parent company of Google), Honeywell International, Inc., and Salesforce.com, where she currently serves as chair of the audit committee. She is also a member of the Board of Visitors, Graziadio School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University; the Presidents Council & Ross Business School Advisory Board, University of Michigan; and the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Board of Directors.Ms. Washington served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Gilead Sciences, Inc., from May 2008–November 2019, where she oversaw Global Finance, Facilities and Operations, Investor Relations and the Information Technology organizations. Prior to Gilead, Ms. Washington was the CFO at Hyperion Solutions Inc. from 2005–2007. She also served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of PeopleSoft, along with several other senior financial roles at the company from 1996–2005. Prior to PeopleSoft, Ms. Washington was Director of Finance for Tandem Computers, an Accounting Analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and a Senior Auditor for Deloitte & Touche.Ms. Washington is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
Welcome back to Sesil Pir! We were so heart and mind blown by our guests first appearance in January 2021, that we HAD to invite her back! Sesil currently serves as Head of Employee Experience at Takeda Pharmaceutical and the Founder and Principal Consultant of SESIL PIR Consulting GmbH, a boutique management consultancy, focusing on changing the status quo of work. Sesil is an active contributor of Forbes, has been published in the Harvard Business Review, HR Zone and UK's HR Magazine, and has contributed to several Human Resources Management books. She started her career as a Marketing Consultant with Deloitte & Touché in 1999. Since, she has worked for Honeywell International, Cargill Inc., Microsoft Corporation and Novartis AG as an HR Functional Leader. She holds an MA-HRIR from Carlson School of Management, an Executive MBA from Harvard University, and a BA from Eastern Michigan University. She is a certified Six Sigma in project management and is also certified to administer a variety of 360-degree feedback and organizational Assessment Tools. She is an honorary faculty at Indian School of Business & Istanbul University. She has been recently recognized as '40 Thinkers Under 40' in Europe and '101 Employee Engagement Influencers' globally. To get more of Sesil Pir: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sesil-pir-5723a02 Twitter: whirlingchief For more Teresa Quinlan: www.iqeqtq.com For more Rhys Thomas: www.truselfcoaching.com
Join America's Roundtable co-hosts Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy for a conversation with special guests Richard W. Graber, President and CEO, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2006-2009) and former Vice President and Senior Vice President for Global Government Relations for Honeywell International. Prior to joining the The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Rick Graber served as the Senior Vice President for Global Government Relations for Honeywell International from 2012 until 2016. Rick joined Honeywell in 2010 as Vice President of Government Relations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He served as the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009 where he actively engaged the Czech government and private sector on a number of issues, including President Bush's proposed missile defense system, transparency, corruption and judicial reform. Richard W. Graber: Philanthropic Wokeism Undermines Free Market Principles: https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2021/05/17/philanthropicwokeismunderminesfreemarketprinciples777084.html https://ileaderssummit.org/services/americas-roundtable-radio/ https://ileaderssummit.org/ | https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/ America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472 Twitter: @ileaderssummit @NatashaSrdoc @JoelAnandUSA America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit. America's Roundtable radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America's economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world. America's Roundtable is aired by Lanser Broadcasting Corporation on 96.5 FM and 98.9 FM, covering Michigan's major market, SuperTalk Mississippi Media's 12 radio stations and 50 affiliates reaching every county in Mississippi and also heard in parts of the neighboring states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, and through podcast on Apple Podcasts and other key online platforms.
You're listening to the Westerly Sun's podcast, where we talk about news, the best local events, new job postings, obituaries, and more. First, a bit of Rhode Island trivia. Today's trivia is brought to you by Perennial. Perennial's new plant-based drink “Daily Gut & Brain” is a blend of easily digestible nutrients crafted for gut and brain health. A convenient mini-meal, Daily Gut & Brain” is available now at the CVS Pharmacy in Wakefield. Now for some trivia. Did you know that Rhode Island is home to the famed pirate, Thomas Tew? Also known as the Rhode Island Pirate, he was a 17th-century English privateer-turned pirate. He embarked on two major pirate voyages and met a bloody death on the second, and he pioneered the route which became known as the Pirate Round which involved traveling from the Western Atlantic, to the Southern tip of Africa, stopping at Madagascar and then up to Yemen and India. Many other infamous pirates followed in his path, including Henry Every and William Kidd. Now, we turn our feature story…. We start off the week with bittersweet news in Rhode Island. The pandemic in America is ending and a Rhode Island factory once praised by former President Donald Trump for ramping up production of N95 face masks in the early days of the pandemic is laying off nearly 500 workers as the pandemic eases and demand for the face coverings wanes. A spokesperson for Honeywell International told WPRI-TV on Wednesday that about 470 jobs at the Smithfield facility are being cut. Employees are being urged to apply for other jobs at the company and some eligible workers will receive severance, he said. “We are now seeing a dramatic reduction in demand for N95s in the U.S. as many states are ending or scaling back mask mandates and vaccinations are being widely distributed,” Eric Krantz said in a statement. “For these reasons, Honeywell is adjusting its N95 operations and ceasing manual production of N95s at our facility in Smithfield.” The company is shifting production of N95s to “more efficient, automated production lines” that were created during the pandemic. The disposable were a critical piece of safety equipment for health care workers and others. “We appreciate the hard work and dedication these employees displayed in helping to protect American frontline workers battling the pandemic,” Krantz said. The Smithfield facility also produces eye protection products, including safety glasses, goggles and face shields. For more on the pandemic, and all things Southern Rhode Island, head over to westerlysun.com There are a lot of businesses in our community that are hiring right now, so we're excited to tell you about some new job listings. Today's Job posting comes from ALDI in Westerly. They're looking for part-time floor associates. You'll be responsible for merchandising and stocking product, cashiering, and cleaning up the store. Pay is up $14.30 per hour. If you're interested and think you'd be a good fit for the role you can apply using the link in our episode description. https://www.indeed.com/l-Westerly,-RI-jobs.html?vjk=29ee93bf88f3a0fe Today we're remembering the life of Dwight Miner Cornell, 85, who passed away in West Palm Beach. Dwight was born in Westerly in 1936 and attended Westerly Public Schools. He graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a BS degree in Civil Engineering and was a registered Professional Engineer in several states. After working for several organizations in New York City, Mr. Cornell moved to the Maryland suburb of Damascus where he was employed by Bechtel from 1965 until his retirement in 1993. Most of his work was in the field of design for large nuclear power facilities. Upon retirement he divided his time between West Palm Beach and a summer home in Weekapaug. In Florida, he became involved in the activities of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. While with the Auxiliary, he taught safe boating courses in the Public Education section and was a Vessel Examiner. Mr. Cornell served as a Flotilla Staff Officer in these endeavors. In appreciation for the education he received at WPI, Dwight has made sizable donations of money and property to the Institute and has established a scholarship in his name in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is survived by his brother, two nieces and a nephew, as well as their children; and several cousins. Thank you for taking a moment today to remember and celebrate Dwight's life. That's it for today, we'll be back next time with more! Also, remember to check out our sponsor Perennial, Daily Gut & Brain, available at the CVS on Main St. in Wakefield! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Donald (Donnie) Hampton, Jr. is the Chief Executive Officer of Pace Industries, LLC, an integrated company based in Detroit. With facilities across the United States, Pace Industries provides quality die casting, manufacturing, and engineering solutions worldwide. He has more than two decades of leadership experience for reputable companies like Honeywell International, Hayes Lemmerz International, Rea Magnet Wire, and Faurecia. Before launching his executive career, Donnie graduated from Tiffin University with a degree in Accounting and entered the U.S. Navy. Later, he earned his Master's in Business and Finance. In this episode… How can CEOs impact workplace culture? What steps can you take to attract A Players to your business? How can you become the right boss for your employees? These may seem like daunting questions, but Donnie Hampton is here to answer all of them and more. From Navy veteran to CEO, Donnie Hampton has climbed the executive ladder for over 20 years. He knows what it takes to strengthen your leadership and positively impact your company. But the journey to effective leadership hasn't been without its challenges. On this exciting episode of the Talent Wins podcast, host Chris Mursau talks with the CEO of Pace Industries, Donnie Hampton, about all things leadership. Donnie shares stories about his personal inspirations and mentors, how to attract and maintain A Players within your company, his values and commitments to his team, and much more. You won't want to miss this episode of the Talent Wins podcast with special guest Donnie Hampton! Resources Mentioned in this episode Chris Mursau on LinkedIn Topgrading on LinkedIn Topgrading Donnie Hampton on LinkedIn Pace Industries Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… And Others Don't by Jim Collins Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck on Amazon
Special webinar episode hosted by Mat Sorensen & Aaron Halderman with Special Guest Chris Loeffler. Learn more at https://directedira.com/podcast/Self-Directed Investing in Private Stock & Real Estate• From the chair of a market participant, a seasoned investor, and an experienced sponsor we will explore the following:• Why are investors seeking alternatives to traditional stocks and bonds and how does venture capital (VC) and real estate fit into the equation?• What is an online investment platform and what deals are being done currently?• How can an Accredited and Non-Accredited self-directed IRA investor get involved• What are the merits of matching SD IRA funds with these private, illiquid investments?Chris Loeffler is the CEO and Co-Founder of Caliber (https://www.caliberco.com/) and serves as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. As CEO, Chris directs and executes the global strategy, oversees investments and fund management, and contributes to private and public capital formation.Prior to forming Caliber, Chris served as a Senior Associate in the audit and assurance practice for PwC in Phoenix, Arizona, Some of Chris' clients included Honeywell International, Inc., CSK Auto Inc., Verizon Communications, Inc., Republic Services, Inc., Car Wash Partners, Inc., and the Arizona DiamondbacksChris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
On today's show, we hear from local county emergency managers as the state gets hammered by two winter storms and temperatures in the negatives. Plus, we have highlights from the governor's weekly coronavirus response briefing where he announced changes to restrictions on indoor gatherings. And, we speak with peace activists about why they're asking the University of Arkansas to end its collaboration with Honeywell International.
OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology activists are asking the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville to end a nuclear weapons research and development collaboration with Honeywell International. The U of A is among 50 universities involved in such partnerships, according to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a coalition of non-governmental organizations promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty.
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Today we welcome Sesil Pir! Sesil currently serves as Head of Employee Experience at Takeda Pharmaceutical and the Founder and Principal Consultant of SESIL PIR Consulting GmbH, a boutique management consultancy, focusing on changing the status quo of work. Sesil is an active contributor of Forbes, has been published in the Harvard Business Review, HR Zone and UK’s HR Magazine, and has contributed to several Human Resources Management books. She started her career as a Marketing Consultant with Deloitte & Touché in 1999. Since, she has worked for Honeywell International, Cargill Inc., Microsoft Corporation and Novartis AG as an HR Functional Leader. She holds an MA-HRIR from Carlson School of Management, an Executive MBA from Harvard University, and a BA from Eastern Michigan University. She is a certified Six Sigma in project management and is also certified to administer a variety of 360-degree feedback and organizational Assessment Tools. She is an honorary faculty at Indian School of Business & Istanbul University. She has been recently recognized as '40 Thinkers Under 40' in Europe and '101 Employee Engagement Influencers' globally. Sesil invites us into an incredible discussion on: - Facing challenge and change - Ability to adapt and grow - Passion to create safety and love environments - The polarity of extremes and how this can influence life - The internal power to create inner safety and love and then transfer that to you interconnectedness with others - Thriving = mindset despite circumstances - Mindsets of scarcity, abundance, growth, fixed which sits between the emotion and the thoughts – here is where we shift HOW we show up - Everything begins and ends with self AND we are also social - Learning to stand on your own is important to then being able to be social as a contributor to the whole - Corrupt-ness of education; competition and grading and being compared to, leads to workplaces that stack rank and pit each other against one another = scarcity mindset which negatively impacts creativity and resourcefulness and wellbeing - By virtue of relating and caring we connect and THEN influence To connect with Sesil Pir: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sesil-pir-5723a02 For more of Rhys Thomas: www.truselfcoaching.com For more of Teresa Quinlan: www.iqeqtq.com
This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Armen Akaragian and Garo Mardirossian of Mardirossian & Associates, Inc. (https://www.garolaw.com/) Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review Episode Details: Los Angeles trial lawyers Armen Akaragian and Garo Mardirossian of Mardirossian & Associates, Inc. explain how they represented the family of Nonki Uno, a 66-year-old restaurant owner who was killed after the accelerator pedal in her 2006 Toyota Camry got stuck following a crash caused by another driver who ran a stop sign. In August 2009, 86-year-old Olga Bello broadsided Nonki Uno's car, sending it spinning and uncontrollably accelerating, crossing the center median curb and striking multiple telephone poles and trees. Nonki was found dead at the scene with her foot broken and mangled under the brake pedal and her emergency brake activated. Originally tried in 2013, this was a bellwether case for nearly 300 unintended acceleration cases involving Toyota vehicles. Toyota failed to include a Brake Override Safety System (B.O.S.S.) in the American model of the Toyota Camry until 2007 and failed to warn consumers about the fact that solid accelerator pedals can get stuck and cause sudden acceleration. Despite Armen and Garo's argument that Toyota and Olga Bello were to blame for Nonki's death, the Los Angeles jury ultimately found Olga 100% responsible and awarded $10,000,000 in noneconomic damages to Nonki's husband and son. Click Here to Read/Download the Complete Trial Documents Guest Bios: Armen Akaragian Armen Akaragian is an attorney with the firm of Mardirossian & Associates, in Los Angeles, California. He has been with the firm since 1999. Admitted to practice in 2006, Armen has arbitrated, tried, and settled several cases that have resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Some of the largest entities Armen has represented the firm's clients against include Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Toyota Motor Corporation, Marriott International, Inc., Kiewit Construction, Continental Tire, Land Rover, State of California, Chrysler Motors, Emerson Electric, and Honeywell International. In 2009, he was nominated for the coveted Consumer Trial Attorney of the Year Award by the Consumer Attorneys of California, a statewide organization, following his involvement in the case of Pannu vs. Land Rover. This complex product liability case, which was litigated for more than seven years, tried over eight weeks and underwent a two-year appellate process, ultimately resulted in a fully affirmed judgment in excess of $25,000,000.00. Most notably, the published Court of Appeal opinion set precedent in the State of California excluding from evidence crucial testing that automobile manufacturers have relied upon in defending complex product liability cases for decades. In 2011, Armen again was recognized for his accomplishments by the Armenian Bar Association as one of the top 20 lawyers under 40. This was the first time this award had been given out by the Bar Association. In 2013, Armen was one of the trial attorneys in the first bellwether case tried to verdict, Uno v. Toyota, in the about 300 coordinated cases against Toyota arising from unintended acceleration incidents. The trial lasted for more than three months and resulted in a jury verdict in the amount of $10,000,000.00 for the untimely death of a 66-year-old wife and mother. The case ultimately settled in 2015 at the Appellate Court steps. At that time, the judgment which also included costs and interest exceeded $13,000,000.00. During the trial in Uno v. Toyota, the California Court of Appeal published its opinion in Purton v. Marriott International, Inc., 218 Cal. App. 4th 499 (2013), reversing a grant of summary judgment. The Court of Appeal agreed with Armen's position taken at the trial court level and eventually held that an employer could still be responsible for the acts of its employee who became intoxicated at a company party even if the employee arrived home safely from the party, then left his house and was subsequently involved in a crash. The case eventually started trial in May of 2015 in San Diego. After three weeks and just before plaintiffs rested, the case was resolved for a confidential sum. Armen attended California State University, Northridge, where he earned, in 2002, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He then attended Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, where he was consistently on the Dean's List, and completed his Juris Doctor degree in 2005. During his studies, he was also a Judicial Extern for Honorable Dikran Tevrizian, Judge with the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Read Full Bio Garo Mardirossian Garo Mardirossian is the principal of Mardirossian &Associates, Inc., a five-lawyer firm in the Mardirossian Law Building located at 6311 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. Since starting his practice in 1981, Mr. Mardirossian has focused almost exclusively on representing individuals who have been catastrophically injured. Mr. Mardirossian has obtained over 100 seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements, including eight-figure verdicts in product liability, general negligence, and civil rights cases. In April of 2019, Mr. Mardirossian obtained the largest settlement ever against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in the amount of $42,200,000.00 in the case of Fong v. LA County Sheriff's Department, where a rogue Sheriff's Deputy lost control of his patrol car while responding to a call, Code 3, and hit the plaintiff who suffered a broken leg and a moderate TBI. Despite the crash, within six months, the plaintiff returned back to work without any limitations. In an earlier case against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Dole v. LA County Sheriff's Department, members of the Dole family were beaten and arrested at the Dole home while celebrating a bridal shower. Mr. Mardirossian obtained a defense verdict in the felony criminal case prosecuted against members of the Dole family and then obtained a jury award in the amount of $24,850,000.00 in the civil rights action -- the largest judgment in history against the Sheriff's Department at the time. In Mendoza v. LA County Sheriff's Department, Mr. Mardirossian obtained a $14,350,000.00 settlement for the family of Frank Mendoza, a grandfather who was mistakenly shot and killed by Sheriff's Deputies as he was exiting his home. More recently, in Valenzuela v. City of Anaheim, an excessive force case that resulted in the choking death of Vincent Valenzuela, Garo Mardirossian and Dale Galipo teamed up to obtain a federal court jury verdict of $13,200,000.00 for the family of an unarmed homeless father of two. In the nationally followed Kelly Thomas v. Fullerton Police Department case, Mr. Mardirossian fought for justice for Kelly Thomas, a homeless man suffering from schizophrenia, who was tased and beaten to death by Fullerton Police officers following an encounter that was escalated by the officers. During jury selection, Mr. Mardirossian obtained a settlement of $4,900,000.00 on behalf of Kelly's father. In Kunta Kinte v. Bart Simpson (real names), Mr. Mardirossian represented a South Central family that was beaten and arrested by officers of the LAPD. After obtaining an acquittal in the criminal case, Mr. Mardirossian settled the civil rights action case for $350,000.00. In Zerby v. Long Beach Police Department, Mr. Mardirossian and Dale Galipo obtained a jury verdict of $6,500,000.00 after Long Beach Police officers shot and killed Douglas Zerby, who was sitting on the steps in front of a friend's house. The officers mistook the water nozzle he was holding for a weapon and opened fire. In Amaya v. LA County Sheriff's Department, Mr. Mardirossian obtained a $3,050,000.00 jury verdict on behalf of the family of a man who was shot and killed in his home by Sheriff's Deputies who were executing an arrest warrant. In Ponce v. City of Anaheim, Mr. Mardirossian obtained a $1,650,000.00 settlement for the children of Adalid Flores, who was shot and killed by Anaheim Police Department officers who believed his cell phone was a gun. In 2000, Mr. Mardirossian won the prestigious CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year award. In 2010, he was elected CAALA's president. He has been named by the Daily Journal as one of the top 100 Lawyers in California, and he has had numerous published decisions that have set an important precedent in California, including Purton v. Marriott International, Inc., 218 Cal. App. 4th 499 (2013); Pannu v. Land Rover, 191 Cal. App. 4th 1298 (2011); Mardirossian & Associates, Inc. v. Ersoff, 153 Cal. App. 4th 257 (2007); and Srithong v. Total Investment Co., 23 Cal. App. 4th 721 (1994). Read Full Bio Show Sponsors: Legal Technology Services - LTSatlanta.com Digital Law Marketing - DigitalLawMarketing.com Harris, Lowry, and Manton - hlmlawfirm.com Free Resources: Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 1 Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 2
Tom Bowen brings nearly 30 years of facility service, energy solutions and construction experience along with a passion for organizational culture and teamwork as the CEO of North American Roofing. Tom’s track record of customer commitment along with profitable growth and employee development was formed through leadership roles in Fortune 500 as well as nimble entrepreneurial companies throughout his career. His background in business development, general management and executive leadership throughout North America combined with vertical market and industry specific knowledge provide the foundation for his leadership approach.Most recently Senior Vice President of ABM’s Technical Solutions division, Tom was responsible for unprecedented profit and sales growth throughout the United States. He oversaw the core project and service offerings for Electrical and HVAC along with guaranteed energy solutions and a dedicated National Accounts platform. His career includes similar executive leadership roles at Honeywell International and Sempra Energy, and includes mergers and acquisition experience as well as speaking and teaching engagements. A longtime board member for the National Association of Energy Service Companies, Tom has written numerous published articles on topics ranging from sustainability to employee motivation. A graduate of California State University Long Beach, Tom subsequently received his Executive MBA at Wake Forest University.The Nenni and Associates team are strategic partners in multiple facets of the energy and infrastructure services sector. We strive to continuously support our clients with their hiring needs and overall organization health. We are here to serve our clients as the market changes and be “in the moment” with market intel as we look to the future together.Our services for both our clients and candidates can be found below ✔️For Employers: https://www.nenniandassoc.com/for-employers/✔️For Candidates: https://www.nenniandassoc.com/career-opportunities/✔️Consulting: https://www.nenniandassoc.com/consulting-services/✔️Executive Search: https://www.nenniandassoc.com/executive-search/Nenni and Associates on Social Media:► Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nenni-and-associates/► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nenniandassoc/► Email Listing: https://www.nenniandassoc.com/join-email-list/► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nenniandassoc► Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/NenniAssociates
Scott joined the MidwayUSA Foundation in June of 2019. Prior to becoming the Foundation’s Executive Director, he completed a 20-year military career in the U.S. Marine Corps, followed by a 15-year corporate career. Scott served globally in a variety of senior- and executive-level leadership positions with Honeywell International, General Electric, and Oceaneering International across the aerospace and energy sectors. After retiring from his corporate career, he established and ran a successful real estate investment business in Pensacola, Florida. In addition to multiple business certifications, Scott has a BS in Business Management from National-Louis University, a master’s certificate in Project Management from Arizona State University, and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. He is a certified private pilot, has a passion for the shooting sports and youth development, and was raised in rural Missouri. He is married and has three daughters and one grandson.
Today on Move the Ball™, Scott Wine shares his experience developing his leadership skills in the military, creating opportunities in his career to hold his team accountable in a constructive way. Listen in as Jennifer and Scott discuss managing expectations, understanding how people in teams come together, having critical conversations in a productive way and owning up to your mistakes while staying positive. Scott Wine joined Polaris Industries Inc. as Chief Executive Officer on September 1, 2008 and was elected to the Board in October 2008. He has been the Chairman of the Board since January 2013. Prior to joining Polaris, Scott held executive positions with United Technologies Corporation, Danaher Corp. and Allied Signal Corp., which became Honeywell International, Inc. after a 1999 merger, and served as a United States naval officer. As a proven leader with considerable experience across a variety of industries and three outstanding international companies, Scott has a track record of producing exceptional results. Scott also brings to the Board extensive expertise in mergers and acquisitions in the U.S., Europe and Asia. You can connect with Scott via the website: https://www.polaris.com/en-us/ To learn more about implementing the habits and strategies of athletes into your career, join the Move the Ball™ Facebook group and sign up for Jennifer’s newsletter at http://www.thenextfirstdown.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Offshore / Tesla and Apple stock split today / Changes to the dow Jones; Salesforce.com will replace Exxon Mobil, Amgen will replace Pfizer and Honeywell International will replace Raytheon Technologies / Reports that Walmart and Microsoft liked up to buy TicTok / ADP Employment Report on Wednesday / New Zealand exchange closes three times last week after cyber attacks / CNBC reports that U.S. tech stocks are now worth more than the entire European stock market Local / Discovery updated update spooks markets / Famous Brands sells Tashas back to founder / Nedbank results (we now have 3 of the big 4) / Italtile results (still spending R800m on capex a year) / Northam results, great albeit 60% of their PGM basket is platinum. Buying back Zambezi pref shares. / Murray and Roberts results. Was a tough year but doing alright before the pandemic hit in March.
On Monday, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the largest changes to the 30-stock benchmark in seven years. Along with Exxon, which is being replaced by sales force Pfizer and Raytheon Technologies are being removed in favor of Amgen and Honeywell International. The changes take effect Aug. 31. --- This episode is sponsored by · Afrolit Podcast: Hosted by Ekua PM, Afrolit shares the stories of multi-faceted Africans one episode at a time. https://open.spotify.com/show/2nJxiiYRyfMQlDEXXpzlZS?si=mmgODX3NQ-yfQvR0JRH-WA Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support
Smart, energy-efficient buildings have been in demand for years, but their features have historically been viewed as luxuries versus necessities. COVID-19 has turned that view on its head. The views expressed are those of Diamond Hill as of August 2020 and are subject to change. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of results, or investment advice. As of July 31, 2020, Diamond Hill owned Johnson Controls International PLC (equity), Carrier Global Corp. (equity) and Honeywell International, Inc. (equity). This material is for informational purposes and is prepared by Diamond Hill Capital Management. The opinions expressed are as of the date of publication and are subject to change. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. Reliance upon this information is at the sole discretion of the listener. Investing involves risk including the possible loss of principal.
合作邀約: onthewaytowork2020@gmail.com IG: @onthe_waytowork 歡迎大家來跟我們聊聊天https://www.instagram.com/onthe_waytowork/ 道瓊工業指數在北美時間8/24公佈組成股的更換,其中離開指數的公司為Raytheon Technologies, Pfizer and Exxon Mobil,而要加入的新成員為Amgen, Honeywell International, 以及 Salesforce.com. Salesforce也會在北美時間今天來公佈財報,盤後交易更已經上漲將近10% ,最新第二季財報數據Salesforce營收來到$5.15 Billion 較去年同期增長29%。 股價幾乎來到歷史新高的Best Buy家電零售商今日公布今年Q2五月到七月財報,成績擊敗分析師預期,但因為整體Earnings Call中對未來預期仍然是比較保守,並沒有提出Earnings Outlook,今天開盤股價呈現下跌趨勢。 如果喜歡的話 歡迎幫我們分享和訂閱 Powered by Firstory Hosting
Google’s long-time former CEO, Eric Schmidt, says that a pandemic proves big tech isn’t all bad. Schmidt discusses the growth of trillion-dollar technology, the importance of Apple’s App Store and his concerns with the U.S. action toward TikTok’s U.S. operations. The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday, featuring speeches from Donald Trump Jr. and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. Heritage Foundation Research Fellow, Joel Griffith, and Stony Brook University Professor, Stephanie Kelton, preview the economic themes we’ll hear from the GOP & the Trump re-election campaign in this unconventional convention. Plus, major changes are coming to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, with three new companies joining the 30-stock benchmark before-the-bell on Monday. Salesforce replaces Exxon Mobil; Amgen replaces Pfizer; and Honeywell International replaces Raytheon Technologies. And, Joe Kernen gets a flat tire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Business leaders often take actions that prop up earnings in the short term, but compromise their companies’ long-term health. David Cote, the much-respected former leader of Honeywell International and one of the most successful CEOs of his generation, shares a simple, paradigm-shifting method of achieving both short- and long-term goals. Short-termism is rampant among executives and managers today, causing many companies to underperform and even go out of business. With competition intense and investors demanding strong quarterly gains now, leaders all too often feel obliged to sacrifice the investments so necessary for long-term growth. Dave Cote is intimately familiar with this problem. Upon becoming Honeywell’s CEO in 2002, he encountered an organization on the verge of failure, thanks to years of untrammeled short-termism. To turn the company around, he and his team adopted a series of bold operational reforms and counterintuitive leadership practices that enabled them to “do two conflicting things at the same time”–pursue strong short- and long-term results. The outcome was phenomenal. Under Cote’s leadership, Honeywell’s market cap grew from $20 billion to $120 billion, delivering returns of about 800%, two and a half times greater than the S&P 500. Bio: As Chairman and CEO of the industrial giant Honeywell over 16 years, David Cote grew the company’s market capitalization from around $20 billion to nearly $120 billion, delivering returns of 800 percent and beating the S&P by nearly two and a half times. Currently, David is Executive Chairman of Vertiv Holdings Co, a global data center products and services provider. He is a member of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group and on the Boards of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Conference of Montreal.
Minnesota is working hard to create more affordable housing. But if we build structures that are not super-efficient, residents will be saddled with high energy bills—and we will miss an opportunity to improve our built environment, a top source of carbon emissions in the state. Now more than ever the topic of affordable housing has become even more critical.In July 2020, Fresh Energy hosted conversations with Minnesota thought leaders and Fresh Energy staff about how super-efficient buildings can become the new normal in equitable affordable housing. This is the second in the four-part series featuring a discussion with Gina Ciganik, Chief Executive Officer of the Healthy Building Network.With the increased attention on affordable housing in this current crisis, we know that the conversation has only just begun and it’s crucial that energy efficiency be part of the equation. We must build new affordable housing that is so energy efficient it can be heated and cooled with small amounts of renewable electricity. It makes economic sense, it improves indoor air quality, and it also dramatically reduces carbon emissions.We have the know-how to build super-efficient housing that is affordable over the long term. Why isn’t all new housing built that way, and how can we do better? Fresh Energy is bringing people together from diverse areas of the affordable housing arena to explore this issue.Thank you to Stoel Rives LLP for sponsoring this event.Meet the SpeakersGina Ciganik is the Chief Executive Officer of the Healthy Building Network. In her previous role at HBN she established and led the HomeFree initiative, an expansion of HBN’s healthy materials work into the affordable housing sector. Prior to HBN, she was Vice President of Housing Development at a Minneapolis-St. Paul area affordable housing development organization, where she spent two decades creating thousands of healthy, affordable homes, including The Rose, a 90-unit apartment building that set a new national standard for healthy materials.As Director of Energy Access and Equity, Ben directs Fresh Energy’s work to advance equitable outcomes across Minnesota’s energy system, and also supports the organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. He joined Fresh Energy as a Policy Associate in May 2015. Ben’s previous experience includes legal clerkships with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and Honeywell International, and internships with Governor Mark Dayton and Senator John Marty. Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law. He is a member of the Minnesota Bar.Listeners can stay up to date on our work via our once monthly email list, blog at www.fresh-energy.org, or by following us on Facebook and Twitter. You can support Fresh Energy’s work for a clean energy Minnesota by making a donation today! Click here to learn more and donate.
In today's challenging times, you have to go beyond the thinking of winning now. You also can't focus on just the future, either. Your business is likely in the midst of radical change that requires strong leadership and the ability to inspire your people through difficult times. My guest today is the former CEO of Honeywell International, David Cote. David recently wrote, "Winning Now, Winning Later." We talk about why leadership matters and how to lead beyond today's challenges. Winning now is undoubtedly essential and only part of the focus. David and I look at how to position your organization for winning now and winning later. Get the show notes for Former CEO of Honeywell - David Cote Author of WINNING NOW, WINNING LATER Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank featuring David Cote with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/gttDavidCote #BestSellingAuthorsInterview #leadership #WinningNow #GHepisode578 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!
Marc Herdegen joined New State Capital Partners in 2018 with more than 20 years of experience in leadership and management, product development, investment, and strategy consulting. Marc has led global organizations, launched new products, developed growth strategies, and advised executives across a range of industries. Prior to New State, Marc was a Senior Director at Honeywell International responsible for leading multiple product lines, with full P&L responsibility. As an enterprise General Manager, Marc had primary responsibility for developing and implementing strategies to drive revenue growth and operating income expansion for the flagship integrated avionics product lines in Honeywell's Aerospace Strategic Business Group. Previously, Marc was an executive at I-Group LLC, a private investment company where he sourced, screened, and managed investments in a variety of industries. Prior to this, Marc was a consultant at Bain & Company, where he worked on industrial, medical, retail, and financial services projects, primarily for private equity clients. Marc started his career as an aviation officer in the United States Army, where he was an AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopter pilot, and aviation maintenance and logistics expert. Marc was awarded the Bronze Star and two Air Medals during his service as a Company Commander in Iraq. Marc received his undergraduate degree in Economics from the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
Host: Nancy May, President and CEO, BoardBench CompaniesGuest: Larry Bossidy, Chairman emeritus Honeywell International, AlliedSignal, and director at GE, JP Morgan Chase, Merck & Co., Berkshire HIlls Bancorp and others. In this podcast, I speak with the world- famous Larry Bossidy, former CEO and Chairman of the $24 billion diversified technology company Honeywell International, which merged with Allied Signal. Larry is director emeritus of JP Morgan Chase and Merck & Co, The Business Roundtable and is active with many other high-growth and innovative companies today. A respected leader throughout his career at the helm and in boardrooms, Larry and I discuss the practical side of boardroom operations, some of which are often overlooked. There may be surprises here, too, as he reveals some of his personal side and current interests. This will touch on his involvement with the Peace Love organization, which deals with teen suicide. Larry Bossidy is chairman and former CEO of Honeywell International, a $40-billion Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader. Earlier in his career he was chairman and CEO of AlliedSignal, chief operating officer of General Electric Credit (now GE Capital Corporation), executive vice president and president of GE's Services and Materials Sector, and vice chairman of GE. He has served at the helm of seven companies during the course of his career. He and his wife Nancy are proud of their six daughters, three sons, and 31 grandchildren.For more information about the Peace Love Organization please go to https://peacelove.org/For more information on this show and others, please go to BoardBench.com and our contact page.Disclaimer: This program is not intended to be a substitute for professional legal advice. Always seek the guidance and advice from a licensed attorney on the matters discussed in this show. The views, perspectives, and opinions expressed in this show are those of the show Guest and not directly those of BoardBench Companies, LLC. (c) Copyright 2020 BoardBench Companies, LLC all rights reserved. http://www.boardbench.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Business Day TV — Wayne McCurrie from FNB Wealth & Investments chose Spar as his stock pick of the day and David Shapiro from Sasfin Securities chose Honeywell International. McCurrie said: "Spar looks good, I don't think that we've missed the boat on this one. Look everyone's getting food inflation, everyone that I talk to, like Spar in the interview today, if you chat to Famous Brands, you chat to Spur management. Now I mean this is all what I get told by companies, they all say there seems to be some stability, it seems to be the worst is over. That's despite the catastrophic retail sales number that came out today, but when you chat to management who've got their feet on the ground, it doesn't appear as though it's getting worse." Shapiro said: "I pick Honeywell, remember that they used to make big fat computers, but today it's a software business and really superbly run. You can see from their chart there but what I like about it is where they're going and they're going into the kind of software that runs industry, that helps you cut costs and helps you do maintenance. It's high-level software in the Aeronautics space and aircrafts all over and in factories in various other places as well. I think super company, you know we all bought General Electric and ignored Honeywell, I should have bought Honeywell."
Today's podcast is a re-rewind. It is an interview that I did with Monique Carkum Edwards earlier in 2019. She is a phenomenal woman who has an awesome story of why she left her job as a successful corporate attorney to pursue her purpose. Whether working as a career coach, executive strategist, or pastor, Monique is passionate about serving others into greatness. Prior to founding Gravitas Executive Coaching, Monique spent over 18 years working as a corporate attorney. After graduating from the NYU School of Law, she practiced at New York-based law firm Debevoise & Plimpton before joining the legal team at Honeywell International, where she quickly advanced from Assistant General Counsel of Corporate Finance to divisional General Counsel, providing legal oversight for one of the company’s global business segments. Even with all of the corporate success Monique had she still did not feel fulfilled. In this episode she shares her journey and what prompted her to begin looking for fulfillment. Her story is powerful, encouraging and reminds us that our "assignments may change, but our call and purpose remains the same". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tisha-talks/message
Chris Spear is a government relations specialist with over two decades experience on five continents, serving the transportation, energy and defense technology sectors. Mr. Spear is President and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, advocating public policy on behalf of the nation's trucking industry. He serves on the Board of Directors for the American Transportation Research Institute, the Federal Advisory Committee on Autonomous Technology, the Northwestern University Transportation Center Advisory Council and the Congressional Award Foundation. Previously, Mr. Spear was Vice President of Government Affairs for Hyundai Motor Company, serving on the Global Automakers Executive Committee; Vice President of Emerging Markets for Honeywell International, based in Bracknell, United Kingdom; and Vice President for Honeywell Government Relations in Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium, managing corporate interests in the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and Latin America. “Skipping around job to job is not helpful for employees, companies, or the economy, and it’s only going to continue to happen if we don’t start dealing with the driver shortage issue head on and finding solutions that eliminate barriers to employment. I think apprenticeships are a key component of that.” - Chris Spear What you’ll learn about in this episode: Why trucking companies are currently not allowed to recruit 18-21 year olds (and why that should change) Getting young people interested in joining an apprenticeship program by showing them that they’re valued and appreciated How apprenticeships would help to boost retention for the trucking companies that utilize them How the ATA is working with the federal government on apprenticeship programs under the president’s executive order What it takes to recruit soon to be leaving military personnel and what the ATA is doing to improve that process Tapping into the international market for recruiting drivers for the future Working with parents to attract young people to the trucking industry to give them a lasting future Why Chris isn’t worried about driverless trucks taking over and how technology can make the roads safer for everyone Ways to contact Chris: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chris-spear-92b5393
TRADING BLOCK Earnings highlights today: Before the bell: American Airlines, Dunkin Brands, Verizon Communications, Textron (TXT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW) and Union Pacific (UNP) After the bell: E*Trade Financial Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, PayPal Holdings The return of pit trading? CFTCs Massad wants access to automated trader source code. A Nasdaq speed upgrade is threatening IEX. Resources mentioned in the show: http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/10/cftc-automated-trading/ http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-nasdaq-speed-upgrade-is-threatening-iex-1476982856 ODD BLOCK Calls trade in Activision Blizzard, Inc (ATVI), calls trade in Groupon Inc (GRPN), puts trade in Bunge LTD. (BG) STRATEGY BLOCK Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the Wash sale MAIL BLOCK Question from James T - What do you think about HIMX ? Question from TradeCraft - Are there options on carbon trading right? Do they trade much volume? Question from Trader Onki - MTG Earnings MGIC Investment Corporation is expected to report earnings tomorrow before open. I attached the OI book, Heavy volume 10K contracts -Oct 8 call -Nov 7 puts -Jan17 5 puts -Jan17 10 calls. Would you please share your thoughts? Thanks AROUND THE BLOCK Earnings Highlights this Week: Friday - General Electric Company, Honeywell International, McDonalds Corporation
TRADING BLOCK Earnings highlights today: Before the bell: American Airlines, Dunkin Brands, Verizon Communications, Textron (TXT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW) and Union Pacific (UNP) After the bell: E*Trade Financial Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, PayPal Holdings The return of pit trading? CFTCs Massad wants access to automated trader source code. A Nasdaq speed upgrade is threatening IEX. Resources mentioned in the show: http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/10/cftc-automated-trading/ http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-nasdaq-speed-upgrade-is-threatening-iex-1476982856 ODD BLOCK Calls trade in Activision Blizzard, Inc (ATVI), calls trade in Groupon Inc (GRPN), puts trade in Bunge LTD. (BG) STRATEGY BLOCK Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the Wash sale MAIL BLOCK Question from James T - What do you think about HIMX ? Question from TradeCraft - Are there options on carbon trading right? Do they trade much volume? Question from Trader Onki - MTG Earnings MGIC Investment Corporation is expected to report earnings tomorrow before open. I attached the OI book, Heavy volume 10K contracts -Oct 8 call -Nov 7 puts -Jan17 5 puts -Jan17 10 calls. Would you please share your thoughts? Thank AROUND THE BLOCK Earnings Highlights this Week: Friday - General Electric Company, Honeywell International, McDonalds Corporation
Trading Block: Earnings today before the bell: Bank of America (BAC) leading off before the market opened Monday with a positive result. Earnings today after the bell: IBM: $154.50, ADV 23K; Today over 50k, ATM Straddle: $6.50, approx. 4% Resources mentioned in the show: OptionsHouse blog Options market sees Netflix as a coiled spring ahead of earnings CEO sold millions in Wells Fargo stock before fraud revelations Odd Block: Calls trade in SPDR KBW Bank (KBE), calls trade in Bank of America Corp (BAC) and calls trade in 3D Systems Corp (DDD) Mail Block: Listener questions and comments Question from Adam - Could you please explain what it means to "gamma scalp" and why this is not called delta scalping? Thanks and your show has saved me a lot of money now that I have come to the dark side! Question from Ian Wagner - Why trade volatility vs direction or income? Preference? More favorable risk/reward profile? Around the Block/Earnings Highlights this Week: Tuesday - Dominos, Goldman Sachs, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth. Wednesday - Abbott Labs, American Express, eBay, Mattel Thursday - American Airlines, Dunkin Brands, E*Trade Financial Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, PayPal, Verizon Communications Friday - General Electric Company, Honeywell International, McDonalds Corporation
Trading Block: Earnings today before the bell: Bank of America (BAC) leading off before the market opened Monday with a positive result. Earnings today after the bell: IBM: $154.50, ADV 23K; Today over 50k, ATM Straddle: $6.50, approx. 4% Resources mentioned in the show: OptionsHouse blog Options market sees Netflix as a coiled spring ahead of earnings CEO sold millions in Wells Fargo stock before fraud revelations Odd Block: Calls trade in SPDR KBW Bank (KBE), calls trade in Bank of America Corp (BAC) and calls trade in 3D Systems Corp (DDD) Mail Block: Listener questions and comments Question from Adam - Could you please explain what it means to "gamma scalp" and why this is not called delta scalping? Thanks and your show has saved me a lot of money now that I have come to the dark side! Question from Ian Wagner - Why trade volatility vs direction or income? Preference? More favorable risk/reward profile? Around the Block/Earnings Highlights this Week: Tuesday - Dominos, Goldman Sachs, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth. Wednesday - Abbott Labs, American Express, eBay, Mattel Thursday - American Airlines, Dunkin Brands, E*Trade Financial Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, PayPal, Verizon Communications Friday - General Electric Company, Honeywell International, McDonalds Corporation
Trading Block: Earnings! Thursday - (Before the Bell): General Motors Company, Southwest Airlines, Under Armour, Verizon Communications; (After the Bell): Microsoft, Alphabet Inc., E*Trade Financial Company, Starbucks Corporation, Visa Inc. MSFT - $56, ATM Straddle $2.37 - approx. 4.2% GOOG - $756.40, ATM Straddle $41.50 - approx. 5.5% SBUX - $60.77, ATM Straddle $2.25 - approx. 3.7% Odd Block: Call spread buyers in Marathon Petroleum Corp (MRO), call buying in Tronox Ltd (TROX), and paper buying in Kilroy Realty Corp (KRC) Mail Block: Listener questions and comments Question from Nick C. - Heard any chatter about CME or CBOE leaving Chicago? Question from Bob - Is the options market the most transparent financial marketplace? Question from Willy - What does the Option Block crew think of the TOS platform? Do you like it for pricing volatility and analyzing the Greeks? Around the Block: Earnings on Friday - American Airlines, Caterpillar, General Electric Company, Honeywell International, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, McDonald's Corporation. This Week in the Market: Monday - National Association of Home Builders' Housing Market Index Tuesday - Commerce Department releases new figures Wednesday - National Association of Realtors existing home sales data Thursday - Weekly jobless claims from the Labor Department
Trading Block: Earnings! Thursday - (Before the Bell): General Motors Company, Southwest Airlines, Under Armour, Verizon Communications; (After the Bell): Microsoft, Alphabet Inc., E*Trade Financial Company, Starbucks Corporation, Visa Inc. MSFT - $56, ATM Straddle $2.37 - approx. 4.2% GOOG - $756.40, ATM Straddle $41.50 - approx. 5.5% SBUX - $60.77, ATM Straddle $2.25 - approx. 3.7% Odd Block: Call spread buyers in Marathon Petroleum Corp (MRO), call buying in Tronox Ltd (TROX), and paper buying in Kilroy Realty Corp (KRC) Mail Block: Listener questions and comments Question from Nick C.: Heard any chatter about CME or CBOE leaving Chicago? Question from Bob: Is the options market the most transparent financial marketplace? Question from Willy: What does the Option Block crew think of the TOS platform? Do you like it for pricing volatility and analyzing the Greeks? Around the Block: Earnings on Friday - American Airlines, Caterpillar, General Electric Company, Honeywell International, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, McDonald's Corporation. This Week in the Market: Monday - National Association of Home Builders' Housing Market Index Tuesday - Commerce Department releases new figures Wednesday - National Association of Realtors existing home sales data Thursday - Weekly jobless claims from the Labor Department
Interview Block: Today we are joined by special guest Mal Clissold President and Owner of SCC Capital Group, LLC. We discuss: How frequently and with what percentage do they delve into the individual stock world? What positions do you have that are designed to protect and potentially profit against a major one-day move? What kind of fund does he run? How does he control risk for his positions? What attracts him to a short vol position? What does he have on that he really likes right now? Trading Block: Earnings today after the bell: Netflix. Earnings today before the bell: PepsiCo, Hasbro, Morgan Stanley. Options traders brace for another big move for Netflix shares. Stocks to Watch: Pepsi, Chiasma, Hasbro, Morgan Stanley. Odd Block: Calls trade in The Carlye Group LP (CG), giant call roll in - Western Gas Partners, LP (WES), and upside calls trade in - AK Steel Holdings Corp (AKS). Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the importance of diversification. Around the Block: Earnings! Tuesday - Intel Corporation, Discover Financial Services, Goldman Sachs, Interactive Brokers Group, Johnson & Johnson, TD Ameritrade, Yahoo, Inc. Wednesday - Coca-Cola Company, Abbott Laboratories, American Express Company, Mattel Thursday - Before: General Motors Company, Southwest Airlines, Under Armour, Verizon Communications; After: Microsoft, Alphabet Inc., E*Trade Financial Company, Starbucks Corporation, Visa Inc. Friday - American Airlines, Caterpillar, General Electric Company, Honeywell International, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, McDonald's Corporation
Interview Block: Today we are joined by special guest Mal Clissold President and Owner of SCC Capital Group, LLC. We discuss: How frequently and with what percentage do they delve into the individual stock world? What positions do you have that are designed to protect and potentially profit against a major one-day move? What kind of fund does he run? How does he control risk for his positions? What attracts him to a short vol position? What does he have on that he really likes right now? Trading Block: Earnings today after the bell: Netflix. Earnings today before the bell: PepsiCo, Hasbro, Morgan Stanley. Options traders brace for another big move for Netflix shares. Stocks to Watch: Pepsi, Chiasma, Hasbro, Morgan Stanley. Odd Block: Calls trade in The Carlye Group LP (CG), giant call roll in - Western Gas Partners, LP (WES), and upside calls trade in - AK Steel Holdings Corp (AKS). Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the importance of diversification. Around the Block: Earnings! Tuesday - Intel Corporation, Discover Financial Services, Goldman Sachs, Interactive Brokers Group, Johnson & Johnson, TD Ameritrade, Yahoo, Inc. Wednesday - Coca-Cola Company, Abbott Laboratories, American Express Company, Mattel Thursday - Before: General Motors Company, Southwest Airlines, Under Armour, Verizon Communications; After: Microsoft, Alphabet Inc., E*Trade Financial Company, Starbucks Corporation, Visa Inc. Friday - American Airlines, Caterpillar, General Electric Company, Honeywell International, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, McDonald's Corporation
Health: Is there anything more important? In this episode, we examine three bills that moved through Congress in 2016 which would have a direct effect on the health of American citizens. Would the changes benefit you? This episode is dedicated to the loving memory of Nathan Brightbill. He will be forever loved and missed. Please support Congressional Dish: Click here to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Bills Highlighted in this Episode H.R.3762:Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 Bill Highlights Defunds the Prevention and Public Health Fund Rescinds money for States operating their own health insurance exchanges Eliminates the last year of a temporary fee to be paid by health insurance companies to fund care for “high risk individuals” Repeals limits on out of pocket health expenses for low income families Repeals the eligibility requirements for getting health care as individuals Repeals the advance payment of tax credits to help low income people pay for their individual premiums Eliminates the small business tax credit for companies with less than 25 employees and provide health insurance for their employees Eliminates the tax penalty for people who don’t get their own health insurance Eliminates the tax penalty for large employers who don’t provide their employees health insurance and backdates it to protect large companies who didn’t provide health insurance in 2015 Cut off money to States that give money to any organization that provides abortions (Planned Parenthood) Greatly reduces the amount of money for Medicaid, which is health care for poor people Repeals the 2.3% Medical Device Tax on the manufactures of large medical equipment, even though it was suspended for two years by the omnibus Transfers over $379 billion from the Treasury to the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund, which is where our payroll taxes go and is used to fund Medicare. Congressional Budget Office Report Analysis of H.R. 3762 Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act December 11, 2015 Vote Senate: 52 -47 House 240 - 181 Vetoed by President Obama Author Rep. Tom Price of Georgia’s 6th district Organizations Lobbying For H.R. 3762 Medtronic Inc.: 6 times Has more than doubled it’s lobbyist spending since 2008 - spends about $5 million per year Manufacturers expensive medical devices; the ones that have to pay a 2.3% medical device tax In 2014, gave out over a quarter million directly to members of Congress Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America: 15 times Represents drug companies and spent $18.4 million on lobbyists in 2015 America’s Health Insurance Plans: 20 times US Chamber of Commerce: 41 times Organizations Lobbying Against H.R. 3762 Planned Parenthood: 4 times H.R. 1927: Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016 (FACT Act) Bill Highlights Federal courts would be prohibited from certifying any class action lawsuit unless every person in the lawsuit has suffered “the same type and scope of injury” as the named class representative A trust set up for a company that has gone bankrupt but still owes money to claimants has to publicly report the name and exposure history of each person and the basis of the payments to that person The information would not include their “confidential” medical record or their social security number The trust would have to provide payment information or information about payment demands from the trust if the request is about liability of asbestos exposure These disclosure requirements would be valid for all Chapter 11 cases. Vote Passed the House of Representatives: 211-188 President Obama issued a Veto threat Author Bob Goodlatte of Virginia’s 6th District Biggest contributor during his career has been the National Auto Dealers Association Organizations Lobbying For H.R. 1927: Property Casualty Insurers Association of America: 8 times US Chamber of Commerce: 6 times Honeywell International: 3 times Organizations Lobbying Against H.R. 1927: American Association for Justice: 30 times American Bar Association: 13 times H.R. 2017: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015 Bill Highlights Amends disclosure requirements for chain restaurants with more than 20 locations Instead of requiring the restaurants to display "the number of calories in the standard menu item, as usually prepared and offered for sale", the restaurant would be given the choice to display: The number of calories in the whole item The number of servings and the calories per serving or The number of calories per however the restaurant chooses to divide it Restaurants where "the majority" of orders are placed by off-premises customers, the restaurant may choose to only provide nutrition information by "a remote-access menu" (such as a menu available on the Internet) as the sole method of disclosure instead of on-premises writings" Allows buffet and self-serve restaurants to publish nutrition information on the Internet instead of on a sign adjacent to each food, if they choose to. Nutrition information "shall be treated as having a reasonable basis even if such disclosures vary from actual nutrient content" Regulations for enforcing this bill will have to be created within a year. The bill then prohibits any regulations regarding nutritional information at restaurants, including regulations that have already taken affect, from taking effect until 2 years after the new regulations are done, killing all nutritional information requirement for three years. Restaurants will not have to have their nutritional information certified for accuracy. Restaurants "shall not be liable in any civil action in Federal or State court" for violating nutritional information laws. Vote Passed the House of Representatives 266-144 Author Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington's 5th district Organizations Lobbying For This Bill National Restaurant Association Safeway Inc. YUM! Brands Little Caesar Enterprises Domino's Pizza Sound Clip Sources Hearing: Rules Committee Hearing H.R. 712, 1155, SA to H.R. 3762, Rules Committee January 5th, 2016 Hearing: H.R. 1927, the “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015, April 29, 2015 Commercial (YouTube): Domino's Pizza Turnaround Additional Reading Article: Ford spent $40 million to reshape asbestos science by Jim Morris, Center for Public Integrity, February 16, 2016. Article: Absestos class action bill faces hurdles by Mark Hofmann, Business Insurance, January 17, 2016. Article: Domino's Just Unveiled a Radical Pizza Delivery Car That Took 4 Years to Build by David Gianatasio, October 22, 2015. Article: Honeywell agrees to settle Jersey City chromium lawsuit for $10 million by Michelangelo Conte, The Jersey Journal, June 9, 2015. Article: Honeywell Hit With $10.9M Verdict in Asbestos Suit by Igor Kossov, Law360, June 2, 2014. Article: The Asbestos Scam, Part 2 by Joe Nocera, New York Times, January 12, 2014. United States Government Accountability Office Report: Asbestos Injury Compensation: The Role and Administration of Asbestos Trusts , September, 2011. Article: Virginia jury hands down $25M verdict in asbestos case, by Jason L. Kennedy, March 20, 2011. Article: Honeywell Says Asbestos Verdict Was More Thank It Had Disclosed by Alex Berenson, New York Times, April 18, 2002. Article: Health Industry Sees Wish List Made Into Law, Robert Pear, NYT, Dec 6, 1999. Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio) Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations
Eric Zinterhofer, chairman of Charter Communications Inc. and co-founder of Searchlight Capital Partners, says Charter management was caught by surprise by Comcast Corp.'s behind-the-scenes attempt to usurp its $80 billion deal for Time Warner Cable. ``Blindsided is probably an understatement,'' he says. Zinterhofer reflects on Charter's journey from bankruptcy to potential cable giant and discusses why he left Apollo Management for Searchlight with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman and Kiel Porter. Plus, Bloomberg M&A reporter Ed Hammond chats about the likelihood of a merger between Honeywell International and United Technologies.
RFIDiggity: Pentester Guide to Hacking HF/NFC and UHF RFID Francis Brown Partner - Bishop Fox Shubham Shah Security Analyst at Bishop Fox Have you ever attended an RFID hacking presentation and walked away with more questions than answers? This talk will finally provide practical guidance for penetration testers on hacking High Frequency (HF - 13.56 MHz) and Ultra-High Frequency (UHF – 840-960 MHz). This includes Near Field Communication (NFC), which also operates at 13.56 MHz and can be found in things like mobile payment technologies, e.g., Apple Pay and Google Wallet. We'll also be releasing a slew of new and free RFID hacking tools using Arduino microcontrollers, Raspberry Pis, phone/tablet apps, and even 3D printing. This presentation will NOT weigh you down with theoretical details or discussions of radio frequencies and modulation schemes. It WILL serve as a practical guide for penetration testers to better understand the attack tools and techniques available to them for stealing and using RFID tag information, specifically for HF and UHF systems. We will showcase the best-of-breed in hardware and software that you'll need to build an RFID penetration toolkit. Our goal is to eliminate pervasive myths and accurately illustrate RFID risks via live attack DEMOS: High Frequency / NFC – Attack Demos: HF physical access control systems (e.g., iCLASS and MIFARE DESFire 'contactless smart card' product families) Credit cards, public transit cards, passports (book), mobile payment systems (e.g., Apple Pay, Google Wallet), NFC loyalty cards (e.g., MyCoke Rewards), new hotel room keys, smart home door locks, and more Ultra-High Frequency – Attack Demos: Ski passes, enhanced driver's licenses, passports (card), U.S. Permanent Resident Card ('green card'), trusted traveler cards Schematics and Arduino code will be released, and 100 lucky audience members will receive one of a handful of new flavors of our Tastic RFID Thief custom PCB, which they can insert into almost any commercial RFID reader to steal badge info or use as a MITM backdoor device capable of card replay attacks. New versions include extended control capabilities via Arduino add-on modules such as Bluetooth low energy (BLE) and GSM/GPRS (SMS messaging) modules. This DEMO-rich presentation will benefit both newcomers to RFID penetration testing as well as seasoned professionals. Francis Brown, CISA, CISSP, MCSE, is a Managing Partner at Bishop Fox (formerly Stach & Liu), a security consulting firm providing IT security services to the Fortune 1000 and global financial institutions as well as U.S. and foreign governments. Before joining Stach & Liu, Francis served as an IT Security Specialist with the Global Risk Assessment team of Honeywell International where he performed network and application penetration testing, product security evaluations, incident response, and risk assessments of critical infrastructure. Prior to that, Francis was a consultant with the Ernst & Young Advanced Security Centers and conducted network, application, wireless, and remote access penetration tests for Fortune 500 clients. Francis has presented his research at leading conferences such as Black Hat USA, DEF CON, RSA, InfoSec World, ToorCon, and HackCon and has been cited in numerous industry and academic publications. Francis holds a Bachelor of Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Computer Science and Engineering and a minor in Psychology. While at Penn, Francis taught operating system implementation, C programming, and participated in DARPA-funded research into advanced intrusion prevention system techniques. Shubham Shah is a Security Analyst at Bishop Fox (formerly Stach & Liu), a security consulting firm providing IT security services to the Fortune 500, global financial institutions, and high-tech startups. Shubham's primary areas of expertise are application security assessment, source code review, and mobile application security. Shubham is a former bug bounty hunter who has submitted medium-high risk bugs to the bug bounties of large corporations such as PayPal, Facebook, and Microsoft. He regularly conducts web application security research and frequently contributes to the security of open-source projects. He has presented at Ruxcon and is known in Australia for his identification of high-profile vulnerabilities in the infrastructures of major mobile telecommunication companies. Prior to joining Bishop Fox, Shubham worked at EY. At EY, he performed web application security assessments and application penetration tests. Additionally, Shubham has been a contractor for companies such as Atlassian. As a contractor, he conducted external web application security penetration tests. Shubham also develops and maintains open-source projects such as Websec Weekly that assist the web application security industry. Twitter: @bishopfox Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BishopFoxConsulting LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bishop-fox
Trading Block: VIX - The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index fell 4.6 percent Thursday to 17.21, after back-to-back gains for the first time since Sept. 28. VIX is down 30 percent this month, on track for the most since July. Earnings: The third-quarter earnings crunch begins this week. Mattel (MAT) - $22.26, Oct 22 straddle - Approx. $2 / 9% move. Netflix (NFLX) added fewer subscribers in the U.S. in the September quarter than it had anticipated. Amazon (AMZN) is up 1.6% at $553.29, as traders celebrate lackluster subscriber statistics for programming rival Netflix, Inc. Odd Block: Calls trade in Micron Technology Inc. (MU), calls trade in Solarwinds Inc. (SWI), and puts trade in Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX). Listener Mail: Listener questions and comments Question from Angelo M - I have been listening to the Options Playbook Radio episodes on iron butterflies and skip strike butterflies. I wondered what you guys on the All-Star Panel thought about maybe combining those concepts with a ratio iron butterfly that sells an extra put on the downside leg. My thought process is to do this in stocks where I expect a big move but I also do not mind buying the underlying at the level of the lower leg? It would also help reduce the outlay of the trade and make it easier to break even. Thoughts? Great show and great discussions. Question from Futures MD - Does theta increase or change intraday - perhaps around lunch? Around the Block: Earnings on Friday, October 16 include GE, Honeywell International and WW Grainger.
Trading Block: VIX - The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index fell 4.6 percent Thursday to 17.21, after back-to-back gains for the first time since Sept. 28. VIX is down 30 percent this month, on track for the most since July. Earnings: The third-quarter earnings crunch begins this week. Mattel (MAT) - $22.26, Oct 22 straddle - Approx. $2 / 9% move. Netflix (NFLX) added fewer subscribers in the U.S. in the September quarter than it had anticipated. Amazon (AMZN) is up 1.6% at $553.29, as traders celebrate lackluster subscriber statistics for programming rival Netflix, Inc. Odd Block: Calls trade in Micron Technology Inc. (MU), calls trade in Solarwinds Inc. (SWI), and puts trade in Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX). Listener Mail: Listener questions and comments Question from Angelo M - I have been listening to the Options Playbook Radio episodes on iron butterflies and skip strike butterflies. I wondered what you guys on the All-Star Panel thought about maybe combining those concepts with a ratio iron butterfly that sells an extra put on the downside leg. My thought process is to do this in stocks where I expect a big move but I also do not mind buying the underlying at the level of the lower leg? It would also help reduce the outlay of the trade and make it easier to break even. Thoughts? Great show and great discussions. Question from Futures MD - Does theta increase or change intraday - perhaps around lunch? Around the Block: Earnings on Friday, October 16 include GE, Honeywell International and WW Grainger.
完整文稿请关注周日微信,或登录以下网址: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2014/06/09/2582s830617.htm This is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Yun Feng in Beijing. Here is the news. Air China will offer non-stop flights between Beijing and Washington, D.C. four times a week from June 10 this year in the latest move to expand its network in the United States. The flight is scheduled to leave Beijing at 1 p.m. Beijing time and arrive at 2:35 p.m. Washington time on the same day. The return flight is expected to depart at 4:35 p.m. and arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport at 6:15 p.m. the next day. Flight numbers for the Beijing-Washington service will be CA 817 and 818. The United States is a popular destination for the increasingly affluent Chinese travelers. China is expected to be the top tourist source market for the United States in 2018 with the number of Chinese visitors hitting almost 5 million. This is NEWS Plus Special English. China's eastern city of Suzhou has been awarded the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize for its sound planning principles and good urban management. The nominating committee for the prize praised Suzhou for its achievements in economic prosperity and preservation of celebrated cultural and historic heritage, despite numerous challenges amid the rapid industrialization and urbanization processes in China. Suzhou was selected from among 36 cities. The biennial Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize honors outstanding achievements and contributions to the creation of livable and vibrant urban communities around the world. It seeks to recognize and celebrate efforts in furthering urban solutions and sustainable urban development. The Orange County Water District, which manages a groundwater basin in Orange County, California in the United States, also received the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize at the same ceremony. Orange County is honored for its pioneering work in groundwater management and water reclamation using advanced water reuse technologies. The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize is the highlight of the Singapore International Water Week. It was launched in 2008 to honor outstanding contributions by individuals or organizations towards solving the world's water problems by applying innovative technologies or implementing policies and programs which benefit humanity. You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Yun Feng in Beijing. Mobile devices have become part of people's daily life nowadays and many passengers bring their devices aboard the plane; but without in-flight WiFi service, they only can play Angry Birds game during the boring flight period. That will change on the flights of Air China, the country's flag carrier. Air China has signed an agreement with U.S. technology company Honeywell International, and will begin testing the system in the second quarter of next year. The system, GX Aviation, is a high-speed in-flight connectivity service powered by satellite networks to enable ships to stay in touch with the shore or call for help. With this technology, passengers on the airplane can expect a 60 percent faster download speed compared with now. The first GX satellite was launched last December, and two new ones are scheduled for launch by the end of this year. The satellites will span the globe and provide a more stable signal. The service can provide real-time data to the ground maintenance center when the airplane is flying, and display the flight routes to passengers. Currently, there are two different solutions to provide in-flight connectivity services, either through ground bases or satellites. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Samsung Electronics, one of the world's biggest smartphone makers, has unveiled its first smartphone powered by Tizen, an open-source operating system, to rely less on Google's Android. The Samsung Z was on show at the Tizen Developer Conference held last week in San Francisco, the United States. The South Korean tech giant says that the phone is optimized with the Tizen software, which will offer a faster startup time and immediate multi-tasking capabilities. The smartphone comes with a 4.8-inch display and Quad-core processor. It features a distinctive home and application layout for easy access to favorite apps. Samsung has been struggling to develop its own operating system to rely less on the Android, which has been working on supports for other Android-based device makers. The Samsung Z will be available in Russia in the third quarter of this year, and is planned to expand to other markets. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Japan has begun its first 4K ultra high-definition broadcasting trail TV service. The Channel 4K is operated by "NexTV-F", meaning "Next Generation Television and Broadcasting Promotion Forum". The channel will air contents provided by member TV stations, covering live music, travel and sports programs, for roughly six hours a day during the preliminary period. Viewers need a 4K television, tuner and antenna. They also need to send an application to the operator to watch the channel. NexTV-F was set up in Japan in May last year to promote 4K broadcasting. It has over 60 corporate members consisting mainly of TV stations, electronics makers, ad agencies and trading houses. The Japanese government is aiming to begin the commercial service for 4K broadcasting in 2016.
Honeywell International has 132,000 employees around the world and dozens of businesses in the aerospace, energy, consumer products, construction, automotive, healthcare, and other industries. How does an organization on that scale stay nimble enough to recognize opportunities and take advantage of them? CEO Dave Cote discusses the company's strategy and his own role.
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Audio File: Download MP3Transcript: Interview with Asmau Ahmed Lucy Sanders: Hi this is Lucy Sanders, the CEO of NCWIT, the National Center for Women and Information Technology and this is an interview and a series of interviews that we're doing with just wonderful entrepreneurs, who have started technology companies. With me is Larry Nelson, w3w3. Hi Larry. Larry Nelson: Hi I'm so happy to be here. One of the great things we've been on the Internet Radio Show business for fourteen years and we're running into NCWIT and Lucy Sanders and their whole team. This has been absolutely been fantastic. I've got four daughters, so I'm very very moved. Lucy: Wonderful. OK. This is the first time in over seventy interviews that I believe we're interviewing a chemical engineer. Larry: Oh, that's it. That's right. Lucy: It's awesome and with experience in color quality assurance no less. So stay tuned as to why this is so important for her company, Plum Perfect. Today we're interviewing Asmau Ahmed. She is the founder and CEO of Plum Perfect and it's just this fantastic site where you can go and you can upload a picture of yourself and magic happens, and it will find through color detection the right kind of make‑up for you. Now, Larry if you're not going to really look up at make‑up yet, OK, they're going to expand in other verticals around clothing or maybe furniture so you could send a shot of your sofa and you would know what colors you could use to decorate your house. Welcome Asmau. We're really happy to have you here. Asmau Ahmed: I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you for having me. Lucy: So tell us a little bit about what's going on at Plum Perfect. It's just an astoundingly beautiful site as well. Larry: Yes, yes. Asmau: Thank you. Thank you. What we've built really is a technology that enables end‑users to use mobile, social and online photos to shop. That really is the base line of our technology. Think about, what you said Lucy, taking a photo of your face and instantly in seconds, we would scour the web and all of the brands that you know and love to find you the one lipstick that would look great on you, the one eye shadow that would look good on you for that night out. Take a photo of a dress that you already own and we're going to find the perfect accessories to go with that dress or couch, to find the perfect throw pillows or paint colors. What we've really built here isn't just a beauty product or a fashion product or a home product. It is the ability for users to take photos, which we all do now, right? We literally have cameras everywhere we go on our phones, on our computers, so the ability to utilize that and we share it everywhere too as well right on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram. We're really in this culture of photo sharing. What Plum Perfect does is leverage that culture of photo sharing and uses that to drive e‑commerce powered by really, really strong technology. Lucy: I can already see a successful exit for you. Larry: My wife would be there tonight. Asmau: I would be happy to take any introductions. Lucy: I may be visiting this company when I go to California the end of this week. Asmau: Oh, that would be great. Lucy: Why don't you tell us how you first got into technology? You're a chemical engineer and here you are now starting a tech company. Asmau: Absolutely. So where do I start? I love innovation. It's just been part of life, part of how I grew up. I remember growing up and reading my father's ‑‑ I'm aging myself now ‑‑ at that point, computers as common as they are today ‑‑ but reading my father's encyclopedia and just always being amazed by technology, particularly chemistry. At a young age, my parents changed our laundry room into a chemistry lab for me. [laughing] Asmau: You know they did. So that was just the beginning. I knew that even in college, I was a chemical engineer, but I loved, loved, loved till today, loved math. I loved innovating and I couldn't just figure out what I wanted to concentrate on. That could be a good thing and a bad thing. I went with chemical engineering because it was so diverse, but I also made sure that I took all of the math classes and all of the biology classes, just anywhere I had an interest. In leaving college, my first job was Honeywell International, where I did manufacturing work. Through my experiences at work and through my experiences at shopping, I thought how neat it would be, if we were able to build, if we ever got to the point where we had visually accurate information in consumer‑grade cameras and were able to extract that information somehow, make sense of that information, and use it to recommend other products that you could buy. At that point, I thought how neat would that be if we could use photos to power e‑commerce. This was years ago. I don't think that if I had built something back then, it would be as successful as it is today with the culture of photo sharing, but that was how it all began for me. I honestly did not do anything with it for a while, but sat on it. It was just one of those ideas that wouldn't go away. It was one of those things that just kept nagging me. In the back of my mind, I knew that it had legs. I knew that this was something that could really really catch on. Until I went to business school and wrote a business plan and built the technology, I learned how to do it. I had a chemical engineering background not a software engineer or a coder, but I know logic. I was curious enough to learn how to build out the first technology, build out the first recommendation engine. That was about five, six years ago and here we are. Larry: Wow, very impressive. My goodness. What do you think out there in the field are technologies that are really cool today? Asmau: Oh my goodness. I think virtual reality, anything virtual reality is great. I was watching , actually one of my favorite Sunday pastimes is watching tech. This past Sunday, there was a show and I don't remember his name, on how we can really integrate a virtual world with reality without having the interface of a computer. Where you can literally just use your fingers to take a photo or go shopping and use the window to figure out what it is that you want to buy in the store. I think virtual reality and integrating reality with the online world or the digital world, I think that's where the next big technology breakthrough would be. Lucy: I just read about being able to control devices mentally, so I don't know if maybe I dreamt that. [laughter] Asmau: You know to think that that's not too far away. I mean there are great technologies being built today that allow you to control things by what you sense is, smell. For us we are using photos because we thought using something visual was the closest thing we could get. It was measurable. But being able to control something by your mental ability, using your brainwaves of some sort to control what you do. It's a little scary isn't it? But its great. Lucy: It is great. Well, so why are you an entrepreneur? What is it about being an entrepreneur that makes you tick? Asmau: I think that there is an entrepreneurial DNA. I think that there really is a type of person that can stride in the world of entrepreneurship. For me as a child, I remember to just always wanting to be everything. I could never say I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer. All I knew was that I wanted to innovate. All I knew was that I wanted to do something radical, make a difference. I wanted to build something out of seemingly nothing, but put pieces together. That was my one goal really in life. For me, I find that one goal fulfilled with entrepreneurship. It really is a way for me to innovate, a way for me to build, a way for me to use my brainpower and my knowledge to make a difference and to create something that I see has utility. People love it when they see it and they use it. I've worked in corporate America before and there are great things about it, but I was bored to death. At the time I stopped working, I knew it was time because it was an environment that was good from a stability standpoint. I was getting a paycheck every other week. It was great to have that, but I felt my brain cells were deteriorating because I was not learning anything new. I was not motivated by what I was doing. I did not have the freedom to innovate as much as I wanted to. It really is, innovation is what drives me. For me, it is not about work or play, it's really all about life and for me life is about innovating. It's about making a difference and entrepreneurship allows me that outlet to do that. For me, there isn't a nine to five job. It really is my life and what I do. Larry: Now, let me ask this. Along the way you launched your company five, six years ago now and you've done so many different things. Who were your mentors or service role models for you over the years? Asmau: Well, there are quite a few. The greatest supporters I've had, have been advocates of technology, advocates of women in technology, advocates of minorities in technology and just people that recognize talent when they see it. I know that I've started building technology five, six years ago, but we launched the company about two years ago 2010. One of my very early supporters was with the Astia Network. Astia is a community of women in technology or women in start‑ups to come together. I joined ASTIA back in 2010. Through Astia and all of the wonderful people that make up Astia, Yolanda Wardowski, Sharon Vosmeck and a bunch of others, I've got a huge huge support network and a huge boost. One of our greatest supporters, as well an earlier investors, was Keyport Capital. Frieda and Mitch Keyport has just been, I can't describe words how much support they have offered. You know when you talk about having angels or [indecipherable 11:09] . It's not just about the money, it's about the advice, the time, their experience, belief in you even when you make mistakes and you will make mistakes. I have made mistakes. Their constant support and knowing that there is somebody with this much experience that has been through the grind, had so many business start‑ups and has seen the entire spectrum of really big successes to drastic failures, and having them believe in you and take the time and energy to spend with you, most recently Golden Seeds, who are our latest investors. o On that board is Marty Nealon, who is the former CEO of the Home Shopping Network. I remember first meeting Marty and actually met her with another gentleman, and immediately, when I told her about what we were building, she loved it. She loved it from the get‑go. She got it. She understood and she has been behind us a hundred percent since. Obviously, we couldn't have done this without Astia, without Keyport Capital, without Golden Seeds, without my husband who takes care of my two‑year old son every time I have to go out on the fundraising trail or go out to travel for business. We could not have done it without all of their support, both people that believe in the technology and its potential, and people that believed in me and my potential as an engineer and also as a founder and CEO and people that have just been a great support network for me, family and friends. Lucy: Well, you know we know many of them well here at NCWIT. We worked with Frieda and the level playing field and we worked with... Asmau: Oh. so you know how passionate Frieda could be. Lucy: Oh, absolutely wonderful people. Now, we're going to switch gears and talk about this toughest thing that you've ever done in your career. Why don't you tell our listeners what ever comes to mind about, "Oh, that was horrible. I would hope to have never do that again." Asmau: That's a tough one because Lord knows I've made a lot of mistakes. The toughest thing that I've ever done ‑‑ I know this is going to sound very cliché, but it's the truth ‑‑ it really has been around not following my passion when I knew it was time. It's been around staying at that job longer because I wanted to have that security of that paycheck. I did not want to take the leap of faith, you know, what would happen if I did that? ,The toughest thing that I've done is stayed at an environment that I knew wasn't right for me, that I knew was a path really leading to nowhere but feeling obligated to stay there because I had to make ends meet right? For me, that was the toughest thing emotionally. It was also the toughest thing, mentally for me. It was the toughest thing. It was tough. It was tougher than going out there. I know that most start‑ups would say the toughest thing was fundraising and waiting for forever and not getting funded and you know hearing all the nos. For me honestly that was fine because I knew that not everybody would buy into our technology, not everybody would love it. It wasn't everyone's sweet spot, but I believed in it and that fuel kept me going. Staying in the environment where I had no fuel, where I had no passion was a slow death, so that was the toughest thing. Larry: Wow, you know that's going through a great deal and that's a great segue into our next question. That is, if you were right now sitting at your desk or your table with a "wannabe" entrepreneur, what kind of advice would you give them? Asmau: I would say if you can, find a partner. Find somebody that believes in this just as strongly as you do. It has to be the right person from the onset and go at it together. Finding that partner is like choosing a mate for life because it really is that intimate of a relationship. You have to trust them. You have to get along. You have to be comfortable about talking about strategy to finances to direction of where the company is going to go, hiring, who's going to take responsibility. It's like raising a child together right? So you have to be able to know that person and trust that person in and out. That's my first advice. My second advice would be you're going to hear a lot of nos and you're going to hear people give you varying opinions on how can grow your product and that's a great thing. When you have a strong technology, you have a strong product. There's several different ways that you can go with it. That's a good thing. But you need to stay focused and I struggled at that very much in the beginning. That was something that I got lot of guidance on was when we first build this out, we wanted to be everything. We had to choose one vertical to focus on, and hopefully, we can roll out the others with time, but we had to get the first vertical right. My third advice would be to stay focused. Lucy: Focus is important. Asmau: It is very important. Larry: I like it! Lucy: So along the same lines and maybe drilling down just a bit, what personal characteristics do you have that make you a successful entrepreneur. Asmau: Staying power and not giving up, that's one. The second is thinking outside of the box and pushing the envelope. Whenever I try to bring somebody on board on our team or I post the job, I always put on there that this isn't for the faint‑hearted. If you're looking for the status quo, this isn't it for you. You have to be willing to push the envelope. If I think that and not going out there and seeing whether they exist and using that as the limits to what you can create right? And I had a lot of people that have done that. They've come onboard and they're like, "Oh let's see what other people are doing," and that kind of creates the boundaries to what we can do. I say, "No. We can't do that. The whole point of this is that we're not looking to create what has already been created. We're looking to push the boundaries here." Yes, we learn from what has already been done, but we take that next level. We take it a step ahead. So I think just having that mindset as well. I think the two characteristics are staying power and just a thirst for innovation and pushing the envelope and not being satisfied until you do. Lucy: Well, and I think the push for innovation is something that many people need to experience an innovative effort before they really understand that, right? Asmau: Agreed. Lucy: They have to be around it for a while. Some people are busy when they're young blowing things up in their parent's laundry room and the chemistry lab. But I think some people are a little scared of innovation perhaps until they've gone through it before. Asmau: I think also that people are scared of failure. Lucy: Yes. Agreed. Asmau: I've been through this as well. For me, I think it's not necessarily failure, it's a fear of not being the best and not knowing how to approach or solve a problem. You then kind of shut off and just think you can separate yourself from this world of innovation just because you don't know how to relate to it. You are not sure you would be the best that you can be, if put in that world. I think even more so than not being around innovation because I think this day and age we're all around innovation. You can't escape from it. It's everywhere. I think it's the fear of just engaging with it and knowing that you can without failure. Larry: Innovation is certainly a big word here, but also you know you have a very loving, wonderful family. You're building a new business. How was it that you bring ‑‑ and this is a word we talk about a little bit ‑‑ balance into your personal and your professional lives? Asmau: A lot of support, my family. I think as women, we are built to multitask. I went out fundraising, when I was pregnant. I continued to work when I had my son. I didn't shut down between breastfeeding and changing diapers. I continued to work. It's really a matter of effective time management skills. Again that drive, that drive, if you're really passionate about something and it's is what drives you, then you find time for it. You get it done somehow. There's been times when I've slowed down, absolutely, but I've slowed down. I have always known that I would have to make up for that and get back on and push even harder. There's no magic formula to this. It's really just about having that drive, managing your time effectively and having the support. My husband has been... I couldn't have done this without him. He's been awesome. I remember having to travel out to the West Coast sometimes and not having a nanny and he would come out with me and stay with my son in the hotel, while I went out on meetings. It really is a team effort. Lucy: I love that story because I feel like that's an answer to women potentially having stronger careers, that kind of sharing. I think not only that, but I think it's an answer to a number of fathers feeling like they've been with their kids as they've grown up. I think it's wonderful. You've already achieved a lot. What's next for you? We think that's kind of an interesting question to ask entrepreneurs because they are so heads down in their business and their life, but do you see anything that potentially might be next for you or for the company? Asmau: Absolutely. You know it's interesting that you say that we're so heads down because I think you're absolutely right. I was talking to one of my colleagues here, and sometimes, we just realize that we just need to take some time out and appreciate the milestones that we've achieved. You spent so much time working at getting to that milestone, but when you get there, you're already thinking what's the next step. For us, I think we've built a great technology. We've built a great product and we have active users. I would love to see our user base increase significantly. I would love to see us go out there in the marketplace. We haven't done a ton of marketing, but we've already built great enthusiasm for our technology in the technology round space. My next goal is to reach as many people in the US and internationally as we can. I really see this as the next way to shop, the next way for people to engage with stores and with retailers both online and the physical stores. It's just to take a photo of whatever it is you want and we can use that visual information from that photo to drive e‑commerce. I mean just think about how huge that could potentially be. Lucy: I'm excited. Asmau: Whatever that thought is or wherever your imagination goes, that's how big we want to get, that's how much impact we want to have. It's baby steps. We've certainly taken a lot of baby steps in the past four years. We've made huge milestones and we're looking forward to our next achievement. Lucy: It sounds wonderful and I'm looking forward to the time I could actually buy make‑up that looks good on me. Asmau: Certainly. Lucy: All right well thank you very much Asmau: Thank you, Larry. Lucy: I want to remind listeners that they can find this on w3w3.com and ncwit.org Larry: You betcha. Thank you so. Lucy: Good luck with the company. Asmau: Thank you so much. [music] Series: Entrepreneurial HeroesInterviewee: Asmau AhmedInterview Summary: Asmau Ahmed's entrepreneurial story begins with years of unsuccessfully navigating store aisles in search of make-up and clothing colors to help her look her best. As an engineer and beauty and fashion enthusiast with over 11 years of experience in business, Asmau was compelled to address the problem with technology. So she built Plum Perfect, a visual search engine that provides instant personalized recommendations to shoppers using their photos. Release Date: September 1, 2012Interview Subject: Asmau AhmedInterviewer(s): Lucy Sanders, Larry NelsonDuration: 22:57
Bio: Vincent Liu, CISSP, is a Managing Partner at Stach & Liu, a security consulting firm providing IT security services to the Fortune 1000 and global financial institutions as well as U.S. and foreign governments. Before founding Stach & Liu, Vincent led the Attack & Penetration and Reverse Engineering teams for the Global Security unit at Honeywell International. Prior to that, he was a consultant with the Ernst & Young Advanced Security Centers and an analyst at the National Security Agency. In these roles, he gained extensive experience conducting risk assessments, analyzing source code, and performing penetration testing. Vincent is a sought after speaker and has presented his research at conferences including Black Hat, ToorCon, InfoSec World, SANS, and Microsoft BlueHat. Vincent has been published in interviews, journals, and books with highlights including: Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit; Writing Security Tools and Exploits; Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, and Coding; Hacking Exposed Wireless 1st and 2nd Edition; and Hacking Exposed Web Applications 3rd Edition. He led the technical editing of the critically-acclaimed Ajax Security, and is most recently the co-author of Web Application Security A Beginner's Guide. Vincent holds a Bachelor of Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Computer Science and Engineering and a minor in Psychology. Presentation: Was recorded at the University of Advancing Technology Tech Forum Spring 2012