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Send us a textSean Rep, known for his meticulous cable management and massive social media following, shares his journey from central office trainee to "closet artist" with a reputation for creating perfect cable waterfalls.• Started in 2000 with Lucent Technologies before the tech crash, receiving extensive training but limited field experience initially• Bundles cables in groups of 12 for efficient management, dressing each bundle individually before combining• Creates his signature "waterfalls" entirely by hand without cable combs through patience and attention to detail• Strong preference for velcro over tie wraps for both aesthetics and safety reasons• Accidentally became a social media sensation with his first TikTok reaching 200,000 views• Currently working on a massive project with 1.9 million feet of Cat6 cable across 19 IDFs and 2 MBFs• Prefers staying in the field over project management, enjoying the hands-on aspects of the work• Uses CapCut to edit his videos, all shot on iPhone• Identifies attention to detail as the most important trait for success in the ICT industryKnowledge is power. Follow Sean on TikTok and Instagram @SeanRep to see his impressive cable management work.Support the showKnowledge is power! Make sure to stop by the webpage to buy me a cup of coffee or support the show at https://linktr.ee/letstalkcabling . Also if you would like to be a guest on the show or have a topic for discussion send me an email at chuck@letstalkcabling.com Chuck Bowser RCDD TECH#CBRCDD #RCDD

John Chambers led Cisco through the rise of the internet—transforming it into the world's most valuable company at its peak.On this week's Grit, the former Cisco CEO unpacks how he scaled the business from $70M to $50B+, pioneered M&A as a growth strategy with 180 acquisitions, and built what many called the best sales force in tech.Now leading his own venture firm, Chambers shares how he's backing the next generation of AI-native startups.Guest: John T. Chambers, Former Cisco Executive Chairman & CEO, JC2 Ventures Founder & CEOChapters: 00:00 Trailer00:45 Introduction01:45 Track record, relationships, trust13:21 Acquisitions every year17:32 Product-focused24:40 Family, dyslexia, and without shame30:46 Wang Laboratories35:59 Ready being CEO40:17 Reinventing your business50:08 Numbers don't lie54:09 Sales calls and making mistakes56:20 Adapting leadership style1:06:32 Best leadership year ever1:13:35 A busy, exhausting schedule1:22:07 Candid with me1:25:21 What “grit” means to John1:26:43 OutroMentioned in this episode: John Doerr, OpenAI, Wang Laboratories, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple Inc., Meta Platforms, FMC Corporation, DuPont de Nemours, Inc., John Mortgage, Don Valentine, Sequoia Capital, Alcatel Mobile, Lucent Technologies, Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Inc., Rick Justice, Pankage Patel, Larry Carter, CNBC, Jim Cramer, George Kurtz, CrowdStrike, Randy Pond, Rebecca Jacoby, Mel SelcherLinks:Connect with JohnXLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins

Podcast Summary: In this powerful episode of The Lesbian Love Podcast, Pamela Gort launches her “Lesbian Luminaries” series Episode #2 with a deep and inspiring conversation with Mary Ann Horton—transgender activist, speaker, author, and true trailblazer. Mary Ann shares her personal journey of self-discovery and transition, highlights her groundbreaking work to advance transgender equality in corporate America, and opens up about the emotional realities of living as her authentic self. From workplace advocacy, family dynamics and public education, Mary Ann's story is rich with vulnerability, courage, and wisdom.Her memoir, Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America, serves as a central thread throughout the conversation and offers a must-read account of her pioneering journey. Whether you're seeking to better understand the trans experience, exploring identity, or simply love great storytelling—this episode is not to be missed.Detailed Breakdown: Questions Pamela Asked Mary Ann Horton1.      Can you share a little about your early life before transitioning? What were some defining moments?2.      What is your definition of transgender, and what does the term include?3.      What were the key phases in your transition journey, and how did you come to the decision to live full-time as Mary Ann?4.      How did your spouse respond to your desire to transition?5.      What are the four spectrums of identity you teach in your Transgender 101 presentations?6.      What was it like living a double life before you came out fully? How did that affect you emotionally and mentally?7.      Can you share the story of how you advocated for inclusive language in Lucent Technologies' non-discrimination policy?8.      What were some of the biggest obstacles you encountered during your transition?9.      How did your family, especially your sons, respond to your transition?10. What challenges did you face attending places like church or school events as a trans parent?11. Did you ever consider going back to presenting as male after transitioning? How did you know you were truly done with that part of your identity?12. Do you find it difficult to revisit your past as a man while living fully as a woman today?13. What inspired you to be an activist before you transitioned? What was your motivation?14. Why did you decide to be “out” and visible as a trans woman instead of living stealth?15. What inspired you to write your memoir Trailblazer?16. How did you gather the data shown in the “ice cream cone” slide, and what does it reveal about the range of trans identities?17. What advice would you give to someone considering transitioning?18. What are the WPATH standards of care and why are they important?19. How should we approach trans kids who are exploring their identity at a young age?20. How do you respond to religious arguments that suggest being trans is a mistake?21. How has society's perception of transgender people evolved over the years?22. How has media representation of transgender individuals changed, and why is that important?23. How do you personally celebrate your identity today?24. Why are pronouns important, and how can people make a respectful effort to use them?25. Who did you write Trailblazer for, and who has been most impacted by it?26. Can you share the letter you wrote to your mother when you came out, and her response?27. What are some misconceptions about trans individuals you wanted to clear up in your book?Connect with Mary Ann Horton:Website: MaryAnnHorton.comBook: Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America (Available on Amazon & Google Play)Speaking Inquiries: Via her website (small community groups or formal keynotes available)

Artificial intelligence is getting a lot of attention these days, and many are wondering how it can be harnessed to help today's bakers. While it's too soon to understand the full extent of AI's capabilities, this technology is already being used to reduce product loss (https://bakerpedia.com/how-to-avoid-product-loss/), boost quality assurance (https://bakerpedia.com/food-safety/quality-assurance/), and much more in bakery plants. In this episode of BAKED in Science, host Mark Floerke is joined by five bakery experts to discuss the future of artificial intelligence in the baking industry and how it can be used to improve yield and productivity, as well as minimize waste in bakery plants. As a Certified Executive Coach with over 20 years in the bakery manufacturing industry, Dr. Lin Carson has pioneered the way for knowledge sharing through BAKERpedia. Starting with a BSc degree in Food Science & Technology from The Ohio State University, and a MSc and PhD from the Department of Grain Science at Kansas State University. She has led teams for bakery manufacturing companies like Wendy's International and Dave's Killer Bread. A career baker, Jim Little has more than 30 years of experience in a wide variety of products and production methods within the baking industry. Currently, he is the Senior Vice President of R&D and CI at CraftMark Bakery (https://www.craftmarkbakery.com) in Indianapolis, he has been challenged to develop an even deeper knowledge of formulation and production across frozen bread dough, cookies, muffins and flatbread. Yuegang Zhao is the Chief Commercial Officer for KPM Analytics (https://bakerpedia.com/kpm-analytics/), a global quality assurance and food safety solutions provider serving food, agriculture, and environmental industries. Yuegang has over 20 years of extensive global experience creating, developing, and growing enterprise value in various industries ranging from aerospace to fluid analysis. Phillip Stringer is the founder of Comprehensive Process Solutions, LLC (https://bakerpedia.com/comprehensive-process-solutions/), and an accomplished Engineering and R&D professional with 14 years of experience in the Food, Agriculture, and Pharmaceutical industries. His global expertise, gained from working in over 30 countries across six continents, equips him with a deep understanding of diverse client needs. Tremaine Hartranft, Vice President of Technical Growth and Strategy, is responsible for supporting the development of the vision, value and organizational structure at Reading Bakery Systems (https://www.readingbakery.com). Prior to joining Reading Bakery Systems, Tremaine worked at Brentwood Industries as a Research & Development Engineer, and at Lucent Technologies as a Process Analyst. How AI Can Help the Baking Industry Some topics covered include: Utilizing artificial intelligence to automate standard operating procedures Leveraging AI during the formulation process Vision inspection systems for improving quality The opportunity to use data for predictive maintenance Training AI to keep production standards up while experts are away The challenges of confidentiality around data sharing Developing an AI strategy for your bakery

Alsym is developing a new generation of high-performance, low-cost, non-flammable batteries to help enable a zero-carbon electrified future for all. Using readily-available materials that are inherently non-toxic, Alsym's breakthrough battery technology is an alternative to lithium-ion at less than half the cost, with the same performance and with no lithium or cobalt.Mukesh Chatter is CEO, president and co-founder of Alsym Energy. Previously, he co-founded Nexabit Networks and was CEO until its acquisition by Lucent Technologies, and co-managed NeoNet Capital LLC. He was named to Red Herring Magazine's Top 10 Entrepreneurs in 1999, and Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001. Mukesh received his Master's degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.--On the personal side:Chatter was inspired to launch Alsym Energy after his mother's passing, leading him to focus on solving problems that impact at least a billion people. His goal was to create an energy storage solution that could bring electricity access to underserved communities while also addressing global industrial decarbonization needs.In our conversation, he also stressed the importance of thinking non-linearly, embracing pivots, and prioritizing a strong team culture where leadership leads by example. He highlighted meditation and intentional pauses between tasks as key strategies for maintaining focus and resilience in high-stress environments.--

Synopsis: Venture capital is evolving, and so is biotech. In this episode of Biotech 2050, host Alok Tayi, CEO and co-founder of VibeBio, sits down with Alex Bangash, Founder of Transpose, an investment firm backing both startups and funds. With over 20 years of experience in venture investing, Alex shares his unconventional journey from engineering to investing and how his unique perspective has shaped his approach to funding. He breaks down the shifting startup landscape, the critical role of LPs in biotech, and why AI is a game-changer for both tech and life sciences. Alex also offers sharp insights into what it takes to build a successful venture fund today and the structural shifts that are redefining the industry. Whether you're a founder, investor, or biotech enthusiast, this episode is packed with valuable lessons on navigating the future of venture capital. Biography: Alex Bangash is the Founder of Transpose Platform, an anchor fund for the most disruptive venture funds of this decade. He is also the co-founder and former CEO of Trusted Insight, a machine learning–driven platform that hosts the world's largest network of institutional investors. Prior to TI Platform, Alex managed capital for clients at premier endowments, foundations, family offices, insurance firms, sovereign wealth funds, and pension funds since 2003. He has helped invest over $2 billion in 50 funds with a track record of investing over $1 billion in 50+ funds for institutional investors with an IRR of 30%+ and a 2x NAV. He advised the first checks in Accel, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Emergence, Y Combinator, Khosla, SaaStr, Initialized, Crystal Towers, and Baseline. Earlier in his career, Alex was an engineer and executive at AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, and GE. Alex holds an MBA from the Wharton School (where he is a frequent guest lecturer); an M.Eng. in Operations Research from Cornell, and a BS in Computer Science, English, and Economics from Cornell.

The Hoover Institution Program on the US, China, and the World held Critical Issues in the US-China Science and Technology Relationship on Thursday, November 7th, 2024 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PT at the Annenberg Conference Room, George P. Shultz Building.  Both the United States and the People's Republic of China see sustaining leadership in science and technology (S+T) as foundational to national and economic security. Policymakers on both sides of the Pacific have taken action to promote indigenous innovation, and to protect S+T ecosystems from misappropriation of research and malign technology transfer. In the US, some of these steps, including the China Initiative, have led to pain, mistrust, and a climate of fear, particularly for students and scholars of and from China. Newer efforts, including research security programs and policies, seek to learn from these mistakes. A distinguished panel of scientists and China scholars discuss these dynamics and their implications. What are the issues facing US-China science and technology collaboration? What are the current challenges confronting Chinese American scientists? How should we foster scientific ecosystems that are inclusive, resilient to security challenges, and aligned with democratic values?  Featuring Zhenan Bao is the K.K. Lee Professor of Chemical Engineering, and by courtesy, a Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Material Science and Engineering at Stanford University. Bao directs the Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiate (eWEAR). Prior to joining Stanford in 2004, she was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies from 1995-2004. She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1995. Bao is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors. She is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Science. Bao is known for her work on artificial electronic skin, which is enabling a new-generation of skin-like electronics for regaining sense of touch for neuro prosthetics, human-friendly robots, human-machine interface and seamless health monitoring devices. Bao has been named by Nature Magazine as a “Master of Materials”. She is a recipient of the VinFuture Prize Female Innovator 2022, ACS Chemistry of Materials Award 2022, Gibbs Medal 2020, Wilhelm Exner Medal 2018, L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award 2017. Bao co-founded C3 Nano and PyrAmes, which produced materials used in commercial smartphones and FDA-approved blood pressure monitors. Research inventions from her group have also been licensed as foundational technologies for multiple start-ups founded by her students. Yasheng Huang (黄亚生) is the Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He also serves as the president of the Asian American Scholar Forum, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting open science and protecting the civil rights of Asian American scientists. Professor Huang is a co-author of MIT's comprehensive report on university engagement with China and has recently contributed an insightful article to Nature on the US-China science and technology agreement. For more information, you can read his recent article in Nature here. Peter F. Michelson is the Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Professor of Physics at Stanford University. He has also served as the Chair of the Physics Department and as Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences. His research career began with studies of superconductivity and followed a path that led to working on gravitational wave detection. For the past 15 years his research has been focused on observations of the Universe with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, launched by NASA in 2008. He leads the international collaboration that designed, built, and operates the Large Area Telescope (LAT), the primary instrument on Fermi. The collaboration has grown from having members from 5 nations (U.S., Japan, France, Italy, Sweden) to more than 20 today, including members in the United States, Europe, China, Japan, Thailand, South America, and South Africa. Professor Michelson has received several awards for the development of the Fermi Observatory, including the Bruno Rossi Prize of the American Astronomical Society. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has served on a number of advisory committees, including for NASA and various U.S. National Academy of Sciences Decadal Surveys. In 2020-21, he co-directed an American Academy of Arts and Sciences study, Challenges for International Scientific Partnerships, that identified the benefits of international scientific collaboration and recommended actions to be taken to address the most pressing challenges facing international scientific collaborations. Glenn Tiffert is a distinguished research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a historian of modern China. He co-chairs Hoover's program on the US, China, and the World, and also leads Stanford's participation in the National Science Foundation's SECURE program, a $67 million effort authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 to enhance the security and integrity of the US research enterprise. He works extensively on the security and integrity of ecosystems of knowledge, particularly academic, corporate, and government research; science and technology policy; and malign foreign interference.  Moderator Frances Hisgen is the senior research program manager for the program on the US, China, and the World at the Hoover Institution. As key personnel for the National Science Foundation's SECURE program, a joint $67 million effort authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, Hisgen focuses on ensuring efforts to enhance the security and integrity of the US research enterprise align with democratic values, promote civil rights, and respect civil liberties. Her AB from Harvard and MPhil from the University of Cambridge are both in Chinese history.  ​

In this episode, we explore the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on project management and how it's transforming the profession. Oliver Yarbrough shares how project managers can leverage AI to enhance their skills and stay competitive in an evolving, AI-driven landscape. Hear about AI's impact on Agile teams, how SLMs and LLMs are revolutionizing data refinement, how to balance data security while leveraging AI, and how to treat AI as a key stakeholder in the evolving landscape of project management. Chapters 02:21 … Meet Oliver04:21 … What is AI?05:39 … Will AI Replace the PM?06:41 … Incorporating AI Tools08:45 … Finding the AI Capabilities09:44 … Skills and Knowledge Areas13:02 … AI and Data Analysis Challenges15:23 … ChatGPT and Data16:40 … Human in the Loop18:08 … Protecting Your Data20:14 … Contractors Using AI22:20 … Kevin and Kyle23:18 … Impact on Agile Team Performance26:22 … Fine Tuning and Refining29:05 … A Large Language Model (LLM)30:08 … Current Trends in AI32:21 … AI Component to PM Tools33:40 … Streamlining Workflow with AI39:36 … Future Evolutions of AI43:17 … Contact Oliver44:58 … Closing OLIVER YARBROUGH:  AI acts as a stakeholder on our projects, and we should treat it like we treat any other stakeholder.  That's very important.  Initially, I used to say treat it like it's a piece of software tool.  But with the new advents of these AI agents and AI assistants and all these other things, you really do need to treat it like a true stakeholder. WENDY GROUNDS:  Welcome to another episode of Manage This. where we dive deep into the latest trends, insights, and strategies in project management.  This is the podcast by project managers for project managers.  I'm Wendy Grounds, and with me in the studio is Bill Yates.  And in the studio today we have an incredible guest who is sure to enlighten, inspire, and, I think for me, educate a lot. Joining us is Oliver Yarbrough.  He's a PMP, a renowned author, speaker, and trainer with a knack for combining hands-on real-world experience with project management fundamentals.  His impressive career includes positions with Fortune 500 companies like Lucent Technologies, Staples, and Sprint, as well as successful business ventures of his own. Currently, Oliver is an active member of PMI, where he shares his extensive knowledge on adapting to AI, deriving value from data, and recognizing AI trends in project management.  He has some LinkedIn courses which we've taken a look at.  They cover everything from leveraging AI in project management to the importance of human strengths in an AI-driven world. BILL YATES:  As Wendy is saying, we're going to explore a topic that, I mean, if you connect to the news, if you connect to the Internet in any way, probably one of the top trending topics is AI, or artificial intelligence.  We're going to dive deep into that with Oliver, and we're going to look at it from a specific lens, and that is from the perspective of the project manager.  How does this impact me?  How does this impact my job and my future?  Oliver is going to share some insights with us.  He'll help us understand how to stay relevant.  What are some strengths from AI that we can harness?  What are some things that we cannot fear?  So, Oliver is here to open our minds. WENDY GROUNDS:  Yup, so get ready as we welcome Oliver.  Hi, Oliver.  Welcome to Manage This. OLIVER YARBROUGH:  Yes, great.  Glad to be here. Meet Oliver WENDY GROUNDS:  Oliver, why don't you tell us how you got into artificial intelligence?  How you took that path? OLIVER YARBROUGH:  Well, I sort of fell into it backwards.  So, I did not start off as an AI person.  I've always been a Curious George.  I've always been poking my head in, like, “What's going on here?  What's going on there?”  But, you know, I have a project management background.  So, I was doing PMP exam prep.  I was training people.  And that's how I got in touch like with you guys.

Tune in to this week's special edition of the Treasury Career Corner podcast recorded LIVE in Texas as I'm joined on stage by two amazing treasury professionals to discuss their career journeys and share valuable insights.Our esteemed guests are:Tamara Saront-Eiser, Treasurer and VP M&A, Americas at Air LiquideFred Schacknies, Vice President, Treasurer at TechnipFMCFred Schacknies:Fred is VP & Treasurer at TechnipFMC, a UK-based provider of technology solutions to the traditional and new energy industry. He leads a team 60 professionals in 12 countries, responsible for corporate finance, financial risk, cash management, credit, pension investment, insurance and infrastructure.Prior to joining TechnipFMC in 2020, he held various treasury roles with Hilton, Constellation Energy and Lucent Technologies.Fred is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP). His teams have been recognized with an AFP Pinnacle Grand Prize, and Adam Smith Award and four Alexander Hamilton Awards for various projects advancing financial risk and liquidity management and treasury systems.Fred holds a BA in international relations and economics from Brown University and an MBA in finance from New York University.Tamara Saront-Eisner:Tamara is the Treasurer and VP Mergers & Acquisitions, Americas' Hub for Air Liquide, an international Fortune500 French company and the world leader in industrial gasses. She has been recognized as one of “Houston's 50 Most Influential Women” of 2016 by Houston Women Magazine.Actively serving on the board of the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP) a national non-for-profit association for treasury and financial professionalShe holds a B.A in Economics from University of San Andres and a MSc in Economics from London School of Economics.What to expect:The episode explores the panelists' treasury careers, the choices they made, and the challenges they faced. They discuss the importance of mentorship, the value of continuous learning, and the need for treasury professionals to adapt and move across industries. They also emphasize the role of technology in treasury and the growing importance of data science skills.On the episode we discuss: Insights into the panellists' career journeys and the choices they made. Tips on navigating career progression and the importance of mentorship.The evolving role of treasury and the need for continuous learning.Insights into the impact of technology on treasury and the importance of data science skills.How to build a successful treasury career and the value of networking and connections.If you'd like to get in touch with...

About Novlet Mattis :Novlet Mattis, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer, As Orlando Health's chief digital and information officer, Novlet provides executive leadership for information technology, digital capability supply chain, and systems that advance clinical and business strategies, digitally engage patients, providers, and businesses, and optimize operational processes.Before joining Orlando Health in 2018, she was with Ascension Health in St. Louis, where she served as vice president of information technology, supporting more than 125 hospitals across the U.S. and international joint ventures.Novlet was also vice president of IT and chief information officer at UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina, and has held leadership positions at Dell Global Services, Lucent Technologies, and AT&T.She earned a bachelor's in business administration from Howard University and an MBA from George Washington University, both in Washington, D.C. She is a Certified Healthcare CIO through the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).Things You'll Learn:Orlando Health strikes a crucial balance between managing finances and innovating, particularly by adopting a unified EMR system and ventures into AI to improve patient care.The organization is not just expanding its physical footprint but also investing in data and digital platforms for future growth. Orlando Health's response to COVID-19 and push towards digital innovations like virtual sitters demonstrate resilience and forward thinking. By centralizing their data, the organization is paving the way to monetize information while ensuring enhanced patient care.Orlando Health stands out because of physician loyalty, strong economies, and unparalleled patient care.Resources:Connect with and follow Novlet Mattis on LinkedIn.Learn more about Orlando Health on their LinkedIn and website.

Jack McInerney is the founder of Renewal Coin. His primary responsibility beyond corporate strategy has been the overall structure of the Coin and its underlying asset base which is the world's first 3 Layer DAO. Previously, he was a wireless protocol engineer with Lucent Technologies and the founder of InTimeTV, which produced Internet medical programing. Prior to that, he was a broker at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. During this time, he traded Gold, S & P Index, and currencies and was elected Chairman of the Index, Debt and Energy Markets Division. Jack created the CBOT's Dollar Index contract that was certified by the CFTC. His extracurricular activities have included serving on the national boards of the FBI Citizens Academy and the Korean War Veterans Museum. Jack was an adjunct (Math) Prairie State College. He holds a Masters in Information Systems (Magna Cum Laude) Roosevelt University and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude) Robert Morris University. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

Episode 376 Overview In this insightful episode of "Grow Your Video Business," Ryan Koral dives deep into the importance of having discipline in both personal and professional life, drawing parallels from his own experiences in high school football to the video production business. He emphasizes the significance of having a vision, a plan, and how these elements fuel discipline, leading to success. The episode also explores the impact of strategic growth through effective client attraction strategies, sharing firsthand experiences of securing projects by establishing genuine connections and showcasing expertise. Key Takeaways Discover the foundational role of discipline in achieving success and how to cultivate it in your business. Learn how having a clear vision and plan can streamline your path to growth and prosperity in video production. Gain insights into attracting clients by leveraging genuine connections, showcasing expertise, and providing unparalleled value. About Frank Farrell Frank Farrell stumbled into the world of video production as a child when he discovered old film equipment in his attic. Ignoring his father's warnings, he delved into filmmaking, showcasing his creativity early on by producing short 8mm films. Recognized for his ingenuity in grade school, he quickly mastered the latest technology, leading him to establish Custom Video Productions in 1978 during his junior year of high school. His journey continued through college, where he secured a summer internship and later became the go-to video expert for major corporations like Bell Laboratories, AT&T, and Lucent Technologies, showcasing his enduring passion and dedication to sharing his creative vision. In This Episode [00:00] Welcome to the show! [03:33] Developing discipline [11:10] Attracting clients [13:31] Successful client communication [19:43] Ensuring profitability [26:18] Learning from others [31:36] Outro Quotes “My journey from high school football to running a successful video production business taught me the invaluable role of discipline." "Without a vision or a plan, it's nearly impossible to maintain discipline and achieve success." "Our most unique client engagements and how we attracted them through genuine connections and showcasing our expertise." "The significance of strategic planning in video business growth and client satisfaction." Guest Links Find Frank Farrell online Follow Frank Farrell on Facebook | YouTube Connect with Frank Farrell on LinkedIn Links Find out more about 10xFILMMAKER  Join the Grow Your Video Business Facebook Group  Follow Ryan Koral on Instagram Follow Grow Your Video Business on Instagram Check out the full show notes

My guest for the latest episode of From Start-Up to Grown-Up is Rob Ryan, Co-Founder of Ascend Communication. Ascend was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1999 by Lucent Technologies.Rob is a fount of knowledge about entrepreneurship and courageous leadership. He's also a great story teller and a hoot! Check out this clip for a sneak peek into our talk where Rob talks about something important for your company's long term success: profits. As an early internet pioneer, Rob Ryan served as principal architect in developing the V.32 Modem. He also developed the ethernet blue book standards for the first ethernet chips used in server farms as well as establishing the first decentralized network while working at DECNET.Ryan is the founder, past chairman and CEO of Ascend Communications. Ryan earned national attention when he grew his 1989 start-up company, Ascend Communications, to more than $2 billion in sales. Lucent Technologies acquired Ascend in 1999 for approximately $22 billion in what was termed at the time the "largest technology merger ever."Effectively, Ascend helped create the modern Internet by building all of the infrastructure equipment that powered the Internet worldwide. At the end of 1995, Rob won the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Northern California (including Silicon Valley). Rob also was selected as the Cornell University Entrepreneur of the Year for 2002. Following Ascend's success, Rob has helped build several start-up and early-stage ventures into multi-billion dollar companies, including Right Now Technologies and Silicon Spice, among others. His entrepreneurial successes have transformed businesses using his Sunflower Model®.In 2020 Rob co-founded SunVia, a metaverse infrastructure management company helping to usher in the new age of the internet. Rob also is the co-founder of Sunflower Academy, a non-traditional mentorship platform that utilizes the Sunflower Model® to help startup companies and entrepreneurs realize their full potential.Follow Rob on LinkedIn | WebsiteConnect with Alisa! Follow Alisa Cohn on Instagram: @alisacohn Twitter: @alisacohn Facebook: facebook.com/alisa.cohn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisacohn/ Website: http://www.alisacohn.com Download her 5 scripts for delicate conversations (and 1 to make your life better) Grab a copy of From Start-Up to Grown-Up by Alisa Cohn from AmazonLove the show? Subscribe, Rate, Review, Like, and Share!

En este Episodio tenemos el gusto de entrevistar al Líder de Proyectos Rogelio Rivera Melo de León.Es Ingeniero titulado en Comunicaciones y Electrónica egresado de la Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica de Instituto Politécnico Nacional, egresado en 1972. Catedrático de Ciencias de la Computación en la Facultad de Estudios Aragón de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Project Manager Professional “PMP” certificado por el PMI “Project Management Institute”. Ha participado en la creación de tres redes telecomunicaciones en México, con la empresa Nortel Networks de México, S.A. de C.V.: AVANTEL, AXTEL, UNEFON y CLARO Guatemala donde Implementó redes celulares en la República de Guatemala. RELIANCE LTD. INDIA. Realizó la implementación de la Red de Fibra Óptica en la República de la India, conectando a todas las radios bases desplegadas por Lucent Technologies en India en más de 100 ciudades. Colaboró en Telefónica Móviles de México, como Project Manager Senior para la instalación y puesta en operación de todas las primeras radios bases digitales de Nokia. Como consultor independiente colaborando en varias empresas, desarrolle los proyectos siguientes: Red de Datos de SERTEC en Ciudad de México. Renovación de la Red de Datos de Banco INVEX en el edificio central de este Banco en Ciudad de México. Implementación del sistema de reconocimiento de voz para el Banco BANORTE en la Ciudad de Monterrey. Digitalización del sistema de monitoreo y visualización de programas de capacitación y publicidad en una entidad de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en República del Salvador. Actualmente se enfoca en la Certificación de empresas en Normas ISO 9001 y capacitación en Gestión de Proyectos de acuerdo con los lineamientos del PMI.Si quieres conocer más sobre Rogelio Rivera Melo de León, lo puedes contactar en LinkedIn.Para obtener lo Libro PROYECTOS BRILLANTES, lo puedes encontrar en edición Kindle, en AMAZONSi estás en ECUADOR y te interesa adquirir el Libro PROYECTOS BRILLANTES en pasta blanda, lo encuentras en la LIBRERÍA ESPAÑOLA, 97 años en el maravilloso mundo del libro gracias a Ti": https://www.libreriaespanola.com/producto/proyectos-brillantes/Si estás necesitando apoyo para emprender un negocio o para impulsar un emprendimiento que está pasando por dificultades; Yo te puedo ayudar. Contáctame en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franztufino/ , Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tufinofranz/ en mi página WEB; https://proyectosbrillantes.com/ o al email: franz.tufino@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discover when Russ Hawkins (CEO of Agilence Inc.) started to “reverse think”, which blind spot cost him almost a year to recover from, and what his connection is with the Boston Firemen (18 minutes). ================================================= CEO Blindspots® Podcast Guest: Russ Hawkins. As President and CEO, Russ Hawkins is responsible for developing Agilence's overall strategy and leading its growth. Prior to Agilence, he built two early-stage technology companies into successful businesses. He was President and CEO of SilverStorm Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of high-performance computer networking equipment, which he eventually sold to QLogic Corporation. Prior to SilverStorm, he was the President and CEO of Paragon Networks, a developer of wide-area backhaul solutions for wireless networks, which he sold to Carrier Access Corporation. Russ started his career at Lucent Technologies and held various management positions. He is a Boston College graduate. ================================================= CEO Blindspots® Podcast Host: Birgit Kamps. Birgit's professional experience includes starting and selling an “Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Company” and a “Best Company to Work for in Texas”, and serving as a Board Member with various companies. She is able to help investors and executives quickly discover blind spots holding their organization back, and accelerate leadership effectiveness. In addition, Birgit is the host of the CEO Blindspots® Podcast which was recognized for having the “biggest listener growth” in the USA by 733%, and most recently for having the "top 1.5% global ranking" in its category; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ceoblindspots.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To ask questions about this or one of the 200+ other CEO Blindspots® Podcast episodes, send an email to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠birgit@ceoblindspots.com⁠

Carl Eschenbach is co-CEO at Workday, and has been a member of the company's board of directors since 2018.Prior to Workday, Carl was a general partner at venture capital firm Sequoia Capital since April 2016. Previously, Carl spent 14 years at VMware, Inc.—a global virtual infrastructure software provider—in various roles including president, chief operating officer, acting chief financial officer, and executive vice president of worldwide field operations.Prior to joining VMware in 2002, Carl held various sales management positions with Inktomi; 3Com Corporation; Lucent Technologies, Inc.; and EMC. Throughout his career, Carl has been an active board member for leading technology companies including Aurora Innovation, Inc.; Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Snowflake, Inc.; UiPath, Inc.; and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Carl also continues to stay involved with Sequoia in a venture partner capacity.Carl received an Electronics Technician diploma from DeVry University.Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach sat down with Forbes Assistant Managing Editor Diane Brady to talk about AI and the trust gap it can create, how ti bridge those gaps, and why we can't over-regulate AI.Stay ConnectedForbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.comForbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbesForbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbesForbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbesMore From Forbes: http://forbes.comForbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this Better Satellite World podcast series, we explore the exciting developments in space-based data analytics and the absolutely game-changing nature of this relatively new part of the industry. The third episode features a conversation with Raimundo Rodulfo, Director of Innovation & Technology and Chief Innovation Officer for the City of Coral Gables in Florida. Raimundo joins SSPI's Lou Zacharilla to talk about how Coral Gables is using satellite technology to manage city services and provide better quality of life for its citizens - one of many reasons why Coral Gables was recognized in 2023 as a Top7 Intelligent Community of the world by the Intelligent Community Forum (www.intelligentcommunity.org). Raimundo Rodulfo started his career 30 years ago in the early 1990s as an electrical engineer in the telecommunications industry, developing urban networks and intelligent systems. He joined the City of Coral Gables in 2004 and currently serves as Director of Innovation & Technology and Chief Innovation Officer. He leads strategic planning, co-innovation, oversight and management of citywide IT operations, infrastructure and smart city initiatives. Under his leadership, the City has received numerous awards including IEEE Smart Cities Jury Award in 2022, first place in the Digital Cities 2018, first place in the U.S. Open Cities Index in 2019 and 2020, first place in the Government Experience award in 2023, Smart 50 Award in Urban Infrastructure in 2020 and 2023, Smart Cities Council Innovation Excellence Award in 2022, Smart21 and Top7 Intelligent Community in 2023, and being recognized as one of the 8 Smart Cities to Watch in 2020 by State Tech Magazine and as one of the Top 12 worldwide in the Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards for government in 2021. Prior to joining the City, he spent ten years in the private sector working for various Fortune 500 companies such as Bellsouth, Siemens, and NCR in varying capacities. During this time, he also worked on engineering and technology projects for Motorola and Lucent Technologies in Chicago, and Agilent Technologies in Silicon Valley. He volunteers as Co-Chair of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Global Cities Team Challenge (GCTC) Superclusters, as a member of the World Business Angel Investment Forum (WBAF) Miami Board of Directors and the Cities Today Institute (CTI) Leadership Forum, and as an advisory member of international nonprofit professional committees, academic programs, and engineering standard development organizations. He has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences and events, and has also authored multiple research papers, articles, technical book chapters and other publications in the areas of smart cities, engineering and technology. Rodulfo has received numerous awards and recognition throughout his career. Most recently, he was named City Executive of the Year in the 2022 LocalSmart Awards, received the Globant Digital Disruptor award and the CyberTrust Pioneer award in 2021, was named to State Tech Magazine's list of 30 State and Local Government IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2020, was recognized as Sustainable Technology Innovator in 2023 and Smart Disruptor in 2020 by Smart Cities Americas, and received the Key to the City from the Mayor of Coral Gables.

¿Cuáles son las cosas que suelen pedir con más frecuencia las empresas cuando le piden a un headhunter que les busque una persona para desempeñar un rol directivo en la función de RRHH? ¿Qué cambios se han producido entre lo que demandan ahora las empresas y lo que esperaban de un directivo de RRHH hace unas décadas? ¿Hacia dónde seguirán evolucionando las capacidades que las empresas demandarán de sus directivos de RRHH en el futuro? ¿A qué factores son debidos todos esos cambios? ¿Cuáles son las principales oportunidades o asignaturas pendientes de la función en las empresas españolas?  Estas son algunas de las preguntas sobre las que conversamos con Plácido Fajardo, nuestro invitado en este nuevo episodio de nuestro podcast Futuro del Trabajo.  Plácido Fajardo es fundador y socio director de Leaderland, una firma dedicada a asesorar a empresas en materia de búsqueda, captación y evaluación del talento, y posiblemente la firma líder en la búsqueda de directivos de RRHH en España. Antes de dedicarse a la consultoría de búsqueda de directivos y evaluación de talento, Plácido desarrolló una larga carrera en posiciones directivas de RRHH en empresas de referencia entre las que se cuentan nombres como AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Endesa y Telefónica. 

The Artemis Accords- A Discussion with Dale Skran  What are the Artemis Accords? Are countries starting to “pick sides” as they decide to sign the Artemis Accords?  What do the Artemis Accords mean for our future of space exploration, space settlement and space economy? Will the future of space exploration invite us into a collaborative market in space, or a competitive market? Dale Skran is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Space Society- the preeminent citizen's voice on space exploration, development, and settlement- and shares his perspective on the Artemis Accords with us on this episode of Casual Space.     About Dale: Dale Skran worked 17 years with Bell Labs (AT&T, Lucent Technologies) and continued his career at several companies including Ascend Communications (VP of Enterprise Engineering), Sonus Networks (Director of Engineering), and CMWare (Founder, CEO, COO, and VP of Engineering). He was also a negotiator/ manager at the UN (International Telecommunication Union) where he led the development of international Internet standards for video conferencing and voice services (VoIP). Read more about Dale and find numerous articles and blog posts he's authored at https://space.nss.org/dale-skran-biography/  Learn more about & become a member the NSS (National Space Society): https://space.nss.org/

Today's guest is Gregory Garrett, Vice President, Cybersecurity at Peraton. Founded in 2017, Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, they deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. It is their company's mission to protect and promote freedom around the world. Gregory is a global business and technology leader who has led the P&L, and strategic business planning and execution of over $40 Billion of high-technology contracts and programs in the public and private business sectors worldwide. He has served as the President and General Manager of three IT and Cyber companies, Global CISO & Head of Global Cybersecurity for BDO international, and CIO and CISO at Lucent Technologies. Gregory is also a Best-Selling Author of 24 published Business Books, including “Cybersecurity in the Digital Age." In this episode, Gregory discusses: The interesting work he does with Peraton, Recent digital transformation trends in the cybersecurity sector, Tackling the skills shortage within cybersecurity for the public sector, The need for security orchestration and modernizing IT infrastructure, How ServiceNow helps companies enhance their cybersecurity practices, An insight and history of R&D at Peraton Labs, Projects he is working on in energy, space exploration & quantum computing, Why to consider a career with Peraton

Join us for this special revisited episode of the Treasury Career Corner Podcast, as we reconnect with Fred Schacknie's about his treasury career and what he's been up to since he was last on the show. Fred is now VP & Treasurer at TechnipFMC, a UK-based provider of technology solutions to the traditional and new energy industry, headquartered in Houston, TX. He leads a team 60 professionals in 12 countries, responsible for corporate finance, financial risk, cash management, credit, pension investment, insurance and infrastructure. Prior to joining TechnipFMC in 2020, he held various treasury roles with Hilton, Constellation Energy and Lucent Technologies. Fred is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP). His teams have been recognized with an AFP Pinnacle Grand Prize, and Adam Smith Award and four Alexander Hamilton Awards for various projects advancing financial risk and liquidity management and treasury systems. During our discussion Fred shares his journey into the world of corporate treasury, starting from his college degree in International Relations and Economics to his MBA in Finance and his first role on a trading desk. He then shares his experiences at various companies, including Lucent Technologies, Constellation Energy, and Hilton Worldwide. Fred highlights the challenges and successes he encountered in each role, such as implementing an in-house banking platform and managing global liquidity and risk. He also discusses the transition of Hilton from a private to a public company and the changes it brought to the treasury function.On the podcast we discussed… An overview of Fred's remarkable career in corporate treasury Insights into leading a global treasury team spanning multiple countriesThe importance of aligning processes, personnel and technology to uphold uniform policies and achieve collective objectivesBuilding diverse and multi-skilled teamsRecognizing the value of a quantitative mindset in a treasurer's roleThe importance of communication and leadership skills in treasury rolesFred reveals what has helped him find a high level of success in his careerHe shares advice for those aspiring to mirror his path to career accomplishmentFred brings us up to speed on his post-show endeavors and current role at TechnipYou can connect with Fred on LinkedIn.Are you interested in pursuing a career within Treasury?Whether you've recently graduated, or you want to search for new job opportunities to help develop your treasury career, The Treasury Recruitment Company can help you in your search for the perfect job. Find out more here. Or, send us your CV and let us help you in your next career move!If you're enjoying the show please rate and review us on whatever podcast app you listen to us on, for Apple Podcasts click here!Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast newsletter to receive a link to every week's episode as soon as it's published via click here!

In this So What? episode, Jon Pelson, author of the best-selling book "Wireless Wars," discusses China's impact on the telecommunications space. He also shares the frightening security concerns around Chinese components in 5G networks and discusses why the FCC's ban on these components may not be enough.Key Topics[01:30] China's Success in the Telecom Industry[05:12] China's Grip on 5G[08:29] Are Your Communications Ever Private?[13:00] The Influence of Technology[15:53] What Would Happen if China Got Control?[19:20] FCC Ban on Chinese Components[24:50] Huawei's Placement Strategy[30:05] Is the FCC Ban a Good Start?[38:42] How America Takes Back Control[44:51] Tech Talk QuestionsQuotable QuotesOn Huawei's Tower Placement: "Our nuclear missile bases, our special operations command at the nuclear sub base are all served by Huawei cell equipment." I said, 'That's impossible. They have like 0.1% market share. How could they have every nuclear missile site?' I started looking into it. The reason I called the book 'Wireless Wars' is because it's a war that's being fought through what appears to be business means. This is not business." -Jon PelsonOn Why We Should Protect Data: "People say, 'I have nothing to hide.' Especially the younger generation says, 'Look, my privacy, in that regard, is not that important.' I was asked at the end of an interview, 'What would happen if China got control over us the way they're trying to?' I said, 'You don't have to scratch your head and do scenario planning. Look at places where China has control over the population.' -Jon PelsonAbout Our GuestJon Pelson spent nearly 30 years working as a technology executive, including serving as vice president at Lucent Technologies and chief of convergence strategy for British Telecom. His work with China's telecom industry during this time led Pelson to write his best-selling book "Wireless Wars" China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back."Episode LinksThe Kill Chain by Christian BrosePaul Scharre's Tech Transforms EpisodeFocusBreaking BadBoyd by Robert CoramUndaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose

A Walk of Faith: Is Not a Blind Path by Ken StallingsGod placed a desire to write a book about my faith and share it with whoever would seek to read it. It was written initially as a guide or counsel to my kids in hopes they may avoid some of the pitfalls in life I experienced. As the book was being written, it became clear that many others might benefit from my experiences in life and how ultimately it was faith that rose to the top and made all things possible. The desire is to grow the kingdom of God. Hopefully this book will serve that purpose.Ken Stallings, who was born and raised in Carrollton, Georgia, has completed his new book, “A Walk of Faith: Is Not a Blind Path”: an inspiring spiritual guide for those seeking to strengthen their faith.Author Ken Stallings attended and graduated from Central of Carrollton High School. Beyond high school, he attended Southern Technical Polytech, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering technology. He began his professional career as a technician for NCR Corporation. While at NCR, Ken earned multiple promotions leading up to a director-level position. As a result of acquisitions and spinoffs while at NCR, Ken worked for AT&T and Lucent Technologies. After several years with each of these companies, he returned to NCR as a VP. After a short stint as VP and nineteen years in corporate America, Ken left the corporate world and started CoLiant Solutions with his wife, Contessa. His tenure at CoLiant Solutions is the inspiration for this book. CoLiant celebrated twenty years of business in 2022. Ken currently leads CoLiant Solutions as president.Ken has been married to Contessa for twenty-nine years. They have two children, Brandt and Carissa. Ken enjoys the outdoors. He is an avid hunter. Ken also likes sports. He spent many years coaching each of his kids in various sports. Ken is most content with good quality time with his family.https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Faith-Not-Blind-Path/dp/B0C1HYLMY9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3T6QTKSOX2E4R&keywords=A+Walk+of+Faith%2C+Ken+Stallings&qid=1688223324&s=books&sprefix=a+walk+of+faith%2C+ken+stallin%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C299&sr=1-1http://www.KingsPagesPress.com  http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/71323kpp3.mp3  

Andy Gateriewictz is a sought-after speaker and thought-leader in kinesics and micro-expression interpretation with 37 years of sales training and consulting experience. With proven techniques and cutting-edge research that transcend industry lines, he has led thousands of keynote addresses and seminars for managers of Fortune 500 companies such as AT&T, Bank of America, IBM, Radio Disney and Lucent Technologies. Andy has over 35 years of experience in Sales Management and in Sales Training conducting Seminars for various big firms. He published DVD Collections about Body Language and authored the book "The Unfinished Work Week". His work has been recognized as an authority in understanding and using body language throughout the selling process, and is the founder of Body-Chats.com that helps interpret body language, study, interpret successfully in a myriad of markets and learning the secrets to successfully interpreting what he or she is really saying or thinking using body language! Check out the amazing Andy Gateriewictz on all major platforms and www.body-chats.com and download the app today! #andygateriewictz #bodychats #bodylanguage #salestraining #consulting #salesmanagement #theunfinishedworkweek #AT&T #radiodisney #iheartradio #spotify #apple #youtube #anchorfm #podbean #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnerandygateriewictz #themikewagnershowandygateriewictz     --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/support

Andy Gateriewictz is a sought-after speaker and thought-leader in kinesics and micro-expression interpretation with 37 years of sales training and consulting experience. With proven techniques and cutting-edge research that transcend industry lines, he has led thousands of keynote addresses and seminars for managers of Fortune 500 companies such as AT&T, Bank of America, IBM, Radio Disney and Lucent Technologies. Andy has over 35 years of experience in Sales Management and in Sales Training conducting Seminars for various big firms. He published DVD Collections about Body Language and authored the book "The Unfinished Work Week". His work has been recognized as an authority in understanding and using body language throughout the selling process, and is the founder of Body-Chats.com that helps interpret body language, study, interpret successfully in a myriad of markets and learning the secrets to successfully interpreting what he or she is really saying or thinking using body language! Check out the amazing Andy Gateriewictz on all major platforms and ⁠www.body-chats.com⁠ and download the app today! #andygateriewictz #bodychats #bodylanguage #salestraining #consulting #salesmanagement #theunfinishedworkweek #AT&T #radiodisney #iheartradio #spotify #apple #youtube #anchorfm #podbean #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnerandygateriewictz #themikewagnershowandygateriewictz --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/support

Team coaching is one of the fastest-growing disciplines in our profession and an area that the ICF is now offering advanced certification in. Why? Team coaching helps teams establish an inspiring vision, align around a common purpose, create healthy relationships, reach their goals, and so much more. Our guest today, Helen Mitchell, helps answer such important questions as: How does team coaching differ from coaching an individual or group? What are some of the challenges or complexities in coaching and working with a team? What role does the team leader play in this type of coaching, and what happens when the leader seems to be a part of the problem? Why do organizations hire coaches to work with their teams? About Helen M. Mitchell    Helen Mitchell started her business career with AT&T becoming an Area Vice President at the age of 30 with Lucent Technologies. Known for turning around organizations, she was promoted six times in eight years. As a licensed pastor, she was the architect and visionary of the Saddleback@Work ministry at Saddleback Church.   Today, she is an ethics, leadership, and strategy professor in the Crowell School of Business at Biola University. As the Director of the Talbot Center for Faith, Work & Economics at the Talbot School of Theology, she works with churches and pastors on faith and work integration.  Helen is also a certified leadership and strategy coach, consultant, speaker, author, a faculty member for Professional Christian Coaching Institute, and oversees the leader learning initiative for Convene Corporation.   Helen holds a master's in organizational leadership from Biola University, and a master's in biblical and Theological Studies from the Talbot School of Theology, at Biola University.  She also attended the Senior Executive Program at Columbia University. Connect with Helen at:  www.helenmitchell.org

Agile + Intelligence = Agilence Using Data to Run Your Company & Prevent Loss w/ Russ Hawkins - BRT S03 EP57 (156) 11-13-2022   What We Learned This Week Agile + Intelligence = Agilence, bringing great data analysis to companies How to Read Data – managers need easy to read and quality data to make quick decisions for multiple locations Reports – that provide the data points that show when locations are operating properly, or off the average expectations Agilence will continue organic growth, and make acquisitions of adjacent data analytics companies       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. He was President and CEO of SilverStorm Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of high-performance computer networking equipment, from 2004 until 2006, when he sold the company to QLogic Corporation. Before SilverStorm, he was the President and CEO of Paragon Networks, a developer of wide-area backhaul solutions for wireless networks, which he sold to Carrier Access Corporation in 2003. Before Paragon, Russ spent 15 years at Lucent Technologies in various management positions. In his free time, Russ enjoys golfing, reading and is interested in the conservation of water resources. He graduated from Boston College in 1980.       Notes: Seg 1 Agile + Intelligence = Agilence Data Analytics Companies are awash in data and need to determine how to read the data for it to be useful for daily and monthly business decisions. Agilence was founded in 2006 to deal with the loss prevention space using video technology to monitor. They would look at anomalies in data as well as check transactions using video to watch. In 2008 Russ Hawkins was hired by the investors. Re-organized the company and the data analytics and shifted the focus of the company to data. Agilence software is used by customers with multiple locations, for example a client could have 12 to 100+ stores. Some of their biggest clients are CVS and Dollar Tree. These companies have an HQ that might be across the country that is watching over hundreds or thousands of stores. They need to be able to read the data on all the stores in 1 place. They need easy to use tools to analyze this data. The data helps them with merchandising, operations, HR, and loss prevention.   Seg 2 Agilence provides at least 6 data fields for customers to review within their company. POS or point-of-sale transaction logs E Commerce transaction logs HR log of employees store info for the physical location item file for products and loyalty information for customer programs These 6 items or data feeds are going to the cloud. It is not uncommon that a client could have 20 data sources, other examples could be a P&L for accounting, or supply chain information. The Pandemic really affected the impact on E-commerce and it is going to grow more in the future. Angilence provides best practices to clients for review to use the data daily. Questions are set up to ask of the data when things seem off, then the system alerts Managers, usually through email. Common things they are looking for or fraud or a lost product, daily sales performance, performance of a special sale or cost dealing with loss prevention. Compliance public co - external and internal     Seg 3 Compliance – Agilence is perfect to handle compliance needs Standard deviation and mean stats, measure data versus normal margins Example would be comped meals at a restaurant, send notifications based on what normal expectation is, is the Manager comping too many meals, too few? External Compliance is legal product and laundering or fraud Example in the pharmacy biz could be doctor shopping and the downside is fraud or even in jail Internal Compliance strategy and alignment to execute at all the locations what HQ wants It's a leadership test as most companies are managed by a professional manager these days and not the Founder anymore Per Russ, facts are our friends, and companies need facts on the ground to determine if the locations are executing, or is the CEO plan viable? Alerts and automatic analysis exceeded objectives and give info and advice and orders to managers at stores. It's like automatic management for each individual store manager. Gives them commands like if this happens then do this. Managers and store locations are managed with an alert function. Example is Spirit Halloween stores that are open for 4 months out of the year and there are 12 different monitor points per store. Since stores are set up quick it is hard to do fall on management training.   Seg 4 Russ background is in sales and technology. He started his career in Boston selling for a New England bell telephone. In 1990s he shifted to tech and computers. He was recruited by a VC to Agilence. They worked together to raise money. Client onboarding usually takes 3 weeks to 2 1/2 months. Agilence has a team of 70 and makes $20 million in recurring revenue a year. Currently they have 200 customers, with over 4000 companies as possible customers Agilence has a virtual company with limited offices. On their staff they have 20 developers and 20 customer service reps. They are mature company, that is self sustaining, VC backing is not needed as much now. There are 3 stages to a tech company with investment, the 1st is the seed stage, then the series a thru D investment rounds, then a sale or IPO. Private Equity acquired Agilence in 2021 Tech companies go through sales steps of $0 to 1 mil, which is extremely difficult, than $1 to 10 mill a year in sales which is also very hard, and then once you reach $10 million it's almost inevitable that you will get to $100 million a year in sales. Agilence plan is to continue their organic growth, as well as also do growth by acquisition and acquire adjacent data analytics companies. They run the company through cloud storage with major companies like Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure. Agilence also has its own data center. 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Chegg is a connected platform enabling students to learn more in less time—and at reduced costs. The company offers discounted textbooks, online tutoring, and other student services, while providing diverse employee upskilling and development opportunities. Debra Thompson is Chegg's Chief People Officer, infusing the brand's culture of innovation, transparency, wellness, and work/life balance throughout the company. Previously, she served as Director of Compensation, Benefits, and HR Operations at Amyris and held directorial and managerial roles at RMS, CNET Networks, and Lucent Technologies. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and personnel administration/industrial relations from California State University, East Bay.Some Questions Asked:What is Chegg's approach to the upskilling, learning, and development of internal teams? 5:17What is the culture like at Chegg, and how do you maintain it? 11:53Can you tell us about Chegg's partnership with the Tides Foundation? 21:54 In This Episode, You Will Learn:How Chegg offers learning opportunities for all employees, such as its Level Up initiative that includes seven different flagship management trainings, like giving and receiving feedback and behavioral interviewing, as well as its EDU for You program that gives staff money to pursue education in their personal fields of interest.That the culture at Chegg is built on openness, assumptions of positive intent from everyone, and optimal work/life balance—and that the company holds an annual culture, belonging, and diversity summit.How the brand's philanthropic arm, Chegg.org, partners with groups to combat hunger, promote good health and well-being, deliver access to quality education and decent work opportunities, and reduce inequalities throughout the world. Links:Debra Thompson - LinkedInMichelle Labbe - LinkedInToptal - LinkedInThe Talent Economy podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bradley Akubuiro's parents raised him to have a deep and strong work ethic. His father came to the United States from Nigeria at the age of 17 and worked to put himself through school. As Bradley describes, both about his father as well as about many people in extremely impoverished parts of the world, such individuals develop a strong resilience and wonderful spirit.   Bradley has led media relations and/or public affairs for Fortune 50 companies including Boeing as it returned the grounded 737 MAX to service and United Technologies through a series of mergers that resulted in the creation of Raytheon Technologies. He also served as an advisor to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and to the Republic of Liberia post-civil war. Today Bradley is a partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive, an advisory firm founded by leaders of the Obama-Biden campaign.   As you will see, Bradley is a wonderful and engaging storyteller. He weaves into his stories for us lessons about leadership and good corporate communications. His spirit is refreshing in our world today where we see so much controversy and unnecessary bickering.   I look forward to your comments on this episode.   About the Guest: Bradley is a partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive, an advisory firm founded by leaders of the Obama-Biden campaign. He focuses on corporate reputation, executive communications, and high visibility crisis management and media relations efforts, as well as equity, diversity, and inclusion matters for clients. Bradley has led media relations and/or public affairs for Fortune 50 companies including Boeing as it returned the grounded 737 MAX to service and United Technologies through a series of mergers that resulted in the creation of Raytheon Technologies and has also served as an advisor to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and to the Republic of Liberia post-civil war. A nationally recognized expert in his field, Bradley has been quoted by outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and The Washington Post, and his columns have been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, and Inc. Magazine, where he is a regular contributor. Bradley is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he currently sits on the Board of Advisers and serves as an adjunct member of the faculty.   About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.     Transcription Notes Michael Hingson  00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson  01:21 Well, hi, everybody. Thank you for joining us on unstoppable mindset today, we have Bradley Akubuiro with us. Bradley is a partner in bully pulpit International. He'll tell us about that. But he's been involved in a variety of things dealing with corporate communications, and has had a lot of adventures. He deals with diversity, equity and inclusion. But most of all, before we started this, he had one question for me. And that is, how much fun are we going to have on this podcast? Well, that really is up to Bradley. So Bradley has some fun.   Bradley Akubuiro  01:56 Michael, thank you so much for having me is is going to be a ton of fun. I'm really excited. Thanks for having me   Michael Hingson  02:01 on. Well, you're you're absolutely welcome. And we're glad that you're here had a chance to learn about you. And we've had a chance to chat some. So why don't we start as often and Lewis Carroll would say at the beginning, and maybe tell me about you growing up and those kinds of things.   Bradley Akubuiro  02:18 Yeah, I'd be happy to do that. And, you know, I think it would be remiss if I didn't start off talking about my parents a little bit before I talked about myself. My dad grew up in the Biafran war in Nigeria, Civil War, Nigeria. And you know, while he was going through school, they were bombing schools, and it wasn't safe for adults to be out. And so, you know, he was the guy in his family at six years old, who was taking crops from their plantation. They grew up maybe about six hours outside of Lagos, Nigeria, and was moving, you know, some of these crops two miles away, to sell in the marketplace. And you know, at a very early age was learning responsibility, not just for himself, but for the family.   Michael Hingson  03:02 Wow. Which is something that more people should do. So what what all did he do? Or how did all that work out?   Bradley Akubuiro  03:09 Yeah. Well, you know, this was a really interesting time in Nigeria's History, where you had a lot of folks who were in this circumstance, and my dad was a really hard worker, his parents were hard workers before him, his father was a pastor. And so he had a certain level of discipline and support in his household. But, you know, he knew that he had this kind of onus on him. So grew up at a time then where not only do you have this responsibility, but a big family, brothers and sisters to take care of. He was the guy who was chosen later, you know, flash forward a few years, to come to the United States, to be able to find an opportunity here in this country, and to be able to always hopefully, give back to his family.   Michael Hingson  03:59 So he came, and How old was he? When he came here?   Bradley Akubuiro  04:03 When he got to the States, he was about 17. So came to New York City, not a lot going on there. And, you know, he had to put himself through   Michael Hingson  04:15 school. Did he know anyone? Or Was anyone sponsoring him? Or how did all that work? He had a little   Bradley Akubuiro  04:20 bit of family here, but he had to find his own way, get a full time job at a gas station, and work to figure out what this country was all about, but also how to be successful here.   Michael Hingson  04:32 Where did he stay when he got here then   Bradley Akubuiro  04:36 got a little apartment up on the kind of Washington Heights Harlem area of New York, little hole in the wall and, you know, continue to work to pay that off while he was trying to pay off school. So not easy, but at the same time, you know, a really, really great opportunity for him to kind of start fresh and create some opportunity for himself and family.   Michael Hingson  04:58 So did he tell him at least With a little bit of money, how did all that work? It's funny, he   Bradley Akubuiro  05:04 asked that question. He did come with some, but it wasn't a lot. Let's start off there. But you know, what's interesting about that is, you know, he put himself through undergrad, put himself through a master's program, you know, and was doing a PhD program over at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. And at Penn, he blew through his entire life savings and one semester. And so, you know, was on a great path. You studying engineering, and, you know, a semester and he's like, Oh, what am I going to do ended up going across the street to Drexel, where they were able to bring him in and give him a scholarship, as long as he was one a TA, which he really enjoyed doing. And he was able to put himself through the PhD.   Michael Hingson  05:50 Wow. So he started there as a freshman then   Bradley Akubuiro  05:55 started, so he went to several different schools started in New York. Yep, sorry, started in New York at Hunter College, did a master's program at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, and then came up to do his PhD at Penn. And then went to Drexel, and went to Drexel.   Michael Hingson  06:12 He moved around how, how come? What, what took him to Atlanta, for example? Do you know?   Bradley Akubuiro  06:18 Yeah, well, it was the opportunity. You know, one of the things that he had learned and had been instilled in him growing up, which he's passed on to me is, you follow the opportunity where it's and as long as you're not afraid to take that risk and take a chance on yourself and your future that will ultimately more often than not pay off in the end. And so he followed scholarship dollars, he followed the programs that would have an opportunity for him. And he went exactly where it took,   Michael Hingson  06:45 and what were his degrees in.   Bradley Akubuiro  06:47 So his master's degree was in chemistry, his PhD was chemical engineering. Wow. Yeah. What did he What did he do with that? So well, you know, the world was his oyster, I suppose, in some ways, but you know, he ended up you know, going into a couple of different companies started with Calgon, carbon and Pittsburgh, and spent a number of years there and on later on to Lucent Technologies, and fiber optics. And so, you know, he's moved on to a number of different companies, engineering roles, eventually got his MBA and has been, you know, employed a number of different places and continued over his career to work in a number of different geographies as well, whether it's like going to Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Atlanta, Massachusetts. They're now living in Rochester, New York, which I've never lived in. But it's a very charming place. It's, yeah.   Michael Hingson  07:44 It is. It is a nice place. I've been there many times. Yeah. And for customers and so on, it's a fun place to go. Well, he obviously learned in a lot of ways, some might say the hard way, but he learned to value what was going on with him, because it was the only way he was going to be successful. So nothing was handed to him at all, was   Bradley Akubuiro  08:10 it? That's right. He had a very strong family foundation. And he definitely learned a lot from his parents and from his family, and they were very close. So I think that he would say that's what was handed to him, but he certainly didn't give any get any leg up.   Michael Hingson  08:26 Right. Well, that's a good thing to have handed to you, I guess. Well, how did he meet somebody from Gary, Indiana, which is a whole different culture.   Bradley Akubuiro  08:36 Well, this becomes a love story pretty quickly. That's an article.   Michael Hingson  08:42 You can embellish how you want.   Bradley Akubuiro  08:46 Oh, my parents actually met somewhat serendipitously. They were at two different schools. My mom was going to school in Alabama, Alabama a&m. My dad was going to school at the time and Clark, Atlanta and Atlanta. So about four hours apart, Huntsville, Atlanta. My mom's roommate was dating my dad's roommate. And so my mom agreed to come with her roommate to go and visit her boyfriend at the time. She happened to meet this strapping young Nigerian man in Atlanta, and they ended up hitting it off and as fate would have it, the other two their respective movements didn't make the distance but they had a budding romance that ended up lasting now at this point several decades.   Michael Hingson  09:37 Wow. So they're, they're still with us.   Bradley Akubuiro  09:41 They're both still with us   Michael Hingson  09:42 both going strong. That is, that is really cool. So what do you think you learn from them?   Bradley Akubuiro  09:48 I learned a number of things. You know, I learned first of all, and you heard my father's story, resilience. He has learned to take whatever is thrown at been thrown at him. Be able to not only take it in stride, which I think is good, but more importantly, to turn it around and channel it and to use it to his advantage, no matter what that might be. And he's instilled that in me and my two sisters, two sisters, ones, older ones younger. And that's, that's really been important. You know, when it comes to my two parents, the things that they value a ton are education, family. And when you think about the world around you, how are you leaving it in a better place than you found it. And if you can really focus on those handful of things, then you are going to have a very fulfilling and successful life. And that's how he measured success. I've taken that away from them.   Michael Hingson  10:41 He doesn't get better than that. And if you can, if you can say that I want to make a difference. And that I hope I've made at least a little difference. It doesn't get better than that does it?   Bradley Akubuiro  10:53 That's exactly right. So then   Michael Hingson  10:55 you came along. And we won't we won't put any value judgment on that.   Bradley Akubuiro  11:02 Thank you for that we   Michael Hingson  11:03 could have for Yeah, exactly. But actually, before I go to that, have they been back to visit Nigeria at all?   Bradley Akubuiro  11:11 Yeah, absolutely. And unfortunately, the most recent time that my parents took a trip back was the passing of my grandmother, a handful of years ago. And so that brought them back. But, you know, one of the things that I'm hoping to do, and I haven't done it yet, is just spend some real time out there. I've got plenty of family that's still there. So go in and spend a little time in Nigeria that's longer than a quick in and out trip. I spent some time and we've talked about this before Michael, but in West Africa, generally in Liberia. And that was a great experience. But there's not quite like going back to where it all began with your family.   Michael Hingson  11:49 No, it's still not home. Right. Well, so you you came along. And so what was it like growing up in that household and going to high school and all that?   Bradley Akubuiro  12:03 Well, there's a couple ways to answer that. Go ahead. Well, let's put it this way, I we have a very close family bond. And so you know, when you think about the folks who have finished your senses, who laugh at your jokes, because they think it's funny, and if you hadn't told that joke, first, they probably would have told that joke, the kind of family we have. It's a great, great dynamic. And so I was very fortunate to have grown up in that household with parents who truly, truly embraced that that side. You know, it was also a tough household. You know, my parents were very strict, my father, especially coming from this immigrant mindset, and this Nigerian culture, I mentioned the value of education. What I didn't mention quite, but might have been a little bit implied, and I'll say it more explicitly is anything less than an A was entirely unacceptable. There were a number of times where I found myself on the wrong side of that. And, you know, we grew up in different times, as my parents were trying to provide the best life they could for us, and a number of different urban settings. And, you know, one, one period of life for me was particularly studying in high school, where, you know, the school district of Springfield, Massachusetts at a time graduated about 54% of the students that went through that system. And so you're thinking about one in two kids who don't make it out of high school, much less make it the college, much less have a successful and fulfilling career in life. And my father, especially, but of course, both my parents want us to do absolutely everything in their power to ensure that those would not be our statistics that we would be my sisters, and I would be able to have every tool at our disposal to be successful. And they work hard at that, despite the circumstances.   Michael Hingson  14:08 So how were they when I'm sure it happened? It was discovered that maybe you had some gifts, but there were some things that you weren't necessarily as strong as other things. How did that work out for you?   Bradley Akubuiro  14:21 I want to be very clear, the list of things that I wasn't quite as good at, especially in those days, was long enough to stun you. So you know, it we we work through it together, right? I think one of the things that I admire most about my parents now that I maybe didn't appreciate enough growing up was just the amount that they leaned in, and we're willing to be hands on and helping with our education. And so my father would give us times tables when we were in elementary school and make sure that we worked through them. And if we didn't get them quite right, we would do them again, and we do them again, and we do them again. And And I remember a time when I was in the fifth grade where my father had me up until 1am, doing math problems. And, you know, I was thinking to myself, I cannot imagine doing this with my kids, when I was at that age, and then I swore at that time that I never would, I'll tell you what my blood now I swear that I definitely will maybe not till 1am, I think there's probably a more reasonable time. But to be able to invest that level of effort into making sure that your kid has everything they need to be successful. I just have I admire the heck out of it.   Michael Hingson  15:36 I remember a couple of times, I think one when I was oh seven or eight, when we were living in California, and going back to visit relatives in Chicago, or driving somewhere. And my dad said to me, and my brother who was two years older, you guys have to learn the times tables. And we spent time driving, just going through the times tables. And it took me a little while. And a couple of times, I tried a shortcut that messed me up. But eventually I got it all figured out. And he said, when you say the times tables correctly, we'll give you 50 cents. And they did when I got the time two times tables, right? They did. And also, I was learning algebra from him. My dad was an electronics engineer. And so he really worked because I didn't have books in braille early on until I was in the fourth grade, I had to study with them to a large degree. So he taught me a lot more than the schools were teaching little kids as it were. So I learned algebra early, and I learned to do it in my head, and still do. And in high school, it got me in trouble in my freshman year, because my math teacher said, Now whenever you're doing things, you have to show your work. Well, you know, I kept trying to tell her that, for me, showing my work in Braille isn't going to do you any good. I can tell you what I do and how I do it. And she wouldn't accept that and she was going to fail me literally fail me in math. Until one day I wrote out, I think one of the problems and I think just in case she took it and went somewhere where she could find somebody to read Braille. I wrote it out correctly. But I got to see an algebra one because of that one thing. By the way, after that, I never got below an A in math. She was insistent that you had to show your work, and wasn't flexible enough to recognize that there are a lot of ways to show your work. Oh,   Bradley Akubuiro  17:35 yeah. Well, that's part of the challenge, and not to make this an entire commentary on our education system. But there are so many different ways to your point to get to the right answer. And I don't think there's nearly enough flexibility in our system in many cases, except for those who really, truly tried to find it and create that environment for their students. But at a at a you know, broader look, there isn't nearly enough flexibility to appreciate that we're going to have many different ways to get these answers.   Michael Hingson  18:04 I think that really good teachers, and there are a lot of good teachers. But I think the really good teachers make that leap and allow for flexibility in what they do. Because they recognize everyone learns differently. But the big issue is, can you learn and can you demonstrate that you learned?   Bradley Akubuiro  18:24 Yeah, well, that's what we're all striving for.   Michael Hingson  18:27 It is I was pretty blessed going through school, especially in high school, a lot of the times, I would stay after school and extra period to study in the library because again, not everything was available so that we actually had people who would read material to me or give me information that was written on boards that I didn't get any other way. And usually, the teachers would come in, we would set up days and they would come in and give me tests. And what was fun about that was we would go through the tests fairly quickly and spend most of the hour chatting and I got to know a number of my teachers that way and that was so valuable for me. One of them especially Dick herbal Shimer, I still know and you know, he's going to be what 85 I think it is this year, and he will be at five I think August 28. We still keep in touch, he came to our wedding. And he tells me that I'm getting to be closer in age to him and I point out that I'll never be as old as he is. And he tries to convince me that mathematically I'm getting closer and I say 13 years is still 13 years.   Bradley Akubuiro  19:35 Hmm, yeah, don't let them don't let them try to get you. That's   Michael Hingson  19:39 right. It's not gonna work.   Bradley Akubuiro  19:42 was gonna ask you if you had a favorite teacher because I feel like teachers, if you put together this for many years have such an incredible impact on you and how you see yourself.   Michael Hingson  19:52 I remember a lot of things from a number of my teachers and I can tell you the names of most all of my teachers. I remember in my freshman year English, our teacher was a Mr. Wilson has actually Woodrow Wilson was his name was an older gentleman. And one day we were sitting in class and he was just talking about philosophy. And he's talking about people's ethics. And he said, and I remember it that, you know, a good example is, if you need to borrow a quarter from somebody, be sure you pay that quarterback, where does that come in English? But nevertheless, those are the kinds of things that he said, and other teachers said various things, and they stick with you.   Bradley Akubuiro  20:36 Yeah, no, it's so true. I mean, for me, my favorite teacher was Darlene Kaffee. She was my fourth grade teacher, taught all kinds of, I mean, touch everything you learned in fourth grade. But the most important thing for me was, she gave me confidence in my writing ability. You know, I had always enjoyed writing, but I never really thought of myself as someone who could potentially be a writer. And she was the first person who sat me down and said, Hey, look, you submitted this assignment. And it's really good. You could be a writer one day, and you know, she had me write poems, you had me write a number of different things that weren't class assignments. But there were things that she was like, Hey, if you want to do this, then you got to practice it. And I learned so much from her. But the most important thing I took away was that confidence in my ability to do these things.   Michael Hingson  21:27 Yeah, yeah. And that's one of the most important things that good teachers can bring to us and not tear you down, because you don't necessarily do something exactly the way they do or want. But if you can demonstrate you learn that is so cool.   Bradley Akubuiro  21:42 Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is. So,   Michael Hingson  21:47 as I said, I keep in touch with declarable Shimer won his 80th birthday, I flew to Nebraska where they live and surprise him for his birthday, which was nice. That's awesome. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. And hopefully, we'll get back there one of these days soon. Meanwhile, I'll just give him a hard time on the phone.   Bradley Akubuiro  22:08 Cathy's out here listening when I'm not going to surprise you don't listen to Michael. But if I show up, then I'll have a cake or something.   Michael Hingson  22:17 Yeah, exactly. Well, so. So what was high school like for you? I think you said there were some things that happened in high school.   Bradley Akubuiro  22:26 Yeah, high school was a I mean, when you think about formative man, this was a formative experience for me. So it was between my sophomore and junior year of high school, when one of my very best friends a guy who I consider to be like an older brother to me, was shot and killed in the drive by shooting. It was devastating. You know, I had a period over a few months, where not only was he killed, and I found out about it, 45 minutes after I'd left town to take my older sister, with my family to college and 22 hours away. So this wasn't something he did every night. And I likely had been with him had we not been on that trip. But you know, he unfortunately passed that night with a 45 caliber bullet hole in his heart. You know, my experience with school with with life that I mean, it really took a turn at that point. Because not only had I lost somebody who was very close to me, but the police didn't catch the guy who did it. In fact, they caught a guy who was a friend of ours that had absolutely nothing to do with it, and put him through absolute hell, only to find out that he wasn't responsible for this, any of us could have told you that right up front. You know, that was a terrible time. You know, a couple of months later, Michael, we had another one of our close friends who was shot and killed. And the girl who was with her at the time was shot in the leg trying to get away. And you know, and another month and a half after that another one of our good friends was you know, shot in his own driveway trying to get into his car and head to the grocery store. And it wasn't safe for us. And it was a really, really challenging time, just to exist, much less to try to focus on school and to focus on other things that are going on. How could you do that? When you didn't know if when you left in the morning, you were going to be able to make it home at night?   Michael Hingson  24:32 Why was there so much crime? Well, that's   Bradley Akubuiro  24:36 a million dollar question. You know, there's so many factors that go into it. And since then, I've spent a lot of time thinking more about the kind of, you know, macro factors, but it's a very specific on the ground situation at that time was there was a gang war between two rival gangs, street gangs in the city. And my engineer who I just referred to lived right in the heart of Eastern Avenue, which is the home of the app and Springfield became there. And across State Street was Sycamore and a number of different folks and rivalries had kind of established then. And so, you know, this was not that there's ever, you know, really sensical reasons that, you know, these things happen. But this was as nonsensical as it could be, you know, people who are killing each other and dying for reasons that if you were to ask those who survived now, why they would ever pull a trigger and situation like this, they probably couldn't really tell you or maybe even remember.   Michael Hingson  25:38 So it wasn't race or anything like that. It was just the whole gang environment, mostly.   Bradley Akubuiro  25:45 Yeah, that's right. And at the time, you know, you think about the economic factors that go into this. And I talked about this in the context of Chicago all the time, because that's where I live now. And the situation is just as salient here. But if you were to be on the west side of Chicago, Northwestern most neighborhood within the city limits of Austin, you would be in one of the poorest and one of the most dangerous zip codes in the industrialized world. If you were to go two miles over to Oak Park, one of the suburbs just outside of the city. It's one of the wealthiest in the region, and it is an amazing neighborhood, and the infrastructure across the board when it comes to the education system, and the amount of money per pupil. If you were to look at the crime statistics, if you were to look at the policing, if you were to look at any measure of quality of life, it is night and day different, but it's separated by a couple of streets. And that to me is unfathomable.   Michael Hingson  26:52 It is crazy. Chris, you also have some really serious gangs back in Chicago. You know, the notorious was the cubs in the Sox, for example.   Bradley Akubuiro  27:03 That's right. And you know what the competition? beaters? You don't get in the middle of those two sets of fans?   Michael Hingson  27:09 Ah, no way. and never the twain shall meet, period. That's right. That's very many people who will say they're fans of both.   Bradley Akubuiro  27:20 I don't think that's legal, actually. Ah,   Michael Hingson  27:23 that would explain it. I'll tell you sports fans are really tough. I remember when I lived in Winthrop, mass right outside of Boston. And every year, I would on opening day, I'd be somewhere in Boston. And if the Red Sox lost immediately, basically everybody on the news and everyone else just said wait till next year. Yeah, they were done. It was no faith at all. It was amazing. And and I remember living back there when Steve Grogan was booed off out of the Patriots game one year and just I'll tell you, they're, they're amazing.   Bradley Akubuiro  28:04 Well look at the dynasties they've gotten now. Unbelievable. Although, you know, I live with a die hard. Tom Brady fan. My fiance has been a Patriots fan since the beginning. And it's been a complete complete nightmare trying to figure out are we watching the Patriots? Are we are we watching the Buccaneers? And are we Tom Brady fans are Patriots fans? You know, it's a little bit of everything in that house. But I can't ever say that I'm not happy. I am a fully dedicated supporter of all things. Somebody in SNAP, otherwise, I'm in a   Michael Hingson  28:39 lot of trouble. It is safer that way. Well, I have gained a lot of respect for Tom Brady, especially after he left the Patriots. And not because I disliked the Patriots, but because of all the scandals and the deflated footballs and all that sort of stuff. But he came back and he proved Hey, you know, it's not what you think at all. I really am good. And he continues to be good.   Bradley Akubuiro  29:03 Yeah, it's 100%. Right. Well, and that to make this, you know, given a broader topic about Tom Brady, he gets plenty of press. But you know, the fact that he was able to say, All right, you have decided that I'm done in this sport. You've decided I'm too old to play this sport, but I have not run to the end of my capability. And in fact, I've got a lot more to offer this game. And he went and he took it with someone who would respect that and the Buccaneers and he won another championship. I mean, you can't you can't make this up.   Michael Hingson  29:38 No, absolutely. You can't. And so we'll see what the Rams do this year. I liked the Rams. I grew up with the Rams, Chris, I'm really prejudiced when it comes to sports and probably a number of things because we've been blessed out here in California with great sports announcers. I mean, of course, Vin Scully, the best of all time in baseball, and I will argue that with anyone But then Dick Enberg did a lot of football and he did the rams and he did the angels. And of course we had Chick Hearn who did the Lakers, their descriptions and the way they did it, especially Vinnie just drew you in. And I've listened and listened to announcers all over the country and never got the kinds of pictures and announced me announcing and announcements that I got by listening to people in California, so I'm a little prejudiced that way.   Bradley Akubuiro  30:31 Well, and you shouldn't be you absolutely should be. And I will say this, the power of storytelling that these folks that you just described are able to wield is phenomenal. And it's a skill that I actually wish more folks had and more different industries. Because if you can tell a strong compelling story, you can make it visual, you can bring people and like that the power it has to bring people together, and to motivate them to act is just unbelievable.   Michael Hingson  31:01 Johnny most was a was a good announcer a pretty great announcer in basketball, but not really so much into the storytelling, but he had a personality that drew you in as well. Well, that counts for a lot. It does. I remember living back there when the Celts were playing the rockets for the championship. And the Celtics lost the first two games. And Johnny most was having a field day picking on the rockets and so on. But Moses Malone, Malone was criticizing the Celtics and said, You know, I can go get for high school people. And we could beat these guys. Wrong thing to say, because then the Celts came back and won the next for Johnny most really had a field day with that. That's what happens. Yeah, you don't open your mouth. Alright, so you went to Northwestern, that's a whole different environment.   Bradley Akubuiro  31:59 Totally different environment. And, you know, I gotta tell you, I owe a ton to Northwestern. The exposure, it gave me two more global mindsets, people come to that university from all over the world, all kinds of different socioeconomic backgrounds, and looking to do so many different things, the academic rigor of the institution, and the resources that were at our disposal, were so incredible that it completely changed my experience. And frankly, the outlook I had for my own self and career. How so? Well, I'll put his way I went to school, for example, at the same time, as you know, students who had some similar backgrounds to the one I did, to being in school at the same time, as you know, Howard Buffett is the grandson of Warren Buffett, and you know, Bill polti, you know, whose grandson of, you know, the polti, you know, the namesake of Pulte Homes, and you know, literally billionaire families. And so you start to realize, if you can sit in a classroom with folks like this, and with all of the opportunities that they've had, the education, they've had private schools, things along those lines, and these are good friends, by the way, you know, when you can do that, and then realize, hey, you know what, I can keep up, I can do this. And then you know, you are receiving, you know, grades professors who support you opportunities, in terms of internships, all of these things, and realms that you never even considered possible even just a year or two earlier. It truly broadens your horizons in ways that I don't even think I could have appreciated before I was into it.   Michael Hingson  33:44 Wow. And that makes a lot of sense, though. We're all we're all people. And we all have our own gifts. And the fact that you could compete is probably not necessarily the best word because it implies that there are things that we don't need to have, but you are all able to work together and that you can all succeed. That's as good as it gets.   Bradley Akubuiro  34:05 That's exactly right. And I do find compared to a lot of places, Northwestern have a very collaborative culture. I found that, you know, from faculty, the staff to students, everybody was very interested in seeing everybody succeed. And you know, we believed truthfully, that all of us could there's enough room on the boat for all of us.   Michael Hingson  34:29 What was your major journalism? No surprise being Northwestern?   Bradley Akubuiro  34:36 Yeah, I was I was a big, big, big proponent of the journalism school and actually still remain affiliated. I'm on the faculty over there and sit on the board of the journalism school and have loved every second of my time, wearing the purple t shirt.   Michael Hingson  34:52 There you go. Is my recollection. Correct? Wasn't Charlton Heston, a graduate of Northwestern?   Bradley Akubuiro  34:57 You know, I don't know the answer to that but I will wouldn't be surprised if it really seems,   Michael Hingson  35:02 it seems to me, I heard that he was doing something where he was he was doing something for Northwestern, as I recall. But that just strikes my memory.   Bradley Akubuiro  35:12 Yeah, there's some very remarkable graduates from that organization.   Michael Hingson  35:16 So you were involved, as I recall, in our conversations about and about such things in dealing with minority enrollment, and so on, and you met some pretty interesting people during your time there. Tell me about that, if you would?   Bradley Akubuiro  35:32 Yeah, no, absolutely. So my freshman year, we will actually, this was my sophomore year, we actually only brought in 81 black freshmen. And that was the lowest number in terms of black enrollment in a given year at Northwestern since the 1960s. And so, you know, the university was looking around and trying to figure out what what is it that we're doing? And where are we missing the mark? And how do we not only attract black applicants, because we were able to get folks to apply? The challenge was to actually get them to choose to matriculate. And where are we losing folks in the process. And so, you know, I had been really, really interested in participating in some of the work around minority recruitment enrollment, from the time that Northwestern had recruited me, because I recognized my background wasn't necessarily what you would consider to be orthodox for the folks that got into schools like this. But they took a real hard look at me and said, We think this guy can be successful here. And I wanted to encourage others who might not necessarily think of Northwestern as an option that was attainable to them, and I don't even know about it, to really start to understand the opportunities that could be available to them. And so I was, you know, flying to different schools, not only in the Chicago area, but back in places that looked a lot like where I grew up, and telling, you know, folks, Northwestern wants you, and you should really give it a shot. And so that was a fascinating time for me, and my own development, that space.   Michael Hingson  37:11 So what did you do for the school and dealing with the whole issue of minorities in that time?   Bradley Akubuiro  37:19 Yeah, there were a handful of things. You know, there's there's one was how do you create programs that channel some of the frustration that a lot of students who look like me had, and so a number of folks, actually, this is the spirit of college students, gotten together, you know, put up signs and decided to kind of protest. And so instead of going through, and just kind of registering our anger, what I did was work with the admissions office. And I did actually formally work as a work study student and worked on some of the stuff, it wasn't just volunteer, but take this energy that the students had, and create programs like a pen pal program, like a fly in programs, some volunteer initiatives that we can have, that would allow students who are upset about the outcomes, to help change those outcomes by direct engagement with those who might come to Northwestern, and really improve our metrics for the following year. And we were able to do that, both in the African American and Latino communities. What did   Michael Hingson  38:23 you discover? Or what did the university discover about why people might apply, but then didn't matriculate. And then how did you turn that around?   Bradley Akubuiro  38:32 Yeah, there were a couple of things. So one was, for students who are getting into places like Northwestern, very commonly, we saw that they were getting into places like University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, Harvard, a number of other universities at the same time, particularly if you were to think about the minority students who are applying and getting in, and what those schools had, that Northwestern didn't quite have, was full need blind admissions processes, which Northwestern did adopt. But the short version of this is, if you got into one of those schools, you are probably going to be able to get if this if your circumstances required a full ride. And so, you know, the economic opportunity was really significant. And you were at a disadvantage. If you were a student who was interested in going to Northwestern, or any of these other schools that was really good, but couldn't you couldn't afford to go and you're gonna go to the place that you could afford to go and maybe that's your local school, or maybe that's one of these other schools, but we had to really do something to create the funding to ensure that these folks could go to the school and do it at a at a rate that wasn't going to break the bag.   Michael Hingson  39:49 And you found ways to do that. Well, I   Bradley Akubuiro  39:52 certainly didn't do it alone, but the university   39:55 there see University found ways to do that. Yes, that's right.   40:00 We started up a commission. So a number of students, myself included, foreign petition at the time, Marty Shapiro, who was the President of University took this issue very seriously as a economic scholar, and genuinely his background is in the economics of higher education. And he started at the school as president, while I was in again, my sophomore year, as a lot of these things were kind of taking shape and taking hold. And as one of the most successful leaders that I've met, invited us in students, the leaders in the university who are focused on this, and we had asked for a taskforce to focus on this. And he set one up, and he chaired it. And it was focused on how do we create opportunities for access, particularly for this community that had need, but wanted to be here. And, you know, one of the things that he did pretty early on in his tenure, was to establish a fund that was going to be dedicated to programs to financial need to a number of different things that would directly address this community. And we built on it from there.   41:14 Wow, that's, it's great that you had a strong champion who was willing to be farsighted enough to help with that, isn't it?   Bradley Akubuiro  41:22 Absolutely. It would not have been possible without that.   Michael Hingson  41:25 So you met as I recall you saying Jesse Jackson, somewhere along the way? in that arena, especially since you're in the Chicago area? That makes a lot of sense.   Bradley Akubuiro  41:35 Yeah, you know what I'm starting to put together thanks to you hear that this was a pretty big year for me.   Michael Hingson  41:41 To see, I'm getting impressed. So I did about yourself.   Bradley Akubuiro  41:50 You know, it's funny. But yeah, there was a convergence of things. And so in this particular year, I did meet Reverend Jesse Jackson. And this started a relationship that's been incredible and life changing that remains to this day. But the way that it happened, Michael, is that there was a woman Roxana Saberi, who had been taken political prisoner by Iran, and she worked for the BBC. She had been a former Northwestern middle student. So a number of us who are part of the journalism program, Adele had decided that we were going to get together and as college students are wanting to do, we decided to protest and hopes that we would, on our campus in Evanston, get the State Department to pay more attention to this particular issue. And hopefully, it takes negotiating for her really seriously. And while I have no idea whether, at the time Secretary Clinton saw anything we were doing, my guess, is probably not Reverend Jackson, who to your point was just on the other side of Chicago did. And the connection there is Roxanne's buried, did her first interview with the BBC as a professional reporter with Reverend Jesse Jackson. And he was committed to advocating for her release. And so he actually reached out to us, via the university asked a few of us to come down and join a press conference with him, where he intended to go and negotiate for her release on humanitarian grounds. And I participated in that with another student. And it was absolutely phenomenal and led to so many doors being opened for me.   Michael Hingson  43:35 Wow, what your were you in school at the time?   Bradley Akubuiro  43:38 So this was my sophomore year. Great, great. Again, still part of the great sophomore year. Yeah, and I continue to work with Reverend Jackson, throughout the remainder of my time in college and for some period after college. But there were a number of things, but it all tied back together, because the issue that Reverend Jackson was advocating for at the time that spoke most deeply to me, was this issue of college affordability and access, and you have this program called reduce the rate, which was all about reducing the interest rate on student education loans, because we had bailed out banks. And you know, the autos and so many others, rates of zero to 1% and said, Hey, you're in trouble pass back when you're ready. We'll make it cheap and affordable for you to do that. But we never granted that level of grace to students who are supposed to be our future. And instead, we were breaking their backs was, you know, interest rates of six to in some cases, as high as 18%. Without any, you know, kind of recourse you get stuck with these things for life.   Michael Hingson  44:47 And people wonder why we keep talking about eliminating the loans today or lowering the interest rate and the reality is, as you said, students are our future and we should be doing all we can to say point that that's absolutely   Bradley Akubuiro  45:01 right. I still firmly believe that and, you know, our loan system, and frankly, the cost of education is just crippling. It's, it's, it's crazy. And this is for multiple generations. And I'm sad for what the future will look like if we can't figure this situation out.   Michael Hingson  45:23 Yeah, we've got to do something different than we're doing. And it's just kind of crazy the way it is. It's extremely unfortunate. Well, so you got a bachelor's? Did you go get any advanced degree or?   Bradley Akubuiro  45:36 Well, I did actually attend Northwestern. For a good portion, I masters that integrated the integrated marketing communications program over there. And that dovetails really well into where my career ultimately went and where it currently resides. But you know, Northwestern was the educator of choice for me.   Michael Hingson  45:57 So, career wise, so what did you then go off and do? Since you opened the door? Yeah.   Bradley Akubuiro  46:03 So you know, it's been a number of different things. And this will sound disparate, but it all comes together. I went, after working with Reverend Jackson to Liberia, and I spent time in Liberia working for the president of Liberia on postwar kind of reestablishment of a democracy, which was a big thing. And frankly, way above my paygrade, I got an opportunity to work on it, because I had spent time working with Reverend Jesse Jackson, and that will come back in a second. But there was a student who was doing his PhD program at Northwestern, who had been who is I should say, the grandson of a former president of Liberia, who had been killed in a coup in October. And I had been friends with him, I knew that I wanted to get to West Africa to do some work, particularly around education and social programs. And he connected me with his mother who had been deputy minister of education. And I had been fortunate enough to create an arrangement that I was really excited about to go to Monrovia, and Liberia, the capital city, and to spend some time working on programs out there. And when she found out that I worked with Reverend Jesse Jackson, she called the president and said, This could be a great opportunity. And they cooked up a program where I would actually champion and work on establishing a program and policy around leadership development, and capacity building for the country post Civil War, which was, again, an absolutely amazing and life changing experience, really hard.   Michael Hingson  47:45 What was the world like over there? And what was it like for you being from a completely different culture as it were than over in Liberia?   Bradley Akubuiro  47:53 Well, the first thing I'll say is, if you live in the United States, and you believe, you know, poverty, you ain't seen nothing yet. Because, you know, one of the things that you will find in countries like Liberia, and some of the places and post war, Eastern Europe and the 90s, and different kinds of places is, there is a level of resilience and a level of spirit that is built into society that comes almost entirely from experience with incredible hardship, just absolutely incredible hardship. And Liberia at the time that I was over there was amongst the, you know, five poorest countries in the world, after what had been 14 years of concrete civil war and 30 years of civil unrest. But the people that I met could not have been better spirited, and just nicer, more optimistic and incredible people.   Michael Hingson  48:52 So how long were you over there?   48:54 I was over there for less than a year and spent some time doing consulting, even after I came back to DC, but was on the ground for less than a year.   49:03 And when you came back from Liberia, what did you go off and do?   49:07 When I came back from Liberia and I want to, you know, couch this and my rationale, I had worked for Reverend Jesse Jackson on these big kind of global programs that that presidents and heads of state and you know, business leaders and all these different folks went over to Liberia and got this chance to work on, you know, kind of reinstituting a democracy and meaningful ways with the president who later on became a Nobel Prize, Peace Prize Laureate. And you know, what I came to realize, Michael, was that my opportunities were quickly outpacing my experience. And so what I said is, let's now try to find a place where I can get some of the fundamentals some of the framework for a lot of the work that I had the opportunity to do. And the place that I chose to go is Booz Allen Hamilton is a management consulting firm and you One of the largest public sector practices in the world. And so I went in with the intention of really being able to shore up my skills. And what happened? Well, hopefully they'll tell you that I was successful.   Michael Hingson  50:11 Okay, good.   Bradley Akubuiro  50:16 It was a really fascinating time to be there. You know, Booz Allen, had a lot of significant contracts. This was the time of the Affordable Care Act's passage. And so, you know, at the time that I went over, I got to work almost exclusively on ACA, and a lot is talked about in terms of the legislative kind of process to get that accomplished. But what is talked a lot less about is the actual opera operationalization of it, and what that looks like to stand up state health exchanges, and different states to actually entice somebody coming from, you know, a psychiatry program at top medical school, that choose to put on a uniform and go to a base at, you know, an Air Force base or an army base, and provide clinical care for those who are returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan. And all of these were provisions of the bill. But actually implementing those things, was a very tall order. And so I got an opportunity to really kind of roll up my sleeves and work on a lot of that work. And that was incredibly formative work.   Michael Hingson  51:22 So it was a real challenge, of course, to get the Affordable Care Act passed. I remember in 2009, I was speaking at a an event for a companies whose hospital boards and leaders of the staffs of the hospitals in the network, were getting together and I went to, to speak, and talk about some of my experiences and talk about disabilities and so on. The person right before me, was a medical expert. He was, it was a person who talked about the whole concept of how we needed to change our whole idea and environment of medical care, and what we really needed to do as a country and so on. And he had been involved in every president's investigation of how to change the medical synth system. Ever since I think he went this was 2009, I think he went back to Nixon, Oh, wow. He, he said it all came down to the same thing. And he said The best example is, he was doing this as part of the team for Bill Clinton. And they talked about what needed to be done, how to change the medical system, and everybody bought into it, and so on, until it got down to specifics of saying what it was going to cost. And that they needed to deal with some of the provisions that eventually went into the Affordable Care Act. And he said, As soon as the politicians got a hold of it, and said, This is a horrible thing, you're gonna cause too much controversy, the President's would all run. And that's why no one ever got anything accomplished. And he also said that Obama was probably going to get something passed. And he actually predicted almost to a tee, if you will, what was going to pass. And that's exactly what passed and what didn't pass. And he said, later, we'll actually start to worry about the cost of, of medical coverage in this country, but they're not really willing to face that issue yet. And he predicted we would be able to do something by 2015. Well, that hasn't really happened yet, either. And now we're maybe making a little bit of a dent. But it was very fascinating to listen to him predict, based on so many years of expertise, what was going to happen.   Bradley Akubuiro  53:46 Yeah, I mean, that's incredible. And I will say, a lot of times the policy takes a backseat to the politics on these things. And it takes so much, you know, Will and kind of moral fortitude to get in there and drive these things, particularly when there's interests on the other side of it. But you know, I'm with you. We're not quite where I think you predicted we'd be in 2015. But driving towards it now. And hopefully we'll make more progress.   Michael Hingson  54:16 Yeah, we're slowly getting there. So what did you do after Booz Allen Hamilton?   Bradley Akubuiro  54:21 Yeah, so the things that I really love the most about that work during that time that the the change in a lot of that kind of management strategy was the change communications aspects of it. And so I knew that I wanted to get more fully into communications. And so the next few jobs for me, were discretely corporate communications, if you will. And so I got an opportunity to follow a mentor to a company called Pratt and Whitney jet engine company, you know, builds jet engines from from fighter jets to, you know, the big commercial airplanes that we fly in, and love that experience. It's moved to kind of the corporate side of that company to United Technologies in time and worked on a number of different mergers and acquisitions, including the spin offs of Otis, the big Elevator Company to carry air conditioning both of these which spun off into fortune 200 publicly traded companies their own, to ultimately what became you know, the merger with Raytheon. Raytheon? Yeah. Yeah, exactly. It most recently produced Raytheon technologies. And so a really, really fascinating set of experiences for me there. And then   Michael Hingson  55:35 you along the way, also, I guess, we're part of the formation of bully pulpit international with the Obama Biden administration.   Bradley Akubuiro  55:44 You know, I wasn't part of the founding, this all kind of happened in parallel with folks who I have a ton of respect for who I now work with bully pulpit, interact was formed in 2009, with a number of folks who came out of that Obama campaign, and then White House. And it started in the kind of digital marketing, digital persuasion space, and all of the kind of, you know, really amazing tactics and strategies that they learned on that campaign, particularly, as social media was starting to become more popularized and more mass adopted, they said, how do we start to apply some of that stuff, as you think about not only other campaigns, but to foundations and advocacy groups into corporations? And you know, you flash forward 1213 years now, and this is a fully operational 250 person agency, where we're focused on, you know, how do you help organizations of all types, you know, really express their values and find their voices on these really key important issues. But also, how do leaders make really tough decisions on things like, you know, Roe v. Wade, and what that means for their employee base, and what they're going to do policy wise, and how they're going to communicate around that afterwards? On through gun reform, and what folks do if you know, you are operating, and buffalo or in Texas, when you know, some of the massacres that happened earlier this year happen. And this has been, you know, really fascinating. And I came over here after being chief spokesperson for Boeing. And it's been really fun to reunite with some old friends and folks who have been doing this kind of work for a really long time now.   Michael Hingson  57:37 So Boeing, so when did you leave Boeing   Bradley Akubuiro  57:41 left Boeing, a year, just shy of a year and a half go   Michael Hingson  57:45 around during the whole 737 Max thing?   Bradley Akubuiro  57:49 Well, you know, interestingly, you bring this up, I was brought over to Boeing, in response to the 737. Max, you know, I was asked to come over and to really think about what does a world class Media Relations organization look like? That is going to be transparent, accountable, and 24/7? Around the globe? And more than anything, after you've had, you know, two accidents on the scale that they had, you know, how do we really become more human and how we interact with all of our stakeholders, internal and external on a lot of this stuff? And that was a really, really, really challenging, but rewarding process to be part of and to help lead?   Michael Hingson  58:33 How do you advise people? Or what do you advise people in those kinds of situations, you had a major crisis? And clearly, there's an issue? What do you what do you tell corporate executives to do? And how hard was it to get them to do it?   Bradley Akubuiro  58:49 Yeah. So on the first part of that question, it really comes down to being human, you got to put yourself in the shoes of the people that you're trying to communicate with, and to, if you are a person who lost a loved one, on a plane that went down outside of, you know, Addis Ababa, and Ethiopia, if you if you were, you know, one of the people who lost your, your spouse or your kid, you know, the last thing you want to hear from a company is, you know, we did things right, from an engineering standpoint, what you want to hear from that company, is, we are so sorry that this happened. And we're going to do absolutely everything in our power to ensure it can never happen again. And here are the steps we're taking and here's what we're going to do to try to make things right and you can never completely make things right. In that circumstance. You can at least be understanding.   Michael Hingson  59:48 I remember 1982 When we had the Tylenol cyanide incident, you know about that. Yeah. And if For us, and what was the most impressive thing about that was within two days, the president of company was out in front of it. And as you said, being human, that's a corporate lesson that more people really should learn.   Bradley Akubuiro  1:00:18 Yeah, it's a difficult thing to do. Because I think, and this isn't just lawyers, but it's easy to blame it on lawyers, the natural reaction is to immediately think, well, what's my liability going to be? What are people going to think if they think that I actually did make this mistake? And how do I cover it up? And how do I try to diffuse responsibility? And that is exactly the opposite of what you should do. And this isn't just good communications. This is good leadership.   Michael Hingson  1:00:44 Good leadership. Yeah,   Bradley Akubuiro  1:00:45 that's right. And we need more people to really understand that to your point.   Michael Hingson  1:00:50 Well, and with with Boeing, it sounds like if I recall, all of the stuff that least that we saw on the news, which may or may not have been totally accurate, there were some issues. And it took a while to deal with some of that to get people to, to face what occurred that necessarily things weren't going exactly the way they really should have in terms of what people were communicating and what people knew and didn't know.   Bradley Akubuiro  1:01:15 Yeah, well, then you ask the question, how difficult was it to get the senior executives to get on board with the new approach. And what I would say is, and this goes back to some of we were talking about earlier, the top down kind of approach to this, and what's happening and the most senior role matters the most. And the CEO who came in this was after the former CEO was was like, you know, the chief legal officer, the head of that business, and a number of different executives, you keep going on, had exited the company, the new CEO, who came in they've Calhoun, currently is still the CEO, they're brought in this new wave, this refreshing new approach and culture, and was all about how do we ensure that we are being accountable, and that we're being transparent, because that is what matters in this circumstance. And so with that license to operate, it was a lot easier to come in and convince folks Well, this is how we should approach this from a media perspective, from a communications staff perspective, and across the board, with our customers with regulators, cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Because everybody was on board that this is what we needed to do. And frankly, it's the only way to not only repair our reputation, because this is 100 year old company has been at the first of so many different things historically, from an aviation standpoint, and helped truly invent modern flight. So how do you create a reputation that people expect coming out of that, but also to respect again, those who trusted the company, because when you step on a fly, you know, you know, as Michael, when you stop on a flight, you don't want to think about whether it's gonna make it to the other side or not. You want to trust that it's gonna make it to the other side and focus on what you got to do when you get there and everything else in your life. And people had for a brief period of time lost that faith. And that is what we were really trying to restore.   Michael Hingson  1:03:15 Do you think you were pretty successful at getting faith and confidence restored,   Bradley Akubuiro  1:03:20 I think we've made a good start at bone still remains a client. And I would say that the work that is ongoing is going to take time, because it takes five seconds to lose your reputation. It takes a long time to rebuild it and to regain trust. And I think the company is committed to what it needs to do to do that. But it is a journey.   Michael Hingson  1:03:44 What do you advise people today you do a lot of consulting, and you're in

#168 - What separates the top Realtors from the rest? Follow up. The gold is in the follow up. On this episode of The Real Estate UnSalesperson podcast, we're going to learn to master follow up with Deb Brown Maher.Why is follow up so important? A high percentage of buyers and sellers are not going to be ready to sign a contract with you the first time you meet. Maybe they are just gathering information, or maybe they are interviewing other Realtors, or maybe they just haven't made a final decision yet if they want to move.How do you set yourself apart from the other Realtors that your potential clients may talk to? With your follow up. Very few Realtors follow up. If the client is not right in front of them, they forget about them. If you do follow up, you will be in the minority of Realtors and that is a good thing. You will have very little competition. You will also impress your potential clients with your interest in serving them.So, how should you follow up? When should you contact them? What should you say? Deb Brown Maher provides some excellent insights on this podcast on how to follow up in a manner that your clients want.Meet Deb Brown MaherDeb Brown Maher is a sales coach, author and speaker who helps business owners make more sales by shifting their perspective —  from convincing prospects to buy, to being of service to them. She is passionate about selling from a position of integrity and shares her methods in Sell Like Jesus: 7 Characteristics of Christ for Ethical Sales. Deb got started in sales at the ripe old age of eight when she sold handmade potholders door to door and learned how a sale can brighten two people's day – hers and her customer's. She honed her approach with companies small and large including Lucent Technologies, Hershey Foods, Computer Associates and Comcast Cable.As the owner of Deb Brown Sales, Deb has used the Sell Like Jesus approach to help hundreds of business leaders increase sales by 50-100% in just 12 months.  Learn more at www.debbrownsales.com.Deb is also a fine artist who paints as a creative expression of worship inspired by and given back to God. She starts with a blank canvas, and no specific image in mind as onlookers watch her paint. Deb seeks guidance from the Holy Spirit for what the Lord wants to make manifest to those observing.  Everyone experiences the unfolding of God's visual message real-time as He gives revelation, healing, and peace directly to everyone through the painting, according to each one's needs. Her artwork is available at www.worshipfulart.com.Sales Is An Honorable ProfessionSales is an honorable profession if done properly. As Deb says, a sale can brighten two people's day, yours and your client's.Don't miss this episode of The Real Estate UnSalesperson podcast. It will both educate and entertain you. Let's master follow up with Deb Brown Maher!Get The UnSalesyGram Newsletter!How would you like to get some great ideas on how to successfully sell real estate in an unsalesy manner delivered to your inbox along with some inspiration and motivation? Sign up for my free UnSalesyGram Newsletter here!Mortgage Connects, an MGIC PodcastInsights and tips from top mortgage industry pros!Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Join us for a conversation with Parminder Jassal, who is the CEO of Unmudl Public Benefit Corp. and the Founder/CEO of SocialTech.ai. She is also the Founder of the “Work + Learn Futures Lab” at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Jassal investigates the future through three intersecting lenses: 1) the innovations of open economies; 2) changing role of people in their environments; and 3) the relationship between learning and work. Through new research and research-inspired prototyping, she applies insights from the fringes to promote positive culture shifts and solutions by getting ahead of inequities. Her drive is led by incredible experiences at Fortune 50 companies such as at Ford Motor Company, Atlantic Richfield Oil Company, and Lucent Technologies. And her entrepreneurial spirit began with co-founding start-ups like Technology Solutions and Consulting, Bombay House Restaurant, and East Indian Trading Cafe. Unmudl is a Skills-to-Jobs Marketplace founded by U.S. Community Colleges to connect community college students to employers. Unmudl offers community college courses, credentials, and services to facilitate skills development redeemable at multiple community colleges and employers. Original music by Lynz Floren.

The podcast touches on a number of interesting points regarding IoT connectivity and how the evolution of low-orbit satellites will provide lower-cost connectivity for IoT devices. Alastair also discusses how IoT aids in companies becoming more sustainable, managing customer relationships, and the current state of connectivity. Ryan and Alastair wrap up the podcast with high-level conversations around challenges in deploying solutions and growth predictions for the IoT market.Alastair Williamson was born and raised in East Africa with a career spanning 30 years in telecommunications. He has held a number of sales leadership roles at Krone, Lucent Technologies (now Nokia), and Cambridge Broadband Networks. Alastair became CEO at Ranplan Wireless, taking the company public. Alastair then joined Wyld Networks as CEO in 2019 and has also taken the company public in the NASDAQ FN Growth Market Stockholm in 2021.

Emilio Iodice is an award-winning author, presidential  historian, executive, decorated American diplomat, and professor. He spent over three decades as a senior executive in the public and private sectors, educator, and university administrator.  He is among the most decorated officers in American history with a gold medal for heroism, a gold and silver medal for exemplary service, nominations for the Bronze Medal, and numerous commendations and citations. At age 33, he was named by the President of the United States to the prestigious Senior Executive Service as a Charter Member.  He was the youngest career public official to reach this distinction. After the Foreign Service, he was named Vice President of Lucent Technologies, in charge of operations in numerous countries. In 2007, he was named Director and Professor of Leadership of the John Felice Rome Center (JFRC) of Loyola University Chicago.  He served as Director until 2016. Publications by Professor IodiceWebsite: Emilio IodiceBook: The Commander in Chief: The Qualities Needed of Leaders of Freedom-Loving Nations in the 21st CenturyArticle: Will the Real Commander in Chief Please Stand Up?Book: Reflections, Stories of Love, Leadership, Courage and Passion. Book: When Courage Was the Essence of Leadership: Lessons from HistoryBook: Across Time and Space: Chronicles of Courage, Hope, Love, Persistence and LeadershipQuotes From This Episode"Mussolini was a man of enormous charisma and detail. Detail was everything for Mussolini…and Mussolini understood how to control and disseminate messages. He was a master at it.”“Putin's following Mussolini's playbook. The manual is, I'm sure, on his desk somewhere."Quick to judge; Quick to anger; Slow to understand; Ignorance and prejudice; And fear walk hand in hand..." - Neal Peart of the band RushResources Mentioned In This EpisodeReturn of Mussolini by Emilio IodiceAbout The International Leadership Association (ILA)The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in the study, practice, and teaching of leadership. Plan for ILA's 24th Global Conference online on October 6 & 7, 2022, and/or onsite in Washington, D.C., October 13-16, 2022.Connect with Scott AllenWebsite

We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, YOUR guest is Dr. Parminder Jassal, CEO at UnMudl, YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio, & YOUR Guest-Host is Ryan Stowers, Executive Director at The Charles Koch Foundation. Working Learners - NOT non-traditional students. Why does non-traditional seem to be a negative Hear Parminder talk about why working learners need the flexibility of the ins & outs based on what is happening in their personal & work lives. UnMudl closed their seed round at 1.3 million showing that the community college marketplace is going places! Dr. Jassal creates social technologies that nudge human decision-making towards an equitable, sustainable future. As the CEO of Social Tech.ai, a public benefit corporation headquartered in Austin, TX, Parminder serves working learners through their flagship product - the Unmudl Skills-to-Jobs Marketplace. Unmudl is powered by America's community colleges to close the talent & diversity gap between employers & learners. Parminder is affiliated with the Institute for the Future where she founded the Work + Learn Futures Lab. Her early perspectives are shaped by experiences at Fortune 50 companies such as Ford Motor Company, Atlantic Richfield Oil Company, & Lucent Technologies along with co-founding start-ups like Technology Solutions & Consulting, Bombay House Restaurant, & East Indian Trading Cafe. Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edup/message

Debra Sabatini Hennelly was the student government president and my UVA Law School class president for the class of '88. She teaches organizations ethical leadership, including how to create psychological safety in the workplace, so that employees will feel empowered to speak up, as an early warning about problems that can be prevented and addressed early. Employee wellbeing is crucial to organizational health. The pandemic's "Great Attrition," or "Great Resignation," underscored the importance of creating an ethical culture in an organization, so that employees feel like they belong, that their voices are heard, and that they are doing work that matters. Debbie also penned a book, Presence in Chaos – 365 Mindful Moments, that contains inspiring daily quotes set against her beautiful original photography, and describes how the book grew out of her experiencing burnout and reaching a personal low point in her life. Debbie helps executives and boards create cultures of integrity and inclusion, which are essential to the resilience of organizations and their people. She uses stakeholder-focused frameworks for managing compliance, ethical and ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) risks and opportunities and helps integrate them into operations and culture. She also coaches legal and compliance professionals, helping them lead effectively and develop strategies for personal resilience. For more than 25 years, Debbie has been creating innovative approaches to managing compliance and fostering ethical leadership—from boardrooms to break rooms—with organizations ranging from small entities to some of the largest multinationals. Her expertise is rooted in her multi-disciplinary background in engineering and law, cultivated through her decades of corporate leadership roles and consulting experience. Her passions for learning, teaching and "connecting the dots” fuel her ability to inspire authenticity, engagement and accountability. Debbie founded Resiliti in 2004 (originally, as Compliance & Ethics Solutions), to provide ethical leadership, culture and compliance consulting and training. Resiliti offers a comprehensive suite of services, including holistic risk management, ESG strategies, culture mapping and experiential learning. They help bring to life organizational values and build cultures of integrity that support the perspectives and dignity of each individual in a team and across an organization. Debbie is an adjunct professor in Fordham University School of Law's Program on Corporate Ethics and Compliance. Debbie spent almost 15 years in legal and compliance leadership roles—AT&T; Lucent Technologies; Avaya; BP; Avon Products; as well as general counsel and chief compliance officer for two privately-held chemical companies, reporting to their CEOs and meeting quarterly with their boards of directors. Her experience holding senior in-house roles in public and private companies, as well as working in two ethics and compliance service providers, has enabled her to acquire an uncommon perspective from both sides of the client/vendor relationship. Prior to her corporate experience, Debbie practiced law with two major law firms in Washington, DC, and New Jersey. Before practicing law, she was a civil and environmental engineer, supervising construction for Exxon. Debbie is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management and the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics. She speaks frequently at conferences and writes on several platforms. Debbie earned her B.S.E. in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Duke University and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Learn more about her work at Resiliti.com and PresenceInChaos.com, and follow her on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maria-leonard-olsen/support

Hilton Nicholson currently serves as President and CEO of CyberReef Solutions. Mr. Nicholson founded CyberReef Solutions in November 2012 to provide security and control of data traffic over Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular and AT&T wireless networks. He served as President and CEO of SIXNET, LLC from 2009 to 2011. Sixnet provides process control and cellular data communications systems for industrial applications. Sixnet was acquired by Spectris (a UK based company) in October 2011. Prior to joining Sixnet in 2009, he has held executive positions at AT&T and Lucent Technologies. He served as Chief of Operations at 3Com and President of two Business Units at ADC Telecommunications. He has extensive experience in wireless, IP data networking and VOIP technologies. He has advanced degrees in electrical engineering from Louisiana Tech, Clemson and Duke University as well.Over his career, Mr. Nicholson has extensive M&A experience. Long list of buy and sell ventures. In his off time you wil find him with his family and most likely boating.Learn more about him and CyberReef- https://www.cyberreef.com/Support the show (https://cash.app/$cwhitking)

On June 24th, 2021, Seth Levine joined High Alpha Partner Kristian Andersen for a conversation about his new book, The New Builders, and his career working with startups for 20+ years. Seth Levine is currently involved in venture capital investing as well as operational, transactional, and advisory roles at both public and private companies. He is a Partner and Co-Founder of the Foundry Group.  Seth Levine began his venture capital career at Mobius Venture Capital. Prior to Mobius Venture Capital, Seth Levine joined FirstWorld Communications, which is a restart of a data communications company. He then led the IPO process for FirstWorld's IPO in 2000 and negotiated simultaneous equity investments from Microsoft, SAIC, and Lucent Technologies. In this episode, we revisit Seth's Speaker Series where you'll learn: The catalyst for his latest book, The New Builders  Current and future state of entrepreneurship Stories about new builders making an impact in their local communities

In this episode of GREAT POWER PODCAST, host Michael Sobolik speaks with Jon Pelson, author of Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back. The conversation covers Huawei's rise to global dominance of telecommunications, the national security risks that Huawei and other Chinese tech companies pose to democracies like the United States, and how America can regain its footing in its technological competition with the Chinese Communist Party. Author Biography Jonathan Pelson joined Lucent Technologies during the telecom boom of the ‘90s, helping create and market some of the company's breakthrough technology solutions. He later served as the Chief of Convergence Strategy for British Telecom, developing a global wireless plan for the company. During his time with these and other telecom companies, he traveled to China and saw that country's fledgling telecommunications companies grow and eventually seize the world lead. With deep personal experience in the sector and rare access to the people who ran the world's largest telecom companies, he decided to investigate how the lead was lost to the Chinese and what we could do to take it back. Jon has a degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. Resources from the Conversation Read Jon Pelson's book, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back Read about US policies to stymie Huawei's market dominance Read Michael's analysis about the security and military risks Huawei poses to the US and our allies Follow Jon on Twitter

The Collapse of the Ad Tech Surveillance Economy with Judy Shapiro. Judy Shapiro has had a distinguished career working both the agency side (NWAyer) and client side (AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, Phillips, Paltalk and CA) where she became an early advocate of advertising technology. By 2011, Judy could see the opportunity of digital marketing and she decided to start her own ad tech venture, engageSimply; an acquisition marketing firm that uses artificial intelligence to precisely identify, access, and buy the topics a brand should invest in to drive sustainable acquisition. During this time, Judy was a regular contributor and speaker at industry venues including AdAge, 4A's, Huffington Post, and Entrepreneur aimed at inspiring her colleagues to embrace ad tech's potential. While at the same time educating marketers about ad tech's dark side where algorithms trump intuition and platforms overshadow people. In 2017 and 2018, engageSimply was awarded “Top 10 Content Marketing Solution” from Marketing Tech Insight.

Kedar Naphade, Ph.D., leads Axtria's Decision Science practice and brings over 20 years of analytics, consulting, and leadership experience. First, Kedar talks about the strategic challenges life sciences organizations face specific to patient care. Then, he delves deep into how organizations must leverage data and analytics in the future to compete as the roles of software, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation expand in the life sciences industry. Tune in as Kedar shares how he innovates for his customers as it relates to the future of analytics. IN THIS EPISODE: [02:31] The strategic challenges life sciences organizations face specific to patient care. [11:28] Why life sciences leaders must prepare for future commercialization processes and the consequences if they don't prepare.   [18:55] The role of platforms as software, AI, and automation play increasingly important roles. [22:00] Kedar's past innovations to his customers as they relate to the future of analytics. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Companies face significant consequences if life sciences leadership neglects analytics as a strategic weapon. Productization is key. An organization's ability to leverage software and AI will be critical in the future. Leaders must focus on three building blocks to enable digitization: inputting a data strategy, having the proper organizational structure and processes emphasizing the culture, and the right partners to enable best-in-class technology and analytics.  LINKS MENTIONED: Axtria Insights - https://www.axtria.com/ BIO: Kedar leads Axtria's Decision Science practice and brings over 20 years of analytics, consulting, and leadership experience. As a strategic advisor to executive leadership, he has a stellar track record in building and running large global analytics teams and accelerating innovation by delivering analytics using software platforms.   Kedar has spent years building advanced analytics applications to solve strategic problems, including commercial strategy, omnichannel resource allocation, market access, the patient journey, and the supply chain. He has experience across global markets, including the top five countries in Europe, Japan, Turkey, and Canada. Before joining Axtria, Kedar held leadership roles at Cognizant, marketRx, Bell Labs, and Lucent Technologies. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Mumbai and a Ph.D. in operations research from Lehigh University. Kedar is also an accomplished musician trained in Indian classical music.

Keri Gilder is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Colt. Before joining Colt, Keri held several leadership roles at Ciena and was most recently Vice President and General Manager EMEA. Prior to Ciena, Keri worked in multiple roles for Lucent Technologies and she has also worked for Hughes Aircraft as a Network Engineer. Keri is passionate about promoting inclusion and diversity, also leading Colt's Diversity Council.

Mythili Sankaran is the CEO and Co-founder of Neythri, a global  community of professional South Asian womxn and the Co-founder and  Managing Partner of The Neythri Futures Fund I, a venture fund for and by  South Asian women. Mythili has been a consulting CXO to early-stage startups, product  management specialist, dealmaker, entrepreneur and community builder.  She comes with extensive experience in both, the corporate and nonprofit  sectors. With over two decades of experience in the technology sector,  Mythili brings a combination of strong startup, enterprise, product  management and business development expertise to teams she works  with. Previously, Mythili was the Senior Director & Head, Western Region  for the U.S. India Business Council where she led the Council's west coast  practice and membership. Prior to USIBC, Mythili was the CEO of  Koollage, a telecom/web startup. Early in her career, Mythili spent several  years as a Research Staff Member at IBM Research Labs as well as AT&T  Bell Labs and in product management roles at Lucent Technologies.  Mythili recently founded Stratalens, an executive advisory firm to help early  stage startups and advises them on all aspects from product ideation and  investor pitch preparation to fundraising, marketing, business  development, startup operations and business implementation.  Additionally, Mythili is a member of several leading angel investment funds  focused on women entrepreneurs such Portfolia, Pipeline Angels and  Golden Seeds and is also a Fellow of the American Leadership Forum,  Silicon Valley. Mythili is also actively involved in several non-profits focused on girls  education and empowerment. She serves on the Regional Board of Room  to Read, a global nonprofit supporting girls' education and literacy, is a  mentor for the Duke Technology Scholars program, and Global Advisor to  How Women Lead. Mythili has a MS degree in Physics from Texas Tech  University and an Executive MBA certificate from the Wharton School at  the University of Pennsylvania. LinkedIn:  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shobhana-viswanathan/support

David Thompson is the founder and general partner of Thompson Investing, operating out of his city of residence: Austin, Texas.As a sponsor in countless syndication deals, David invests capital in real estate projects, particularly multi-family apartments, self-storage, and home parks. He currently manages an investment portfolio of over $150 million. Before starting his own business, David moved between high-level management positions at companies like Dell, AT&T, and Lucent Technologies.In this episode David shares his strategies for dealing with crises like Coronavirus in real estate syndication. We discuss how you can make money in any real estate market through identifying and developing a niche, and how David has turned the pandemic into an opportunity for personal and professional growth. Tune in for an uplifting episode where David's optimistic and pragmatic investing tips help you become a more resilient investor. KEY TAKEAWAYS1. Communication is key to build and maintain trust during a crisis, even if you only have bad news. 2. Building strong business relationships will pay off for years to come. 3. Educating yourself is crucial. Anybody can get started as an investor if they are willing to self-educate and reach out to professionals to ask questions. 4. Slow periods are part of investing. It comes in waves. 5. Take the time during a slow year to focus on building up what you have, strengthening your investments rather than expanding. LINKShttps://thompsoninvesting.com/https://twitter.com/thompsoninvesthttps://www.facebook.com/thompsoninvesting/ 

Tony Schiller has 25+ years in the sports and entertainment marketing industry with a successful track record of building sustainable marketing platforms and relationships. His strengths include innovation, relationship building, strategic vision, building dynamic, measurable programs, and intense, being a results-oriented negotiator. Most importantly, he's always focused on creating and maintaining a healthy culture that promotes trust, open communication, and reliable, enjoyable teamwork. Clients have included Continental/United Airlines, Anheuser-Busch, General Mills, Holiday Inn, Sears, Gatorade, One A Day Vitamins, Alka Seltzer, Bayer, Gillette, Sharpie, PNC Bank, Lucent Technologies, Reliant Energy, Giant Eagle et al. Tony has worked with the MLB, NFL, NBA, PGA, NASCAR, NCAA, USOC, and most sports properties from little league up to the pros. Additionally, he's had intensive experience in music, entertainment, arts, and media marketing channels. Tony advises start ups in the area of capital raise, revenue generation, strategic partnerships and operations. Start ups including Pogo Seats, Sports Lock, Gain Fitness, Passion House Roasters, Golf Miles, vStream, Fan Footage, Triax Technologies, a Upfront Analytics, CashMusic.org and Whetstone Winery. Advisor to Enterprise Ireland.

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, remote work became essential as a means of social distancing. The transition was sudden and dramatic, and it might change the way we work forever. In this episode, we discuss the practicalities of remote work. We define the perfect remote workday and share our experience on how long it takes to get used to working remotely. We dive into issues of trust, the feeling of losing control and power, about taking advantage of existing technologies as tools that support communication & collaboration. JODIE GOULDEN is a Consultant & Founder of Orgdesign Works. Her focus is on helping senior leaders reduce bureaucracy and hierarchy by designing better ways of working. She is a Psychologist with 20+ years of experience at multinational companies, including BASF, Lucent Technologies, Deloitte. She is a Board Member of the Organisation Design Institute. You can reach out to her via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodiegoulden/ or through her website: https://www.orgdesignworks.com/. SUSANNE CONRAD is a Senior Consultant on everything virtual. She has 20 years of experience in various leading positions, like marketing and sales in a global pharmaceutical company and an internal E- Academy. She now works as a Learning Consultant, Online Coach, and Listening Trainer. Her focus is on virtual meetings, training, workshops, conferences, and leadership. You can reach out to Susanne via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-conrad-8767aa93/. To show your support for the podcast you can subscribe (free) on my website: www.skillsformars.com and click the YouTube - confirm your subscription button Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/ (https://www.purple-planet.com) Support this podcast

2019 Cade Prize runner-ups Joe Sleppy and Isaiah Oladeji have invented a wire-shaped supercapacitor. Unlike batteries, capacitors are not used to store energy, but to deliver it quickly and in dense amounts. Using wires instead of plates or boxes greatly reduces the space needed on things like circuit boards. Isaiah, raised in Nigeria, said he was “a very bad student.” His parents received no schooling at all, but Isaiah eventually got a PhD in the U.S. Joe progressively lost his hearing by third grade and had to get cochlear impacts to hear again. At age 16, he won a $10,000 business plan competition and started his own company. TRANSCRIPT: Intro: 0:01 Inventors and their inventions. Welcome to Radio Cade and podcast from the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Florida, the museum is named after James Robert Cade, who invented Gatorade in 1965. My name is Richard Miles. We’ll introduce you to inventors and the things that motivate them, we’ll learn about their personal stories, how their inventions work, and how their ideas get from the laboratory to the marketplace. Richard Miles: 0:39 According to philosophers, we’re all hungry for power. That may be debatable, but what’s not in question, is it the machines we build are hungry for power of the ACDC variety. I’m your host Richard Miles. My guests today are Joe Sleppy, and Isaiah Oladeji of CapaciTech, which has a wire-shaped supercapacitor. Joe and Isaiah welcome to Radio Cade. Joe Sleppy: 0:58 Thanks for having us. Richard Miles: 0:59 I’m deficient in actually many things, but probably a more so in anything to do with electricity. So the first thing let’s start out, walk me through and our listeners, what is a capacitor and what is a supercapacitor. Isaiah Oladeji: 1:10 Capacitors and supercapacitors actually doing the same things, storing energy. You can store energy in them fast and you can get those energy out faster. So supercapacitor probably has a more storing capacity than the actual capacitor. Richard Miles: 1:27 Got it. Isaiah Oladeji: 1:27 And that’s the simple difference between the capacitor and the supercapacitor. At the end of the day, they store less energy compared to standard battery . Richard Miles: 1:36 Got it. Okay. And capacitors have been around in one form or another for a while . I mean the ability to store energy, right? Isaiah Oladeji: 1:43 Yes. Joe Sleppy: 1:43 Right. Well, the one thing I want to point out the difference between s uper apacitors and a normal capacitor is in a normal capacitor. You have two electric plates, there’s an electric field between them. And that’s what storing the energy wi th t h e s upercapacitor. You add an energy storage material between those electric plates to further enhance that energy storage ability. So it’s not a battery, st ores, less energy than a battery, but it can deliver that energy really, really quickly, which means it has a high power density, which is what makes it the difference between a capacitor, a su percapacitor a nd a battery. Richard Miles: 2:10 Okay. So what you have is a wire shaped supercapacitor and again, for listeners who are not familiar with, at all with any of this, what is the current standard configuration of capacitors and why is a wire supercapacitor such a big deal? Joe Sleppy: 2:23 The standard configuration for capacitors is you typically have two parallel plates. Richard Miles: 2:27 Got it. Joe Sleppy: 2:28 And what they’ll do is they’ll wrap those parallel plates to make what looks like a little soda can, or they will compact it into a little box and these little soda cans and these little boxes all always get installed on circuit boards. A lot of times actually a third of the circuit board will have nothing but capacitors installed on it. So a lot of space on a circuit boards being wasted by these capacitors. And what we noticed is a lot of times the capacitors are connected to the input or the output of the circuit board. What we’re doing is we’re manufacturing, a wire shaped capacitor. So instead of it being soda can, it’s a long and skinny and flexible wire. And we’re going to take this wire and embedded inside the wires that are going into the circuit instead of on the circuit board itself. Richard Miles: 3:10 In a way you’re talking about a size or a space savings right? Isaiah Oladeji: 3:13 So even if you decide to put them on the circuit board, you have a lot of free space at the end of the day, which means that you can either shrink your circuit board or you add more functionality. Richard Miles: 3:26 I’m tempted to tell our listeners to go to the nearest desktop, take off the back and then look at the circuit board. But then I’m afraid Radio Cade gets sued by all these people who couldn’t put their computers back together. But I think I get the concept. So Isaiah, you touched upon this a little bit in terms of space savings. And then Joe , you talk about power, but why is this such a big deal? Where do you see this going in terms of potential applications? Obviously the computer industry would be using this, but are there other things beyond computers in which a wire shaped supercapacitor , it’s going to make a big difference? Joe Sleppy: 3:56 So the deal here is that traditional capacitors all have to be installed on a circuit board. And as I’ve mentioned to you before, that is going to take up a lot of space on set circuit board. Maybe a third of the circuit board will be taken up by all these capacitors. And so with our innovation here, putting the capacitor in a different form factor, having the capacitor shaped as a wire, we can now install our capacitor inside DC power cords, connecting to circuits rather than on the circuit itself. Now there’s a lot of applications in that system. Okay. Might be for solar power systems. It might be for electric vehicles. It could be for wind turbines, everything has wires connecting it in one way or another. The bigger idea here is instead of being able to install more and more capacitors, and s upercapacitors on a circuit board, which makes the circuit itself far larger, far more expensive, we can offset those capacitors in the connecting infrastructure o f the connecting wiring, which then keeps the circuit small, keeps the infrastructure small a nd l imited while you’re also getting the advantages of having more capacitance in the system, which typically will improve the performance as well. Isaiah Oladeji: 4:54 In short, it means that if you have an off-grid solar powered house, our capacitor could be part of that system. It could be part of an electric car. It could be part of a drone wherever you have a battery, as a matter of fact, where you want to extend the life of the battery, these capacitors can readily go into it and extend the life of the battery. Richard Miles: 5:18 Whenever a battery is involved, particularly a large battery or large power requirements . Seems to me, that is the value proposition of your company. Let’s talk a little bit about that. And I know you’re still very early stage and you’re still doing a lot of your due diligence on the technology itself, but in terms of potential markets, you listed at least three that I heard solar power, electric vehicles and things like drones. Is there an obvious advantage in picking one of those three? Where would you go first where you think t hat this would make a bigger difference as opposed to the other ones? Joe Sleppy: 5:51 Right, so I will say that as a capacitor there’s hundreds of applications, every electronic circuit has a capacitor or capacitance in one way or another. That h as actually been a challenge for the company as an entrepreneurship company t o decide which one do we want to do first? Now it’s not just about which one is the coolest. It’s not just about which one does the entrepreneur like myself and Dr. Oladeji here. It’s not just about what we want to do. I think that we would both love to g o put this into an electric vehicle and start working with Tesla today. But the feasibility of that is not so great. So what we’ve done is we’ve spent about a year or t wo years and a lot of customer discovery trying to figure out what value our technology can really add. And our first focus is going to be on the solar power market. And specifically within that solar power market is residential solar power homes. We’re going to be able to do two things for them. One, if they have a battery, we can connect our cable capacitor into the DC power cords to ma ke that battery last l onge r and have better performance. That’s going to save the homeowner money because they don’t have to replace that battery every five years, seven years, whatever it is, the second thing that we can do for solar power systems, as we can connect our cable- based capac itor again, inside the DC power cords, you don’t need any other ugly boxes hanging off your roof. You don’t need to make your garage cluttered, none of that, but we can connect our cable based capac itors into the DC power cords, connecting everything together, and we’ll be able to compliment the solar panels to have more power. The way that we do that has actually nothing to do with the power itself. But when you have a shadow, for example, go over your panels, there’s been a sha r p drop in the power output. Our capacitor will m ake sure that that drop is filled in so that the power going to the home is as constant as possible. Having constant power, at lea st a hig h e r efficiencies to the inverter. And it means that t he m aximum power point tracking devices will have a higher efficiency and be able to get more power out of the panels. Richard Miles: 7:36 So you’re in this really interesting inflection point, I guess, the development of your idea and that the energy market is one of those markets. It’s like, it’s g ot a l ot o f big players. There’s a lot at stake and I’m sure you’re probably getting a lot of advice. Free advice, wanted advice, unwanted advice. I forgot to mention. I forget every single time dimension, t he, you are actually finalists in the 2019 C ade Prize. So congratulations to that reason. We have you on the show this morning, you are already doing well and you’ve already done well in other pitch competitions, but you’re now moving beyond that. Like how do we develop this idea? Tell me what the next year looks like. What are your near term milestones in terms of developing the commercialization of this idea? Joe Sleppy: 8:15 The thing I’d say is I started getting very, very focused and very, very specific about what we were doing over the last six months or so. And what I did specifically, as I started going to a customer and saying, I have this product, what do you need to see to buy it from me? Tell me exactly what specification you want. Tell me exactly what certifications I need. Tell me exactly what kind of fill in the blank you need to see in order to actually fulfill an order. I noticed that as a startup, a lot of people want to watch you and customers that watch you don’t necessarily buy from you. And that doesn’t help the company that much. It just makes it sound like a theoretical potential sale in the future. And so I started going to our customers in the solar industry and saying, I have solution. We think it’ll do that. What do you need to see? And that laid out our most immediate milestones, which are, we need to scale our manufacturing right now. Dr. Oladeji is making them by hand in his lab. It’s not very scalable in that sense. And so we just recently invested in some equipment to scale o ur manufacturing line up to 50 units a week. So that’s a big deal so that we can actually on a regular basis, put out samples, put out p roduct fulfill orders. The second thing that they’ve all told us is you need to have this be certified under a UL listing, which is kind of like FDA approval. But for electronic components, those two things have become the very clear milestones that if you do those two things, we will be able to fulfill orders and generate revenue. And so that’s what the media focus is. Richard Miles: 9:38 So most young companies, one of the things they really need the most is money, right? Because as you d escribe going into a manufacturing process, even an initial manufacturing run doing the other things y ou’ve described, somebody’s got to do them and turns out a lot of people don’t work for free, right? So you’ve already pitched this idea. I know in competitions, but tell me what it’s like sitting in front of a potential investor. And w hat’s some of the feedback you get and what kind of experiences that like, d o you come out of there walking on a cloud or is it kind of terrifying? Joe Sleppy: 10:08 Use to be terrified when I was 19 and asking for money for the first time? And I realized now that I was terrified about it because I was totally not ready to be raising money, but the good thing out of that, as I started getting a little bit of insight, talking to investors and learning how they thought, and I actually didn’t ask for money for the first year and a half, two years, the company was alive. I was in pitch competitions. I was awarded a grant. I was in different programs. I was in different accelerators, but when it came to talking to investors, for example, the Florida angel nexus i n Orlando, I would go and I ‘d never specifically asked for money. I would just pitch what I’m doing and listen to their feedback so that I could actually understand where they thought all the flaws were so that I could address them. One of the biggest flaws I needed to address was the initial pitch was w e’re a capacitor and we c ould be used in everything. And that didn’t go over very well. Right? I had to pick something and that kind of spurred on more focused, more specific customer discovery so that we can put together a more clarified business plan and a business case from there. I went out and I did the same exact thing over again. And I started realizing t here w as this sense of, okay, sounds good. Why should I believe you? And from there I realized that we really needed to get those customers to start writing letters saying, we’re willing to do this, but you need to do A and B t here’s a mentor of mine named Dr. Pape. He works at the University of Central Florida, part of the UCF Blackstone Launch Pad Program. And what he kept telling me i s Joe, what are your value generating milestones? And he is a former investor. And what he would always say is I would look at what money the company is raising. And I would look at what things they want to accomplish with that money. And my question to myself was always does accomplishing those milestones add value to the company? If the answer is yes. Okay. I can consider it. If the answer is yes, significant value, t hen I’d really consider it. And so that I was able to go get a letter of support from a customer saying, Joe, you need t hem, you owe this thing and you need a s caled manufacturing facility. Great. Now that I have those two milestones, I could go ask for money to accomplish them. And now I had letters of support saying, do those two things, and we can fulfill potentially millions of dollars worth of orders. Richard Miles: 12:09 Right? Cause it’s not just two things that you picked at random, like, Oh, these are nice to have t hey’re measures of value added. Joe Sleppy: 12:16 Value generating milestones. That’s Dr. Pape’s favorite term. Richard Miles: 12:19 I say, obviously you all are confident in the technical merits of the idea. Is this the sort of thing that you’re going to continue to make iterations, not just on the manufacturing end, but are there things you want to do to it to improve it, that you’re going to iterate your way to a better wire supercapacitor say in a year or five years from now? Isaiah Oladeji: 12:35 Yes, certainly because right now the operating voltage of ourselves now is around 1.6 volt . The desire is to raise it to maybe three volts, maybe even more than that. So as we are trying to market this in the other research that we’ll be doing in the background is trying to raise the voltage, the operation voltage of the cell. Richard Miles: 12:56 So what you have now is sort of like an iPhone, but one day you can have an iPhone four and five and six. Joe Sleppy: 13:01 You know, one thing I’d add to that is the specifications that we have right now. They’re good enough for our customers. If we make them better, the customers are only more excited, right? Right. On the 1.6 v olts cell, we connect multiple cells together in series or in parallel to meet different specifications. But if we were able to raise the voltage rating or increase the temperature rating or increase the capacitance of the cell, of course, we’re going to continue improving that product. But if we’re able to do that, it allows us to deliver the same value at a lower price, which potentially opens up the market more. So we’re going to continue iterating. We’re going to continue increasing the voltage rating most likely by using a different types of materials inside. And that w ill accomplish different specifications that open up new markets, potentially DOD markets, potentially automotive markets. But right now we’re staying very, very focused on residential solar power. And if we increase those specifications, we can only sell to those customers even better and open up new markets in the process. Richard Miles: 13:53 And increasing the voltage ratings. Is that a function of just time and effort, or is more research involved? Do you have a clear path on how to do that? Isaiah Oladeji: 14:01 Surely that part doesn’t actually involve too much research in the sense that what dictates the operational voltage of a capacitor most of the time is the electrolyte that you’re using inside , which means that by simply changing the electrolyte, it changes everything. It just is simple thing that we need to do that, that doesn’t even involve research that much, just okay . Finding an electrode that could be more compatible with our electrodes . Joe Sleppy: 14:25 Dr. Oladeji is awesome. And I like him because together we tend to avoid a friend of mine actually just said this word, an Edisonian approach to the way that we’re dealing with this. We’re not just trying different materials and seeing what might happen. We’re not rubbing sticks together and hoping for the best. He does have a list of very specific materials that we’re targeting, that we know that you add this material and it will increase the voltage rating. So it’s a matter of having Dr. Oladeji have the time to do that because right now he’s manufacturing these cells by hand. So once we implement that manufacturing process, his time is freed up to go improve the products that we’re manufacturing. Richard Miles: 14:58 But the only downside to that is then you don’t have a great quote like Thomas Edison’s, I found 10,000 ways to fail, right ? Your post will say, well, we found three ways to fail. Joe Sleppy: 15:05 We found three ways to fail, but I would tell my investors, we found a faster path to revenue. Richard Miles: 15:10 Okay. So behind every invention, there’s an advantage behind every business plan. There’s an entrepreneur let’s hear about sort of your personal stories of how you arrived, where you are today. And I’m not so much interested in the last year or two, but let’s go further back t han that. A nd let’s start with you Isaiah. Sort of, how did you end up here? What were you like as a kid? Were you a great student in school? Did you have great mentors and teachers tell us a little bit about t hat. Isaiah Oladeji: 15:31 I was actually a very, very bad student somehow. And my father especially has been so hard of me at that time, because I was really about saying , I just go to school for the sake of going to school. Okay. I have , I mean, I go to school. I hardly pay any attention to what the teacher was saying in the class. Richard Miles: 15:53 So that you weren’t thinking about capacitor? Isaiah Oladeji: 15:56 No , no, no, no, no, no. So I did not start to get my beer in until probably I was in elementary in the U.S. that would be around grade five. Richard Miles: 16:06 Wow. And where were you raised? Isaiah Oladeji: 16:07 I was raised in Nigeria. Richard Miles: 16:09 And when did you, or when did your family move to the United States? Isaiah Oladeji: 16:11 It was not until I finished my master’s degree in Nigeria teaching the university because I was best man in my class when I was completing my master’s degree. So the university decided to retain me and turned me into an assistant professor or assistant lecturer. So, and the requirement to stay in the university was me , you for me to get a PhD. So actually I got the Fulbright scholarship to come to U.S. To come and do my PhD. And my interest at that time was to be in solar cells to develop solar cells . So I came to do my PhD to get my specialization in solar cell. Richard Miles: 16:46 Now, Nigeria, did that have a British school system or what is sort of that? Isaiah Oladeji: 16:51 Well, the system is British, but a corrupted British system by the American system. Richard Miles: 16:59 The reason I asked that is that we lived in Barbados for a few years. And our son, when he was young, went to a British system school there. And the one thing I remember is that unlike American schools, the teachers give the parents unvarnished feedback about their child. They don’t sugar coat a thing. So they will say your child. And f rom an American perspective your shocked, like what do you mean? And I d on’t k now. They tell you how it is sometimes a little bit too much. Anyway. So t hat’s interesting t his, any of this run in the family Isaiah? Did, w here your parents in business, were they in science at all? Isaiah Oladeji: 17:31 No, actually my mom never went to school. My dad did grade one or grade two and then stopped going to school. Yeah. So basically my parents did not go to school, but my dad has a big drive to have all these kids educated. Richard Miles: 17:46 Are you the only of your siblings that became an academic? Isaiah Oladeji: 17:49 Well, actually I have three of my siblings that have PhD too. And I’ll do, none of us are in academia. Richard Miles: 17:57 I think your dad needs to write a parenting book, Joe, let’s turn to you. Where are you from? What were you like as a kid? Were you always an entrepreneur or did you have an entrepreneurial bent? Joe Sleppy: 18:05 I was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. I was born in 1996, so I got to grow up living and watching the greatest parts of the Yankees in modern history. So that was great, but my childhood was a little different than other people’s in the sense that I was actually a deaf kid. And so I progressively lost my hearing from age two, three. And by the time I was in kindergarten, my right ear was all pretty much shot. And so second grade I got cochlear implants installed and that was really exciting because now I potentially could h ear, but second grade didn’t really go. I was h omeschooled during that time, third grade I went, but I wasn’t hearing very well. So I would leave every third day to get basically physical therapy for how to talk and how to hear and around the time I was in fifth grade, I was back. My math was okay a nd things were all right, but I couldn’t really spell i t b ecause I couldn’t hear so not a fantastic elementary school student, but when I got to middle school a nd I got to high school, i t seemed like every year I started to progress and be closer to the top of my class. When I was in high school, I had awesome opportunity to be taught by fantastic teachers. My English teacher had a PhD, all my math teachers and physics teachers all had a m aster’s degree. That was really exciting because I actually learned from people who loved what they were doing rather than just teaching it. And so I did AP calculus and I did AP physics and I took classes and it was all great. But to be honest, I did not care about school because it was really boring to me when I was 16, in fact, I got so bored that I j ust s tarted to start my first business. And I competed in this competition put on by the Pinellas Education Foundation where the winner would get $10,000. So I won the $10,000 and they approached me and they said, so, J oe, what college do you want us to send this to? And I was like, you told me I could use this money for my business. And they were like, you could also use it for college. I’ll get Bright Futures. I’m not worried about college. I want it for my business. And so they gave me $10,000. I used it to start Slepp Solutions, which was a hands-free fitness equipment for amputees sold a few products here and there and made a couple of thousand dollars in reoccurring revenue. It was pretty great, but come freshman year in college, t here’s not very much money. And so I knew when I came into college, I really had three options. One was to get a PhD. One was to go work for somebody. And one was to start another business that could potentially scale and generate revenue to support a lifestyle. So on the working for som ebody fr ont that wasn’t going to happen. I worked for Publix for a couple of ye ars and working for Publix was really great. But I do remember this one moment where I sold $500 of groceries and made $2.50. I was just on the wrong side of the register. And then I was looking at my dad and my dad worked 35 years to get towards the top of his company. And I didn’t really feel like waiting 35 years to get to the top of the company. And I was imagining it like a chain. And I kept saying the fastest way to the top of the chain is to just start your own chain. Great reincarnate. All the entrepreneurial spirit I had when I was 16. And I started a bu s iness beca use I w anted to help people and cau s e I w as bored with school honestly. And so in college I realized, wanted to either get a PhD or start a business. I started doing that by getting involved in undergraduate research. The lab I did undergraduate research in is the lab that invented our technology here, the cabl e bas e d cap acitor while I was still in high school. And the professor said, Hey, I would really love to see this be a real thing one day, but I don’t have the entrepreneurial skill set to d o that. I hear you started a business when you were 16. What can we do? And that pretty much set off the story for capacity tech. We joined the ICorps Program. We joined the local level, the national level. I got involved with Firespring Fund and Starter Studio. I got involved with venture scale -up and the catalyst program. I got involved with UCF Blackstone Launchpad. I won the UCF Joust. I mean, I got every entrepreneur resource I could find in Orlando and I used it and I used it hard. And so that’s really what ended up spear ing off CapaciTech, becau se I al so realized that I go t my name on a few academic papers and that was great. And I actually used them on my resume and I was proud of them, but I didn’t have the same fulfillment that I got when I was starting my business. And I generated revenue and I created wealth and I helped spur on jobs. And now with CapaciTech, we’re doing all of th at same exact thing while I’m also getting to be involved with really cool technology, potentially completely world chan g ing tech nology. And that’ s real ly excites me and it really gets me going. And that’s why I do this becau se I lo ve it. Richard Miles: 22:03 And those are both really great stories. Before I forget Joe, one thing we always advise is go back and tell that teacher what an inspiration they were to you. Teachers love hearing that if you haven’t done it already highly advise it. Joe Sleppy: 22:13 I won’t say any specific details, but one of my high school teachers actually invested in CapaciTech. I absolutely am grateful. My high school was a special type of high school, r ight. It was called a fundamental system. So they did things a little differently, but the academic success was very, very high on their list of priorities. And that distilled into me. And when I got to college, I felt like my first year of college was just another year of high school because my high school was so intense with the way that they were teaching us in terms of calculus and physics. A nd when I got to the college version there was some new things introduced, but the underlying structure was already there b ecause I had such great passionate teachers in high s chool. Richard Miles: 22:48 So this is a part of the show where we offer the guests the opportunity to dispense wisdom to other entrepreneurs, other inventors. I’m sure you’ve already been asked probably for advice from other companies are getting started because they’ve seen you and in the work that you’ve done. So Isaiah, let’s start with you, as you’re trying to move a great idea out of the laboratory into the marketplace, one a re t he sort of things that you would avoid if you had to do it over. And what are some of the things that you think have been instrumental to your success so far, if you were giving advice to say someone a few years behind you in terms of their development. Isaiah Oladeji: 23:16 Well, if I have to use my own experience, I realized that so the experience that I had in the big companies that I worked for in the past, I probably contributed a lot to the success we are currently having in capacity. So if I have to do it again, I’ll probably prefer to do it that way. That is how I’ve experienced work with bigger company to get those essential experience that could come really, really handy because this is not my first company. I started several companies in the past and most of their field after I left working for places like Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies, Surpass Semiconductor in Singapore, Richard Miles: 23:55 Not insignificant companies. Isaiah Oladeji: 23:57 Corporation, the United Kingdom. So I worked for all of these big companies. And then after that I started my own company and then my technology got bought up by other companies and I was a big part of the company, but anyway it feel , and then somebody referred me to Joe and that was towards the end of 2017. And then we finally got together at the beginning of 2018. And I can say that the experience that I had in all those previous company that are actually coming together to help propel this company. Richard Miles: 24:29 So in a nutshell, worked for a bunch of big companies until you get just smart enough to start your own. Isaiah Oladeji: 24:33 Exactly. Richard Miles: 24:34 Joe, how about you? You’re a pretty young guy, but it sounds like you’ve already had a lifetime of experience here. What sort of lessons would you impart to others who are looking to do the same thing or something similar? Joe Sleppy: 24:42 I guess I have a few quick thoughts. I mean, one of them would be look at who you’re spending t he most of your time with n o, that when I was in high school, I was not just spending time with other students. I was spending a lot of time with this guy named K urt Long. K urt long, founded a company called F airWarning and they basically do cybersecurity for hospitals. W ell, Kurt long is who funded the $ 10,000 grant t hat started my business. So we would meet regularly maybe once a month and he would impart his wisdom into me. And that aged me up pretty quickly. And I remember this actually funny story after the fact, but I’m 18 and I go into his office and I’m like, Kurt, I made my first sale and he gave me a bottle of champagne. I’m like Kurt, I’m 18. He’s like, give it to your mom, this is so great. And so develop a relationship with somebody like Kurt, get involved in programs and just start doing something. So that was one thing surround yourself with people that are really champagne, you might get a free bottle of champagne. But then the other thing I would say is don’t be scared and just do it. My friends when I was 16, 17, 18, and they all had great ideas. Why didn’t any of them do it? Remember that program that I won in high school, I was the only kid in my class that submitted an application. There was something like 60 applications to this program and they were taking the top 10. So yo u h a d p retty good odds compared to like getting an SBI grant or getting a scholarship lik e yo u . Y ea h, p retty good odds. I had friends that were bullish enough to say all me n to ap ply to Harvard, but weren’t bullish enough to try and get an extra $10,000 grant. So what I always try to point out to people is, H ey, if you’re 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, you can start something and fail. And you’re right where everybody else is. So just try to do something. And I can tell you, there’s a g u y on Jeopardy named James right now. And he publicly said, the reason he’s doing so well on je opardy is because he takes all the bigger risks in the beginning of the game, bec ause he has time to recover. College high school. That is the beginning of the game. Go take some risks, go try to start something crazy. Surround yourself with people like for me, Richard Fox, Mike Pape, Cameron For d, K urt long. These guys will mature your brain to act a little bit further beyond your years. And then they also might connect you to people like Isaiah who hel ped yo u actually execute on your vision. Right? Don’t just be scared to do it because you’re just putting yourself closer and closer to having to take a job. Because now you have a mortgage. Now you have a car payment. Now you have whatever, if yo u’re 16 and it fails, you’re still a kid. Richard Miles: 26:53 No morgage, no champagne either. But yeah , these are both great stories and you’re obviously a great team. And uh , I think you’ll do well, but I want to wish you the best of luck. Thank you for coming on Radio Cade. Again, congratulations for making it the final stage of the Cade Prize and look forward to having you on the show again. Isaiah Oladeji: 27:09 Thank you very much. Richard Miles: 27:10 I’m Richard Miles. Outro: 27:12 Radio Cade would like to thank the following people for their help and support Liz Gist of the Cade Museum for coordinating and vendor interviews . Bob McPeak of Heartwood Soundstage in downtown Gainesville, Florida for recording, editing and production of the podcast and music theme, Tracy Collins for the composition and performance of the Radio Cade theme song featuring violinist Jacob Lawson and special thanks to the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention located in Gainesville, Florida.

Tim Fulton is a nationally recognized small business consultant and advocate. He has been involved in the field of Entrepreneurship for the past thirty years as a successful business owner, a small business counselor, and as an adjunct professor. In 1994, he started Small Business Matters, an independent management consulting and training practice. During this time he has worked with companies such as Lucent Technologies, Carlson Companies, Insignia ESG, and Georgia Power. 1) Where does "Small Business Matters" come from?  2) What are some of the myths about small business today?  3) What makes the job of the small business owner so difficult? Apertsizers in Reverse Why did you become an entrepreneur in the first place?  How do you deal with fear or rejection? What's a personal self-talk, mantra, affirmation or self-belief that contributes to your success?   See it, hit it, make it simple! If you could recommend one book to our listeners, what would it be and why?    Parting a word of advice?  How can my listener find out about you? http://smallbusinessmattersonline.com New Interviews, and Inspirational videos will be posted every week on my Youtube Channel! Just go here: https://goo.gl/EA9x6D Connect with Bert Martinez on Facebook. Connect with Bert Martinez on Twitter.

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Welcome to the Courageous Entrepreneur Show. This is the show that shares information and inspiration to help you break free from self-doubt, limiting beliefs, and disempowering patterns and break through to create the thriving, successful business you dream of and deserve. The show features interviews with entrepreneurs who've overcome amazing challenges to create success on their terms and experts who share insight and practical information that can help you get past your blocks and move forward with courage, confidence, and clarity. The show is available in both video and audio formats on a variety of platforms including iTunes, I Heart Radio, in the Google Play store, on You Tube and on my website. Every one of us has experienced some sort of challenge in our lives. For some it was a momentary mistake or action we took that we regret but have learned to live with. For others it may have been a loss or a rejection. In today's episode you'll hear from professional speaker Peggy O'Neill who is 3 and a half feet tall. Peggy is an award-winning keynote speaker and author. For over thirteen years, she has inspired powerful positive change in corporate and women's groups across the US with her unforgettable, dynamic, and humorous keynote speeches and trainngs. Coming from the field of psychotherapy, and drawing from her extra-ordinary experiences triumphing over the many trials- being a little person living in a big world- Peggy lends her expertise in the areas of personal empowerment, celebrating diversity and enhancing professional performance. Peggy has presented to over 100,000 people in organizations such as FEMA, Chase Bank, Diversity Works, Texaco, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lucent Technologies, Ball Aerospace, Lockhead Martin and many others. She has authored two books: Walking Tall: Overcoming Inner Smallness, No Matter What Size You Are;and Little Squarehead, an illustrated children's book.  Featured on the cover of Speaker Magazine , Peggy is also a contributing teacher in the films The Opus, and Tapping the Source  Additionally, Peggy serves young students, offering anti-bullying and self-esteem programs. Happily, Peggy brings real solutions to audience members and their hosting organizations. She lives in Ojai, CA, a small town near Santa Barbara. Listen in as Peggy shares: the path she took to becoming a professional speaker    her perspective on taking your greatest challenge and making it your biggest gift    the single biggest and best question you can ask yourself    3 simple steps you can take to deal with your inner critic    How you can grow your inner bigness She also shares a great, brief, guided meditation you can use any time to reconnect to your inner magnificence. As always listen all the way to the end where I'll share your cocktail exercise and action step for this episode. Guest contact information Peggy's website Videos, audios, books, etc  Peggy's online classes. Check out what's coming up soon.  Book Peggy to speak  Follow Peggy on Social Media Facebook You Tube Related Episodes Sometimes in an interview, I'll mention past episodes and / or guests. Here are the links that are mentioned in this episode or whose topics relate to this one. Mark Baker - From Abused to Abundant  Grace Bell - Challenge Your Thoughts, Change Your Life Jessica Yarbrough - From Foodstamps to Six-Figure Coach  Ready to start playing bigger yourself? But maybe you -- like many of us -- need more support, coaching, and accountability to keep moving forward to achieve your goals. Become an Action Taker! Join a group of like-minded solo professionals and entrepreneurs who are focused on using micro movements to achieve their goals while supporting each other.  Get more information and find out when the next group starts.