James Chitty is the CEO of Talon Air and a Partner at Apollo Jets. Under James’ leadership, Talon Air has become more customer-focused than ever, with 40+ aircraft ranging from the Hawker 800XP to the Gulfstream 550. He has also seen company culture thrive, all while increasing pilot staff by more than 400% and quickly gaining market share. https://www.linkedin.com/company/talon-air-inc./ https://www.talonairjets.com/ To find out if you are on the brink of scaling, take the Scalability Index Sco...
Jan 27, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Today's guest is Matt Carpenter, the CEO of Dealerware. Dealerware is a SaaS company based in Austin, TX, that manages courtesy and rental vehicles offered to you by franchise dealerships. Matt scaled his company by utilizing one sentence. "Start with 'Yes!'" https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcarpenterceo/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/dealerware/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/audiondemand/ https://www.dealerware.com/ https://www.audiondemand.com/ To find out if you are on the brink of scali...
Dec 08, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Today's guest is Joe Caruso, CEO and Co-Founder of Alliance Advisors. Alliance Advisors is a global corporate advisory firm that strategically guides its partner companies to reach their business goals. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-caruso-b299aba5/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/alliance-advisors/ https://www.allianceadvisors.com/ To find out if you are on the brink of scaling, take the Scalability Index Scorecard and know for sure. https://www.evokinggenius.com/scale Hosted on Acast. Se...
Dec 06, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Today's guest is Todd Abbott. He is the EVP of Corporate Development at Mediafly. https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-abbott-659b891/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/mediafly/ To find out if you are on the brink of scaling, take the Scalability Index Scorecard and know for sure. evokinggenius.com/scale Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 01, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Naveen Krishnamurthy is an accomplished two-time business owner and CEO. Since starting RIVA twelve years ago, Naveen has worked to define a culture that inspires employees to consider their relationships with each other and their clients, while achieving unimaginable personal and professional development. While focused on the basics of results innovation values and accountability (what RIVA stands for), Naveen is better known for his out-of-the-box and disruptive thinking. Through social media,...
Nov 29, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Meet today's guest, Trevor Sumner. Trevor is a NYC-based entrepreneur, product and marketing executive and recognized startup advisor and angel. He builds innovative companies, technology and experiences. If you want to find out more about Trevor and what he's currently up to, you can find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorsumner/ To find out if you are on the brink of scaling, take the Scalability Index Scorecard and know for sure. evokinggenius.com/scale Hosted on Acast. See a...
Nov 24, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Meet Ben Levenbaum, CEO of Xceleration. Ben is a native New Yorker, and oversees the growth of Xceleration with an eye on the industry and a focus on “what‘s next” as they deliver reward programs across North America and around the world. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-levenbaum/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/xceleration-inc-/ https://www.xceleration.com/ To find out if you are on the brink of scaling, take the Scalability Index Scorecard and know for sure. evokinggenius.com/scale Hosted on ...
Nov 22, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Edris is passionate about the intersection of retail, entrepreneurship, technology, and consumer science. In February 2020, Edris became the Chief Executive Officer of Engage3, a leading competitive intelligence and consumer engagement company committed to helping retailers and brands compete more profitably. He joined Engage in 2013 as Director, Business Development and then served as its COO and General Manager for four and half years before becoming CEO. https://www.linkedin.com/in/edrisadam/...
Nov 17, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Today’s guest is David Grossman, CEO of Renue Systems. Structured as a franchise system, Renue Systems is the leading provider of comprehensive deep cleaning and restoration services to the hospitality industry. They help their customers solve the problems of maintaining at a high level their important assets such as carpets, drapes, upholstery, tile and grout, air conditioning units, mattresses and marble/natural stone, among others. They are a preferred vendor partner to a number of large, int...
Nov 15, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Today’s guest is Aaron Schumm. Aaron is the founder and CEO of Vestwell, the modern engine powering savings and investment programs for small businesses and individual savers. Vestwell currently powers nearly 25,000 small businesses, more than a million savers, and $25 billion in assets in all 50 states. For more info: Vestwell Website: www.vestwell.com Vestwell LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/vestwell Vestwell Twitter: @Vestwell Aaron Schumm LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/aaronschumm Aaron Sc...
Nov 10, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Meet Dan Cremons, our guest for today's episode. He landed in the private equity space in 2007, and according to him, it was thanks to a few strokes of luck and a little elbow grease. Since the early days, Dan has led investments, served on numerous boards, built out portfolio operations and human-capital capabilities, and led within several private equity-backed companies as a CEO and CXO. Dan helps portfolio companies’ leadership teams define their winning future, get clear on the stepping-sto...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 6
Meet Tom Holgate, CEO of iLending and a Fintech leader with successful history of scaling businesses for acquisition and long term growth. iLending is a national leader in automotive refinancing with offices in Denver CO, Austin TX & Columbia SC. Through dozens of strategic partnerships with credit unions, banks, and other financial institutions, the company offers competitive interest rates on auto loans. Find out more about Tom and iLending right here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomholgat...
Oct 27, 2022•33 min•Ep. 5
After fifteen years of working his way up though the competitive ranks of New York City’s financial sector, today's guest Andy Pudalov made a conscientious decision to leave his position as Global Head of Fixed Income Derivative Trading at National Australia Bank to pursue an interest he felt was a virtue of higher importance. While he worked his entire adult life for a number of prestigious financial institutions to achieve an expertise in institutional fixed income derivative trading, he simpl...
Oct 25, 2022•30 min•Ep. 4
Doug Thede moved into executive leadership roles for companies like Sitehawk and Microstrategy after getting his BA in Accounting at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and working in tax for Big Four accounting firms. He may have started his career in Finance, but he thinks "beyond the spreadsheet," and views his primary job as building and leading great teams. He always has a good book to recommend and, one of these days, plans to try his hand at writing fiction. Doug loved creating by digging t...
Oct 20, 2022•40 min•Ep. 3
Meet Steven Moy, CEO of Barbarian. I've interviewed Steven for my book, The Little Book Of Big Scale , and knew I just had to have him on the show! We had a great discussion, even reminisced about an ancient (by the internet's standards) viral ad campaign. Since joining Barbarian as CEO in 2019, Steven has fundamentally reshaped the agency from top to bottom. He has launched Barbarian’s first global office in Warsaw, Poland; added 15 new clients (including Kendo, NARs, Cetaphil, K-Y, Durex, Cali...
Oct 18, 2022•45 min•Ep. 2
In the first episode of Genius At Scale podcast, you meet John Hittler of Evoking Genius. He interviewed more than 275 CEOs on the topic of scale for his upcoming book, The Little Book Of Big Scale - 5 Counterintuitive Practices for Exponential Growth. With this podcast, he intends to continue his search for counterintuitive scaling practices by interviewing the CEOs and other decision-makers of fast scaling companies. To find out if your company is at the brink of scaling, be sure to take the S...
Sep 26, 2022•8 min•Ep. 1
