As the CEO of Cognizant Softvision, Andres is responsible for both the day-to-day operations and the strategic vision of the firm. He most recently served as CEO of Softvision, prior to its acquisition by Cognizant in November, 2018. Prior to Softvision, he served as the Chief Solutions Officer at Globant, responsible for the design and development of digital solutions while leading strategic customer engagements globally. His areas of expertise include product development, agile transformation,...
Jun 10, 2019•30 min•Ep. 74
Since 2013, Matt Fiedler has been co-founder and CEO of Vinyl Me, Please, an e-commerce site that, for $29 a month, sends curated records to subscribers, from the vintage The Voice Of Frank Sinatra to the obscure (Watch Out! by 1970s Zimbabwean band Wells Fargo). Vinyl Me, Please sells $10.4 million worth of records a year and has found itself with a 1,400% 3-year growth rate, landing them at #342 on the Inc. 500’s fastest growing companies in the country. Just in time for Father’s day, enjoy a ...
Jun 07, 2019•22 min•Ep. 73
Ron Carson is Founder and CEO of Carson Group, which serves financial advisors and investors through its businesses including Carson Wealth, Carson Coaching, and Carson Partners. Founded in 1983, Carson Wealth has grown to become one of the largest wealth management firms in the country offering portfolio management and wealth planning services to high net-worth clients. Established in 1993, Carson Coaching has grown to become one of the leading advisor coaching programs in the country empowerin...
Jun 07, 2019•24 min•Ep. 72
Kimberly Snyder is the founder of Solluna and the #FeelGoodMovement, and the multi-time New York Times bestselling author of The Beauty Detox book series and Radical Beauty, co-written with Deepak Chopra. She is also a nutritionist, renowned speaker, meditation teacher, certified yoga instructor, and holistic wellness expert. An in-demand worldwide speaker, Kimberly also hosts the top-rated Feel Good with Kimberly Snyder podcast which airs on the Podcast One network. The Solluna by Kimberly Snyd...
Jun 07, 2019•22 min•Ep. 71
Jeffrey Perlman is the President & Founder of Bright Power. An experienced energy auditor, energy analyst, and solar-energy-system designer, Jeff is as happy in a boiler room or on a rooftop as he is in a corporate boardroom. He has built Bright Power from a single rented desk in a shared office to the substantial enterprise that it is today. Jeff was named to Crain's New York 40 Under 40 Class of 2018. Check out what Jeffrey is up to at: https://www.brightpower.com/...
Jun 06, 2019•26 min•Ep. 70
Mr. Delaney has built a career as a business and community leader for the last decade by his belief in bringing his "blue-collar work ethic" to his daily duties leading various corporate entities and community organizations. Delaney believes in "servant leadership" which means that he does not expect more of any person on his team than he would expect of himself. He believes in working in and among the departments at Good Life and working side by side with the rest of his leadership team. His tr...
Jun 06, 2019•19 min•Ep. 69
Dom is CEO of Dom & Tom, a digital product agency in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles with his co-founder and twin brother Tom. With over 18 years of digital product experience, Dom has consulted with enterprise companies including Hearst Communications, Turner Broadcasting, Priceline.com, Coca-Cola, The Children's Place, and Bloomberg L.P. He speaks on emerging technologies such as Blockchain, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Voice and more. He guides the agency's standards in digital produ...
Jun 05, 2019•34 min•Ep. 68
Alex Schwarzkopf is the CEO and co-founder of Pillar Technologies. Pillar was recently part of the first Techstars IoT program, won the Forbes Change the World competition and was named best Insurtech startup at Plug and Play. Prior to launching his startup, Alex worked at Tesla Motors in Silicon Valley, and he spent time designing scalable wireless technologies for sub-Saharan Africa. During this interview, Mr. Schwarzkopf discusses the impact his parents had on him and what it means to "be in ...
Jun 05, 2019•22 min•Ep. 67
During this interview, Mr. Harmeyer speaks upon the influence his dad had on him. He credits his parents capacity for love and caring to his success today. Before co-founding TiER1 in 2002, Greg spent several years managing large global information technology initiatives for Accenture in the US and in Europe. After Accenture, he was an early leader in a startup consultancy called AFKelly. As a co-founder of TiER1, Greg carried over everything he had learned from both firms about consulting, entr...
Jun 04, 2019•17 min•Ep. 66
During this interview, Mr. Hyatt discusses the impact his children have made on his life. With so much already accomplished, Mr. Hyatt stresses the importance of keeping an open mind and continuing to learn no matter how high up you are. He credits his children for continuing to teach him new skills and life lessons every day. Dick Hyatt is the President and CEO of Decisiv. He has more than 25 years of experience building, managing and growing early stage technology companies, including SAGE Sys...
Jun 04, 2019•19 min•Ep. 65
Babak Hedayati is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tapclicks. During this interview, Mr. Hedayati goes in depth on how poetry influenced his leadership and parenting style. He specifically recites "On Children" a poem from Kahlil Gibran and compares it to his own life and children. Mr. Hedayati acknowledges the success he has endured but, explains how he wants his children to be even better. He is the CEO of one of the fastest growing marketing companies in the world but is also just a regular father w...
Jun 04, 2019•25 min•Ep. 64
Zvi Band founded Contactually back in 2011. An engineer and a CEO, he has taken Contactually from idea to a fast-moving startup that now powers over 208million relationships. The company has over 60 employees, millions in revenue, 12M+ in venture backing, numerous awards, and thousands of customers. As of Monday, February 25, 2019, Contactually entered into an agreement to be acquired by Compass. Beyond Contactually, Zvi has served as a proponent of entrepreneurship in the DC region, founding DC...
May 29, 2019•29 min•Ep. 63
Ben Wright is Founder and CEO of Velocity Global, the leading provider of global business expansion solutions. The company is the first in the industry to provide end-to-end services that help companies expand globally using just one partner. Today, Velocity Global has over 120 employees with 10 international offices and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. In 2018, Wright was named Entrepreneur of the Year for the Mountain Desert Region by EY and his company ranked number 4 on the Inc. 5000 li...
May 29, 2019•24 min•Ep. 62
As CEO and President of SADA Systems, Tony Safoian firmly believes that technology can empower people to transform their world. To this end, he places innovation at the core of the business model, coupled with exceptional customer support and managed services. Under Safoian’s guidance, SADA has differentiated itself by proactively addressing a rapidly evolving market across Enterprise, SMB, Government and Education sectors, while anticipating the needs of its customers—often even before they do....
May 22, 2019•29 min•Ep. 61
Nis Frome is the co-founder of Alpha, the product management platform that powers thousands of experiments for the world’s leading brands. He is the editor of Product Management Insider and the co-producer of This is Product Management, a podcast with 1M+ downloads. His articles have been published in Forbes, The Next Web, and UX Magazine. In this conversation, we take a look back to his high school job in a pizza shop. While the position was under appreciated by many, the lessons learned in thi...
May 21, 2019•31 min•Ep. 60
Henry Schuck is the CEO and Co-Founder of DiscoverOrg and CEO of ZoomInfo. Under Henry’s leadership, DiscoverOrg has delivered unprecedented growth and innovation – landing on the Inc. 5000 list over the past 8 years and earning multiple awards as the top sales and marketing intelligence tool in the industry. Leading a talented team, he is focused on constantly enhancing DiscoverOrg’s proven ability to accelerate pipeline and revenue growth for its customers. Henry is a cum laude graduate of the...
May 15, 2019•25 min•Ep. 59
Pat Swisher founded Swisher Hygiene in 1983. In 1994, he went on to become Forbes Up and Coming Entrepreneur, as well as becoming a top Semi-Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year, and given The Distinguished Alumni Award Appalachian State. In 1995 he was awarded Top Entrepreneur by Success Magazine. As the CEO of Swisher Hygiene, he was voted as one of the Top 100 Franchises in the world by Entrepreneur Magazine for 5 consecutive years. He is now the CEO and founder of Enviro...
May 14, 2019•22 min•Ep. 58
Ronn Torossian is the founder and CEO of 5W Public Relations, one of the 10 largest independently-owned PR firms in the United States. With over 20 years of experience crafting and executing powerful narratives, Torossian is one of America’s most prolific and well-respected Public Relations professionals. Since founding 5WPR in 2003, he has overseen the company’s dynamic growth, expanding the company to more than 175 professionals in the company’s headquarters in the iconic Helmsley Building in ...
May 14, 2019•15 min•Ep. 57
Steven has a BS in Computer Science from Fordham University and a JD from the Pace University School of Law. As the Chief Operating Officer, he is the driving force behind day to day operations, strategic implementation, and execution at The Credit Pros. Also acting as an EOS Integrator, he ensures that solutions are reached for the tough issues through productive meetings, impactful off-sites, consistent vision, clear processes, and a healthy team. He holds Leadership accountable, and provides ...
May 09, 2019•24 min•Ep. 56
As a 25-year veteran of the payments industry, Ralph, CEO and board member of BlueSnap, has led BlueSnap to be a payments leader in Global eCommerce. Ralph has spent his career creating products for retailers, processors and financial institutions, while growing both public and private companies. BlueSnap is a global payments company that looks at eCommerce a little differently. They are payment experts, veteran developers, technologists, and business professionals who are globally minded, custo...
May 09, 2019•16 min•Ep. 55
Working with Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, Acer, Amazon, Cisco, McKinsey, HTC, Google, AT&T, Sony, and Symantec, Selina has served as the digital partner for several of the most illustrious brands in the world. In 2009, after 15+ years in the industry working both the client and agency side, Selina founded Rational Interaction, a full-service integrated digital agency with a strategic mindset at its core. In founding Rational, Selina actualized a dream she had since childhood: t...
May 08, 2019•28 min•Ep. 54
A glance at his resume and you may think to Movement’s CEO, Casey Crawford, greatness lies in achievements like NFL Super Bowl champion, founder and CEO of a multibillion dollar mortgage company, and becoming a sought-after media guest whose appearances span CNBC’s Squawk Box, Bloomberg and Fox News with print features in The Wall Street Journal and TIME Magazine. There's no doubt the 2015 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year is ambitious. But what truly drives him is not a championship ri...
May 07, 2019•22 min•Ep. 53
Jeremy Burton is the Co-Founder, CTO & Chief Data Scientist at Wonolo. He is a 9x serial entrepreneur, previously being on the Founding team of Symbian and Co-Founder of Intuwave, both of which have been sold to Nokia. Wonolo (Work. Now. Locally) is an on-demand staffing platform for businesses to fill their immediate hourly or daily job needs. Wonolo allows companies to manage unpredictability by providing a fast, efficient, flexible way to bring in talent when required. Wonolo is funded by...
May 01, 2019•17 min•Ep. 52
"Hello, my name is Erwin van der Vlist. I am a passionate entrepreneur and co-founder of Speakap. Speakap is a digital platform that enables organizations to reach, engage and connect all employees - regardless of their physical location within the business. Our solution is used by more than 350 organizations around the globe - including some of the biggest names in retail and hospitality (Nike, IKEA, G-Star, Kimpton and McDonald’s) - but we still remain proud of and committed to creating a tool...
Apr 24, 2019•15 min•Ep. 51
"Jeff Burgess’ career has spanned over 38 years in various segments of the computer industry. He founded Burgess Computer Decisions, Inc., (BCD) in 1999, as an IT reseller, building HP servers for Fortune 500 companies. In early 2008, a chance meeting sparked Burgess to begin transitioning the company to the video surveillance storage market as BCDVideo. Now the industry leader in purpose-build video surveillance recording systems, BCDVideo has over 50,000 systems recording video surveillance in...
Apr 24, 2019•23 min•Ep. 50
"John Laramie is the Founder and CEO of Project X (fka ADstruc), the fastest growing OOH specialist in the United States. He graduated from Loyola University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Concentration in Marketing. John, a two-time entrepreneur, is an active member of the New York Tech Community and enjoys playing ping pong and tennis. John was also featured in Business Week's Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2011 and Silicon Alley's 2011 and 2010 Top 100 Peopl...
Apr 23, 2019•23 min•Ep. 49
"I help commercial operators change the trajectory of their careers. The average tenure of a commercial executive at a growth company has fallen below 18 months, with some estimates pegged at 16 months. That volatility jeopardizes growth, erodes shareholder value, and creates upheaval and risk for the operators building and running high growth businesses. It is a dangerous time to be a commercial operator. Revenue Collective is an exclusive membership for growth operators dedicated to providing ...
Apr 17, 2019•15 min•Ep. 48
Robyn Hatcher shines a light on the power of COMMUNICATION to transform relationships, status and your bottom line. Robyn uses her decades of TV and screenwriting experience to help you craft complicated messages into simplified engaging content. Techniques culled from her extensive acting experience, help you deliver your message with impact and power. Robyn’s training as a certified Neural Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner gives her a unique, combination of creative tools and scientifi...
Apr 17, 2019•17 min•Ep. 47
Kamine founded KDC Ag to serve as a food and agricultural-focused arm of his family’s investment shop, Kamine Development Corporation. His goal? Create and invest in profitable infrastructure that will reduce food waste in the U.S. KDC Ag’s proprietary technology can convert 160 tons of unwanted fresh food into animal feed and organic fertilizers. Some of the biggest names across investing and agriculture are on board: Howard W. Buffett and former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman are among...
Apr 17, 2019•17 min•Ep. 46
Thomas Sparico is a career entrepreneur, inventor and and executive having built, led and advised several companies across a number of industries. His career has been driven by a passion for innovation and a desire to engineer the success of concepts and companies. He is the Founder of the Brand New Matter companies (Brand New Matter, Inc. and BNM Ventures). Brand New Matter provides strategic advisory and capital to early stage companies. Mr. Sparico began his career at the intellectual propert...
Apr 11, 2019•16 min•Ep. 45
