Kellan's currently serves volunteers for MJBizCon's Emerald Scientific Conference as well as an Organizer for the American Chemical Societies Cannabis division. His previous experience ranges from speaking at MJBizCon in the fall of 2018 on extraction science to managing the industrial-scale, carbon dioxide-based supercritical fluid extraction and ethanol extraction facilities for a cultivation and extraction company. In addition to serving as lead scientist he developed various standard operati...
Nov 06, 2020•35 min•Ep. 198
Andrew DeAngelo is a visionary leader with a proven track record of enacting systemic social change and developing best practices in cannabis — he is the very definition of a trailblazer and someone who has proudly walked the road less traveled. During his almost 13-year tenure at Harborside, where he currently serves as an advisor, Andrew has pioneered legal cannabis business processes and provided groundbreaking political engagement and thought leadership to the cannabis community. Andrew also...
Nov 03, 2020•36 min•Ep. 197
Jessie Kater is the SVP of Manufacturing for Curaleaf, a leading vertically integrated cannabis operator in the United States. Jessie has over 15 years of experience in product development and commercialization across defense, pharmaceutical and cannabis markets. Prior to Curaleaf, Mr. Kater worked at Waters Corporation where he led sales and business development in the Cannabis market across the Western US and Canada. Additionally, he was the co-founder of c3 Labs, the first cannabis contract r...
Oct 30, 2020•32 min•Ep. 196
James is a successful serial entrepreneur, with a lifelong focus on using business and innovation to effect large-scale change for the benefit of Humanity. Throughout his career he created several companies in natural and integrative medicine, wrote legislation to improve prohibitionary laws, produced award-winning documentaries, and founded some of the top companies in education, cannabis and human performance. He began his career focused on education as the director of Body Mind College in San...
Oct 27, 2020•35 min•Ep. 195
John has over 20 years of deep enterprise and advertising agency experience across all marketing, sales, and IT disciplines. John’s experience allows him to advise on structuring sound strategies that address business goals and objectives. His extensive technology background stems from working with several leading technology companies throughout his career. John spearheads Applied DNA Sciences Cannabis vertical leading the vision, strategy, and product development for this emerging market. John ...
Oct 23, 2020•32 min•Ep. 194
John Nemanic is a serial entrepreneur and investor, leveraging his extensive experience in starting, growing, managing and exiting firms. As co-founder, Chairman and CEO, he exited three very successful Internet start ups, Internet Direct, Tucows and Hostopia. In 2006, Hostopia raised 29.2 million (TSX:H), sold to Deluxe Communications for $124 million USD. John’s current interest are medical cannabis, hemp and CBD start ups, with a focus on Colombia. John lives in Panama and Colombia, manages P...
Oct 20, 2020•32 min•Ep. 193
Joyce leads operations at Big Rock Partners, a strategic advisory firm serving investors and companies at the intersection of food, hospitality and cannabis. A long time craft cannabis cultivator, she co-founded an Emerald Cup winning operation, and served as co-chair for Women Grow, Sonoma. She is an advisor for various female founders of early stage companies that are innovating in cannabis, and an Advisory Board member for the Access & Innovation Project with a mission to advance a modern...
Oct 16, 2020•38 min•Ep. 192
In 2012, a bad slip and fall during pregnancy left this former High School Teacher riddled with chronic pain, until her academic else and desire for natural healing led the bold mom to enter the Cannabis space. Now, an industry veteran and Master Educator, Mskindness B. Ramirez is the CEO of EBK Apothecary, Founder of Club Kindness, and Adjunct Faculty for the Los Angeles Community College District. With a given name that is a her self-proclaimed calling. She is currently manifesting her passion...
Oct 13, 2020•32 min•Ep. 191
Steve serves as Think20’s Chief Marketing Officer. He excelled in various sales management roles for roughly 15 years working for Janssen Pharma, GlaxoSmithKline, Endo Pharma, and Neurocrine Biosciences. Over the past eight years, he has owned and managed GeneMatrix, a global laboratory consulting company. With the combination of Steve’s relevant background and experience, Think20 is uniquely positioned for immediate sales growth and success across all areas of the Cannabis and Hemp testing land...
Oct 09, 2020•34 min•Ep. 190
Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/subscribe
Oct 07, 2020•36 min•Ep. 189
Jessica currently serves as a Cannabis and Intellectual Property attorney at Bressler Amery & Ross, DC. Jessica also serves as outside General Counsel for the national organization Minorities For Medical Marijuana and sits on the board of advisors for QA Canna, a cannabis quality assurance company based in New Jersey. Jessica also sits on the Federal Policy Committee for the Minority Cannabis Business Association.
Oct 05, 2020•33 min•Ep. 188
Andy Montgomery is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HDCS, Inc. HDCS provides comprehensive compliance solutions and subject matter expertise to financial institutions that engage with higher risk industries including cannabis related businesses. Prior to founding HDCS, Andy spent more than 20 years as a senior executive in the banking industry. He is a former founder and CEO of community banks in Utah and California and served as a CEO of the Texas community markets for BBVA Bank. Andy...
Oct 01, 2020•31 min•Ep. 187
Inspired by a lack of stylish, safe cannabis storage systems and a distain for storing medicine in a shoebox, Apothecarry Brands CEO Whitney Beatty is a successful entertainment industry executive turned cannabis storage designer that’s spearheading her quickly growing start-up. After meeting so many like minded cannabis users, who lamented about a lack of good storage system, worried about securing buds away from kids and pets and who were tired of searching around for their stash to discover i...
Sep 29, 2020•34 min•Ep. 186
Dean Harris is the former CMO/Head of Marketing at HotJobs, Vonage and Kayak (all IPO) as well as BlueCava and Forensiq (both acquired). He was a BrandWeek Marketer of the Year and EFFIE Award winner. Dean founded and ran a full-service advertising agency in NYC with accounts that included: Coke, J&J, Citi, Nestle, NatWest Bank, M&M Mars and Sotheby’s. He holds a BA from Carleton College, an MIA from the Columbia School of International Affairs and an MBA from Columbia Business School....
Sep 28, 2020•26 min•Ep. 185
Matthew Haddad is a breeding and cultivation specialist in the cannabis & hemp industries. He currently serves as the CEO for both Trilogene Seeds and Smoking Icons. Trilogene is a producer of cannabinoid rich hemp seeds for extraction efficiency and smokable hemp, while Smoking Icons is a premier producer of living soil organic smokable hemp flower grown indoors.
Sep 27, 2020•31 min•Ep. 184
David N. Feldman is a partner in the prominent boutique law firm of Hiller PC in New York. He is also a partner in the cannabis consulting firm Skip Intro Advisors LLC. His law practice focuses on corporate and securities matters and general representation of public and private companies, investment banks, private equity firms and high net worth individuals. He also actively advises on mergers and acquisitions and private equity, debt, venture capital and other financings. He has a strong focus ...
Sep 26, 2020•32 min•Ep. 183
Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/subscribe
Sep 24, 2020•34 min•Ep. 182
Keegan Peterson is Founder and CEO of Würk, the leading human capital management company for the cannabis industry. Keegan founded Wurk in 2015 after recognizing that cannabis businesses didn’t have access to the same scalable HR technology solutions as mainstream companies. Cannabis companies were repeatedly being dropped by workforce management vendors and Keegan saw the opportunity to build an HR and Payroll platform specifically to serve the rapidly growing cannabis industry. Under his leade...
Sep 24, 2020•31 min•Ep. 181
TJ, a former Procter & Gamble executive, envisioned the company after watching his mother struggle with various health ailments over the years, without experiencing much benefit from more traditional remedies. After much debate, TJ finally convinced his mom to try CBD, which helped her immensely. He then set out to identify and procure the leading materials available to create a clean, easy-to-use, and effective CBD product, resulting in the birth of HOLISTIK Wellness.
Sep 23, 2020•32 min•Ep. 180
Charles is an accomplished entrepreneur and brings extensive experience working in highly-regulated sectors to his role as Chief Executive Officer at 48North. Most recently he served as President of Bastos of Canada Ltd., a manufacturer of tobacco products, that focuses on driving the corporation’s business plan and strategic vision. Charles holds an MA (Hons) in Business Studies and Economics from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia Univer...
Sep 22, 2020•38 min•Ep. 179
Rob Mejia is an experienced brand and merchandise licensing agent, an Adjunct Professor at Stockton University in the Cannabis Studies Department, and the author of The Essential Cannabis Book: A Field Guide for the Curious and The Essential Cannabis Journal: Personal Notes from the Field. Rob has appeared on a number of podcasts and is a popular community presenter. Rob is also the founder of Our Community Harvest: A Cannabis Education Company which provides curious adults clear, researched inf...
Sep 21, 2020•30 min•Ep. 178
Akeem Gardner, Co-founder/CEO, is a catalyst for the hemp industry in Ontario. As CEO of Atlas 365 Inc. he has spent the last 2 and a half years working hard to propel Atlas 365 Inc to a leadership position in the hemp and social enterprise industries in Ontario. He has been able to recruit a credible team of leaders and farmers to push Atlas to the top of the industry and has spoken to hundreds about hemp as an essential tool to fight climate change. Akeem earned his BA from University of Ottaw...
Sep 20, 2020•36 min•Ep. 177
Brent leads the Scynce LED team focusing on marketing, brand building and achieving Scynce’s corporate vision. He joined the company in 2017 to compliment the strong engineering team that was already in place. Prior to that, starting in 2011, Brent was President of Noraxon, a biotechnology firm focused on improving human movement. During his seven year tenure with the company, he built a team and culture with a focus on integrated software and hardware systems, high-fidelity data and exceptional...
Sep 19, 2020•30 min•Ep. 176
Carl Izzi is the Founder & Managing Director of ARSENL, a Miami-based agency focused on online marketing and ecommerce. ARSENL has helped cannabis brands including Mary’s Nutritionals, Mary’s Medicinals, Healthy Market, MD Natural Health and others build brand and ecommerce sites and run successful digital advertising campaigns across the U.S.
Sep 18, 2020•30 min•Ep. 175
Andy is the founder and president of Apeks Supercritical, a leading CO2 extraction system manufacturer, established in 2001 in Johnstown, OH. He is an engineer and skilled fabricator with experience in engineering and operations management. Andy and his team continually work to improve the processes and capabilities of Apeks Supercritical systems to increase processing efficiency for faster extractions requiring less energy consumption. Andy is the inventor of five patents, including the Valvele...
Sep 17, 2020•33 min•Ep. 174
Jeremy is a healthcare executive with a wide range of experience in the industry. He has a unique perspective due to his professional roles in health insurance, pharmaceuticals, and medical management. He is a long time cannabis advocate and the Founder and Managing Director of a healthcare consultancy outside of Boston, MA where he has worked with countless administrative staff, billing offices, nurses, physicians, and executive teams. He also Co-Founded East Coast Herbalist, a health and welln...
Sep 16, 2020•34 min•Ep. 173
Born and raised in Hamilton Heights, NYC, Vladimir Bautista is a formidable advocate and leader in the cannabis space. He is the co-founder and managing member of Happy Munkey LLC, an internationally-known NYC lifestyle company that is synonymous with cannabis culture. Vlad is widely recognized for his deep relationships with the international cannabis elite and his successful experience in music, hospitality and event production. Vlad provides corporate cannabis access to the authentic NYC cann...
Sep 15, 2020•41 min•Ep. 172
Hybrid Health was founded in 2015 by Elliot Galdy after a successful 40+ year career in marketing and advertising. Elliot discovered the benefits of CBD and hemp for his own health and is passionate about bringing high quality, trustworthy products to his community and beyond.Hybrid Health is a company that sells hemp cannabidiol or, as it’s better known, hemp oil extract (CBD), as well as non-CBD supplements. We also think of ourselves as a community for those open to, and seeking, wellness alt...
Sep 14, 2020•28 min•Ep. 171
Although his exciting career has led him to be involved in the fast-paced worlds of international real estate development, high-level banking, and cutting edge tech-investing, it is the cannabis space where Michael Sassano has always shined the brightest. Michael is well known as one of the original movers and shakers in this sector, celebrated prominently in both mainstream business and cannabis media for his contributions to cultivation technology and as an industry futurist with a proven trac...
Sep 13, 2020•32 min•Ep. 170
Sarah struggled with acne from her early teens. From changing her diet, to trying countless of skincare brands, she discovered CBD oil through a holistic path she was taking in reclaiming her health. The more Sarah worked to live her most vibrant live, the more she realized that self-acceptance was at the heart of her health—inside and out. MĀSK was then founded to help support the journey to self-acceptance through the act of self-care. MĀSK seeks to nourish the skin and soothe the spirit with ...
Sep 13, 2020•34 min•Ep. 169
