Bryan Passman, Founder, Hunter + Esquire Bryan Passman is the Founder + Head Hunter at the retained executive cannabis search firm Hunter + Esquire. Bryan is globally renowned in executive search and advisory in the Cannabis, MedTech/ Pharma/Biotech, and Food & Beverage (FMCG) Consumer Packaged Goods industries. Bryan's hiring partners have included small and large NA and LATAM based cannabis companies, hundreds of startup and blue chip companies in the Healthcare life sciences and (food and adu...
Jan 07, 2022•32 min•Ep. 319
Jerry Abiog, Co-Founder and CMO of Standard Insights Jerry Abiog currently serves as a Co-Founder and CMO of Standard Insights - an AI as a Service growth marketing platform. Their solution helps companies worldwide across many different verticals address the challenges of leveraging customer data to drive growth. “If two markets are pretty much guaranteed to make money over the next decade separately, it’s artificial intelligence and cannabis.” Forbes He and his team are leading the charge of b...
Jan 04, 2022•33 min•Ep. 318
Kevin Hart, CEO of Green Check Verified Hart is the CEO of Green Check Verified, the leading provider of cannabis banking solutions and expert advisory services for financial institutions. He is an experienced, passionate, team-oriented leader that has held executive positions in venture backed technology companies. Hart specializes in developing strategic plans coupled with organizational development with strong metric driven execution to achieve the next level of results. His diverse experienc...
Dec 31, 2021•35 min•Ep. 317
Darwin Millard, Chief Science Officer, Canada - Final Bell Corp Darwin Millard is an active member of ASTM International’s technical committee D37 on Cannabis which is an international group dedicated to the development of voluntary consensus standards for the global cannabis/hemp industry. Darwin is the Subcommittee Vicechair of D37.04 on Processing and Handling of Cannabis and Cannabis-derived Products, and the Co-chair of Subcommittee D37.07 on Industrial Hemp. He has been active in cannabis ...
Dec 29, 2021•32 min•Ep. 316
Steven Phan, Founder, Come Back Daily New York City-based entrepreneur Steven Phan has been an activist in the cannabis space for nearly a decade, where he also spent time working for a CBD company and noticed a need for peer-to-peer interaction. While operating the company’s live chat, even after providing extensive customer service, individuals still wanted to see and speak to someone physically. Overcoming decades of stigma and re-familiarizing people with the cannabis plant became the drivin...
Dec 24, 2021•29 min•Ep. 315
Matthew Moore, Principal Scientist, Benuvia Manufacturing Matthew received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin and has since worked on developing methodologies for transferring bench scale research to manufacturing production. He currently works at Benuvia Manufacturing to further the development of clinical quality psychadelics and cannabinoids for use in clinical trials to treat all ranges of indications from anxiety and depression all the way to pain relief and appetit...
Dec 22, 2021•31 min•Ep. 314
Delano Phillips, General Counsel, Head of Business Development Delano Phillips serves as General Counsel and Head of Business Development/Compliance at Hana, a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Tempe, Arizona. He oversees a diverse portfolio of brand assets for the organization including product lines Dutchie and Revival Infused Edibles. In addition, he leads projects related to cultivation expansion, acquisitions, dispensary operations, R&D, and product launch. An executive leader...
Dec 17, 2021•38 min•Ep. 313
Bryan McLaren, Chairman & CEO, Zoned Properties Bryan McLaren is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Zoned Properties, a publicly traded, strategic real estate development firm for emerging and highly regulated industries. McLaren has accrued over a decade of experience in social, economic, and environmental development of complex business organizations with a focus on sustainability in emerging industries. As a certified and licensed realtor, Green Roof Professional, LEED Green Associat...
Dec 15, 2021•35 min•Ep. 312
Jon Purow, Counsel, Zuber Lawler Jon Purow is Counsel in the New York law office of Zuber Lawler. Jon specializes in cannabis regulatory and transactional matters, as well as general intellectual property litigation and transactions. He helps spearhead Zuber Lawler’s team in New York and New Jersey as these states . He focuses on how constantly evolving cannabis state and federal laws and regulations impact his clients and their brands. Jon is also the host of the podcast Cannabis Last Week from...
Dec 10, 2021•37 min•Ep. 311
Eric Meth, Chief Strategy Officer, Surfside Eric is a media sales professional & leader specializing in interactive, programmatic, mobile, and ad tech with 25 years of CPG & retail experience. Having worked in both start-up environments and some of the most recognizable media and digital companies in the world, Eric founded Good Harvest Co. in 2018 to transition his expertise and help innovate the way cannabis brands reach their desired consumers, and the way non-endemic brands reach cannabis co...
Dec 09, 2021•33 min•Ep. 310
Kyle Paradiso, Founder, CEO, Sleepy Bear Launched in early 2020, Sleepy Bear was born with one idea in mind: to provide a natural nighttime option that customers could trust to not only be effective but most importantly safe. Sleepy Bear was founded by Kyle Paradiso, a former army ranger, whose service injuries guided him into research involving the use of cannabis and other homeopathic remedies for medical intervention. After suffering a series of spinal cord injuries in 2016, Kyle was forced i...
Dec 03, 2021•31 min•Ep. 309
James Yi, Founder, CEO, Leaf Trade James Yi founded Leaf Trade in 2016 after seeing firsthand the inefficiencies in the cannabis supply chain. Since then, he has led company strategy and execution to ensure that Leaf Trade delivers innovation, value, and happiness to its stakeholders. In this nascent industry, James stands apart as someone with both keen industry understanding and proven technology experience, having previously co-founded NextME, a B2B software provider across multiple industrie...
Nov 30, 2021•30 min•Ep. 308
Max Armstrong, Founding Member, General Manager, Learn Brands Max Armstrong is a Founding Member and General Manager of Learn Brands, an educational platform built for the cannabis industry. He specializes in product and business development. His goal is to make quality education and cannabis knowledge easily accessible to all industry employees and consumers. He believes that through education, federal recognition and standard business regulation will become a reality for the cannabis industry....
Nov 26, 2021•30 min•Ep. 307
Matt Melander, President, CFO, LEVIA Following a decades long career in the securities business, Matt came to LEVIA with a desire to be part of something from the very beginning. In early 2018 he met the Brosnans and Rogers through a former colleague and was quickly wrapped up into the ever changing world of recreational cannabis, and the vision of bringing superior cannabis infused beverages to Massachusetts. Born and raised in Acton Massachusetts, and now living in Marblehead, with his wife Be...
Nov 23, 2021•31 min•Ep. 306
Erik Paulson, Senior Analyst & Lab Manager, Infinite Chemical Analysis Labs Erik Paulson grew up in San Diego, CA, and received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of California, Riverside. He continued his studies in Riverside to obtain a teaching credential, and then taught high school chemistry in Burbank, CA for five years. His passion for learning brought him back to San Diego to study organometallic chemistry in the Joint Doctoral Program at San Diego State University ...
Nov 19, 2021•32 min•Ep. 305
Russell Thomas, CEO, LifeTonic Russell Thomas is the Founder and CEO of LifeTonic, a division of Natural Extraction Systems. Instead of solvents, LifeTonic uses a proprietary Evaporative ExtractionTM process that uses heated air to gently extract CBD and terpenes from hemp. Evaporative Extraction combines extraction, activation, and refinement into a single step to produce a potent, high terpene content, premium full-spectrum extract. Cannabinoids and beneficial terpenes are evaporated in second...
Nov 16, 2021•36 min•Ep. 304
Bethany Moore, NCIA's Deputy Director of Communications Bethany Moore is NCIA’s Deputy Director of Communications, responsible for member-facing communications including blogs, newsletters, video projects, and NCIA’s weekly podcast. Bethany has extensive experience in non-profit activism work, including drug policy reform and church-state separation issues. Bethany spent over three years working for the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland until 2006, as well as Radio F...
Nov 15, 2021•34 min•Ep. 303
Dana Mosman, Co-Founder, Triminator Dana is the co-founder and CEO of Triminator, the global leader in cannabis and hemp processing equipment. Founded in 2010, Triminator designs and manufactures equipment to streamline the harvesting process for farmers big and small. Dana grew up in Grass Valley, CA, an area with a longstanding history of Cannabis production, and holds a bachelor’s in business from the University of Colorado, Boulder. https://thetriminator.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company...
Nov 05, 2021•30 min•Ep. 302
Matt Hawkins, Founder, Managing Partner, Entourage Effect Capital Matt brings an extensive background in building large alternative investment firms and scaling the companies he invests in. In 2014, Matt had a vision to create the leading private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Prior work highlights: Partner and President, Tucson Capital Partners - Private equity firm focused on multifamily residential and self-storage assets. Between 2008 and 20...
Nov 03, 2021•29 min•Ep. 301
Kieve Huffman, CEO, Founder, Engager Brands Kieve is a successful entrepreneur and innovation executive with a proven track record of success in cannabis, music, digital marketing and media technology. He has founded five companies and created new divisions within larger organizations five times. He has been a founder at three cannabis companies that have raised over $25 million. He grew the digital business at BMG from sub $1mm to over $125mm in revenues. His current company, Engager Brands, is...
Oct 29, 2021•34 min•Ep. 300
Riaan du Plooy, CEO & Partner, Cannsult, Inc Riaan du Plooy is a Chemical Engineer-turned-Business Improvement Executive who is passionate about creating big value for people and organizations. As the CEO of Cannsult, Inc., Riaan does more than wrangle the strategic direction and execution of his own business. He partners with organizations worldwide to confront massive changes and challenges to deliver large-scale benefits such as increased growth, capacity, revenue, profitability, scalability,...
Oct 27, 2021•32 min•Ep. 299
Justin Robinson, Founder, Lantern Justin Robinson is the founder of Lantern, among the leading on-demand cannabis ecommerce and delivery platforms in the U.S., and a co-founder of Drizly, the largest ecommerce alcohol marketplace in North America. Lantern brings transparency, safety, and convenient access to cannabis by connecting recreational cannabis consumers and patients to its network of local, licensed dispensaries and third-party delivery partners through an intuitive digital shopping exp...
Oct 22, 2021•31 min•Ep. 298
Nohtal Partansky, CEO, Sorting Robotics Nohtal Partansky is the CEO of Sorting Robotics, a Y Combinator backed startup based in Los Angeles, CA. Nohtal started his professional career working at NASA-JPL building the MOXIE Instrument; a device that is currently producing oxygen on the surface of Mars. After completing the MOXIE project at NASA, Nohtal had a desire to start his own robotics company so in 2018 he left JPL and started Sorting Robotics. Sorting Robotics initially built inventory man...
Oct 20, 2021•32 min•Ep. 297
Quinn Shiskin, Director of Products & Innovation, The Valens Company Quinn Shiskin is a talented technician who has transformed his skills as a dual ticketed Red Seal tradesman into becoming a creative and knowledgeable Director of Products & Innovation at The Valens Company. In his current role, he serves as the strategic link between the commercial business team (business development, sales, marketing and products) and the operational team (extraction, purification, isolation and value add man...
Oct 15, 2021•30 min•Ep. 296
Kevin Greene, Vice President, Cleveland School of Cannabis Kevin Greene is a father, mentor, compassionate community member and successful entrepreneur. He has been focused on the equitable development of community and business his entire professional career and continues to commit to having a social impact through economic growth and advancement of his communities. With ownership of two successful startups-Faces International Marketing and Development, and the Cleveland School of Cannabis- he h...
Oct 14, 2021•35 min•Ep. 295
Nicole Brown, Chief Innovation Officer, Open Book Extracts (OBX) Nicole Brown serves as Chief Innovation Officer for Open Book Extracts (OBX), an ingredient manufacturer and product development house focused on cannabinoid-enabled health and wellness, located in North Carolina. As Chief Innovation Officer, Nicole channels data-driven consumer insights into a long-term course of action, delivering immediately usable innovation, and drives awareness and thought leadership by overseeing strategic m...
Oct 08, 2021•34 min•Ep. 294
Matthew Mograbi, U.S. National Sales Manager, Eybna Matthew Mograbi oversees U.S. operations for Eybna, a pioneering technology company and terpene manufacturer with US HQ offices in California and R&D centers in Israel and Colorado. With a forward-thinking Research & Development team, comprised of highly accomplished Ph.D. scientists and engineers, Eybna researches the therapeutic benefits of cannabis phytochemicals to advance the mission of enhancing the health of mankind. Eybna’s extensive pr...
Oct 05, 2021•31 min•Ep. 293
Jose Escalante, CEO, Future Farms Jose is a business executive working towards the promotion of health and wellness through the democratization of medical cannabis. His expertise includes strategy design, financial management and venture building. He enjoys generating new ideas that could create feasible solutions to current and relevant problems. His coworkers would say he's a resourceful and proactive professional, with a constant positive attitude. [email protected] https://futura-farms.com...
Oct 01, 2021•28 min•Ep. 292
Ashley Elsner, COO and Co-Founder, Artery Pay Ashley, a thought leader in cannabis banking and payments, is an expert in fintech and financial law. She began her career on the financial regulatory team at Sidley Austin in NYC where she handled SEC and state regulatory compliance for public and private financial offerings and was instrumental to long term internal regulatory audits of an $800B+ global investment firm, saving the firm $40M+ in fines. www.arterypay.com https://www.nacb.com/ https:/...
Sep 29, 2021•37 min•Ep. 291
Rob Mejia, Adjunct Professor, Stockton University, Cannabis Studies Department Rob Mejia is an Adjunct Professor at Stockton University where he teaches the Introduction to Medical Cannabis and Preparation for Cannabis Internship classes. As one of the leads for the hemp/cannabis internship program he has helped place dozens of students in valuable internships. He is also creating new curriculum for the cannabis studies department focusing on social justice and cannabis and integrated cannabis m...
Sep 24, 2021•33 min•Ep. 290
