CEOs Speak
Episodes
75 episodes
Kevin Wilson of Buzz Franchise Brands
Kevin Wilson is the CEO and President of Buzz Franchise Brands. He has held the position since July 2012. Prior to this, Kevin was a Senior Managing Director with Envest Ventures where he oversaw $160M across three funds that made 28 invest...
Kinga Jentetics of PublishDrive
Kinga Jentetics is the CEO and founder of PublishDrive, the all-in-one digital book publishing platform for e-books, print books and audiobooks for authors and publishers.
Wanda Wallace of Leadership Forum
Wanda Wallace, Ph.D. is a Leadership and Inclusion Expert and Radio Host. She is an accomplished keynote speaker and Managing Partner of Leadership Forum, LLC. She coaches and facilitates improving leadership by improving the quality of con...
Chip Crunk of RJ Young
Chip has worked at RJ Young since he was fourteen years old. In his own words, working for RJ Young is “the only life I’ve ever known.” In 1987, Chip started officially at RJ Young as a ...
Rod Washington of Frost Bank
Rod Washington serves as Dallas regional president for Frost Bank, where he oversees the teams working to build and strengthen business relationships within the Dallas community. Washington joined Frost in 2007 as an executive vice presiden...
Chelle Neff of Urban Betty
Chelle Neff has been a leader in the U.S. salon industry since founding Urban Betty in 2005. As the CEO, Neff has successfully grown Urban Betty year after year and today has a salon company that houses more than 60 employees and has 2 loca...
Erica Bliss Pattni of ROWDY
Erica Pattni is a seasoned CMO and startup advisor with a successful track record at developing numerous high growth companies to profitably establish them as health & wellness and tech leaders. Erica led all marketing during the rapid ...
Colin and Whit Hunter of BetterWorld
I had the pleasure of interviewing Whit and Colin Hunter of BetterWorld, a free, easy-to-use fundraising platform that helps nonprofits and individuals raise funds online....
Nick Ron of House Buyers of America
Nick Ron, CEO of House Buyers of America, is a tech-savvy industry veteran with over 20 years of experience as a real estate investor. Since 2001, Nick has bought 1,000s o...
Steven Seiden of Acquired Data Solutions
Steven Seiden is CEO of Acquired Data Solutions (ADS), Inc., a 22-year old engineering services company specializing in solving customer’s complex engineering problems serving the Aerospace and Defense, Transportation, Critical Infrastructu...
Jorge Sun of LendingFront
Jorge Sun is the founder of Lending Front, a technology company that powers the future of business lending for community banks, credit unions, CDFIs, payment processors, and alternative lenders. The SaaS platform enables lenders to se...
Jason Dunn Sr. of the National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals
Jason Dunn Sr. is the Chairman of NCBMP and has been a change-maker in Cincinnati and within the national hospitality industry for almost two decades. He has a drive to redefine how the industry thinks about multicultural and diversity...
Lisa Powers Struble of BANDED
With more than 25 years of experience in the apparel industry, Lisa Struble has led global teams in technical design and product development and has been featured in Sourcing Journal, Nashville Fashion Week, Textile Excellence and many more...
Kym Gold of True Religion Brand Jeans
Kym Gold is the original Co-founder/Designer for True Religion Brand Jeans. Her talent and passion for design has been translated into other premier brands like Babakul, Bella Dahl, Hippie Jeans, and most recently Style Union Home. “Fashion...
Dr. Joseph Michelli of The Michelli Experience
Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D., an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and organizational consultant. He is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Nielson BookScan, and New York Times #1 bestselling author of 9 books abou...
Joseph Mannello of MYOS
Joseph is the CEO of MYOS RENS Technology Inc in Cedar Knolls, NJ, a research-based company focused on addressing musculoskeletal health through the development and commercialization of advanced nutrition products for both humans and pets. ...
Chuck Stokes of Memorial Hermann Health System
Charles (Chuck) D. Stokes, Former President and CEO of Memorial Hermann Health System, joined the system in 2008 as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In June 2017, he was named President and CEO of the System. In his role, Chuck was responsibl...
Meredith Stoddard of Fidelity Investments
Meredith Stoddard is currently Vice President, Life Events Planning at Fidelity Investments, a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and other financial products ...
Jean Freeman of Zambezi
Jean Freeman is the Principal and CEO of the award-winning creative agency Zambezi, which is one of the largest, female-owned, full-service creative agencies in the country. Jean has successfully grown Zambezi to a thriving business.
Grant Aldrich of OnlineDegree
Grant Aldrich founded OnlineDegree.com with a purpose-driven mission: make higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone. After graduating college with an overwhelm...
Mitch Luciano of Trailer Bridge
Mitch Luciano is President and CEO of the #1 Ocean Carrier Trailer Bridge, the #1 Place to Work in Jacksonville, and an Inc Best Workplace for 2020."Trailer Bridge ...
Anthony Denier of Webull Financial
Anthony Denier is the CEO of Webull Financial, a commission-free trading platform with over 11 million users worldwide. The platform offers online stock trading, ETF trading, real-time...
Winston Fisher of Fisher Brothers
Winston C. Fisher directs Fisher Brothers' financing/investing activities, property acquisitions and dispositions, and oversees all new development initiatives. With experience across a broad range of transactions, Mr. Fisher leads all fina...
Leesa Schipani of KardasLarson
"When KardasLarson began, it was founded by two women who were actually in competition with each other. Both were determined to use their expertise to help organizations strengthen their workplace practices ensuring compliance with ever changin...
Dave Krepcho of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
Dave Krepcho is President/CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida; a member of Feeding America, the largest domestic hunger-relief organization in the U.S. Second Harvest Food Bank serves a six County area in Central Florida thro...
