CEOs Speak
CEOs Speak is where CEO’s open up to what it takes to reach the pinnacle. What drives them, what sustains them, the challenges they face and the lessons they’ve learned through their long difficult journey. Join Charlie Katz, Bitbean's Executive Creative Director as he interviews the dynamic thought leaders who are building some of America’s most successful companies.
Episodes
75 episodes
Elly Perets of Utilis
Elly Perets is the Chief Executive Officer at Utilis. He has 20 years of experience in executive management, enterprise software sales, marketing, business development, and OEM.
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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59:52
Mychal Manolatos of SOLitude Lake Management
Mychal Manolatos is Vice President of SOLitude Lake Management, a nationwide environmental firm specializing in the sustainable management of lakes, stormwater ponds, wetlands, fisheries, and drinking water reservoirs. He is responsible for...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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48:55
Manley Hopkinson of The Compassionate Leadership Academy
Manley Hopkinson is the founder of renowned leadership consultancy Manley Talks LTD and The Compassionate Leadership Academ...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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57:00
Jim Grundy of Sisu Energy
Jim Grundy is the CEO/Founder of multiple oil and gas service companies based out of Dallas/Fort Worth. With an MBA from the University of Texas, Arlington, Mr. Grundy has spent the better part of his working life optimizing various PML pl...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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54:01
Cynthia Davis of Radiant Blue
Known as the “world’s smartest coach,” Cynthia Davis is an authority on transcendent leadership and cultivating potential in maverick innovators. She is the CEO of Radiant Blue and the founder of the Incremental Monumental Change community,...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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55:25
Eric Strafel of SUMMi7
For more than 20 years Eric Strafel, former CEO and Fortune 500 executive, has dedicated himself to building forward-thinking teams and scaling innovation to create transformational organizations that thrive in an increasingly entrepreneuri...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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50:36
Jamie Straz of REINES & STRAZ
Jamie Straz has over 6 years of experience with both public and private sector projects. He has served as Project Architect, Manager, and Designer for both large and small scale projects through the schematic and design development stage, const...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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46:42
Erdin Beshimov of MIT Bootcamps
Erdin Beshimov is an entrepreneur and educator at MIT. He believes that the mission of education is to help humanity escape the Paradox of Progress. He also predicts that the best universities of the 22nd century will be different from the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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52:04
Rob Weinhold of the Fallston Group on Entrepreneurial Leadership
Rob Weinhold, a crisis leadership expert , is the Chief Executive of the Fallston Group, which he launched in 2009 to help organizations manage their reputations during life’s most critical times. As an executive serving various organizatio...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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53:48
Larry Oberly of SpeedPro
Larry Oberly brings 26 years of franchise experience from the foodservice, real estate, and large-format printing industries. Before joining SpeedPro in November of 2017, he served for 17 years as Vice President of U.S. and Global Operation...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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52:25
Dr. Joel N Myers of AccuWeather: How has predicting the weather changed?
How has predicting the weather changed? Learn from the "most accurate man in weather” as he was named by The New York Times. Dr. Joel N. Myers is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology” and the nation’s most respected autho...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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1:10:10
Alexandre Douzet of Pumpkin Pet Insurance
Alexandre Douzet is the CEO of Pumpkin Pet Insurance.Alexandre has an MBA in general management, an MS in direct marketing, and a BS in economics and business administ...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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47:43
Nancy Leavitt of Nancy Leavitt Agency, LLC
Nancy Leavitt is the woman behind the award-winning Nancy Leavitt Agency, LLC, a woman-owned business through American Family Insurance in Bellingham, WA, which has provided auto, home, business, life, and other insurance in the Pacific Nor...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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46:34
Gary Schoeniger of The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, Part 2
In this second podcast with Gary Schoeniger of The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, Gary digs deeper into a discussion of his "entrepreneurial mindset theory." To explain this theory, he shares that he "wanted to understand how people...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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1:01:21
Dr Kennette Thigpen of Welltrust Partners
Dr. Kennette Thigpen, or Dr. K as many have come to call her, is a Corporate Mental Health Consultant and Speaker. She has spent the last 15+ years helping hundreds of companies of all sizes, in multiple industries, from around the globe de...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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54:11
Brian Harris of MedRhythms
Brian Harris is the CEO and co-founder of MedRhythms, a digital therapeutics company that uses sensors, music, and software to build evidence-based, neurologic interventions to measure and improve walking.
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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53:34
Jonni Redick of JLConsulting
In a multi-billion-dollar law enforcement organization, Jonni Redick oversaw large-scale civil disturbance, natural disaster response coordination, and oversight, and managed thousands of personnel within daily operations. A 29-year veteran...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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59:11
Ryan Novak of Chocolate Pizza Company
Ryan Novak is the 32-year-old owner of Chocolate Pizza Company, Central New York’s largest chocolate maker that has grown from a small-town chocolate shop into an emerging national brand. The company’s signature, products Chocolate Pizza® a...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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41:20
Gary Schoeniger of The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative
Gary Schoeniger is the founder of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative (ELI) and co-author of Who Owns the Ice House? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur. He led the development of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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45:24
Stephen King of GrowthForce
Stephen King is the CEO and founder of GrowthForce. From startups to working with Fortune 500 executives, Stephen brings a unique combination of vision, foresight, and experience...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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42:34
Dr Bart Barthelemy of The Wright Brothers
Dr. Bart Barthelemy is the Founding Director of the Wright Brothers Institute and the President of the Collaborative Innovation Institute. He was the National Director of the National Aerospace Plane Program, where he reported to the White ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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50:15
William D. Novelli of Georgetown Business for Impact
William D. Novelli is the Founder of Georgetown Business for Impact, and Distinguished Professor of the Practice, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University.As a professor in the MBA program at McDonough Georgetown,...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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57:27
Andy Techmanski of FORLOH
Andy Techmanski is the Founder and CEO of FORLOH, a new premium, technical hunting, fishing, and outdoor apparel brand with apparel that is 100% Made in the U.S.A. Before switching path...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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55:39
Christine Nguyen of Limitless Foundation
Christine Nguyen is a WashU student by day and a nonprofit leader by night. She is the founder and CEO of Limitless Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit fighting for equitable and accessible healthcare, in loving memory of her uncle Cuong Ngo....
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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49:46
Kenetia Lee of PopUP CleanUP
Kenetia Lee, is the Founder and CEO of PopUP CleanUP, which started in 2016 as a hip niche commercial cleaning company offering best-in-cleaning crews to maintain cleanliness at the hottest events, festivals, races, and concerts, in Greater...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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47:36