Chris Malabver is a Corporate Banking Professional with more than 14 years of experience focused on Debt Solutions and Treasury Management through application of solid Risk Assessment principles and techniques using extensive product knowledge, diverse execution strategies and structuring approaches. In this episode, host Alex Gramatzki asks Chris about what risk assessments look like from a bank perspective and how that risk can be managed.
Sanjay Phadke has spent many years in the banking sector and is a fintech specialist, HealthTech mentor, and Author. In the latest episode we dive into his latest project with Breath Ai. There are some very interesting and useful take aways when it comes to breathing and how it relates to stress, anxiety and depression.
Ashish Saxena is President at Innova Solutions where he works on delivering complex technology products for companies. Ashish has worked at multiple companies that have experienced exponential growth. From those experiences Ashish, has seen what it takes to build empires. In the episode we dive into how to look at acquisitions and other ways companies can grow.
Michael Brouillet has over 20 years of experience in leading technology and business teams and is a passionate and visionary executive who strives to create innovative solutions that align with the strategic goals and values of Credit Human. As the Chief Business Systems Officer, he oversees the entire technology portfolio, managing multiple teams that support various business functions, such as lending, deposits, operations, digital, HR, finance, and risk.
Dr. Charles Theofilos, a renowned spinal surgeon whose expertise extends beyond the operating room. Known for his work with PGA players and countless individuals seeking relief and recovery, Dr. Theofilos's commitment to excellence has positioned him as a leading authority in spinal health. His meticulous attention to detail and keen business sense have paved the way for groundbreaking advancements in medical technology. With an impressive portfolio of patents to his name, Dr. Theofilos has leveraged his medical insights to spearhead innovations that promise to revolutionize patient care. Transitioning from performing life-changing spinal procedures on thousands of patients to impacting millions worldwide through technology, Dr. Theofilos's story is one of passion, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of making a global difference in healthcare.
Horacio Zambrana leads an executive team and is responsible for attracting, onboarding, and retaining top talent for a $200B public pension fund for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Previously he was Head of Talent Development at Cupertino Electric and before that he was Sr. Talent Development at Cisco Systems. Horacio has incredible experience when it comes to navigating the complexities of talent within an organization. In this episode we dive into the importance of culture and how people with different personalities can excel in their roles within one cohesive company culture.
In this episode, I have a chance to talk to Jonathan Anastas who is CEO of Clash TV and was formerly the CMO at One Esports. As part of his career journey, he had a chance to market iconic games like Guitar Hero at Activision Blizard and launch new games like Call of Duty.
Rahul Chadha has worked his way to the top of finance and was Chief Investment Officer at Mirae Asset Global Investments and is now launching his own fund. Rahul has learned many lessons along the way when it comes to evaluating companies and his team has consistently outperformed benchmark returns. In this episode we dive into what Rahul looks at when evaluating companies.
Kevin Annett is CFO, (North America) of Barrick Gold and in this episode we dive into the gold markets and his career path to becoming CFO of one of the worlds most renowned gold firms.
Trish Skoglund is Corporate Director of Mergers and Acquisitions of Crowley. At Crowley she is responsible for the full cycle of M&A, including targeting-sourcing of new opportunities, coordinating the diligence process internally and with external service providers (including for capital raises), execution of the deals through signing and closing, and development of initial integration plans. She also source and manage the full cycle of venture investments for Crowley Ventures.
Abhishek Agarwal is the President of the Judge Group India, a TedX speaker and the author of the book The 3I Effect. In this episode we dive into how Mr. Agarwal went from starting his career in India to now being able to work on some of the most innovative projects for Fortune 500 companies.
TedX Talk: youtube.com/watch?v=MXsID_wdT6c&t=2s LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/abhishekhapur/
The 3I Effect Book: agarwalabhishek.com
William “Billy” Greineisen, Ph.D. is a Wharton trained executive/alumni with experience as a successive award-winning entrepreneur, scientist, and Fortune 50 corporate strategist. Billy went from Academia and being a scientist to being an entrepreneur. After his time as an entrepreneur, Billy went onto being a Fortune 50 corporate strategist.
Marc Radasky is Managing Partner of Clarity Capital. The company provides frictionless capital to private companies that want to grow. There are multiple criteria that Marc will look at when it comes to making investment decision and, in this episode, we dive into what is important.
Naren Balasubramaniam is a healthcare executive and entrepreneur with 23 years of expertise leading and supporting business and service delivery transformations, strategy and business development, growth, and product development across multiple functional domains in health systems across the country. His passion centers around creating and sustaining societal good and public benefit by creating commercially viable products and solutions. Specifically, he is now looking at solutions for children struggling with mental health.
Brad Flaugher has been working on AI projects since 2008 and is now a AI and Machine Learning Educator. He authored the book AI Harmony and is an Advisor to the seed capital fund NextFab Ventures where he gets into the technical diligence of AI startups.
Brad shares how ChatGPT and AI are already at a place where we should not be waiting for the user experience to get better. The time to implement AI is now and those that do not will get beat by their competition. There are some basic things people will need to learn in order to benefit from the powers that AI has to offer. We get into the resources that are available to all of us in order to benefit from the magic that AI has to offer.
Some resources Brad recommends are:
The AI Harmony Book by Brad Flaugher
The bootcamp he offers on bradflaugher.com
Rewired – Book by McKinsey
oneusefulthing.org
Manuel Gallegos is the Managing Partner of MG Global Consulting Group. Manuel now lives in Argentina but previously had a corporate career in finance in New York. In New York, he would live and breath finance and he took his expertise to start his own Consulting Company. MG Global Consulting does consulting in M&A and project management for several companies. This conversation dives into the path Manuel took to start his own Global Consulting firm.
The company website is www.mg-globalconsulting.com
Davinder has a track record of transforming Fortune 500 and midsize organizations across healthcare, education, financial, and insurance industries to achieve scalability and growth. He has broad multi-industry experience in digital strategy, product innovation, and advanced analytics to grow the customer base, increase customer lifetime value, and achieve operational excellence. His experience has allowed him to see what companies are working on and what might be coming next. In this episode we will talk about purpose built companies and how companies in the future might reach a billion valuation with only 1 employee as a result of the assistance of generative AI.
Davinder Kohli is currently Cief Digital Officer at Creospan Inc and Board Member of the Sikh Human Development Foundation Inc. Prior to this he was also a co-founder Xent Studios. At Xent he launched an omnichannel SaaS retail platform to help home improvement brick-and-mortar retailers increase customer conversation and reduce the sales cycle by showcasing products in virtual spaces using an in-store HTC VR station. Xent was nvited to the World Economic Forum 2018, Tianjin, China, to discuss how VR reshapes brick-and-mortar retailers.
Dr. Anil Sharma has performed over 80,00 spinal procedures and changed the lives of many people. His brilliance however does not stop at medical procedures. He has a gift when it comes to multiple choice testing as he sees things differently. He discovered this gift at a young age and was able to make the most of it. After growing his medical practice in New Jersey and New York with the Spine & Pain Centers, he took some of his proceeds and started the hedge fund "Third Eye Capital Management". So how does a Spinal Doctor also end up being a hedge fund manager? Check out this episode and find out.
Deepak Rana grew up in India and moved around India in his youth. When he later moved to Tokyo, Japan, he was entrenched in a culture that was very respectful and placed value on details. Deepak, worked on various complex transformation projects for institutions like the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Hyundai, Mitsubishi and others. When moving to the United States, Deepak recognized how the culture within a country can vary which helped him with his post-merger integration work. Deepak has 21+ years of experience of successfully securing and leading complex, large-scale, multiyear, multimillion dollar (over $90 million budget) “global business transformation programs” enabled by SAP S/4HANA & ECC, Ariba, Coupa, Curam, and other ERPs.
Michael Wolf served at the U.S. Navy for 14 years and ultimately ended up being a Lieutenant Commander, Senior Reginal Flight Surgeon. After his tenure at the U.S Navy he was recruited by the Mayo Clinic to be a Consultant and Assistant Professor of Medicine.
The Department of Defense is the executive branch of the US federal government and one of the largest global employers. While at the U.S. Navy, Michael published a white paper which ended up persuading the Director of the Defense Health Agency and U.S. Navy Surgeon General to change and improve the health insurance policy for 2.15 million Department of Defense beneficiaries. The Mayo Clinic is one of the most renowned medical institutions in the world attracting people from all over the world that are looking for an expert opinion when it comes to medical care. Michael spends a lot of time on complex projects for the institutions he works on tackling projects that are in the billions of dollars.