The Pathways to Success with Julian Placino

Mark Sinatra is a 15-year CEO who is currently CEO of Aspen HR – one of the fastest growing PEOs in the country. Mark is also a search fund investor through his firm ETA Equity. Prior to Aspen HR, Mark was CEO of Staff One HR which was a Dallas-based PEO that he sold in 2017 to Oasis Outsourcing. Mark was president of Oasis' Western region through their sale to Paychex in 2019. Mark is an MBA grad...

Ginny Kissling is the Global President and COO of Ryan, a global tax services, software, and technology firm providing an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services, and solutions. She leads more than 4,800 team members spanning 80 offices across the globe and is responsible for all aspects of service delivery and global shared services, as well as strategic and ente...

Jim is a global business leader, philanthropist, educator, artist, musician, commercial pilot, and modern renaissance man. He is the former CEO of two internally recognized Fortune 500 companies, 7-Eleven, Inc, and Blockbuster, Inc. His other business interests cover a broad range of industries including retail, consumer products, technology, new space, energy, and advanced nuclear. He sits on sev...

Jeff Margolese is the Senior Vice President for the ServiceNow Global Solution Consulting (SC) organization. Mr. Margolese joined ServiceNow in 2015 to lead the company's SC organization for the Americas region. He moved into his current role as SVP in February of 2019 and currently leads a team of 2,200 pre-sales solution consultants worldwide.  In his role at ServiceNow, Mr. Margolese helps set...

Chris Kleinert is CEO and president of Hunt Investment Holdings, LLC – a subsidiary of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. and the holding company for Hunt Realty Investments, Hunt Investment Group and Hoodoo Land Holdings. Chris serves on the Board of Trustees of the Communities Foundation of Texas, the Dallas Advisory Board of Directors of Amegy Bank, the Executive Board of Directors of the Cox School of Bu...

Amy serves as CTIO for Gigapower, LLC, a start-up fiber broadband network operator. She has responsibility for the network architecture, roadmap, engineering, product development and information technology systems for Gigapower.  Prior to joining Gigapower, LLC, Amy had a stellar career at AT&T, most recently as VP of Architecture & Strategic Technology Planning in the Corporate Strategy and Devel...

Will Coleman is the co-founder and CEO of Alto, an affordable premium rideshare service headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Alto elevates the experience for passengers and drivers by providing unmatched safety, hospitality, and consistency in every ride and delivery. Will is a former Partner at McKinsey & Company where he led the consumer air and travel practice and helped some of the world's largest...

Larry North is an esteemed Dallas figure and legendary fitness entrepreneur. Today, as an Operating Partner at Satori Capital, he's on the lookout for amazing companies to invest in or partner with.  Larry started his career in the gym business as a teenager. He willed his way to talk radio at age 24 with his "Better You" radio show, currently 32 years running now at CBS KRLD 1080am. He opened his...

Tim McPherson is the CEO at Hospitality Staffing Solutions, LLC. HSS is the nations' leading supplier of talent to the hotel, resort and casino industry, and is the only hospitality niche staffing firm ranked within the Top 100 of all USA Staffing Firms. In 2020, HSS was acquired by Kellermeyer Bergensons Services (KBS).   Tim has over 30 years of wide ranging staffing industry experience, with a...

Curtis Hite is the CEO and Chairman of Improving, a software consulting and training company with a focus on Conscious Capitalism. He has grown Improving to over 250 million in revenues, 1,500+ employees, and 15 offices. Improving provides software development, technology consulting, and agile training to clients globally. Improving has been recognized 13 times by the Inc. 500/5000 as one of the f...

Dr. Nick Zenarosa is the founder and chairman of the board at IES, a leader in emergency medicine staffing.    Integrative Emergency Services (IES) is transforming the way healthcare is practiced across the continuum of care and furthering the emergency department's role in value-based healthcare delivery. IES partners with physician groups to help create a culture of excellence through leadership...

Bob Beaudine is the President and CEO of Eastman & Beaudine. He is one of the nation's most respected search executives having conducted 100's of searches for Fortune 500 companies, entertainment entities, professional sports organizations, non-profits, olympic bodies, and universities, among many others. Celebrating over 50 years in business, Eastman & Beaudine has been named by The Wall Street J...

Apollo is an ERC-20 token, created by Dallas-based veteran software developer and game designer, Matt Johnson, launched on January 12, 2022 and built on the popular and secure Ethereum blockchain designed to raise money to help up-and-coming creators (such as artists, content creators and streamers) get their big break, and fully controlled by the Apollo token-holding community through a powerful...

Jonathan Campos is the Chief Technology Officer and Vice-President of Engineering at Alto, the first employee-based rideshare company rethinking a traditionally inconsistent, gig-based industry. Jonathan an innovative and resourceful developer who keeps an endless watch on what's next in emerging technologies. His keen eye for great user interfaces and knowledge of technical development, coupled w...

Dave is a customer experience consultant, helping you create experiences your customers can't wait to tell Mom about over Sunday brunch (or FaceTime). Even in the stodgy world of B2B, where we all pretend to be emotionless corporate robots, your customers are still beautiful, proud, slightly-neurotic humans who will shake out the corporate piggy banks for more Mom-worthy experiences. Dave's proude...

Jas Kalsi is the Co-Founder and CEO at Santé bespoke, which provides customized, premium health, and wellness solutions with exceptional service. Santé offers clinically proven supplements, rooted in science, and tailored to your unique needs. Their supplements are delivered in convenient, daily sachets and packaged in beautifully and purposefully designed boxes - to fit your lifestyle and help yo...

Lawrence King is the CEO at Headstorm, a high-powered technology consultancy dedicated to building innovative technology solutions for Fortune 500 companies, fast-growing startups, and everything in between. Lawrence is a technologist at heart and since learning his first programing language, has had a genuine admiration for software developers. He started Headstorm to provide a way for developers...

Dan Hooper is the Founder & Executive Director at ScholarShot. ScholarShot was founded in 2009 by concerned business professionals, educators and community volunteers who saw numerous well-meaning college advisement and "access" programs failing at-risk students. In Texas, 9 out of 10 of these students who get into college drop out. ScholarShot has developed a proven model of academic navigation,...

Eddy Badrina is the Chief Executive Officer of Eden Green Technology. Over the past 20 years, his career has encompassed entrepreneurial, corporate, and government roles. In 2019, Eddy took over as CEO of Eden Green Technology, which, through its vertical farming technology stack, is changing the way we farm our produce, and feed our communities. Since then, retailers, researchers, cities and gove...

Lt. Col. Allen West (R.) Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Allen B. West is a Christian constitutional conservative, combat veteran, and former member of the US Congress. He is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family. During his 22- year career in the United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel West served in several combat zones and received many honors including a Bronze Star, three...

Shay Rowbottom is a digital marketing entrepreneur specializing in helping companies create organic video content to grow their social media, and attract inbound leads to increase their revenue. She has a unique approach to marketing involving a great deal of confidence work, and teaching people how to embrace who they really are on camera. Through her own journey of adversity in life, Shay recogn...

Victor Calabrese is the President at deskside, a strategic IT services firm that helps clients achieve total tech success. Victor is a proven technology executive with over 20 years experience. He's held numerous C-level roles for a variety of companies spanning different industries. On this episode, well discuss: ✓ Can you trust your MSP? ✓ Optimizing IT to optimize your business ✓ MSP vs TSP: Th...

Tony Fleo is the CEO of Social Venture Partners Dallas, an organization of over 200 engaged professionals dedicated to helping social enterprises and philanthropists thrive. Tony holds the CFRE credential for fund development and a certificate for non-profit management. Tony has presented at national and international conferences on topics ranging from human development to systems development. He...

Dr. Kyle Hoedebecke is a Certified Physician Executive with 20 years of leadership experience optimizing key metrics such as quality, safety, member satisfaction, cost reduction, and access to healthcare. His innovative processes and outcomes have been recognized by key leaders across the business world. Speaking 4 languages, Kyle has mentored medical professionals in over 120 different countries....

Bronwyn Allen is the CEO at High Profile, the highest rated staffing agency in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Irving, TX. During her tenure as president and CEO, High Profile has won numerous awards including Dallas Business Journal's Best Places to Work, Dallas Chamber's Employer of Excellence, DFW SMA's Recruiting Team of the Year, and most recently was one of five companies considered for North Dallas...