Wharton Executive Education Podcast

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...

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 l...

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 advance...

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 o...

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....

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...

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 co...

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 impleme...

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 p...

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 ha...

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 &amp...

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...

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. Na...

In this episode the CEO of Navigating Grey, Irvine Sloan dives into the complexities and challenges companies have with navigating sustainability and social impact. It can often be easier for a company to make a donation and write a check but there are other ways to engage stakeholders when it comes to sustainability and social impact. The company Navigating Grey has experience in this specific ar...

Alex Martinez is CEO of iTissue and a Strategic Advisor to VALTICS. iTissue is in the business of 3D Printing Bioengineered Tissue to Increase the speed of  health care tests. They do this by 3D printing the tissue cells that a drug would be exposed to if ingested and then observing the reactions that those tissues have. By initially testing new drugs on 3D printed tissue it makes it easier t...

Jose Villarreal is partner at the global law firm Baker Botts, and he is based in Austin Texas.  In this conversation we dive into intellectual property, patents, trade secrets and how people have tried to patent outputs from artificial intelligence. 

Nafeez Amin is a Co-Founder of Smart with a Heart which is a non-profit that helps people with their admissions process by providing live instruction, office hours, mentoring, and admissions advice. One of the most incredible things the company has to offer is that their instructors are all in the 99th percentile and they all need personal skills making them very sought after talent. Nafeez was on...

Jovelle Fernandez has lived in 5 different countries and travelled to over 50 countries. She has over 20 years experience in health care and has now written a book called "The Expat" all while developing a oral cancer drug that has had Stage 1 fully funded by the Japanese government.