The One Away Show

In this episode, Bryan sits down with Bob, a former Wall Street trader who made an unexpected—and deeply personal—pivot. At the height of a successful career in algorithmic finance, Bob stepped away from the fast lane to reconnect with his values, his family, and a more intentional way of working. What followed was a journey of rebuilding—not just his career, but how he thought about success, syst...

Today, I'm thrilled to welcome Juan Manuel Barrero, a remarkable three-time entrepreneur who's revolutionizing the FinTech landscape. As the founder and CEO of Lazo, Juan is building the premier gateway for Latin American startups entering the U.S. market. His journey is fascinating - from graduating top of his class with dual degrees from the Catholic University of Argentina to pursuing business...

Jeff Wetzler has been on a quarter-century quest to transform learning opportunities. Blending a unique set of leadership experiences in the fields of business and education, he's pursued this quest as a management consultant to the world's top corporations, as a learning facilitator for leaders around the world, as Chief Learning Officer at Teach For America, and most recently, as co-Founder and...

For the past three decades, Charlene Li has been helping people see the future and thrive through disruption by advising executives and boards to recognize a vital truth: companies can't simply innovate in order to stay competitive. They must transform.  As a sought-after expert on disruptive transformation, leadership, customer experience, and the future of work, Charlene has worked with hundreds...

David Rodnitzky is the Founder of David Rodnitzky Consulting, a boutique consulting firm dedicated to helping agency founders scale and potentially exit their business through mergers or acquisition.    Prior to becoming a consultant, David founded 3Q Digital, a team of 500+ online marketing pros specializing in helping savvy, growing companies realize massive profit through online advertising, as...

Dan is the co-creator and co-owner of Farmers Restaurant Group, which includes seven Founding Farmers restaurants in DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, along with a distillery, Founding Spirits. The company supports over 1,500 employees and continues to grow, adding a catering company, percolating on their new direct-to-consumer platform, and the environmental non-profit Our Last Straw. Dan...

Molly Blomquist is a recognized authority in security and risk management, with expertise in interrogation techniques, body language analysis, high-stakes negotiations, and security strategy and planning. Her distinguished career includes significant leadership roles within the U.S. Government, including managing complex programs, advising senior policymakers, and leading global security initiativ...

Dave Hersh is the founding CEO of Jive, which he grew from a small open source project up to its IPO, and served as a board partner at the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. Today, Dave is a general partner at Metamorph Partners, specializing in operator-led buyouts of slower-growth, venture-backed companies, equipping them to become healthy and sustainable. Dave also consults, speaks, and coaches on tr...

Dilan Gomih is the founder and Chief Energy Officer of Dilagence, a company that leverages the power of well-being to fuel human performance. Dilan's combination of corporate experience, fitness expertise, and her Harvard MBA allowed her to create a unique methodology for performance coaching that has helped people worldwide. She specializes in helping busy professionals take control of their time...

Amii Barnard-Bahn is an advisor, coach, and thought leader in the fields of careers, law, ethics, and compliance, specializing in helping executives get promoted to and thrive in the C-suite, and helping companies do the right thing. She is a partner at Kaplan & Walker LLP, a law firm specializing in compliance and ethics. A former Fortune 5 executive, GC, and CHRO, Amii is a consultant and coach...

For over 20 years, Deborah Grayson Riegel has been teaching, coaching, and writing about leadership communication, helping global leaders and teams communicate more effectively in a dynamic and diverse marketplace. As an Adjunct Faculty at Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business, and a Leadership Communication Instructor at Columbia Business School Executive Education, Deborah designs and d...

Keith Cupp is the President of Gravitas Impact Premium Coaches, a global community of certified business coaches who serve mid-market companies across six continents. He has over 20 years of experience as a principal coach at Ascendancy Partners, Inc., his own private coaching business. He is also a former CEO of Gazelles International, a premier coaching association that uses the Four Decisions f...

  Lorenzo Thione is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and expert in Artificial Intelligence whose career sits at the intersection of Technology, Storytelling, and Social Advocacy. He has a deep background in AI, and has gone from AI researcher and technologist to being the co-founder of Powerset, a pioneering AI company that developed one of the earliest AI-powered web search engines. Currently, he...

Sri Seshadri is the Founder of Agile Growth Partner, which provides business coaching for smart and hungry CEOs looking to achieve their growth aspirations without burning out. Since 2014, Sri has coached more than 100 leaders through one-on-one sessions and trained over 1,000 leaders across programs. Prior to starting Agile Growth Partners, Sri worked in senior commercial, finance, and strategy r...

Julie Rosenberg, MD is an experienced pharmaceutical consultant with a demonstrated history of successfully leading global oncology, pediatrics, and biosimilar drug development programs. She is a highly skilled corporate leader, keynote speaker, and author of both medical literature and non-fiction. Her books, Beyond The Mat and Be True, show leaders how to lead more consciously, and provide guida...

Jess Yuen is an Advisor and Executive Coach who specializes in supporting first-time founders and executives. She is a three-time startup executive who has experienced the ups and downs of 10x+ growth across different industries. Her career has seen her take on a variety of roles, serving as Chief People Officer, Chief of Staff to the CEO, and Head of International Growth and Strategy. Throughout...

James Papiano is the Founder and President of James Papiano + Co, an executive coaching and consulting firm built to help managers and leaders navigate change for themselves, their teams, and their organizations. James believes your people can be the catalyst for advancing on priorities and growth, you just need to unlock their potential. James guides clients through paths that are customized to t...

Dr. Ben Cilento, sometimes known by his nickname "The Snoring Doctor," is a board certified sinus and snoring specialist, plastic surgeon, researcher, and wellness physician. He graduated at the top of his class with distinction in immunologic research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. He did his residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he studied un...

Tony Lillios is a Personal and Professional coach who works with individuals and small teams to move past barriers and unlock more possibilities. He is a father, Ironman athlete, marathon swimmer, and entrepreneur, and Founder of Speck Products. As a coach, Tony is at his best when working with clients that have come up short when they've tried to address failures. Tony brings with him his own unf...

Bob Beaudine is one of the nation's most respected talent search executives, having conducted hundreds of searches for Fortune 500 companies, entertainment entities, professional sports organizations, non-profits, olympic bodies, and universities, among many others as the President and CEO of Eastman & Beaudine; named by The Wall Street Journal as the "top recruiting firm in college sports." Bob h...

City Winery Founder and Chief Executive Michael Dorf dropped out of law school at age twenty-three to found New York City's Knitting Factory, which The New York Times later called "one of the most influential downtown music clubs of the 1990s." He was recognized as an Internet music pioneer by webcasting the first live music stream from a club anywhere in the world. In 2008, Michael brought togeth...

Andrea Feigl is the founder & CEO of Health Finance Institute and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University who brings passion and ambition to her work in global health policy, financing, and governance. Outside of her work in healthcare, Andrea is trained as a ballet dancer and holds an international teaching certificate in classical ballet.   Andrea writes and speaks publicly in order to clo...

Rob Castaneda, founder and CEO of ServiceRocket, defines leadership "as a journey and a craft, not just a task to complete." While a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Technology Sydney shaped his career, Rob's parents and grandparents taught him the value of hard work and focusing on the internal reward. Along with a passion for instrumental guitar and competing in triathlons, Rob is...

Jim Fielding, a proud Ohio native and graduate of Indiana University, is an Author, Authentic Leader, and Queer C-Suite Executive with over 30 years of experience working with some of the world's most beloved media and retail brands, including The Gap, Disney, Claire's, Dreamworks, and 20th Century Fox. Jim is known for his ability to combine storytelling and product merchandising into unforgettab...

Vinay Patankar is the Founder of Process Street, a company that delivers the future of no-code workflows and knowledge management to users. Salesforce, AirBnB, Yale, GAP, and thousands of other companies rely on Process Street to manage and automate repetitive work in their teams. Early in his career, Vinay served in roles in finance and recruiting talent until making the leap to entrepreneurship....