The Undeniable

Timing is everything. Today, Deven and fellow entrepreneur and former business partner Michael Worthington, CEO of real estate marketing technology firm Brightdoor , take a look at how the past evolution of technology informs the future of business and innovation -- and why there may be no time like the present to launch a new tech product for real estate. 

How do a 3,800-lb bag of potatoes, 2 buckets of sap and an "intentional tech" approach build leaders for the next generation? A junior boarding school in the Adirondacks may have the answer. Join us for a conversation with Todd Ormiston, Executive Director of the North Country School , who discusses how a low-res, low-tech environment sets today's students up for sustainable, self-s...

As the pandemic crisis tests our faith, values and ideas about “business as usual,” there is an enormous opportunity for companies and individuals to rally hope in others and to emerge as leaders. In this episode, Liz Christofferen, Founder and CEO of the Empower Consulting Group , talks about how leadership is the difference between expansion and contraction, the importance of collaboration in ad...

 In Part 2 of our interview with Ray Owens, CEO of DXM, Ray talks to John and Deven about the implications of Data Management Platforms. The depth and scope of audience data now available — to marketers of all sizes, not just enterprise organizations — encompasses thousands of online and offline customer data variables. Using these variables to identify and predict audiences means marketers have a...

What is data-driven marketing, and how is it changing the way we identify, reach and engage audiences? The implications for marketing are enormous. Join us for Part 1 of our interview with Ray Owens, CEO of DXM, a marketing organization whose platform offers a suite of tools to enhance and optimize segmentation, market potential analysis, engagement, acquisition, retention, and ROI measurement. Ra...

Join us for a conversation with Terry Weaver, the President and Founder of Marketing and Sales Institute, specializing in sales and marketing training for luxury real estate communities. As the author of “Secrets of Selling from Real Estate Masters,” Terry has learned from some of the most successful in the business and has decades of experience. In today’s episode, Terry discusses his guiding sal...

Starting where every great hotel story does — at the front desk — Jessica Mousley takes us from her time as night shift manager at a Kimpton Hotel, to an IT role where she worked to cull useable data across departments and inform CRM for a better guest experience, and lands us where she is now: a leader for Sentierre , a hospitality brand that is redefining the industry. She shares her point of vi...

Today we welcome Jeff Yamaguchi, Vice President - Real Estate at The Robert Green Company. Jeff has decades of experience in luxury hospitality and real estate, spanning the globe. From Hawaii to Shanghai to Puerto Rico to Vegas, he’s headed sales and marketing for brands like Four Seasons, Montage, Pendry and Ritz Carlton. On today’s episode he shares his unique perspective on the convergence of...

How do you make a dream home a reality? In this episode, Deven talks to John Hillman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Crane Island in Amelia Island, FL, about selling what John calls “the joy of life.” As one of the developers for Southern Living’s 2019 Idea House on Crane Island, John describes the team behind the vision, architecture and design of the Idea House. And he discusses how pl...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Undeniable!  In marketing, everything has changed. Today, John Visgilio, Overabove Partner and Co-Founder, talks with Deven Spear, CIO, about how Overabove drives results for clients in this dynamic new landscape. Founded by John and his business partner, Ralph Guardiano, in 2002, Overabove was built for the way people consume information today: its non-trad...