The Positively West Virginia Podcast

For the remainder of the year we're bringing you a few of our most popular episodes from this past year. Please enjoy our previous interview with Brooke Glover is the CEO & Co-Founder of Swilled Dog, a distillery and cidery based out of Pendleton County, West Virginia. Watch the previously recorded version here: https://www.facebook.com/positivelywv/videos/3350482301851250 Swilled Dog: https://www...

For the remainder of the year we're bringing you a few of our most popular episodes from this past year. Please enjoy our previous interview with Chad Prather is president of Huntington National Bank's West Virginia Region. Watch the previously recorded version here: https://www.facebook.com/positivelywv/videos/1112690355996362 Huntington Bank: https://www.huntington.com/ Sponsored by Huntington N...

For the remainder of the year we're bringing you a few of our most popular episodes from this past year. Please enjoy our previous interview with Mark Bowe, host of the nationally acclaimed Magnolia Network's Barnwood Builders. Watch the previously recorded version here: https://www.facebook.com/positivelywv/videos/697754764678248 Mark Bowe: https://www.markbowe.com/ Barnwood Living: https://barnw...

For the remainder of the year we're bringing you a few of our most popular episodes from this past year. Please enjoy our previous interview with Mike Lee, Dealer Principal of Freedom Kia of Morgantown. Watch the previously recorded version here: https://www.facebook.com/positivelywv/videos/256615073228957 Freedom Kia: https://www.freedomkia.net/ Sponsored by Huntington National Bank | Highmark We...

This week we are speaking with Michael D. Adrian, President of Horizon Medical Technologies. Tune in to learn more about the important work Horizon Medical Technologies is doing in North Central West Virginia. For 21 years Horizon Medical Technologies has been providing unique, value-added services for all facets of a corporate employee validation services, including background investigations, pre...

Hawley Carlson is the Executive Director of Volunteer West Virginia, the state's commission on service and volunteerism. Volunteer West Virginia is a small state agency that promotes and supports AmeriCorps, disaster preparedness, and volunteerism. Hawley has a Master's of Public Administration and over 15 years in the nonprofit and government administration field. She believes in empowering commu...

Ray Glymph is a Business & Life coach who helps encourage not only new but veteran entrepreneurs to better their businesses. Mr. Glymph has inspired businesses of all sizes from mom and pop businesses to 8 figure corporations. His unique coaching style has awarded him the spotlight on many platforms. He has been featured on Yahoo, Google, and is a 40 Under 40 Candidate. His most recent Awards incl...

Umbrella Arts is a performing and visual arts instruction facility based in dance, movement and somatic education. Angela Dennis has an extensive catalog of career experience. She has been a staff member and guest instructor at educational dance organizations in Morgantown - spanning the state of West Virginia for over 20 years. Angela began her training at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance...

ames L. Fawcett is president of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia, which serves approximately 300,000 members through the company's health care benefits business as well as a comparable number of additional members through the national BlueCard® program. Based in Parkersburg, Mr. Fawcett is responsible for all West Virginia market functions. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virgini...

Chris is 32 years old, born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia. He and his wife, Whitney, have 4 kids: Emmett, Hudson, Bowen, and Callie. Chris manages and owns 3 businesses in the Morgantown area. These businesses include City Neon, Mountain Man Axe Throwing, as well as Pop "The Soda Shop". POP "The Soda Shop" is a new business that Chris and his wife recently created. Taking Pepsi, Coke, an...

The Rambling Root is a brew pub located in Fairmont WV. They brew their own beer along with carrying a majority WV produced beers and a few fan favorites. They have 29 drafts and big bottle/can selection. Their knowledgeable staff will help you find the beverage you're looking for whether it's beer, mead, wine or cider. Their restaurant has eclectic Americana menu items that incorporate locally pr...

Tammy was born and raised in the small town of Laeger, WV (pronounced yeager). Tammy grew up in a home where reading was encouraged from an early age. Furthering her education was important to her parents because they were never afforded the opportunity to go beyond 5th and 8th grade. However, they each had profound respect for learning and education - passing those traits on to Tammy. Tammy is a...

Stratagen provides next generation capabilities to Federal clients through strategic management, analytical, and IT solutions. Our host spoke with Alex Guy, MBA, MSBA, PMP and Marc Krueger, MSSE, PMP both of which are partners of Stratagen. Stratagen: https://stratagensolutions.com/ This was recorded during the Inaugural TechYeah Conference brought to you by Trilogy Innovations.

Lisa L. Fritsch, Co-founder, President and CEO of Agile5 Technologies, Inc., a woman owned and SBA certified Hubzone small business that specializes in all aspects of the software development life cycle for large enterprise systems. They target the local, state and federal governments, as well as private enterprises, that benefit from our knowledge and expertise in developing, managing and maintai...

Hull & Knarr LLP help companies and accounting firms identify often-missed sources of non-diluted funding through an engineering-based approach to the Research Tax Credit. Our host sat down with John Berry, Business Development Manager of Hull & Knarr LLP. Hull & Knarr LLP: https://www.hullandknarr.com/ This was recorded during the Inaugural #techyeahconference brought to you by Trilogy Innovation...

Writing. Editing. Training. Project management. These are the primary skills Bethany Hornbeck of Apis Creative has developed over more than 25 years in the field of communications. Apis is a collective of freelance and small–business creatives working to serve for-profit, non-profit, government, and professional organizations. Thier platform is a means for making the modern gig economy work for al...

Ashok Aggarwal is a co-founder and Managing Partner at M&S Consulting, he has been working with an amazing team building a world-class technology and strategy services organization dedicated to customer satisfaction with a highly talented and dedicated group of enterprise consultants. M&S Consulting: https://www.mandsconsulting.com/

Tyler Jarrett is a Christ-follower, a husband and a father. He holds a seasoned background in paramedic science and has spent nearly two decades working in the medical field. He enjoys serving at church, horse training and riding, Spartan races, playing guitar and being outdoors. At the beginning of this year, Tyler decided to follow his calling to entrepreneurship by pairing his passion for helpi...

TECH YEAH highlights the innovative West Virginia-based companies forging a new future through technology. Join us for a highly interactive event August 23rd in Fairmont WV! TECH YEAH: https://www.techyeahconference.com/ Randy Cottle is the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Trilogy Innovations Inc. Randy is a WV-native from Elkins, WV. Randy attended WVU where he earned his...

Emily Calandrelli is the host and co-executive producer of the hit Netflix series, Emily's Wonder Lab . Each episode features Emily and a group of kid-scientists as they learn about STEAM through experiments and fun activities. Emily is also an Executive Producer and Emmy nominated host of FOX's Xploration Outer Space and was a correspondent on Netflix's Bill Nye Saves The World. Prior to her work...

Ron is a 1998 graduate from Fairmont State College, now University, with a Business degree. He came to work for the Good News Mountaineer Garage in 2006. Good News started as a pilot project in 2001 and he was hired on to direct the Morgantown-office when it was opened in '06. He currently serves as the Deputy Director. He is also a licensed auctioneer/realtor along with being a WVSSAC football of...

Micki Pauley is a wellness coach who is advocating for  your  personal health. She is owner of Warrior Body, a group-fitness facility located here in Morgantown, WV - where community is one of the strongest components of her program; she will arguably say that this offers so much more than a gym. Micki has been in the fitness industry for over a decade working with both men and women, and helping...

Brooke is the CEO & Co-Founder of Swilled Dog, a distillery and cidery based out of Pendleton County, West Virginia. Brooke serves as the Vice President of the American Cider Association and was recently elected to another term on the ACA Board. She serves on both the Legislative and Data Insights committees and is an active proponent for the interests of craft cideries and distilleries in the US....

Chad Prather is president of Huntington National Bank 's West Virginia Region. Prather leads their diverse team of financial service professionals who are committed to serving consumers, businesses and communities across West Virginia. Prather joined Huntington in 2006 and has held a variety of progressive positions in business and commercial banking. He was named regional president in 2018, becom...

Raised around trees and rolling hills in a tiny mountain town in West Virginia, Mary Remsburg grew up a classically trained pianist who, in neighboring cities, consistently received double superior ratings during piano competitions and was frequently selected to perform on honors recitals. Taught piano by her mother in their farmhouse living room, Mary found her passion for music and continued to...