A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

About Radhika Radhika Paliwal, a Real Estate Investor, Computer Engineer, Speaker, and Personal Finance Enthusiast, shares her journey from financial confusion to financial success. After realizing the limitations of a “good” degree and job, she took control, eliminating debt, crafting a lifestyle budget, investing in stocks, and acquiring real estate. Radhika’s guide is a compre...

About Ben Benjamin Johnson is a serial technical co-founder with a track record of success and hands-on open-source programming experience. He has a wide range of being both a board-level advisor and founder but also an in-depth understanding of how things work. Through his 20+ years as a software developer and leader, he has gained extensive experience with remotely distributed development teams...

About Keith Dr. Keith D. Dorsey is a board member, researcher, and speaker focused on executives’ pathways to corporate board service. Founder of the Boardroom Journey, he empowers professionals to navigate their path to the boardroom. Author of The Boardroom Journey (Wiley), published in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Forbes, Fast Company, and Directors & Boards, he wri...

About Katharine With over three decades of entrepreneurial success and the remarkable ability to overcome life-threatening health challenge, Katharine Loucaidou is a powerhouse of resilience and innovation. From founding successful businesses to revolutionizing the coaching industry with her groundbreaking AI platform, Katharine AI, she empowers entrepreneurs and leaders to reach unprecedented hei...

About Nate Nate Dinet is the founder and CEO of The Step Manager. With over 15 years dedicated to advocating for employees, Nate developed The Step Manager to provide accessible and affordable promotion and management coaching. His goal is to empower professionals to advance their careers and achieve work-life balance. This initiative reflects his commitment to fostering professional growth and op...

About Kathy Kathy Oneto is an executive and life-work coach, speaker, and facilitator who helps ambitious individuals and organizations explore how to live and work differently for greater success, satisfaction, and sustainability. With a portfolio career, she is also a strategy executive who bridges her two worlds applying strategic approaches to life and work decisions and practices. Kathy is th...

About Melissa Melissa Dinwiddie is on a mission to help leaders and teams turn the “impossible” into reality by uncovering their creative potential. A Juilliard-trained dancer, professional artist for 15 years, jazz singer-songwriter, and performing improviser, Melissa brings a wealth of creative experiences to her work with companies like Google, Meta, and Salesforce. As the author of...

About Steve Steve has been at the forefront of global talent strategy and company culture for the past 30 years. Most famous for scaling Linkedin from 400 to 4000 in 3.5 years, Steve also led the development of LI’s legendary company culture and was at the helm of the Talent function for its period of the highest growth and through their IPO. Having worked in 5 different industries and 3 different...

About James James Turk is an author, executive coach, keynote speaker, and CEO of The Turk Group , a boutique learning and development consulting firm. With over 25 years of experience, he has designed and delivered leadership solutions to clients globally, coaching and training upwards of 10,000 people. His extensive experience provides a unique perspective on effective leadership. Clients includ...

About Trevor Trevor Francis, Founder & CEO of 46 Labs , is an innovator in telecom with a relentless drive to improve global connectivity. With decades of experience building voice and business connectivity across several continents, Trevor has tackled some of the most complex challenges in telecom—whether modernizing infrastructure in developing nations, integrating networks after mergers, or...

About Jamie Jamie Schwartzman is the Chief Creative Strategist and founder of Flux Branding, a premier branding agency with over 25 years of experience transforming businesses. An expert in corporate rebranding, Jamie developed the IDEA Method—a proprietary four-step branding process that reduces risk, reveals a brand’s true identity, and guides it to success. Under his leadership, Flux Branding h...

About Piers Piers Fallowfield-Cooper is a seasoned executive mentor and leadership coach with over 30 years of experience as a senior executive, having held roles such as Managing Director, President, CEO, and Chairman in global finance, technology, and e-publishing industries. Despite a late start due to undiagnosed dyslexia, Piers has built a remarkable career, leveraging his deep business acume...

About Matt As a technical systems-builder, Matt Van Itallie is passionate about problems that are hard and problems that matter . He co-founded Sema Technologies Inc., which he currently leads as CEO, to help organizations drive better outcomes through their software. Sema’s flagship solution, Comprehensive Codebase Scans, has earned a reputation as the leading codebase scanning tool for the techn...

About Anatoly Anatoly Kvitnitsky is the visionary CEO and Founder of AIorNot.com, a cutting-edge platform dedicated to combatting misinformation and advancing compliance solutions. Leveraging his extensive expertise in corporate development, strategy, and business growth, Anatoly has propelled AIorNot.com to the forefront of the battle against misinformation. With a proven track record in leadersh...

About Andy As CEO of  Accelerance , Andy helps companies find the talent they need to scale high- performing, globally distributed software engineering and product development teams. Andy and Accelerance travel the world, assessing and certifying development partners with a proprietary matching system, so clients can connect with confidence to the top 1% of outsourcing partners worldwide. The Acce...

About Rand Rand Selig has an MBA from Stanford and earned undergraduate degrees in mathematics and psychology. He has managed hundreds of complex projects in his career and has run his own financial services firm for over 35 years. He has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, Mexico, and the Caribbean. He was a Little League coach and Scoutmaster and has served on numerous boards for decades. He is a...

About Heather Heather is an accomplished product management executive with over 30 years of experience helping companies innovate and scale to successful outcomes. As an active leader in the evolution of Product Management, she has led product teams at every stage, from startups to IPOs and acquisitions, specializing in building strong product cultures, developing leadership talent, and delivering...

About Toby Toby Mills is the founder and CEO of Entopy, a leading innovator in supply chain visibility based near Cambridge, UK. Under his leadership, Entopy transitioned from a hardware-focused business to a pure-play software company in 2020, driving an impressive 300% year-on-year growth. Before launching Entopy, Toby held several management roles in the retail sector, gaining valuable experien...

About Ali Ali is an engineer-turned-entrepreneur who thrives at the intersection of technology and business. Early in his career, he built software for startups, scaleups, and enterprises, working on systems capable of handling over a billion customer requests an hour. These weren’t just technical feats—they were lessons in solving real-world problems through engineering. It didn’t tak...

About Lisa Lisa Skinner is a behavioral specialist in the field of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. She is a Certified Dementia Care Trainer through the Alzheimer’s Association. In her 25-year career as a community counselor, private adviser and Regional Director of senior care facilities, she helped thousands of families and caregivers understand the daunting challenges of brain disease...

About Michael Michael Reddington is an expert at moving people from resistance to commitment. He is an executive resource, Certified Forensic Interviewer, President of InQuasive, Inc., and author of The Disciplined Listening Method. Michael’s public speaking career began in his teenage years as he travelled around New England educating audiences on the benefits of including students with, and with...

About Chuck Chuck Wisner is a thinker, a coach, and a teacher in organizational strategy, human dynamics, and leadership excellence. For the past twenty-five years, he has served as a business and personal consultant and an advisor to leaders in high-profile companies in several industries. His methods are anchored in years of leading-edge research, theoretical development, and the practical appli...

About John John Munsell is the co-founder of Bizzuka , an AI consulting firm focused on artificial intelligence strategy and implementation. With a career spanning over 25 years in marketing, software development, financial services, and sales, John brings a wealth of experience to the AI industry. He is also an Adjunct Instructor of Artificial Intelligence at Louisiana State University, contribut...

About Kevin Kevin is the father of the Virtual Assistant and a Silicon Valley innovator, serial entrepreneur, CEO, and futurist. He was INC Magazines’ Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC top Innovator of the Decade, World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, Chair of Silicon Valley Forum, Planet Forward Innovator of the Year nominee, featured for 5 years on TechTV’s Silicon Spin, and inducted into RIT’s Inno...

About Rand Rand Selig has an MBA from Stanford and earned undergraduate degrees in mathematics and psychology. He has managed hundreds of complex projects in his career and has run his own financial services firm for over 35 years. He has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, Mexico, and the Caribbean. He was a Little League coach and Scoutmaster and has served on numerous boards for decades. He is a...