Back2Basics: Reconnecting to the essence of YOU

French born, Julie-Roxane grew up in Reunion Island, a small French tropical island close to Madagascar. After her parents divorced, she moved back to France with her mother and brother. At 19 and two years after moving to Paris to study History and Archeology, JR switched lanes and went to culinary school for a year to realise a lifelong dream: becoming a chef! She worked as a chef in Parisian re...

Leticia Latino-van Splunteren was born and raised in Venezuela by Italian parents, so she has always been exposed to a multicultural approach to life and business. When she graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration people assumed she would go straight into Neptuno, the company her father had founded in 1972 and that since then has engineered, manufactured and installed over 10,000 telecom t...

Adis Vila is the former global head of international business development at Vigoro, a $750M international agribusiness company; former head of regulatory policy for the western hemisphere at Nortel Networks, a $22B telecom supplier; former Secretary & CEO of the Florida State Department of Administration; former Assistant Secretary & COO of the US Department of Agriculture. An experienced...

G. Nancy Allen is an international speaker, coach, consultant and expert on women’s business issues. Nancy has over 30 years of experience helping small business owners at all stages of growth. As President and CEO of WBDC Florida, dba Her Company Incorporated, Nancy manages and leads an incredible team of staff, sponsors, partners and women business leaders who are dedicated to certifying, connec...

Entrepreneur and early-stage company director, mentor, advisor, and angel investor, Michael's background is starting and building technology companies backed by angel investors and venture capital. He has raised more than $50M in venture financing. Co-founder, Data Technologies (merged w/IPS). Founder, Ask-Me Multimedia (acquired by Midisoft). Founder, iCopyright.com (Silicon Valley venture funded...

Dante Disparte is an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert. He is the founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative, a strategic risk advisory and insurance brokerage firm based in Washington, D.C. Dante serves on the board of the American Security Project, where he founded and chairs the Business Council. He is also a member of the Bretton Woods II Council and a fellow at New America. He is...

Brandt A. Handley is the founder and managing director of ROI, a boutique, retained executive search, coaching and organizational development firm. Brandt has more than 15 years of experience in senior level general management, recruiting top executive talent and in international marketing & sales leadership and operational roles with the top Fortune 50 companies. He has held director, vice pr...

Self motivated coach, mentor and mindful business advisor; Suzanne Jewell has a mix of global corporate strategic communications and marketing expertise from the US to Africa. As a business coach and start-up strategist, she works directly with start-up founders, solopreneurs, and non-profits to clarify the core mission, strategy and messaging of their vision. She's deeply intuitive; understanding...

In this episode, Don van Splunteren shares how the journey is what really counts. Having had to live in more than 5 countries, changed schools over 30 times and houses an equal amount of times, Don learnt early on to find solace in Change and to adapt to new situations as they came. He learnt to make the most out of it, and eventually capitalized the ability to quickly adapt to each situation to b...

Founder and CEO of Joy's Heart, Jan's Hice-Smith shares powerful insights on how she transformed a thriving corporate life into the life she really wanted, one where she's now fulfilling her dreams as a published author, motivational speaker, coach and mentor. She holds several well being retreats a year, where she helps people reconnect to their heart's joy. Please leave a review or send us a Voi...

From apartheid South Africa to settling in the USA, Dion Joannou shares how he became a Balanced and visionary Executive Chairman, Chairman Board of Advisors, CEO and President who creates strategic alliances with organization leaders to effectively align with and support key business initiatives. Dion shares his powerful insights on how he has managed to find life balance through perspective. He...

Host Leticia Latino shares a little bit of who she is, what she likes and what her strengths are and how she got to embark in the Podcasting Journey. A great launch episode for this Podcast, it opens the door on what's to come and what to expect from her and from each episode. Please leave a review or send us a Voice note letting us know what you enjoyed at: Back2Basics reconnecting to the essence...

We spend our hours ‘connected,’ but we’re drifting away from real human connection. Especially to ourselves. Join host Leticia Latino-van Splunteren and her inspiring guests in exploring ways to reconnect to your essence, to your definite purpose, to what makes you TICK. Are you ready?” Please leave a review or send us a Voice note letting us know what you enjoyed at: Back2Basics reconnecting to t...