Christian Business Leader with Darren Shearer

On this episode, we're joined by Steve Van Ooteghem. Steve is the Houston area chair for C12, the nation's largest invitation-only Executive Round table for Christian business owners/CEOs. Steve was a member of one of the three original C12 groups founded in the Tampa Bay area by Buck Jacobs several years ago. Over the years, Steve and his wife Carolyn have purchased a business and start...

On this episode, we're joined by Christeen Rico. Christeen Rico is a daughter of the Most High King, committed to following Jesus and intent on pursuing a vision found in Proverbs 11:10 (NIV) "When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices." Currently, she's on assignment as a minister of reconciliation in the marketplace, starting at her place of work: a major tech company in S...

On this episode, we're joined by Fred Sievert. Fred is the retired President of the New York Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company. Under his leadership, New York Life first achieved a number one market share ranking in the sale of Life Insurance in the United States and repeated that distinction for seven years. Following his retirement from New York Life in 2007, Fred attended Yale...

On this episode, we're joined by Mike Baer. Mike is a recognized leader in the global Business as Mission movement. Over the years, Mike has served as a church planter and pastor; he is an entrepreneur who has launched several businesses, the founder of an international business incubator, a prolific author, an in-demand speaker. Currently, Mike is a senior executive at EmployBridge (the larg...

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Lane Cohee. Lane was educated at the United States Air Force Academy, University of Redlands, University of Colorado, and Rollins College where he received his Doctorate in Business Administration. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Management at Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prior to joining PBA, Lane spen...

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. John Thornton. John is the L.P. and Bobbi Leung Chair of Accounting Ethics at Azusa Pacific University's L.P. and Timothy Leung School of Accounting. He hosts the soon-to-launch Getting Rich Right podcast (gettingrichright.com) with Moody's Gary Chapman Team, and is the author of Jesus' Terrible Financial Advice: Flipping the Tables on Peace...

On this episode, we're joined by Helen Mitchell. Helen was an early adopter of faith, work, and economics in the local church and was the architect and visionary of the Saddleback@Work ministry at Saddleback Church where she served as a licensed minister on the pastoral staff. She is now the Director of the Talbot Center for Faith, Work & Economics at the Talbot School of Theology at Biol...

On this episode, Dr. William Hanson makes a Biblical case for hiring people with disabilities and shares best practices for assimilating people with special needs into a company. Bill is a researcher and leadership consultant providing a variety of services across industries, centered on culture change, leadership training, team building, and visioning. He serves as adjunct professor for Anderson...

On this episode, we're joined by Tyler McCart. Tyler McCart is a business-to-business (B2B) sales expert with over 10 years of experience as a sales rep for some of the world's largest companies and is currently specializing in the K-12 and higher education markets. Tyler is also the host of The Success Edge Podcast, which helps marketplace Christians live out a Biblical definition of su...

Shae Bynes is the host of the Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur Podcast and founder and Chief Fire Igniter of KDE's community of entrepreneurs. She's the author of a several best-selling books. KDE's mission is to activate a community of entrepreneurs that will demonstrate the power, presence, passion, and purity of God in the marketplace. Her most recent book is The Kingdom Driven Entrep...

On this episode, we're joined by Ron Kitchens. Ron is the senior partner and chief executive officer of Southwest Michigan First, an economic consulting firm, which includes Consultant Connect and the Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund. He is the publisher of 269 MAGAZINE™ and founder of the leadership conference Catalyst University. Ron is author/co-author of 3 books, including Commu...

On this episode, we're joined by Gary Smith. Gary is the founder and Chief Sharpening Officer of Iron Forums, which is a Christian Business Owners Forum. He founded and led Data Formation, Inc., sold 75% of this company in 1995, took that 25% and rebranded as The Transform Group, and sold that organization in 2018 at its peak revenue, $8.3 million. www. IronForums.org Christianity in Business...

Mark Whitacre is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CBMC, an organization that has impacted his life greatly the past two decades. It's one of the most prominent, pioneering organizations in the faith at work movement over the past century. Since December of 2006, he has been the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Science Officer at Cypress Systems, Inc. His undercover work with the FBI du...

On this episode, we're joined by Tom Tui (Twee). Tom is a Christian career/business consultant whose goal is to help Christians to become disciples at the workplace. Tom and his team have successfully developed several global projects into multi-million dollar ventures. He is also a youth pastor and helps young people to navigate their career options in a God-honoring way. Christianity in Bus...

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Chris Zaino. Dr. Chris Zaino is a world-renowned speaker, author, and entrepreneur. After winning Mr. America in 1998, and being a leader in the fitness industry, he found himself defying a deadly disease in his late 20s. Dr. Zaino leveraged his experience to establish one of the largest health and wellness clinics in the world, seeing thousands of patient...

On this episode, we're joined by Mark Canada. Mark is the President and CEO of Marketplace & Development Enterprises, a service organization dedicated to helping mature Christ-followers, who want to use their vocational skills and experience and want to change lives, to be Christ's ambassadors in unreached communities. Prior to leading Marketplace & Development Enterprises, Mark...

On this episode, we're joined by Os Hillman ... my friend and a pioneer in the modern faith-at-work movement. Os is the president of Marketplace Leaders, an organization whose purpose is to help men and women discover and fulfill God's complete purposes through their work and to view their work as ministry. In the past, Os owned an advertising agency but is now an internationally recogni...

On this episode, we're joined by Seth Buechley, CEO of Cathedral Consulting, author of Ambition: Leading with Gratitude, and host of the Business Done Right Podcast. Prior to Cathedral Consulting, he was the president of SOLiD USA and led the company to annual sales of nearly $60 million before selling to firm to a venture partner. SOLiD's technology delivered cellular and public safety...

On this episode, Mike Sharrow shares lessons learned from C12's community of Christ-centered CEOs about the benefits of Bible-based business counsel and discipleship-oriented accountability.    Mike is the President and CEO of C12 Group, the nation's largest network of Christian CEOs, business owners, and executives. Before joining C12, Mike owned a healthcare strategy consulting group a...

On this episode, we're joined by Sarah-Jane Ethan. Creator of the Nine-Value Triggers, the Advanced 12-step Sales Process, and the Customer-Focused Sales Formula, Sarah-Jane Ethan is a multiple-business-owning entrepreneur, international business coach and the author of: The Business of Blessing; The Biblical Blueprint for a God-Abundant Business. SJ has been a committed Christian for over 30...

On this episode, we're joined by Bobby Albert. With Bobby as its CEO, Albert Companies grew revenues and profits by 500 percent between 2005 and 2011, the year he sold his business to a publicly traded company. Using a values-driven approach, Bobby created a unique and special workplace culture. The Best 100 Companies to Work for in Texas awarded their coveted designation to the Albert team f...

On this episode, we're joined by Aaron Smith. Aaron is the founder and majority shareholder of a private US investment management firm, Pecora Capital. Prior to founding his own firm, he served as an executive at a multi-billion-dollar systematic global macro hedge fund. He's the author of a new book, Meditations of a Hedge Fund Manager: Inspired Insights on Purpose & Prosperity. htt...

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Justin Kagin. Dr. Justin Kagin holds a Ph. D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California, Davis, with over 15 years of experience working in the field of development economics. He has managed and worked on numerous agricultural, social protection, and other poverty alleviation projects. As the founder and CEO of Kagin's Consulting, he...

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Ed Brenegar. In his new book, Circle of Impact: Taking Personal Initiative to Ignite Change, Ed provides expert advice on leadership from a lifetime spent as a minister, teacher, nonprofit executive, and small business owner. www. EdBrenegar.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into bus...

On this episode, Jeff Holler explains what he has learned through studying the lives and businesses of highly successful Christian entrepreneurs. Jeff Holler is an author, speaker, and founder and owner of The Capital Chart Room LTD® and serves as a Certified Financial Planner for some of the most respected and successful entrepreneurs in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. He's the author of the...