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Their cutting edge technology puts them at the top when it comes to human health research and services. Christian Henry, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of  Illumina  is making a difference empowering a healthy future. 

With a degree in industrial electronics engineering and his creativity, he is making a name for himself in the world of interactivity, marketing, information technology, and communications. CEO & Founder of  PARTTEAM GROUP , Miguel Soares joined us to share how digital kiosks are hitting the world of multimedia and billboards.   

For over 13 years, he has been a world-renowned leadership communications coach, trainer, and speaker. John Bates, CEO & Founder of  Executive Speaking Success  returns to Critical Mass Radio to further discuss his expertise along with a new online product you don't want to miss out on. He knows what is effective and shares with others on the subject of executive speaking. His unique style and ski...

Mantra Design - Innovate, Buy, or Die ! reveals the secrets for the identification of your customers' unmet needs including profitable and lasting innovation solutions. Author Dana Oliver joined Critical Mass Radio to share with the audience the power of innovation leadership for every person out there. His first Mantra Leadership book focused on the application of leadership while combining his 3...

Kim Shepherd, CEO of  Decision Toolbox  understands how to create and maintain a company's culture through the use of performance metrics. Her latest book, "Get Scrappy," co-authored with Dave Berkus explores proven insights to help leaders create a more agile and performance-oriented culture. 

Richard Lindenmuth , interim CEO and author of  "The outside the Box Executive," joined the show to share with Ric and our audience some of the most important components of any company in transition.   

We've all seen it before, a "blank" for dummies book for every subject and person out there. Karen Dietz is a veteran in business storytelling and one of the originals in the field representing the best in academic training and the art of performance storytelling. Author of " Business Storytelling for Dummies ", Karen joined Ric on Critical Mass Radio show to share her insight into business storyt...

Looking for a way to build your own personal brand? Want to get your brand featured in publications and grow in social media? Leonard Kim, managing partner at  InfluenceTree , joined Ric and discussed how his team works to make this all possible for you! Author of "The Etiquette of Social Media," Leonard shared with us some top branding is essential to help your middle market business grow!

  Inspired to change the stigma of adult at home care, Seth Sternberg, CEO and founder of  HONOR , joined Ric to talk about how HONOR gives personalized care at real convenience 24/7. HONOR, a firm with a $20 million backing of Silicon Valley's A-listers, uses the power of new technology to improve the system of adult at home care. 

  Miguel Dias, founder of  CEO World  was 26 years old when he started his own firm. CEO World has members stationed all over the world and travels to and from different countries to share his inspiring life story with multicultural audiences. Miguel joined Critical Mass and shared his experience and his business goals on how he plans to bridge the gap between cultures through "unity in diversity....

With a specialty in mortgage education and information, residential mortgage planner and radio host Joe Cucchiara is your go to person if you're looking for access to the tools and resources you need to make wise financial decisions! His firm commitment to borrowers, referral partners, and the community along with his business philosophy is rooted in the belief of Knowledge is Power. Joe Cucchiara...

Named one of the Top 40 under 40 mortgage professionals, a best-selling author and a top 1% loan officer, CEO of  Arcus Lending , Shashank Shekhar is widely recognized as "America's Premier Mortgage Expert." He joined Critical Mass Radio Show to share with us his expertise and knowledge helping clients and home buyers feel at ease when it comes to making mortgages and buying homes.

She is widely recognized as a small business expert and advocate. CEO of  GrowBiz Media  Rieva Lesonsky returned to the hot seat at the Critical Mass Radio studio to give us the inside scope into the latest business trends for 2016.   

CEO and co-founder of  Spara Athletics , Marques Johnson, joined Ric in the studio to share his story of sweat, tears, injuries and surgeries. For lifelong and collegiate athlete, Marques Johnson, his body was subject to extreme punishment and treatment. As a wide receiver he endured continuous hits and tackles and realized the need for better mouth guards that not only protect the top and bottom...

What are the seven toughest challenges a new generation of leaders face as they move into management? What dilemmas and issues can these leaders run into? Our returning guest Chip Espinoza, Author of  Millennials Who Manage , touched on the subject of generational diversity, mastering management, and leadership competencies. 

LCP Tracker  founder and CEO Mark Douglas, has been helping businesses understand the numerous benefits of prevailing wage. Prevailing wage has over one hundred years of history. However, overwhelming objective research has demonstrated that many states with prevailing laws don't increase construction costs despite the many associated benefits. 

Heart Cloud is putting a new twist to cloud-based technology. They're extending the "cloud computing" technology to help clients manage health and weight. Thomas Coss, CEO of  Heart Cloud Inc , joined Ric in the studio to share how cloud-based technology and Heart Cloud data work hand in hand in improving lives. With each data collected from commercial products used to monitor clients at home, Clo...

"Discovering and transforming great ideas into breakthrough new products." Kevin McGourty, President and CEO of  iNPD Center  & author of The Innovators Playbook, is your go-to person for innovation and new product development related efforts. With prior history working as a VP of product planning and strategy, Kevin remains active in the innovation and development community of businesses.

He is a speaker for the best practices for controlling healthcare costs and speaks in partnership with many various firms and groups. Matthew Hanson, president of  Centennial , joined Ric on Critical Mass to talk about how his firm is confident that their unique and personable ways with business management is their core advantage.

CEOs and business owners need to be able to promote the accomplishments of their business just like candidates interviewing for jobs have to do. Author Rick Gillis, joined us in the studio to talk about the different the concepts contained in his new book  PROMOTE! It's Who Knows What You Know That Makes A Career . Rick explores his research into positively promoting your past successes to gain at...

What has changed in the marketing agency industry? Craig Cooke, CEO of  Rhythm Interactive  joined Critical Mass to talk about how he has successfully navigated the ever-changing marketing landscape. Craig and Ric also discuss how technologies like mobile video advertising coupled with the advances in acquiring behavioral data are enabling new campaigns for middle market firms. 

New challenges for businesses are on the rise everyday as society progresses. These constant challenges, create an opportunity for  Social Intrapreneurs  to change their companies from the inside out. Jerry Davis, author and professor at the University of Michigan shares how social intrapreneurship and corporate activism plays a role in today's business environment.

Just one ESOP National Conference attendance was enough to get her hooked on being involved with the ESOP Associations. Leslie Lauer, from  UBS Securities  joined Critical Mass to talk about how she has been actively involved and in 2005, buying out the majority owners of an ESOP company with her husband.

Thomas Crane, author of  The Heart of Coaching  joined Critical Mass Radio show to discuss the powerful process of transformational coaching as a comprehensive and systematic way to plan, organize, and conduct coaching conversations. With seventeen years and seven versions of transformational coaching to create a high-performance coaching culture, Thomas shares his expertise in coaching and consul...

He launched a kick-starter campaign raising over 124K. Christian Valencia, CEO and co-founder of  HIIT Bottle  joined Critical Mass Radio Show to discuss how his experience as a Business Relationship Manager and management of Business Commercial Portfolio led way to annual revenues of 5MM to 20MM. Christian talks about how middle market businesses can utilize the power of financing and crowdfundin...