CXO Conversations

Ray Gogel  has served as COO, President and Board Director numerous times in the energy sector throughout his career.  He has served in executive roles as CIO, CAO, COO, Managing Director and Board of Directors for companies such as Xcel Energy, Accenture, US Grid Company, IBM and others.  Ray joins CXO Conversations to discuss needed skills for today's CEO and where they may struggle. Show Notes:...

Brad Feld is a successful Venture Capitalist and founding member of the Foundry Group .  Within the Colorado startup scene, Brad is a bit of a celebrity having been part of some well-known successful companies.   Brad really sees founders and start ups not just investments, but as a community that he supports, sees areas for improvements, mentors and loves.  In this very personal full-length inter...

Chuck Melcher is a retired Naval Commanding Officer that has served in various roles including Chief Engineering, XO and Skipper on several Nuclear Attack Submarines.  After retiring from the United States Navy, Chuck joined an international energy company as a VP and quickly rose to CEO.  Chuck discusses interviewing to become a Submarine skipper, his successful civilian executive search and care...

Christine is an accomplished global CFO who rose up through the ranks of senior leadership at Big 4 firms, such as PwC and EY. She is a life-long learner who is both personally and professionally curious, and intrinsically driven to continually broaden her base of knowledge and experience.  She's an avid traveler who has even hanglided over the jungles of Brazil. In this episode she delves into th...

As summer is in full swing, this is a great opportunity for an excerpt from a 2020 interview with CRO Randal Meske.  The full interview can be  found here About our Guest Randal Meske  is the CRO at ConstructConnect (a Roper Technologies company) and the Founder and CEO at Evreware, a market intelligence firm. Prior to Evreware, Randal was the President at Citation Technologies Inc., an environmen...

The impressively humble General Kevin Patrick 'Chili' Chilton joins the show today to share his 34-½ years of experience in the Air Force as well as the successful transition he then navigated into corporate America. A note to those who have not served in the Armed Forces: I will be referring to our guest as either General or by his call sign of 'Chili' out of respect for his rank and his service...

Tom started out in technology and discusses how he arrived at the CEO chair by way of GE & NCR. He speaks about to the scrappy opportunties at GE and the similiarties of that attitude at Inovonics, a middle market company. Along the way, his international travel helped him apprciate different cultures and what unites us. He also discusses where emerging executives can obtain the robust management...

When the lockdowns started, Susan realized they had to act fast to support the company, employees and real estate agents in over 120 countries while creating an innovative mental health program on the fly.    A highly respected HR leader in Denver, Susan has worked at OppenheimerFunds, American Residential Communities, Fiserv, Comcast and more.   In her interview, Susan shares the personal side of...

Tony  has sought opportunities to challenge himself and not be pigeon holed in one sector. Tony and Michael discuss how the CFO role is evolving, playing volleyball against Olympic athletes, trend in COO and CFO offices merging and his advice to those eyeing the C suite. 

Peter grew up in West Africa, attended university in the UK, earned his Masters in the US, and served in several different sectors. Starting his career in banking, Peter founded his own Capital Advising firm before moving into health care. Peter sought the healthcare sector as a place to apply his executive skills while contributing back to his community.  

Setting career goal and making strategic decisions to become a CEO. John made purposeful key decisions at Johnson & Johnson, Maxxar, IHS and Kellogg's to gain experience and opportunities to become an effective and seasoned CEO. 

Being selected into one of the military service academy's is not only rigorous but an achievement that is not easy to walk away from. Casey discusses how he had come to terms with the fact that West Point was not his calling. Nor was a high earning position on Wall Street. Casey followed his passion and dreams, not expectations of success by society.

Focus on the opportunity and outcomes, not title and self.

While working for a large corporation, Drew was faced with an ethical decision that upon realization no one above him wanted to address the issue, vowed never to work for another bureaucratic organization again.  Drew started his own firm to help companies thrive and he serves as an advisor with Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Colorado

From Musician to CTO, Family Offices and Turnaround CEO

Keep listening, new podcasts are coming next year

C suite advisor to CEOs on a bad day and crisis management

From global maritime sailor to AI startup co founder

Importance of professional associations for career advancement

Founding then hiring a CEO to run your company and Board Member perspectives

Taking and building a business on your passion

VPs Perceptions of getting to CXO and the reality of being a CEO. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ robertcmulverhill/

Today we're going to discuss the pros and cons of staying with the same company for an extended period, creating an HR organization from scratch, and the lessons that Michelle Anastasi has learned throughout her career. ABOUT OUR GUEST Michelle is an outgoing CPO who has worked at CompSych, GiveForward, Dell and ASAP Software. She earned her Business Administration degree from the Indiana Universi...

This is Part 2 of the interview with General Kevin Patrick 'Chilli' Chilton. Tune in for discussion filled with advice on reaching the C-Suite, sitting on good boards , role of the Board, interacting with CEO and more.    A note to those who have not served in the Armed Forces: I will be referring to our guest as either General or by his call sign of 'Chilli' out of respect for his rank and his se...