Disruptive CEO Nation

Paul A. Dillon is a Certified Management Consultant with more than 45 years of experience in the professional services industry. He is the president and CEO of Dillon Consulting Services LLC, a U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs certified Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, based in Durham, NC and Chicago, IL. Paul is the creator of the concept for a veteran startup incubator in Chica...

Phil Shawe co-founded TransPerfect in 1992. Today, TransPerfect is a global family of companies and the world’s largest privately held provider of language and business services. Shawe oversees the day-to-day operations of the company, headquartered in New York City. Under Shawe’s leadership, TransPerfect has received numerous awards and distinctions. The company is a three-time honoree of the Inc...

Karn is responsible for operations, business development, and growth at Cover. Karn is also responsible for investor relationships on behalf of the company. Prior to Cover, Karn led Stylekick--a large mobile e-commerce marketplace that was acquired by Shopify. Before entrepreneurship, Karn was a management consultant with the financial services advisory practice, Oliver Wyman. Karn holds a Bachelo...

Jeffrey Hayzlett is a primetime television host of C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett and Executive Perspectives on C-Suite TV, and business podcast host of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzletton C-Suite Radio. He is a global business celebrity, speaker, best-selling author, and Chairman and CEO of C-Suite Network, home of the world’s most trusted network of C-Suite leaders. Hayzlett is a well-traveled p...

Mr. Dean Grey has over 20 years of experience in The Science of Engagement. He is recognized globally as one of the leading experts in community-building for lifestyle brands. Throughout his career, he has kept his finger on the pulse of the future – Because of this, he created several technology-focused organizations that facilitate change on a global scale. Dean's sense of humor, pattern recogni...

Bio: Ryan Preisner is the co-founder and CEO of boldSOCKS. In his current role, Ryan oversees all of the backend business processes and operations needed to run and grow the company. After graduating college, Ryan found a job in a corporate environment working for a large food service distributor as a Marketing Analyst. He found his interests and skills leading him towards opportunities to build e...

Oscar Macia, Cofounder & CEO, ForceManager Oscar Macia holds a nuclear engineering degree from the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona (UPC) and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School. Oscar has more than 20 years’ experience in sales management. He founded ForceManager, the personal sales assistant app, in 2011 with the mission to transform the way field sales teams sell on the road - making...

Dawn W. Dickson is CEO of PopCom, an automated retail company that uses facial recognition, A.I, and blackchain technology to help retailers collect valuable customer insights. The first CRM, data, and analytics software provider for unattended retail, PopCom has developed technology to make kiosks and vending machines intelligent through data and analytics at the point of purchase. As a serial en...

Andres Lares is the Managing Partner/CEO at Shapiro Negotiations Institute. While successful, SNI’s leadership understood it needed some radical changes to meet the evolving demands of the marketplace and bring innovation into the equation. Today, new technology is the firm’s biggest driver of growth with products such as virtual reality negotiation simulations that utilize AI and measure physiolo...

Syed Irfan Ajmal is a digital marketing consultant working at the intersection of Content Marketing, SEO,and Digital PR. He and his boutique marketing agency has generated up to 7 figure annual revenues (in terms of USD) for various American and British e-commerce and SaaS startups. Passionate about paving the way for others to achieve success, Syed is a prolific speaker and writer whose articles...

Ari Meisel is a self-described, “Overhwhelmologist” who helps entrepreneurs who have opportunity in excess of what their infrastructure can handle, to optimize, automate, and outsource everything in their business, so they can make themselves replaceable and scale their business. Ari is the Founder of Less Doing, and author of the best-selling books, “The Art of Less Doing” and “The Replaceable Fo...

Gautam Rao is currently co-founder and CTO at Pursuit, a technology startup enabling skilled workers to access global opportunities and fulfill their potential. Before this, he was co-founder and Head of Product at Finvoice, where he helped create a first of it's kind software for the small business lending industry, and helped steer the company towards profitability. At Pursuit, he's raised money...

Or grew up in a humble Israeli family. His mother was an elementary school science teacher, and his father a travel agent. At the age of 21, Or found himself at a crossroads, either pursue a degree or find a job. He knew that attending college would be a financial strain on his family and felt that the employment opportunities available to him were disappointing, so he took a leap of faith and dec...

Kurt Phelps, CEO of GNR, one of the nation's most successful high tech recruiting firms, has over 20 years experience working with executives to build some of the most powerful corporate teams in the industry. Over the last 2 decades, Kurt found that executives rarely put the same time and effort into networking, developing their digital presence, and establishing their own personal brand as they...

Impish Lee is NY-made custom apparel brand that enables shoppers to design their own intimates and loungewear online. Sisters Noelle and Kali are the designers and owners of Impish Lee. With a love for innovative fashion, the pair set out to build a company that would reflect their artistic spirit and interest in co-creation. Impish Lee has been handcrafting custom lingerie and lounge apparel for...

Eric Brown, Founder and CEO of Aliant Payment Systems (http://aliantpayments.com)Founded in 2003, Aliant is a leading payment processing company that processes credit card, debit card, cryptocurrency, and automated clearing house transactions for over 7,500 merchants, with annual card volume totaling $800 million. Aliant was one of the first payment processing companies to offer merchants the abil...

Elyse Petersen is an advocate for transparency in the global food system and currently works with tea farmers to improve the quality of their products and access market opportunities. As the Founder of Tealet, she has made direct trade available to small-scale farmers, businesses, and consumers around the world. She is a food scientist and returned Peace Corps volunteer that is committed to buildi...

Connor Gillivan is the CMO of FreeeUp.com. He has sold over $30 million online, has hired hundreds of freelancers to build his companies, is a published author, and is the owner of ConnorGillivan.com. He currently lives in Denver, CO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the co-founders of Eat Your Coffee – creators of the original, naturally caffeinated snack bar. Founded as coffee-deprived college students rushing to our 8am classes, we were looking for a better way to stay energized throughout the day. We joked about eating our coffee, started developing some recipes in our dorm, and sold them in the library for a semester. About three years later now, w...

Rahul is an entrepreneur, investor and mentor based out of Zürich Switzerland. He is currently building a corporate venture, GOKONG, of one of the largest private banks here in Switzerland. Prior to co-founding GOKONG, he invested in impact ventures in Asia, gaming ventures in Europe and advised academics out of University of Zurich building the next gen measurement metrics platform - FINEXUS with...

Tatsuya Nakagawa is an accomplished entrepreneur, author, and expert on innovation & marketing. He is the co-founder of Castagra Products. Castagra develops, proves and delivers, game changing innovations for the building materials and coatings industry. http://www.castagra.com/ http://castagraroofing.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatsuya/ https://twitter.com/tatsuyanakagawa Learn more about yo...

Kari DePhillips is a digital marketing expert and the owner of The Content Factory, as well as co-founder of Workationing. She's been called a "limit-breaking female founder" by Thrive, and NBCNews has referred to her as a "CEO who takes job perks to the max" for her approach to managing her companies. All employees of TCF and Workationing work from home – or wherever – and Kari lives as a digital...

Annie Eaton is the CEO of Atlanta-based future technologies company Futurus, where she creates immersive, engaging and interactive experiences in virtual reality, augmented reality and 360° capture. Annie earned her degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology in 2010. In 2014, she created XR Atlanta, which now boasts over 1,100 active members. Annie is involved with GeorgiaVR, Women in XR Atla...

Davis holds a bachelor’s degree in International Marketing, a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Huntington University and a credential in Executive Coaching. She holds a certificate from the National Institution of Health in Protecting Human Research and was named to The Wall Street Journal’s Women of Note database as an innovative woman who shares her expertise and inspiration. In...

Octavia Conner is a financial management strategist, speaker, author, and accountant. Her movement, mission, company, and superpower – is helping businesses Say Yes To Profits. Here is where she strategically combines financial consulting, with proven money management and business growth strategies. After spending 10 plus years in corporate America, helping to build the dreams of multimillion-doll...