Lead the Team (Top 2% of Podcasts)

Matt Carter, CEO of Aryaka, is a cloud and technology industry veteran, leading Aryaka's long-term market strategy and day-to-day operations, while guiding the company's vision for an increasingly connected world.  Matt has also served in senior leadership roles at Inteliquent, Sprint Corporation , Sprint Enterprise Solutions, Boost Mobile, Coca-Cola , BellSouth, and Bristol-Myers Squibb .&nb...

Dean Acosta is the Lockheed Martin Chief Communications Officer and Senior Vice President. Lockheed Martin is a $65B global security and aerospace company with 114,000 employees worldwide.  Dean Acosta leads a team of 500, oversees global communications strategies and activities, and provides strategic communications counsel to the corporation’s senior executives.  He’s held senior leade...

Barbara Melvin is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the South Carolina Ports Authority.   She leads a team of over 650 employees including those in terminal operations, carrier sales, information technology and support services, crane and equipment maintenance, engineering, environmental, Port Police, procurement, the logistics solution center, and cruise operations.  She is leading...

Dave Lapp is Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer for PepsiCo Beverages North America.  PepsiCo’s beverage business of iconic brands includes Pepsi, Gatorade, Tropicana, Mountain Dew, LIFEWTR, Starbucks ready-to-drink coffee, and Pure Leaf.  Dave is a 33-year veteran of PepsiCo. In his current role, Dave is accountable for leading the end-to-end supply chain operations an...

Elena Kvochko is cybersecurity and technology executive having built her career in protecting the nation's critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks and building innovative technology and digital solutions.  She’s held senior leadership positions at Bank of America, Barclays, and S&P Global . She is a member of the Wall Street Journal CIO Council and served as an affiliate fellow at Harv...

Stephanie Stuckey is CEO of Stuckey’s , the roadside oasis famous for its pecan log rolls.  After five years of losses she was able to make business profitable. The Company was founded by Stephanie’s grandfather, W.S. Stuckey, Sr. as a pecan stand in Eastman, Georgia in 1937 and grew into over 350 stores by the 1970’s. The company was sold in 1964 but is now back in family hands and poised fo...

Pamay Bassey is Chief Learning and Diversity Officer for the Kraft Heinz Company . Prior to Kraft Heinz, Pamay served as the Global Head of Learning Platform and Professional Development for BlackRock. Before that, she was president of The Pamay Group, an e-learning design and strategy company. Her career began in Accenture's Media Technologies Group. Pamay is also Chief Experience Officer of the...

Alan Magee is Vice President of Digital Marketing & Technology for Church’s Chicken , which has over 1,500 restaurants . He is responsible for digital transformation and their customer engagement strategy. He also oversees marketing activation, public relations, and e-commerce. He has 17 years of experience in both traditional brand marketing and digital innovation.  He’s held senior lead...

Jay Karen is the CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association , where he leads the golf industry’s trade association and initiatives to support the success of the golf course business.  He's chaired the board of the industry-wide advocacy coalition, We Are Golf, and served on the Golf USA Tee Time Coalition board, a joint initiative with the PGA of America, and the advisory board of the...

E30: Rob King is ESPN’s Senior Vice President and Editor-At-Large . His role is to help define ESPN’s journalistic direction. He oversaw ESPN’s original content portfolio including: ESPN Films, 30 for 30 and ESPN+ original series, ESPN the Magazine, The Undefeated, and Outside the Lines. Previously Rob served as Senior Vice President, Original Content and Senior Vice President, SportsCenter, and V...

E29: Natalie Putnam is Chief Executive Officer at DeliveryCircle   DeliveryCircle is a proprietary technology-based same-day delivery solution provider providing a technology platform for final mile fleets.     Natalie has more than 30 years in the logistics industry and has served as the Chief Commercial Officer at Verst Logistics and other senior leadership positions at...

E28: Jerry Gamez is former Global CEO and Board Director at Le Pain Quotidien Group.  The group consisted of the restaurant brand operating in 21 countries with over 7,000 team members with 5 offices (United States, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, and Spain) and a manufacturing company with six facilities in Europe and across the US.    He’s also served in senior leadership ro...

E27: Dan Newby is Founder of the School of Emotions . He is a champion for Emotional Literacy, and Emotions-Centered Coaching, a methodology he developed. His passion is helping emotional literacy become common sense and making emotions a tool for daily use. He previously served as CEO of Newfield Network Coach Training School in Boulder, Colorado. He has authored four books on emotional literacy...

Steve Schloss is Chief People Officer at the United States Golf Association (USGA). He is an accomplished business leader, coach, advisor, and trusted partner with the board and CEO. Steve is also a strategic advisor and leadership and team consultant. For over three decades he has built, scaled, and transformed global organizations including LivePerson, Time Inc, and Citigroup. He’s also ser...

E24: Lieutenant General Robert Caslen, Jr. is the 29th president of the University of South Carolina and former superintendent of West Point . He is a highly decorated military leader who served in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Gulf War . Under his direction as Superintendent, West Point was recognized as the number one public college in the Nation by Forbes and the number one public college...

E25: Woody Bradford is Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board at Conning, a global investment firm founded in 1912 with a long history of serving the insurance industry. Prior to joining Conning, Woody was an Operating Partner with Advent International, a global private equity firm. Previously, he spent 12 years at Putnam Investments where he held multiple roles, including Head of Corporat...

E23: Chair of Dunkin Brands Inc, Nigel Travis, who previously served as Chief Executive Officer from January 2009 through July 2019.  He also serves as Chairman of Leyton Orient Football Club and in June 2017 led a business consortium to take on ownership of the storied English football club of which he has been a lifelong fan. Previous experience includes from 2005 through 2008, Travis serve...

E22: Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Transatlantic law firm, Womble Bond Dickinson, Betty Temple. Her 25+ years of experience in advising public company boards on their highest strategic priorities gives her perspective on how to meet the needs of clients in a fast-changing world. Clients describe Betty as a champion for their interests — a leader, an innovator, and a trusted strategic co...

E21: Tom Crane is China Construction America’s Head of Shared Services and Vice President of Human Resources & Communications. The parent company is the largest construction company in the world. He forms and provides operational management of the organization’s Shared Services Center functions, while increasing their long-term strategic and operational effectiveness, efficiency and speed of d...

E20: T.K. Pillan is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Veggie Grill, which is the leading 100% plant-based restaurant company in the U.S. Since founding Veggie Grill in 2006, T.K. has been on a mission to help people advance their conscious food journey in an approachable and attainable manner. T.K. concluded that one of the most impactful ways to create a better future was to change consumer h...

E19: As Chief Executive Officer of Flat World Global Solutions, Brian Wenck, has led the organization’s rapid growth from $12M to $100M in revenue.  Flat World streamlines supply chains across the globe using technology and excellence to integrate and organize shipping logistics, saving time, energy and money. They provide Domestic and International Shipping, Customs Brokerage, Warehousi...

E18: Jerry Davis is the former  NASA Global Chief Information Security Officer  (CISO) and the  Chief Information Officer  (CIO) for NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. He has also served as the  Chief Information Security Officer  for the US Department of Education and as the Deputy Assistant for Cybersecurity (CISO) and Privacy for the  US Departm...

E17: CSX Corporation former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Lisa Mancini. CSX is a Fortune 500 freight railroad that operates in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. They operate approximately 21,000 route miles of track. Nearly two-thirds of Americans live within CSX’s service territory. Throughout her career at CSX Corporation, Li...

E16: Kathy Kranz is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacol Assurance , which is the largest workers’ compensation company in Colorado. They have 100 years of experience and back 57,000 Colorado companies. She oversees all the financial reporting, business planning, enterprise risks, audits, and actuarial functions. Her accomplishments include developing a four-year plan to ensure P...

E14: As President of Parkland USA , Doug Haugh, leads the financial, operations, and sales activities of Parkland’s business units in the United States. In addition to leading the existing business activities, he also leads mergers and acquisitions in the country as Parkland executes its strategy to expand its U.S. business. Parkland is Canada's and the Caribbean’s largest, and one of America’s fa...