Leadovation

Ryan Margolin, the CEO of Professional Hair Labs, set out on a journey to help create the world's leading product in cosmetic bonding when his mother was poisoned by the harmful chemicals in the hair adhesive products commonly used in the industry. Inspired to keep the same thing from happening to anybody else, his family dove into the research and created their first hair care product free of har...

Mike is the Managing Director/CEO of the Napier Group, a $7M PR and marketing agency for B2B technology companies. He is a self-confessed geek who loves talking about technology. He believes that combining the measurement, accountability, and innovation that he learned as an engineer with a passion for communicating internationally means Napier can help clients achieve their marketing goals sooner...

Heenle is a certified HR Professional with a passion for helping businesses succeed. Heenle has provided HR consulting services to more than 200 businesses varying in size and industry.   Heenle's experience in sales, customer service, and people management has uniquely positioned her to partner with entrepreneurs and business leaders to recruit and retain a team of their own five-star employees. ...

Yvan Demosthenes is a Sales Professional with more than 20 years of experience, 16 years in Talent Acquisition and Recruiting. His career has covered various Sales and Management roles. During his career, he has attained several awards from GE, CareerBuilder, Monster.com, and others. Yvan has helped companies of all sizes with their online advertising, technology integration, diversity recruiting...

Rabi Gupta is a serial entrepreneur who has worked alongside his current founding team for 10+ years. Throughout his career, Rabi and his team have worked on AI, Recommendation engines, social platforms, and enterprise software. His first startup iDubba/iCouchapp was a “TV show recommendations + social engagement” app that had 2M+ monthly active users at the time it got acquired. After that Rabi t...

Marc Reifenrath is the co-founder and CEO of Spinutech. Spinutech has grown from a University Dorm start-up over 20 years ago to a multinational digital agency with 150+ team members across the U.S. In that capacity, he understands firsthand how critical a company’s culture is to achieving and maintaining success.    In this episode, Dean Newlund and Marc Reifenrath discuss: Networking is worth yo...

Mandi will solve your company’s sales problems, quickly. Through her one-on-one or group coaching, she has a track record for increasing sales & the speed of closing deals. She curates creative closing tactics, inspires clever ways of finding new business, teaches more effective time management & educates the best ways to listen to the voice of the customer. She is your company's fun & creative se...

Jay is the founder and former CEO of Blinds.com, the world’s largest online window coverings retailer, acquired by The Home Depot in 2014. Jay remained as its CEO and later joined The Home Depot Online Leadership Team. After stepping away from these roles in early 2020, he began teaching entrepreneurship at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and has increased his involvement on nu...

Rick West is the CEO and Co-Founder of Field Agent, a global Work-On-Demand Platform. Before starting Field Agent, Rick worked 16 years with Procter & Gamble in various assignments in the United States, Hong Kong, and Bangkok. Since leaving P&G, he has been a start-up Entrepreneur for 19 years. Rick has co-founded multiple start-ups, including the Northstar Partnering Group, CORE4 Research, JOYN,...

Richard White is founder and CEO of Fathom.video, a free app that records, transcribes & highlights your calls so you can focus on the conversation instead of taking notes.  Fathom was a part of the Y-Combinator W21 batch, is one of only 50 Zoom App Launch Partners, and is one of a small handful of companies Zoom has invested in directly via their Zoom Apps Fund. Prior to Fathom, Richard founded U...

Tom is an executive in Professional Services and Software Sales with over 25 years of business and technology experience. He is currently serving as Senior Principal, Change Management and Transformation, Thought Leadership, and Advisory Services.  Tom spent a significant part of his career at Oracle Corporation, 19 years to be exact. He was the Senior Director of the Sales Performance Group in Or...

As CEO, Heather leans into her passion for listening – to the SignatureFD team, its clients, and the industry – to create and implement the organization’s vision and mission to impact the lives of 10,000 families. Practicing a “coach with empathy” leadership style, Heather leverages her unique ability to harmonize people’s passions and talents to build teams and lead organizations that deliver exc...

Alejandra Slatapolsky is a communications and marketing leader with over 20 years of experience in B2B financial services, fintech, and technology. She has helped dozens of companies expand their businesses and create awareness through thought leadership strategies. She has designed and implemented successful communication strategies drawing from a background in marketing, strategic event planning...

Dr. Elena Paweta is an executive communication coach, speaker, TEDx organizer, and university professor. She conducts courses, trainings, and workshops on effective communication and business presentations internationally. Dr. Elena is a TEDx speaker and has played a big role in organizing TEDx and TEDxWomen conferences in Poland for the last 8 years. She is also a marathon runner and mother of 2...

Dr. Kumar is a consultant and a retired business academic specializing in global business. He has an undergraduate and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi, an MBA from Rutgers University, and a Ph. D. in International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He is also a Certified Global Dexterity Trainer. Originally from India, Dr. Kumar has lived...

Patrick B. Parker is an accomplished Tech Executive turned Founder with domestic and international experience in operations, custom software development, multi-channel product distribution, and marketing involving both start-up and growth operations. He has bootstrapped companies he founded to millions ($MM) in ARR and has raised venture capital to build out teams to refine product features and us...

Andrea T. Edwards, CSP, The Digital Conversationalist, is a globally award-winning B2B communications professional, who works with the world’s largest companies on the transformation needed to maximize business growth in our digital future. A change agent, provocateur, author, passionate communicator, and social leader. Andrea is all about helping businesses understand how they can empower employe...

About Dr. Nick Morgan: He is one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. He is a passionate teacher committed to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas and then delivering them with panache.  Fortune 50 companies have commissioned him to write for many CEOs and presidents.  He has coached people to give Congressional testimony, appear on the Today Show, and deliver u...

Dean Newlund is the founder and CEO of Mission Facilitators International, a boutique training and development firm based out of Phoenix, Arizona, with the sole purpose of helping organizations become more connected to their purpose and their people. Today, Mission Facilitators is a respected company, having worked with scores of Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, educational institutions, and fam...

Andrew Bartlow has 25 years of Human Resources and Talent Management experience at organizations across a wide spectrum of sizes, maturity stages, and industries. He is the co-author of “Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations,” has a master’s degree from the top program in his field, and has been CECP, SPHR, Six Sigma, and executive coaching certified. Andrew leads Se...

Dr. Nilda Perez helps behavioral health organizations to optimize operations and innovate their organization. She positions an organization with high-performing strategies and leading-edge practices. She has about three decades in behavioral healthcare, as a Clinical Social Worker and in various leadership roles. She also has a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership with a concentration in Strategic Fo...

Gina McAndrew, CHA, is President and Owner of a training and consulting business and is recognized as a leading resource for employee training and development. She specializes in management, leadership, experiential, and customer service training. Her twenty-five-year-old business has been built on more than thirty years of experience.   She has an unmatched ability to simplify the learning proces...

Alec Hanson is a contemporary leader within the Mortgage Industry.  Constantly striving to improve, he began his career in origination in 2004 funding over $85M, and was named Rookie of the Year by Scotsman’s Guide.  Every subsequent year Hanson landed on Scotsman’s Top 200 Originator list finishing his best year at $185M.  From there Hanson began coaching and growing a successful branch network i...

Jen Hope is a certified DISC workshop facilitator and Leadership Circle, practitioner. With a background as the Vice President of Marketing for multiple high-growth startup companies, Jen uses evidence-based techniques and strategies to help you live into the future you truly desire. Jen trains and coaches leaders and leadership teams, arming them with the skills they need to develop, grow persona...

Catherine Mattiske is a leading training professional, author, and publisher, with an internationally acclaimed career spanning 30 years across an array of industries including banking, insurance, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and retail. Catherine established ‘The Performance Company,’ a leading-edge training and consulting organization, in 1994. The Performance Company has offices in Sydney, Lo...