Own Your Potential

Scott Hagedorn, Chief Solutions Architect at Publicis, tells us about his journey developing solutions that have transformed multiple industries, his experience leading organizations, and his focus now in unlocking the future of marketing and customer experiences through AI.

Andi Caruso, Co-Founder of Lyric Cycles, tells us about her exciting founder journey while diving into the challenges of establishing an international supply chain, finding a market and scaling a business that sells a large premium product, and how she found balance amongst it all.

Jennifer Kilian, Chief Experience Officer at Publicis Sapient, tells us about her incredible journey across the product and experience design industry, the exciting future of AI and Agentic in design and the unique ways that she has found balance across her career and personal life.

Sarah Pomeranz, CEO of Consultants for Impact, tells us about how her unique upbringing and early passion for making the world a better place led her to helping solve some of the worlds most challenging problems by connecting some of the world's most capable, ambitious and creative problem solvers to the organizations working on them. Links: Subscribe to Consultants for Impact’s newsletter , w...

Guillaume Laidet, CEO of Nivada Grenchen, Spaceone & Vulcain, tells us about his incredible journey through the watch industry both founding brands at the bleeding edge of innovation and re-founding brands steeped in rich history, and how scrappiness and resilience helped him navigate unexpected setbacks.

Jeff Briglia, President of Insurance at Hagerty, tells us about his growth into authentic leadership, how his breadth was a major differentiator across his journey, and how Hagerty is forming one of the most unique connections with its customers of any brand, in any industry.

Leila Seith Hassan, Chief Data Officer at Digitas UK and the Chair of the Marketing Ethics Committee for the Data and Marketing Association UK, tells us about the leaps she made with deep intentionality across her career, her keen focus on maintaining balance between work and life and leading by example for her teams, and how she once created her next opportunity even when it seemed that one didnt...

Joe Doran, Chief Product Officer at Epsilon, tells us about how his military career prepared him for success in the corporate world, the value of his journey across start ups and organizations of different sizes and shapes, and how his love for building product led him to Epsilon.

Priscilla Barolo, Head of Marketing & Communications at Neat, tells us about her journey at Zoom across its most explosive periods of growth, about stepping outside of her comfort zone while leaning on comfort, and about how in life and in work there re no silver bullets.

George Panopoulos, Founding Partner at Mercurios Strategic Consulting and Chairperson of the Board at OCAD, tells us about how inspiration from the lived experiences of family and his successful career across advertising and consulting, have led him to designing accessible experiences that are transformative for all users.

Will Sealy, Co-Founder and CEO of Summer, tells us about his exciting journey to generating over a billion dollars of savings for people repaying their student debt, through innovative solutions, the willingness to pivot and be agile, and an intense focus on seamless experiences for the end-user.

Karthik Gollapudi, CEO at Sift, tells us about his exciting journey from software engineering at SpaceX to transforming how modern machines are built and operated at Sift, all while shedding light on the exciting future of space travel.

Lauren Milne, Chief Strategy Officer at Apply Digital, tells us about her unconventional career journey from aspiring history professor to digital strategy leader, reflects on the invaluable communication skills she gained during her arts education, discusses the importance of integrity and authenticity in leadership and the impact of mentorship on her growth.

Melissa Berger, Chief Solutions Officer at Digitas and Co-Host of the "Spilling the LoyalTea" podcast, tells us about how her journey spanning many diverse disciplines perfectly positioned her for her role today, the importance and value of building relationships with intentionality, and the power of simply showing up and doing what you said you would do.

Vlad Panov, Global Lead of Web3 & Metaverse and VP of Engineering at Publicis Sapient, tells us about his incredible journey starting in professional combat sports, then transforming the financial industry with technology, to entrepreneurship and finally leading innovation in the space of NFTs, Web3 and Metaverse.

Birago Jones, CEO of Pienso, tells us about his unique introduction to video games and how it unlocked his passion for computers and technology, how his experience at MIT shaped his entrepreneurial mindset, and how he is working to help unlock the potential of data through democratization of ML and AI.

Paul Rehrig, President of Hagerty Media & Entertainment, tells us about his storied career solving bleeding edge problems with innovative business models and technology solutions across many industries including Music, TV, Film, Live Sports and Automotive.

Nicolas Chidiac, Chief Strategy Officer at Razorfish, tells us about his amazing journey through the world of marketing, spanning countries and continents, giving Nicolas a uniquely global perspective.

Marc Lafleur, Founder & CEO of DB8 Labs, tells us about his incredible journey from a teenager looking for a purpose to a successful co-founder of truLOCAL, published author, professional race car driver and more, and how discipline was core to his success each step of the way.

Ashish Aggarwal, Founder & CTO of Productiv, tells us about how his journey and experiences across some of the world's largest tech companies; Microsoft, eBay, Amazon, has led him to building a transformative spend management platform as the founder of Productiv.

Nic Beique, Founder & CEO of Helcim, tells us about how his unique upbringing intersecting Texas, Montreal and Calgary fueled his entrepreneurial mindset, how being resilient and willing to take the hard path has been core to Helcim's success, and the important difference between being customer obsessed vs competitor obsessed.

Donnebra McClendon, Global Head of Culture & Belonging at Dayforce, tells us about her storied career, the incredible impact of relationships on one's personal and professional growth and everything they unlock, and the need to intentionally and strategically build relationships along your professional journey.

Ben Huffman, Co-Founder and CEO of Contra, tells us about his entrepreneurial roots, his time spent in the music industry, and the critical role that freelancers play as the ways we work evolve.

Thomas McKenna, Co-Founder & CEO of Ocula Technologies, tells us about is exciting career journey from solving technology and strategy complex problems across industries as a consultant, to taking the leap into the world of entrepreneurship in the pursuit of solving those same problems in new and innovative ways.

Lauren & Lorenzo Ortega, Founders of Lorier Watches, tell us about their amazing journey, both starting as teachers and taking the leap together to follow their passion and start a watch brand that has carved an exciting space for itself in the industry.