ROI’s Into the Corner Office Podcast: Powerhouse Middle Market CEOs Telling it Real—Unexpected Caree...

Francesco and Ignacio co-founded Grove Bay Hospitality Group and both is currently its’ Co-CEOs. The group has successfully launched an array of chef driven restaurants in partnership with celebrity chefs such as Jeremy Ford, Marcus Saumelsson, Jeff McInnis, Janine Booth and Giorgio Rapicavoli. Currently, the company owns and operates 9 different restaurants in Miami, and is bracing to launch five...

Paul Macaluso a 25-year restaurant industry veteran, currently serves as the President and CEO of Krystal. Paul’s background includes experience in operations, franchising, marketing and brand strategy with some of the most prominent brands in the foodservice industry, including Taco Bell, Burger King, Sonic Drive-Ins and Moe’s Southwest Grill. Before joining Krystal in April 2018, Paul was the Pr...

David Birzon’s love for the food industry began in 1991 when he started as an evening prep cook and baker at Paradise Bakery in Aspen, Colorado. David was surprised to find extraordinary joy in his position serving up homemade ice cream and cookies to Aspen locals. Together with the founders, David helped build the nationally known brand that proudly grew a strong culture and industry-leading econ...

Nicky is a C-Suite Executive and Board Member. She has 24 years of experience in leading within global corporations. She has developed and built brands, grown businesses, and created and nurtured capability in systems and people She is recognized for her depth and breadth of expertise across FMCG, Retail, Luxury, and Ecommerce. Her experience spans food, beverages, health care and personal care. S...

Rick Stollmeyer co-founded MINDBODY in his garage in 2001, and today serves as the company’s CEO and principle visionary, ensuring that everything the company embraces – from product line to business development to team member enrichment – serves the company’s purpose: help people lead healthier, happier lives by connecting the world to wellness. In 2005, Rick led the industry when he took MINDBOD...

Chad Epperson is the owner and CEO of United Treating and Distribution, LLC (UTD) in Muscle Shoals, AL. He began his lumber career in high school working at a local lumber yard. After Chad graduated from high school he joined the Army and was stationed in Texas from 1987-1989 where he was honorably discharged. Chad returned home to the Shoals as a car salesman but soon found his way back to the lu...

Carey Jenkins is CEO of Substantial, a world-class product development studio, serving a diverse set of clients - from Fortune 50s like Google and Amazon to emerging start-ups and social impact organizations. Carey has spent 17+ years leading large interdisciplinary teams and multi-channel projects. She started at Substantial as one of its first engagement managers, combining her expertise in clie...

Lilian Radke is from Brazil and was invited by the University of Arkansas to come to the United States with a full scholarship for playing volleyball. On her last year in college, she met her husband that is also from Brazil, who lives in MA for 25 years. In 2006, her husband started a commercial cleaning company in Worcester MA with a partner that had another company in Boston. In 2009, they spli...

Todd Marksberry has served the Canvas Credit Union family as the President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2015. With more than 25 years of executive experience, Todd has a vision to transform financial services. His strategic leadership, drive and focus on culture nurture high-performance teams who exude passion and purpose. Through Todd’s charisma and love for the credit union movement, C...

ACR Supply Co. was founded in 1977 by L.C. Meachum. Troy joined his father in their small family held business straight out of college in 1980. Although the company’s market focus is to serve the HVAC/R industry through wholesale distribution, Troy has gained a passion over the past decade to make a positive difference for Christ in the lives of their employees, their customers, and their vendor p...

As Chief Executive Officer at Shell Shack, Dallas Hale is heavenly involved in all decisions with growth and development, as well as research and development to further evolve the Shell Shack brand. His strong entrepreneurial background helps Dallas thrive for operational excellence from all his brands and his successful reputation proceeds him in the hospitality industry. Shell Shack now has 4 lo...

Jim Nooney, CEO of Nooney Controls Corp., North Kingstown, RI. Established in 1982, Nooney Controls is a valve automation integrator serving customers primarily in the domestic and international power generation and energy sector with application specific custom control valves and valve automation. Jim has been the CEO since 2001, overseeing 3X growth over the past 18 years with 2018 revenue of $1...

Steve has been CEO of Mspark since September of 2015. Prior to joining Mspark, he was President of C Street Solutions, a consulting firm that he founded in 2014. Steve has led Mspark through six acquisitions in a two-year span spurring the companies top line growth 35% and bottom line 50%. Before that, he worked 14 years at Valassis Communications in various executive-level roles of increasing res...

Aaron B. Steed is president, Co-founder, and CEO of Meathead Movers. He founded Meathead Movers at 17-years-old in 1997 with his brother, Evan. As CEO, Steed has established an open-door style of management, similar to that of a coach, and is well-known for being happily available to assist employees at their jobs or in their personal lives. While running full-scale ahead to success, Steed has nev...

Bill Dwyer is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Helping Hand Center. Helping Hand Center serves the Chicago land area and was started in the early 1950s to provide education, independence, and vocational training to people of all ages with Intellectual and Developmental disabilities. Bill offers over 20 years of experience with children and adult nonprofit organizations. He holds a Mast...

Oscar Castellano is the CEO, Americas for Deezer since 2016. In his role at Deezer, he accelerates growth in the Americas by further developing existing markets, entering new ones and creating new business opportunities, both directly and via partners. He has over 20 years of industry experience, having worked in IT, Telecom, and Consulting holding various senior management positions in companies...

Growing up, Steve Cunningham’s father demonstrated successful entrepreneurship, instilled a life-long passion for learning in him, and helped him learn to not mistake activity for productivity. Steve graduated from Western University with a law degree and after a single week as a lawyer, knew it wasn’t his passion. He moved on to the family signage business and understanding one role wouldn’t be e...

Serhat Unsal is the Chief Executive Officer of Jackson, MI-based Dawn Foods. Sharing CEO responsibilities with Carrie Jones-Barber, Unsal leverages his extensive global leadership experience to help drive greater growth and success for Dawn. Unsal joined Dawn in early 2011. As President International from 2011-2016, Unsal led Dawn’s global growth in the company’s key European markets along with em...

Hollenstein joined the roster at eyebobs in July of 2016. As VP of Direct, Hollenstein was responsible for expanding the direct-to-consumer business, which includes e-commerce and catalog. In December of 2017, Hollenstein was named CEO and continues to utilize his collaborative style and passion for building eyebobs unique brand to drive the business forward. Prior to joining eyebobs, Hollenstein...

James M. Nolan is an Operating Partner of Velocity Fund Partners, in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he currently serves as CEO for InClinica, a global CRO; CEO for SkinJect; Operations Partner for Velocity Fund; and President and CEO for E3 Therapeutics. In addition, Mr. Nolan is a Principle Consultant of ChemImage Holdings, and recently served as a Principle Consultant for Allegheny General Hospital in P...

Mr. Chowdhury’s career has focused on global strategic issues across six continents, split evenly between emerging markets (BRIC-MT and through the top 72 emerging markets) and developed markets (EU-5, Japan, Australia and Canada). His achievements include successful assignments in pharmaceutical and medical technology commercial planning, price integrity, payer partnerships, innovative access sch...

Ryan Fishoff is a branding and marketing executive. A 2006 graduate of Boston University with a finance concentration, Mr. Fishoff started his career working at Liz Claiborne, Inc, in a variety of divisional and corporate analyst roles, including the DKNY Jeans brand. Ryan transitioned to the world of private equity, where he worked at CoBe Capital, a family investment firm focusing on acquiring n...

Bram Kleppner has been CEO of Danforth Pewter since 2011 and has successfully turned around what was a loss-making business and led the company to seven straight years of growth and profitability. Under his direction, Danforth has expanded its network of company-owned retail stores and has enjoyed dramatic growth in its online businesses. Bram has successfully acquired and integrated three other c...

Ralph is responsible for the day-to-day management and strategy for the region. Ralph is responsible for strategic growth of the flow cytometry and Latin America business within Sysmex. Since joining in 2007, Ralph has delivered a high level of clinical product innovation, business development, and customer care. His accomplishments include leading the team responsible for bringing to market the X...

Darryl Lyons, Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and a Behavioral Financial Advisor (BFA), is considered an expert in the area of personal finance and author of several books; his latest was endorsed by Dave Ramsey. Darryl’s company PAX Financial Group has made the Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies in the country. Author, entrepreneur, community leader, and family man, Darryl wears many hats and...