The Axis Effect

This installment of The Axis Effect features Estelle Lacroix, Managing Director at The Britley. With a career in hospitality, Lacroix has seen herself in various roles in California’s high-end social scene before joining The Britley. Although their preliminary stages began before the pandemic, Lacroix faced an exciting challenge when tasked with building a community at a time when in-person contac...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Eric Daimler, CEO and Co-Founder of Conexus AI Inc. As a data integration company, Conexus AI hybridizes different forms of AI to create comprehensive models for clients, with one of their most notable examples being Uber. Knowing that data analytics are more important than ever, Daimler and his team act as leaders in algebraic data integration to help...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Daniel Tibbets. As an early advocate of mobile media and the first CEO of Smosh, Tibbets has spent his career helping to lead innovation in key advancements throughout media. While he does not diagnose himself as an expert in any discipline, he explains that his position allows him to properly source the necessary talents to push teams in the best direc...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Dr. Carl Giordano, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of Rebesana. With a career that's included a residency at NYU, time as the medical director at Stryker Howmedica Tissue Bank and Health South Physical Therapy, Giordano’s had numerous experiences in the medical that led him to where he is today, acting as one of the most well rounded medical pr...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Kristian Marquez, President and CEO of FinStrat Management. With over six years in business and 30+ current clients, FinStrat Management dedicates its team to helping clients by providing accounting, financing, and reporting services. Knowing the overwhelming number of varieties that investors for startups can deal with, Finstrat works to help clients s...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Salt Garrison, Human Behavioral Scientist, and Business Coach. With a master's degree in Psychology and a career that spans decades, Garrison works with various clientele ranging from professional athletes to businesses, always to help them understand their inner workings and how they can break from unhealthy cycles to make the desired changes. Using a...

This installment of The Axis Effect features fashion illustrator Izak Zenou. With a long list of clients, including Chanel, Vogue, and Celine, Zenou is one of the world's most iconic fashion illustrators. Known for his distinct style, his work can be seen in everything from magazine pages to murals. But Zenou did not reach the top overnight: he’s been drawing since childhood, working tirelessly to...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Gareth Evans, CEO of VECKTA. With sustainability becoming more important than ever, VECKTA finds itself in an essential role in today’s world: helping companies make the proper changes and investments to increase their sustainability without sacrificing profitability. This is no easy task, especially in a world where reliance on energy has grown exponen...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Ari Tulla, CEO and Co-Founder of Elo Smart Nutrition. With a wide career ranging from music to pain management, Tulla has seen his fair share of different industries, all of which have led him to co-found Elo. With more than half one the U.S. adult population experiencing some form of chronic and diet-related conditions, Elo Smart Nutrition aims to indi...

This week, The Axis Effect sits down with Sean Austin, CEO at Helios. Like many companies in the current technological revolution, Austin and his company seek to utilize A.I. in an authentic way that helps lead to further efficiencies and innovation. This utilization comes in the form of voice technology, specifically focusing on the financial sector. As Austin explains, the tone of a voice can im...

This week, The Axis Effect sits down with Tracy Crossley, host of Earned Wisdom. With a Master's Degree in Health Psychology, Crossley has dedicated her career to supporting women leaders, helping them to break unhealthy psychological habits and unlock their hidden potential. With this goal in mind, Crossley has written multiple books on leadership, most notably “Overcoming Insecure Attachment: 8...

This week, The Axis Effect sits down with Chuck Rinker, Co-Founder and CEO at PRSONAS. After spending time working on military technology and later as a development director at EA Sports, Rinker co-founded PRSONAS. With over twenty years in the company, Rinker and his team have worked on many projects concerning A.I. Seeing the impact that A.I. had on the gaming industry, Rinker realized that this...

This week, The Axis Effect sits down with Clive Savacool, Founder & CEO at LogRx. After spending over a decade in firefighting and some time as a paramedic, Savacool saw a variety of flaws in how groups keep track of their narcotics, witnessing how these flaws could hurt people firsthand. After realizing this, Savacool founded LogRx to fight these potential dangers and make medication tracking and...

This week, The Axis Effect sits down with Mike Aronow, CEO and Founder of Amplifyer. With over 20 years in his industry, few know the importance of big data like Aronow, who formed Amplifyer to help companies utilize the data they have to build campaigns to reach their customers best. As he bluntly puts it, “Data doesn’t lie!.” Aronow discusses how his past experiences have led him to the position...

This weeks The Axis Effect sits down with Nick Emmons, CEO of Upshot to talk about the rise & fall of leadership in the NFT space As the NFT market becomes more chaotic than ever, Upshot acts as a middleman group, utilizing machine-based models to appraise NFTs. During the recent NFT boom in 2021, Emmons saw an opportunity, giving that market a company that can provide valuation similar to other i...

This weeks The Axis Effect sits down with  Drew Spaventa, CEO and Co-Founder of The Spaventa Group (TSG) to talk about the leadership of and the state of the financial industry. With a career in various parts of the financial sector, Spaventa founded TSG intending to cater to all different “asset-tastes” seen in investors. Dubbed the “investment firm of tomorrow” by Spaventa, TSG aims to provide v...

This weeks  The Axis Effect  features  Steve Mellor, author and Olympian Swim Coach to talk about  the effects of l athletic  and leadership  form the field to the boardroom. As a former Olympic competitor and medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Mellor knows better than anyone the importance of individuals realizing their hidden potential. As a veteran in his community, his recently released book,...

This week on  The Axis Effect, we talk with  Suman Kanuganti, CEO and Co-Founder at Personal.ai about leading the way with a personal touch on technology. Amid a technological revolution, Kanuganti aims to utilize A.I. to evolve human communication, creating their own A.I. model (as opposed to GPT-3) that adapts according to the individual user, allowing customers to have their own personal experi...

This weeks The Axis Effect features Alex Shalash, co-Founder and co-CEO of metaENGINE.to talk about leadership and breaking ground in technology.  As the technological revolution that is the Metaverse continues to grow, Shalash and the rest of metaENGINE find themselves at the forefront, utilizing an international team of employees working to provide creators the tools necessary to create games an...

This weeks The Axis Effect sat down with Joe Quenqua, Global Brand Entertainment Communications Officer to talk about all things brand loyalty and leadership. A self-proclaimed “agency guy at heart,” Quenqua’s career has lasted over three decades, working at various companies that include 42West, DKC, and most notably, The Wait Disney Company. Realizing the importance of companies having a good ag...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Projjal Ghatak, CEO and Co-Founder of Onloop. With a career working at companies like Uber, BlueKite, and Essar, Ghatak founded Onloop to create a product to help leaders effectively build, organize, and manage their teams as practically and productively as possible. Ghatak discusses how personal experiences led him to found OnLoop, his process of helpi...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Jordan Scott, Founder and CEO of Cobble. Inspired by an unforgettable first date with her now-husband, Scott founded Cobble as what she refers to as a “decision-making app,” helping couples and groups of friends more efficiently decide how to spend their time together. Managed by a group of curators, Cobble not only allows groups to select and vote on w...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Susan Miller, Founder of AstrologyZone.com. Founded in 1995 with millions of visitors every year, AstrologyZone.com has become a significant astrology website, acting as a news source for astrologists and enthusiasts to stay updated on the latest planetary changes. Miller discusses how she entered the world of astrology, the process of astrologists maki...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Jen Pelka, Co-Founder and CEO of Une Femme. Dedicated to building a better world for women through support and self-empowerment, Une Femme sells wine made by women, using a portion of the money made from every bottle sold to donate to an organization focused on improving women's lives. Pelka discusses how the idea of her company came to be, how far the...

This installment of The Axis Effect features Thomas Yionoulis, Founder of OpsAnalitica. As the world’s economy grows, so do the businesses that inhabit it. But a growth in size can make a business significantly harder to manage. Using gathered data from clients, OpsAnalitica can help client companies identify problems and solve them, in some cases even before they happen, even when leaders can’t b...