The Cyber Business Podcast

Dr. David L. Schreiner, PhD, is the President and CEO of Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, an 80-bed acute care community hospital in Illinois. Dr. Schreiner brings over 30 years of healthcare experience and has served on national boards focusing on strengthening rural hospitals. In addition to his duties at KSB, he serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Francis and is the Clin...

Luke Komiskey is the Founder and CEO of DataDrive, a consulting firm specializing in managed analytic services. With over a decade of experience, Luke has played a pivotal role in making data analytics more accessible to various businesses. Under his leadership, DataDrive has evolved into a global team of professionals, supporting over 150 organizations, including healthcare, public education, man...

Brent Pohlman is an author and the Owner and CEO of Midwest Laboratories, an innovative full-scale analytical laboratory providing analysis for an array of industries, including agriculture, environment, animal feed, food and beverage, and fuels. Brent's leadership journey ignited his passion to teach others how to lead effectively. After discovering his path, working in education and the corporat...

Jack Skeels is the Founder and CEO of AgencyAgile, an organization that assists clients in creating a more collaborative, empowered, and inclusive workplace culture that brings out the best in teams. He has over a decade of experience working with agencies, digital shops, consultancies, and other project-driven organizations, driving them to achieve higher profits through productivity. Leveraging...

Kyle McDowell is the Founder of Kyle McDowell Inc. and a former corporate executive of three Fortune 10 firms turned best-selling author, speaker, and leadership expert. With nearly three decades of experience, Kyle is widely known for his inspiring approaches to leadership, transforming bosses into leaders, and reshaping corporate cultures. In his best-selling book  Begin With WE , Kyle shares 10...

Kelly Mackin is the Co-founder and CEO of Motives Met, a first-of-its-kind platform empowering people to create their optimum work life, work relationships, and workplace. She is also the author of the upcoming book  Work Life Well-Lived . Kelly affirms that the well-being of the workforce and an understanding of what stimulates people are key to a thriving work culture. Her research-backed Motive...

Dr. Heather Penny is a leadership coach, trusted advisor, celebrated teacher, and engaging speaker and author. She encourages people to step into their best life by helping them recognize their unique strengths. As a professional coach, Dr. Penny helps her clients engage purposefully in their lives and the relationships they value by drawing out their natural strengths. Through the coaching proces...

Terry Kim is the Founder and CEO of NGT Academy — an online IT training program — and the NexGenT and the Zero to Engineer training framework methodologies. Terry is committed to reviving high-tech education and making it more accessible. His military and job experience has enabled him to train thousands of engineers for the US Air Force. Before founding NGT, Terry applied his talents at Cisco Sys...

Ran Geva is the Co-founder and CEO of Webz.io, the leading provider of machine-defined web data. With Webz.io's data, enterprises, developers, and analysts can unlock the raw potential of its data and use it to make informed decisions. He is responsible for the company's vision, strategy, and technology and leverages his online and digital marketing skills to grow the company's customer base and r...

Nick Hutchison is the Founder of BookThinkers, a mission-driven book marketing agency committed to promoting authors to their target audience through video production, book reviews, and podcasts. Within seven years, Nick has scaled BookThinkers to a seven-figure brand. His podcast,  BookThinkers: Life-Changing Books , garners over 1 million monthly listeners and is a top 2% global show featuring i...

Marina Byezhanova is the Co-founder of Brand of a Leader, a personal branding agency for entrepreneurs and executives rooted in thought leadership. As an entrepreneur, global speaker, show host, and personal branding expert, Marina has been quoted and referenced in various publications, including  Inc .com,  Forbes .com,  Yahoo News ,  Financial Post ,  Fast Company , and  Success Magazine . Her m...

Michael Roth is the Founder and CEO of Evo Security, an Austin-based identity and access management solutions company that protects managed service providers and their customers from cyberattacks. Michael has over 17 years of experience in engineering, private equity, software, strategy, and business development. Before founding Evo, he offered his talents at Encana Corporation & Cinco Resources a...

Serena Mastin is the Founder and President of Pulse Marketing, an award-winning boutique marketing and advertising agency dedicated to impacting brand exposure, sales, and revenue to achieve results for unique organizations. Serena has over 20 years of experience in the marketing industry and progressively climbed the corporate ladder before founding Pulse Marketing. She is also the published auth...

JB Benjamin is the Founder and CEO of Djinn Technologies,  a volumetrics-as-a-service (VaaS) platform providing easy access to a diverse range of volumetric sensors capable of real-time streaming, capturing, and playback of point-cloud data. JB is also the Founder and CEO of Kryotech, a London-based app development company. A seasoned technology and cybersecurity professional, JB has lent his tech...

Ken Rusk is the President of Rusk Industries and the Founder of the Comfort Peace Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit organization representing various veteran groups. Ken is the best-selling author of  Blue-Collar Cash , and an entrepreneur with several businesses and multiple income streams — despite never attending college. As a blue-collar advocate, he mentors and coaches young individuals in goal...

Nick Hutchison is the Founder of BookThinkers, a mission-driven book marketing agency committed to promoting authors to their target audience through video production, book reviews, and podcasts. Within seven years, Nick has scaled BookThinkers to a seven-figure brand. His podcast,  BookThinkers: Life-Changing Books , garners over 1 million monthly listeners and is a top 2% global show featuring i...

Joe Kaiser is the Managing Director at Mercato Partners, a private equity firm investing in various industries, including food, beverage, and technology. Before joining Mercato, Joe served as the Director of Capital Markets at Vivint Solar, where he led the financing of a project in excess of $1 billion. Besides a career in investment banking, he's also had a variety of operating and entrepreneuri...

Elise Holtzman is the Founder and CEO of The Lawyer's Edge, a boutique firm providing professional development services to attorneys and legal organizations, including private law firms, in-house legal departments, and nonprofit associations. As the founder, she coaches lawyers on how to acquire and retain clients, as well as how to communicate effectively. Elise's 14 years of experience as an att...

Carlo Cisco is the Founder and CEO of SELECT, a next-generation black card, concierge, and membership community offering access to savings, perks, and exclusive events. SELECT currently enrolls over 20,000 members and partners with pinnacle restaurants, nightlife venues, and premier global brands, such as BMW, IHG, Tumi, Priceline, and Hawaiian Airlines. Carlo is a serial entrepreneur who's launch...

Nick Wolf is the Director of Partner Acquisition at Evo Security, a consolidated Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform for managed service providers (MSP). Nick has experience growing channel partnerships for MSP-focused vendors. Before joining Evo, he was a Strategic Advisor at Cynet Security and Armor Cloud Security. It was at Datto, Inc., where he honed his skills in IT, climbing the la...

Matthew Connor, Founder and CEO of CyberLynx, began his programming career at 12 while working as a coder for his father's company. His passion led him to develop his own company, which focuses on offering premium IT services — specializing in protecting growing businesses from ransomware.  CyberLynx, previously known as Your IT Department, continues to provide cybersecurity and professional IT an...

Babak Akhlaghi is the Managing Director and a Patent Attorney at NovoTech Patent Firm, a law firm based in Washington D.C., specializing in patent preparation and prosecution. Babak's extensive background in the legal and technical field includes experience as in-house counsel at Panasonic Corporation, as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, and as a radio frequency technician. He a...

Nick Vento is an Associate Attorney at Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell LLP, a full-service law firm specializing in business law, real estate, litigation, family law, taxation, and trusts and estates. Nick is the author of  You've Been Hacked! Now Who's Liable? , an article published in the  Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal . He's been recognized with the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars award and B...

Matthew Connor, Founder and CEO of CyberLynx, began his programming career at 12 while working for his father's company as a coder. His passion led him to develop his own company, which focuses on offering premium IT services — specializing in protecting growing businesses from ransomware. CyberLynx, previously known as Your IT Department, continues to provide cybersecurity and professional IT and...

Serial entrepreneur Peter Schroeder is the Founder and CEO of Telzio, a specialized phone service provider designed for business communications. Before founding Telzio, Peter was widely recognized by the stage name DJ Pete Fox, earning 20 platinum and 40 gold records within a decade in the music industry. Amidst building a networking platform for musical artists, he designed a phone service for us...