The Pathways to Success with Julian Placino

As Chief Marketing Officer, Susan Vitale is responsible for the iCIMS brand and driving company growth. Vitale joined iCIMS in 2005 and has helped build iCIMS to become the world's leading talent cloud company that empowers organizations to attract, engage, hire, and advance the right talent. Actively involved in the HR technology community, Vitale regularly speaks on talent best practices and tec...

Tracy Timm is a career strategist and human capital advisor. Her program, The Nth Degree® Academy , helps high-potential professionals discover their career "sweet spot" through a mix of self-discovery, tactical training, and some much-needed tough love. Tracy has a degree in behavioral psychology from Yale, a severely bruised ego from working on Wall Street, and has logged one trip around the ent...

Victor Calabrese is the COO at Synetek Solutions , a managed IT solutions company. Earning his first C-Level role at 27 years old, he's possibly the most talent operations executive I've met. Victor has the uncanny ability to take the seed of a business idea, design a plan of action, and turn it into a thriving enterprise. Victor and I met late 2018 at the Landmark Forum , a leadership development...

Amilya Antonetti is one of the most sought after Human Behavior experts and Strategic Advisors in the world. Her deep "in the trenches" experience leading organizations in identifying "Why" a company exists and measuring it against "how" it and their people show up in the world is changing the way we "onboard" back to business, in 2020. For nearly 30 years she has successfully led companies throug...

Christopher R. Manske, CFP® is owner and operator of Manske Wealth Management and the Author of the upcoming book, The Prepared Investor Manske owns one of the larger investment firms in Houston, managing almost half a billion dollars for individuals and institutions all over the world. Over his twenty-year investing career, he spent two of them as the Lead Financial Advisor to the University of T...

Matt Cenca is a 28 year old self-made millionaire. He is the Founder and CEO of BuyBackHub , a mobile device wholesale company, featured as #95 in INC Magazines 2020 list of Top 250 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in Texas. On episode, we discuss: - Matt's personal journey of success - Matt's secrets to personal finance - Why he doesn't read books - Why he eats only once a day - Why he st...

Steve Lucas is the Chief Executive Officer at iCIMS . He brings nearly 25 years of extensive leadership experience in enterprise software to iCIMS, along with a proven track record of driving global expansion and innovation. Steve has held senior executive roles at global enterprise software organizations including Adobe, Marketo, SAP, Salesforce.com, and BusinessObjects. During Steve's tenure as...

On this episode, Susan and I discuss how to increase employee engagement through meaningful alignment. Susan Steinbrecher, an internationally acclaimed executive coach, speaker and author, is president and CEO of Steinbrecher And Associates, Inc. a management consulting firm that provides professional development services in the areas of executive coaching, group facilitation, and leadership train...

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Josh is an overcomer. He was a Blacksmith/Farrier for 7 years until he got kicked in the face and had to switch careers. He self-taught himself to code and landed a software developer job making $70K with no degree. Josh has had over a dozen side hustles and believes everyone should have their own side hustle. Check out Josh's FREE download: 9 simple tips to improve your focus and willpower ==> ht...

Mark Victor Hansen widely known as an inspirational and motivation speaker, trainer, author, serial entrepreneur. Perhaps best known as the founder and co-creator of the, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" Book series, which has sold more than 500 Million copies. Crystal Dwyer Hansen is one of the leading success and wellness coaches in the country. She is the author of Skinny Life - The Secret to Being...

Christian is a patented inventor, and serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience starting, building, and selling healthcare and IT companies that make an impact on people's lives. In his last company he and his team architected, and launched a system for quickly, and accurately assessing mental health conditions in the clinical setting. As of the end of 2015 the system had identified ove...

Yesterday was World Cancer Day. Join me for part 2 of my conversation with Tom Hulsey. On this episode we discuss: - Why men don't like to discuss health issues - Symptoms of cancer - Genetics vs Lifestyle - The test you need to detect prostate cancer Tom is an 11-time IRONMAN finisher and 6-time Mountainman Winter Triathlon finisher. On his birthday in 2015, Tom heard these dreaded words from his...

My interview with Teladoc Founder and 12x Serial Entrepreneur, Michael Gorton. Needless to say, I was blown away by our conversation! On this episode, we discuss: - How to know if you're an entrepreneur - Lessons from building 12 companies - "The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese." - Pricing and valuing your business - How to succeed as an entrepreneur - How Michael def...

Tom is an 11-time IRONMAN finisher and 6-time Mountainman Winter Triathlon finisher. On his birthday in 2015, Tom heard these dreaded words from his doctor, "you have cancer." The diagnosis sent him into a tailspin. Having lost his best friend to prostate cancer the year before, he was ready to quit, to not even try to fight the disease. Why is that important? At that time, Tom had completed nine...

Peter Hart is the Co-founder and CEO of Austin Fraser, a technology staffing firm based in the UK, Germany, and the United States. On this episode, we discuss his keys to success in growing Austin Fraser to a $100 million dollar business. Topics Include: - Doing work you love and having fun - Overcoming fear and embracing uncertainty - Maintaining culture while growing - Hiring: characteristics th...

On this episode, Kristi and I discuss her entrepreneurial journey, lessons learned, and keys to success in business and life. Kristi Berryhill is a Real Estate Professional with 10+ years of experience in apartment locating and residential housing. She's helped over 30,000 clients find their home(s) in Texas and Colorado and mentored many aspiring realtors to be successful in their careers. Curren...

Tom Vincent is the Founder and Director of Education at Texas Coffee School in Dallas, Texas. Tom has been in specialty coffee since 2006 when a chance encounter with a couple of coffee professionals on an elevator led him to set sail on a two-year apprenticeship with a prominent East Coast coffee roasting company. With the help of some of the most knowledgeable and influential people in the coffe...

Mai Lyn Ngo is a Dallas-based food & fitness influencer with a motto all of us can live by: "I workout to eat." She founded Deep Fried Fit in order to share her unconditional love of food and fitness, while promoting a balanced lifestyle of green juice and fried chicken. She is also the founder of Fitness Ambassadors, an influencer, marketing and events company that brings local fitness enthusiast...

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Dr. Martin ran his own business for 20 years and for the last 11 years has consulted for Fortune 200 companies, organizations, and small business owners from a wide range of industries. Contact:

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Mark Burge is the Senior Vice President at CityCentral and has over 20 years of global sales leadership experience. CityCentral is an innovative community and workspace designed to help members connect, collaborate, and thrive. I've been a member of CityCentral since March 2019 and have grown tremendously as an entrepreneur. I'm a believer in collaboration and surrounding yourself with great peopl...

LeRon L. Barton is a writer from Kansas City, MO currently living in San Francisco, Ca. A graduate of Paseo Academy of Fine Arts, LeRon is the author of two books, "Straight Dope: A 360 degree look into American Drug Culture" and "All We Really Need Is Love: Stories of Dating, Relationships, Heartbreak, and Marriage." In addition to the books, LeRon is an essayist; whose topics cover racism, mass...