The T.R.O.N. Podcast

Dr. Gearl Loden is an educational leader, executive coach, and author who has spent over 35 years mastering the art of building high-trust cultures. Currently serving as the Superintendent of Nixa Public Schools in Missouri, Dr. Loden has guided major school districts through complex turnarounds, earning national recognition as a finalist for the 2025 National Association of School Superintendents...

⁠Zahid Muhammad⁠ is an e-commerce strategist, technology entrepreneur, and the Founder and CEO of Conzia, a full-service digital agency and artificial intelligence education platform. Operating internationally with corporate offices in Miami, Florida, and Berlin, Germany, he specializes in growth marketing, cross-platform scaling, and deploying automated operational infrastructure for digital reta...

Michelle Clarkson is an Executive Leadership Strategist, Professional Speaker, and Founder & CEO of Meaningful Moments of Power. With more than 25 years of corporate leadership experience, including two decades with Honeywell, Michelle has led large-scale global teams, customer experience operations, continuous improvement initiatives, and organizational transformation. Today, she brings that...

Dr. Anjelis Oliveira, PhD, MSN/MHA, RN, is a dynamic healthcare executive, wellness entrepreneur, and nurse educator who brings over 20 years of clinical and leadership experience to the microphone. As the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of HCA Florida Highlands Hospital and the founder of Rising Stars Wellness, she uniquely bridges the gap between high-level hospital operations and modern, holistic w...

Kent Heckenlively, JD, is a former attorney, passionate middle school science teacher, and New York Times bestselling author who has sold over half a million books worldwide! Known for his energetic storytelling and bold investigative style, Kent tackles big tech, government secrecy, and institutional corruption, while also writing fast-paced historical fiction and political thrillers. From the Co...

I am thrilled to welcome to the mic a guest who proves that life’s most unexpected turns make for the absolute best stories. Janet Flaugher is an award-winning author, global educator, and former international school superintendent whose career has taken her from the classrooms of Denver to the bustling streets of Beijing, China. Janet is a true literary shape-shifter. She doesn’t just stick to on...

Our guest today is a former professional basketball player turned elite wealth strategist who is completely redefining what it means to be truly wealthy. After experiencing childhood financial hardship, he mastered the world of finance, earned a Doctorate in Business Administration, and went on to build a premier wealth advisory firm. But he’s not just about numbers—he famously walked away from an...

What does it take to completely reinvent your career after nearly 40 years? In this episode, we sit down with W. Kenneth Tyler, Jr., a semi-retired CPA who spent decades writing "persuasive prose" to the IRS before pivoting to his true passion: storytelling. Kenny joins us to pull back the curtain on his journey from corporate accounting to becoming an award-shortlisted indie author. We di...

Amy Meislin Pollack is an American children's author and retired educator best known for creating the Jelly Bean middle-grade fiction series. Her debut series, published by Austin Macauley Publishers , includes The Adventures of Jelly Bean , The Further Adventures of Jelly Bean , and The Still Further Adventures of Jelly Bean . [ Literary Career The inspiration for Pollack’s coming-of-age seri...

Dr. Sieglinde Othmer is an author, style and wellness advocate, and octogenarian powerhouse on a mission to redefine how we view the aging process. Born in Germany, Dr. Othmer survived a daring childhood escape from behind the Iron Curtain before immigrating to the United States, where she established herself as a social scientist, researcher, and academic. Following the loss of her husband, she c...

Brian Beck helps mid-sized organizations move beyond the hype around AI and cybersecurity and turn emerging technology into practical business results. While much of the conversation around AI focuses on what the technology can do, Brian focuses on a more important question: Why are so many companies struggling to actually implement it? His work centers on helping leadership teams identify where A...

What if Type 2 Diabetes isn’t really a blood sugar problem—but a cellular and metabolic problem hiding underneath it? Dr. Jason Shumard is a Functional Medicine practitioner with more than 20 years of experience helping people understand and overcome Type 2 Diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic dysfunction. He goes beyond simply managing numbers and symptoms, using detailed lab-based assessm...

Our next guest is a serial entrepreneur, growth specialist, and a true powerhouse in the world of customer experience. Over his incredible career, he has built, scaled, and successfully sold six different companies by following a simple mantra: the customer is at the center of the universe. He is widely known for leading the massive U.S. market expansion of the Australian software giant Panviva, a...

Buckle up, because today’s guest is about to completely change the way you think about relationships, business, and success! We are joined by the one and only Jeffrey Meshel—a real estate powerhouse, serial entrepreneur, and quite literally a master networker who is always just One Phone Call Away from solving any business challenge! As the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Candor Capital Partner...

Sarah Saffari is an entrepreneur, business strategist, and influencer-marketing expert who has built her career at the intersection of creators, brands, and digital growth. As the founder and CEO of InfluencerNexus, Sarah helps brands connect with the right influencers and build campaigns designed to drive real awareness, engagement, and conversions. Sarah's journey gives her a unique perspect...

Matt Friedman is a serial entrepreneur, business leader, and the co-founder of Wing Zone , a restaurant brand he launched with Adam Scott while they were students at the University of Florida. What began in 1991 as a late-night wing experiment in their fraternity kitchen grew into an international franchise business with locations across the U.S. and abroad. Matt’s entrepreneurial journey is a sto...

Lisa Baker is an accomplished executive coach, leadership strategist, speaker, and founder of Ascentim, bringing more than two decades of Fortune 500 leadership experience to the conversation. She is passionate about helping ambitious professionals unlock their potential, build confidence, lead authentically, and create careers with greater purpose and impact. Through Ascentim, Lisa combines real-...

Jason Roberts is a prominent real estate investor, entrepreneur, and the founder and managing broker of Better Blueprint Realty. Successfully transitioning from a corporate engineering background into full-time entrepreneurship, Roberts scaled a minimal initial investment into a multi-million dollar real estate and educational ecosystem. Early Life & Career Transition Real Estate Roots : Raise...

Cintara is an enterprise AI governance and cybersecurity infrastructure provider that builds execution control systems for autonomous AI agents. The company introduces an in-path Governance Control Plane that intercepts agent intents—such as moving funds, altering data, or changing system configurations—and evaluates them against centralized security policies before execution. Founded as a United...

Joshua Altman is a storyteller, strategist and creative force with more than two decades of experience shaping how people see, hear and connect with big ideas. He leads Beltway Media, a bold D.C.-based communications firm that helps brands and organizations cut through the noise. A former multimedia journalist at The Hill, he now works with everyone from scrappy startups to federal agencies, helpi...

LaWanna Bradford is an internationally recognized business strategist, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and dynamic media personality. With over 30 years of corporate, federal, and military-adjacent consulting experience, she serves as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of The Bradford Group—a commercial and investment mortgage brokerage—and the Principal of The Bradford Group Consulting. T...

Elias Curtis is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand strategist, and web development expert with over 25 years of experience driving digital growth for businesses. He is the founder and co-owner of Transformed Design Inc., a premier branding and web agency based in Oceanside, California. Alongside his co-owner and wife, Danielle, Elias has spent nearly two decades helping service-based companies tr...

Raphael Groten is an acclaimed Vermont-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, and sound healing artist dedicated to the philosophy of "music as medicine." His genre-defying career spans over three decades, encompassing meditative ambient soundscapes, lively children’s music, and soulful collaborative projects. His professional recording journey took a pivotal turn when his solo acoustic gu...

Hiten Sonpal is an accomplished robotics executive and technology leader with over two decades of experience scaling commercial automation. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RISE Robotics , a clean-technology firm replacing heavy machinery hydraulics with fluid-free, ultra-efficient mechanical alternatives. Throughout his career, Sonpal has specialized in bringing advance...

Gold Star AI is a premier B2B artificial intelligence automation agency specializing in the architecture and deployment of custom autonomous agent systems. Positioned at the forefront of the operational AI landscape, the agency helps mid-market and enterprise businesses shift away from repetitive, manual labor by engineering digital workers that integrate natively into existing enterprise software...