Wish I Knew . . .

I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I had so much fun with my wise beyond his years guest Alex Ribeiro Career Overview KFC for over 6 years and started at the age of 14 Commonwealth Bank for a year Grad program @ Telstra for over 4 years with positions in:   Human Resources delivery partner role  Transformation and people business consultant  Senior change & Implementation consultant Bache...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories. I'm your host Gary Nowak and you will love my conversation with an inspring, energetic driven young lady Amanda Cuffe dialing in from Australia. Career Background: Currently an HR specialist wit...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories. I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I have an incredible conversation Jill Eastman.  I discovered Jill to be a person with and incredible amount of  Honesty integrity  A grounded perspective on l...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories.  I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I've got a special one for you with my Guest Dr. Frank Rosinia. Career Accomplished physician Executive Building high performance team  Improving patient...

Career Overview David went to Hamilton College in NY and Johns Hopkins to get his masters in International finance in Nanjing China Currently a Manager with KPMG in Corporate strategy in the US that started originally in Shanghai China Prior to KPMG he worked for the Economist Intelligence unit, Standard and Poors and Bellwether Innovation thinking Board Treasurer for the Pulaski Institution   Hig...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories.  I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I have a feeling that you are going to find as much inspiration in this episode as in any that I've recorded when you hear from my current guest Kim Hudd...

  Career Overview Growing up and going to university in India Moving into Investment banking with time at JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank Getting exposure to consulting and hiring on with KPMG in London Becoming the VIC chair for Pride@KPMG Moving over to Australia to continue with Consulting and  Currently working for Deloitte in Sydney   Highlights Growing up in India,  Singing at Mother Teresa&apos...

Career Overview - Entrepreneurial spirit starting at the age of 10 - Educated at Australian Catholic University - Consulting experience very early on Roles as:  Operations Manager National Sales Manager  Senior business development executive  Sales Director  Highlights - Started consulting in her teens  - Getting an MBA to compliment her current role  Part time MBA  Full time work  - Getting speci...

Background Partner with KPMG for over 32 years Global Center of Excellence leader for Supply chain, Procurement and operational excellence) Designed and ran large scale transformational programs Partner in Charge of Life Sciences for the Australian practice   Highlights Meeting people of all walks of life as a youngster Rejecting KPMG early only to end up there for 32 years Passion about other cul...

Career Overview Program Manager for the Googles Growth Incubator enabling customers to accelerate their revenue growth  As part of her role she is responsible for empowering a growth first mindset while tying back to her customers’ business goals.  Prior to this role, Colleen oversaw thought leadership and narrative development for the Home & Consumer Services Vertical at Google.  She translat...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories. I've got a good friend and author to share his story thus far Robert Barker.   Background - Author of 5 books under the pen name Robert Nicolas  - Served our country in the Army  - Went to India...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories. I loved my conversation with Cheryl Franz a person who has a wonderful perspective on her life, career and working with others. Background Going to John Carroll university and getting her PhD in orga...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories.   I've got an China focused one for you today with my guest and good friend Tom Stanley Career overview Over 25 years with KPMG in:   Taiwan Hong Kong Mainland China Currently COO of National Ma...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories. You are going to love my conversation with my guest Catie Harris and stick around for the end because a special guest joins us, her young son Bond. Background Being a southern California young lady C...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories about their careers.   I've got an entertaining and very funny one for you with my guest Rick Berthaud who has great stories and mix of industry and consulting experience   Background 25 years of consulting experience 10...

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "  A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories.  I've got a creative person and interesting conversation for you today with my guest Meredith Burall  Career Overview Very creative career starting in High school doing freelance work in Graphic...

I've got a interesting and perspective changing one for you today with my guest Min Yoo   Background Grew up in Southern California going to school at UC Irvine and USC Moved to Washington DC to expand her horizons and work for two philanthropic companies Made her way back home to work for City national Bank in data and advanced analytics Currently working as Director of marketing analytics M...

I've got an outstanding one for you with my guest Vicki Phelan   Career Highlights: 25 plus years of consulting experience focusing on the Pharma and life sciences industry Role is in relationship development and customer satisfaction Early in her career she worked with IBM Founder and chairperson of KPMG's Women in SSO leadership roundtable Recipient of the Best 50 women in business (NJ...

You are really going to enjoy my conversation with Brett Moorgas   Career In the ICT (Information Communications Technology) Industry since 1994 Held key roles with HP, IDC, Telstra, Emulex and Accenture In 2015 Brett joined HCL where he is an associate VP of Analyst and advisory relations for Asia pacific and Middle East Born in South Africa Brett moved to sydney at the age of 2 months Brett enjo...

 I've got an out the ordinary one for you today with my young, inspirational and fun guest Charlotte McDonnold   Background Digital Marketing Specialist with BDO in the Atlanta office.  Charlotte supports two national teams and assists with creating social media graphics, emails, proposals, and other collateral as well as managing the firm’s website.  Graduated from the University of North Ge...

You are going to enjoy my conversation  a dear friend and former mentee Bronson Quon.  Bronson and I first worked together while I was with Arthur Andersen and he was interning at Disney.   You will hear his story of going from intern to Partner.  Bronson has had audit roles with Arthur Andersen, Deloitte and has held positions as Corporate Controller, VP of Finance, CEO and now his current Partne...

 I've got a great international success story with my guest Vicki Fan.   Career: Currently CEO at Mercer in Hong Kong Over 20 years of experience with business growth, client centricity and people focus Big 4 experience at a Partner level Proficient at Global large scale strategic change programs Originally from Taiwan and work experience in New York and hong kong    Highlights   Born in Taiw...

I've got a good friend and someone with international finance experience Mario Boccalero   Career Living in Switzerland working for DXC Technology as a Finance & Account Delivery Lead Head of Global Business Services in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai for LLX Brands (Bally and Jimmy Choo) Stated off with Avon in Italy Great career working in the UK, Italy, Switzerland, HK, SH and Tokyo    ...

I've got interesting one for you today with Rich Pierle, interesting because: My first face to face  At a Las Vegas casino    Career overview: Paperboy to CIO Rose to executive levels in Industry (Becton Dickinson) and Consulting Equaterra / TPI Focused on Shared service, Big Data, automation and machine learning Currently the Managing Partner and CEO of Pier digital Throughout his career sup...

  I've got an fun international one for you with my guest Duha Zaatar   Career Highlights Deep financial background in: Strategic & Commercial Partnerships  Financial Planning and analysis Leadership and team management globally Duha has worked for Zurich Insurance, Johnson Controls, McDonalds Currently CFO with Honeywell in Dubai UAE    Highlights   Global background living in Dubai, US,...