You, Me, and Your Top Three

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Michael Farber , Managing Partner of Ratio Companies and former EVP, Booz Allen Hamilton. Michael speaks to his 30+ year career in driving large transformation in both federal government agencies as well as market-leading companies and shares how innovators need to not just disrupt to disrupt, but rather define the pu...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Jeff Cripe, Founder and CEO of Cargo – a fast moving company on a rocketship-style path to success. Jeff is a 30 under 30 award recipient from Forbes and, in just a few years' time, he has founded a company, created a new category, raised over $40 million of capital, and successfully partnered with almost every name b...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Steve Tack , SVP, Product Management at Dynatrace – a technology giant that is part of the backbone of many of the most well-known brands in this digital world. Steve shares the journey that took the company from a small division of a large technology organization to a spin-out and PE-backed growth firm to a publicly-...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Ryan Green , Co-Founder and CEO of Gridwise - The #1 companion app for rideshare drivers. Ryan shares his history as a Naval Officer turned entrepreneurial CEO who is actively shaping the ride-share market in the US. He discusses how fragmented the mobility market is and how companies that fill the white space and pro...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Andrew McCuiston , President of Goldfish Swim School Franchising, LLC – one of the country's fastest growing franchise brands. Andrew discusses how franchising allows brands to scale through partnerships with like-minded business owners and shares why he and his business partners believe that their company is an Amazo...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Ryan Sullivan , CEO of Xenith – an athlete-centric lifestyle brand that is an emerging challenger in the very competitive football market. Ryan speaks about how it is no longer good enough for CEOs to be incredible operators, but how they must now be transformation specialists. Ryan also opens up about what it's like...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Mat Ishbia , CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage and United Shore – industry leading mortgage companies. Mat talks about growing the firm from a mere twelve people to north of 4,400 employees and shares the lessons that he learned along the way. Mat reflects on how he doesn't use technology to replace humans but to make...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Tracy-Ann Palmer , Vice President Global GTM, Strategy and Transformation at Rackspace and global technology executive who hails from South Africa. Tracy-Ann has worked with iconic tech brands that are known around the world. She is a humble leader who appreciates being pushed and encouraged to reach far beyond where...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Jordan Darragh , an expert in sustainability who is the founder and CEO of PrintReleaf, Inc .  Jordan discusses his deep understanding of the print services industry's effect on the environment and how he used it to find his passion in founding a successful business. He also shares how sustainability of the environmen...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , speaks with Amos Schwartzfarb an expert in scaling sales who is a six-time entrepreneur, is currently the Managing Director of Techstars Austin and is a very recent author of Sell More Faster: Ultimate sales playbook for startups . As an avid climber and biker who truly lives life as an adventure, Amos credits his success to havi...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett, speaks with Roy Verstraete , a founding member of the Private Directors Association ; a group helping to build advisory boards for private companies and owners.  Roy discusses the importance of an independent advisory network and the critical role of mentors and advisors in today's day and age. Specifically, Roy talks about his ca...

Jacques Panis , the accomplished global brand builder, joins Gregg Garrett in this week's episode of You, Me, and Your Top Three. Jacques transformed the Shinola brand from a defunct shoe polish brand brand into a globally recognized leader in the fashion and accessories industry. Jacques talks about the ups and downs of becoming an overnight success and specifically about the impact that can have...

During this episode, You Me and Your Top Three host, Gregg Garrett , takes a short pause from interviewing guests to reflect on what we've heard over the first twenty weeks of the podcast. He breaks down the growth of the podcast in over 30 countries, discusses the patterns that have been observed around six types of advisors, discusses virtual versus real life mentors, and talks about the power o...

During this episode, we speak with Ryan Schram , a leader in digital and influencer marketing and the Chief Operating Officer at IZEA Worldwide . Ryan speaks about the unique journey he and his colleagues took to disrupt an industry, form a new category and rise to the top. We discuss the celebrity influencers of today, the emerging role of the nano-influencer, as well as potential influencers of...

During this episode, we speak with Ed Rybicki , Chief Information Officer at Vyaire Medical . Throughout the discussion, Ed highlights how throughout his journey to his global CIO role he never forgot to keep people at the center of pretty much everything he does – something he learned from his background in organizational behavior. Ed elaborated on how data has become one of the world's most valu...

During this episode, we speak with John Rossman , a former executive at Amazon , who was responsible for building one of its largest and most successful business units – Amazon Marketplace . John discusses the mindset that leaders at Amazon have that allows them to constantly innovate and transform as they disrupt markets. He gives specific hints from his most recent book, Think Like Amazon , whic...

During this episode, we speak with a digital transformation expert who operates on a global stage. Falk Bothe carries responsibility for driving transformations and developing the top forty leaders for the Volkswagen Group - one of the largest companies in the world. In his role, Falk helps top executives cut through the inertia of a successful past to envision and take advantage of the future. Th...

During this episode, we discuss how data stemming from products is at the heart of industry disruption. Our special guest, Chris Pesola , is a Chief Information Officer for a cloud-based software company that is helping transform the manufacturing industry. In his role, Chris is enabling manufacturing companies to compete in the next industrial revolution which is often referred to as Industry 4.0...

During this episode, we welcome a specialist in leading high-performance women to the top of their game. John Sung , Head Women's Lacrosse Coach at Virginia Tech, is a minority in both ethnicity and gender for his industry and is considered one of the top 25 collegiate lacrosse coaches in the world. John shares with our listeners his secrets of how to motivate Gen-Zers and explains that understand...

During this episode, we discuss one of the most important and impactful leadership roles that exists – the father/child relationship. This week's guest, Justin Batt , is an expert in the father/child relationship and has spent more than 13,000 hours researching and living the role. He is the author of the bestselling book Daddy Saturday and he speaks about the critical epidemic of fatherlessness –...

During this episode, we dive deep inside the business of sports and discuss innovative approaches to leadership through the lens of a top-tier professional sports coach. John Paul (JP), coach of the Atlas Lacrosse Club of the PLL and one of the top coaches in the game, is a transformation and startup specialist who shares his non-traditional road to coaching and how he has led the rise of the Univ...

During this episode, we dive deep inside the business of sports and discuss innovative approaches to leadership through the lens of a top-tier professional sports coach. John Paul (JP), coach of the Atlas Lacrosse Club of the PLL and one of the top coaches in the game, is a transformation and startup specialist who shares his non-traditional road to coaching and how he has led the rise of the Univ...

Four year entrepreneur and global coffee trend expert, Max Feber , joins Gregg Garrett to discuss his company, BRUW, and his experience with creating a product, launching a company, pitching on Shark Tank, and receiving investment and advice from experienced leaders like Mark Cuban. Max discusses how surrounding himself with people who give him pointed feedback – both good and bad - are the gifts...

About this Episode As the original chief architect of the lifesaving and the most widely used telematics platform in the world (OnStar), and the CTO for several of the most widely used navigation (and marketing insight) platforms that likely guided you on your most recent appointment, Ty Beltramo understands technological driven disruption. He walks us through his journey as a transformation leade...

Dr. Graeme Harper reflects on how he transformed from surf bum to globally known PhD.  As the dean of one of the world's fastest growing honors colleges, he is an expert in developing leaders.  He speaks about how to market, manage, and motivate the world's top talent. From ed-tech to student debt he reflects how high education itself is being disrupted, as well as discussing how industry leaders...