A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

About Brett Bretton (Brett) Putter is an expert in company culture development who is consulted by companies and leaders worldwide to help design, develop and build high-performing cultures. He is the CEO of CultureGene, a culture leadership software and services platform. Prior to founding CultureGene Brett spent 16 years as the Managing Partner of a leading executive search firm based in London...

About Bill Bill is an e xperienced C-suite, global crisis and reputation management strategist and author of Critical Moments: The New Mindset of Reputation Management. Rich cross industry expertise, advising companies such as: Target Corporation, Xerox, Home Depot, AT&T, American Airlines, and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Persuasive evangelist focused on expanding corporations’ license to op...

About Shawn Shawn Livermore is a tech startup founder, entrepreneur, and technology consultant for over 20 years. He’s written books on software development and writes software in at least ten different programming languages. After raising investment capital for his startups six times, Shawn began to look beyond the code to see the bigger picture— systems, patterns, and mental models that most des...

About Didier Didier Cossin is the founder and director of the IMD Global Board Center , the originator of the Four Pillars of Board Effectiveness methodology and an advocate of Stewardship. He is the author and co-author of books such as Inspiring Stewardship, book chapters (such as Governance Risk: A Guide for Investors) and many articles in the fields of governance, investments, risks and stewar...

About Tim Tim Ringo, Chartered FCIPD, is a senior executive, board advisor, author and popular conference speaker, based in London. Ringo’s nearly 30-year career in HR management consulting and HR software gives him a unique perspective on how engaged people harnessing smart technology is transforming the world of work. He is the author of Solving the Productivity Puzzle (Kogan Page, 2020) a...

About Tom Tom Connally, is an experienced leader, strategist, and change agent with proven performance leading, building, and fixing organizations by creating a culture of performance. Raised in a Navy family with two WWII Veterans for parents, Tom became a student of leaders at a young age. He followed his older brothers to the Naval Academy and into the Marine Corps. As a young officer, he obser...

About Chrisa Chrisa brings over a decade of management and executive level leadership to the Handel Group®. Throughout her career, she has worked alongside C-level executives building brands and creating numerous business driving initiatives that have positively impacted sales, profit, and employee retention for large and small companies. Having served as Director and Vice President for many notab...

About Greg Originally from London, England, Greg McKeown is the author of the New York Times bestseller, “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” and the founder of McKeown, Inc, a company with a mission to teach Essentialism to millions of people around the world. Their clients include Adobe, Apple, Airbnb, Cisco, Google, Facebook, Pixar, Salesforce.com, Symantec, Twitter, VMware and Yahoo...

About Steve Dr. Steve Yacovelli (“The Gay Leadership Dude”) is the owner & principal of TopDog Learning Group (LLC) – a learning and development, leadership, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting firm based in Orlando, FL, USA, with affiliates across the globe. Steve and TopDog have had the pleasure of working with some great client-partners who they consider to...

About Michael Michael C. Fillios   is the founder and CEO of the IT Ally Institute, a nonprofit organization providing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) access to knowledge, research, and practical tools to improve their tech bottom line. A senior global business and technology executive with more than 25 years of experience in IT, finance, operations management, and change leadership, he l...

About Alex Alex Kuhn, Leadership Mentor and founder of Born to Lead, helps impact-driven entrepreneur start, grow & lead 6,7 & 8 figure businesses. Over the past three years, 200+ clients have at least doubled their business in 12 months, with his clients generating more than $30m. Featured in Entrepreneur™, he regularly writes and speaks to 10k+ entrepreneurs weekly on the topics of align...

About Somi Somi is a tech philosopher, international speaker, entrepreneur, award-winning filmmaker, and LinkedIn Top Voice influencer. Her work focuses on the impact of technology on society at large, the business landscape, and the future of work. A sought-after transition architect, Arian has given talks and workshops to industry leaders from organizations such as the BBC,  The Economist, Marie...

About Sean Sean co-founded RealTime Performance, Inc. in 1999 with a group of experienced organization and leadership development consultants. Prior to this Sean worked for GE Capital at the Center for Learning & Organizational Excellence. Specialties: Leadership Assessment & Development Talent Management Succession Planning Coaching & Development Today we talked about Sean’s bac...

About Bobby Bobby Allen serves as CTO and Chief Evangelist for  CloudGenera  based in Charlotte, NC. Bobby is a veteran of Intel, Bank of America, TIAA and multiple startups including one that was successfully acquired by the former CSC (now DXC). He went into corporate America after being an Intel fellow at the University of Michigan (MS in Computer Science and Engineering) and a Meyerhoff schola...

About Glenn He is a husband to 1, a father to 7, and the host of the wildly popular Facebook Live show #RiseAndGrind. He’s been seen at places like Hustle and Grind Con, Grow Your Business For God’s Sake! and many more stages across the country. Glenn has been spotlighted on ABC, NBC, and CBS, and is an expert in dealership culture development, and leadership training. With 20 years experience in...

About Corry Corry Robertson is a leading global expert on organizational culture, engagement and retention in the tech industry, with over 20 years experience and a client list that includes Fortune 100 companies. Corry supports executives and emerging leaders through coaching, leadership training, and human performance improvement and management. Her clients say conversations with Corry are deepl...

About Jeff Jeff Ton is a sought-after leadership speaker, author, and explorer, having led powerful teams and built successful IT departments for over thirty years. He is the author of Amplify Your Value (2018) and hosts the podcast Status Go. As a frequent keynote speaker, he has explored topics related to the evolving IT landscape and the changing role of the CIO. Jeff served in various roles wi...

About Dan Dan iel M. Bruder is the CEO of Fusion Dynamics Group, a Colorado-based strategy and leadership firm. Dan has an accomplished background in Executive Leadership, Strategic Planning, Entrepreneurship, Sales and Marketing Operations, Brand Development, Customer Service, and Corporate Finance. He started his career in banking, becoming President in his 20s; he later transitioned into hospit...

About Errol Errol Doebler is the founder of Leader 193, a leadership consulting firm, and the author of  The Process, Art, and Science of Leadership . Errol has served as a Surface Warfare Officer, a Navy SEAL, and as an FBI Special Agent and FBI SWAT Operator and uses his experience to teach business leaders around the world. Errol Doebler was born in Brightwaters, NY, where he grew up on the wat...

About Marek Marek Zmysłowski is a Polish-born entrepreneur and executive, focused on online businesses in Frontier and Emerging Markets. He co-founded Jumia Travel – Africa’s Biggest Hotel Booking Portal listed on NYSE as part of Jumia Group and HotelOnline.co – a Travel Technology Company. In 2014, he was chosen as one of the Ten Most Important People in Tech by IT News Africa M...

About Doug Doug has more than 20 years of software development experience in a number of industries and disciplines; Internet, corporate intranet, web applications, retail software, embedded systems and process control. He has demonstrated abilities to deliver successful software applications on an individual basis as well as leader, or member, of a team. Doug has an exceptional ability to work cr...

About Scott Scott DeLuzio is a WordPress plugin developer, as well as a husband, father of three, and Army veteran, who unintentionally stumbled into web development while getting his degree in accounting. After graduating, he worked in the finance industry for six years, but continued to build websites on the side for family, friends, and local businesses. After being deployed with the Army Natio...

About Ravs Ravs Kaur , Chief Technology Officer, is responsible for leading Product and Engineering at Uplevel. Prior to Uplevel, she spent a decade in the Developer Division at Microsoft building tools to make the every-day lives of developers easier. Following her time at Microsoft, she was at Tableau and led the core Visual Analytics teams to help people discover and share their insights throug...

About Amy Amy Posey is a Silicon Valley-based leadership consultant focused on neuroscience and high performance. She is the founder and CEO of SUPER*MEGA*BOSS, a manager training company. Kevin Vallely juggles his life as a registered architect, leadership mentor, author, keynote speaker and father, while also becoming an internationally recognized explorer. Their new book is Wild Success: 7 Key...

About Nate: DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR DOING GREAT THINGS, BUT FIND YOURSELF GIVING UP WHEN IT GETS TOO HARD? DO YOU PULL BACK OR FEEL VULNERABLE WHEN YOU PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE? That was ME. I stood on the sidelines and watched others succeed with consistent work and effort. I realized, like so many others, what I was lacking was the confidence and consistency to reach my OWN goals and dreams. As...