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The cavnessHR podcast

By Jason Cavness

We talk to small business owners, founders and the people who help them succeed.
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The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Melissa Williams

The cavnessHR podcastSep 24, 2018

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cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Amir Bormand of Elevano

cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Amir Bormand of Elevano

Amir Bormand is the Co-founder of Elevano, a California- based recruitment company, who helps hundreds of people find more fulfilling jobs every year.

Amir is unique to the recruiting industry because he is a former engineer himself— and could still jot out a few lines of code! He’s seen the technical recruiting game from both sides, and during his engineering career, he constantly saw agency recruiters take shortcuts and use deceptive practices all for their own benefit.

That’s why, in his current position as Co-founder of Elevano, he encourages a candidate-centric approach to every aspect of technical recruiting and sales. His overriding desire is to smash the negative stigma left by current recruitment strategies, and replace it with a more transparent, honest and empathetic service offering.

When he’s not working, Amir enjoys spending time with his families and traveling. He and his wife have a 5-year-old daughter, who keeps him busy with the latest trends in Disney cartoons... You might just catch him humming Disney movie theme songs!

Jun 16, 201926:19
cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Reena Gupta of Mom Relaunch

cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Reena Gupta of Mom Relaunch

Reena Gupta a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, interestingly dove into entrepreneurship when most women take a career break, after her first child was born. Her first foray into entrepreneurship started with a staffing company, Avankia, following which she established a technology company, TargetRecruit. At TargetRecruit, she  achieved many milestones in the Salesforce Ecosystem, including being the first to be incubated by Salesforce and developing the first ATS and WMS on Salesforce platform. She successfully exited from TargetRecruit in early 2018.


As a leader in the technology SMB space, Reena’s passion has always been to give back to community. Recognizing the gap in job opportunities for stay at home moms, she started Mom Relaunch - an organization that empowers women on a career break to get back into the workforce, with a focus on IT and HR. She finds fulfillment in transforming the lives of women and enabling them to be financially independent. An active advocate and spokesperson on entrepreneurship, she mentors and nurtures the next generation of entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley Youth Coders Club. Reena also leads a Salesforce Women In Tech (WIT) Users Group, with the aim of fostering a network of like-minded women to learn and exchange ideas.


Reena has been featured as CRN’s 2016 Women of the Channel, in Entrepreneur Magazine, Power 50 Solution Providers and much more. She is a regular speaker at various Women In STEM conferences, was one of the three finalists of DreamPitch - a Salesforce event - and has her interviews published at  WinWin@Work, B2B Next, The Other 50% and many other online and print media. Mom Relaunch was also shortlisted as one of the top 10 companies for the startup pitch contest at Grace Hopper conference in Sept 2018.


For Reena, success is beyond setting up a profitable business; it is being able to give back to the community and to do her bit for women who need support. She plans to continue supporting and mentoring women who want to rejoin the workforce or who are seeking to embark on their entrepreneurship journey, acting as the voice of evangelism for these women.

Jun 09, 201924:34
cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Sapna Malhotra

cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Sapna Malhotra

 Sapna brings more than two decades of international management consultant experience in sales and business operations in the technology, financial services and telecommunication industries. She started her career at Accenture and became the global business change in organizational practice lead. She also teaches introduction of management consultancy at George Brown College in Toronto. She is also a globally recognized Certified Management Consultant and Charter Professor Accountant. She truly believes that education and awareness are instrumental in overcoming any obstacles and perception challenges, both globally and locally. She started the CanInnovate podcast, focused on Canadian innovators that have changed the game and hosting massive classes deepen our knowledge and skills. You can find her walking, hiking and exploring new areas and trying to win the Aunt of the year award and discovering new places to brunch and inventing her new recipes.  

Jun 02, 201928:05
cavnessHR Culture Podcast - A talk with Mary Pat Knight of Leaders Inspired

cavnessHR Culture Podcast - A talk with Mary Pat Knight of Leaders Inspired

  

Mary Pat Knight is a Leadership Transformation and Emotional Intelligence expert.  Her 30-year career has spanned executive leadership positions in marketing, operations, strategic planning, human resources, development and executive coaching. 

Drawing on her C-level experience, she has developed a simple, yet powerful system for creating Emotional Intelligence that creates healthy teams, inspires leaders and transforms cultures.  Thousands of clients have experienced powerful life and business transformation by committing to this system.

Mary Pat is the Founder and CEO of Leaders Inspired, helping leaders lead from the heart while creating phenomenal business results.

May 26, 201929:55
cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Melissa Strawn of MyPeopleNow

cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Melissa Strawn of MyPeopleNow

Melissa Strawn is the CEO & Founder of MyPeopleNow.com - a worker-first gig community for discovering new service providers and the inspiring stories behind why they do what they do. Melissa blogs at FromWelfareToMillionaire.org and is on a mission to transform the social services system into one that encourages and supports efforts toward meaningful self-sufficiency.

May 19, 201924:16
The cavnessHR Culture Podcast - A talk with Chris Schmitt of Azimuth Consulting Group.

The cavnessHR Culture Podcast - A talk with Chris Schmitt of Azimuth Consulting Group.

  

Chris Schmitt recently retired from 30 years of service as a United States Army Special Forces “Green Beret.” Since retiring, he has successful founded his own company, Azimuth Consulting Group, to capture the lessons learned from Special Forces in combat and seamlessly translate them to the corporate sector. Chris speaks on his experiences as a career Green Beret and how “kindness” was the most effective weapon in his kit bag. He conducts face-to-face executive coaching and advising with leaders from Fortune 500 Companies like Starbucks, Amazon, Saks Fifth Avenue, Hudson Bay Company, and Costco Wholesale and International Not-for-Profits like The Nature Conservancy. Additionally, he facilitates leadership workshops and leads a wilderness-based leadership development treks called “The Traverse.” 

May 13, 201923:22
The cavnessHR podcast –Colin Dingelstad Transformational Coach at Beyond Social Conditioning

The cavnessHR podcast –Colin Dingelstad Transformational Coach at Beyond Social Conditioning

 Colin is the owner of Beyond Social Conditioning. This is his coaching company where he focusses on your perfect self. This is the rawest and most pure version of you.  Simply imagine that you’re alone on this planet, there is nothing left, no parents, no teachers, no friends, nothing.    How would you behave differently? if nobody judges you and the only person you need to make happy, fulfilled, and at peace is the person in the mirror.  (Dramatic pause ;) )    

He believes that big changes don’t have to take longer than 12 weeks and is a true expert in creating measurable behavioral change that’s aimed towards your perfect self.

May 05, 201925:24
The cavnessHR Culture Podcast - Episode Zero - Hosted by Daniella Young

The cavnessHR Culture Podcast - Episode Zero - Hosted by Daniella Young

This is episode zero of the cavnessHR Culture Podcast - Our host will be Daniella Young who is the Senior Development and Cultural Strategy Advisor for cavnessHR. Dainella will interview stand out leaders across industries and sectors to learn their best shared secrets for cultivating culture and developing the leaders of tomorrow.

Daniella Young is an organizational behavior and culture strategy advisor and a renowned international speaker and leadership coach. She helps CEOs and business leaders develop and employ an intentional growth culture strategy in their organizations. She gets very granular with her clients on how to strategize and execute a culture strategy, as well as how to employ tools, tactics and checkpoints along the way. So that they don’t get off track. Daniella has unparalleled insights into Organizational Behavior from real world experience. 

Apr 28, 201909:03
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Alicia Pierre ofEquilibria, Inc.

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Alicia Pierre ofEquilibria, Inc.

 Alicia is a founder and CEO of Equilibria, a 14 year old operations management firm, specializing in business infrastructure for fast growing small business. It's here where she first formulated the KasennuTM methodology for business infrastructure. She has since successfully applied this method in over 30 different industries and counting. She has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University, and an MBA from Tulane university. She is also certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and has authored over 23 articles, case studies, videos, and white papers in the areas of business infrastructure, process improvement, and operational excellence. As part of a mission to provide access to operations resources for small businesses. She has started and hosts a weekly business infrastructure, Curing Back Office Blues podcast. Her most recent accomplishment lies in her new book, "Behind the Facade: How to Structure Automated Company Operations for Sustainable Success?" Was debuted on Amazon as a number one new release for business books in the production operations category. She is committed to do the right things right away. Her mantra is, "Leave it better than you found it."  

Apr 21, 201923:51
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Elaine Orler of Talent Function

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Elaine Orler of Talent Function

  

CEO and founder of Talent Function, Elaine Orler has been developing and implementing HR solutions since 1993. With a keen analytical eye and passion about helping companies enhance their talent acquisition processes, she is uniquely able to identify how talent acquisition impacts both workforces and employers. One of the talent acquisition industry’s most sought-after thought leaders, Elaine has helped global organizations transform their recruiting processes with actionable strategies and technology implementations that optimize talent acquisition for HR professionals, hiring managers, job candidates and the company overall.

Often quoted in leading HR and business publications, including Wall Street Journal, Human Resource Executive, and Talent Management, Elaine is well-respected as a talent acquisition and talent management expert and takes an active role in industry events and associations.

Elaine is always tuned into the latest trends and is the former Conference Chair of the Recruiting Trends and Talent Tech Conference. She continually works with practitioners and serves an analyst to the solution provider community to shape the way talent management and recruiting solutions are delivered. She is invested in all aspects of the market that improve recruiting performance from candidate experience (co-founder of Talent Board, the founding organization of the Candidate Experience Awards) to optimal candidate selection with TalVista (owner).

She has presented one-of-a-kind recruiting and candidate experience thought leadership at some of the industry’s most innovative and popular events, including the HR Technology Conference, the SHRM Annual Conference, ERE, and HRO Today Forum among others.

Apr 14, 201925:21
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Yannick Rault of Sheetgo

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Yannick Rault of Sheetgo

  

Yannick Rault is CEO of Sheetgo; a cloud-based platform that allows people to build entire automated workflows, even ERPs, right from their spreadsheet. In 2018 winner of the most innovative IT startup in Spain & Portugal as well as the Most Scalable Startup and SaaS of Europe at the South Summit, and part of Blackbox in the valley. In parallel, he's in the board of two fast-growing co-working organizations focused on the impact to society with spaces in Spain & Brazil helping 100s of innovators. He was previously CEO at Abramar, Best company FOR the world in 2015 according to B-Corp, which built low income, environmentally friendly residential buildings & neighborhoods in Brazil, optimized with his mathematical models for thermal, construction, living comfort, CO2, transport & light.

Before he spent a decade as a leader in the corporate world focused on online enterprise software at Ariba (SAP), Arthur Andersen, and FedEx.He is a published author and has been a regular featured speaker at major conferences like TEDx, Universities like Columbia University and leading companies like Google, as well as featured in dozens of publications such as The Economist. Yannick holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration on International Finance and Marketing, with minors in Industrial Engineering and Computer Information Systems. In his spare time, he practices sports, designs, and writes.

Apr 07, 201922:24
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Lee Caraher of Double Forte

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Lee Caraher of Double Forte

Lee McEnany Caraher is the CEO of Double Forte PR & Digital Marketing, a national agency headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York. An acclaimed communication strategist, Lee is known for her practical solutions to big problems. Her company works with some of the top consumer lifestyle, digital life, technology and wine brands in the country. Lee serves on the board of directors for the Public Relations Council, the national association for public relations agencies.

Lee’s the author of Millennials & Management based on her experience with epically failing and then succeeding at retaining Millennials in her business. Her second book, The Boomerang Principle: Inspiring Lifetime Loyalty From Employees provides a practical guide to building positive, high performing workplaces.

Lee has a reputation for building cohesive, high producing teams who get a lot done well and have fun at the same time. She is a straight talker who doesn't hold too many punches, although she does her best to be pleasant about it. Her big laugh and sense of humor have gotten her out of a lot of trouble.

She started her career in communications in Boston and then moved to California, working with high profile and groundbreaking companies along the way. She moved to the Bay Area in 1995 to serve as the Vice President of Corporate and Consumer Communications at the $1.6 Billion SEGA of America. She then served as Executive Vice President of The Weber Group and Founder and President of Red Whistle Communications, both Interpublic companies.

Lee is active in the community and currently serves on the Public Advocates Board of Governors and Grace Cathedral’s Board of Trustees. Previously Lee served as vice chair of the Board of KQED Public Media, Chair of the Board for Community Gatepath, Menlo College’s Board of Trustees, and was the founding Chair of the Board for the St. Paul’s Choir School.  She consults with other non-profits on effective board organization and practices.

A graduate of Carleton College, with a degree in Medieval History, which she finds useful every day, Lee lives on the San Francisco Peninsula with her husband, two sons, and a blind cat.

Mar 31, 201922:15
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Natalie Michel of Nouvel Age Media

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Natalie Michel of Nouvel Age Media

     

Natalie Michel (Michelle) is the founder and CEO of ​Nouvel Age Media​(noo-velleagemedia). A digital marketing agency that helps clients develop custom integrated digital marketing strategies for their brand to efficiently and effectively target their audiences while generating valuable long-term brand-customer relationships. The goal behind harvesting​ these types of relationships is to reach the goals marketing objectives, and potential while at the same time supporting the brands mission. 

Nouvel Age Media’s objective is to serve as a ​digital marketing guide​ for their clients so they can maximize their organization’s goal in a unique way that solves their customer’s problems by utilizing a social cause. The motive behind their social cause strategy is to help their clients​ devise and execute unique digital marketing strategies that aid the planet, people, passion and profit. 

Mar 24, 201916:25
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Janine Truitt of Talent Think Innovations, LLC

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Janine Truitt of Talent Think Innovations, LLC

  

Janine is the Owner/Chief Innovations Officer for Talent Think Innovations, LLC, a business strategy and management consulting firm. Her career spans fourteen years in HR and Talent Acquisition that has taken her through the world of pharmaceuticals, healthcare, staffing and R&D. Janine is a dynamic speaker, entrepreneur, and an important and respected voice bringing both a human touch and business savvy to the companies and businesses she works with.

It is through the trials and tribulations of her career travels and her passion for Business, Technology, Digital Transformation and Talent Management that she created Talent Think Innovations in January 2013. Her aim is to provide practical and sustainable solutions, programs and strategies that are a catalyst for innovation. Through her work she is using her experience to get businesses and individuals from surviving to thriving allowing them to succeed in an age of rapid transformation. 

Janine doesn’t just preach innovation-she lives it. A globally-known figure in Human Resources and Business, she has contributed for: Performance I Create, Switch & Swift, TLNT.com, and IRIS.xyz and more. Janine is a rare professional who isn’t afraid to tackle the obstacles and issues facing us as a society and global marketplace. She has been quoted by HBR, Bustle, The Cut, Atlanta BlackStar, Newsday, SHRM, USA Today and has been featured by Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Black Enterprise and Ebony Magazines. In 2013, Mrs. Truitt was also named one of the Top 100 Most Social Human Resources Experts on Twitter by Huffington Post and one of 50+ Unstoppable Women in HR Tech by Clear Company. Additionally, she was a part of the first-ever IBM + Purematter VIP Futurist Project. Janine is currently in the process of transitioning her knowledge and work in HR into a technology company that will address the challenges the differently-abled community has in becoming gainfully employed. She proves that humility, innovation and practical thinking has value and is fast becoming the new business imperative.

Visit her blog “The Aristocracy of HR”. Follow her tweets on Twitter @CzarinaofHR. Catch her in action every Thursday at 10pm EST on her Periscope show: Ask Czarina Live and on AnchorFM for her “Growth on my Terms” podcast: anchor.fm/growthonmyterms.

Mar 17, 201930:22
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Deepak Skukla of Pearl Lemon

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Deepak Skukla of Pearl Lemon

Deepak Shukla is the Founder and CEO of Pearl Lemon, a multi-award-winning SEO agency in London. Deepak bootstrapped the business from his mum’s house to a £275k company in less than 24 months. He’s since gone on to invest in algorithmic trading, launch 5-figure online courses and continues to grow. Bootstrapping>aggressive growth>automation are key tenets of anything Deepak will start. Deepak Shukla has featured in TEDx, SemRush, BBC, Chelsea FC, Appsumo, Bright Talks & more. When he's not running his agency, you'll find him running marathons (24 so far) completing Ironmen (2 so far), getting inked (40% body coverage) or playing with his cat Jenny. 

Mar 10, 201933:37
The cavnessHR podcast – A talk with Jacob Baadsgaard of Disruptive Advertising

The cavnessHR podcast – A talk with Jacob Baadsgaard of Disruptive Advertising

 After growing one of his first PPC clients from 25 to 250 employees. Jacob realized he had a gift for using paper click marketing to drive dramatic business results. After helping more companies succeed online. Jacob founded Disruptive Advertising. A PPC and CRO management agency that has helped hundreds of companies realize unprecedented growth and profitability from online advertising. In the four years since its founding, Disruptive Advertising has grown from 2 employees working in Jacob 's basement to a flourishing agency with more than 120 employees and a run rate of over 18 million, putting it number 145 on the 2017 Inc. 500 list. As a business owner and speaker, Jacob Baadsgaard’s really thoughtful and general approach to pay per click advertising makes him a compelling leader in the disruptive marketing arena.  

Mar 03, 201923:39
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Amani Roberts of The Amani Experience

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Amani Roberts of The Amani Experience

Amani is the Chief Musical Curator of The Amani Experience, a boutique DJ company, that provides music at various events or venues across the world.

Amani is also a Executive Consultant for Rodan + Fields where I am committed to assisting people on the journey to have better skin

Amani is the Principal for Woodside Media Group. This company focuses on emerging technology solutions for a wide range of clients including Fortune 500 companies, award winning authors and musicians.

In addition to his professional endeavors, Amani is a board member of LA's Best Friends (a leading after school enrichment program).

Amani is a graduate of Howard University.

Feb 24, 201921:26
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Sonny Tannan

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Sonny Tannan

  

When United States Marine Corps veteran, award-winning business developer, and philanthropist Sonny Tannan was offered the opportunity to become one of LinkedIn’s first video content creators, he began developing a LinkedIn article and video series called Through the Eyes of Om.

Lessons taken from raising his son encourage others to approach the world with a little more creativity and curiosity. As “fans of 3,” Sonny and Om capture moments of insight from their day-to-day lives and give readers three takeaways to encourage others to focus, collaborate, and inspire.

Their first book, Through the Eyes of Om: Exploring Malaysia is set to release March of 2019. They use curiosity and insight to tell the story of Om’s very first visit to his mother’s home country. Their hope is to inspire children and their parents to live life with curiosity and enthusiasm for what’s to come.

Feb 17, 201929:22
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Christina Brennan

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Christina Brennan

 As a communications consultant Christina helps professionals and companies figure out what they're trying to say and helps them say it well. Through workshops, seminars and one on one coaching. Christina works to build messaging development storytelling and public speaking skills with her colleague Brian Rutberg, Founder of 3C Coms. As well as subcontracts with local agencies. Formerly an active volunteer in the startup community. Primarily through pitch coaching with organizations like 1million cups and Founders Live. In 2019, Christina is focusing her volunteer time on social justice causes. She's State Coordinating Committee member for the Washington State Poor People's Campaign. A national call for a moral revival. She has a diverse background in Marketing, Advertising, Sales and Journalism and played college basketball while earning a Communication degree with a business minor. She generally wants to everyone to make it. Christina believes being able to get your message across as a major key to success. Communication is skill you can learn and always improve on.  

Feb 10, 201924:28
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Samantha Hartley of Enlightened Marketing

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Samantha Hartley of Enlightened Marketing

  

Samantha Hartley of Enlightened Marketing works with overwhelmed women consultants who are too busy to grow; spending too much time with clients or engagements that are too small and under-earning relative to their value. 

She helps them double (and sometimes quintuple) their businesses without exhaustion by attracting perfect clients and making $100K+ offers. As a result, they become more profitable, joyful business owners. 

Before starting this business, Samantha worked in international marketing for The Coca-Cola Company in Russia and its Atlanta headquarters. She lives on Martha’s Vineyard with her husband, their cat and two big dogs.

Feb 03, 201925:40
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Mike Lui of G&G Labortories

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Mike Lui of G&G Labortories

Our guest today is Mike Lui. Mike is CEO at G&G Laboratories. Mike is a first generation, Chinese-American born and raised in NE Philadelphia.

He majored in Economics in Penn State in 1998. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at age of 19 after his sophomore year at Penn State. He joined for a mixture of gratitude and service to his country. He also wanted to stretch is personal boundaries and he wanted to engage with people he wouldn’t have normally met.

Mike served as a Civil Affairs Specialist. The part of the Army that engages in nation building and reconstruction during and after conflicts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_affairs#United_States_Army

Mike deployed to an area south of Baghdad for his combat deployment, where he managed Civil Affairs team and engaged in reconstruction efforts. You can find more details here.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelluiprofile/

Mike left the Army in 2008, shortly before starting his MBA program at UCLA

Mike has been a management consultant, product manager and a technology researcher. Mike has a broad business and technology foundation. 

He has a good idea on what drives performance in teams, organizations and businesses.The next logical step for Mike was to start a business of his own and make it one that he could be proud of and that stands for something.

For Mike, Healthcare is a natural fit because everyone is affected by their personal health. G&G Laboratories deals with proprietary R&D in the cannabis space. The compounds within cannabis yield much potential as traditional health therapies. But not enough research is being done to determine the exact effects and to tailor products to treat specific conditions.

Jan 27, 201922:49
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Dan Kanivas, Managing Partner at Triple Summit Advisors

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Dan Kanivas, Managing Partner at Triple Summit Advisors

  

Dan is the Co-Founder and a portfolio manager of Triple Summit Advisors, LLC. Dan brings institutional asset management, wealth management, and client service experience to the team. Prior to Triple Summit, Dan worked in business development and operations at Zipline, a venture-backed robotics startup. Previously, Dan worked as an investment associate at Prudential Capital Group, where he conducted credit analysis and portfolio management for a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of investment grade, high-yield, and mezzanine debt. Dan also served as a field artillery officer in the U.S. Army, with overseas service in Iraq and Korea.  Dan graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Dan lives in the Seattle Area with his wife, daughter, and their lively Yorkie, Casey.

Jan 20, 201926:23
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Jessica Vittorio

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Jessica Vittorio

  

Jessica Vittorio is the Managing Attorney of The Law Office of Jessica Vittorio, an Adjunct Professor of Business Law, and host of a weekly business related podcast. She received her B.A. from Southwestern University, and earned her J.D. from Baylor Law School. Her practice is based in Dallas, TX and focuses on providing startups and small business owners with the insight and experience they need to properly grow their business. Jessica is active in the startup and entrepreneurial community throughout Texas, and regularly helps to advise companies on formation, fundraising, M&A, governance, and other daily operational issues. 

Jessica is a strong believer that  by understanding a company’s philosophy and values she can empower her clients to establish and grow their business in ways that will enable future success. In addition to her work within the business community, she also serves on the Board of various organizations, and is an active member of the Law Practice Management Committee of the State Bar of Texas.

Jan 13, 201926:42
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Christopher Molaro of NeuroFlow

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Christopher Molaro of NeuroFlow

  

Christopher Molaro is a 2010 graduate of USMA where he graduated with a degree in Engineering Management and commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer.  He deployed with the First Cavalry Division as a platoon leader to Iraq in 2011 and was awarded a Bronze Star.  Concurrently as a Captain in the Army he co-founded the non-profit Things We Read focused on enhancing the quality of lives of his Soldiers and inspiring them to pursue a lifetime of learning.  In 2017 he earned his Masters in Business Administration from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.  He is now the founder and CEO of NeuroFlow, a digital mental health technology company that was recently named a top mental health company by MedTech Boston and most innovative technology by the 2018 Psych Congress.  He resides in Philadelphia with his wife, Erica.

Jan 06, 201928:42
The cavnessHR Podcast - A release of our previous talk with Steven Matly

The cavnessHR Podcast - A release of our previous talk with Steven Matly

Steven Matly of SM Diversity was recently named one of Seattle's most influential people for 2018 by Seattle Magazine.

This is a rerelease of a previous episode we did with Steven to help celebrate this.

Dec 23, 201838:36
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Daniella Young of Culture Forte

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Daniella Young of Culture Forte

Daniella Young is a speaker, writer and the CEO of Cultural Forté, a culture and innovation consulting firm.

Daniella works with CEOs who are frustrated by turnover, employee conflict and lack of productivity to help them build strong teams, with creative individuals—by creating a supportive and positive culture that everyone loves.

After growing up in a seriously bad religious cult, Daniella became a Captain in the US Army, and one of the first women on a ground combat team in history.

After military service, Daniella consulted at Microsoft, before founding Cultural Forté, to help organizations, small teams, and individuals embrace innovative thinking, cultivate strong teams, and avoid the dangers that can plague even the most dynamic leaders. Her Cults, Combat and Culture™ seminar helps senior leaders to proactively engage in building high-passion/high performance teams, strong organizational culture and a place where diversity and personal strength are actively cultivated.

Amongst her clients are CEOs of large companies and small startups, government, military and non-profit leaders. Daniella will help you make culture your forté.


Dec 17, 201821:55
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Victor Prikhodko

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Victor Prikhodko

Victor Prikhodko is a Business Advisor within the Office of Translational Initiatives and Program Innovations (OTIPI) which supports the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and administers a $40M/Y Small Business Program. Victor Prikhodko is cofounder of two startups and previously held management positions at ABL, RHT Consulting and Aeras Global. Victor graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Microbiology and an MBA in Interdisciplinary Studies from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
Dec 09, 201828:09
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Robert Shaye of Fireside Finances

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Robert Shaye of Fireside Finances

Robert Shaye opened his first IRA at age 15 and has been fascinated by personal finance ever since. He attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and served 10 years on active duty, including two tours at sea conducting
search and rescue missions in the North Atlantic and counter-narcotics
missions in the Caribbean Sea. He is now a USCG Reservist in Seattle and sails on board the Barque EAGLE, “America’s Tall Ship,” during the summer training season. While at sea he teaches cadets and crewmembers about navigation as well as personal financial management. After leaving active duty in 2015, Robert was an early employee at FutureAdvisor, a digital investment advisor, which was later acquired by BlackRock. He worked for BlackRock for three years before leaving to start his own investment education company called Fireside Finances, LLC. Robert holds an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and is also a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant.

Dec 02, 201830:59
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Dr. Kathryn Bingham of LEADistics

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Dr. Kathryn Bingham of LEADistics

Dr. Kathryn Bingham partners with highly talented, highly motivated executives, entrepreneurs and professionals facing or seeking change to elevate leadership, increase impact, and achieve desired results in organizations, startups, projects, and careers. Through her coaching, courses, and workshops, leaders identify critical paths, align focus,
address barriers, and execute with passion and purpose in life and work. Kathryn’s expertise spans multiple functions across the domains of government, business, higher education and nonprofit sectors. She led strategy development, organizational change and business turn-around efforts, and provided recognized thought leadership in the areas of
leadership development and talent management. Kathryn completed her Executive MBA at Pepperdine University and her Ph.D. in Leadership at the University of San Diego. She brings multiple coaching methods to support her clients, including Leadership, Appreciative
Inquiry, and Stakeholder Centered Coaching. Her ongoing research focuses on transformative experiences in the leadership development journey of business professionals.
Nov 25, 201838:03
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Shah Chowdhury of Assault Forward

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Shah Chowdhury of Assault Forward

Our guest on the cavnessHR Podcast is Shahriar (Shah) Chowdhury. Shah is the Co-Founder of Assault Forward, a Veteran-owned apparel and accessories company. He also works in finance for a Fortune 500 financial services company.

Shah, who was born and raised in NYC, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from the Fordham University ROTC program on 9/1/2001, ten days before 9/11. He served on active duty as a Field Artillery Officer from 2001 to 2005 and deployed to Iraq for 15 months during OIF 1. He served as Platoon Leader, Battery Executive Officer, and Battery Commander in Baghdad.

Shah has been active with IAVA on Capitol Hill for Veterans’ issues such as the Post 9/11 GI Bill, Veteran suicide, and Burn Pit Legislation. He received his MBA from the University of Maryland using the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill.
Nov 18, 201822:23
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Steve Browne

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Steve Browne

Steve Browne, SHRM-SCP is the Vice President of Human Resources for LaRosa's, Inc. - a regional Pizzeria restaurant chain in Southwest Ohio with 13 locations and over 1,100 Team Members.

Steve has been an HR professional for 30 years and has worked in the Hospitality, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, and Professional Services industries in various HR roles.

He is currently a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Board of Directors and has been a member of the Membership Advisory Council (MAC) representative for the North Central Region of SHRM and Past Ohio State Council Director. He facilitates a monthly HR Roundtable as well as an HR internet forum, called the HR Net, which reaches over 11,000 people globally each week.

Steve is an accomplished speaker who has been featured at local, regional and national Conferences, Chambers of Commerce, HR chapters and businesses.

He’s very active in Social Media and has a nationally recognized HR blog – Everyday People. (http://sbrownehr.com) He also has authored a new book called “HR on Purpose !!” which looks at Human Resources from a fresh, positive and intentional perspective.
Nov 11, 201823:10
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Bernard Cruz of Jabez Consultant

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Bernard Cruz of Jabez Consultant

Bernard Cruz is a transformative, Human Resources Director and Human Resource Business Partner who designs and executes strategic initiatives that accelerated the complex challenges of the global talent market – touching organization, operations, culture change, leadership, performance management and succession planning. Leverages a collaborative leadership style, international career, depth and breadth of experience, and an innate ability to root out existing and/or potential problems to quickly create enduring solutions that align with business plans, human capital needs and strategic direction especially in India and China. Builds a foundation of trust and connectedness among internal and external stakeholders – building bridges with cultural sensitivity across oil and gas, energy, manufacturing, engineering and IT environments.
Nov 04, 201820:08
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Dr. Nancy Koury King

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Dr. Nancy Koury King

Dr. King is currently the President of Senior Options LLC, a senior services advisory company. She has served as an executive in health care for over 25 years. In addition, Dr. King has served as adjunct faculty at The Ohio State University School of Public Health. To write her book "Fired: How to Manage Your Career in the age of Job Uncertainty." Nancy spent five years traveling the country interviewing 65 people who were let go. Her research produced significant patterns and insights on the ramifications of job loss. The recovery that follows and tips for practically managing your career.
Oct 28, 201818:23
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Mary Ellen Sparrow of NextShift Robotics

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Mary Ellen Sparrow of NextShift Robotics

NextShift Robotics was co-founded by Mary Ellen Sparrow. Mary Ellen first began creating material handling robotics systems for the Semi-Conductor Industry while at PRI Automation (which was brought by Brooks Automation). Mary Ellen focused on all layers of software and her teams were responsible for deploying 30+ systems in Fabrication plants across the world for Intel, IBM, AMD, Motorola, Promos, etc. She has held software management positions at Brooks Automation, AS&E, Symbotic, and Veeco, where she managed software, systems, controls, software quality, field service, and program management teams; was a member of the companies’ strategic planning boards; and company representative for several semi-conductor standards committees.
Oct 21, 201815:10
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Vincent Edwards

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Vincent Edwards

Vincent Edwards, CEO of Empire Builders, has been consulting businesses for 8 years. Mr. Edwards has a diverse background that includes 11 years with Procter & Gamble and years of financial experience in loans, financing, capital investments, loan negotiations, HR and more. He has helped businesses raise millions from investors and debt financing. He loves working with businesses and helping them conquer the challenges they incur. His top skill is problem solving. He has consulted well over 100 companies from various industries and business sizes. His current vehicle to help startups and entrepreneurs is about to disrupt the startup community and ecosystem. He is a proud alumnus of the University of Kentucky. He Loves coffee, bourbon, cigars, living life to the fullest and is deathly allergic to failure.
Oct 15, 201824:37
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Bill Herling, CEO of HummingTree

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Bill Herling, CEO of HummingTree

Bill Herling runs Seattle based HummingTree. A national advertisement content management platform. HummingTree creates and shares affordable template ads to reach targeted customers faster. Bill previously ran Dial Inc. An interactive imaging technology which was fortunate enough to be acquired. Bill has written a few patents, is a marathon runner and volunteer coaches a youth cross country team that just won the city title.
Oct 08, 201814:58
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Robert Lee

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Robert Lee

Robert Lee is a career entrepreneur who sometimes refers to himself as the Forrest Gump of high tech. His diverse adventures encompass computer programming and hardware design, marketing consulting, advertising and electronic payment systems. As the founder and chief strategist behind successful businesses in both the U.S. and Canada, Lee and his companies have received national media exposure that included coverage in the New York Times and the front page of PC Week (now eWeek).
Sep 30, 201832:07
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Melissa Williams

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Melissa Williams

Our guest on the cavnessHR Podcast is Melissa Williams. She is the founder and chief consultant at Carolina Consulting LLC, author of Essential Life Skills, founder and President of nonprofit organization- Hands and Feet 24/7, Navy veteran, wife, passionate follower of Christ, and mom to three awesome children. She served in the Navy from 2003-2007, after which she completed her undergrad at Old Dominion University majoring in Philosophy. Since then, she has studied at Notre
Dame, Villanova, and Oxford Universities as she is a hopeless serial
student. She has risen from foster care in one of the poorest counties in
rural South Carolina to being an established community leader, author, and entrepreneur who is dedicated to improving the quality of life of our most forgotten communities and citizens.

Sep 24, 201822:31
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Victoria Matery

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Victoria Matery

Our guest on the cavnessHR Podcast is Victoria Matey. Victoria is a business events professional with 15 years international experience in the industry. She has successfully delivered many business events with high profile. Such as an investment showcase in London and those on a smaller scale. In 2001, She received her first major in linguistics. From Russian University and worked as a product coordinator for various organizations. Over the years she has been involved in delivering business events and realized this was something she liked doing. She then decided to get an Events Management education. She's always been keen to share her expertise and she noticed in her home country of Russia, there was a lack of education and professional government opportunities for event specialists. So in 2015 she started Matey Events.
Sep 17, 201820:20
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Joe Wallin

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Joe Wallin

Joe Wallin focuses his practice on emerging high growth startup companies. Joe frequently represents companies in Angel and Venture financing mergers and acquisitions and other significant business transactions. Joe also provides general counsel services for companies from startups to public.
Sep 10, 201816:12
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Sep 05, 201806:40
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Derek Iannelli-Smith

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Derek Iannelli-Smith

Derek Iannelli-Smith vCIO & Founder of Outsourced CIO, LLC works with growing companies to help design, structure and implement critical information systems and technology platforms. His clients say he helps demystify technology and remove the fears and uncertainties that many face in this area of their business. Outsourced CIO LLC simplifies technology. So you can focus on your business at hand. If you or someone you know has a growing company that could use an outsourced IT leader, please visit our “Contact Us” page.
Sep 03, 201819:37
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Dr. David Bugay

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Dr. David Bugay

David serves as an administrator for the Orange County Community College District. Where he has served as a Vice Chancellor for Human Resources for nine years. Prior to that he served as Vice President of Human Resources at College of the Desert and as a Chief Business Officer of the Oakland Community College District Auburn Hills campus. Dr. Bungay will move to a professor position in January 2019 at Irvine college. In the meantime he has been busy writing. His books include Zombie Dearest and musical comedy play and two poetry books. Naked Turtle Dances and Zami Dearest poems for young zombies. Dr. Bugay has a Ph.D. in Organization Behavior. The latest product which will hit bookstores around August and is titled "Backbonology: Tough Decisions at Work" is a practical hands on book. David resides in Orange County, California with his family and friends especially his wonderful wife Susan.
Aug 27, 201825:30
The cavnessHR Podcast - a talk with Tej Yale

The cavnessHR Podcast - a talk with Tej Yale

Tej Yale is the Founder/CEO of ThinkImpact Inc., a digital marketing company based out of Rochester Hills, Michigan. ThinkImpact Inc. specializes in Marketing Consulting, Marketing Research, Social Media Management, Website Management, Event Management, Business Support, Project Management/Coordination. The company was founded in June 2017 after Tej was approached by local businesses needing help with their Marketing/Branding strategies.

He has 3-4 years of experience within the Marketing Industry working
for different organizations that range from local government, sports and
entertainment, a large global corporation, and an automation company
specializing in Autonomous Vehicles for Industrial Applications.
In addition to serving as CEO of ThinkImpact Inc., Tej also serves as a Marketing Project Coordinator for AIM Inc., an automation company specializing in Autonomous vehicles for Industrial Applications company based out of Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Aug 20, 201820:04
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Ninh Tran of Hiretual

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Ninh Tran of Hiretual

Ninh is the Chief Relationship Officer and Co-founder of Hiretual, and is also a SourceConERE MediaRecruiter.comUniversity of California, Berkeley, and author, and has spoken on various subjects such as “AI & the Future of Recruiting”, “Today’s Sourcing Technology and Skills”, “Recruiting Workflow Automation”, “Hacking Authentic Leadership for Growth”, and “Selling is Human in the Digital World” at , Stanford University, and global TA conference As Cal alumni, Ninh founded Trucksome to help emerging local food economies thrive while creating thousands of jobs for the unemployed right here in the US. Then he went on to GoogleHireTeamMate Hiretual before co-founding an executive search firm where he leads the business and recruiting operations that placed hundreds under one year before founding . Hiretual, a “Recruiter’s Best Friend” is an AI recruiting platform of choice, built by recruiters for recruiters.
Aug 13, 201832:40
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Josh Kotoff (YouTube Strategist and SEO)

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Josh Kotoff (YouTube Strategist and SEO)

Josh Kotoff is a SEO Expert and YouTube Strategist that teaches his craft virtually and in person through Snapchat and College Campuses. He's worked with national brands, like Live Nation where he manages their Talent database for rankings on booking your favorite bands, artists, or speakers for events with over 1,200 pages ranking on the first page of Google.

Taking his skill in SEO, he translates that into YouTube Strategy by helping channels grow, rank their videos, and perform programming schedules. He currently manages 5 major accounts grossing over 6 million views a month.

But most of all Josh loves to teach, share his story, and encourage everyone to turn their passions into their work and do it from anywhere in the world they want to be.
Aug 06, 201830:57
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Poornima Vijayashanker
Jul 30, 201825:49
The cavnessHR Episode - A talk with Darren Austin

The cavnessHR Episode - A talk with Darren Austin

Between 1999 and 2010 Darrin helped start Amazon's on first mobile product initiative in 1999. Cofounded two more tech companies. Introduced the first instant messaging app for the iPhone in 2008. As a product lead mobile aim and ICQ at AOL. Help start the mobile product team at Expedia in 2010. More recently Darren served as a VP of products for Seattle based startup Glympse. And in 2015 was recruited by Microsoft . To help accelerate the culture change to the company. As product lead for one note.

Darren is active in the Seattle startup community and recently began co producing a podcast called a better show with two of his close friends.
Jul 23, 201834:27
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Heather Mattisson

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Heather Mattisson

Heather has over 15 years of experience in product management marketing at Intel and holds a Master's degree in marketing from the Kellogg School of Management. She has been PMP for over 12 years. Has won recognition awards. For a role as a software product launches and program management of several firms.

Most recently Heather joined a global diversity and inclusion team at Intel Corp. As a unit University partnerships manager. She drives partnerships with some of Intel's education partners. Such as Georgia Tech and six historically black colleges and universities. HBCUs. She manages a college student mentoring program. Prior to Intel Heather held management roles at Ticketmaster and Omediz. A patient portal startup and managed the product launch software product management processes for million dollar clients.

Heather is also a certified Intergral coach and certified VitalSmart Crucial Conversations Client Trainer and enjoys volunteering for children and women's organizations.
Jul 16, 201822:37
The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Bobby McDonald

The cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Bobby McDonald

Bobby is the Founder and CEO of Parlay Ideas. He was born and raised in
Stouffville Ontario and is the middle of three boys. He comes from three
generations of Irish, Scottish and Italian immigrants and entrepreneurs,
most of whom came to Canada around the turn of the century.
After finishing high school in Aurora Ontario, Bobby studied International
Management at McGill University. While at school he spent time learning
Mandarin and studying in China. Afterward, he started a clothing line, worked in various roles at CI Financial, and finally as a Solutions Engineer for an Enterprise Software company called Resolver. His current venture (and the reason he is here with us today) - Parlay - was born out of a frustration with the lack of engaging dialogue in the classroom, and a simple but powerful realization that the only way to build a better world is through meaningful conversation.


Jul 09, 201821:20