Ep1125: Marc Gaffan: From Soldier to Cybersecurity Visionary: A Journey of Adapting to Customer Needs

Phillip Kane is a husband, father, and businessman. He has had a successful career in some of the world’s best-known corporations. Working for brands like Goodyear, Pirelli, and NAPA, Kane has had the privilege to lead thousands of individuals and has managed billions of dollars in value for stakeholders. Crediting his father, a Polish sales manager, and a Nigerian priest with almost every good thing he has learned about life, leadership, business and the art of storytelling, Kane proved for 30 years that the need to choose between winning and caring for others is a myth. Kane lives in Ohio with his wife, three children, and four wonderdogs. The Not So Subtle Art of Caring is his first book.

22 Aug 202222min

Joe Casey is the Managing Partner of Retirement Wisdom and the author of Win the Retirement Game launching on August 9th. Joe’s an executive coach who also helps people create meaningful lives after their primary careers. He works with people - who aren’t done yet – to figure out What’s Next? It’s not theoretical for Joe. He’s done this himself, becoming a coach 13 years ago after a 26-year career at Merrill Lynch, where he was Senior Vice President & Head of HR for Global Markets & Investment Banking. Business Insider named Joe as one of 23 innovative coaches who are making a difference.

21 Aug 202221min

Ronny Schwartz-Dgani is the co-founder and CMO of expecting.ai - a full stack marketer with 15 years experience In marketing, brand building and CRO in enterprise and startup environments spanning across various industries such as online-marketplace, automotive, retail and more. Ronny leads brand and product strategy and seeks to combine traditional marketing concepts alongside generating a transformation in customer engagement achieved with data-driven marketing methods. Ronny has a masters degree in communication and management from Tel Aviv University, she started her career at Adler Chomski/ Grey, one of Israel’s largest advertising agencies managing global accounts and then switched to the client side as the head of marketing for Switch, the online marketplace startup by Colmobil Corp. Following her startup experience, Ronny led Hyundai’s marketing in Israel where she initiated a digital transformation across the distribution chain, transforming the brand to a data-driven operation.

19 Aug 202222min

Michael Reddington, CFI is a certified forensic interviewer and president of InQuasive, Inc., which integrates key components of effective non-confrontational interview techniques with current business research for executives. In his new book, The Disciplined Listening Method: How a Certified Forensic Interviewer Unlocks Hidden Value in Every Conversation (Per Capita Publishing, March 2021), Reddington draws on his background in forensics and his understanding of human behavior through interrogation to teach readers how to improve their listening, communication and relationship-building skills—and how to use the truth to their advantage.

18 Aug 202222min

I’m a results-driven Product Director with an agile approach to developing, delivering, and marketing amazing products. With a technical background and passion for cutting-edge technology, I can lead a startup company to a winning product. Direct and immediate relations with clients enabled me to conceive ideas and new products to provide better value to clients and create new and winning products and features to generate new revenue streams and a better world. Fields of expertise: SaaS, B2B, Web, Ad tech, Publishers and Advertising strategies, Agile development of data-driven products.

17 Aug 202220min

Alon Gilady graduated with a BA in economics and philosophy from TAU, a serial entrepreneur based in Tel Aviv. During his last year at university, Alon founded a start-up company in the sports & entertainment collectibles industry. Alon signed big licensing deals with notable brands such as FC Barcelona and Man. City, NBA, WWE, and Disney, selling over 1.5M units through major retailers in Europe and the USA. In 2017 he co-founded a 3D-rendering studio creating virtual reality experiences for architects and interior designers. From the knowledge and experience gained in this venture, the idea of renovai was born with an ambitious mission: to empower online retailers with AI to make professional design and stylist services affordable and accessible for all.

16 Aug 202221min

Matt's an enterprise software leader with experience growing businesses, building global teams, and delivering products. Before founding Vivun, he worked at Zuora, BigMachines, and Deloitte.

15 Aug 202222min

Manik is the Founder and CEO of Therma, a technology startup whose mission is to help protect our food, health and planet. Therma builds safety and sustainability tools to eliminate food waste, improve energy efficiency and reduce refrigerant emissions — protecting consumers and combating climate change. Therma is deployed across restaurants, retailers, distributors and manufacturers worldwide, with leading brands including Mcdonald's, Starbucks, NOW Foods, 7-Eleven and Marriott Hotels. Previously, Manik co-founded the Governance Lab (GovLab), an innovation center at NYU that develops technology solutions to improve government. He has been recognized amongst the Top 100 Harvard Alumni in Technology, a past Affiliate of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and previously held positions at global investment firm D. E. Shaw & Company and the White House National Economic Council.

14 Aug 202224min