Best Lee Tessier Podcasts (2024)

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#5 - Bob Cecil (Re-Release) - Consulting Executive / Nuclear Engineer / The power of "I Don't Know" as a consultant 40:40

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Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . " A podcast where I speak with people about their career success, advice given or received and listen to their interesting stories about how they got to where they are today. I am honored to have someone I've always looked up to in my consulting career Bob Cecil - Nuclear Engineer to a Big 4 Partner …

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#66 Walkyria Whitlock (Re-Release) - Author / Yoga Instructor / Coping with Depression / Yachting / "Don't lose Hope" 1:03:05

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and I have a conversation with a young lady Walkyria Whitlock who shares amazing stories about her life and time in Idaho, Fiji, Rio, The Hamptons, Florida, Australia and working on Yachts while traveling. Career Background: Author of the book "I love what I've forgotten" Self Employed as President of Global MVP Yoga Instru…

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#69 Dave Brown (Re-Release) - Global Big 4 Leader / Hiring People / The Zen Master / ABBA!!! (Ugh) 1:15:54

25d ago1:15:54

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and this is by far one of my most organic and fun podcasts where my former boss and guest Dave Brown and I don't get past what he studied in college and managed to enjoy a very insightful conversation. Career Background: Principal & Global leader for Shared Services and Outsource advisory for KPMG 10 years of experience wit…

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#12 Sana Afzal (Re-Release) - Creative Business Executive / Empathy in the Creative World / The Power of Journaling 1:06:15

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I've got a inspiring and clairvoyant one for you with my guest Sana Afzal. Background Sana hails from Houston, Texas, grew up in Dubai and calls California home. Creative Business Exec at Google, and was previously a Creative Ops and Production lead at The ZOO, a Global Policy Strategist and Senior Creative PM at AdMob, Sana has been a strong advoc…

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#37 Gareth Chegwidden (Re-Release) - Transformation Business Strategy Principle / Spread your wings / why MBA / Experience as much as possible 1:01:02

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Today you will hear my conversation with a dear friend, colleague and all around great guy Gareth Chegwidden Career Overview Educated in Sydney Australia at Macquarie and University of Technology, Sydney Big 4 experience with Deloitte AMP as head of relationship mngt and portfolio services Adjunct lecturer at University of Sydney going on over 5 ye…

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#34 Angel Hoover (Re-Release) - Partner Willis Towers Watson (Benelux) / GREAT first job story / Needing Sales Exp / Living past 100 years 1:08:38

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I have one of my dearest friends who I've know for over 15 years and has done so much with her career and I'm really humbled to be her friend and have her on my Podcast. Get ready for my conversation with Angel Hoover coming to us from Amsterdam Career Background: Currently in her 9th role at Willis Towers Watson …

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#45 Levi Watters & Pete Collins (Re-Release) - Big 4 Executives / Navy & Brisbane / The "Why" / Take the Opportunity in Front of You 1:04:24

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and I've got my first 3 way . . . . Conversation with 2 great friends from Australia Levi Waters and Pete Collins. This was one of my favorite podcasts to record and I just had the best time with these two "Blokes". Career Background: - Normally I walk you through individually, however with this one these guys are very simi…

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#74 Anne-Claude Tessier (Re-Release) - KPMG Partner / Paris at 7 am / Life Long Learner 51:21

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Highlights Moving around 10 times prior to age of 20 Saw the world early and often Paris at 7 am is Magic The freedom of being a consultant You can take a 10 euro taxi home, c'mon No clue on what to do with her career, that changed quickly Learning something is a great day Falling in love with Japan and learning yet another language Traveling to Ch…

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#65 Mark Bladon (Re-Release) - Career is like a Roller Coaster / His Consulting Perspective / Big 4 Partner / Who Mark hires 1:14:10

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and you are going to have to "buckle up" for this one as I bring you a colleague and good friend from down under, Mr. Mark Bladon. As only Mark can do, he brings a unique, authentic perspective throughout our conversation. Background overview KPMG Partner in IT Advisory since 2010 Partner with IBM for 6 years PWC Partner fo…

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#4 - Lee Ann Moore (Re-Release) - COO / Marketing & Sales Executive Roles / Being a Leader NOT a Manager 55:47

4M ago55:47

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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 Lee Ann Moore Some guests "wing it" and some guests "Prepare", well my conversation with Lee Ann Moore will tell you …

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#19 Matt Booth (Re-Release) - Big 4 Partner / Hiring quality individuals / Walking beans / Dinner guest (ironic) 42:33

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I've got a fun one for you today, Matt Booth A bit about Matt: Spent his entire career with one Big 4 accounting Firm, bit of a dinosaur Focused on Internal and external audit Exposed to broad range of Business Issues Leadership styles Board positions Diversity and inclusion councils Nice Guy Humble servant to his team Hard worker with a quick wit …

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#6 - Ning Wright (Re-Release) - Asia Pacific Consulting Executive / Starting the China Consulting Business / "Pound of Flesh" working in China 49:18

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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 personal and fun one for you with my guest Ning Wright Career: - Spent 16 years at KPMG in the UK, Hong Kong and Shanghai - Prior to KPMG she work in…

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#1 - Dale Sidebottom (Re-Release) - Entrepreneur / Author / Keynote & Ted Talk Speaker / Power of Connections 51:17

6M ago51:17

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Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . " A podcast where I speak with people about their career success any setbacks they faced and listen to their interesting stories about how they got to where they are today. I'm your host Gary Nowak and today . . . I've got a special one for you, Dale Sidebottom. Our background First met on the Inca T…

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#2 - Teri Robinson (Re-Release) - Industry and Consulting Executive / Becoming a CIO / Grabbing Balance 53:10

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Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . " A podcast where I speak with people about their success, advice given or received and listen to their interesting stories about their careers. I'm your host Gary Nowak and today . . . I've got a fun and insightful one for you today, my good friend and former colleague Teri Robinson Career; Moved be…

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#94 Sarah McDonald (Re-Release) - Best Selling Author / COO / Ebay and Accenture / Le Cordon Bleu 1:04:29

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Career Background: Best selling author of her book "The Cancer Channel" COO for a start up in SF Adentro Ebay for over 14 years Consultant at Accenture Started her career at Chubb in LA and spent time in NYC Educated at - Occidental College Cornell for the MBA Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa culinary institute Highlights what to do during "down time" her YMC…

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#103 Steve Woodruff - King of Clarity / Author / Found his passion & loves it 59:34

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Background: Vanderbilt University Bachelor in Psychology Director of sales and marketing VP of Business Development VP of Communications Collaborating Author Co-Founder / Co-Moderator (Leadership Chat) President of Impactiviti / ClarityFuel for over 17 years Highlights Another paper boy Consultant / Author Sunday French Toast Clarity is the heart a…

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#102 Marnie Jones - Expert consultant / 2 wonderful mentors / 6 months turned into 6 years (no way) 1:00:27

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Background Currently - Director of Talent X & Educate X Cracked into consulting in 2011 with Gallop Solutions where she worked with some incredible people who helped shape her career. Marnie eventually Started her own Business consultant organization Highlights: Hungry Jacks (Burger Kind) and the $300 phone bill No drive or desire to go to universi…

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#101 Jason Gelios - Author of 2 books / Top producing realtor / 2 guests for "Fun Stuff" awesome 1:05:17

1y ago1:05:17

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Background Went to my Alma Mater Macomb Community College Hard working guy who had several jobs prior to finding his career Award winning and Top Producing Realtor in the Metro Detroit area Author of "Think like a realtor" "Beating the Force of Average" Created a real estate show and an Expert media contributor to all kinds of real estate shows Hig…

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# 100 - I'm interviewed by my Sisters (Vicky & Linda) / Love / Caring / Respect 1:07:22

1y ago1:07:22

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So proud of both my sisters for doing this as they were a bit stretched out of their comfort zone. You will hear about: - The Nowak "No" - Boblo Island - Our first sibling trip - Impact of a cruise ship in Seattle On a personal note, I just want to say how much I love and appreciate both of my sisters. We are all so very similar and you can hopeful…

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#99 Rob Cornell - Consulting Executive / Doing What's Right / Great Guys from Michigan 47:04

1y ago47:04

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Career Background Central Michigan University Alumni MIS and Accounting Heaps of Credentials from the University of Michigan Solid career in consulting with Equaterra and KPMG Highlights Searching for the next phase of his career Studying Management Information Systems early on Great first job story, awesome The big houston move, loved it Wonderful…

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#98 Chellie Phillips - Author of 3 Books / Career Brand Strategist / Giving Southern Gal 57:49

1y ago57:49

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Career Background Troy University Journalism and Public Relations News Writer @ Troy Progress Features editor @ Troy Messenger Freelance Writer and Photographer South Alabama Cooperative Marketing and member Services / Communications Over 21 years Author of 3 books When in Doubt, Delete It Get Noticed / Get Hired Culture Secret Highlights Great fir…

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#97 William Gulley - Executive @ Butler University / Engineer and MBA / Filling the Vacuum 1:08:52

1y ago1:08:52

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Career Background College career he attended Purdue University for Mechanical Engineering Michigan State for his MBA University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business As you will here his career has been one of leadership through change with some great opportunities Most recently he is at Butler University Executive Director focusing on o…

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# 96 Leslie Chen - Entrepreneur / Weight Loss Executive Coach / Being Authentic to Yourself 51:04

1y ago51:04

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Leslie's Resources For You: - To learn her work, visit www.riselean.com - To learn about how to overcome food obsession, visit http://www.riselean.com/food-obsession - To learn about executive weight loss coaching, visit https://www.riselean.com/executive-weight-loss-coach/ - To learn about her proprietary methodology Lean Instinct Formula™: https:…

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#95 Alec Houston - Wild Wonderful career thus far / Musician / Discovering America / True Grit 55:55

1+ y ago55:55

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Highlights Still on the books for his first job which only had 4 shifts / Music is in his blood - Wanting to be in an 80's glam band in 2008 / Not going to Uni just after High school / Getting the itch to discover America / Spending 90 days to discover all parts of the US / Seeking out unique experiences / Call center highlighted his resiliency and…

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#93 Jeff DeLamielleure - Cornell Football Star / Engineer / Consultant / Being a great listener 47:23

1+ y ago47:23

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Background College at Cornell Played football Studied Electrical Engineering Worked at great companies Arthur Andersen Oracle Ford Motor Company Currently at TomTom as their PM Automotive In-Vehicle Software Engineer Highlights: Working at Grandpa's Bar Father Murphy and breaking his heart Very pragmatic and being a problem solver Being Supremely c…

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# 92 Jayne Jenkins - CEO of Churchill / National Speaker Mngt Leader / Pharma Executive / 56:16

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Career Background: CEO of the Churchhill Leadership Group Global Coaching organization President and Board Member - Leadership and Team Development AstraZeneca for over 22 years National speaker management leader Regional Sales Director Strategic Brand Planning Manager Highlights Starting work at 7 years old in the Corner Shop Loving science when y…

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#91 Nando Ateho - Entrepreneur / Mom is a "Bad Ass" / Daily ideas to live by / ICLC for his kids 1:09:11

1+ y ago1:09:11

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I've got an interesting one for you with my guest Nando Ateho who during our conversations gives us some great insight into his background and current entrepreneurial mindset. Career Background: Comes from a family of Entrepreneurs His work consists of creating a culture of mutually beneficial relationships Ideas …

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#90 Sabrina Houssami - Founder CEO of Avanti Search / Former Miss World / Apprentice contestant 55:36

1+ y ago55:36

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Career Background: Founder and CEO of Avanti Search Recruitment experience with: Accolade Wines Class Ltd Wolters Kluwer NSW Dept of Industry Apprentice Australia Contestant Ambassador for: Ferrari Australian Grand Prix Corporation Miss World Australia 2006 Her Company - https://www.avantisearch.com.au/ Highlights Best first job ever Miss World Aus…

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#89 Mark Robinson - President & CEO / Mom advice / Live in the Gray / Drive for $$$ 1:20:33

1+ y ago1:20:33

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Career Background: Currently President and CEO of Axion Medical Board member with: Bottlenose ESSI Advisor to Private Equity and Venture capitalists Equaterra for nearly 8 years Founder of Morgan Chambers in the UK Highlights Hard working family and the oldest of 6 kids Community College degree / Great visual Power plant engineering degree Semi aut…

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#88 Katherine Twells - Coca Cola Executive / Executive Leadership Coach / Podcast Host 1:19:53

1+ y ago1:19:53

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Career Background: Coca Cola in various role SVP Customer Excellence VP of the West Zone National Team leader with sales associate recruiting National account executive Florida State University majoring in Advertising Communication Highlights Being a Seminole vs a Gator No idea on the major, sound familiar Sales career began early with convincing h…

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#87 John Ashworth - Transformation Guru / Finding your path / Key mentors / Comedy 1:23:52

1+ y ago1:23:52

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Career Background: Finance transformation expert most recently with: BT in London Prior to that: SVP Finance Operations with Smith and Nephew VP Finance Transformation and systems with Pearson Highlights Not knowing how to do his first job and getting promoted Compensating with a Porsche Taking a year off prior to University Coming from humble stoc…

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# 86 Emma Brown - Snr Program Manager Intuit / Talent Agent / Photographer / Loving the fashion industry 1:02:09

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Career Background: Senior Program Manager at Intuit Recent MBA graduate from UC Davis in California Fashion Industry experience with: Talent program Manager @ Zuri Model and Talent Talent Director at Tadashi Shoji Project Manager @DrJays.com Find her photography here - http://www.emmaphotography.com/#!/page/40627/home Highlights Del Mar and love of…

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#85 Greg Tucker - CxO Level(s) / Stanford MBA (made them wait) / Engineering to Business / How to listen 1:08:41

1+ y ago1:08:41

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I've had the great honor of reconnecting with a former colleague and extremely successful consultant @Greg Tucker Career Background: Award winning CXO, CMO, Chief Customer Officer Chief Journey mapper, heling companies better understand the customer journey Self employed with his highly successful consulting compa…

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#84 Sherry Bisaillon - Executive with Pharma and Tech / Relationship builder / Bold career moves 1:07:40

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Career Background: Currently CEO of her own consulting company Microsoft for over 11 years in Learning and Development Worked for: Dell in Canada Sherry Tetley and Associates - Mngt Consulting Baxter International GSK - GlaxoSmithKline Highlights Working as Veterinarian assistant Medical micro biology major Bringing two horses to university Becomin…

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# 83 Mark Herschberg - Author / MIT Professor / CTO / App Creator 1:12:54

1+ y ago1:12:54

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Career Background: Author of the book "The Career Toolkit" MIT Graduate and an engineer by background Chief Technology Officer at several companies Faculty at MIT Creator of the "brain Dump" App https://brainbumpapp.com/ Highlights Mom "Why don't you teach the chess class" Book "The Career Toolkit" 10 Topics / 10 chapters Learning the intangible sk…

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#82 Myah Payel Mitra - Career Transition Coach / Independent Consultant / Customer Expert 58:55

1+ y ago58:55

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Career Background: Employee engagement and Career transition coach Independent consultant Certified movement therapy practitioner Founder and president of Lean in Regional Leader Social Entrepreneur Customer expert strategist Highlights: Day 1 working with the CIO High touch Engineer to certified movement therapy practitioner Living the scripted li…

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#81 John Masley - Big 4 Executive / Mentoring is "Everything" / Best advice = Be Present / Rick Bertheaud Tribute 1:08:59

1+ y ago1:08:59

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Today I was lucky enough to catch up with my good friend and all around good guy John Masley. Career Background: KPMG Executive for over 18 years Also worked for great companies like: SourceNet Solutions National Tech Team PMH Caramanning Universal Computer systems Highlights Mowing lawns and working at a golf course Key takeaways = Relationships B…

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#80 Adrienne Kortas - Executive Coach / Target & Amazon Exec Role / Mom & Dad stories / Fun Person 51:02

1+ y ago51:02

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Highlights Another babysitting job / Extremely responsible as a young person / Yo Adrienne is a real thing / Her life is a foreshadow / The big tall bar = Corporate Trainer / College Professor / Thinking IO Psychology was the path / Graduating at the dot com bust and trying to find work / First job being the most boring thing ever / NOT listening t…

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#79 Damian Carnell - Founder & Consulting Exec / Executive Compensation Focus / Worthwhile work? / HK Experience 1:04:54

1+ y ago1:04:54

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Today my guest Damian Carnell is a guy who figured it out early in his career about what he wanted to do and the impact he wanted to make. Career Background: Executive Compensation Focus Founder of CORPGRO Worked for great companies like Towers Watson for over 22 years Aon Hewitt EY Senior Highlights First job in pub and getting along with your co-…

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#78 Linda Griffin - IBM 30 Years / Book Self Publishing Coach / Write a book, become an expert 59:10

1+ y ago59:10

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Career Background: Been with Grass roots Marketing systems for over 12 years Book Self publishing coach Business and marketing coach 30 years with IBM starting in the '70's reaching Senior Executive level MBA from the University of South Florida Bachelor from Auburn University with a degree in Mathematics Find her on her website at expertauthor411.…

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#77 George Chanos - Author / Former Attorney General / Chairman / Futurist 1:05:43

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https://georgejchanos.com/ A bit about his career: Author of two books Seize your destiny: A roadmap to success Millennial Samurai: A Mindset for the 21st Century Motivational Speaker Chairman Wing Zone Capriotti's Sandwich shoe for nearly 15 years Attorney General for the State of Nevada An Attorney by trade and educational background Some Highlig…

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#76 Zoey Ahmad - Researcher / Harvard Fellowship / Great Mom Advice 52:01

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Career Background: While at Harvard Graduate research associate Graduate research fellow For 2+ years Business Operations and Researcher at The Conference board of Canada User / Market Researcher at Advanced Orthomolecular Research Highlights Learning the power of conversational skills early through selling cloths Choosing a community college for c…

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#75 Vijay Eswaran - Entrepreneur / Executive chairman / 15% Promise / 33 days of silence 1:00:18

1+ y ago1:00:18

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Career Background: Founder and Executive Chairman of QI Group of companies HQ's in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur Operations in over 30 countries He is diversified with business interests in: Real estate Education Retail and Hospitality Also owns a football / soccer club in Malaysia Highlights Following in his fathers footsteps early with wanting to a …

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#73 Josh Farr - Founder Campus Consultancy / Engineer turned Entrepreneur / The Love of People / Making Muffins 1:15:22

2y ago1:15:22

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and my Josh Farr Is an incredible story of a young man impacting so many individuals through his work and inspiring company Career Background: Founder of Campus Consultancy, nearly 5 years Enactus advisory board member and world cup judge Degree in Engineering from the university of New South Wales in Sydney Highlights Grea…

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#72 Jenn Muszik - Pharma Executive / Life Long Learner / Be you first / Don't go askin' for Advice 1:01:02

2y ago1:01:02

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and I hope you will enjoy this podcast as much as I did recording my good friend @Jenn Muszik. As you will soon find Jenn has a great life perspective with a very successful career in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Career Background: Currently head of Global Commercial Learning with Biogen Roche in the Commercial Education & …

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#71 Paul Winter - 20 yrs Big 4 Australian Partner / "Can Do" attitude / Great career decision / Priceless thank you 56:27

2y ago56:27

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and my guest Paul Winter is another example of being blessed to find his career calling early and sticking with the same employer for over 20 years. Career Background: Currently the Partner in Charge of CFO Advisory at KPMG Entire professional career has been with KPMG ascending from Audit to Consulting Attended the Univers…

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#70 Sneha Kapoor - Consulting Executive / CxO Advisor / Career Courage / Sir Alex Reference 44:12

2y ago44:12

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and my guest Sneha Kapoor has a wonderful story about her career and switching from Finance to IT and becoming a Growth Strategy Adviser. Career Background: Working with IDC as a Practice Head of Intelligent Automation & Artificial Intelligence / CXO Adviser Tech Strategist and Research lead for (China / Japan / India) whil…

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#68 Liz Evans - Big 4 Principal / Catching Up / Lot's of LOVE / Connecting the Dots 55:47

2y ago55:47

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and in addition to being a great person and fantastic former co-worker my guest Liz Evans has one of my most favorite accents of all time (Northern England). Career Background: Big 4 Principal for over 5 years Managing director at EquaTerra Managing consultant with PA Consulting Group Attended University of Hertfordshire ju…

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#67 Adam Mowl - Marine (Afghanistan) / Cyber Security / High Morale Compass / Feat the Beard 1:05:36

2y ago1:05:36

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I'm your host Gary Nowak and I am honored to have as a guest a young man who has served our country with 5 years in the military. Adam Mowl is a self proclaimed Renaissance man with a great foundation for life and very strong character. Career Background: Served at a Marine for 5 years and spent 1 year in Afghanistan tracking high value targets Sin…

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Rachel Begun - 20+ years Health Nutrition / Founder and CEO Communication Strategy / Nationally known / Acting like a man 51:47

2y ago51:47

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Find Rachel Here - https://rachelbegun.com/ Career Background: 20+ years as a health and nutrition communications expert Founder and CEO of a communications strategy firm for 12 years Nationally recognized registered dietitian nutritionist conducting 1,000 + interviews with top media outlets and writing for trade and consumer publications Transitio…

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