SRE Prodcast brings Google's experience with Site Reliability Engineering together with special guests and exciting topics to discuss the present and future of reliable production engineering!
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The Pivotal Leader podcast, hosted by Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer of Pivot10 Results, features 30-minute interviews with modern and pivotal business leaders who share their experiences and anecdotal success stories to inspire rising leaders to shift their own organizational cultures to higher success.
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Production Problems Are For All! with Ben Treynor Sloss
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Ben Treynor Sloss (VP of Engineering, Google) joins hosts Steve McGhee and Dr. Jennifer Petoff (Director of Technical Infrastructure Education, Google) to share the evolution of SRE and its impact on software development, how AI and ML significantly impacts SRE practices, and the future of SRE. Ben coined the term "Site Reliability Engineering" for…
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There Remains a Huge Amount of Work to Do, with Healfdene Goguen
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In this episode, Healfdene Goguen (Principal Engineer, Google) joins hosts Steve McGhee and Jordan Greenberg to discuss the vast amount of work to be done by SREs, and the fascinating challenges to tackle with clear real-world implications. It's a truly exciting time to be an SRE at Google!By Google Prodcast Team
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SRE, a Basis of Influence, with Amy Tobey & Vladyslav Ukis
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In this season of Google Prodcast, current and former SREs, both within and outside of Google, chat with hosts Steve McGhee and Jordan Greenberg to discuss software systems designed and built by SREs. For "episode zero", guests Amy Tobey (Live Services SRE, Netflix) and Dr. Vladyslav Ukis (Head of R&D, Siemens Healthineers, Author of "Establishing …
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Life of An SRE: Life after Google SRE, with Carla Geisser, Cody Smith, and Laura Nolan
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Former Google SREs, or "Xooglers", talk with hosts MP and Steve McGhee about site reliability engineering outside of Google. What’s the difference in scale? What skills are generally valuable? And why can’t you build “SRE in a box” that jump-starts pretty much any organization? Join Carla Geisser, Cody Smith, and Laura Nolan in their lively convers…
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Sabrina Farmer, VP of Engineering at Google, talks about her career journey through Site Reliability Engineering. What does management mean? What’s involved in being an effective manager? and what’s a feasibility study? Hear some great advice on how to get what you expect out of a role, wherever on the ladder it is.…
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Dave Reisner talks about his path to Staff SRE, from ArchLinux contributor through DevOps to software engineer. This episode emphasizes the value of strong mentoring and manager relationships, and the challenges of work-life balance.By Salim Virji
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Explore the role and responsibilities of an SRE manager with Stephen Benjamin.By Salim Virji
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Explore the role and responsibilities of a Senior SRE with Jessica Theodat, as she discusses life-work balance, the value of mentoring, and being a Black woman in SRE.By Salim Virji
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Life of An SRE with Shannon Brady and Theo Klein
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Explore the career path of SREs Shannon Brady and Theo Klein as they discusses their paths to Site Reliability Engineering and finding their areas of expertise.By Salim Virji
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Life of An SRE with Mariuxi Vasconez and Julian Alarcon
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In this episode, Mariuxi and Julian discuss their paths to SRE: what drew them initially to SRE, and what motivates them to continue developing skillsBy Salim Virji
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Life of An SRE Episode 1: Tom Cranitch and Megan Yin
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How does one become an SRE? And what’s the career like? In this episode, Tom and Megan discuss their path to SRE.By Salim Virji
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Creating the SRE Prodcast with John Reese (JTR)
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Host MP English and former Google SRE John Reese (JTR) chat about the creation of the Prodcast. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy MP English
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Ayelet Sachto offers advice on creating an actionable, transparent, and blameless postmortem culture. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy MP English, Viv
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Adrienne Walcer discusses how to approach and organize incident management efforts throughout the production lifecycle. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy Viv, MP English
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On-Call Rotations with Andrew Widdowson (APW)
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Andrew Widdowson (APW) shares strategies for successful on-call rotations. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy MP English, Viv
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Pierre Palatin dives into different automation strategies, how to build confidence in your system, and why designing the UI may be your biggest challenge. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy Viv, MP English
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Client-Transparent Migrations with Pavan Adharapurapu
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Pavan Adharapurapu details how to approach large-scale migrations while optimizing for user experience. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy MP English, Viv
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Narayan Desai explains why SLOs can be problematic and proposes alternative methods for monitoring complex, large-scale systems. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy Viv, MP English
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Amelia Harrison advises on when and how to alert, ideal coverage, and tuning. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy MP English, Viv
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Customer-Centric Monitoring with Silvia Esparrachiari
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Silvia Esparrachiari talks about the challenges of monitoring and the importance of understanding your users. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy Viv, MP English
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SRE Philosophy with Jennifer Mace (Macey)
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What is SRE, anyway? Jennifer Mace (Macey) gives us her definition of "site reliability engineer," discusses how to manage risk, and shares key questions to ask developers. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcriptBy MP English, Viv
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The Future Of Business with The Our Shawn McBride
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“The key is to know who you are and understand what drives you, what makes you happy and what drives you as a leader.” - The Our Shawn McBride On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina interviewed The Our Shawn McBride is a corporate lawyer licensed in 12 states and Washington, DC and is a CPA licensed in 3 states. He heads The R. Shawn McBride L…
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Building Your Brand Featuring Julian Placino
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"Whenever you do something you love it becomes a renewable source of energy for you. It unlocks creativity, energy, enthusiasm and it’s no wonder I am doing all this crazy stuff right now, because I did something that I loved." - Julian Placino On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina interviewed, Julian Placino, a recruiting professional with 1…
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The Power Of Podcasting with Donnie Boivin
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"I tell everybody, you want to figure out what you are made of? Launch your own business. I don't know any other tool, in the world, that will make you grow up, level up, figure yourself out faster than launching your own business.” - Donnie Boivin On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Donnie Boivine - Success Coach, Podc…
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Tom Ziglar - Choosing To Win By Being Your Best Self
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"Create the atmosphere that allows you to become all that you are meant to be.” - Tom Ziglar On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco and Rachel Pitts(co-host of Women Your Mother Warned You About) interviewed Tom Ziglar, son of Zig Ziglar and CEO of Ziglar, Inc. This is a two-part series with part two (about sales) available on Women Y…
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Lessons From Former Calvin Klein CEO Tom Murry
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“To be successful, you have to be able to convince people, you have to be able to listen, and you have to do all of those kinds of things that a good salesperson does.” - Tom Murry On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Tom Murry, former CEO of Calvin Klein, where he ran the company for 17 years and facilitated the brand's…
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Being A Good Idea Leader with Bjorn Oste, CEO, Good Idea Drinks
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"If you start managing innovation teams in some sort of a regular traditional business model ... forget it. It's not going to work. It's not going to happen. You need chaos. You need structured chaos and you need freedom." - Bjorn Oste On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Bjorn Oste, Co-Founder & CEO of Good Idea Drinks,…
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081: Eliminating Sales Mis-Information with Jeffrey Gitomer & Jennifer Gluckow
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“There's no prize for 2nd place in sales - it's win or lose, sell or die.” - Jeffrey Gitomer On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed the King of Sales Jeffrey Gitomer and Jennifer Gluckow, speaker, trainer and writer on all things sales. Buckle up for this ride with Jeffrey and Jennifer – truly one of the funnest podcasts G…
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080: Gaining A Strong Leadership Edge with Jose R. Costa, CEO North America, GrandVision NV
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“Dreaming big takes the same amount of effort as dreaming small, so go big. - Jose R. Costa On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Jose R. Costa, CEO of For Eyes, which is part of GrandVision, a global leader in optical retail with more than 7,000 stores worldwide. He has a background steeped in marketing, franchising, mul…
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079: Every Industry Is In Hospitality with Stephen J. Cloobeck, Diamond Resorts International Founder
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"Get up early. Stay late. Do what your passion is. And don't be afraid of taking risks." - Stephen J. Cloobeck On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Stephen J. Cloobeck, a self-made entrepreneur with more than thirty years’ experience across every aspect of hospitality design, development, and deployment … AND author of t…
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078: Why Being A “Mood Manager” Will IMPROVe Your Business
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“Everybody has a defining moment which changes their life for better or worse.” - Ulrich Kellerer On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Ulrich Kellerer, business leader, international speaker, and mental health activist from Munich, Germany. For over twenty years Kellerer worked in the European fashion industry as the fou…
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077: Being Human In A World of Automation with Alexandra Levit, Workplace Consultant, PeopleResults
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“Creativity is a skill that can be honed by everybody and should be.” - Alexandra Levit On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Alexandra Levit, managing partner at PeopleResults and workplace consultant, author and speaker. A former nationally syndicated columnist for the Wall Street Journal and writer for the New York Tim…
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076: Curiosity, Communications & Competitors = Cash
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“If you’re curious, you’re a good sales person.” - Brandon Bruce On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Brandon Bruce, COO & Co-Founder of Cirrus Insight, a plugin for Gmail and Outlook salespeople. Bruce grew up in a tiny California town of 800 people where he only had one classmate at a school using outhouses as their ba…
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075: Accountability & Your Sales Team with Hamish Knox
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“Prospects have their walls up. We need to bring those walls down before we can have the human to human conversation.” - Hamish Knox On this episode of The Pivotal Leader Gina Trimaco interviewed Hamish Knox, who plays an important role in Sandler’s worldwide organization and is a recognized business development expert specializing in executive sal…
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074: How Women Rise In Leadership with Sally Helgesen
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“You don’t become confident and then act confident. You act your way into confidence.” - Sally Helgesen On this episode of The Pivotal Leader Gina Trimarco interviewed Sally Helgesen, International Speaker, Leadership Consultant & Author. In her newest book, How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Jo…
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073: Overcoming Negative Industry Perceptions with Jake Baadsgaard, CEO, Disruptive Advertising
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“It’s better to invest in what you can track.” - Jake Baadsgaard On this episode of The Pivotal Leader Gina Trimarco interviewed Jake Baadsgaard, CEO of Disruptive Advertising. After growing one of his first PPC clients from 25 to 250 employees, Jake realized he had a gift for using pay-per-click marketing to drive dramatic business results. To hel…
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072: Exit Planning For Business Owners with Patrick Ungashick, CEO, NAVIX Consultants
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“We as leaders and entrepreneurs have a responsibility to make sure that if the ‘what-if’ does happen, the prudent planning and prudent steps are in place.” - Patrick Ungashick On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Patrick Ungashick, CEO of NAVIX Consultants. For more than twenty-five years Patrick has provided exit advic…
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071: Be Willing To Grind with Nate Lawrie, CEO, Brazyn Life
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“If you’re going to start a business, you have to be willing to grind.” - Nate Lawrie On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Nate Lawrie, CEO, Brazyn Life. Nate played 8-years of professional football in both the National Football League (Buccaneers, Saints, Bengals) and United Football League (Sacramento Mountain Lions), …
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070: Building A Direct Selling Pet Nutrition Company
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“Surround yourself with amazing people and a wonderful team.” - Roger Morgan On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Roger Morgan, founder and CEO of pawTree, a direct selling pet nutrition company he created in 2014 to provide a better way to care for and love pets. Just days before this interview, Roger received the Risin…
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069: “Survivor-preneurship” and Shifting Toxic Cultures
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“Everyone’s got an idea but not everyone has balls to bring it to market.” – Paul Szyarto On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Paul Szyarto, a globally recognized expert in entrepreneurship, business leadership and self-defense. He is highly sought-after for his executive coaching and business leadership training. Known …
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068: Raising Capital To Get A Business Off The Ground
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“It’s important to take risks, as a business leader, as an entrepreneur. This business was a huge risk from day one.” - Alex Danza Imagine a better way to interstate business travel on a luxury motor coach that offers only 22 comfortable leather seats and amenities such as, steward service, noise-canceling headphones, WiFi, satellite television and…
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067: How To Be A Great Manager - Mark C. Winters, Rocket Fuel
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“Your people deserve great managers.” - Mark C. Winters On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Mark C. Winters, co-author of the Rocket Fuel. Mark's passion is helping entrepreneurs get unstuck so they can pursue their freedom. Depending on the unique situation, Mark’s talent for introducing just the right combination of p…
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066: Sandler's David Mattson's View on The Future of Sales
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“We’ve gotten away from developing people … we take the risk of becoming order takers.” – Dave Mattson In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Dave Mattson, a best-selling author, sales and management visionary, and leader of the world’s largest sales effectiveness organization. As CEO and President of Sandler Training, he …
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065: The future of selling = more sales with less sales people
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“We’re going to have less sales people than ever before … 60% or more of the sale is already done by the time a sales person is contacted.” - Tom Niesen, CEO, Acuity Systems On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Tom Niesen, CEO of Acuity Systems, who spent 14 years in upper sales management and marketing positions with co…
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064: Left brainer approach to right brain thinking in sales (Mark Donnolo & Michelle Seger)
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“I’ve gotta reward people for taking chances.” - Mark Donnolo, Founder, SalesGlobe In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Mark Donnolo, founder and managing partner of SalesGlobe and Michelle Seger, Global Sales Strategy and Change Management Leader with SalesGlobe. Mark is the author of the books The Innovative Sale, What…
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063: Teamwork driven leadership, Nascar-style, with Julia Landauer
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“No one can achieve any kind of greatness by themselves.” – Julia Landauer In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Julia Landauer, a two-time championship winning NASCAR racer from New York City. With dozens of wins across different series, Julia has set records since she was 10 years old. Away from the track, Julia is a gr…
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062: Ninjas, Unicorns & Hiring The Right Random People
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“The more comfortable people are with themselves and the more clear they are about who they are, the more everyone respects them.” – Mark Fisher In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Mark Fisher, co-founder of Mark Fisher Fitness and Business For Unicorns, in addition to being an in-demand international speaker, consultan…
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061: Knowing Your Company Culture Index, with Jason Williford
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“The biggest leading indicator to any success are the people.” – Jason Williford In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Jason Williford, a professional business speaker and executive consultant focused on all human decisions, where he works with domestic and international organizations of all shapes and sizes. He also is a…
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060: Taking Risks & Hiring For Purpose with Founder Nezha Alaoui
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“I can teach you everything, but I can’t teach you ambition”– Nezha Alaoui In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Nezha Alaoui, Founder and President of Mayshad Foundation. Nezha is a global advocate for change. She is an international entrepreneur working in sustainability, philanthropy, wellness, business, media and fash…
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059: Strategies For Growth with CEO Carlos Vaz
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“I’ve tasted my own ignorance. It’s horrible. It’s bitter. And it’s so expensive.” [on the importance of learning] – Carlos Vaz In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Carlos Vaz, CEO and co-founder of Texas-based Conti Organization, a thriving commercial and multifamily real estate investment company whose portfolio is val…
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