Action and Ambition

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Severence MacLaughlin, Founder, and CEO at DeLorean Artificial Intelligence, which produces sentient and semi-sentient systems of intelligence for Sales, CPG, Financial Services, Healthcare, Life sciences, and Natural Resources markets. DAI has successfully submitted and holds Patent Pending rights on a number of Predictive and Interventive AI capabilities. Dr. MacLaughlin is one of the top-ranked Life Sciences/Healthcare Data Scientists globally (Ranked top 20 Life Sciences Data Scientists.) He has delivered over 40 new disruptive technologies and implemented systems of intelligence resulting in over $1.8B in net present value to customers and an estimated $8B ROI over the next five years. Tune in to learn more on this!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Evan Marwell, Founder, and CEO at EducatioSuperHighway, a national non-profit organization that helps solve one of the biggest problems facing public schools in America - the digital divide. It focuses on America’s most unconnected communities, where more than 25% of people don’t have access to the internet. In partnership with governors from all 50 states along with federal policymakers and other education broadband stakeholders, they have connected 99% of America’s 47 million K-12 students. EducationSuperHighway has accomplished its mission by adopting strategies that accelerated its path to scale. Don’t miss this out!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast. Our guest today is Rakesh Loonkar, Co-Founder and President of Transmit Security, a company that powers businesses with the most advanced identity solutions. It was founded in 2014 with the aim of changing the identity security space. Since then, it has overgrown to meet the demand of the growing AIM space. Rakesh leads the sales teams, services, support, and pre-sales engineering. As an active voice, pioneer, and mentor in the cyber industry, Rakesh has personally invested in many promising cybersecurity start-ups which have evolved into industry leaders such as Palo Alto Networks, Trusteer, and zScaler. He is also the Director Board Of Directors, apiiro. Tune in to learn more on this!

Today’s guest is Toplyne cofounder Ruchin Kulkarni who shares his insights on the evolution of the product-led growth approach and how to extract value from freemium users. Toplyne is able to provide intelligence on which customers are most likely to want to move from the freemium model to paid-for services. Toplyne’s tools study the way in which customers are using the company’s software, identifying the usage behaviours that indicate a higher propensity to become a paying customer.

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Karen Grinzaid, a Genetic Counselor at Emory University, a private university of international reach where courageous ideas achieve positive transformation in the world. She is also the Executive Director of JScreen, a genetic screening and education program offering comprehensive, at-home testing on saliva, based on Emory University School of Medicine. Karen has extensive experience in genetic counseling and testing, clinical care, and clinical research. Tune in to learn more on this!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Tessa White, an HR professional with 20+ years of experience in the field. Leading HR in Fortune 50 companies as well as small start-ups to mid-sized organizations. She has a passion for filling in puzzle pieces of talent to create cohesive teams and likes working for companies with a penchant for experimentation. Tessa is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Job Doctor, a company dedicated to moving employee performance from average to extraordinary and building strong company leaders with highly engaged employees. She is recognized nationwide as a media expert on people strategy and career navigation and has been published in Forbes. Don’t miss this out!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Mickey Fain, Founder, and President at Stoneside Blinds and Shades, the nation’s fastest-growing custom window coverings company. They have achieved this rapid growth by offering high-end custom style to our customers, personally delivered by industry-leading Design Consultants and Installation Technicians. They manufacture everything in America and operate in 13 markets across the States. Stoneside’s team members provide a fiver-star window covering experience by embodying core values: honesty, passion, innovation, positivity, and generosity. Mickey was also the Founder and CEO of the Colorado CEO Forum, guiding the organization's long-term development. Tune in to learn more on this!

Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Jeff Lavelle, the Founder, and CEO of Strictly Restaurants, a full-service accounting operational, day-to-day cash flow management, and hospitality consulting company created to maximize profitability and growth for your restaurant. They specialize in operations, consulting services and, accounting solutions for businesses within the hospitality sector. Before this, Jeff spent more than 24 years in the hospitality industry as a Restaurant Controller. Don’t miss out on this episode!

Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast! Our guest today is Zach Harris, Founder, and CEO of benefitbay™. A first-of-its-kind tool that gives employees the power to buy the best benefits for their families while reducing effort and expense from employers and their brokers. With a perfect marriage of specific aspects of new legislation called ICHRA (Individual Health Reimbursement Arrangement) and an easy to deploy end to end platform that includes; plan design, compliance and, banking, benefitbay™ delivers the very best individual benefit offering for today's workforce available in the market. Zach was also the Managing Director of the Milliman technical consultants and actuarial team to launch an ICHRA administration platform. Tune in to find more!

Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Bryon Kroger, an Intelligence Officer turned software company founder. He served as COO for Project Kessel Run at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. Having been on the receiving end of poor software from the DoD for seven years, Bryon has a deep appreciation for just how steep the cost of delay can be measured not just in dollars but often in lives. His passion for reducing that cost led him to the acquisition community, where he embarked on a cloud-native journey for intelligence systems using PCF. Bryon has made a career of presenting to the highest levels of military leadership on topics ranging from national security to DevOps. Tune in to learn more!