In 2003, Eric Maddox collected the intelligence which led to the exact location of Saddam Hussein—the Ace of Spades in the infamous Deck of Cards. His technique shaped the future intelligence collection for the military and civilians around the world.

Today, he shares that technique—empathy-based listening—with people and companies around the world as an inspirational speaker, author, consultant, and negotiator. Empathy based listening teaches that trust is the most important element in all relationships. When you have trust, you turn clients and customers into champions and advocates. You gain and maximize influence. There is no other skill needed more to improve every aspect of your personal and professional life.

Heading up the team at Field Station: Dinosaurs is Guy Gsell. An adventurer, teacher and life- long dinosaur lover, Guy has produced educationally themed theater, live events and exhibits in a career that spans thirty years and three continents.

As the Founding Director of Discovery Times Square in Manhattan, Guy created sold-out workshops and ancillary programming for the famous "King Tut" exhibit as well as "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" and "daVinci's Workshop".

He was a Producer at the 2011 World Science Festival and, for six years, Managing Director of the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank, New Jersey where he launched one of the State's top theater education programs.

He spent twelve seasons touring the world's theaters and classrooms with the renowned Paper Bag Players, America's foremost theater company for children.

He has taught at the high school and college level, acted off-Broadway, written two plays, appeared on Jeopardy! and appeared at some of New Jersey's legendary music venues as a singer-songwriter.

At the Field Station, Guy is finally able to combine his serious dinosaur obsession with his love for family entertainment, hands-on teaching and working with children.

Alan D. Banta is the President of the Trans-Pacific Oil Corporation where he has served many roles since it's inception over 35 years ago.

A geologist by trade, he graduated with a BS in Geology and a minor in Mathematics from Wichita State University in 1979.

Alan's extensive knowledge in petroleum geology, and all phases of exploration and production caught the attention of some Japanese investors in the early 1980s.

These investors saw something special in Alan and eventually led to them bring Alan in as the lead Exploration Manager of the newly formed Trans-Pacific Oil in 1983.

Alan's passion for geology, attention to detail, intense work ethic, and focus on leadership eventually led Alan to take the President's seat of Trans-Pacific Oil in 2006; where he continues his role of coordinating exploration strategy and evaluating acquisition opportunities.

Alan's leadership style, coupled with a humble teachable spirit, has allowed Trans-Pacific Oil to see continuous positive growth in a volatile industry.

Alan's professional affiliations include Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association as Executive Vice Chairman in South Central Region, Kansas Oil & Gas Resources Board as Chairman, Society of Economic Geologists, Kansas Geological Society, Kansas Geological Library, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and American Association of Professional Landmen.

He has recently been named as co-chair of the Oil and Gas Cluster for the Blueprint for Regional Economic Growth. Also, serves on the Board of the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation and is a member of the Self Supporting Municipal Improvement Advisory Board.

An IT Executive and Entrepreneur, Rodney has spent the last 20 years working on his IT management career and real estate business.  Rodney hails from a working-class family in southeast Kansas and moved to Wichita in 1993. 

Knowing no one, living in a one-bedroom apartment and working at a fast-food restaurant, Rodney attended Wichita State, where he got involved in student life and a fraternity which eventually helped Rodney create a network and a place to call home.  After graduating with Honors from WSU, Rodney chose to pursue the military instead of graduate school.  Rodney did a short stint in the US Army and then returned to Wichita to begin a family and working on the IT industry.

Rodney has since moved on to own Cana Wine & Cocktails – craft cocktail and wine bar and Shift Auto Society – a country club for car guys, both in downtown Wichita, with plans set to acquire more commercial real estate in the near future in downtown.  Rodney enjoys a challenge and continues to grow his side businesses while balancing out his day job helping customers leverage IT investments with business objectives.

Rodney went on to get his Masters of Management of Information Systems from Friends University and has been honored as a WBJ 40 under 40 and Wichita State Senior Honor Man.

Margie Warrell is back on the show for the fourth time!  Margie is one of my favorite guests and we always have impactful and significant conversations.

In this visit, Margie and I tackle the topic of gender and how it affects leadership.  We tackle some of the myths, facts, and limiting beliefs when it comes to women in the workplace, personal leadership styles, & relationships.

I hope you take a listen!

Margie Warrell is a bestselling author, Forbes columnist and international speaker who draws on her background in business, psychology, and coaching to embolden stronger leadership in organizations globally. Her clients include NASA, the UN Foundation, Salesforce.com, and Berkshire Hathaway. Founder of Global Courage, Margie is also a Women's Economic Forum honoree, ambassador for Google's WomenWill initiative and sits on the advisory board of Forbes School of Business & Technology. Margie is also a sought after commentator and has shared her expertise with leading global media including CNN, The Today Show, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and Al Jazeera. Currently undertaking her Ph.D. in women's leadership, she is passionate about emboldening women as change-makers. Margie walks her talk when it comes to living bravely, having ventured out of her comfort zone countless times since growing up in rural Australia. Most recently she climbed Mt Kilimanjaro with her husband and four teenage children. 

An experienced business owner and manager with an Executive MBA, B.J. has spent the last 18 years as the Director and ultimately President of a family-owned company.

Entrepreneurship runs in his blood. B.J. enjoys the challenges and has the skills to conduct business with the regulatory agencies overseeing the brewing industry.

He also brings extensive marketing and customer relations experience to Walnut River Brewing Co., as well as sales know-how.

He has been a successful fundraiser and, most importantly is passionate about business and beer.

B.J. has been honored in Wichita Business Journal's 40 under 40, and his broad business horizon serves him well as Walnut River Brewing Co.'s Business Operator.

A restaurant operator to the core, Scott loves the sights, sounds and smells of a well-run restaurant. Growing up in St. Louis, he got his start in the restaurant business at age 15 catering events for groups of two to 6000.

Paying his way through college by managing a steakhouse, he earned a degree in restaurant and hotel management. Redler moved to Minneapolis and then Washington, DC, to manage a 5-star restaurant. Back in St. Louis, he launched his first restaurant as a sole proprietor—a quick-service Chinese food concept called Shanghai Charlie's.

After selling that, he moved back to DC to serve as Executive Vice-President for the American Café. Scott eventually moved to Wichita, KS, accepting the position of Executive Vice President of a local restaurant group.

In 1997, Scott together with Bill Simon opened Timberline Steakhouse. In 2002, Redler again partnered with Bill Simon and his brother Randy to launch Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. 

Freddy's based in Kansas, has grown to more than 340 locations at last tally, and the entire chain generated $474.7 million in system-wide sales last year, creating $21.3 million in revenue for the home office—about $10 million of that as profit.

Julie Huber joined Equity Bank in January 2003 and currently oversees mergers and acquisition integration and major projects for the $4.0-billion bank in her role as Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives.

Julie began her banking career with Peoples Bank and Trust in McPherson, Kansas, and soon supervised retail, operations, compliance, training and security functions for Sunflower Bank over 8 years. She has been a member of Equity Bank's senior leadership team since the bank's inception, serving roles in human resources, retail, finance, training, and compliance, as well as two years as Chief Risk Officer, 4 years as Chief Credit Officer, and the last two years in her current role. Julie is an alumnus of McPherson College, with B.A. degrees in Business Administration and History and also earned an MBA from Baker University. She graduated from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking in 2006 and was honored by the Wichita Business Journal as a class member of "40 under 40" in 2008 and Women In Business in 2013. Julie is a 2012 graduate of the Bank Leaders of Kansas (BLOK), sponsored by the Kansas Bankers Association.  Julie has previously served as President for the Andover Advantage Foundation in Andover, Kansas, and currently serves as a Board Trustee for McPherson College.

Clint Whitney is CEO and President of Superior Tool Service (STS) headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. STS began operations in 1987 and, today, serves more than 400 machine shops worldwide utilizing state-of-the-art CNC tool grinding machines to manufacture precision quality cutting tools.

Clint, from Clearwater, Kansas, began grinding tools for STS in 1998 and owns the company with his wife, Christie, and Buddy Harrison. All three work inside the company.

Clint has used his background of mechanic schooling and his apprenticeship of grinding as the catalyst to grow the company and seek out new services and products to offer.

Since his start of running the company in October 2014, they have added STS Supply, a distribution company, and STS Coatings, a PVD coating center, and STS Firearms, a firearm modification company.

With this expanded growth they have doubled the number of employees and sales. He believes using his passion for constant learning and pushing others out of their comfort zone, has contributed to their success. Visit SuperiorToolService.com for more information.

Scott Schwindaman has been president and CEO at Lubrication Engineers since 2007, having started as a laboratory technician in 1981 while he was still in college and working his way up through the ranks. Today, he oversees a company that has more than 100 employees in the U.S. and a large network of independent consultants and distributors who sell LE products and services worldwide.

Since 1951, Lubrication Engineers has manufactured and distributed high-performance lubricants made of highly refined base oils and proprietary additives. To complement its lubricants, LE offers a full line of lubrication reliability products and services. LE's domestic facilities include a manufacturing facility, laboratory, warehouse and office in Wichita, Kan.; a sales and technical support office in Fort Worth, Texas; and warehouses in Knoxville, Tenn., and Las Vegas, Nev.

Throughout his time at the company, Scott's hard work and initiative have propelled him from his original lab position to research assistant, R&D manager, quality control manager, assistant plant manager, plant operations manager, plant manager, and executive vice president.

He also serves as vice president of Alpha BioSystems, Inc., a small upstart company that manufactures all-natural, nontoxic products for improving soil health and yielding stronger crops and vegetation.

Scott recently finished his term as the 2017 chairman of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors. He founded and is a board member of the Chamber's Diversity & Inclusion Task Force. He is on the executive board of the Greater Wichita Partnership (GWP) and was instrumental in the formation of two Wichita business initiatives: the Entrepreneurial Task Force and the e2e Accelerator / Incubator. He is on the executive board of Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA), serving as treasurer; and is a member of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE).

Scott has a bachelor's degree in industrial technology from Wichita State University and has completed master's level business courses at WSU in addition to other executive business training. He and his wife, Janet, have three grown children and seven grandchildren. Scott and his family raise, train and breed horses at their Cowskin Creek Clydesdale Farm in Goddard, Kan.