Enterprise Podcast Network

Marisol Arboleda-Diaz, Vice President of Gables Construction Group in Miami, Florida and a prominent member of the South Florida construction industry joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Marisol Arboleda-Diaz discuss the following:

* Tell me a little bit about Gables Construction Group and your role within the company.

* COVID has affected many industries, construction being one of them. What challenges have you and your company faced and how have you overcome them?

* South Florida has been the fraud capital of America for several years now. What are some measures people can take to ensure they are hiring reputable contractors? 

* Looking past COVID, what do you think the long term impacts and best practices will be?

* If you could give one form advice to young entrepreneurs, what would it be?   

Marisol Arboleda-Diaz, is the Vice President of Gables Construction Group in Miami, Florida. A prominent member of the South Florida construction industry, Marisol has built an illustrious career through her service to the community, her extensive work experience and her dedication to growing GCG. Prior to joining Gables Construction Group Marisol was the VP of Purchasing and Construction at United Homes, where she was responsible for overseeing the successful mass-production of very large home developments involving many custom variables.

Accomplished at meeting the challenges of building nearly 3,000 homes a year during her tenure there, Marisol now uses that skill set to ensure the finest quality and customer satisfaction for each of the projects she oversees as Vice President at GCG. Marisol’s vast experience also includes serving as a Board Member for the Latin Builders Association (LBA), where she was honored with the Director of the Year Award, the first woman to ever receive the distinction. She was also Vice President of the LBA’s Executive Board for seven years and Chairperson for the Events, Membership and Education Committees.

From 2006-2007, she served on the Miami-Dade County Development Process Advisory Committee (DPAC), advising the Mayor and Miami-Dade County Commissioners on issues affecting the building industry, while reporting to the County Manager’s office.

Marisol has also been a director for the Coral Gables Junior Woman’s Club, and a Board Member of the City of Coral Gables Crime Watch Committee. She is a state certified roofing contractor and an active Board Member of the Builders Association of South Florida and National Home Builders Association. She has been with GCG since 2013.

Website: https://gablesconstructiongroup.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/gablesconstructiongroup

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/gables-construction-group

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Michael Capiraso, advisor to Jogging Buddy and former CEO of New York Road Runners joins Enterprise Fit Radio. Michael is a noted executive across American sports, entertainment, and consumer goods brands, and is often cited in various media for his expert industry insight. Michael joins the program to discuss his new role as an Advisor with Jogging Buddy and his long career as a marathon runner.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Michael Capiraso discuss the following:

* Tell us about Jogging Buddy. What opportunities excite you as an Advisor of this business?

* Can you discuss your experience as a 28X time Marathon runner?

* Why do you think we are seeing such a great boom in running again?

* What do you see ahead for the running industry?

* How would you describe the running community, how has it grown over your years of running, and what do you like most about it?

Michael Capiraso is a visionary, transformational leader whose results-driven focus and holistic team-building have delivered sustainable growth across sports, entertainment, and consumer goods brands. A dynamic and strategic executive, Michael led large-scale operational and brand building efforts at the NFL, Major League Baseball, Calvin Klein, Cole Haan, and WPP before ascending to his role as President & CEO of New York Road Runners (NYRR), organizers of the NYC Marathon.

Throughout his career, Michael has delivered impressive results through organic growth, acquisition and innovative marketing and technology, enhancing culture with forward-thinking programs and driving results via highly collaborative and diverse leadership teams.

Website: https://michaelcapiraso.com | https://joggingbuddy.com

Social Media Links:

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/michaelcapiraso

Instagram: https://instagram.com/mcapiraso

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelCapiraso

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Dr. Toby A. Travis, the Founder of TrustED®, a framework for school improvement focused on developing trusted leaders and author of his new book is TrustED – The Bridge to School Improvement joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Dr. Toby A. Travis discuss the following:

* You have been quoted as saying that “Teachers do not leave schools, they leave school leaders.” Is that the primary reason we are in the midst of a national teacher shortage? How does this relate to the overall employment crisis?

* In your book, you state that “trusted leadership” is the greatest inhibitor to organizational improvement and growth? Why?

* How does the trust level of leaders result in higher levels of performance by those within their organization?

* What organizational restructuring is needed to support the greater success of employees?

* When broken, can the trust of a leader be repaired? If so, how?

Dr. Toby A. Travis is the founder of TrustED®, a framework for school improvement focused on developing trusted leaders. The application of his research serves as the basis for the TrustED® School Leader 360 Assessment, which schools worldwide utilize to inform school improvement initiatives. In addition, he is an Executive Consultant with the Global School Consulting Group, an Adjunct Professor for the International Graduate Program of Educators for the State University of New York College at Buffalo, and an experienced teacher and administrator of PS-12 schools. His new book is TrustED – The Bridge to School Improvement.

Website: https://trustedschool.org

Social Media Links:

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/drtobytravis

Facebook: https://facebook.com/trustedschoolleader

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TobyATravis

Instagram: https://instagram.com/toby.a.travis

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Albert Chou, Managing Partner and Accounts Director of Diesel Jack Media, a marketing and advertising firm based in Durham, North Carolina joins eCommerce Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Albert Chou discuss the following:

* What is the number one issues effecting retailers during this holiday season? It’s effecting receiving and shipping goods, can you elaborate?

* How has advertising effected retailers bottom line? And how has that translated to social media advertising?

* Because of the pandemic are consumers purchasing habits changed, who is benefiting from it?

* What other changes are you seeing in consumer buying trends?

* More and more consumers are purchasing more items online versus the big box stores? Do you think this trend will continue with the pandemic ending or do you think more consumers with go back to buying in big box stores?

Albert Chou is a managing partner and accounts director at Diesel Jack Media, and brings a customer service mindset to the company. He has been able to scale and exit multiple companies using a simple 3 step strategy:

* Be on-time

* Focus on what a customer will get (deliverables)

* Give extra

This philosophy has helped him grow multiple organizations into triple digit growth on a year over year basis while selling a variety of products and services spanning B2B enterprise software to adult party games on a consumer level.

His direct involvement has helped Mission.org to over 4M podcast downloads per year, AddShoppers e-commerce software to be named a Top 50 fastest growing company in Charlotte two years in a row, and Expion software company to be acquired by Sysomos Software in 2016, and Sysomos software to be acquired again by Meltwater in 2018.

His side projects include Composure Card game getting fully backed on Kickstarter and optioned into a TV Show by the producers of The Misery Index on TBS, and Droparoo daily deals Shopify application getting acquired and currently supporting 1,000s of merchants today.

Along the way he has served the following clients on social insights and social media marketing strategies:

* 360i

* AMC Movie Theaters

* Coca-Cola

* Estee Lauder Companies

* In-N-Out Burger

* Mondelez International

* Viacom

* WWE

Accomplishments Include:

2020 – Diesel Jack Media started, and named host of IT Visionaries, a podcast with over 1M downloads

2019 – Mission.org scales to over 4M Downloads per year and a Top 10 Medium Publication

2019 – Composure Card Game Kickstarter is fully backed and optioned for TV Show

2018 – Best of 2018, Apple Podcasts

2017, 2018 – Fastest Growing Tech Company in Charlotte, NC

2018 – Sysomos is acquired by Meltwater

2016 – Expion is acquired by Sysomos

2015 – Forrester and Gartner rank Expion as best customer service in the SMMS category

2015 – Droparoo is acquired by agency Brand New Ship

2011 – First Start Up Experience at Expion

2008 – Stock Market Crash forces hand to focus on scaling businesses

2005 – Dog Toy Company, Dog Nasty

Website: https://dieseljackmedia.com

Social Media Links:

Instagram: instagram.com/dieseljackmedia

Facebook:

Melinda Jennis, Founder of the nonprofit Pathways for Exceptional Children and the author of “Include Me! How to Build and Lead Authentic Inclusion in a Segregated World,” a number one international best seller in eight countries joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Melinda Jennis discuss the following:

* Can you share why being inclusive is such a passion in your life?

* What would be a good definition of “Inclusion” when it comes to the workplace?

* You talk about “inclusion from the heart.”  What do you mean by that and why is that important?

* Most businesses have inclusivity training.  What are some ways that inclusivity training could be made better?

* What are some practical ways that businesses can start to practice this “inclusion from the heart?”

* We’ve been talking about the here and now. Let’s talk for a minute about the future. What can be done to make the future better for inclusivity?

* If our listeners want to know more about all of this, what’s the next step?

Melinda Jennis is the author of “Include Me! How to Build and Lead Authentic Inclusion in a Segregated World,” a number one international bestseller in eight countries across multiple categories. She is fondly known in her community as the “Include ME!” lady. She has more than 20 years of leadership experience and a deep passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion in education, business, and life. In 2002, because of her son with multiple disabilities, Melinda founded a nonprofit called Pathways for Exceptional Children. She has worked tirelessly to implement sensitivity and inclusion training in schools, businesses, recreation and community activities that have trained 5,000 annually.

Websites: https://pathwayskids.org | https://uniteforinclusion.org

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Emerging EDM Artist, Singer & Actress MERCY — with “Ready Aim Fire” now on Spotify, iTunes & Youtube joins the eMusician Podcast Show.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest MERCY discuss the following:

* Tell us about your career in music. What did you do before becoming a musician?

* Who are your current influences and Where do you draw inspiration for your music?

* Do you have any experience with mentors? If so, would you recommend them for up and coming musicians?

* Do you write your own music? If so, what is your favorite part of the songwriting process?

* What’s coming next for you?

MERCY isn’t your typical Hollywood fairy tale. Born in Sun Valley, CA to a rock musician and a second-generation circus runaway turned film and television sound editors, she’s no stranger to the struggles of what it takes to ‘make it’ according to the standards of ‘the biz’.

Her parents divorced when she was two and, although they were struggling financially, they agreed to provide her with piano lessons. She started composing her own music when she was just six years old. She made her feature film debut in Stuart Little along with numerous voice-over projects. Just as her young Hollywood career seemed about to take off, the rug was pulled out from beneath her when her mother and stepfather made an abrupt move to Albuquerque, NM following the promise of steady work.

To escape her abusive stepfather, MERCY ran away from home in her mid-teens. She found herself in Las Vegas with her at-the-time boyfriend singing for money on the street corners. Covers of Madonna, Heart and the Spice Girls provided enough money for them to survive while sleeping in her truck. When this proved to be a hard way to live, she moved back to California and into her father’s home. Coming back to Los Angeles was no easy thing. She floated aimlessly, developing an addiction to alcohol that almost took her life. Fearing she couldn’t stay in LA, she made the hard decision to move back to New Mexico after being accepted into the University of New Mexico.

She supported herself through college, working multiple bartending jobs. When money was tight, she resorted back to living in her car to continue doing the things she loved. She developed an immense passion to wander through the fringes of the entertainment industry, thriving in the strangest of places, all while working toward a dual degree in Forensic Anthropology and Psychology. With a great sense of adventure, MERCY has gathered more experiences, good and bad, than most people can even dream of. She has numerous alternative and tattoo modeling appearances. She transitioned into burlesque in 2010 after winning a modeling pageant at the Rock the Ink tattoo convention. She expanded her entertainment skills into Fire Arts less than a year later. She graduated with honors in 2012, quickly learning the mainstream career she was pursuing no longer existed. So she joined the circus, literally.

It was in this new environment MERCY was truly born! Her crowd-pleasing feats as a fire breather wowed audiences, fueling her ambition. She added fire dancing, glass eating and machete walking to her act with HELLZAPOPPIN Circus Sideshow Review. In 2016, MERCY launched her own two-girl circus road show, BIO DOLLS, a high-intensity, thrill-filled cabaret featuring aerial stunts, fire acts and acrobatics. MERCY has wowed audiences with her unique entertainment at New York’s premier pride event Siren, along with Harley Davidson’s Bike Week and numerous Electronic Music Festival performances. MERCY topped the bill as the featured burlesque dancer and fire performer for the Star Casino and five consecutive Rock the Ink tattoo conven...

Yael C. Sivi, a licensed Gestalt psychotherapist, executive coach and organizational consultant who has helped thousands of employees, managers and leaders in Fortune 1000 companies and nonprofit organizations on topics related to authentic leadership, emotional intelligence, and conscious collaboration joins Enterprise Radio. She is co-author of: Growing Up at Work: How to Transform Personally, Evolve Professionally, and Lead Authentically.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Yael C. Sivi discuss the following:

* Why did you write this book?

* Tell me more about your title. What does “Growing Up at Work” mean?

* What are some central ideas in your book?

* How can a reader best use this book?

* Why is emotional maturity important for leaders?

* Are there any practices that stand out among the “lifelong practices for personal and professional growth” you mention in the book?

Yael C. Sivi is a licensed Gestalt psychotherapist, executive coach and organizational consultant who has helped thousands of employees, managers and leaders in Fortune 1000 companies and nonprofit organizations on topics related to authentic leadership, emotional intelligence, and conscious collaboration.

Yosh C. Beier is a managing partner and cofounder of Collaborative Coaching, and is trained as a scientist, consultant, mediator, and therapist. He brings a highly interdisciplinary background, along with experience as a global organizational effectiveness consultant, to his role of executive coach.

Their new book is, Growing Up at Work: How to Transform Personally, Evolve Professionally, and Lead Authentically (River Grove Books, May 20, 2021).

Websites: Growingupatwork.com |  Collaborative-Coaching.com

Social Media Links:

Yael Sivi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yaelsivi

Yosh Beier on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yoshbeier

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Chris Horsefield, the Chief Technology Officer of Cloud Inventory®, a company that empowers organizations with real-time inventory visibility at all points in the supply chain, from the warehouse to the field again joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Cloud Service Channel.

* Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Chris Horsefield discuss the following:

First of all, can you tell us what a low-code approach to inventory management looks like and how it is distinct from other approaches to inventory management software?

* It sounds like configurability is an important piece here. What are some of the tools that low-code platforms give users to configure personalized applications? What kind of personnel are able to use these tools?

* How does this more configurable, industry-specific approach to digital inventory management impact costs and efficiency?

* Can you tell us about Cloud Inventory’s low-code platform? What are some of the key features that distinguish Cloud Inventory as a leader in the low-code space?

* Looking forward, how do you see low-code technology impacting digital inventory management strategies as businesses adapt to changes in customer behavior?

Chris Horsefield is the Chief Technology Officer of Cloud Inventory®, a company that empowers organizations with real-time inventory visibility at all points in the supply chain, from the warehouse to the field. An accomplished senior executive, Horsefield has a proven, successful track record of transformational leadership, execution, and innovation. With over 20 years of experience architecting, developing, integrating, and supporting enterprise applications, Horsefield also has over 17 years of experience managing information technology teams. He has been recognized professionally for his operational excellence, ability to drive innovation and build strong organizations, as well as his depth and breadth of business and technical acumen.

As CTO, Horsefield regularly innovates. He works with his team of inventory management experts to provide new solutions to businesses that allow them to track inventory anytime and anywhere. Based in Kansas City, Cloud Inventory’s global team has the supply chain knowledge and mobile-first development expertise to deliver solutions that solve today’s business challenges.

Website: cloudinventory.com

Social Media Links:

Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/dsi-cloudinventory

Facebook: facebook.com/dsimobile

Twitter: twitter.com/dsimobile

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Nandinee Phookan, the founding Principal at Nandinee Phookan Architects, a New York City-based architecture and design firm working with government agencies, corporations, community organizations and individuals to create environments that are attractive, economical and sustainable joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Nandinee Phookan discuss the following:

You have been working in architecture for over three decades.  How did you first become interested in architecture, and what led to you opening your own firm in 1998?

Today, the Nandinee Phookan Architects team works across the transportation, healthcare, residential, commercial, community and government sectors, on projects including the new LaGuardia Airport Terminal B, Victory Memorial Hospital, and the Brooklyn Bridge Montgomery Coastal Resiliency project to name a few. What is your approach to solving critical design challenges?

What sectors have been most affected by the pandemic? How has the pandemic affected design practices?

How has the architecture industry—and the role of the architect—changed over the past decade?  Where do you see it going?

When is the right time to bring in an architect on a project?  How can companies and decision-makers find an architect to meet their needs and goals?

Nandinee Phookan is the founding Principal at Nandinee Phookan Architects, a New York City-based architecture and design firm working with government agencies, corporations, community organizations and individuals to create environments that are attractive, economical and sustainable.

Nandinee launched the firm in 1998, and is a Registered Architect in New York, New Jersey, Washington, DC and Virginia; she is also an NCARB- and MWBE-certified, LEED-accredited professional. As Principal, Nandinee is actively involved in all projects in the firm and her broad interest in design is reflected in the firm’s diverse portfolio of architecture and interior design projects across the transportation, government, healthcare, commercial, residential and urban planning sectors.

Nandinee earned her Master’s degree in Housing and Environmental Design from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA and her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Delhi in Delhi, India. She also taught Architectural Design studios as an Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute and the City College of the City University of New York.

Website: https://nandineephookan.com

Social Media Links:

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/nandinee-phookan-architects-pc

Facebook: https://facebook.com/nandineephookanarchitects

Instagram: https://instagram.com/nandineephookanarchitect

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Mary Smith, the co-author of The I in Team Series, which includes the newest release Individual Advantages: Be the “I” in Team joins Enterprise Radio. Mary, a leadership development and organizational culture expert, is an Associate Advisor at IA Business Advisors.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Mary Smith discuss the following:

* What is your goal with The I in Team Series?

* What are Individual Advantages?

* How do you personally spread a positive influence?

* How can other individuals spread a positive influence?

* What makes a great leader?

* What is the future of leadership?

* Why is happiness a pitfall?

Mary Smith has a bachelor’s in English literature and minored in psychology. She is currently working towards her master’s in organizational leadership. Her expertise is in leadership development and organizational culture, having a passion for helping leaders be the best version of themselves to create spaces where their teams feel empowered. She co-authored The I in Team series with her father to help leaders better understand their influence, having released Individual Advantages: Be the “I” in Team in early 2021.

Website: www.iabusinessadvisors.com | www.theiinteamseries.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheIinTeamSeries

Instagram: https://instagram.com/theiinteamseries

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IinTeamSeries

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/the-i-in-teams

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