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Rev. Bill Leone, who debuts his first book, My Life With My Wife, the true story of a great love that refuses to die joins Enterprise Radio. This book is written by a husband, a father, an ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene, the Associate Pastor/Worship Pastor at Faith Church of the Nazarene in Burbank, CA, and a volunteer as a Police Chaplain.

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

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Rev. Bill Leone discuss the following:

* Your book is surprisingly humorous, in spite of tragedy. Can you tell us how you came to write your first book with such a lighthearted yet graceful voice?

* Can you share a story from the book for our audience?

* Tell us how you kept your faith strong after your wife, Diane, passed away from Amyloidosis, a fatal disease.

* How long did it take to write and then get the book published, and which was harder: writing the book or getting your book published? Also where is the book available?

* Your memoir leaves people wanting more. Do you have plans to write more about you, your faith, and your life?

* What tips can you share for new writers?

Rev. Bill Leone is an ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene and is the Associate Pastor/Worship Pastor at Faith Church of the Nazarene in Burbank, Ca. He also volunteers as a Police Chaplain.

Bill has been blessed with a gift from God (beginning at the age of 4) allowing him to become an accomplished musician who longs to share it with others.

He has lead worship at various adult and children’s events and has written children’s praise and worship songs for many VBS events. 

In addition, Bill has traveled throughout the US entertaining and giving concerts on the organ, piano, and keyboards as a product specialist for various instrument manufacturers.

He got married in 1993, and is a dedicated, and loving father of a very blended family with 5 children, and 5 grand babies (for now)! With Bill, what you see is what you get…always maintaining a high integrity, is a priority for Him.

Website: https://mylifewithmywife.org

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Darren Lopez, Co-Founder of Best 365 Labs which develops and manufactures a range of wellness brands including Lion’s Fuel and Be-OnGuard joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Darren Lopez discuss the following:

* Tell us about yourself. Where did you get your entrepreneurial start?

* How did you decide to start Best 365 Labs? What does the company do?

* What were the biggest obstacles you faced and how did you overcome them?

* What is the inspiration behind your products?

* Any advice for new entrepreneurs? Something you wish someone told you when you started your business?

Darren Lopez, Co-Founder of Best 365 Labs, has a 24-year diverse entrepreneurial background in nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and anti-aging/wellness. Darren’s specialty skill set and diverse experience has allowed him to help innovate new products, develop supply chains, and establish initial marketing/positioning for groups and products that allowed them to grow from start-up to millions in sales. He has also served as a strength and conditioning advisor for elite and amateur athletes for 28 years. Mr. Lopez takes great pride in turning average amateur athletes into college-level.

Website: https://best365labs.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/Best365Labs

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Best365Labs

Instagram: https://instagram.com/best365labs_

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/best365labs

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Ted Clark, a businessman, entrepreneur, and investor with more than 40 years’ experience as a senior executive in both public and private equity owned specialty chemical companies joins Enterprise Radio. His new book is “Buy and Build CEO: Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business”.

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

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Ted Clark discuss the following:

* Why private equity? Isn’t there another way to finance a new business?

* Beyond providing equity and structuring the balance sheet, what else do private equity partners bring to the business?

* Why is buy and build a good strategy to develop a global business?

* Is working for private equity more risky than working for a public company; what are the differences?

* What do you mean when you talk about a “Purist Manager” and why is this important to buy and build growth strategies?

* You built Royal through three private equity recapitalizations. How rare is that?

Theodore (Ted) Clark, a businessman, entrepreneur, and investor with over 40 years of experience as a senior executive in both public and private equity-owned specialty chemicals companies. Starting as a shipping clerk, he rose through the ranks to become President & CEO of Products Research & Chemical Corporation (PRC), a global leader in aircraft and construction sealants and coatings. His new book, Buy and Build CEO: Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business (Dudley Court Press, Sept. 13, 2022), chronicles Clark’s 14-year adventure in the world of high-stakes, high-rewards business.

Website: https://tedclarkauthor.com

Social Media Links:

Twitter: @TedClarkAuthor

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/theodore-clark

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Nick Bertha, Director of Wealth and Trust Planning, and President of Fieldpoint Private Trust Company, as well as Adam Ercoli, Director of Commercial Banking at Fieldpoint Private, a fast-growing private bank serving entrepreneurs, families, businesses and institutions joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Nick Bertha & Adam Ercoli discuss the following:

* Adam, for business owners contemplating an eventual sale of their business, is there a single biggest threat to realizing the full financial value from what they’ve built?

* Talk about valuation. That’s like an act of God…are there steps entrepreneurs can take to mitigate the risk of hitting a bad point in the cycle?

* Nick, can employee stock plans, also called ESOPs, be part of this?

* Talk about the tax piece… what is the tax risk and how can owners reduce it?

Mr. Nick Bertha is President of the Fieldpoint Trust Company and works with Fieldpoint Private Securities, LLC clients on complex estate and income tax issues, and helps ultra-high-net-worth families manage their wealth. He has expert-level capability in tax law, wealth transfer, and trusts & estates. His extensive career, spanning over 30 years, includes prominent positions at Credit Suisse, DLJ and US Trust Company, where he led the Financial Counseling Group for many years. His work has been published in leading journals including Trusts & Estates Magazine and the Tax Lawyer. He is currently on the Conference Board of the Trust & Wealth Management Division of the American Bankers Association. Mr. Bertha has a BA and JD from Marquette University and a MS in Taxation from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee campus.

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Mr. Adam Ercoli joined Fieldpoint Private in 2020, with 15 years’ financial services experience, including more than a decade in commercial banking. Most recently, he was with Stamford, Connecticut-based Patriot Bank, where he served as a Commercial Banking Team Leader, managing commercial lending and branch staff, and working with entrepreneur clients to deliver commercial and industrial loans, leveraged finance and commercial real estate credit. Prior to that, he was a commercial banker with Connecticut Community Bank. Mr. Ercoli began his commercial banking career Florida, with Synovus Bank and Fifth Third Bank, in Sarasota.

Mr. Ercoli earned his bachelor’s in business administration from Marist College, and his MBA at the University of Tampa. Additionally, he is a graduate of the Stonier School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Since 2015 he has served as a director of the ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education.

Website: https://www.fieldpointprivate.com

Social Media Links:

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/fieldpoint-private

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Srikrishnan “Sri” Ganesan the CEO and Founder of the fast-growing customer onboarding platform, Rocketlane, a purpose-built SaaS product that helps businesses by replacing generic project management and document collaboration tools with a unique, unified workspace joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Sri Ganesan discuss the following:

* What is customer onboarding and what kind of companies are using this platform?

* How did you champion a new category in the midst of a once in a century pandemic?

* Why does the customer onboarding category need to exist?

* What key use cases/verticals/industries can you discuss? Any specific customers that you want to highlight?

* Can you share the background story that was the Genesis of co-founding Rocketlane with your other two co-founders?

* How did your experience at FreshWorks help prepare you for your role leading Rocketlane?

Srikrishnan (Sri) Ganesan is Co-founder & CEO of the fast-growing customer onboarding platform, Rocketlane, a SaaS product that helps businesses by replacing generic project management and document collaboration tools with a unique, unified workspace. Sri has spent his last nine years building and scaling SaaS businesses. His last startup was acquired by Freshworks (NASDAQ:FRSH) in 2015 and went on to become their fastest-growing product (Freshchat). He is passionate about all things CX and startups.

Website: https://www.rocketlane.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/RocketlaneHQ

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RocketlaneHQ

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/rocketlane

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Dr. Kimberly Janson, the CEO of Janson Associates, a talent and organizational development company & co-author of the book Determining Leadership Potential: Powerful Insights to Winning at the Talent Game joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author & Leadership Channels.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Dr. Kimberly Janson discuss the following:

* What did your research reveal about processes that leaders use to determine leadership potential?

* What are the main reasons why people struggle to consistently pick good leaders?

* What key ingredients do the best leadership candidates possess?

* Why should job performance not be a key criterion for leadership potential?

* How does bias impact talent management?

Dr. Kimberly Janson is CEO of Janson Associates, a talent and organizational development company, and was named a Top 10 Thought Leader, Top 10 Executive Coach in 2021, and Top 10 Inspirational Leader in 2022. Dr. Janson is also the author of Demystifying Talent Management, the winner of the Axiom Book Award. Dr. Melody Rawlings is a business professor, doctoral chair, and director of the Center for the Advancement of Virtual Organizations at Northcentral University. Their new book is: Determining Leadership Potential: Powerful Insights to Winning at the Talent Game (Routledge, Aug. 25, 2022).

Website: determiningleadershippotential.com |  jansonassociates.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/JansonAssociates

Instagram: https://instagram.com/jansonassociates

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/dr-kimberly-janson

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Douglas Williams, President and CEO of Williams Data Management that is celebrating its 100th year in business and provides businesses with tailored records management services including off-site document storage, document scanning and imaging, data protection, and certified document and hard drive shredding joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Douglas Williams discuss the following:

* The milestone of 100 years as a family owned and operated business is certainly one to be celebrated and I’m sure the company has seen many changes over the years. Tell us about the history of the company, how it got started and where it is at today?

* What significant events and trends have stood out to you externally or internally that have changed / shaped Williams Data Management?

* We talked a bit about change and certainly for businesses there has been much of that going on in the last few years. How do you see change impacting the records and information management industry?

* What impact does this change have on businesses and is it any different for a smaller organization as opposed to a larger corporation?

* What can businesses learn from the longevity of Williams Data Management and its ability to adapt?

With over four decades of professional experience, Douglas Williams, President and CEO of Williams Data Management, has led the full-service data lifecycle management firm to become a leading records and information management provider and resource for businesses.

Through Douglas Williams’ guidance, the Williams Data Management team educates, consults, has the source materials, and provides the structure for records and information management plans. Now in its 100th year in business, the firm has pivoted into an expertise solution provider, offering professional records management, data protection, imaging and digitization, and certified data destruction services to all sectors and sizes of businesses. Industries served include legal, healthcare and medical, wholesale and retail, entertainment, banking and financial services, manufacturing and apparel, including both corporate and small businesses who may be subject to an increasingly more stringent regulatory environment.

As Williams Data Management celebrates 100 years in the Southern California business community, Douglas Williams continues to enjoy equipping business owners with the tools they need to be successful in protecting their companies and the sensitive information of today’s consumers. He also serves as a Director of National Records Center, Inc. and participates as a member of VISTAGE.

Website: https://williamsdatamanagement.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/WilliamsDataManagement

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilliamsData

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/williams-data-management

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Ross Blum, the President and COO of Skyline Robotics a company that is changing a 40 billion dollar window washing industry again joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Technology Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Ross Blum discuss the following:

* Since we last spoke, you are now really ramping things up in NY city with your Window Washing Robot. What is the BIG deal you recently made with Durst Ventures?

* What are some of the icon buildings we will soon see Ozmo working on in NY?

* What does the robot actually do while working?

* How are these robots going to automate the workforce in the future? What other tasks can they perform?

* Why is it so important to automate the window washing industry? How big is the opportunity?

Ross Blum is President and COO at Skyline Robotics. In his role, Ross oversees day-to-day operations in both Israel and the USA.

Prior to Skyline, Ross served as COO of Quidd, a Sequoia Capital-backed startup, where he developed and oversaw strategies across cross-functional teams to drive business results, managing all elements of day-to-day operations. Ross led the sale of Quidd to Animoca Brands, completed in Q4 2020.

Also in his career, Ross served as CAO for pingmd, where he led the sale of the company in December 2016. Ross holds a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of law, an M.S. from Georgetown University in Sports Management, and a B.S. in Business Management from Babson College.

Skyline Robotics News & Latest:

Skyline Robotics’ mission to protect and preserve New York’s iconic skyline just took a big step forward. Skyline Robotics is disrupting the $40B window cleaning industry by offering a smarter, faster, safer, and more economical alternative to human window washers

The makers of OZMO, the world’s first robotic-armed window cleaner, have received a key investment from commercial and residential real estate giant, Durst Ventures, an affiliate of The Durst Organization.

The Durst Organization owns some of New York’s most notable skyscrapers including One Bryant Park, One World Trade Center and 151 West 42nd Street. The Durst investment will further Skyline’s development and deployment of OZMO to automate the future of window washing.

Skyline’s flagship robot, OZMO, combines artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision with advanced robotics and sensors. Targeting high-risk skyscraper windows, the smart, automated service robot has proven to clean three times faster than traditional window washers without missing a spot. OZMO is still operated by humans resulting in a collaborative relationship that keeps humans out of harm’s way. To see OZMO in action, watch this video.

Website: skylinerobotics.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: facebook.com/SkylineRobotics

Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/skyline-robotics

William Santana Li, the Chairman of the Board of Knightscope, an advanced security technology company based in Silicon Valley that builds fully autonomous security robots that deter, detect and report joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Technology Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest William Santana Li discuss the following:

* Knightscope fights crime in America with robots…are the numbers going down?

* What type of intelligence do the robots have? What do they detect?

* In January 2022 became a public company and now on NASDQ – talk to us about that.

* You recently acquired Case Emergency Systems Security. How will you integrate the company with your robots?

* What is on the horizon for 2023?

William (“Bill”) Santana Li has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) since April 2013. Mr. Li is an American entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience from working in the global automotive sector and founding and leading a number of startups. From 1990 to 1999, Mr. Li held multiple business and technical positions at Ford Motor Company across four continents.

His positions at Ford ranged from component, systems, and vehicle engineering with the Visteon, Mazda, and Lincoln brands; to business and product strategy on the United States youth market, India, and the emerging markets in Asia-Pacific and South America; as well as the financial turnaround of Ford of Europe. In addition, he was on the “Amazon” team, which established an all-new modular plant in Brazil. Subsequently, he served as Director of Mergers & Acquisitions.

After internally securing $250 million in financing, Mr. Li founded and served as COO of GreenLeaf LLC, a Ford Motor Company subsidiary that became the world’s second largest automotive recycler. Under his leadership, GreenLeaf grew to more than 600 employees, 20 locations worldwide, and annual sales of approximately $150 million. At the age of 28, Bill was the youngest senior executive at Ford Motor Company worldwide.

After successfully establishing GreenLeaf, Mr. Li was recruited by SoftBank Venture Capital to establish and serve as the President and CEO of the Model E Corporation, a newly established automobile manufacturer that focused on the “Subscribe and Drive” model in California. Mr. Li also founded Carbon Motors Corporation in 2003, and as its Chairman and CEO until February 2013, focused it on developing the world’s first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle.

Mr. Li earned a BSEE from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy.

Website: https://www.knightscope.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/knightscope

Instagram: https://instagram.com/iknightscope

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iknightscope

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/knightscope-inc-

Youtube: https://youtube.com/Knightscope

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Sukhi Lamba, Co-founder and CEO of NavigateIO, the first commercialized infrastructure-free, real-time localization technology that first responders use to track and monitor their crew during emergencies joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Technology Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Sukhi Lamba discuss the following:

* Why are you so passionate about solving firefighters’ problems?

* I see you went through an accelerator process with NEC X and NEC researchers… what was that like?

* As an entrepreneur what did you find was your biggest obstacle?

* What was your biggest A-Ah moment?

* Where do you go from here?

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in his home country of India, Sukhwinder (Sukhi) Lamba moved to the United States. With a passion for creation and transformation, he found himself in roles leveraging technologies ahead of their time. This included five years at Ford in computer-aided engineering and hybrid vehicles in the 1990s and early 2000s. Following that, Sukhi spent eight years working in sales and customer success at IBM during its first rollout of telematics and other solutions. During this time, he earned his M.S. in mechanical engineering and an MBA. These experiences drove his desire to create startups and mentor others in the community.

In 2019, Sukhi joined NEC X as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. NavigateIO is a startup based in Silicon Valley that provides on-demand and infrastructure-free location tracking intelligence for first responders in GPS-denied areas. Its award-winning technology allows mission control to know each crew member’s precise location in GPS-denied locations for effective mission coordination. NavigateIO’s infrastructure-free solution automatically provides the precise location of each first responder indoors, across multiple floors and in rugged terrain where GPS signals do not work.

Website: https://www.navigateio.com

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/necxinc

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