Christopher Baugh is President and Designer for The Addoson Group, a building design firm in Orlando alongside his wife and partner, Renee R. Baugh. Christopher shares their journey to success and believing in the dream through the struggles he and his wife endured.  

You can check out The Addoson Group at: https://www.addoson.com/

Leslie is the Owner and CEO, and Jeanella is the CTO of Defi Unlimited, a Blockchain Solutions company who's mission is to simplify the backend processes of blockchain transactions using Smart Contracts.

Pejman Ghadimi is a self-made entrepreneur, philosopher, author, and creator of the wealth transfer methodology.

It is Pejman's mission to help 100,000 people change their mental, spiritual, and financial state. Pejman has authored three bestselling books on philosophy and Entrepreneurship: Third Circle Theory, RADIUS, and Gate of Choice.

You can find Pejman at https://www.pejmanghadimi.com/

Evolven2Power is a podcast on a mission to highlight Central Florida’s community and business leaders in hopes of sharing the lessons they’ve learned with you all to help you Evolven2Power.

In today’s episode, Max and Dr. Alicia Clairicus were joined by Dr. Risdon Slate, Ph.D. received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, master’s degree from the University of South Carolina, and his Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, California. He began teaching at Florida Southern College in 1993. His recent books are entitled Criminalization of Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity for the Justice System and The Decision-Making Network: An Introduction to Criminal Justice. His research interests include the interface of the mental health and justice systems and criminal justice practitioner stress.

He has served as a trainer and sought out speaker on these topics with police, probation officers, correctional officers, judges, medical doctors, and psychiatric residents. He served as a gubernatorial appointee to Florida’s Mental Health and Substance Abuse Commission. Dr. Slate has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on the impact of mental illness on the criminal justice system. Slate is a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and he has prior work experience as a United States Probation Officer and as assistant to the warden at a medium/maximum, death row, prison. Dr. Slate recently served as an appointee to the Florida Bar Special Committee on Mental Health and is a recipient of the John Howard Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for his significant contributions to the practice of corrections through scholarship, teaching, policy, and service.

Dr. Slate can be reached via email at [email protected]

Evolven2Power is a podcast on a mission to highlight Central Florida’s community and business leaders in hopes of sharing the lessons they’ve learned with you all to help you Evolven2Power.  

In today’s episode, Max and Dr. Alicia Clairicus were joined by Abdullah Tharoo, the CEO and Founder of PayKoncept Merchant Solutions a software company that specializises in Virtual, Ecommerce, Mobile and Traditional payment processing solutions.  

Abdullah is a social entrepreneur with a drive to give back to our community while building his businesses.  Here’s his story - we hope you enjoy :)  

Abdullah's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdullahtharoo/   

Pay Koncept's Website: https://paykoncept.com/

Evolven2Power is a podcast on a mission to highlight Central Florida’s community and business leaders in hopes of sharing the lessons they’ve learned with you all to help you Evolven2Power.  

In today’s episode, Max and Dr. Alicia Clairicus were joined by Carson Hunt, the CEO and Co-Founder of Upparel, an end to end e-commerce marketplace centralizing procurement and automating fulfillment for branded merchandise.  

Carson Co-founded Upparel while working at Lockheed Martin as an industrial engineer and left his job at Tesla to take on the venture full-time in January of 2020.  Here’s his story - we hope you enjoy :)  Carson's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carson-hunt/    Upparel Website: https://www.upparel.co/merch/

Evolven2Power is a podcast on a mission to highlight Central Florida’s community and business leaders in hopes of sharing the lessons they’ve learned with you all to help you Evolven2Power.  In today’s episode, Max and Dr. Alicia Clairicus were joined by Amy Wise the Chief Development and Marketing Officer for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games.  In 2022, the Special Olympics USA Games is coming to Florida for the first time.  4,000 athletes, 10,000 volunteers and 125,000 spectators will help make the 2022 USA Games the largest ever.  Amy Wise is leading the development and marketing efforts for the event and she was a pleasure to have on the show today to share more.  Here's her story - we hope you enjoy.   Amy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-wise/    2020 Special Olympics Website: https://www.2022specialolympicsusagames.org/

Evolven2Power is a podcast on a mission to highlight Central Florida’s community and business leaders in hopes of sharing the lessons they’ve learned with you all to help you Evolven2Power.    

In today’s episode, Max and Dr. Alicia Claircius were joined by Dr. Weiping Yu, a physicist & Aerospace Technologist at NASA Kennedy Space Center. 

Dr. Yu holds a doctorate in Engineering Physics and is a pioneer researcher in theoretical and applied physics, and the founder of the Universal Particle (Uon) Theory of Everything.  A contributing member of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).  A frequent keynote speaker at conferences, universities, and communities; a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on NASA Digital Learning Network (DLN); a founder of the NASA/KSC Physics Research Forum.  

Dr. Yu's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weiping-yu-5b05595a/

Evolven2Power is a podcast on a mission to highlight Central Florida’s community and business leaders in hopes of sharing the lessons they’ve learned with you all to help you Evolven2Power.  In today’s episode, Max and Dr. Alicia Claircius were joined by Jon Lane the Owner at Haven Coffee Roasters.  A unique journey led to Jon coming on the show. Throughout his life he's traveled the world and explored the in's and out's of the coffee industry.  He took his knowledge from his world travels to become a coffee consultant where he helps new café owners and coffee roasters get things set up and running.  Here's his story - we hope you enjoy.   Jon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-lane-41426716b/

EvolveN2Power is a podcast on a mission to highlight Central Florida’s community and business leaders in hopes of sharing the lessons they’ve learned with you all to help you EvolveN2Power.    

In today’s episode, Max and Dr. Alicia Claircius were joined by Lakeland Mayor Bill Mutz.  

Bill Mutz is the current Mayor of Lakeland, Fl, but Mr. Mutz has had a very full career as a board member for many organizations including Florida Southern College, Southeastern University, Allen & Company of Florida, and Lakeland Regional Medical Center to name a few.  Bill is a husband, Father of 12, Grandfather of 24, Community Activist, and a Business Leader.  

You can check out Bill's LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-mutz-794a0713/