EvolveN2Power

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 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.   

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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 Clairicus were joined by Amy Wise - 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.   

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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 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 :)  

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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 Judah Longgrear, the Founder and CEO of Nickelytics a software platform that is building the future of Out-Of-Home advertising.

Judah is a former salesperson turned founder. In 2017 he and his team founded The Nickel Ride an eco-friendly, on-demand rideshare company paid for by advertisers that operated in 5 cities with 60+ advertisers and over 100k+ riders.

One of the tech systems they built was Nickelytics and in 2019 he and the team decided to focus on that full time.

Here’s his story - we hope you enjoy :)

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Judah's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/longgrearj/    

Nickelytics Website: https://www.nickelytics.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 Abdullah Tharoo, the CEO and Founder of PayKoncept Merchant Solutions a software company that specializes 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 :)

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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 A. Donahue Baker, an entrepreneur, real estate developer, and author of the book Generational Wealth.  A. Donahue is the founder of Money Avenue and a Principal at Baker Capital Partners.

Here’s his story - we hope you enjoy :)

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A. Donahue's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adonahuebaker/

A. Donahue's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adonahuebaker/

Website: https://www.bankmoneyave.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 Eric Dickmann, the Chief Marketing Officer at The Five Echelon Group and Host of the Virtual CMO Podcast.

Eric graduated from Grove City College in Grove City, PA in 1989 and spent the majority of his career working for Oracle as their Senior Director of Marketing.  

Here’s his story - we hope you enjoy :)  

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Eric's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edickmann/  

Five Echelon's Website: https://fiveechelon.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 Avani Desai, the President of Schellman & Company, LLC, a leading provider of attestation and compliance services.

Avani spent the early part of her career working for KPMG, one of the world’s largest accounting firms, and in 2012 joined Schellman as their Executive Vice President. She took over as President in 2018 and has led Schellman through many successes ever since.

Here’s her story - we hope you enjoy :)

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Avani’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avani-d-596366/

Website: https://www.schellman.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 Racquel Asa the Chief Marketing Officer at Beep Inc., a company specializing in supplying autonomous mobility solutions in planned communities and low-speed environments.

Following her graduation from Binghamton University and Syracuse, she spent most of her career working as a news anchor and reporter for several local news stations. She stepped into her most recent role with Beep in March of 2020 and is on the cutting edge of autonomous technology and transportation.

Here’s her story - we hope you enjoy :)

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Racquel’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/racquel-asa-60832627/

Website: https://www.go-beep.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 Michael Blair, the Chief Financial Officer at Miller’s Ale House Restaurants, a rapidly growing casual dining concept with 97 restaurants in 13 states across the country.

Prior to being with Miller’s Ale House, he worked his way up to being the international CFO of Bloomin’ Brands, a multinational company with multi restaurant brands that oversees nearly 1500 restaurants world-wide.

Here’s his story - we hope you enjoy :)

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Michael’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-blair-b18315a9/

Website: https://millersalehouse.com/