Great Minds

On today’s episode of Great Minds we head to the Pacific Northwest to speak with Michael Boychuk, CCO and Co-founder of Little Hands of Stone, and Matt McCain, Co-founder of Little Hands of Stone, an award-winning creative agency based in Seattle.

Composer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Bruce has toured, performed, recorded and appeared on records with some of the biggest names in music including Little Richard, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Dr John, Steve Cropper, Joe Satriani, Joe Bonamassa, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath), Simon Phillips (Toto, The Who, Jeff Beck), Leslie West and Corky Laing (Mountain), Tony Butler and Mark Brzezicki (Big Country) and his father the late Jack Bruce of Cream.

On today’s episode of Great Minds we’re thrilled to welcome Tony Marlow, Chief Marketing Officer at LG Ad Solutions. Tony walks us through his career path. From his days at Nielsen and Yahoo! to IAS and now LG Ad Solutions,  Tony has worked with some of the best and brightest in the industry.

Brian O’Kelley is CEO and co-founder of Scope3, leading the decarbonization of the media and advertising industry.

A respected entrepreneur and executive with a track record of building companies that have defined and led multi-billion dollar categories, Brian was the co-founder and CEO of AppNexus through its $1.6B sale to AT&T in 2018. He co-founded Waybridge, a supply chain technology company, and served as CTO of Right Media through its successful acquisition by Yahoo. Brian is an active board member of LiveRamp (RAMP), Tech:NYC, and the IAB Tech Lab, and is an executive producer of the Wonderstruck podcast.

Credited with the invention of programmatic advertising and the online ad exchange, Brian is deeply committed to technology-driven innovations that benefit society while improving the health of the planet.

Brian has been named to Crain’s 40 Under 40, Adweek 50 and Silicon Alley 100 lists, holds multiple patents, and was recognized as an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in the New York region in 2012. Brian was an early supporter of Girls Who Code and Moms First and is deeply committed to making the technology industry more inclusive.

Brian has a B.S.E. in Computer Science from Princeton University. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, two daughters, and two cats.

On this very special episode of Great Minds we welcome Jeff Kollath, Executive Director of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

On this episode of Great Minds we welcome Murphy “Murph” Dunne,  Dunne played “Murph”, the keyboardist for the Blues Brothers, in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, a role he reprised in the sequel, Blues Brothers 2000.

On this episode of Great Minds we’re very pleased to welcome legendary saxophonist and composer Louis Marini Jr. Louis has played with everyone from Frank Zappa to Blood, Sweat & Tears. He was an original member of the SNL house band, as well as The Blues Brothers.

Jonathan Gudai is the co-founder and CEO of Adomni.com – a leading platform for digital advertising on screens in the real world. He is passionate about driving innovation to deliver performance marketing results through technology and enhanced creative content on-screen. He sees a world where social media advertising, video advertising and digital out of home advertising converge for performance and brand marketers.

Jonathan serves on the board of directors of the DPAA (Digital Place Based Advertising Association) and the Innovation Committee of the OAAA (Outdoor Advertising Association).

He also is the creator of Shoutable, a platform that brings together social media and digital out of home.

He has written numerous articles for national and industry publications, educating the world on the power of programmatic digital out of home advertising and the future of the industry.

Prior to Adomni, Jonathan spent most of his career in the eCommerce and Adtech sectors – with 20+ years in web and mobile software development.

Jonathan is a seasoned CEO with leadership experience in managing complex organizations in business, government and nonprofit environments.

He currently serves as CEO of ADL, the oldest anti-hate organization in the world and one of the longest standing civil rights groups in the US. Since joining in 2015, Jonathan has transformed the agency by modernizing its operations, innovating its products, overhauling its governance, increasing its revenue and enhancing its impact. He has been named to the list of Top 50 Nonprofit Leaders by the Nonprofit Times in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Jonathan has launched and led successful high-growth companies and worked in senior positions at several public companies. In these roles, Jonathan has achieved multiple exits (IPO, trade sales) while generating shareholder value and social impact. He is the co-founder of Ethos Water (acquired by Starbucks Coffee Company, 2005); founder of All for Good (acquired by Points of Light, 2011); former CEO of GOOD Worldwide; and former VP, Consumer Products at REALTOR.com (IPO, 1999; acquired by News Corp, 2014).