Welcome to a special edition of Kids In The Tank, as we follow up with past Alumni from our BizTank career exploration program. Your host for this episode is Connor Perkins a current BizTern (BizTank Intern) and Senior at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. Connor talks with Seth, Alexia and Hannah, who are all former high school students at Geneva Supply BizTank.

Christopher Piotrowski is the Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Associated Bank in Milwaukee, WI.

Stacey McClenathan is founder/owner of Bee-line Communications, a full-service boutique marketing agency in Illinois. In 2012 Bee-line Communications was named to Inc. Magazine's 2012 list of 500/5000 fastest growing privately held companies, and has received several industry design and communications awards. In 2013, Bee-line gained national recognition after being featured on AMC's reality show, "The Pitch."

Abe Minkara oversees the portfolio of Shark Tank and CPG companies at Mark Cuban Companies. Abe also manages a team that supports these companies with accounting, business operations, e-commerce, sales, and marketing services. He received his MBA from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Jay Butler is a senior executive, leadership and team coach, and speaker with more than 20 years’ experience in product and process development, and manufacturing, primarily in the automotive industry. He has served as Lead Product Engineer with Mark IV Automotive in Lexington, TN, and Sr. Manager with Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, also in Tuscaloosa, AL. He is currently the Sr. Manager, Vehicle Quality Assurance, with Nissan North America in Canton, MS.

Pete Blank, has been a TV Sportscaster, a leader at The Walt Disney Company, and a training manager for local government. Pete was blessed to spend a majority of his time working at the Disney University. While there, he led the Traditions program, which is known worldwide as one of the premiere employee orientation programs. https://peteblank.com

Dwight Larkin is a Financial Advisor with the Lueder network office of Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee, WI. Prior to this, Larkin spent 17 years as a corporate professional and sales executive at Northwestern Mutual’s home office in Milwaukee, WI. His background is in leadership and advisor development, as well as investments and trading (head of trading at Northwestern Mutual from 2007-2011). Prior to joining Northwestern, Dwight was a professional floor trader at the Chicago Board of Trade.

Captain Brian Buzzell retired from the U.S. Navy in 1995 after serving 26 years on active military duty. Captain Buzzell graduated from George Washington University with a BA in Economics. While attending GWU, Captain Buzzell worked full time in the White House as President’s Johnson and Nixon’s personal butler and later returned as a WHS Military Social Aide 1978-79. From 2006 to 2010 Mr. Buzzell was an owner/operator of Five Guys Hamburgers and Fries 30 store Wisconsin franchise.

Jerry Liu grew up in America and China. Having this two-country upbringing would later help him a lot when it came to finding a niche and creating his own positions in companies and on his own. Jerry prides himself on making meaningful and cerebral content on YouTube and often infuses knowledge about East and West into his content creation. He has more than 100K subscribers total spread across different channels.

Dan Nowak is the owner and chef at Tall Guy and a Grill, located in the Milwaukee area and southeastern Wisconsin. Since 2009, Dan has been inspired to create a catering experience for weddings, corporate events and parties. Dan's own passion for great food inspires him to create exceptional dishes using the highest quality and locally sourced farm-to-fork ingredients. His local partners and conscientious service team deliver an extraordinary and uncomplicated event. https://tallguyandagrill.com