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For more than 35 years, Dennis Hill, PhD has been a change agent and solutions architect, serving on more than 20 boards in business, industry, and education, including EXACTA Corporation, a forty-three-year-old business specializing in software architects and solutions. 

As a young professor in the ’80s and ’90s, Dr. Hill founded one of the first accredited computer science & engineering programs in the USA.   Concurrently, while working with businesses, he led the development of the first enterprise-class CRM solution on Oracle/Sun Servers.

The ’80s, integrating ERP but uniquely spanning all contact relationships, including sales, supply chain, workforce recruitment, and HRIS.  He is an avid believer in both formal and continuing education, professional development, and certifications.

Earned advanced degrees in biomedical and computer science engineering, business, and law, Dennis is active in SHRM and HRCI, and a Practitioner in the Assn. for Conflict Resolution.

He volunteered as a biomedical engineer and assisted in wound care at Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the 2010 earthquake with Hope International.  My full profile/bio is available on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ManageChange/

My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode:

* We live in the age of knowledge

* Get a strong seat belt because it’s going to be a fun ride

* We are entrepreneurial

* We are more than CRM

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Meet Mark:

Joined GE’s Healthcare Financial Services business, became CFO in 2014.  He led the organization through a host of changes over the past 4 years.  New tax laws, lease accounting changes, revenue recognition rules, and the sale of GE Capital all impacted his business.  He had to set up new business processes and international finance/accounting teams as the support infrastructure was sold.

Started Supporting Strategies Milwaukee Franchise in 2018.  It allowed him to help his hometown business community with the skills he built over the past 20 years and not have to worry about someone “in Corporate” making bad decisions to ruin his day.  Every day he gets to learn about a new business in the Milwaukee area and he gets to see his kids most nights.

Mark has been married to Jennifer for 4 years, they have 2 kids and a dog.  He enjoys playing overcomplicated strategy boardgames, lifting big heavy things in the weightroom, kayaking, brewing beer, and smoking meat.

Get in touch with Mark

Web Site Supporting Strategies

LinkedIn

My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode:

* Keep it simple, no matter how smart you are, there are limits to your time

* No plan survives first contact with the enemy, have a few ideas of what you’re going to do if something bad happens

* Know what is important to you – what gets measured gets improved, don’t bother measuring things you don’t care about, make sure you have accurate, timely information on the things that matter

* Be open to change and constantly learning – what got you here will not get you there.

* A good finance/accounting professional is a businessperson first and an accountant second.

Recommended Book:

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815 (The Penguin History of Europe)

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Meet Sarah Bauer

Sarah is a card processing specialist with Heartland Payment Systems.  She specializes in working with business owners that want to understand the true cost of taking electronic payments, being secure in doing so as well as working one on one to help them leverage all the data from credit cards to grow their business.

She’s a native of Minnesota, has a BA from St. Norbert College, has authored numerous papers and hosted industry specific events to help grow manufacturing commerce in SE Wisconsin.  She has further invested in eCommerce and payments security training to best help growing businesses and entrepreneurs.

Her career has evolved from Event Planning to Industrial Equipment Sales and now into Payment Processing with an underlying theme of helping others grow and giving them the resources they need to so.  Its probably no coincidence that Heartland Payment Systems’ credo is Entrepreneurs Respectfully Serving Entrepreneurs which mirror her mantra and outlook on life and career.

Her young family lives in the Milwaukee, WI area and she personally enjoys travel, HIIT training, and downhill skiing.

Sarah Bauer

Relationship Manager – Card Processing Specialist

Contact Sarah

Phone: 262-955-5865

Email: [email protected]

My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode:

* The 5-second rule

* We need to bring more humor into our lives

* You must believe in the product you are selling

* No is a very powerful word

* It takes guts to be an entrepreneur

Recommended Book:

The Go Giver

Ego Is the Emeny

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Meet the Gate Keeper of the Dark Web Gjeret Stein

Starting in IT back in 1994, working for a Digital VAR (Value added reseller) as the Tech Support for their spin-off, WCF Internet, in Mukwanago Wisconsin.

While the internet side of the business was slow, I learned “Big Iron” computing by building, configuring and installing OpenVMS Servers for small places like St Lukes, the Chicago Stock Exchange and First Star!

Y2K was a boon for most IT companies, sadly, OpenVMS was not affected by the “bug” and  the IT budgets of companies went to fix the Microsoft Windows, so… I was out of a job.

I got my A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, and MCSE+Security. And went into becoming the inhouse IT Administrator for a few small Milwaukee Software Companies. Took a taste as a consultant, and started my own IT Services Company focusing on Small and Medium businesses.  Sensible Gurus LLC.  I have been running that since 2007!

The Idea for Ultra Scary LLC started as an idea for a branch of Sensible.  Bug with all the confidential data that our services come in contact with, we brought Ultra into this world as its own legal entity!

Aside from that, I am happily married for over 20 years, have three kids, two of whom are identical twins, and cut gemstones as a hobby!

My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode:

* Everyone is at risk

* Change your passwords

* Don’t lose the keys to the castle

* Once it is on the web it stays on the web

Contact Ultra Scary

Email [email protected]

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Meet Toomas Mitt,

Toomas Mitt

Owner: TBG Networks LLC

A lifelong technology cheerleader, at the age of 11, Toomas was the youngest amateur radio operator in the US.  In high school, he was one of the first students to work with the schools new IBM 360, using punch cards on panel switches to program.  Later, he went on to program for SAMI Systems, a food service marketing firm that provided reports to major producers around the country. In the 70’s, he became interested in the new microcomputer industry, working with Imsai, Altair, IBM and other  systems.

Toomas realized that these systems were more than simply hobbist toys and wrote business programs, including accounting. Inventory and business management programs for clients using the hardware and languages of the day.  Toomas wrote one of the first remote management programs which allowed him to program and maintain his client’s systems from his office.

In the early 80’s, Toomas was a founding member of Telesphere International, providing hardware and software solutions to the hospitality industry nationwide.  As VP of R&D, Toomas managed a core group of programmers and a nationwide network of installers and troubleshooters.  At its peak, Telesphere software and hardware was installed in over 500 hotels around the country.

Toomas founded TBG Networks in 2004 and provides hardware and software support to businesses, specializing in systems management and administration. Today, TBG Networks has grown to providing IT and VOIP services to over 100 businesses in southeast Wisconsin.

My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode:

* At the age of 11, Toomas was the youngest amateur radio operator in the US

* Working with local small businesses is a passion

* Wife and Toomas are Childhood friends

* More than networking computers Toomas is networking people

* Two Big Guys

Connect with TBG Networks LLC

TBG Networks LLC

Call at 414-921-5221

 

Recommended Book:

Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine

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Let’s meet Dave Ciccantelli,

Dave is proud to be the owner of Wisconsin’s first Assisted Living Locators franchise.  After 30+ successful years as a software engineer in the challenging IT world, Dave decided it was time for a change.

His experiences with placing his elderly father and a desire to give back to his community brought him to Assisted Living Locators.

He serves Waukesha county along with portions of Milwaukee county.  He is looking forward to working with families in the SE Wisconsin area.

In his spare time, Dave is a working musician who performs at various clubs/festivals/venues in the SE Wisconsin area.  He occasionally offers his talents to local eldercare communities to entertain their residents.

Let’s keep the conversation going

Assisted Living Locators

Email Dave: assistedlivinglocators.com

Call Dave: 262-933-8107

My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode:

* Start the conversation today.

* How is Dave making a difference in the lives of others

* Caring support to ease the way

Recommended Book:

When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi

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Meet Dr. Tummala

MEET THE DOCTOR

A Pioneer in the Field of Integrative Psychiatry

“We now know that mental illness can be a result of many different physiological imbalances, such as nutritional deficiency, hormonal imbalances and digestive system health. At Trinergy Health, we address these root causes to heal the body and help you achieve mental wellness and balance.”

Aruna Tummala, MD, is a board-certified adult and geriatric psychiatrist and founder of Trinergy Center for Integrative Psychiatry in New Berlin, WI. Dr. Tummala is also board certified in Integrative and Holistic Medicine (by Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine: AIHM.org) and is pursuing further education in both Functional Medicine and Ayurveda, the oldest medical system in the world.

Inspired by the realization that conventional psychiatry has become a linear, medication-dependent, symptoms-based model with little to offer the millions of people struggling with mental illness, Dr. Tummala turned to Integrative Psychiatry, fully embracing its patient-centered, collaborative care approach. Unlike conventional psychiatry, Integrative Psychiatry attempts to find the root cause of a person’s problems and work towards achieving overall mental health and balance.

My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode:

* You are going to be your best advocate

* Mental illness is no mystery

* Simple solutions

* Everything Dr. Tummala recommends she has tried and tested

 

Recommended Book

Parenting the Whole Child: A Holistic Child Psychiatrist Offers Practical Wisdom on Behavior, Brain Health, Nutrition, Exercise, Family Life, Peer … Life, Trauma, Medication, and More . . .

 

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Jackson & Host Rob have a discussion on the importance of being Persistence.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

Albert Einstein

I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.

          Og Mandino

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Julie Andrews

My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode:

* Don’t give up

* Do the work

* Mastery

Recommended Books

Reinvent Yourself

Mastery

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Meet Sue Gresham,

“The LinkedIn Lady” is your LinkedIn Coach & Trainer.  As a Certified Social Media Strategist and the founder of Innovative Client Solutions,  she has been teaching professionals how to use LinkedIn to grow their business, their brand or find a job since 2010.

She offers one-on-one individual LinkedIn coaching, online classes and webinars, workshops, and corporate training for small-to-medium sized businesses. She also facilitates in-service programs to organizations of all sizes including professional business groups, industry trade associations, high schools and colleges

With her background a teacher and her nurturing personality, it’s no surprise that her Super Power is helping people dig down deep to discover their hidden talents and gives them the confidence they need to create a LinkedIn brand they can be proud of and use the platform to expand their networks and grow professionally. She takes the overwhelm out of the whole process.

Since 2009, Sue has actively worked with job seekers as a board member for 40 Plus of Southeastern WI – a job search advocacy non-profit.  She is a wife, mother, and grandmother to 3 adorable children. And, she loves her Packers, Badgers and Brewers.

Key Take Aways:

* Finding out what your superpower is

* People do not like to self-promote

* Making others feel confident in promoting themselves

* Digging deep finding amazing things about you

 

Recommended Book

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

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Meet Dr. Nicole Knapp

Freedom. That’s what my job is about. Letting you do the things you want to do in the way you want to do them. Whether that’s

washing your classic car, playing on the floor with your grandkids, getting aggressive in a game of pickup basketball or just keeping up with life.

That word has been central to my practice – not just for my patients, but in my own career. There’s nothing worse than being unhappy with your chosen career path – but that’s where I was before starting Knapp Chiropractic.

Having found my passion again for chiropractic is freeing because I now know that when pain keeps you from your passion, it doesn’t have to be permanent, and we can help.

Key Take Aways:

* The 7th grade plan to how she became Dr. Knapp

* How networking impacted her business and relationships

* Make sure you get a second option

* Who is Gizzmo?

 

Connect with Dr. Knapp

Web site Knapp Chiropractic

App KnappChiro

Recommend Book

You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

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