In the latest episode of On The Wire, RIZOME and Earth Shot Labs co-founder Troy Carter joins our CEO, Barbara Wichmann to discuss the future of sustainable construction.

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On the Wire is back! We’re kicking off 2021 with an interview with Dr. Janice Greene.

She is the President and CEO of WBEC-Pacific and formerly worked for the Boeing Company. Throughout the last 20 years, she has been a leader in supplier diversity strategy, economic development and business intelligence.

She took on her role at WBEC-Pacific in 2017 and has served on several executive boards with the aim of creating more opportunities for women-owned businesses. She has a BS and MS in Management and a Ph.D in Strategy, Project and Program Management.

For more information about Dr. Greene’s background and extensive experience, please visit www.artemia.com and look for our On the Wire episodes.

Can your business recover from a disaster? They can strike anytime, anywhere. Mother nature doesn’t run on the same schedule as the business world – and FEMA data shows that 40% of businesses NEVER reopen after a disaster. A word to the wise: preparation is key. On our changing planet, natural disasters are a reality that cannot be ignored. We’ve invited Nora O’Brien, CEO of Connect Consulting Services, Inc., a national healthcare emergency management and business continuity planning firm, to offer her best advice on preparing YOUR business for the inevitable. If you are a business owner or leader, the time to start planning for natural disaster is now!

In this episode we speak with Sandra James, the Founder, CEO and President of Private Eyes, Inc. In this highly informative conversation, Sandra and Barbara discuss the little-known legal nuances of HR relations and the many ways in which background screening promotes success in businesses.

About our Guest:

In 1989 Sandra built her own company, RMCR, which she then sold in 1998. She founded Private Eyes in 1999 and another company, 4506-Transcripts.com in 2010. Private Eyes is now an industry leading, multi-million dollar technology company that provides background checking services, and 4506-Transcripts.com is now a bulk vendor for the IRS processing forms for mortgage lenders and banks.

Sandra completed the 2012 Tuck-WBENC Executive program and was sponsored by one of her clients and a WBENC Corporate Member, the D.W. Morgan Company. Sandra can be found on the cover of Minority Business Entrepreneur Magazine on its special 30th anniversary edition. Private Eyes, Inc is #173 on Omnical’s 2018 List of Top 1000 Emerging Businesses in the US.

About our Host:

Barbara Wichmann, CEO and founder of ARTÉMIA Communications, Inc., an award-winning, global, full-service communications & digital marketing agency serving Fortune 100/500 companies in the utilities, technology, financial services and healthcare sectors as well as high-growth startups and international government agencies.

As an industry-leading communications expert she oversees the company’s strategic development and is instrumental in representing the agency’s interests in the area of innovation, service delivery and partnership development.

In this episode, George Ehrgott, Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Diversity at CTDI, a longtime advocate for supplier diversity and a recipient of the WBENC "He4She" Award, discusses the history of supplier diversity with ARTEMIA’s CEO, Barbara Wichmann. During this conversation, George addresses many of the “hot topics” that are on the minds of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and start-up teams: Why is supplier diversity important for today’s tech companies, start-ups and global corporations? What are best practices for developing a successful program? What are the challenges facing supplier diversity today? He also provides examples of successful supplier diversity efforts and makes the business case for a diversified supplier base.

Our Host:

Barbara Wichmann, CEO and founder of ARTÉMIA Communications, Inc., an award-winning, global, full-service communications & digital marketing agency serving Fortune 100/500 companies in the utilities, technology, financial services and healthcare sectors as well as high-growth startups and international government agencies.

As an industry-leading communications expert she oversees the company’s strategic development and is instrumental in representing the agency’s interests in the area of innovation, service delivery and partnership development.

About George:

George is responsible for Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Diversity at Communications Test Design, Inc. George has been with CTDI since it was a small business and has grown with the company to where they are now over $1.5B sales as a prime supplier to high-tech industries.

In this episode Barbara speaks with Vivian Isaak, the President and Founder of Magnum Group and an expert on cross-cultural business practices. Vivian not only discusses the challenges of international business, such as language barriers, cross-cultural communication, and branding consistency, but also how localization, internationalization, and team dynamics can determine the success of an international business.

Our Host:

Barbara Wichmann, CEO and founder of ARTÉMIA Communications, Inc., an award-winning, global, full-service communications & digital marketing agency serving Fortune 100/500 companies in the utilities, technology, financial services and healthcare sectors as well as high-growth startups and international government agencies.

As an industry-leading communications expert she oversees the company’s strategic development and is instrumental in representing the agency’s interests in the area of innovation, service delivery and partnership development.

In this episode we speak with Jane Henry, a serial entrepreneur, about widespread PPE issues within the civil, commercial and industrial work environments. She will share her mission of saving lives and attracting more women into careers that are experiencing labor shortages.

The founder and CEO of SeeHerWork, began her career as a consultant with Accenture, and then later worked for Enron. During which time, her “entrepreneurial addiction,” as she calls it, became too strong to resist. She decided to leave consulting and become the transformational business leader she is today. First, she founded her firm in 2002, Xcution, a management consulting company specializing in organizational change management and leadership trainin.

In 2016 Jane decided to expand her expertise and began to study for her MBA at Rice University. While at Rice she was able to research first-hand the effects that ill-fitting work gear had on women in trade careers. During this period Hurricane Harvey hit and Jane took on the role of general contractor for her home, which had to be completely rebuilt. Her interactions alongside the women helping with the construction provided her with deep insights into the challenges their work gear presented for them. In response, she launched SeeHerWork. Her mission is to design clothing and equipment that will allow women to be “Safe, Strong, and Unrestrained.” As the female tradeswomen she worked with would say “We’re tired of ‘Pink it and shrink it. We want to perform.”

In this episode Pamela Kan, 2018’s WBE Star for WBEC-Pacific, discusses her experience as a thought leader in the field of manufacturing as well as if being a female in non-traditional filed women has shaped her approach.

Pamela joined Bishop-Wisecarver in April of 1991. In May of 2000, the Board of Directors appointed Pamela to the role of President. In 2009, Pamela gained controlling interest in the company. In 2015, Pamela led the first acquisition for the company with the asset purchase of Specialty Motions, Inc. In 2017, Pamela joined the Women in Manufacturing (WiM) Corporate Partnership Council. WiM is a national association dedicated to supporting, promoting and inspiring women who are pursuing or have chosen a career in the manufacturing industry. In 2018 Kan was elected as a founding bard member for the Association of Manufacturers Bay Area.

Pamela has completed in B.S. in Family and Consumer Resources from The University of Arizona. She has also successfully finished the Owner President Management Program from Harvard Business School and the Hazardous Material Management Certificate from UC Berkeley Extension. Pamela has continued to be involved with many professional and trade organizations and we were extremely grateful to feature her on our latest podcast. To learn more about her accomplishment, please view http://www.bwc.com/about.html

In this episode we speak with Oliver Lehmann, an accomplished international project management trainer, about today’s changing requirements and responsibilities of project managers working with global clients as well as world-wide teams.

Oliver F. Lehmann has been a project management trainer from Munich, Germany. He reminds project managers and their sponsors that project management is not only a technical or strategic discipline, but also business that needs to be managed with an eye on profitability and a happy customer.

He is the author of such publications as the “MP Exam 500+”,” Situational Project Management”, “The Evolution of Project Management Practice” APM – Agiles Projekt Management.

Oliver F. Lehmann holds a Master of Science in Project Management from the University of Liverpool and is certified as Project Management Professional (PMP) by the internationally esteemed Project Management Institute (PMI). He is a Visiting lecturer at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and is frequently booked for seminars by companies including Airbus, DB Schenker, Microsoft, T-Systems and others. Additionally he currently serving as the President of the PMI Southern Germany Chapter.

In this episode, we speak with our special guest, Ian Lucey, about Ireland's status as Europe's leading hub for technology innovation. Ian discusses the current climate for Ireland's tech businesses as well as regulations for global startups, specifically as it applies to FinTech.

Ian is the founder of the Lucey Fund, a Venture Technology firm that build, sell and finance products for early-stage startups. The Lucey Fund has offices in 6 countries including the USA, Ireland, UK & Spain. They have invested in over 115+ startups over the past 4.5 years. In 2016 alone the Lucey Fund invested in 50 new projects.

Previously Ian has been Sales Director with Relate Software, a Deloitte Fast50 company, board member of the Irish Internet Association and numerous startups, managed the Accountants Division in Sage Ireland and was Ireland's youngest National Student Union officer. Ian has experience building and selling SaaS, ERP, Accounting, Time & Billing, CRM and Payments systems around the world.