Our kick-off episode has us sitting down the Chris Wessell. The Secret Lives of CEO’s start to become revealed in this premiere episode with host Christine Smith. Stay tuned for more episodes to hear from local CEO’s about the good, the bad, and the ugly of running your own empire.
A bit more about our guest:
Chris Wessell hires for leadership positions and advises organizations on talent strategy.
He is the managing partner of PeopleWise, an executive search firm in Albany. In his 18 years of recruiting, he has hired for thousands of openings (from entry level to executive leadership) across hundreds of companies. 13 of those years were as a recruiting firm owner.
His other entrepreneurial ventures have included real estate investment, property management, virtual assistants, even a spa. Some of those worked out better than others!
Chris has an MBA from the University at Albany, and graduated from Schenectady County Community College as well, where he is an occasional adjunct professor in their business program.
An active board member of Junior Achievement of Northeastern NY, he enjoys volunteering in classrooms bringing financial education to Capital Region youth. He has been active in numerous community and professional boards and college advisory councils over the years as well.
He lives in Loudonville with his wife and son and deeply values the flexibility his business gives him to maximize his time with them. His wife still isn’t totally sure what he does all day, and sometimes neither is he…
Keep up with all things People Wise and Chris Wessell are up to:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriswessell
https://www.facebook.com/itschriswessell
https://www.instagram.com/chriswessell/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/peoplewise-llc/
