The Jason Wright Show

Billy Campbell has turned his passion for public wetland water fowl hunting into a career. He and Dennis “Dr. Duck” Loosier are quickly becoming household names in the fowl hunting world. Billy spent 20 plus years in marketing. However, after taking up duck hunting, he soon found a way to combine his passion for the sport with his marketing expertise.

Although it didn’t start out with a business in mind, that’s what has happened. Billy and Dennis now have a show on Realtree 365 where they take viewers on hunts to public wetlands, which is somewhat of an innovation in the sport. In this interview Billy discusses how all the previous shows centered around hunting on private lands, which as he describes in detail is much different.

This is a great interview with one of the humblest and most engaging guests I’ve had. I firmly believe you will enjoy getting to know Billy Campbell.

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Dan Hooper founded ScholarShot in 2009. Dan has been a successful business growth executive in Dallas since 1979.  He left a successful business consulting firm, ISI, he helped manage and grow since 2003 to serve as Executive Director of ScholarShot.  ISI has experienced record growth the last 6 years.  It’s Dan’s vision and passion which helped create the ScholarShot model and DegreeDallas campaign.

ScholarShot was founded in 2009 by concerned business professionals, educators and community volunteers who saw numerous well-meaning college advisement and “access” programs failing at-risk students. In Texas, 9 out of 10 of these students who get into college drop out. ScholarShot has developed a proven model of academic navigation, personal guidance and financial support that reverses this outcome with 90% of our Scholars succeeding in earning life-changing vocational, associate or undergraduate degrees. Leveraging the success of the ScholarShot model, our Degree Dallas Campaign is on track to produce 500 first generation college degrees from Dallas County.

This is a great conversation with great information regarding the state of education in the state. I hope you will consider getting involved in this fantastic organization. Visit http://www.scholarshot.org to learn more.

. William H. Cunningham holds the James L. Bayless Chair for Free Enterprise in the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. He teaches corporate governance at the McCombs School of Business and the Law School at The University of Texas at Austin.

Cunningham served as chancellor and chief executive officer of The University of Texas system from September 1992 to July 2000. He served as president of The University of Texas at Austin from 1985 to 1992 and was dean of the College and Graduate School of Business from 1983 to1985. Cunningham received his B.B.A., M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University.

Cunningham was awarded the Presidential Citation from The University of Texas at Austin in 2005. He has also received an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree and Distinguished Alumnus Award from Michigan State University. He has served on many various public commissions and boards, including The University of Texas Investment Management Company Board of Directors, the Houston Area Research Council Board of Directors, the Southwest Research Institute and the Economic Advisory Committee of the United States Department of Commerce. Cunningham is currently a member of the board of Southwest Airlines and John Hancock Mutual Funds. He previously served on the board of directors of LIN Media LLC and Resolute Energy Corporation.

Jessica E. Hart is the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the U.S. Department of Justice, where she oversees programs and services that help victims in the aftermath of crime and as they rebuild their lives. Ms. Hart was appointed to this position by President Donald Trump, and officially sworn in on March 31, 2020. At OVC, she oversees the administration of nearly $9 billion in grants and other projects that are vital to victims of human trafficking, mass violence, elder abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, across the country and in tribal communities.

Ms. Hart has over 10 years of diverse legal and public service experience, including positions within the federal government in the Department and in Congress. Prior to joining OVC, she served as the Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison for the Department where she managed relationships with governors, state attorneys generals, elected officials, law enforcement, and key stakeholders. She also helped direct responses to congressional inquiries and prepare witnesses for testimony and briefings before the U.S. Congress. During that time, Ms. Hart supported crime victim-related legislation and public policy initiatives.

Before joining the Department, Ms. Hart worked in the United States Senate and in private practice with Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, where her practice focused on commercial litigation and government and internal investigations. Ms. Hart holds a law degree from Baylor University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas.

Since Olajide founded Axxess as a consulting firm in 2007, Axxess has grown rapidly, and today more than 7,000 organizations serving more than 2 million patients have used Axxess software and services to make care in the home easy and make lives better. 

John Olajide is founder and CEO of Axxess, the leading home healthcare technology company in North America. In this role, he leads the strategic vision and direction of the company and oversees more than 300 employees at Axxess’ headquarters in Dallas and other locations throughout the U.S. He is passionate about improving the quality of healthcare services delivered to patients in their homes by empowering healthcare organizations with state-of-the-art software solutions. 

Olajide’s vision for Axxess began while earning a degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. After graduating in 2004, he founded Axxess and worked with colleagues to create The Axxess Way, a concise, living document detailing a standard for maintaining a collaborative, transparent work environment focused on constant innovation that enables people to succeed. This daily commitment to maintaining an inclusive culture has led Axxess to win numerous awards nationally for being a “Best Place to Work.”

In addition, giving back to the community and supporting humanitarian efforts is a foundational value Olajide has instilled at Axxess. Through Axxess’ corporate citizenship efforts, Olajide has benefited numerous Dallas organizations, including Dallas ISD’s Kennedy-Curry Middle School, Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas Women’s Foundation, Pat and Emmitt Smith Charities, Business Council for the Arts, Minnie’s Food Pantry, The Senior Source and the Visiting Nurses Association of Texas, among others.

In October 2019, Axxess announced the largest-ever scholarship endowment program for computer science and engineering students at the University of Texas at Dallas. Olajide was recently named 2019 Humanitarian of the Year by Grace for Impact, an international non-profit organization focused on providing access to high-quality healthcare.

In 2015 Olajide became the youngest person ever honored as a distinguished alumnus by the University of Texas at Dallas, and in 2018 was named to the school’s executive board. In addition to other civic and community boards, Olajide is the 2020 chair of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s board of directors and executive committee, and has chaired its innovation and capital task force. He also sits on the board of the Dallas Entrepreneur Center.

Episode 63 John Olajide, Founder and CEO of Axxess

For over 30 years, Dawson has performed forensic investigations and related forensic services for various businesses and agencies, representing industries ranging from federal and state governmental agencies, to financial institutions, to non-profit organizations, and to a multitude of “mom and pop” type industry organizations.  He is a nationally recognized speaker in fraud detection, prevention, and internal control design methodologies.  He is a graduate of Texas Tech University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting and holds a certified public accountant certificate in Texas and a certificate as a certified fraud examiner. 

This was a great conversation about a specialized business and some of the shenanigans people pull to try to make an extra buck. Enjoy!

Robin Hood Brians was involved in music from the tender age of five. His first performances were in Corsicana, Texas on the Lion’s Club Variety Show. His voice instructor was Aline Trimble, his Godmother, who later moved to Dallas and became Aline Byrd. She was very active in the music circles in Dallas including Symphony and Opera. Robin had a quartet in Junior High called “The Four Roses.” The choir teacher, Mrs. DeMontel sometimes accompanied them in which case they were booked as “The Four Roses and a Fifth.” In High School, Robin Hood had a trio consisting of different members including: Ronnie Palmer, Steve Crough, Don Wilmeth and John Bass. After High School, he formed a band called “Robin Hood and His Merry Men” that played dances and shows throughout the tri-state area. In 1957, he recorded one of his compositions on Fraternity Records called “Dis-A-Itty-Bit.” While it was not a national hit, it inspired Robin Hood to build a portable console and begin recording records for himself and others artists in the East Texas area.

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His first console was designed and built in around 1960 by Robin with the assistance of Robie Morgan, who was then Chief Engineer of radio station KDOK. It has 10 inputs, with high and Low EQ on each channel as well as echo send on each mic channel. It was flat from 20 to 20,000 cycles and had not a drop of distortion. That was a “HOT” board for 1960! It was the first board for Robin Hood Studios.

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The current Robin Hood Studios was built in 1963 in what had been the back yard of Bob and Audrey Brians’ residence at 1024 West 10th Street in Tyler, Texas. It was officially named “Brians Studios”, however since everyone called it Robin Hood Studios, the name was soon officially changed. Since the house was on a corner lot, the entrance to the studio was at 2200 Sunnybrook Drive. It was finished in July of 1963. Four months later, Bob Brians died suddenly leaving his son Robin Hood Brians as the head of the household. His mother, Audrey Brians, known to all the clients and musicians as “Mrs. B” booked the sessions and helped her son’s fledgling business thrive. She died in 1996. Robin Hood had built a clientele of small record labels recording Square Dance records, local rock and country labels like TY-Tex and Custom Records as well as artists from Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

The first Billboard hits for Robin Hood Studios came from major regional labels in Dallas and Shreveport. They produced “Mountain Of Love” by David Houston on Epic Records. Houston was produced by Tillman Franks who had produced Johnny Horton and was in the wreck which killed Horton. The first pop Billboard hit was produced by Dale (Suzie Q) Hawkins; it was by the Uniques, featuring Joe Stampley and was entitled “Not Too Long Ago.” Robin Hood recorded several albums by the Uniques for Paula Records, Platinum albums by Z Z Top (originally released on London Records and later re-released under the Warner Brothers label), The Five Americans and Jon & Robin and the In Crowd for ABNAK Records of Dallas, as well as regional hits from many other artists including: Mouse & the Traps, Gladstone, Southwest FOB. Country hits followed by Nat Stuckey, Tony Douglas and many other regional artists.

Rob Howe is a Type-1 Diabetic living in Dallas Texas. Diagnosed on January 1st, 2005 at the age of 16, Rob was the recipient of excellent care from the incredible endocrine staff of Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. They assured him that as long as he took care of his health, he could achieve all the goals he had for his life. After living with Diabetes for 10 years, he decided that there were probably people living with Diabetes who could benefit from his story, and he started Diabetics Doing Things in 2015 with a simple mission: Help One Person. Over 1 million podcast downloads (and counting) and speaking at dozens of Diabetes events across the world, Diabetics Doing Things has certainly met that goal, and Rob is living proof.

Diabetics Doing Things was born out of the idea that not everyone receives the same kind of treatment during diagnosis that Rob received at Children’s. Those people need to hear stories of their Diabetic peers who are out in the world living their lives and accomplishing the goals they’ve set for themselves. Through the telling of each other’s stories, Rob continues to build Diabetics Doing Things with the hope that the community will continue to grow and provide encouragement, positivity, tools, tactics, hacks and hope for everyone with Type-1 Diabetes, while educating the general public on the hopes, struggles and thoughts of the Type-1 Diabetic community. 

Rob is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Recreation Dallas, a full-service advertising agency in Dallas Texas, which he started in 2016 with his business partner Sterling Hayman. Rob also is a teacher and performer at the Dallas Comedy House which he credits for refining his skills as a performer and interviewer. He is 31 and lives near Downtown Dallas with his Fiance Erica and their two dogs Rowan and Enzo and cat, Michael J. Fox. 

For more background on Rob’s life with Diabetes, after graduating as the Valedictorian of his High School class, Rob went on to receive a full collegiate scholarship to the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs to play basketball, and graduated with honors 4 years later with a Bachelors of Science in Business. In the fall of 2012 Rob accepted an offer to play professional basketball for the Washington Generals against the World Famous Harlem Globetrotters on their 2012-13 World Tour and fulfill his lifelong dream of playing pro basketball. Rob has since retired from the professional hoops, but works full-time on his agency while volunteering as a member of the BeyondType1 Leadership Council, a Board Member for JDRF Dallas, a host and speaker for the American Diabetes Association, and can be found speaking at Diabetes events throughout the world, working with top Diabetes brands like Medtronic Diabetes, OneDrop, Myabetic and others, while continuing to strive to accomplish his mission of Helping 1 person with Diabetes at a time.

Dr. Scott Gordon, a first-generation college student,was named Stephen F. Austin State University’sninth president August 2019.A native of Malone, New York, Gordon receivedhis bachelor’s degree in biology from the StateUniversity of New York at Cortland. He earneda master’s degree and doctorate in botany andmycology from the University of Tennessee inKnoxville and holds certifications from the HarvardUniversity Graduate School of Education ineducational management and leadership.As provost at Eastern Washington University,Gordon served as the university’s chiefacademic officer, overseeing more than 500faculty members in six academic colleges withresponsibility for academic policy and planning,distance education, international programs, andinstitutional research.Gordon led a complete reorganization of EWU’sAcademic Affairs unit, led the developmentand implementation of the university’s strategicplan in 2018 and developed partnerships withcommunity colleges, business and industry, as wellas government entities. This work was highlightedby a unique partnership with Microsoft and thecollaboration with multiple businesses on TheCatalyst, a 140,000-square-foot facility in downtownSpokane, Washington.

Prior to joining Eastern Washington, Gordonspent 22 years at the University of SouthernIndiana, where he served as dean of the PottCollege of Science, Engineering and Education.In addition, he served a decade as the facultyathletics representative, was named a NCAAfaculty athletic representative fellow, and wasvice president and treasurer of the Great LakesValley Conference, which includes 14 NCAADivision II institutions.

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Mike Boykin

Mike Boykin continues his distinguished career in the sports and entertainment industry as co-founder and CEO of Bespoke Sports & Entertainment. Mike has spent nearly 40 years leading brand strategy, consultation, property negotiation, event marketing, account team management and activation platforms across the sports landscape. At Bespoke he has overseen the development of a global award-winning marketing agency and maintains deep, high-level relationships with brands, properties, agencies and media companies. In a short time, Mike has led Bespoke in delivering award-winning campaigns for its brand clients, though he is most proud that Bespoke has been recognized by Inc. Magazine and Charlotte Business Journal as Best Places to Work. Prior to founding Bespoke, Mike spent 16 years building GMR Marketing’s sports marketing practice as Executive Vice President. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and the Ohio University Sports Administration program. Mike is an active contributor to the community including the founding of the Charlotte Sports+Business networking group. He is a recipient of the Charles R. Higgins Distinguished Alumni Award from Ohio University and was named one of Charlotte’s Most Admired CEOs.