The True Leadership Podcast

In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Mark Richtermeyer, a visionary executive and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience leading high-growth technology and professional services organizations.

In this conversation, Mark opens up about early leadership forged under pressure, the role of values in hard decisions, the necessity of clarity and alignment, and why honor, integrity, and the long view matter more than ever in modern leadership.

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In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Eric Goldstein, a growth and platform leader in media and entertainment with a track record of scaling global streaming businesses and building the partnerships behind next-generation viewer experiences. In this conversation, he opens up about the coaches who shaped him, the power of integrity, the art of elevating others, and why presence is the real competitive advantage in today’s fast-moving world.

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In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Rik Walters — a fractional CMO, full-stack go-to-market strategist, and one of the sharpest operators in B2B SaaS. Known for transforming complexity into clarity, Rik builds the systems that turn strategy into predictable, scalable growth.

Rik shares how a high-school baseball coach first taught him what it means to be entrusted with leadership, how a painful breach of trust became one of his greatest teachers, and how awareness and presence have transformed not only his leadership but his life.

This conversation goes far beyond go-to-market strategy. It explores integrity, transparency, readiness versus preparation, and the courage required to let go of the identity you’ve built in order to grow into the one that’s calling you forward.

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In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Joe Fox, President of Growave, where he is leading the charge to unify commerce through tech-stack consolidation and smarter retention strategies. With 15 years of global experience across e-commerce, SaaS, and digital innovation, Joe has worked with major brands including LEGO, Sony, and Crocs, and previously led partnerships at REVIEWS.io and Fast.

In this conversation, Joe opens up about the practices that build resilient teams, the mindset shifts leaders must make to grow, and the inner work required to lead with clarity, purpose, and heart.

In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Jim McFarlane, Executive Vice President of Strategic Robotic Systems in San Diego — a company pioneering specialized underwater vehicles known as Fusion. Jim has spent his entire life in the undersea world, first entering a submersible at age eight and later building a five-decade career shaping the future of subsea technology.

After assuming full leadership of SRS in 2024, he has guided the organization through a profound transformation rooted in his core philosophy: enable your people, bring solutions not problems, and work collaboratively toward what has never been done before. With deep experience, grounded wisdom, and an unmatched view into innovation beneath the surface, Jim joins the show to share insights from a lifetime spent leading on — and under — the water.

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In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Mariane Bekker — investor, entrepreneur, technologist, and a leading force for inclusive innovation in Silicon Valley. As Managing Partner at Founders Bay and founder of Women Founders Bay, Mariane supports a global community of more than 80,000 founders and VCs, creating pathways for underrepresented talent through curated events, workshops, and investment opportunities.

She joins the show with powerful insight, remarkable resilience, and a grounded vision for what leadership in the age of AI can and must become.

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In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Adam Puckett, a systems-driven sales leader and strategist who has built and scaled high-performing teams across the technology sector. As the Vice President of Sales for North America at COS Systems, Adam is leading efforts to expand broadband access and modern infrastructure across the country.

He offers a grounded, honest look at leadership, personal agency, culture-building, and the power of choosing who you want to be. It’s a pleasure to have Adam on the show.

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In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Dan Cain, a proven go-to-market executive and Vice President of Sales at IMPLAN. With more than a decade of experience building and scaling high-performing sales organizations across technology and data-driven industries, Dan blends strategic clarity with a hands-on, people-first leadership style.

He shares early experiences that shaped his commitment to leading from the front, the moments that humbled and transformed him as a leader, and the growth required to move from individual contributor to leader of leaders. With candor and grounded wisdom, Dan reflects on loyalty, transparency, continuous improvement, and what it truly means to develop people while driving performance.

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In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Matt Strauchon, a high-energy technical sales leader with more than 15 years of experience driving growth across SaaS and AI solutions. Known as “the head nerd,” Matt blends deep technical expertise with a human-centered leadership style that builds teams people want to join and organizations that consistently deliver.

He shares the early experiences that shaped his authenticity, the pivotal moments that pushed him toward human-centric connection, and how empathy, curiosity, and genuine humor transformed his impact as a leader. From helping teams reset after burnout to elevating performance through people first, Matt brings insight, honesty, and heart to what True Leadership requires today.

In this episode of The True Leadership Podcast, Ty sits down with Geoff Hughes, a global technology executive with more than twenty years of experience leading cloud operations, infrastructure, and engineering across Fortune 100 companies and high-growth tech firms.

Geoff shares early influences that shaped his leadership, the pivotal experiences that shifted him from managing work to truly leading people, and the personal investments that strengthened his approach over the years. From unifying organizations to supporting teams through real-life adversity, Geoff offers thoughtful insight into self-awareness, adaptability, and what it takes to lead with both rigor and humanity.