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BEHIND THE BUTTONS with Joe Pusz and Kelly Lorenzen

March 22, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

BEHIND THE BUTTONS with Joe Pusz and Kelly Lorenzen

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BEHIND THE BUTTONS with Joe Pusz and Kelly Lorenzen

In this episode of the “Behind the Buttons” Podcast, you’ll hear from Joe Pusz, Owner of the PMO Squad and Host of the #1 Project Management Podcast in the USA, “Project Management Office Hours”; and, Kelly Lorenzen, Owner of KLM Consulting, LLC and Host of “Collaborative Connections Radio Show and Podcast” as they share the success they are experiencing within their business since they’ve started their radio show and podcast with us.

Business RadioX ® is amplifying the voice of business by sharing unscripted conversations from local business leaders serving their market, their community, and their profession. Listen in and then let’s explore a show concept for you and your business!

Joe Pusz, Host of Project Management Office Hours, started THE PMO SQUAD to bring real-world PMO Leadership experience to the consulting space and to advocate for Project Management through his blog PMOJOE.com. The old saying is “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.”

Following this mindset Joe left Corporate America in 2013 to start THE PMO SQUAD and work with fellow Natural Born Project Managers to advance Project Management Best Practices.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn.

Kelly Lorenzen, Host of Collaborative Connections and CEO of KLM Consulting, is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 15 years of business-ownership experience. She is also a certified project management professional.

Kelly’s expertise is in business development, customer service, marketing, and sales.

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn, and follow KLM Consulting on Facebook.

About Your Host

Karen Nowicki is a successful author, speaker and the creator of Deep Impact Leadership™ and SoulMarks Coaching™. She is a two-time recipient of the prestigious national Choice Award® for her book and personal development retreat. Karen was crowned the first-ever “Mompreneur of the Year” Award in 2010 for the southwestern states. She was recognized for her leadership, business acumen, and work-life balance.

Karen has been an expert guest on regional TV and radio shows, including Fox Phoenix Morning Show, Sonoran Living, Good Morning Arizona, The Chat Room, and Mid-Day Arizona. She has been a regular contributor to many print and online magazines – publishing articles and blogs for business and education.

In addition to working with private coaching clients, Karen is also the Owner & President of Phoenix Business RadioX. The Business RadioX Network amplifies the voice of business – serving the Fortune 500,000, not just the Fortune 500. Phoenix Business RadioX helps local businesses and professional associations get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, profession, and community.

Of all the experiences Karen has had the privilege of participating in over her vast career, she shares that Phoenix Business RadioX is a pinnacle adventure!

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Julie Jakubek with Allstate Natalie Ceroni with Ceroni Law Firm and Jo Lou Spleth with Let Your Life Flow E6

March 22, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Julie Jakubek with Allstate Natalie Ceroni with Ceroni Law Firm and Jo Lou Spleth with Let Your Life Flow E6

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Julie Jakubek with Allstate Natalie Ceroni with Ceroni Law Firm and Jo Lou Spleth with Let Your Life Flow E6

During the latest episode of Collaborative Connections Radio Show and Podcast, Kelly Lorenzen was joined by Julie Jakubek, Jo Lou Spleth, and Natalie Ceroni. They talked about entrepreneurship, ways to help others, how to deal with anxiety and navigate stressful situations.

Allstate Insurance is an award-winning agency specializing in helping individuals and businesses with risks they face through insurance products. They help with all types of insurance: auto, home, life, and commercial. Uniquely Allstate looks at insurance as a tool for an individual, family or business’ entire financial picture. Their agency has been in the Phoenix area for 24 years. Allstate’s office is on Thomas and 47th St, just south of Arcadia. They are ready to help you with a roadmap for your future.

Julie Jakubek, owner of Julie Jakubek: Allstate Insurance, is passionate about the community and the clients she serves. Julie teaches the Allstate Foundation Purple Purse Financial series. This empowers women to take control of their money instead of their money controlling them. For the past 10 years, Julie has been on the board of the Arizona Council on Economic Education.

This organization’s goal is to reach all school-age children in the state of Arizona through economic and personal literacy. Julie is the current president of NAIFA Arizona. The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors is a non-profit organization in Arizona that represents approximately 400 licensed insurance agents for education, networking, legislation and ethics in our industry. Julie is passionate about giving back to the community she serves.

Connect with Julie on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Ceroni Law Firm is a boutique husband and wife run law firm, focusing exclusively on family law and domestic relations issues; including, divorce, legal separation, custody, child support, spousal maintenance, paternity actions, grandparents’ visitation, domestic violence and order of protection issues.

Ceroni Law Firm is dedicated to client service, including responsiveness during what is typically a difficult time for clients. Ceroni Law Firm strives to provide cost-effective, but thorough representation to its clients. The firm understands the complex emotional, financial and other important considerations involved in family law cases, and works to achieve superior results for clients that enable clients to move forward with a fresh start.

Natalie Ceroni is an Arizona native, who graduated suma cum laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Natalie attended Hofstra University School of Law in New York, where she graduated cum laude. Natalie has been practicing exclusively family law since 2012. Natalie began her career with a well-respected boutique law firm in Arizona and has been practicing with her husband in Scottsdale since 2014.

Natalie’s undergraduate experience has helped her tremendously in family law, as the issues often involve and/or overlap mental health issues and work with mental health professionals. Natalie volunteers her time as a Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore, where Natalie conducts court-appointed settlement conferences in family law cases. Natalie is dedicated to the pursuit of justice and fair, timely resolution of family disputes.

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Let Your Life Flow helps women who are tired of being angry, anxious, sad or stuck to release high-intensity emotions and blocks using proven energy psychology techniques.

Jo Lou Spleth is a long-time entrepreneur and former corporate manager whose experience with the stress of owning and running a business, as well as going through the common life trials of divorce, parenthood and grief, led her to pursue a spiritual path as strongly as her career path.

Her first-hand experience of burning out in her corporate role literally pushed her to develop a stress management course for business professionals. Then she added a number of energy psychology techniques to get to the real root of most stress — energetic baggage and limiting subconscious beliefs. She’s worked with dozens of professional women to clear the true driving force holding them back from enjoying business and personal success.

She specializes in experiences around partner stress, such as divorce and problematic business relationships; anxiety at home and in the workplace; healing deep grief, and overcoming feelings of being stuck towards reaching a goal. Today, she also focuses on the general fear and anxiety arising from the current global public health crisis and how that exacerbates all the usual stresses facing people.

Jo Lou also runs a successful software company, SilverWind, and coaches business teams on embracing the changes that come from introducing a new technology to the workforce or eliminating the blocks that individuals face when going after an ambitious new business goal.

She is an active single mom of a very busy high school son, a musician, avid hiker, and optimistic backyard gardener.

Connect with Jo Lou on LinkedIn.

About the Show

Kelly Lorenzen started the “Collaborative Connections” show to bring her clients and favorite charities together to meet each other, connect and collaborate in life and business. She hopes to build a stronger community one show at a time.

About Our Sponsor

KLM Consulting is a business concierge and project management firm. They help small business owners and non-profits build, brand and brag about their businesses.

About Your Host

Kelly Lorenzen, CEO of KLM Consulting, is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 15 years of business-ownership experience. She is also a certified project management professional.

Kelly’s expertise is in business development, customer service, marketing, and sales.

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn, and follow KLM Consulting on Facebook.

MIND MONEY MOTION Anna Sparks with Sparks Systems and Chrissy Barth with Nutrition Lifestyle Education

March 19, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

MIND MONEY MOTION Anna Sparks with Sparks Systems and Chrissy Barth with Nutrition Lifestyle Education

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MIND MONEY MOTION Anna Sparks with Sparks Systems and Chrissy Barth with Nutrition Lifestyle Education

The registered dietitian shared the importance of a wholistic approach to improving diet with an emphasis on pro-biotic rich foods (fermented) and high fiber foods (plant based foods) along with the advice to identify 1-3 specific actions to tackle at a time. The exercise physiologist explained a metabolic approach to optimize blood sugar in our body by focusing on two fuel tanks and using breathe to calm our brains via exercise.

Both guests boiled down sensible advice for exercise and nutrition with a logical and understandable explanation with examples as to how and why our gut health and brain health are related along with what we can do about it. Better diet and exercise really gets us to improved health, quality of life, and longevity, who doesn’t want that?

Sparks Systems is a health and performance coaching company that helps clients be the best that they can be by optimizing metabolic efficiency in an effort to enhance their performance and quality of life through nutrition, movement and breathing.

Sparks provides a way to measure metabolism and then creates a plan that will move each client towards metabolic efficiency. Metabolic Testing is the only true way to know if your body is efficiency using its internal stores of fat and carbohydrate. The test is simple and takes about 30 – 45 minutes. The result is a detailed report of exactly how much fat and carbohydrate you burn at rest as well as at different intensities of exercise.

It’s a simple test, much like blood work, that will help you understand your baseline Metabolic Efficiency and more importantly, help the Sparks System Team assign you a Sparks Score as well as understand if your nutrition program is working or not.

Anna Sparks is certified MET Level 1, Metabolic Efficiency Training Specialist (METS) which is defined as a systematic nutrition and exercise approach to improving the body’s ability to use its internal stores of nutrients, specically carbohydrate and fat.

Anna has more than 16 years of experience as a personal health and performance coach, from collegiate athletic teams to one-on-one training. She received her bachelor’s degree in exercise science and master’s in exercise physiology from the University of Mississippi, where she also played soccer and served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach in the Ole Miss athletic department. She also worked as with Olympic swimmers at Auburn University while earning her master’s, and after graduation joined the University of Arkansas as an assistant soccer coach for the Lady Razorbacks.

Anna’s love for soccer eventually brought her to the Valley to coach Arizona State University’s soccer team in 2008. It wasn’t long after moving to Phoenix that she realized
her love for cycling and triathlons, transitioning to competitive cycling in 2009. She competed in the women’s professional peloton for six years, racing in events such as the Tour of California.

Today Anna enjoys non-competitive cycling and is an avid hiker.

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Nutrition Lifestyle Education is a nutrition coaching and consulting practice based in Phoenix, Arizona that creates personalized, holistic programs for their clients that addresses nutrition, lifestyle and mind-body practices, exercise and movement, and specialty lab testing.

Chrissy Barth is an integrative and functional dietitian, yoga teacher, and mind-body expert in the field of holistic nutrition who is passionate about teaching others about optimal health and wellness by taking the confusion out of nutrition.

She is the founder and CEO of Nutrition Lifestyle Education – a nutrition coaching and consulting practice based in Phoenix, Arizona where she serves as a nutrition consultant to sports teams, spas, mental wellness programs, medical and training facilities, corporations, and local and national media outlets serving as a media spokesperson. Chrissy is also a Lecturer at Arizona State University where she teaches sports nutrition, human nutrition and entrepreneurship and serves as a mentor to many aspiring future dietitians.

Chrissy has been awarded inclusion of Cambridge Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals in Dietetics “Honors Edition” of the Registry – the single highest mark of achievement as a dietitian and has received recognition as Arizona’s Young Dietitian of the Year.

Chrissy received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in human nutrition from Arizona State University. An athlete, foodie, and sports enthusiast, Chrissy enjoys dining out with friends and family, spending time outdoors hiking, traveling including back east to visit family in Virginia, and supporting many local athletic events across the country.

Last, but certainly not least, you can be sure to catch Chrissy in a yoga studio most days of the week and encourages many of her clients to incorporate yoga and other mindfulness-based practices into their lifestyles for optimal wellness.

Connect with Chrissy on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

ABOUT OUR SPONSORS

The Women’s Enterprise Foundation (WEF) is a 501(C)3 charitable organization that supports and inspires women business owners within the greater Phoenix area. For over 10 years we have sponsored women through scholarships and grant funding. Our monthly scholarship applications and bi-annual grant opportunities have assisted over 20 women in 2018 and 2019. These women continue to develop themselves as business leaders. The grants give them the increased capital to help generate greater revenue in their business. Scholarships help support their business growth through leadership and business training. We know when women grow their businesses, they benefit entire communities.

The first Friday in November each year, we hold our annual fundraiser at the Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch. This year our featured guest speaker will be Dr. Connie Mariano, the first military woman to serve as a White House Physician to the President. Info for scholarships and grants, as well as our upcoming event may be found at .

WEF is proud to sponsor Marie Burns in her podcasts, Mind, Money and Motion, that will positively educate women about money habits. We are excited for Marie Burns to spread her message, as it is consistent with the success for women in business, as well as their personal financial growth.

Our financial support of Marie’s grant continues to create a foundation that WEF fosters. We believe that women are the glue for their communities as they participate in, orchestrate and mediate relationships, opportunities and business growth. We are confident that her support and success will multiply and benefit many others.

Mind Money Motion is an education business whose mission is to help women worry less about running out of money by keeping their mind and body healthy so they can enjoy LESS WORRY, MORE LIFE.

Money is the number one stressor in American’s lives and one of the main reasons for divorce. Women are often uncomfortable with financial decisions OR don’t have the time or interest to take care of financial matters OR don’t know where to begin or if they are on track.

As the founder, Marie Burns provides tools and resources through her podcast, books, speaking events, website and social media to be the financial advocate women need.

ABOUT YOUR HOST:

Marie Burns, a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), has been advocating for clients’ financial health for almost 20 years.

Originally from Wisconsin, she has helped clients with their financial lives in a fiduciary capacity in a bank setting, accounting firm, at Vanguard, at a financial planning firm and now has an independent advisory practice where she offers financial planning and investment management called Focus Point Planning.

She is a volunteer ambassador and board member for The Financial Awareness Foundation, member of the Financial Planning Association, board member for the Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee, author of a financial checklist book series, and podcast host of Mind, Money, Motion, where she strives to help women enjoy LESS WORRY, MORE LIFE!

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Exploring Community Partnerships E3

March 12, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Exploring Community Partnerships E3

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Exploring Community Partnerships E3

Eric, Leann and Caillou shared personal experiences about why mentors make a difference in the opportunities one feels confident to take in deciding a career. They are open and honest about the growing need for experience and exposure to Advanced Manufacturing careers.

Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems, and service provider of aftermarket support. As America’s biggest manufacturing exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in more than 150 countries.

Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training.

As a Community Investor for The Boeing Company, Leann Shaffer leads social responsibility and corporate citizenship activities in Arizona and New Mexico. In this role, she implements Boeing’s strategic philanthropy through charitable investments, volunteer programs, employee drives and other integrated programs.

Prior to this role and coming to The Boeing Company, Shaffer began her career as a software engineer and has held several dynamic roles in tech which included leadership development training, leading recruiting and internship programs and developing and implementing workforce pipeline strategies.

Leann’s passion for STEM is rooted in her own journey and background in IT, and it’s why she believes every student should have a role model and access to STEM opportunities.

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PADT is the Southwest’s leading provider of products and services for mechanical engineering. Established in 1994, their 85 employees focus on numerical simulation, product development, and 3D Printing. Although based in Tempe, Arizona, they have offices in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and California.

Eric Miller is a co-owner of Tempe based PADT, which provides tools and services to companies who design and manufacture physical products. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley.

As co-founder of PADT in 1994, Eric was able to pursue his interests in simulation, 3D printing, operations, and small business management. Eric is often called upon to write and speak on simulation, design, and 3D Printing as well as on startups and the high-tech sector.

In addition, he is a board member for several tech-related organizations and Chair of the Arizona Technology Council Board of Directors.

Connect with Eric on LinkedIn.

Recently named an 18 Under 18 recipient by Junior Achievement and Arizona Republic, Caillou Peña is proud to represent the importance of empowering today’s youth to tackle tomorrow’s biggest challenges.

With previous experience in constitutional law, entrepreneurship and as a Chief Science Officer, currently, he is a member of the Institute for Policy and Strategy at Carnegie Mellon University where he is studying International Relations and Politics with hopes of using this knowledge to expand educational opportunities for all.

Impassioned with a vision to stimulate positive change in communities worldwide, Caillou, is thrilled to be working at the SciTech Institute where he has witnessed first hand that he can do just that.

Connect with Caillou on LinkedIn.

About Your STEM Unplugged Host

SciTech Institute™ was established as the Arizona Technology Council Foundation as the conduit for collaboration among STEM industry, academia, civic, and non-profit organizations in Arizona. Now, rebranded and named the SciTech Institute™ the goal centers around aligning assets and resources to motivate individuals to pursue STEM-related educational and career paths or find a passion while engaged in community events during the SciTech Festival.

The Chief Science Officer program highlights the 6th-12th graders that have been selected as leaders in their schools and communities to receive training to build a world-class community of diverse STEM-literate workers and knowledgeable, engaged citizens. Science For All allows for tax credit donations to provide engaging experiences for students while RAIN (Rural Activation Innovation Network) focuses on resources for the rural areas of Arizona.

As a STEM Learning Ecosystem, SciTech Institute™ focuses on collaboration and connecting individuals with opportunities! STEM Professionals are encouraged to engage with the future workforce by serving as a mentor, leadership coach, panelist, keynote and session trainer during a variety of conferences hosted or sponsored by SciTech Institute™ and The Arizona Technology Council.

Teachers and Administrators are invited to connect with the resources available while activating a large network of STEM champions for student projects, judges at events, volunteers, exhibitors and more. SciTech Festival Event Coordinators are supported during the planning and execution of community STEM events around the state by the SciTech STREET Team Members and the growing network of volunteers. The possibilities are endless! SciTech Institute™ looks forward to connecting with you today. Visit SciTechInstitute.org today for more information.

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About Your Host

After graduating from Bolivar-Richburg High School in rural western New York and joining the United States Army, Kelly Greene learned quickly to adapt to her surroundings to be successful. She attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio and played shortstop on the Tiger softball team while earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.

After graduating from Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training, she traveled the world with the military. While stationed in Misawa, Japan, Kelly fell in love with learning about cultures around the world. Even as a deployed Soldier during Operation Iraqi Freedom for two tours, she found opportunities to connect with the local children to form the Victory Base Council Girl Scouts with her fellow servicemen.

In 2013, she was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and traveled the country by air and had the opportunity to utilize the most advanced technologies available to the tactical HUMINT operations in theater. Upon return from combat, she retired with 21 years of service and began teaching 6th grade Math.

After being selected as a Westside Impact Teacher of the Year and having her Fiesta Bowl Charities Wish Granted for a morning news studio, she was asked to begin a new class on campus – 7th grade STEM! Using her enthusiastic nature and combined with her strong classroom management she was able to design curriculum based on the Engineering Design Process to have her 7th graders complete a new project every 2 weeks!

She is excited to serve as the Director of Student Success for the rapidly expanding Chief Science Officers Program. Her goal is to push students just a bit outside of their comfort zone so they can see for themselves the power of their own ideas.

About Your Co-Host

Chief Science Officer (CSO) Shalae Clemens is a member of the International Leadership Council and the current CSO of the Year.

She is a freshman at McClintock High School and a 3rd year CSO.

Shalae has a passion for STEM and is using her leadership skills to prepare the STEM workforce of tomorrow.

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Christian Nielsen with uQualio® ApS and Erik Francis with Maverik Education E5

March 11, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Christian Nielsen with uQualio® ApS and Erik Francis with Maverik Education E5

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Christian Nielsen with uQualio ApS and Erik Francis with Maverik Education E5

uQualio® is the company name and the name of a new kind of video eLearning platform for the use in onboarding, training, marketing, sales and sales support. uQualio® takes the value of video for training, cloud-based technologies, SaaS, smartphones, social media, gamification and bite size learning and creates a new way to create, distribute and consume learning.

uQualio® is a revolutionary way to do this for companies, NGO’s, non-profits and startups across the world.

Christian Nielsen is uQualio® Chief Product Officer and co-founder. He holds a Master of Science in Electronic Engineering. He has a long career with extensive international experience in Management, Leadership & Quality within learning and software industries. Back in 2000 Christian was the CEO of one of the first eLearning companies in Denmark.

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Maverik Education, LLC provides academic professional development and consultation to K-12 schools, colleges, and universities on developing learning environments and delivering educational experiences that challenge students to demonstrate higher-order thinking and communicate depth of knowledge (DOK).

Our areas of expertise include teaching and learning for depth of knowledge (Webb’s DOK), higher-level questioning and inquiry, authentic learning, differentiated instruction, personalized learning, and talent development.

Erik M. Francis, M.Ed., M.S. is an international author and presenter with over 20 years of experience working as a classroom teacher, a site administrator, an education program specialist with a state education agency, and a professional development trainer.

He has extensive experience working with students who are academically at-risk, gifted and talented students, English language learners, and students with special needs.

Erik is the author of Now THAT’S a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning published by ASCD. His book on teaching and learning for depth of knowledge will be published by Solution Tree International in Fall 2020. Erik has also been ranked as one of the World’s Top 30 Education Professionals for 2019 (#13) and 2020 (#3) by the international research organization Global Gurus.

Erik received his Master’s in Education Leadership from Northern Arizona University and Master’s of Science in Film and Television Production and Management from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He also holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Rhetoric and Communication and English from the University at Albany. Erik currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his family.

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About The Lurnist Radio Show & Podcast

Join us as we discuss the latest trends, “how to’s” and the fascinating things people are doing in the course creation business!

About Your Host

Debra Hildebrand is the Founder and CEO of The Lurnist. She has over 20 years’ experience in consulting and over 10 years in corporate training and teaching in higher education.

She is one of the architects for the Project Management Certification program at the University of Washington, where she received the Team Teaching Excellence Award and currently instructs in the online portion of the program. Additionally, she developed and currently teaches two highly popular online courses at Stanford University. She has developed and produced over 200 educational videos.

Prior to building her own business, she worked as a management consultant for a boutique consulting company in the Pacific Northwest where her role included creating successful solutions for high profile, complex, cross-functional projects in the public sector.

She earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York, NY and she serves on the advisory board for the University of Washington Project Management Certificate Program and is a National Mentor for SeedSpot.

About Hildebrand Solutions, DBA “The Lurnist

The Lurnist provides strategic solutions for online business startup, marketing and course creation. We provide entrepreneurs, small businesses and service professionals with coaching and training to help them build a successful and revenue generating business. We do this by providing real action steps that can be implemented right away and strategies for automating work that is slowing down progress. Our motto is SIMPLE and ACTIONABLE.

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E49 Project Management for Medical Devices and the Coronavirus

March 11, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

E49 Project Management for Medical Devices and the Coronavirus

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E49 Project Management for Medical Devices and the Coronavirus

Regardless your company size, we have you covered in this episode as we chat project management in the medical device field with leaders from startups and the largest medical device organization. Listen to hear Michael O’Connor with Medtronic and James Foley with Botanisol Analytics.

Michael is an award winning Project Management leader and is the Director of Strategy and Project Management at Medtronic. He shares his story working within a large corporation and the advantages and challenges that brings. We learn of specific activities such as PM Roundtable, Mentoring, Education, use of PM tools, and working across business units or an EPMO.

James is CTO at Botanisol Analytics and they are actively working to help develop a better detection system for the Coronavirus. James shares challenges a small startup faces to deliver projects more agile to satisfy larger customers. He leverages experience from his time in the military to a long career within corporate America prior to his startup experience. We also get a science lesson on how the Raman technology works to be able to detect COVID-19.

Michael and James provide great insight for those starting their project management journey. Don’t be afraid to seek out guidance, mentoring, and step up for leadership opportunities. Listen to hear their other advice for how to advance your project management career.

For those in the Phoenix area, be sure to register for the upcoming ASU PM Summit by visiting – https://uto.asu.edu/events/PM-Summit-2020

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Spreaker, Stitcher,or your favorite podcast platform!

Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn about the Purpose Driven PMO and all their project management services.

Michael O’Connor is Director of Strategy and Project Management with Medtronic was founded in 1949 as a medical equipment repair shop by Earl Bakken and his brother-in-law, Palmer Hermundslie.

Did these two men set out to change medical technology and the lives of millions of people? No. But they did have a deep moral purpose and an inner drive to use their scientific knowledge and entrepreneurial skills to help others.

That spirit — combined with our founders’ personal integrity and passion — became our guiding philosophy and, ultimately, the Medtronic Mission.
Our first life-changing therapy — a wearable, battery-powered cardiac pacemaker — was the foundation for many more Medtronic therapies that use our electrical stimulation expertise to improve the lives of millions of people.

Over the years, we developed additional core technologies, including implantable mechanical devices, drug and biologic delivery devices, and powered and advanced energy surgical instruments.

Connect with Michael on LinkedIn.

Botanisol Analytics, a start up company in the Phoenix Valley. Taking a patent from the University of Arizona commercial. Creating a mobile chemical detection system with the accuracy found in high end laboratories, with faster results and easier use. Illuminate the unknown.

Awards include: Acceptance in Techstars Air Force Accelerator Program, Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (Arizona) and TechConnect Innovation Award 2019.

James Foley, CTO of Botanisol Analytics, is a US Naval Academy graduate. Demonstrated experienced dynamic leader with over 30 years of business, technical, domestic and international experience. Forward-thinker skilled in maximizing people, processes and assets to support strategic objectives, transform global operations and improve business performance in rapid-growth environments.

Adept at synthesizing nebulous or incomplete information into actionable plans suitable to meet current and future business needs. Highly skilled in leading strategic initiatives. Passion for developing high-performance teams. Particularly strong in managing within budgets, interpreting financial statements and incorporating methodologies to achieve maximum results.

Specialties: Raman, Manufacturing, ITAR, ISO13485, P&L Operations Management, Business Process Analysis & Re-engineering, Integrating Legacy & Emerging systems, Product Development, Team Development, Agile, Six Sigma, ITIL, ITSM and Cloud computing.

Connect with James on LinkedIn and follow Botanisol Analytics on Twitter.

ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HOURS SERIES

Project Management Office Hours is intended to provide Project Management professionals a place to drop in and discuss Success Stories, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned. Project Management Consultant Joy Gumz has shared with us, “Operations keep the lights on, strategy provides the light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward.”

Each of us has a unique story to tell, but collectively we share a message that organizations who embrace Project Management Best Practices perform better than those which don’t. Organizations which align Projects to Strategy perform better. Organizations with Engage Executive Sponsors deliver better results. Organizations which measure Project Management performance outperform those which don’t.

During our Project Management Office Hours, we hear directly from Industry leaders how to make an impact in our profession. How we, collectively, will Advance Project Management Best Practices, One Listener at a time!

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Joe Pusz started THE PMO SQUAD to bring real world PMO Leadership experience to the consulting space and to advocate for Project Management through his blog PMOJOE.com. The old saying is “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Following this mindset Joe left Corporate America in 2013 to start THE PMO SQUAD and work with fellow Natural Born Project Managers to advance Project Management Best Practices.

ABOUT OUR SPONSOR

THE PMO SQUAD focuses exclusively on PMO and Project Management consulting. Corporate America is full of Accidental Project Managers running projects who haven’t been trained to be PMs. To help solve this problem THE PMO SQUAD is on the Leading Edge with PMO As a Service. PMO As a Service allows our clients to focus on their respective core competencies while THE PMO SQUAD delivers Project Management expertise. Contact Joe at 678-591-7868. Follow The PMO Squad on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Kristine Kassel with Benefits by Design E10

March 10, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Kristine Kassel with Benefits by Design E10

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Kristine Kassel with Benefits by Design E10

Benefits by Design helps companies research employee benefit options such as health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance. They also help service their clients and employees throughout the year as an extension of their HR department. We are a no-cost solution to help you navigate through this challenging insurance market.

Kristine Kassel has been in the industry for over 30 years with 22 of those years as a business owner. She is very active in the business community. She’s led several business boards as the chair which include, NAWBO, ASBA, the Tempe Chamber, and Gabriel’s Angels.

She also has been very active in her industry through NAHU And the local Insurance Chapters. As well as participated on several different insurance boards with the State of Arizona and several of the insurance carriers.

She has won several awards including the Tempe Woman of the Year, an Athena Finalist, the Business Journal’s 40 under 40 and NAHU’s Distinguished Service Award.

She believes in helping others and loves to donate her time as a Pet Therapy team for Gabriel’s Angels.

Connect with Kristine on LinkedIn and follow Benefits by Design on Facebook.

About This Show

Lawgitimate and its awesome guests highlight everyday financial topics including credit scores, debt management, small business, and real estate.

Lawgitimate’s goal is to raise awareness and provide the full perspective, including the legal lens attorneys use to address these complicated and fun topics.

About Your Hosts

Rochelle Poulton is an attorney and owner of AZCLG. Rochelle has been helping people with Credit and Debt issues since 2012, owns several small businesses, and has nearly 20 years of real estate experience.

Rochelle created Lawgitimate to bring in a network of awesome people to raise awareness and educate people about the litany of legal issues she faces everyday at AZCLG.

Mike Poulton, with Poulton & Noroian, was born in North Carolina, and has lived in Nebraska, Kansas, Vermont and Arizona throughout his life. Mike earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management with minors in Physics and Business from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. As an undergraduate, he worked as a physics research assistant in the Polarized Electron Group at UNL, designing and building scientific apparatus in support of a national nuclear physics research project. Prior to his career in law he was a project engineer and field superintendent for an international commercial contractor, helping manage large office and retail construction projects in Phoenix.

Mike attended the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University, where he was awarded the Charles E. Jones Merit Scholarship and was named a Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law, Science and Technology. He won the Moot Court Oral Argument Competition and was an editor of Jurimetrics, the academic journal of the American Bar Association’s division of Law Science and Technology. His published article “Particles of What? A Call for Specificity in Airborne Particulate Regulation” won Best Student Note, and was a nominated for the American Society of Legal Writers Law-Review Award Competition.

Mike’s legal practice draws on his knowledge and experience in other fields to serve his clients. As an experienced science researcher, Mike understands technical issues that many other attorneys cannot, and applies that knowledge for his clients’ benefit. His construction management experience also provides him with a broad knowledge base not only in construction law, but also in regulatory compliance, worker safety, and negotiation.

In addition to law, Mike has a passion for hands-on work with technological hardware and has a number of projects he is actively pursuing at any time – presently including an attempt at the world speed record for a hovercraft. He is a professional pyrotechnician who frequently produces public fireworks displays on the Fourth of July and other holidays. He has worked on the crew of many electronically fired shows in Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Vermont, and Arizona and has set up explosive special effects at airshows around the country. Mike has been active in canine search and rescue to find lost and missing people in the wilderness of Arizona, is a ham radio operator, a gun collector, amateur watchmaker, and enjoys camping in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona.

Michael is licensed to practice law in Arizona and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Federal District Courts in Arizona.

Connect with Mike on LinkedIn.

About AZCLG

The Arizona Credit Law Group, PLLC aka AZCLG is a consumer rights law firm in Tempe, AZ helping people with Credit Repair, Debt Settlement, and Bankruptcy.

We are small but mighty and love helping people get back on track financially. Learn more about us at azclg.com.

Giselle Aguiar with AZ Social Media Wiz and Tares Figueroa with ChatDrive

March 5, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Giselle Aguiar with AZ Social Media Wiz and Tares Figueroa with ChatDrive

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Giselle Aguiar with AZ Social Media Wiz and Tares Figueroa with ChatDrive

Every entrepreneur has the ability to take and maintain control of their social media marketing and it is their mission to help you do that through strategic and tactical planning, training and coaching.

AZ Social Media Wiz offers:

Social Media Marketing Setups
Strategic and Tactical Marketing Plans
Group Training
Special Event Promotion
Keyword & Target Market Research
1-on-1 Coaching and Training

You can learn how to maximize your marketing in the major social media networks: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, as well as blogging on WordPress, content marketing, and how to use the free time-saving tools to manage it all.

You can learn how to grow a following and once your following is established, manage your social media in 30 minutes a day.

Giselle Aguiar, founder of AZ Social Media Wiz is a social media, content, and digital marketing consultant and trainer. She specializes in market research, strategic and tactical planning, social media and marketing automation setups, 1:1 and group training and coaching. She’s been doing Internet marketing since 1995. Her goal is to Empower Small Business Owners to Become Social Savvy!

She recently completed a new ebook! “The Blueprint: Strategies for Effective Social Media & Digital Marketing“: Your Total Digital Marketing Strategy Solution!

Connect with Giselle on LinkedIn and follow AZ Social Media Wiz on Facebook and Twitter.

ChatDrive is a true partnership company that collaborates with organizations to elevate their personal touch and engagement sincerity with prospective clients. We provide 24/7 Live “Human-Present” Chat for Education, Retail and Order Processing Partner-Clients; Primarily.

ChatDrive has beyond full capability of AI/Bots/Machine Learning and the like, however the highest conversion and ROI for our Partner-Clients is an actual Human Being engaging and conducting chat each and every time, 24/7, 365 Days a year. We have established ourselves as actual “team-members” and are included in discussions and planning – for more than just chat.

The culture and beliefs are “never say no” and in the spirit of true Partnership “continuously improve., and think holistically” This is what serves the Partner-Client – open dialogue, analytics and systems thinking. That’s ChatDrive.

Tares Figueroa is Chief Revenue Officer of ChatDrive, a Six Year, U.S.A.F. Veteran, Results-Driven Strategist, Mentor, Trainer and Speaker that specializes in mapping and creating momentum phases for companies. He was Born in Brooklyn, and raised in New York City, attended New York Military Academy and studied Logistics War Planning at the U.S.A.F. Institute of Technology.

Tares is a father of four very successful entrepreneurial children, married 21 years to Greta, an incredibly accomplished and successful entrepreneurial leader and in his spare time, he enjoys boating, sailing, reading and the simple joys of family life – building memories.

Connect with Tares on LinkedIn.

About Our Host

Along with being a Spartan racer, past animal trainer and magician’s assistant, Kindra Maples has experience working with diverse crowds of all sizes, ages, and backgrounds to support them with engagement opportunities.

Kindra is a dynamic and engaging community engagement specialist with 10+ years of proven excellence across senior leadership roles leading partnership development and community outreach and engagement.

As an ambassador of Phoenix Business RadioX she is able to continue supporting community engagement through connecting business professionals to others in the community.

Austin Peterson with Backbone Financial and Josh Zolin with Windy City Equipment

February 27, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Austin Peterson with Backbone Financial and Josh Zolin with Windy City Equipment

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Austin Peterson with Backbone Financial and Josh Zolin with Windy City Equipment

Backbone Financial is a comprehensive financial planning firm in Scottsdale that specializes in financial, estate and business succession planning for business owners and their executives.

Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and owner of Backbone Financial in Scottsdale, AZ. Austin is a registered rep and investment advisor representative with Lincoln Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Lincoln Financial Advisors, Austin worked in a variety of roles in the financial services industry.

He began his career in financial services in the year 2000 as a personal financial advisor with Independent Capital Management in Santa Ana, CA. Austin then joined Pacific Life Insurance Company as an internal wholesaler for their variable annuity and mutual fund products. After Pacific Life, Austin formed his own financial planning company in Southern California that he built and ran for 6 years and eventually sold when he moved his family to Salt Lake City to pursue his MBA. After he completed his MBA, Austin joined Crump Life Insurance where he filled a couple of different sales roles and eventually a management role throughout the five years he was with Crump. Most recently before joining Lincoln Financial Advisors in February 2015, Austin spent 2 years as a life insurance field wholesaler with Symetra Life Insurance Company. Austin is a Certified Financial Planner Professional and Chartered Life Underwriter.

Austin and his wife of 21 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (19) and Ella (16) and they reside in Gilbert, Arizona. He is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in French and of Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in sales and entrepreneurship.

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Austin L. Peterson is a registered representative of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp., a broker-dealer (member SIPC) and registered investment advisor. Insurance offered through Lincoln Marketing and Insurance Agency, LLC and Lincoln Associates Insurance Agency, Inc. and other fine companies.

Backbone Financial is a marketing name for business conducted through Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. CRN-2972299-022720

Windy City Equipment specializes in Commercial Facilities Maintenance such as HVAC, Refrigeration, and Cooking Equipment. Founded in 2003 by Joel Zolin, they have been serving the Phoenix area for 17 years.

Joel’s son, Josh, took over as CEO in 2017 and has since expanded the company footprint to Tucson, AZ & Houston, TX. WCE also started a Youtube channel that offers how-to videos, podcasts, vlogs, and other industry-related information.

WCE has made the Inc 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America the past two years running, 2018 & 2019.

Josh Zolin came on with Windy City Equipment in 2008 as a service technician and worked his way through the ranks to eventually become CEO in 2017. His passion for the skilled trades spread through the company and enabled him to create a team of industry professionals that have exceeded the expectations of many.

Eventually, that passion manifested in the form of a book, Blue is the New White, which was published in May 2019. Josh has made it a personal mission to educate America’s youth on the opportunities that exist in the skilled trades in hopes of closing the skills gap, reducing student loan debt, and ultimately enabling the success of millions.

In addition to running WCE, Josh now speaks around the country to industry professionals and educational institutions about the trades. In the free time that he does have to spend, he enjoys the company of his wife and two daughters.

Connect with Josh on LinkedIn and Instagram and follow WCE on Facebook and Twitter.

About Our Guest Host

Kelly Lorenzen, CEO of KLM Consulting, is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 15 years of business-ownership experience. She is also a certified project management professional.

Kelly’s expertise is in business development, customer service, marketing, and sales.

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn, and follow KLM Consulting on Facebook.