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Exploring Manufacturing in Arizona E16

October 20, 2021 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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In this episode of STEM Unplugged, we have Eric Miller on the show. Eric is the Principal & Co-Founder of PADT. We will get the explanation of what PADT is able to support in the manufacturing industry. Also on the show is Earl Wiggins, the VP of Manufacturing and Operations from EnPower, Inc.

Claire Conway of SciTech Institute joined the conversation with the focus on Manufacturing Month and the role of the Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Coalition project for sharing opportunities in STEM around Arizona.

Tune in to listen and appreciate the opportunity to explore Manufacturing in Arizona and beyond. The discussion covers some of the misconceptions about manufacturing careers, materials, the technology and product lines created in our communities. We also discuss the supply chain and examples of career opportunities in advancing a manufacturing process of a product.

Guests shared ways to encourage the workforce to learn a trade skill and be users of technology in a productive manner for a career. We discussed the skills necessary to be successful, not only in manufacturing, but in the advancing work environment today.

We also learned about the difference between semiconductor and battery manufacturing. Arizona continues to grow and advance, so consider a career pathway in the manufacturing industry!

PADT is the Southwest’s leading provider of products and services for simulation, product development, and digital manufacturing. They are in the business of helping those who make things, make them better.

Based in Tempe, Arizona with offices across the southeast, their 95 employees have been helping customers make innovation work since 1994.

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

As co-founder of PADT in 1994, Eric pursued his interests in simulation, 3D printing, small business management.

Eric often writes and speaks on simulation, design, and 3D printing along with startups and the high-tech sector.

In addition, he is a startup mentor and angel investor, sits on the board of several tech-related organizations, and is Chair of the Arizona Technology Council Board.

Connect with Eric on LinkedIn.

EnPower, Inc. is a lithium-ion battery company building cells that solve the trade-off between energy and power. EnPower’s patented multilayer electrodes enable high energy density cells to repeatedly fast charge without causing degradation or capacity fade in the batteries, a critical challenge for the mass adoption of electric vehicles.

The technology has been validated by an automotive OEM and the company is currently sampling pouch cells to prospective customers in the automotive, defense, and specialty vehicle markets.

EnPower is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, where a 240-kWh R&D line enables rapid prototyping and customer sampling. The company’s first commercial cells will be qualified in mid-2022 and its manufacturing capacity will ramp to 800 MWh of production by the end of 2023.

Earl Wiggins joined EnPower in June 2021 as Vice President of Operations and Manufacturing. In this role, Earl provides strategic and managerial leadership across product development, commercialization, and supply chain and procurement processes.

Earl spent the last two years with Tesla Motors as part of the team bringing up the new battery manufacturing facility focusing predominantly on electrode manufacturing after Tesla acquired Maxwell Technologies.

Earl had spent 13 years before the Tesla acquisition scaling the Maxwell Technologies supercapacitor manufacturing capability, increasing volume by three orders of magnitude. During his time at Maxwell, Earl brought on line three new manufacturing facilities in Asia and the U.S., including the electrode & module manufacturing plant in Peoria, Arizona.

Before Maxwell, Earl spent 21 years in the data storage industry with Quantum Corporation and Maxtor in engineering and operations senior management roles. He is a graduate of the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

Earl lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife, two dogs, and a small herd of horses.

Follow EnPower on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Claire Conway is the STEM Ecosystem Programs Manager at SciTech Institute.

Connect with Claire on LinkedIn.

About Our Sponsor

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.

Follow SciTech Institute on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Your STEM Unplugged Host

After grow up in rural 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 to earn her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.

She also enlisted in the United States Army and after graduating from training, Kelly traveled the world with the military. While stationed in Misawa, Japan, she 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. During this deployment, she 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. From 6th grade Math to 7th grade STEM, Kelly used her enthusiastic nature combined with her strong classroom management to design curriculum based on the Engineering Design Process!

Now, as the Chief Operating Officer at SciTech Institute, Kelly is excited to serve the communities in Arizona and beyond to share their interest in STEM!

Rueben Davis and Tim Shaw with A-1 Locksmith and Security Center E28

October 18, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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A-1 Locksmith and Security Center is an Arizona based Locksmith and Access Control company.

They service industrial, commercial and residential customers. From small businesses to large companies A-1 has the security solutions you need most.

Tim Shaw established A-1 Locksmith and Security Center in 1979 with his father.

In the mid 80’s, Tim took the helm of A-1 and grew the company with his wife Jan, who kept balance of the company.

They employed 10 locksmiths and provided professional and skilled service for their customers, always making them the priority.

Tim currently sits on the Board of Directors for A-1 & is enjoying retirement.

Rueben Davis is the current President and Owner of A-1 Locksmith and Security Center. A navy veteran, he found himself working in different professional fields for multiple large international corporations after serving.

After working in sales and management, Rueben decided to pursue a path to one day provide a service to his community through business ownership.

His experience in the security field and integration industry led to him finding a mentor and opportunity in Tim, which resulted in making him an offer of retirement.

Follow A-1 Locksmith on LinkedIn and Instagram.

About Arizona Good Business

What is good business? What are local businesses doing to build a better Arizona?

Join Arizona Good Business to hear from local companies who are:

Centering purpose at the forefront of business
Creating social well-being for the community
Prioritizing sustainability and positive environmental practices
Growing strong company cultures through building authentic teams
Ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion are involved in all business decisions

Arizona Good Business features local business leaders that are redefining what it means to do good business.

About Your Host

Thomas Barr is the Executive Director for Local First Arizona, the largest coalition of local businesses in North America. He advocates for a strong local business community that contributes to building vibrancy, equity, and prosperity across the state. A proud Arizona native and graduate of Arizona State University, Thomas leads the business coalition of Local First Arizona by advocating for the economic and cultural benefits provided by building strong local economies.

Thomas steers the strategic direction of LFA’s major programs and initiatives as well as the engagement of over 3000 businesses across Arizona. As Executive Director, Thomas guides a team of statewide senior directors overseeing the execution of LFA’s communication strategy, major initiatives and key partnerships, as well as the collaboration of over 30 staff implementing work in entrepreneurship programs, small business advocacy, local food initiatives, sustainability, urban development and community building. He frequently speaks to groups locally and nationally, presenting the impact of Local First Arizona and the importance of local economy work in building prosperity.

Outside of Local First Arizona, Thomas has participated in volunteering his time to many causes and organizations throughout the Valley including Young Nonprofit Professionals – Phoenix, Equality Arizona, Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Heritage Square Foundation and Phoenix Legal Action Network. Additionally, Thomas is a 2018 Phoenix Magazine 40 Under 40 honoree, alumni of Arizona Leading for Change, and current participant in Valley Leadership Institute’s 40th cohort.

Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Saloua Ibaline with Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs

October 13, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Saloua Ibaline with Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs

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Saloua Ibaline is a business strategist and digital marketing coach who focuses primarily on helping driven and creative women-owned businesses grow their online presence through her signature coaching program.

Additional Saloua is a self-published author of “The Stories Of Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs In The United States Of America” featuring the stories of 28 intrepid women who, like herself, dared to follow their entrepreneurial dreams in the United States of America.

Saloua is currently a digital nomad who has worked and lived in 20+ countries, She documents her journey on her YouTube channel, SalouaIbalineTV.

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

Making a Difference E76

October 13, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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The Tycoons welcomed Dylan Vicha to the show to talk about Windom Security and his passion for making a difference by helping veterans and first responders, supporting the community, and building a successful business. Dylan addressed the important issue of police reform and how Windom Security is helping to support the police department.

Windom Security provides stepping stones for veterans who want to be in law enforcement by educating, training, and certifying them. This program fills that gap for veterans that don’t know where to start. Through this successful program, calls for service have dropped and the police department is now working directly with Windom Security.

Dylan’s career path allowed him to follow his passion, start a non-profit, and is building a successful, valuable, and much-needed business enterprise with Windom Security. Listen to this episode to hear his passion and hopefully gain some insight into what he’s doing to improve the lives of veterans, but also his local community. You can check out his non-profit at www.homesforwoundedwarriors.com

Windom Security is Arizona’s first “farm system” for law enforcement and provides trustworthy and effective private security to local communities, municipalities and police departments. They recruit and train men and women who are on their way to a career in public policing and provide them with training, experience and mentoring helping them build resumes for future employers in public safety.

With solid partnerships with all local police departments in the valley clients benefit more with Windom than any other private security company for hire because they receive a service that leverages their relationships with public safety professionals that results in safer communities and commercial properties.

Windom Security is the only private security company around that uses the same body cameras and crime reporting technology that provides its clients with full access to data that can dramatically improve the safety of their properties.

Dylan Vicha has spent the majority of his adult life working to find solutions that improve the quality of life for the men and women in our military and law enforcement. He has started multiple nonprofits that do everything from building homes for severely injured combat veterans to proving relief to families who lost a loved one.

Windom Security was his dream to build a company that helped transitioning veterans prepare and find a new career outside of the military that still afforded them the opportunity to serve their country and their community.

He knew that if he could figure out a way to start a business that also supported dwindling law enforcement recruits, less than adequate numbers of officers on the streets to handle todays challenges in the community and also was a win-win solution for the recent police reforms being pushed by the communities he would be rewarded with the same satisfaction that he loves from his nonprofit work.

Dylan enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his wife and two little boys in Scottsdale.

Connect with Dylan on LinkedIn and follow Windom Security on Facebook and Instagram.

About the Show

Tycoons of Small Biz spotlights the true backbone of the American economy, the true tycoons of business in America… the owners, founders and CEO’s of small businesses. Join hosts, Austin L Peterson, Landon Mance and the featured tycoons LIVE every Tuesday at 1 pm, right here on Business RadioX and your favorite podcast platform.

About Your Hosts

Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners 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. In 2021, Austin became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses.

Austin and his wife of 23 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (21) and Ella (18) 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.

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

Landon Mance is a Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He rebranded his practice in 2020 to focus on serving small business owners after operating as Mance Wealth Management since 2015 when Landon broke off from a major bank and started his own “shop.”

Landon comes from a family of successful entrepreneurs and has a passion and excitement for serving the business community. This passion is what brought about the growth of Backbone Planning Partners to help business owners and their families. At Backbone Planning, we believe small business owners’ personal and business goals are intertwined, so we work with our clients to design a financial plan to support all aspects of their lives.

In 2019, Landon obtained the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation through the Exit Planning Institute. With this certification, Backbone Planning Partners assists business owners through an ownership transition while focusing on a positive outcome for their employees and meeting the business owner’s goals. Landon is also a member of the Business Intelligence Institute (BII) which is a collaborative group that shares tools, resources and personnel, and offers advanced level training and technical support to specifically serve business owners. In 2021, Landon became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses by counseling owners about exit options, estimating the value of the business, preparing the business for exit and tax considerations.

Landon enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, stepson, and new baby twins. He grew up in sunny San Diego and loves visiting his family, playing a round of golf with friends, and many other outdoor activities. Landon tries to make a difference in the lives of children in Las Vegas as a part of the leadership team for a local non-profit. He regularly visits the children that we work with to remind himself of why it’s so important to, “be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.

Connect with Landon on LinkedIn.

Austin Peterson and Landon Mance are registered representatives 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 affiliates and other fine companies. Backbone Planning Partners is a marketing name for registered representatives of Lincoln Financial Advisors. CRN-3862191-101121

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. and its representatives do not provide legal or tax advice. You may want to consult a legal or tax advisor regarding any legal or tax information as it relates to your personal circumstances.

The content presented is for informational and educational purposes. The information covered and posted are views and opinions of the guests and not necessarily those of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

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The Power of Intention E6

October 13, 2021 by Karen

Mind Well

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On this week’s episode of Mind Well, host Michelle Jones interviews wellness practitioners Carla Reeves and Lara Piu. We discuss showing up for yourself and honoring what’s right for you. We explore the use of writing and intuition to learn the language of what your body, mind and spirit are communicating to you. We also discuss the power of choice and the ability we all have to tune out external voices and tune in to our own internal voice.

Listeners who want to deepen their ability to tune out external voices and tune into internal wisdom will want to tune in to this week’s episode of Mind Well.

Carla Reeves Coaching offers mentorship, support and tools for leaders who are ready to stop running and start living with intention.

Their programs are designed to empower leaders to break free of outdated patterns and approaches to build strong, healthy mindsets and habits for living a productive, balanced AND fulfilling life.

They offer coaching intensives, programs and partnerships that meet you where you are.

Company Commitment: We live it. | We teach it. | We love it. | We stand by it.

Carla Reeves is known for her compassionate, direct and truth-telling candor. For over a decade, ambitious leaders have been relying on Carla to call out their blind spots, challenge their thinking and expand their perspective.

Carla believes in ditching the illusion that life will be great “someday” in the future and teaches leaders how to wake up their thinking to create and live a juicy, rich, meaningful everyday life, now.

Carla is a Coach and Trusted Advisor and wholehearted about working with people who are ready to mess with their thinking to ignite their living.

She was born and raised in a sleepy beach town in California and now lives in Arizona on a small farm with cows, chickens and her beloved husband and boys.

Connect with Carla on LinkedIn and Instagram.

AIM: The Analytical Intuition Method is a science based, spiritually inclusive, proven intuition technique. The method helps individuals eliminate indecision, accelerate innovation, and live their best life through its 3 simple steps.

Three-time Amazon Best-selling author Lara Piu helps businesses eliminate indecisive leadership, stalled timelines, slow sales, and lack of innovation with AIM, the Analytical Intuition Method.

As a marketing professional, she used AIM in her work for Microsoft, DSM Worldwide, Informa, and Wells Fargo Bank, and as an entrepreneur, she used it to grow several companies, including a click and mortar retail franchise she led to number one in the nation.

Lara earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Arizona State University 3and she earned her Master’s Degree from Portland State University.

Connect with Lara on Facebook.

About Mind Well

Mind Well radio show and podcast is all about connecting with wellness professionals and individuals with unique perspectives about developing wholeness and well being.

We recognize that every individual has the ability to connect to wholeness.

About Our Host

Michelle Jones is the President and Co-Founder of Trauma Integration, LLC.

Michelle is an educator and Certified Trauma Integration Practitioner. She loves truly connecting with people.

Michelle firmly believes in the inherent resiliency within each of us and loves uncovering the light and strength in the people she meets.

About Our Sponsor

Mind Well is sponsored by Trauma Integration LLC. Trauma Integration is an educational company that is passionate about helping people understand their own response to trauma.

We provide resources to individuals and train practitioners to guide clients to mindfully integrate their trauma response and find wholeness within. You can find us at www.integratetrauma.com.

Follow Trauma Integration on Facebook and Instagram.

Unique Learning Opportunities with Arizona Homeschool Network Association’s Katherine Young and Kelmer Muhammad E2

October 12, 2021 by Karen

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Always Learning / Always Teaching

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In this episode Kyle and Scott speak with Katherine Young and Kelmer Muhammad, owners and educators with the Arizona Homeschool Network Association to learn about a unique education option for Arizona students who do not thrive in traditional public school educational setting.

These local women have seen explosive success assisting the community to provide resources for educating our youth while thinking outside the box to meet the needs of those children who do not thrive in a traditional learning environment.

AHNA is reintroducing competition back into education with alternative choice. If children are struggling, there is a solution to help them no longer struggle!

They discuss the empowerment scholarships available to parents to give them an opportunity to seek specialized learning for their student, to fit their individualized needs by taking public education dollars to be spent on tutoring or private schools.

They help parents obtain these funds to assist their children with individual evaluation plans (IEPs), learning disabilities, or attend D/F schools so they have access to better cater their learning environments to their child.

Arizona Homeschool Network Association offers a tutoring service, not a school. Students come to their campus, located at MAC6, to receive tutoring and guidance to students whose parents opted not to send their children back to traditional public school learning environments but do not have the ability to teach their child themselves.

AHNA is a full-time private tutorial program offered year around. The academic approach is personalized and specialized to address the needs of at-risk youth.

AHNA’s educational program is structured to meet students’ individual needs. Students learn reading, math, science, writing, history and so much more. AHNA also offers music, computer hardware, physical training, and Spanish classes. These electives are designed for social, emotional, and physical development. Students are equipped with various skills for advance learning and employment.

Katherine Young is the Owner-Educator of Arizona Homeschool Network Association.

Kelmer Muhammad is the Owner-Educator of Arizona Homeschool Network Association.

About Always Learning / Always Teaching

How do you successfully combine the heart of a non-profit with the horsepower of a for-profit, while building a long-term financially-successful business that positively benefits the lives of each of your many stakeholders?

Join Kyle & Scott McIntosh the third Wednesday of each month at 1pm as they do a deeper dive into one of the MAC6 company values, “Always Learning / Always Teaching” and how that manifests in stories of Business As A Force For Good, In Action.

In each episode, we interview business leaders with a unique approach to business that incorporates long term win-wins for all of their various stakeholders.

In the telling of their stories, we invite the audience to learn from these pillars of our communities and create actionable plans to then incorporate into your own lives and businesses.

About Your Co-Hosts

With a background in marketing, in various for profit and not for profit companies, Kyle McIntosh wondered, “How can I pair the passion and commitment to community progress of a non-profit with the sustainability and reach of a for profit company?” From this question and perspective a mission evolved to tear down the false distinction between the two sectors and to promote companies with Conscious Capitalism® business models through MAC6.

Kyle is the President and Creative Excitant of MAC6. Day to day, his main operational role is on the “spaces” side of the business, focusing on creating thriving communities in the commercial office buildings, the co-working space, and the co-manufacturing space. The other role that he plays is that of EOS implementer, working with clients to bring the Entrepreneurial Operating System, from the book Traction® to their businesses. Additionally, he sits on the boards of Conscious Capitalism Arizona, telling the stories of good businesses in Arizona, and The Tempe Chamber of Commerce, sustaining Tempe’s quality of life and keeping our community and economy vibrant.

Kyle loves Arizona and wants to see us all collectively find great success based on the awesome things that are happening here every day.

Scott McIntosh Co-Founded MAC6 with his son Kyle in 2011 after he grew and sold a $50M (annual revenue) mining engineering business.

After six years of working operationally in the business, Scott now sits on the ownership team and works strategically with the invested company portfolio, utilizing EOS® to strengthen the leadership teams.

To learn more about MAC6 Communities, call 480-293-4075 or find them on Facebook and Twitter.

About Our Sponsor

MAC⁶ offers flexible spaces and programs to help your team grow, and a community of thriving businesses, just like yours. Advocating Capitalism as a Force for Good, MAC6 is Accelerating the shift to Conscious Capitalism (where Purpose and Profit Unite) through Creativity, Collaboration, Community and Change.

E88 Putting Agility into Governance with Fatimah Abbouchi

October 12, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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E88 Putting Agility into Governance with Fatimah Abbouchi

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours Fatimah Abbouchi joins PMO Joe for another fast paced discussion! They discuss the topics of Mental Health and Anxiety, Work Transformations, and Agile in the Australian landscape, even swimming lessons!

“When I realized it was the mindset shift that was holding me back, the fear, the anxiety and the mindset I was able to actually get really good. And I think I’ve improved to a point, if you throw me in the deep end, I probably could survive. Unlike in high school, where I nearly drowned.” -Fatimah Abbouchi

PMO Joe and Fatimah talk about the capability of the workplace and how covid has transformed the way of working. “It needs to be about the capability that we want to bring in and how we bridge that gap between the agile environment and the non-agile environment.” -Fatima. With 90% of the Agile training being received online and paid for the individual itself, the capacity in the workplace is shifting, forcing us to have a different set of capabilities to deliver value back to the company.

On top of that, increasing productivity and collaboration in a remote world, but how might we do this? “I basically say it’s about putting agility into governance, not putting governance into agile.” Fatimah Abbouchi

Listen to Fatimah and PMO Joe discuss further about these topics in E. 88 on Project Management Office Hours

A CEO, writer, speaker and host of the ‘Agile Ideas’ podcast

Connect with Fatimah
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatimahabbouchi/
https://www.facebook.com/FatimahAbbouchi8/
https://twitter.com/fatimahabbouchi
https://www.instagram.com/fatimah_abbouchi/

Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.
Learn more about The PMO Squad – www.thepmosquad.com
Learn more about The PMO Leader – www.thepmoleader.com

Agile Management Office (AMO) specialises in helping organisations to identify and effect change using proven agile initiatives & project/program governance best practices.

They provide high impact delivery execution, education, and coaching to help you uplift your organisations project capability and maturity in an agile way using our proprietary methodology; known as the AMO Method™ which is proven to increase maturity and employee engagement scores. As a result, building expertise within your organisation.

The AMO Method was developed to bridge the gap between organisations applying agile techniques, whilst continuing to utilise traditional governance frameworks originally developed in the 1950s. The AMO Method shifts the stance from a ‘one size fits all’ approach to Project Governance to an adaptive approach; enabling customisation that aligns with the nature of the initiative and organisation as a whole.

This is achieved by modularising capabilities to allow for a more tailored approach to servicing organisations’ needs, we develop custom solutions for our clients focusing on the uniqueness of their organisation and its current state.

Their solutions may include a combination of project toolkits (including software tools and templates) and frameworks (such as process maps, guiding principles, roles & responsibilities, and descriptions) to create/uplift the right foundations and support your business in delivering projects.

Their goal is to equip your business with the right structure and framework that will allow your team to plan, build, and implement projects as efficiently as possible – removing all unnecessary roadblocks.

To date, they have serviced clients in 15 countries across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific. We want to become the partner of choice for organisations aspiring to reach their transformation goals, by applying best practice principles, engaging in a highly collaborative manner, transferring our capabilities to you.

Fatimah Abbouchi is the Founder and CEO of Agile Management Office; a thought-leader providing governance solutions for organisations to manage and govern projects in the agile era. A successful businesswoman, Fatimah has been supporting businesses from start-ups to enterprise internationally for the past 17 years.

Fatimah’s professional passion has seen her successfully transform how businesses govern change across portfolios up to $1B and over 16 industries globally. Utilising this industry experience, Fatimah’s PROVEN AMO method is showing how business can not only align but enhance agile delivery methodologies with robust governance.

A writer, speaker and host of the ‘Agile Ideas’ podcast, Fatimah has appeared in The Age, UK Business Telegraph, PM Review Magazine China, Business Chick’s ‘Latte Magazine’ and featured on CIO.com.au. Fatimah has been invited to speak at dozens of events globally. She is also a guest lecturer at Aarhus University in Denmark in the International Project Management Programs and acts as a Corporate Governance Advisor to them. Fatimah has previously been named as one of the Top 100 LinkedIn Power Profiles in Australia. Fatimah was also nominated as a Top 3 finalist in the World PMO Global Awards, as voted by her peers.

Personally, Fatimah is passionate about supporting those in the community with anxiety and depression through beyondblue; having spoken at 45 events aimed at raising awareness, reducing stigma and encouraging others to similarly get involved.

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

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.

Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community! Learn more about The PMO Leader – www.thepmoleader.com

Bienvenido a Colombia E75

October 6, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Bienvenido a Colombia E75

In this episode hosts Austin and Landon welcome back frequent guest, Eric Stoffers, CEO of BioXcellerator. Eric kicked off the interview by sharing the company’s success since his last episode on Tycoons. Eric emphasized the blessings they have been fortunate to have to overcome the struggles during the Pandemic. Eric elaborates on what they did to be successful during this tough time.

Tune in to hear how BioXcellerator is changing and saving lives and specific stories that have shaped their company mission.

BioXcellerator is quickly becoming a global leader in advanced stem cell therapy and innovation. Their mission and goals are clear, they want to make 100 years old the new 60.

They hope to achieve this by delivering exceptional patient outcomes through the most innovative treatments — backed by science and research — when medication and surgery fail.

The company is developing state-of-the-art stem cell and health and longevity treatment centers to give hope to millions of patients worldwide who suffer from
chronic pain, orthopedic injuries, and degenerative conditions and diseases new hope.

Eric Stoffers is CEO of BioXcellerator and serves on its board of directors. Business leader by profession; Real Estate geek at heart; a passionate advocate for inclusion, diversity, and equality; native Phoenician; NAU alum; world traveler; dog lover; supporter of veterans. I define my mission and that of my company as empowering every person to achieve their highest potential and have fun doing it.

A serial entrepreneur, Eric Stoffers started his first business in elementary school, selling Garbage Pail Kids trading cards during recess on the playground. He launched a small startup in a one-room office that has grown to be the premier global attraction for celebrities and athletes to receive advanced stem cell therapy.

Mr. Stoffers also built a successful, fully integrated real estate investment and development firm starting with the purchase of a single-family home rental renovation in 2003. Before being named CEO of American Housing Income Trust Inc., a NASDAQ REIT, Eric was American Realty Partners chief operating officer and was responsible for all of the company’s nationwide sales and operations, including end-to-end management of its capital raising efforts, single-family rental portfolios, sales activities, and service and support in all markets.

He also headed the Performance Realty Managements acquisition division and played a key role in the continued development of strategic reseller and supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace during the housing recession in 2008.

In the early years, for over a decade, Mr. Stoffers provided world-class management solutions to some of the largest restaurant companies in the country like P.F. Chang’s and a Maestro’s product in North West Phoenix, AZ before pivoting to Real Estate.

Eric is currently the Chairman of Solutions for a Healthier World Foundation Inc., a charity that helps veterans and first responders receive treatment for traumatic
brain injuries and CTE from multiple concussions. He is the co-founder of Xcellerate Biomedical Technologies Inc., a skincare company, a member of Toastmasters International, The ManKind Project, and a loving father to his daughter Tayla.

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About the Show

About Your Hosts

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Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.

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Nancy Langer and Laura Newell-McLaughlin with Transact Campus

October 5, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Nancy Langer and Laura Newell-McLaughlin with Transact Campus

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Nancy Langer and Laura Newell-McLaughlin with Transact Campus

Transact Campus is a fintech and the leader in innovative, mobile-centric technology for college campuses. Transact offers payment and mobile-centric credential solutions for the university technology ecosystem.

Offerings span integrated payment solutions for tuition and fees, to multi-purpose campus IDs that can be used for everything from door and event access, to campus commerce solutions for meal plans, mobile ordering, retail payments, and more.

With 500 employees globally, Transact is headquartered in Phoenix, serves 12M students across more than 1,300 institutions, and facilitates approximately $45B in transactions annually.

Nancy Langer joined Transact Campus, as CEO in July 2021. She brings more than 35 years of expertise and leadership in the financial technology arena to her role and is leading Transact to become a key partner in the university ecosystem.

Under Nancy’s leadership, and in the current digital landscape, Transact is poised for exponential growth and expansion as the complete mobile-first platform for student payments and commerce.

Nancy is a transformation and growth-driven executive, experienced in all aspects of business management and leadership. She has had success and proven results for start-up ventures and mature businesses.

In 2018 and 2019, Nancy was named a Top 50 Women of Influence by Housing Wire Magazine. Nancy was named a Woman Executive of the Year for corporations greater than 2,500 employees by the Stevie Awards in 2015 and 2016.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and later received an executive leadership program certification from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Laura Newell-McLaughlin is Executive Vice President of Payments at Transact Campus.

She has nearly 30 years of experience in financial technology for higher education and an expertise in integrated payments and payment processing strategy.

Laura oversees the strategy and operations for Transact’s Payments division that facilitates more than $45 billion in tuition and non-tuition financial transactions annually.

Follow Transact Campus on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.