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Heather Remec with SalesSong and Mike Craig with Destination Boat Clubs

February 27, 2025 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Heather Remec with SalesSong and Mike Craig with Destination Boat Clubs

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Harper Lebel, Mike Craig, Heather Remec, Steven Julian

Heather Remec/SalesSong

Heather Remec is a sought-after Digital Marketing Agency Owner, Marketing Consultant, and Fractional Chief Marketing Officer who’s dedicated to supporting visionary experts and business owners to escape marketing mediocrity and produce tangible results online. Working with emerging thought leaders seeking to run and grow their service-based businesses online, they’re supported in building their customer journey through customized lead generation and sales processes in the digital space, as well as building out their digital business and brand with her digital marketing agency, SalesSong. With more than a decade of experience, including 10 years as a business owner in the digital arena, as well as experience in the Fortune 500 space, Heather identifies customized avenues for each business to thrive and expand to 7 and 8 figures annually. Online business owners are empowered to reach broad audiences and monetize their expertise while creating the lasting impact they’re meant to create.

Mike Craig/Destination Boat Clubs

Destination Boat Clubs Carolinas helps families enjoy all the pleasures and excitement of boating without the hassles associated with owning a boat.

Your Business Can Grow with Local SEO! E47

June 17, 2024 by Karen

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Arizona Good Business

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Your Business Can Grow with Local SEO! E47

Join host Thomas Barr on an inspiring episode of Arizona Good Business as he sits down with Isaac and Kim from LocalFi, a cutting-edge digital marketing company specializing in SEO. Dive into their discussion on the power of enhancing opportunities for local businesses to thrive online!

In this interview, you’ll hear incredible success stories from LocalFi’s portfolio, like Flancer’s, which thrived during the pandemic, and the nonprofit One Tree Planted, which saw a significant boost in donations and tree plantings thanks to an optimized online presence. Get practical SEO tips for your small business, from optimizing Google My Business profiles to creating compelling content.

Learn the top opportunities small businesses have to get found online, and drive the attention you need in an evolving digital world.

At LocalFi: SEO Digital Marketing Agency, they strive to help communities grow & thrive by providing business owners the freedom to focus on what those clients do best. LocalFi focuses on the marketing & driving customers so their clients can focus on their true passion.

They believe businesses are the cornerstone of every great community & their focus is to help THOSE businesses thrive. As an Arizona based company, they achieve this by getting their clients the most prime real estate online through the power of Local SEO & Website SEO. Their systemized SEO process allows them to drive quality leads & a higher ROI than any other marketing channel.

If business owners are ready to grow their business & make a bigger impact, go to LocalFi’s website to schedule a Free Discovery Call!

Isaac Navias is a man driven by a lifelong mission to create freedom, build business, and foster community.

Isaac’s journey began at Target, where he worked as an Executive HR after college. But his entrepreneurial spirit soon led him to leave the corporate world behind in pursuit of his true passion: starting his own business. He found his calling in local marketing and SEO, using platforms like Google Maps to help local businesses grow and thrive.

With a deep understanding of systems and people, Isaac built LocalFi, a company focused on driving customers to local businesses. The results have been astounding—millions of views and thousands of new customers for his clients every month. LocalFi has grown exponentially, serving clients from across the country and becoming a force for good in local communities.

Through LocalFi, Isaac has discovered a powerful truth: that systems create freedom. By systemizing his business, he’s ensured that his success can be replicated, allowing him and others to live the LocalFi Lifestyle—a life of freedom, adventure, and community impact.

Meet Kim Coates, a former Veterinary Technician who found her calling as an entrepreneur, thanks to her keen eye for systems and a drive to succeed.

Kim spent eight years as a Vet Tech, but the long hours and low pay started to wear her down. After a life-saving surgery in 2016 to fix her heart, she faced a difficult recovery. With two steel bars in her chest, her work as a Vet Tech became quite challenging. But her partner, Isaac, had an idea that would change her life. He created a website to kickstart her new venture in pet-sitting, giving her the freedom to set her own schedule and build her own success.

This was just the beginning of Kim’s entrepreneurial journey. In 2018, she decided to start transitioning out of the veterinary field to create a business with Isaac, LocalFi, a local marketing and SEO company. Her knack for creating efficient systems and streamlining processes played a critical role in LocalFi’s growth and success.

Kim’s skills helped the company expand its reach across more than 70 different industries all over the United States, bringing new clients and opportunities. Kim’s transition to entrepreneurship wasn’t just about leaving her old job—it was about finding a new way to live and work on her terms, while making a positive impact on the local businesses she was able to help.

Working as the COO of LocalFi, she’s able to empower her Team & help her clients focus on what they do best and the reason they went into business in the first place!

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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.

How to Hire Consciously With Linda Scorzo and Curran Walia E13

August 26, 2021 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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What does hiring consciously mean? How can we ensure we hire fairly both for culture and job fit? In this month’s podcast, we were joined by Linda Scorzo and Curran Walia to answer these questions. This show was quite the treat because we had both the perspective of Linda’s organization that helps put the right people in the right seat and Curran’s perspective of being a growing business desiring to hire consciously. We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.

Tune in to this month’s show if you are looking to learn how to hire in a conscious way. You will learn about the tools and mindset you need to be successful in this endeavor.

The Reveal assessment helps businesses discover, select, promote, and hire the right talent to build a succinct and well-harmonized team and organization.

A self-made entrepreneur, Linda Scorzo is fearless when it comes to taking a business to the next level–making sure it serves the customer with the highest levels of trust, service, and success. Linda truly loves people and thrives on helping her clients and their teams position themselves on the corner of success and authenticity, no matter what road they’ve traveled on previously.

Linda is genuine, grounded, and someone you’ll want to grab a coffee with to discuss human potential, the importance of individual contributors to a team, and of course life in general. She just gets it and has put that knowledge and energy into creating a tool to help others, “ensure they have the RIGHT people in the RIGHT seats.”

Linda’s passion for tapping into the potential inherent in all of us is contagious. Reveal by Hiring Indicators is the perfect vehicle to bring this vision to the masses.

Linda invites you to learn more about Reveal at: www.hiringindicators.com

Connect with Linda on LinkedIn.

Conscio Marketing provides Conscious Marketing for Conscious Business.

Conscio covers the full spectrum of online marketing. This includes, but is not limited to, social media marketing, search engine marketing, content writing, copywriting, email marketing and more. Essentially, if it’s online and related to marketing, you can consider it covered.

For a long time, marketing has been a way to manipulate people into buying something or even tricking them to buy something they may not actually want or need. Conscio is here to change the narrative by using conscious marketing strategies to bring conscious businesses to the forefront they belong in.

Everything about Conscio is conscious. This includes how the business has been set up and structured, the clients worked with, the marketing that’s employed, and even to the degree of what affiliations Conscio has.

Curran Walia values being Conscious. To him, it is the most primordial force in the existence of life. In tapping into our consciousness and acting in accordance with it, he believes that we can produce more good than bad could ever exist in the world.

Curran has always had a very healthy curiosity to seek out new ventures, learn new concepts, and try new things. He has always been interested in the human mind, and marketing is, at its foundation, the ability to understand the human mind and appeal to it.

However, marketing was not and is not solely going to be a way for him to make money. More importantly, it is going to be a way he brings forth what he considers worthwhile to spread awareness about.

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About Our People and Profit Co-Hosts

Sarah McCraren is an Arizona native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community.

She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah currently leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose, creating workplaces where we all watch out for each other, and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Boards for Conscious Capitalism Arizona and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, and is also active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association , Arizona Transportation Builders and Women in Mining Az.

Sarah McCraren
Part of an Awesome Team
www.McCrarenCompliance.com
Creating Workplaces Where We All Watch Out for Each Other

No arm twisting is required to get Jeremy Neis, a CC Arizona leadership team member, to engage in conversation with impassioned business minds on the topic of leveraging enterprise to create long lasting advancements for humanity.

His two plus decades of entrepreneurial experience, leading strategic initiatives and tailoring solutions for organizations, families and individuals has led to a strong appreciation of the profound impact business wields over the people it serves and relies upon.

It is his delight to explore with inspiration, show guests their experiences, observations and approaches to doing business in a people centered manner.

About Our Sponsor – Conscious Capitalism Arizona

Business has the potential to be a powerful force for good.

Free enterprise capitalism has served to lift more people out of poverty than any other socio-economic system ever conceived – empowering social cooperation, human progress, and elevating humanity.

Good business is the answer to many of the global issues that humankind is facing. This is what we will dive into on the show.

We are working to change the capitalism narrative by shining a bright light on good business – telling the stories of conscious Arizona companies and encouraging others to follow in their footsteps.

Curran Walia with Conscio Marketing

August 2, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Conscio Marketing provides Conscious Marketing for Conscious Business.

However, marketing was not and is not solely going to be a way for him to make money. More importantly, it is going to be a way he brings forth what he considers worthwhile to spread awareness about.

Follow Conscio Marketing on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Trailblazers: Arizona’s Women in Tech E15

June 29, 2021 by Karen

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AZ TechCast

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This episode of AZTechCast looks at the incredible women revolutionizing our lives, Arizona and the world, through technology. Much has been written about male domination of the tech world. Many tech companies are run by men, and female role models are few and far between. And while Arizona’s technology sector is booming, women make up just 30% of the state’s tech employment. Clearly, much more needs to be done to advance women in technology from the classroom to the boardroom.

Hosted by Phoenix Business RadioX and moderated by Arizona Technology Council VP Karla Morales, a distinguished panel of female tech leaders will join Arizona Technology Council CEO Steve Zylstra to discuss their experiences in the tech industry, share their story, lessons learned on how they got to where they are today, give advice on some of the issues to look out for, as well as discuss the women who have inspired them.

Raytheon Technologies accelerates ideas to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges by bringing together the brightest, most innovative minds across aviation, space and defense.

By pushing the limits of known science and redefine how it connects and protects our world, Raytheon is advancing aviation, building smarter defense systems and creating innovations to take us deeper into space.

With more than 100 years of experience developing transformative technologies, Raytheon’s research and development team is creating breakthrough technologies in fields such as artificial intelligence, advanced propulsion, electrification and thermal management.

Currently, Ivonne May is the Portfolio Director for the Advance Air Dominance Programs for the Advanced Technologies Mission Area. Previously, May led Griffin®, HARM®, and Maverick® (GHM) were she was responsible for the growth, production, improvements, development of new variants and sustainment of the missiles in the portfolio.

Additional prior roles include Program Management Excellence (PMX) director for the Air Warfare Product Line; NAMD Core and Technologies Director for the NAMD-Naval and Area Mission Defense product line; the director for the STANDARD Missile 2 (SM-2) programs; and the Deputy Program Director for the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM), in which she led the development of new variants of the ESSM and missile production for the US Navy, ESSM Consortium Members, and other international customers.

In addition, May previously served as director for the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) Development & Sustainment contract (DSC) and the EKV Program Deputy in the Air & Missile Defense Systems (A&MDS) product line, as well as the Department Manager for the Advanced Modeling Concepts (AMC) Department.

May earned a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus and a master’s in signal processing from the University of Southern California (USC).

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Honeywell Aerospace is a manufacturer of aircraft engines and avionics, as well as a producer of auxiliary power units (APUs) and other aviation products. Headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., it is a division of the Honeywell International conglomerate.

The innovative company generates approximately $10 billion in annual revenue from a 50/50 mix of commercial and defense contracts. Honeywell Aerospace products and services are found on virtually every commercial, defense and space aircraft in the world.

With an unmatched heritage of innovation that spans more than a century, the company’s aim is to solve the greatest challenges CEOs, pilots, operators, passengers, finance, maintenance and cabin crews face — and transform the way we all fly.

Heather Monthie, PhD is an accomplished cybersecurity professional, STEM leader, author, podcaster, and mentor. She has nearly 25 years of experience in aviation, cybersecurity, and STEM education. She has served in STEM and CTE education positions in K-12 and higher education.

A former Professor and Dean, Heather is currently a cybersecurity architect, educator, podcaster, and author. Monthie has also published the book, “Beginner’s Guide to Developing a High School Cybersecurity Program” designed to help homeschool families and high school teachers support their children learn more about cybersecurity. She is also the host of the Cyber Coffee Talk podcast (formerly About the ‘T’ in STEM”) at www.CyberCoffeeTalk.com.

Dr. Monthie currently serves on the Board of Directors for the AZ Cyber Initiative, a non-profit dedicated to high school cybersecurity education. Monthie has also served on AZ Governor Ducey’s Arizona Cyber Team as a higher education representative, served as co-chair of the collegiate working group of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), and served on the Executive Council of CompTIA AITP.

As part of her work in higher education, Monthie was the recipient of the Gen Cyber grant to provide training to high school teachers on cybersecurity. In addition, she worked with Code.org to help train Arizona high school teachers in computer science.

Passionate about STEM and aviation, Heather is the founder of Educators Who Drone, an online community of teachers, parents, and pilots who are dedicated to introducing kids to aviation and other STEM disciplines through drones.

Monthie has earned a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, a Master’s in Teaching with a Computer Science emphasis, and a Ph.D. in Information Technology. She holds a Certified Cybersecurity Systems Architect certification. She is also an FAA Certificated Flight Instructor, Commercial Pilot with an Instrument rating, Advanced Ground Instructor, and Part 107 Unmanned Aircraft Pilot.

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Digital Air Strike is the leading social media, intelligent lead response, and consumer engagement technology company helping businesses increase consumer response and conversions in digital and social media environments while generating measurable ROI.

A pioneer in digital response, social media marketing and online reputation management solutions, Digital Air Strike deploys industry specific mobile apps, software, intelligent messaging and managed service platforms to monitor, engage, improve and manage consumer interactions for thousands of businesses in the United States, Canada and 11 additional countries, including working with seven of the largest automotive manufacturers.

Alexi Venneri is the co-founder and CEO of Digital Air Strike, the award-winning social media, intelligent lead response, and consumer engagement technology company. In 2010, in the middle of a recession, Venneri saw a need for dealerships to revolutionize the way they use social media and review sites to sell more cars and build customer loyalty.

Because of her leadership and vision, Digital Air Strike has grown to over 150 employees with four offices nationwide. Today, Digital Air Strike’s products, solutions, team, and technology influence 37% of all vehicle sales nationwide.

Venneri’s prior positions include President of Auto Media/Blue Flame 6 (part of The Van Tuyl Automotive Group), VP of Marketing, PR & Investor Relations at DealerTrack (TRAK), CMO at Who’s Calling and Director of Marketing for Major League Baseball’s Seattle Mariners. Venneri is an accomplished public speaker and author of the best-selling book Balls! Six Rules for Winning Today’s Business Game. In 2015, Venneri was named by Automotive News as one of the 100 Leading Women in the automotive industry.

Venneri has a B.A. in Marketing from the University of Calgary and is an accredited trainer at the University of Washington, as well as The Pacific Institute. Venneri supports numerous charitable organizations and works closely with ARME and the Beagle Freedom Project, nonprofit organizations that rescue and rehabilitate animals.

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Karla Morales, VP of Arizona Technology Council, has more than 20 years of experience in the region’s education, nonprofit and governmental communities. Morales currently serves on several community boards including Earn to Learn and as the chairwoman of the board for the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in education with a minor in bilingual studies from The University of Arizona, and she expects to earn her MBA from its Eller College of Management in May 2022.

Connect with Karla on LinkedIn.

About AZ TechCast

AZ TechCast is dedicated to covering innovation and technology in Arizona and beyond.

Through the art of connected conversation, AZ TechCast’s guests will share their expertise, success stories, news and analysis about the region’s leading startups, companies and emerging technologies, as well as the latest industry trends and critical issues propelling the state’s growing technology ecosystem.

About Your Hosts

Steve Zylstra serves as president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, a role he assumed in 2007. He is responsible for strategy, operations, finance and policy development. Zylstra is a vocal spokesman for the value technology can provide in raising social and economic standards in Arizona.

Zylstra serves on numerous councils, committees and boards, was named “Leader of the Year, Technology,” by the Arizona Capitol Times, and “Most Admired Leader” by the Phoenix Business Journal. In addition, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of science in technology from the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Ariz.

Zylstra earned a bachelor’s degree in automotive engineering technology from Western Michigan University.

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!

Connect with Karen on LinkedIn and follow Phoenix Business RadioX on Facebook and Instagram.

About Our Sponsor

The Arizona Technology Council, Arizona’s only statewide organization serving the technology sector, fosters a climate of innovation to enhance technology in Arizona.

A trusted resource in strengthening Arizona’s technology industry, the Council proactively eliminates impediments that companies face, accelerates the entrepreneurial mindset in the state’s expanding innovation ecosystem, and works to create a destination for companies to be, thrive and stay.

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Arizona Entrepreneurs and the Secrets to Launching and Building an Innovative Enterprise E4

August 5, 2020 by Karen

AZ TechCast

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Do you dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur? Although many people are drawn in by the allure of entrepreneurship, launching your own company is not always easy. Ditching the corporate life and calling all the shots is certainly enticing. Without a doubt, being your own boss requires a certain amount of vision, discipline, tenacity and perseverance.

On this episode of AZTechCast, four extraordinary Arizona entrepreneurs shared their success stories on how they got started, the obstacles they overcame, how they figured out which business structure was right for their enterprise, as well as discussed the lessons learned and best practices for fledgling entrepreneurs to build their own successful businesses.

Moderated by Phoenix Business Radio Owner & President Karen Nowicki, an extraordinary panel of innovative entrepreneurial CEOs from Digital Air Strike, Axosoft, NANOPEC and Zuggand shared insightful personal stories, the challenges in today’s ultra-competitive business world, and what’s ahead in their entrepreneurial journey as leaders in Arizona’s ever-evolving tech ecosystem.

If you dream of being an entrepreneur and learning what it takes, this podcast episode is for you!

Helping software developers and teams be more productive, Axosoft creates technology that is used by the world’s most elite engineers. Companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and thousands more use Axosoft’s Agile Project Management Software and the GitKraken suite of developer tools, a cross-platform Git GUI, Kanban boards for issue tracking, and Timelines for project planning.

In addition, Axosoft built AZ CoWork, which supports and fosters the next generation of fast-growing tech companies in Arizona.

Lawdan Shojaee is used to breaking boundaries. As the CEO of Axosoft, she has become one of the few women in the Phoenix Valley to head a tech company. She has a doctorate in Physical Therapy, and over 800 hours logged at the controls of a single-engine plane.

She is passionate about paving the way for women in the tech, which is why her company created the viral campaign #ItWasNeverADress. Lawdan also believes strongly in equipping the next generation with the skills they need to be successful in life; meaning a curriculum of programming, confidence building, and entrepreneurship!

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Zuggand is a technology consulting and services firm specializing in Cloud, IoT, Security and AWS Staffing that helps organizations transform their business using modern digital technologies.

Zuggand opened for business in January 2015, but started its cloud journey as a customer in 2012 when the company’s leadership team was the executive IT team for the State of Arizona. It’s this customer perspective and experience that really enables Zuggand to truly understand what it takes to successfully migrate, optimize and innovate using AWS.

Aaron Sandeen is CEO and C-Founder of Zuggand, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner that helps leaders accelerate cloud adoption and business innovation. As Zuggand’s Chief Executive Officer, Aaron is the crazy, mad scientist who drives innovation and growth. Whether it is developing new ideas to increase customer value or cultivating Zuggand’s internal culture, Aaron is the one leading the charge.

In a prior role, Aaron was the Chief Information Officer for the state of Arizona. When he took on that role, the state’s infrastructure had some serious issues. Aaron and his team started to experiment with AWS and fell in love. He worked with AWS to perform a well-Architected review to help get the state started on their journey. It was critical for him and his team to leapfrog from where they were and to do it the right way. This is where the Well-Architected Review Program from AWS really helped initiate change. Instead of trying to invent best practices or standards they leveraged AWS’s.

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Tucson-based NANOPEC’s mission is to empower diagnostic companies to create more accurate and affordable in-vitro fluorescence diagnostics that leave no sick patients untreated during early stages of cancer, infectious or genetic disease development. The bio-tech company’s platform of products are nano-structured ceramic materials for the next generation of advanced bio-processing and healthcare products.

The company’s MetaFluorex technology platform allows early diagnostics by detecting lower amounts of bio-marker concentrations than incumbent in vitro diagnostics, while reducing the amount of costly reagents by up to 80%. NANOPEC’s proven disruptive technology platform eliminates false results, while increasing sensitivity and improving selectivity.

As president and CEO of Tucson-based NANOPEC, Mario Blanco, PhD, oversees the development of sustainable nanotechnology solutions, advanced nano-structured materials and point solutions for R&D laboratories and high-tech companies.

With his leadership and extensive experience in multi-disciplinary academic, industrial, and national laboratory settings, Mario is dedicated to the success and scientific direction of this innovative start-up, bio-tech company and developing advanced technologies for early disease diagnostics.

Mario has extensive experience in multiple areas of chemistry, physics, computation and biology. He’s earned a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California in Los Angeles, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of the Valley of Guatemala.

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About the Show

The official podcast of the Arizona Technology Council, AZ TechCast is dedicated to covering innovation and technology in Arizona and beyond.

Visit www.aztechcouncil.org/techcast to learn more or to listen to recent episodes.

About Your Host

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!

Connect with Karen on LinkedIn and follow Phoenix Business RadioX on Facebook and Instagram.

About Our Sponsor

The Arizona Technology Council, Arizona’s only statewide organization serving the technology sector, fosters a climate of innovation to enhance technology in Arizona.

Follow Arizona Technology Council on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: The Digital Media House

May 15, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

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During this unique time in our history, this special Community Spotlight series on Business RadioX will highlight local businesses that are open for business, how they have pivoted during the viral pandemic, and share the good work they are doing to serve the community.

The Community Spotlight series offers brief interviews with business leaders and business owners that are making things happen. In the latest interview of the series, we hear from Macrae Cain, owner of The Digital Media House, to hear how his business has been able to serve clients during the Covid-19 crisis.

Jennifer Levine Hartz with Corporate Hartz, Halley Morochnik with WebStep Design and An Tran and Nhan Dinh with Sylvan Learning Center

November 12, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

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The power behind Corporate Hartz, LLC is Jennifer Hartz. Her background includes in-house roles at iXL Enterprises and The Home Depot, and consulting through McKinsey & Company and Cresap (Towers Watson). She has vast non-profit knowledge through engagements with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Habitat for Humanity International, as well as a long history of volunteer leadership.

Jennifer has an MBA with a concentration in Public Policy from Georgia Tech and a BA in Industrial Psychology from University of Pennsylvania. She is the Advisory Council Chair of Hands On Atlanta, as well as an alumna of Outstanding Atlanta, Leadership Atlanta, and the Marshall Memorial European Fellowship program.

Jennifer and her husband Eric have 4 children, ages 18 – 22, who were raised from diaper-age with articulated and reinforced family values and active volunteerism through “WhyServe?” an interfaith charity Jennifer co-founded.

Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn.

Halley Morochnik worked full-time in marketing/advertising for TBWA/Chiat Day, helping clients like Nissan, Infiniti, and Sony reach their marketing goals. In 2014, Halley started WebStep Design to deliver web solutions to small businesses and non-profits.

Web consulting combines her love of art & design, marketing, and problem-solving.

Connect with Halley on LinkedIn.

An Tran moved from Vietnam to the United States when she was 9 and grew up in Tucker, Georgia. An graduated from Georgia State with a Psychology Degree. She is a stay at home mom with 6 kids under the age of 10 that serves as her full time job. To feed all those kids, An has two businesses. In 2018 she bought into Rhea Lana, a Children’s Consignment Franchise that has two events a year. This year An started Sylvan of Alpharetta, a Sylvan Learning Franchise.

An’s husband, Nhan Dinh, moved from Vietnam to the US when he was 10. He grew up in Roswell, Georgia and graduated from Georgia Tech with a Computer Engineering Degree. In 2005, he opened his own lawn repair shop AA Power Equipment in Roswell, Georgia. In 2012, that business expanded to selling on Amazon and now it’s one of the top 1000 sellers on Amazon in the United States.

An and Nhan have a love for children and a love for teaching them. They have been youth leaders at their church for over 15 years and believe that with the right guidance, learning can make a lifetime of difference. We see Sylvan as an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our future leaders by helping them embrace a love of learning.

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Questions and Topics In This Interview

Women Owned Businesses
How Jennifer and Halley met
The process of designing Jennifer’s website
Why An chose to become a Sylvan franchisee
Sylvan of Alpharetta’s grand opening in September
What impact do you want Sylvan Learning to have on the community and children you will be helping?
How Sylvan personalizes learing
What type of classes does Sylvan offer?
What makes Sylvan Learning Center different?

OYS Owner Cerila Gailliard Geeked Out Media Founder Megan Good RFP Success Company CEO Lisa Rehurek and Job Exit Strategist Renee Lamb

April 10, 2019 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

OYS Owner Cerila Gailliard Geeked Out Media Founder Megan Good RFP Success Company CEO Lisa Rehurek and Job Exit Strategist Renee Lamb

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OYS Owner Cerila Gailliard Geeked Out Media Founder Megan Good RFP Success Company CEO Lisa Rehurek and Job Exit Strategist Renee Lamb

Orchestrating Your Success (OYS) helps businesses advance their ambitious project goals through project management to maximize business resources and increase project profitability.

Cerila Gailliard is the owner of Orchestrating Your Success (OYS) LLC. Cerila Gailliard holds a Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from the Project Management Institute, and Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) through Scrum Alliance as well as Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems (University of Phoenix).

Cerila resides in Tempe, AZ. In her free time, she volunteers as a Project Coordinator, City of Phoenix and IRS, for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistant Program. She is a Member Ambassador for the Phoenix Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and a Venture Mentor for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program at Arizona State University.

Connect with Cerila on LinkedIn and follow OYS on Facebook and Twitter.

Geeked Out Media is a website design agency, specializing in helping companies rebrand and take their businesses to the next level. Geeked Out Media owners have built websites that reach page 1 of Google in highly competitive markets against companies with much bigger marketing budgets. They know that with the proper website setup, keyword research, pre-planning, and an ongoing content marketing plan, your website can do the same.

Geeked Out Media is focused on helping you turn your website into an asset that works for you instead of a time and money pit. If you’re ready to get serious about your online presence, they’re ready to take you to the next level!

Megan Good is the founder of Geeked Out Media. She has been building websites and doing graphic design for over 16 years. She worked for a number of years in the Real Estate Development arena – helping with projects from Freeman Farms to Merchant Square in the Chandler & Queen Creek Area.

For over 10 years she worked for a local multi-million dollar event company as their online marketing manager, helping them to reach page 1 of Google. Her passion has always been to help companies grow and her hard work ethics and drive for what she does helps her own company stand out in the industry.

Connect with Megan on LinkedIn and follow Geeked Out Media on Facebook and Instagram.

The RFP Success™ Company helps businesses win more business through RFPs (requests for proposal). Our motto is — Do Better, Win More. Through consulting, training, and support services, The RFP Success™ Company team has helped organizations win over $25 million in business in 2018 alone.

The fearless (and ridiculously fun) founder & CEO of The RFP Success™ Company, Lisa Rehurek, is a seven-time author, national speaker/trainer, and business builder.

Lisa Rehurek shines with her down-to-earth, “get it done” personality. Obsessed with strategies and simplicity, Lisa transforms the most overwhelming tasks into simple, attainable steps that you will be eager to implement in your own business.

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

Renee M Lamb, LLC provides high quality training and coaching to professionals and new entrepreneurs who want to start and grow their online business so they can exit their jobs. Their vision is to disrupt and forever change the employee to employer relationship by economically empowering men & women globally through creating successful business owners.

Their mission is: Move Every Client Toward Their Wildest Dream, Help Take The Labels Off Their Mind And Have Them Step Boldly Into Their Entrepreneurial Greatness!!

Renee Lamb has over 15+ years of experience in the corporate world. She has had management roles in HR, international healthcare and project management. But the role she loves the most is Job Exit Strategist for her own company, Renee M. Lamb, LLC.

Renee is not only passionate for (well maybe obsessed) being an advocate for helping professionals to gain freedom and wealth via entrepreneurship. She believes her role is to give them wings so they can soar to greater heights on their entrepreneurship journey. She does this by her coaching programs and courses.

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