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TMB E44: Cynthia Beving & Greg Gibson

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Cynthia (Cindy) Beving, Owner/Comptroller/Partner 
Beving Books, LLC  & Seedy Lemon, LLC 
6095 E Grant Rd
Tucson, Arizona 85712
520-689-6005 or 520-230-2152         
cindy@bevingbooks.com or

About Cynthia (Cindy) Beving

Born in Iowa and not liking the cold I moved South as quickly as I could landing in Tucson in 2017. I decided to take my 30 successful years of experience in accounting and started my own company, Beving Books LLC, in 2016. My focus is on the health of your company’s finances and I offer consulting, virtual Comptroller, and accounting services to help you reach that goal.

While in the corporate world, I rose through the ranks quickly because I have a passion and talent for numbers and am driven to see my clients succeed. Outside of Beving Books LLC, I have a commercial property that I lease as Co-Working/Collaborative office space.

Greg Gibson: Real Estate Entrepreneur 
1632 Executive Suites at
1632 N Country Club Rd. 
Call me direct (520) 870-8066 
info@galileo1632properties.com 
www.galileo1632properties.com  
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn |

 I was hired as a flight attendant for TWA even though I didn’t know they hired men.  While still flying, I attended the University of Missouri and completed my Baccalaureate in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, Management Information Systems, and Economics). Then I received my MBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Arlington. 

I began consulting back in Tucson for Not-for-Profit companies associated with People with Disabilities. My younger brother Bart has a developmental disability and so it was a natural place to begin. So, a partner and I worked together to start what would become SOREO, the second-largest, long-term care provider for the elderly in the state of Arizona.  

My executive suites started with 1632 Executive Suites at 1632 N Country Club Rd. Then into partnership with 6095 Executive Suites at 6095 E Grant Rd. 

We lease office and executive suites to entrepreneurs who are looking to take that next step. We offer secure individual internet, parking, utilities, security, VoIP phones, private office space, common area use, top of the line AV equipment, professional image, networking opportunities at very affordable prices. 

Come down and take a look, you’ll be glad you did! 

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TMB E43: Linda John, Linda John Consulting

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Linda John is my special guest for this TMB proudly sponsored of course by the 49’s Golf & Country Club which is open both for golf and the Rincon Grill freshly sanitized and design-oriented for the pandemic rules or take after order pick up.

Linda John, Owner & CEO,
Linda John Consulting
Tucson, AZ 85713
(727) 272-7296
Linda@lindajohnconsulting.com  
www.lindajohnconsulting.com
 SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | 

Linda John is the CEO and founder of Linda John Consulting, LLC, providing Executive Coaching and Destination Consulting services to clients throughout the USA.  From 1993 – 2020, Linda served as the Executive Director for Visit Eau Claire in west-central Wisconsin.  Some of Linda’s top accomplishments at Visit Eau Claire included the development of a successful regional tourism program, the creation of a sports commission for the Eau Claire area, and launching two successful mobile visitor center programs, all resulting in record-setting tourism growth for the region during her tenure.

In most recent years, John was at the table for the completion of the Pablo Center at the Confluence, where Visit Eau Claire opened its new Experience Center, as well as collaborating to craft the community partnership strategy for the new Sonnentag Event and Recreation Complex. She also was the lead voice in advocating for a new convention center, including the completion of a feasibility study and the development of a collaborative strategy for the project.

Linda now owns and operates her professional consulting practice, ​Linda John Consulting,​ through which she offers a variety of professional training and human resource development services, including team development and organizational rebuilding initiatives.

Linda is a Certified Destination Marketing Executive (CDME) and an accredited practitioner of the Integrative Enneagram for both individuals and teams. She holds memberships with Destinations International and the International Coach Federation (ICF).   Linda holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Minnesota State University in Mankato and a Master’s of Science degree in Training and Human Resource Development from UW Stout.

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TMB E42: Cathy, Kamya, Sara, KASACA Marketing Solutions

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KASACA Marketing Solutions,

Cathy Clemans, Kamya Newcomb, Sara Ellington 
17755 E Marsh Station Rd 
Vail, AZ 85641
520-329-3446 

Cathy Clemans

KASACA Marketing Solutions is a family business and were Born and raised in Indiana, the family moved to Arizona in 1986.   Cathy, the mother of Kyanna and Sara is a long-time medical lab technician.  Cathy later branched out to become a Designated Broker for a local Real Estate office for the last 19 years.

Interestingly, as both daughters followed in mom’s footsteps, Sara, the eldest of the two siblings welcomed Kayama, who followed in mom’s footsteps to become a successful Real Estate Agent in Southern Arizona and is now in the process of obtaining her Brokers Licenses as well. 

 All three ladies, along with “dad”, Douglas Clemans, have dedicated their lives to helping others, in one compacity or another, Kasaca Marketing Solutions was founded on those same principles, to help other business success.

Kamya Newcomb, Marketing Manager

Kamya was born and raised in a small town just north of Indianapolis, Indiana. She and her family moved to Tucson AZ in 1986. You graduated from Mountain View High School and later went on to a Learning institute earning an Accounting and Bookkeeping certificate.      

Kamya has been in Marketing and Advertising at the young age of 16 when she was commissioned to complete a logo and advertising material for a Steel Manufacturing company in Tucson. Then later in 2001 she became a licensed Real Estate Agent and found her love for Marketing was useful when building ad campaigns, marketing brochures, and later a social media presence. 

Today Kamya is the co-founder of Kasaca Marketing Solutions, which is an online review and SEO company based out of Tucson AZ.

Sara L Ellington 

slellington13@gmail.com       

Sarah, who works part-time in Kasaca Marketing Solutions, was born in Indiana also and moved to Arizona in 1986.  Became a mother in 1992 (Ashley), 1994 (Robert), and 1999 (Kayla). Married to Mark Ellington is your hubby and you have worked in the medical field for over 25 years in a laboratory as a phlebotomist.

Sarah enjoys camping with family, going off-roading in Jeep, taking in the sights of nature, and is currently learning how to make Mead for holiday celebrations.  She also enjoys watching her grandchildren grow and learn.

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TMB E41: John Take, US Water Alliance Board of Directors

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John Take PE, P.Eng., M.Eng  & Exec. Vice President,
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
 5151 E Broadway Boulevard Suite 400
Tucson, AZ  85711-3712  
(520) 360-3086                                                         
Email:   john.take@stantec.com 
www.stantec.com 
 SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter |

Under John’s direction, Stantec has grown its ability to deliver large and complex water projects addressing climate change and urbanization, as well as the need for sustainable food, water, and energy solutions for a growing world population. 

John earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of New Brunswick and his Master’s in Water Resources Engineering from the University of Alberta. 

John is well known in the water industry for his expertise in water conveyance planning and design and has been involved in more than 100 projects around the world over the past 25 years. 

One of John’s proudest achievements was helping to reduce hurricane storm damage and flooding risk for the New Orleans community with the $730M design-build Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps project. One of the largest drainage pumping systems in the world capable of moving more than 16 billion gallons of water per day, the project was featured on the History Channel show “Project Impossible”.

Regarding Stantec, there are approximately 22,000 employees working in over 350 locations across 6 continents. They consist of designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

Since 1954, Stantec,s local strength, knowledge, and relationships, coupled with world-class expertise, has allowed them to go anywhere to meet our clients’ needs in more creative, personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places they serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

Folks Stantec trades on the NYSE and the TSX under the symbol STN and you can visit them at stantec.com or find us on social media

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TMB E40: Mary Darling, 2D and 3D land surveying with Drones

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Mary Darling, CEO and Principal Owner Darling Geomatics  
U of A Tech Park, 9040 S. Rita Road, Ste 2350
Tucson, AZ   85747 
Phone: 520-298-2725 (office)/520-954-4050 (cell)
Email:  MaryDarling@darlingltd.com
www.darlingltd.com 
 SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube | 

Mary E. Darling, CEO 
Principal Owner/FAA Part 107 Licensed Pilot 
Darling Geomatics – Award Winning Aerial UAV Mapping, 3D Scanning & Modeling, Land Surveying, & Environmental Consulting Firm 

NAICS 541370 (Primary), 541270, 541620, 541990 
Past President & Current Board Member, So AZ Post Society of American Military Engineers 
WBENC Certified WOSB, WBE, ADOT Certified DBE, Tucson Certified SBE, SBC 

Global Headquarters: University of Arizona Tech Park 
9040 South Rita Road, Ste #2350, Tucson, AZ 85747 
Ph (520) 298-2725 / Fax (520) 298-2767/Cell (520) 954-4050 

www.darlingltd.com and www.youtube.com/user/DarlingLtd 

BIO:

Mary Darling grew up in an entrepreneurial family with her father owning and operating an aviation business in Sacramento, California.

I worked at the airport most of my teen years and instead of getting paid money, I was compensated with flying lessons.  I soloed an airplane on my 16th birthday.   Back in 1996 I decided to coalesce these passions – and cofounded Darling Geomatics with my husband, Rich Darling.  We grew our business from scratch, with his expertise in land surveying and my expertise in entrepreneurship, biology, and law.

An award-winning high-tech 2D and 3D land surveying, aerial mapping, and construction verification company.  We generate the highest quality data and do so in literally 1/10th the time of a conventional surveyor. We can even collect data remotely. We do it from the land with cutting–edge GPS, LiDAR and laser tracking; and from the air with state-of-the-art drones.

Although I have a Team of highly certified drone pilots – I still find time to be one of our drone pilots for certain special projects (a cool perk of being the boss).   Our global headquarters are proudly here in Tucson.   We keep our customers’ projects on time, on budget and on spec.  We always have, and we always will – That is the only way I know how to do it.

You see, I grew up with 3 brothers.  I was always around cars, airplanes, and motorcycles.  I worked at an airport.  I just never thought about whether a profession was for men or women.  I love a challenge and being an entrepreneur in high tech is always challenging.  New technology means you are always reinventing processes. 

Our team thrives on competition, solving problems where others cannot, and winning against all odds.  It’s been fun, rewarding, and best of all – we have earned the dedication and enthusiastic loyalty of over 1000 customers over the past 26 years. That’s not bad for a man or a woman. 

We offer a wide variety of land surveying services, including construction staking, topographic mapping, 3D as-builts, building information modeling (also known as BIM), aerial surveying and mapping, 3D construction verification, underground tunnel mapping and a wide variety of aerial inspection services including thermal imaging with drones. 

The foundation of our continued success rests on three factors:  1) We listen intently to our customers/we understand their needs (sometimes even better than they do), and accordingly we meet and often exceed their expectations. 2) We consistently reinvest in our business. Every year we buy and upgrade virtually all of our hardware, drones, and software. This is not typical in the industry – but we have always had the philosophy that our customers deserve the best product and services that are available that match their needs. 3) We are always interviewing and adding to our staff. We are constantly training them on state-of-the-art products and software. We have the best in the business – with over 150 years of combined surveying experience, over 30 years of combined 3D scanning experience, and over 20 years of combined drone experience, including four licensed drone pilots and a licensed airplane pilot.

Many in the construction industry have been very negatively affected by this pandemic, we are so proud and pleased that OUR customers have been much less impacted – due to a decision we made over 10 years ago. At that time, we decided to make a major investment in software that provided our customers with the ability to work remotely – from their desk, home, even on their cell phones. We provided them with the ability to “work remotely before working remotely was even being talked about”.  They can get the job done, on-time, and safely – which is what it’s all about.

What are the types of challenges customers encounter that you solve for them?

ll kinds – but the most common are measurement challenges.  People need to know where they should build in relation to property lines, where they should build in relation to design plans, what the elevation is at various locations on their property and more. 

 We also are able to help them avoid problems before they occur.  We show them where construction is not the same as design plans, where existing structures have structural defects, where weaknesses could cause failures in structures in the near future, and more.   This has saved them millions of dollars in what could have been catastrophic problems). 

What do we see as the future of drones? 

Everyone loves drones – I know I do. Although I have a Team of highly certified drone pilots – I still fly them for special projects, which is a great perk of being the boss.   For our industry, they are a safe and quick tool for obtaining accurate aerial topographic data (the lay of the land, so to speak); measurable aerial images of projects; construction inspection data; bridge, road and building inspection data and more.  Not all drones are created equal. There are some drones that others in the business use that are inexpensive and fun, but not very accurate.   We have survey grade drones.  We include special sensors including thermal imaging and 30 x zoom cameras for solar inspections, energy audits, and search and rescue missions.  We combine our aerial flights with on the ground surveys to create maps measurable to within inches, which can’t be done without the land surveying component. 

Drones are being used around the world – drones are a new and growing took for humanitarian needs in underdeveloped countries and for emergencies almost everywhere.  Drones can carry medical supplies and other necessities when roads are washed out; drones can be used for real-time inspects of buildings and roads to determine the extent of damage; find routes for access and find people). 

The most exciting project our company has worked on.

Our team really enjoyed working on the Navy Zumwalt Class Destroyers in Bath, Maine.  They worked on a Navy shipyard for weeks at a time and saw the construction of the most advanced stealth ships in the world.  Our company was hired to scan the deckhouses and the hulls of the ships, then performed clash detection in 3D with specialized software so the welders could make the right cuts to assure the deckhouse fit perfectly on the hull the first time that the cranes dropped it down.  Before 3D scanning, this was a slow and arduous task – with multiple cranes lifts up and down to determine where to cut the steel to make sure the two parts fit correctly. The Navy was so pleased with what we did for them that they bypassed Union opposition to get the new technology in place.  My team and I feel especially patriotic when we get to work on projects like this. 

Another interesting project our company has worked on is the San Zavier Mission Restoration Project was fun.  The architect needed to know the thickness of the walls and domes to assure they were still structurally sound but didn’t want to drill through them and cause damage.  We scanned the inside and outside of the entire mission to create a digital replica.  The digital data can be virtually “sliced” into cross-sections and all of the walls, the domes, the stairs, pews and more can be measured at any angle.  We now have a museum quality digital replica of the entire mission). 

Our company has also worked on three continents, in 6 different foreign countries – Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Honduras, Mexico, and Canada.  Over 10% of our business is international – and it grows every year). 

 Learning new things. And being able to offer unique services to our customers excites me.  We have earned over 50 awards for excellence in customer service and contributions to the industry.  Even after 26 years – that never gets old.  

 The technologies we master provide us with opportunities to get behind the scenes in a lot of unique situations.  Some of the most recent include: scanning the interior and exterior of many of the buildings at U of A, scanning the Mercedes Benz Automobile Plant in Alabama, scanning underground Salt Mines in Louisiana and Canada, as well as an underground drug tunnel at the border with Mexico, scanning a meteor crater, several airline jet fuel tanks and more). 

We are known for having about the lowest employee turnover in the business. Why?  because I am truly blessed with the best Team in the industry. We hire professionals who are motivated, inspirable, customer-centric, Team players.  They are the best in the business in multiple disciplines.  And then we train them on aspects of the business that aren’t taught in school.  Our on–the–job training programs gives them the opportunity to have a meaningful career in a fun and interesting profession.  People excel at our company because they learn by doing what they love). 

 The advice do you have for people looking for a career in what we do.

We believe that every surveyor needs a good mathematical foundation.  Though the high-tech equipment we use does a lot of the work that we used to have to do manually, we still need people to learn and understand the mathematical principles behind what they are doing. That way they recognize incorrect answers and know when something isn’t right.  We don’t hire what we call “push button” surveyors.   We need out surveyors to understand curves, angles, distances, and elevations.  We need them to be able to read complex construction plans and translate what they see on the plans to stakes on the ground). 

We want as much previous land surveying experience as possible – even for our drone pilots, CAD drafters and 3D scanning crews.  Everyone needs a solid foundation in the basics.  If someone doesn’t have that experience we start them at an entry-level where they work with another surveyor for years to build the basic skills.   

In addition to aptitude – we are always also looking for the best attitude.  We have hired a lot of people that didn’t have even a day of land surveying under their belt when they arrived.  However, they were willing to learn.  Many have since gone on to become licensed land surveyors and others are in the process of getting their license right now.   

I would tell young people still in school when they ask about land surveying that it is a lot of fun, there are great opportunities and you need to understand geography and math.  If you enjoy working outdoors and like learning new technologies, there are a lot of opportunities in land surveying right now.  A lot of surveyors are retiring.  That leaves plenty of new jobs). 

Regarding robots in this field, I say that land surveying will never be totally taken over by robots.  However, portions of the job have become much more automated.  For us – that means we don’t have to put our people in danger anymore.  Instead of standing in the middle of the freeway to collect data, we use LiDAR and drones so we don’t even have to stop traffic.   Instead of walking into a dangerous area where there is subsidence after an earthquake – we send in the drone.  When automation makes land surveying even easier, we will be surveying the ocean floors, the moon, the planets, and asteroids.  There is always something to survey.    

Also – as Smart Buildings, Smart Roads, and Smart Cities come into being, they all will be based on digital data.   As high-tech surveyors, we collect digital data to replace paper maps.  That data is called Building Information Modeling or BIM.  That will continue to be a growing profession.   Everything that is built in the future still needs surveying to determine location and document as-built conditions during construction so the data can be put into Smart Models for heating and cooling, electric sidewalks, elevators, lighting, security, and more.) 

People will always need to know where something is – even if the earth gets digitized enough over time so that less day to day survey data is required, there will be ocean floors, asteroids, planets, moons, and more that need surveying and mapping). 

As I see it, we will continue to grow, focusing on high tech equipment so that we do more work faster and safer without needing a huge staff of people.  We like the fact that we can expand globally with our current employees and some trainees, as long as we keep investing in the fastest, safest, most accurate technologies to perform our work).                                                              

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TMS E39: Mark Hedley, Film Producer Southern AZ Video

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Mark Hedley, Film Producer
Southern Arizona Video Productions
911 S. Tyndall Ave
(310) 488-6275
Tucson, Arizona 85719
markheadley12@yahoo.com
https://southernarizonavideo.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | Vimeo |

Mark draws from the experience that started as a teenage actor in American westerns. Early one was encouraged by his mentor director, John Huston, to work behind the camera. He was introduced to Mr. Huston via the star of LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN, PaulNewman. Mark was a young boy at that point in his career and soon decided this was the work for him. Mark continued working on such films as McLINTOCK! with John Wayne, MONTE WALSH with his friend Lee Marvin and countless other movies. Mark even got the pleasure and honor of working with Frank Sinatra on DIRTY DINGUS MAGEE and Andy Warhol on LONESOME COWBOY. Since Leaving Arizona for the goldfields of California, he has had a stellar career as producer and line producer, being privileged to produce such films as STAND-INS and Visioneer. While Mark’s experience blends the creative and technical aspects of filmmaking, his true genius lies in the behind-the-scenes nuts and bolts aspects of movie production that are key to making any successful film.

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TMB E38: Jeffrey Prather, Genetics, Robotics, Nanotech.

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Jeffrey Prather: Businessman, Author, Actor, Broadcaster, Warrior

4518 E Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85749
520/241-7690
JP@JeffreyPrather.com,
WarriorSchool.com,  BujinkanUSA.com. GRIN-X.com

Tucson business founder since 1990. Second since 1995. Third in 2014. All still going strong. Thought leader, business coach, radio host, life coach, skills teacher.Published author. Specializing in high-stakes strategic analysis, continuity of operations, human terrain, and competitive intelligence preparation of the market place. Martial arts master. World-class firearms instructor.Retired, disabled, Army veteran. Ex-DEA special agent. Former DIA Branch Chief. Chaplain. Adopted orphan. Dad. Husband.Inducted twice into the US Martial Arts Hall of Fame and featured in the US and Japanese martial arts magazines and published in tactical journals

GRIN-X is the intersection for Genetics, Robotics, Information, and Nanotechnology.

• Futurists predict that in the near-decade GRIN will completely transform the market space.
• Never before imagined products, therapies, technologies, and markets will emerge.
• Conventional regulations, traditional financing, and corporate models will be disrupted.

Benefits

Via our corporate strategy and competitive intelligence services, we provide emerging technology pathfinders, key stakeholders, and visionary investors, a roadmap to navigate the human and business terrain, to achieve the successful emergence of new medicines, treatments, and technology products.

Since 2014 every GRIN-X client exceeded goals. For example

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals-2018

In April 2018, UK-based Mallinckrodt had exercised its option to the license agreement and paid CPP $10 million to support the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of CPP-1X/sul in patients with the orphan disease familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).

Calimmune-2017

Global biotherapeutics leader CSLBehring announced today that it has agreed to acquire Calimmune, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of ex Vivo hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy with R&D facilities in Pasadena, California and Sydney, Australia for an upfront payment of  $91 million, with possible milestone payments reaching an eventual total of $416 million.

GRIN-X 520-241-7690 8987 E. Tanque Verde Rd St 309-245 Tucson, AZ 8574

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