Jason Navallo's Blog, page 16
January 17, 2019
Troy Korsgaden – President, Korsgaden International
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Author of six books on the insurance industry, Troy Korsgaden is president of Korsgaden International in Visalia, California, serving as international insurance carrier and agent consultant, industry main-platform speaker, and representative trainer. Korsgaden advises most major companies in the insurance and financial services industry, working with large carriers, both in property and casualty and in financial services. He also serves as a subject-matter expert in the area of technology an...
January 15, 2019
Sean P. Finelli – CEO, The Tour Guy
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Sean P. Finelli is the CEO of The Tour Guy, a new brand that has evolved from the suite of brands including The Roman Guy and The Paris Guy. Finelli left a Wall Street career behind in 2009 to trace his cultural roots back to Italy. Since then, Finelli has created a travel tech company that helps travelers see the best of Italy and Paris without the crowds.
How did the concept for The Roman Guy come about?
There was no “moment of genius” for the company. In the end, nothing we do is genius....
January 13, 2019
Misael Tagle – Co-Founder & CEO, DuChâteau
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Misael Tagle is co-founder and CEO of DuChâteau. He leads the development and execution of the company’s strategic growth initiatives and oversees its sales and marketing departments. Under Misael’s leadership, DUCHATEAU has grown into a global company that is unlike any other in the industry. In addition to offering one of the most unique and innovative flooring concepts in the marketplace, DUCHATEAU is the first niche flooring company to distribute its products nationwide through its own d...
January 12, 2019
Huzefa Tinwala – CEO, VIVA Railings
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Founded in 1972, brothers Mark and Huzefa Tinwala began making custom hardware that included decorative handles, security door chains, and doorknobs utilizing the in-house capabilities that made the company unique. After nearly 33 years of success, the second generation embarked on creating and fabricating stainless steel modular railing systems, and thus VIVA was born. For over a decade, family-owned VIVA Railings has been designing and engineering modular railing systems for clients all ac...
Glenn S. Phillips – CEO, Lake Homes Realty
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Glenn S. Phillips is the CEO of Lake Homes Realty, the nation’s largest lake-focused real estate brokerage. The company operates a unique, tech-enabled full-service brokerage, licensed in multiple states across the country.
Glenn is an author of the book, Nerd-to-English: Your Everyday Guide to Translating Your Business, Your Messages, and Your Life. He is a graduate of Auburn University in Computer Engineering. He and his wife, Lake Home Realty’s COO Doris Phillips, live in Hoover, Alabama....
January 11, 2019
Zvi Band – Co-Founder & CEO, Contactually
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Zvi Band is the co-founder and CEO of Contactually, the top CRM which empowers professionals in real estate, consulting, and other professional industries to build authentic relationships. Having founded Contactually in 2011, Zvi has led Contactually to $12 million in venture backing, 75 employees, and tens of thousands of customers, including 8 of the top 20 real estate brokerages in the country. An engineer, seasoned entrepreneur, developer, strategist, and startup advisor, with unique tec...
January 6, 2019
Dennis Mortensen – Co-Founder & CEO, x.ai
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Dennis Mortensen is the co-founder and CEO of x.ai.
Dennis is an expert in leveraging data to solve enterprise use cases and a serial entrepreneur who’s successfully exited several companies on that theme.
His long-term vision of killing the inbox led to the formation of x.ai and the creation of Amy + Andrew, artificially intelligent assistants who schedule meetings. He speaks frequently to anyone who’ll listen, from the crowds of Web Summit to his building’s doorman, about an optimistic fut...
January 5, 2019
Nick Pasquarosa – Founder & CEO, Bookkeeper360
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A technologist from birth, Nick could always be found with the latest technology in hand. Reconciling the books of his family’s business and filing his first tax return at the age of 16, Nick also discovered his knack for accounting at a young age. Nick graduated from St. John’s University with a Master’s in Taxation.
In 2010, Nick founded Bookkeeper360 with the goal of providing tech-savvy bookkeeping solutions for local businesses. Realizing the potential of the cloud to allow expansion in...
David Pasquarosa – Founder & CEO, Bookkeeper360
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A technologist from birth, Nick could always be found with the latest technology in hand. Reconciling the books of his family’s business and filing his first tax return at the age of 16, Nick also discovered his knack for accounting at a young age. Nick graduated from St. John’s University with a Master’s in Taxation.
In 2010, Nick founded Bookkeeper360 with the goal of providing tech-savvy bookkeeping solutions for local businesses. Realizing the potential of the cloud to allow expansion in...
Dan Watkins – Founder & CEO, GloFX
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Dan Watkins is the founder and CEO of GloFX, a Tallahassee, FL-based manufacturer and retailer of wildly-unique glasses and glow products. The company innovates and designs dimensional eyewear (diffraction, kaleidoscope, 3D glasses, etc.), as well as LED and glow products commonly used for flow arts and dancing. The company was started with $400 in capital inside Dan’s garage and now produces millions in annual revenue around the globe. GloFX ranked #1650 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list of fastes...
