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Dave Cava – Co-Founder & COO, Proactive Technologies

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Dave Cava co-founded Proactive Technologies in 2007 and currently serves as their COO. Proactive is located in midtown Manhattan and specializes in managed technology support services for alternative investment firms. They currently have around 50 employees, 160 clients, and $10 million in revenue.

How did the concept for Proactive Technologies come about?
My partner and I were working at another firm, and aside from our group, the company was very dysfunctional. We finally had enough and de...

Demario Davis – Outside Linebacker, New Orleans Saints

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Demario Davis was born in Collins, Mississippi. His friends and family often refer to him by his nickname, Double-D. He and his wife, Tamela, have two daughters, Bailey-Grace and Summer-Joy, and a son, Roman-Parker. Demario attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Mississippi, and played wide receiver for two seasons before moving to linebacker. As a hobby in his free time, Demario is learning how to play piano. His favorite movie is The Lion King and his favorite TV show is Power. He lists...

Scott Baradell – Founder & CEO, Idea Grove

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Scott Baradell is founder and CEO of Idea Grove, a public relations agency that focuses on building brand authority for B2B technology companies. Idea Grove got its start as an industry blog that Scott began writing in 2005. The blog’s mix of entertaining and educational content—supported by Scott’s promotion of it via PR and social media—attracted attention from major media outlets, public relations journals and conferences, and ultimately, B2B technology companies seeking PR and digital ma...

Tance Hughes – Founder & CEO, Southern Designs

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Tance Hughes is an entrepreneur based in Vidalia, Louisiana. His company, Southern Designs, was started when he was just 17 years old. Through his leadership, the company grew to almost $4 million in revenue in 2016 and was named to the Inc. 5000 list at #558!

Southern Designs is the the 9th fastest-growing company in Louisiana, and yet, they are based out of a town with only 4,299 residents. He was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 as well.

How did the concept for Southern Designs co...

Olivier Chateau – Co-Founder & CEO, Health Union

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Olivier Chateau is co-founder and CEO of Health Union, where his vision and desire for innovation is a driving force behind its platforms, services, and solutions. During his ten years in pharmaceutical marketing, Olivier gained experience in consumer marketing, insight creation, digital technology and analytics, which he leverages along with extensive commercial knowledge of the healthcare market to develop unique opportunities that connect patients, professionals, and industry partners to...

Michael Mogill – Founder & CEO, Crisp Video Group

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Michael Mogill is founder and CEO of Crisp Video Group, the nation’s fastest-growing legal video marketing company. He’s helped thousands of attorneys—from solo and small firms to large practices—differentiate themselves from competitors and earn millions in new revenue. Crisp has been named to the Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest-growing companies and has been awarded Best Places to Work. A sought-after speaker, Michael often presents at national conferences on innovative ways to create e...

Heidi Parsont – Founder & CEO, TorchLight

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Heidi Parsont founded TorchLight in early 2012 because she saw a need in the Washington D.C. metro area to provide more service-focused placement services for marketing and communications roles. She built the company from a startup in 2012 to a nearly $6 million-dollar company in 2018. Currently, she manages business development, growth strategy, and finance for the company. Prior to founding TorchLight, Heidi worked at a marketing and communications recruiting and staffing firm where she le...

Paul Ruggere – Partner, COO, & CEO, BioTrans

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I started my career at a same-day delivery service in Boston in 1992. My first job was as a foot courier, which had me running about fifteen miles a day all over Boston. After about three months, I was promoted to dispatch, where I sat for about a year-and-a-half. The company ran about 800-1000 same day orders each day, which I along with two others had to coordinate and execute. We liked to think about us as the “organizers of chaos.” Looking back on it, this position was extremely pivotal...

Paul Ruggere – President & CEO, BioTrans

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I started my career at a same-day delivery service in Boston in 1992. My first job was as a foot courier, which had me running about fifteen miles a day all over Boston. After about three months, I was promoted to dispatch, where I sat for about a year-and-a-half. The company ran about 800-1000 same day orders each day, which I along with two others had to coordinate and execute. We liked to think about us as the “organizers of chaos.” Looking back on it, this position was extremely pivotal...

John Webber – Founder & CEO, Carved

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John Webber is the founder and CEO of Carved, a leading provider of wooden cases and covers for cellphones, based in Elkhart, Indiana.

“Carved was founded on a deep desire to define something new. To create a place where natural materials intersect modern technology. To give new life to discarded pieces of wood. To integrate nature with the devices we carry.

When you are passionate and excited about the day’s challenges you approach the day differently. Whether we are simply diving into the...