Jason Navallo's Blog, page 25

Andrey Kudievskiy – Founder & CEO, Distillery

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Andrey Kudievskiy is the founder and CEO of Distillery, an international full-service software design and development company based in Los Angeles. He is tech-minded, business-focused, and always coming up with new ideas to make his own business – and others’ businesses – better. Within five years of starting his career in tech at the age of 19, Andrey had established his first company and played a key role in creating a successful cloud synchronization startup that was sold to a Fortune 500...

Eric Berry – Co-Founder & CEO, TripleLift

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Eric Berry is the co-founder and CEO of TripleLift, the industry’s leading programmatic native ad platform. Eric has worked in ad tech for almost a decade. He was previously an attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Eric received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from MIT and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. He used to do standup comedy, but then he had a baby.

TripleLift overview: TripleLift is a profitable, VC-funded, Inc. 500 company. It was #12 in the...

Jeff Snyder – Founder & Chief Inspiration Officer, Inspira Marketing Group

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Jeff Snyder is the founder and chief inspiration officer of Inspira Marketing Group, an experiential marketing agency headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Jeff is a 25-year industry veteran, having started in experiential marketing with GMR and RedPeg prior to founding Inspira. As a thought leader in the space, Jeff focuses his efforts on developing strategic solutions for clients such as Constellation, Diageo, General Mills, Microsoft,...

Behfar Jahanshahi – President & CEO, InterWorks

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Behfar Jahanshahi is the president & CEO of InterWorks – a people-focused tech consultancy headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He founded InterWorks while attending Oklahoma State University with the idea of addressing a rapidly evolving IT market by doing work he loves. Today, InterWorks delivers expertise in every area of technology for clients around the globe. With an emphasis on having fun and a drive for absolute client satisfaction, they have garnered state, national, and global re...

Sykes Wilford – Founder, Smokingpipes.com

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Sykes founded Smokingpipes.com in 2000, while completing his undergraduate degree in history at Vanderbilt University. Some might today assume, like Athena was said to have sprung whole from the head of Zeus, that Sykes sprang wholly-prepared upon the world of pipes. The truth, however, is that he didn’t have any idea what he was getting into. Mostly. He had not then ever written a line of code, and he had no inkling as to how to run a business, even one that was just two guys and a small re...

Jason Wilson – Founder & CEO, Back Forty Beer Company

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Tell me about your early career.
I have a degree in supply chain management from Auburn University. I spent the first seven years of my career working for the largest privately-held company in the world, before moving back to my hometown of Gadsden to build our brewery.

How did the concept for Back Forty Beer Company come about?
It was almost twenty years ago. My brother always spent his winter semester working in Crested Butte, Colorado. I was twenty-one at the time, and I always spent my w...

Kent Elmer – Managing Partner, TechCXO

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Kent Elmer is a CPA with over 25 years of broad-based experience ranging from “Big 4” public accounting to CFO level positions at a variety of public and private companies. As the managing partner of TechCXO, Kent is currently providing CFO and related services to early- and growth-stage technology companies. Kent began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. After gaining a strong foundation, he made the transition to the private sector. His public company experience includes various positions...

Shari Dingle Costantini – Founder & CEO, Avant Healthcare Professionals

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Shari Dingle (Sandifer) Costantini, RN, MBA, is a renowned expert in the healthcare industry, with 29 years of experience in strategic leadership, nursing, and international nurse staffing. As a registered nurse and accomplished business owner in healthcare staffing, she offers a unique perspective and keen insights into a wide range of issues affecting medical staff today, and is an authoritative source on issues concerning international workers.

Costantini is a strong advocate for creating...

David Lancashire – Chairman & CEO, projekt202

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As chairman and CEO of projekt202, David Lancashire leads a company that sets the standard for experience-driven software development. With headquarters in Dallas and offices in Austin and Seattle, projekt202 has refined a methodology that reveals people’s true needs, providing insight that guides the firm’s design and development of software that delivers the best possible user experiences.

Under Mr. Lancashire’s leadership, projekt202 has made the Inc. 5000 list for seven consecutive years...

Ray Bixler – CEO, SkillSurvey

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Ray brings over 20 years of leadership and management experience to his role as CEO of SkillSurvey. A seasoned executive, he sets the strategic direction of the company and manages relationships with clients. Previously, Ray served as vice president of Caliper, where he consulted with hundreds of small, mid-size and Fortune 500 businesses to develop better hiring, development, performance management, and succession planning strategies.

How did the concept for SkillSurvey come about?
The comp...