Episodes

Dec. 27, 2024

AGL 397: The Art of Influence with Jennifer Gardner

About Jennifer Jennifer B. Gardner is a Los Angeles-based trial lawyer, a persuasive communications educator, and a part-time administrative law judge for the County of Los Angeles. Jennifer has operated her own litigation law firm for 32 years in Los Angeles where she has litigated complex business, real estate and criminal matters through trial. She began her litigation career in the entertainment industry, has represented individuals in serious criminal cases, has advised and managed docume...
Dec. 20, 2024

AGL 396: Ryan Crittenden

About Ryan Ryan has held leadership and coaching roles across both profit and non-profit organizations. With 8 years of experience in leadership coaching, team building, and personal excellence, he has developed a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that today’s executives and emerging leaders encounter. Ryan’s coaching philosophy is rooted in strengths-based and authentic leadership. He leverages his expertise by adhering to ICF standards and utilizes strengths assessments a...
Dec. 13, 2024

AGL 395: Adrian Kelly

About Adrian Adrian Kelly is a qualified solicitor, lecturer and lifelong learner. He researches and writes on performance, sustainable success and well-being. His aim is to shine a light on key elements of success stories which sometimes go under the radar and bring key learnings to a wider audience. In his Book the Success Complex, he explores core skills vital to overcoming challenge, using examples which range from historical figures such as Napoleon, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr...
Dec. 6, 2024

AGL 394: Trauma as a Catalyst with Carrie Rickert

About Carrie Carrie Rickert is an author and the founder and CEO of Nomis Advisors, a management consultancy firm in Stevensville, MD. Carrie has worked with hundreds of companies to strategically develop programs to initiate change. Additionally, Carrie is a trauma survivor and an expert on navigating catalytic circumstances. Carrie’s book is Trauma is a Catalyst and can be found on Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com. Today We Talked About Carrie’s background Organizational Development Her Acci...
Nov. 28, 2024

AGL 393: Andrey Kudievskiy from Distillery

About Andrey Andrey is the Founder and CEO of Distillery, a leading nearshore software development firm that embeds top-tier AI-enabled senior engineers and agile experts directly into clients’ projects. He has 15+ years of software development leadership experience. An entrepreneur and talented developer in his own right, he now focuses on delivering the teams and products that enable other businesses to succeed. Today We Talked About Background Gaming Empathy Different doesn’t mean better...
Nov. 22, 2024

AGL 392: Eileen Forrestal

About Eileen Eileen Forrestal, having spent 20+ years as an Anesthesiologist ‘putting people to sleep’ with powerful drugs, embarked on a mission to ‘wake people up’ to the power of words. Author of The Courage To Shine, her invitation is to encourage you to Find Your Voice and Discover The Healing Power of Your Words and to have the courageous conversations that will make a real difference, breaking free from fears that are holding you back from full self-expression and fulfilment in life. Th...
Nov. 15, 2024

AGL 391: David Minarsch

About David David holds a Ph.D. in Applied Game Theory from the University of Cambridge, is the creator of the first multi-agent system framework with native support for distributed ledger technologies (https://aea.dev), and is a co-founder and the CEO at Valory. He has conducted research on the Economics of Networks, strategy of conflict, political competition, and multi-agent systems. He has created the first framework for the development and production deployment of agents in a decentralize...
Nov. 8, 2024

AGL 390: Alex Heublein

About Alex Alex Heublein is the President of the U.S. division of Netsurit, where he leads efforts to help small and medium-sized businesses navigate the complexities of digital transformation. With over three decades of experience in IT and business strategy, Alex is passionate about demystifying technology for SMBs and providing actionable insights to drive efficiency and innovation. At Netsurit, Alex works closely with business leaders to develop tailored strategies that not only enhance ope...
Nov. 1, 2024

AGL 389: Klaas Ardinois

About Klaas CEOs turn to Klaas when they need an unbiased peer who uniquely understands the lonely burden of leadership and the complexity of a today’s technology driven business. He brings a unique blend of expertise gained from engineering, corporate finance, and executive leadership roles. Klaas is usually called on to map out a clear path forward when there are no easy decisions. He has set strategies for scaling teams during 10x growth as well as downsizing when needed. Klaas has led compa...
Oct. 25, 2024

AGL 388: Ken Boyer – The Electric Vehicle Revolution

About Ken Kenneth K. Boyer combines a lifelong love of cars and engineering with a career focused on management and supply chain. He’s the Fisher designated professor of operations and business analytics at Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University./ He was coeditor-in-chief of the Journal of Operations Management, and served on the faculty at Michigan State and DePaul universities. Boyer is a member of the Academy of Management, Production and Operations Management Society, and the Deci...
Oct. 18, 2024

AGL 387: Itamar Friedman

About Itamar Itamar Friedman is the CEO and Co-Founder of Qodo, a company dedicated to enhancing code integrity. Under his leadership, Qodo specializes in generating automated tests, providing code explanations, and conducting thorough code reviews. Their groundbreaking research in generating code solutions for competitive programming challenges has even outperformed Google DeepMind. Today We Talked About Itamar’s background AI TDD – Test Driven Development Machine Learning Hardware vs So...
Oct. 14, 2024

AGL 386: Empathetic Leadership with Eric Müller

About Eric Eric Müller is the VP of Engineering and CISO at Presence, where he has led engineering teams and supported automated processes to deliver high-quality digital products for the past decade. With over 20 years of experience in engineering and security, Eric has worked across various industries including banking, social media, B2B, retail, fashion, and online gaming. His extensive background includes significant roles at Wells Fargo Bank, Charles Schwab, Razorfish, and Mekanism, where ...
Oct. 4, 2024

AGL 385: John Conafay

About John John Conafay is a US Air Force Veteran and the CEO and Co-Founder of Integrate, building program management software with a systems engineering approach for the world’s most ambitious machines. Previously he was an early employee at three space unicorns – Head of BD at ABL Space Systems, was one of the first ten employees at Astranis, and Interned at Spire Global early on. He also worked at the Office of the CFO NASA Headquarters while at BryceTech and was a Director of Business Deve...
Sept. 27, 2024

AGL 384: Maximillian Naza

About Maximillian Maximillian Naza is a prominent figure in the tech industry with a rich background in computer science, software engineering, and technology strategy. Having worked with leading companies such as T-Mobile, Google, and Kleiner Perkins, he founded PasciVite, a data-driven creative agency that leverages data analytics and artificial intelligence to give businesses a competitive edge. Maximillian is known for his ability to bridge the gap between traditional industries and digital...
Sept. 20, 2024

AGL 383: Douglas Squirrel

About Douglas Squirrel creates constructive conflict to achieve astonishing productivity gains. His intensive coaching and advisory work gives executives and their teams the tools to create and align on business goals, discard good ideas that don’t fit the strategy, and deliver high-impact, customer-visible results. For instance, companies using his Insanely Profitable Tech methods deliver new software to customers every single day, with constant learning and improvement that keeps them way ahea...
Sept. 13, 2024

AGL 382: Alan Nelson

About Alan ALAN E. NELSON, Ed.D. is a leadership development specialist, trainer, speaker, and Lecturer of Management at the Naval Postgraduate School (www.nps.edu). He previously taught at USC, UCI, LMU, and Pepperdine. Dr. Nelson founded KidLead Academy, the world’s first online course to train parents how to develop their child’s leadership potential (www.kidlead.com). He also founded LeadYoung Training Systems, designing organizational leadership curricula for 3-23-year-olds (www.LeadYoungTr...
Sept. 6, 2024

AGL 381: Jeff Gothelf

About Jeff Jeff is a a leading voice and thought leader on customer centric product development. He helps organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX (now in it’s 3rd edition) and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond. In 2020 he published the critically aclaimed book, Forever Employable. Starting off as a software designer then product manager and finally entrepreneur, J...
Aug. 29, 2024

AGL 380: Dominic Dithurbide

About Dominic Dominic is a creative, goal-driven marketing leader that’s dedicated his career to the translation industry. Dominic brings proficiency in global marketing, demand generation, and go-to-market strategies as the Director of Marketing at MotionPoint. MotionPoint is a managed translation platform that delivers concierge-level, end-to-end translation to meet the needs of brands across desired languages and local markets. MotionPoint’s concierge-level managed translation service has led...
Aug. 23, 2024

AGL 379: Greg Davis

About Greg Greg has served on the Bigleaf Networks’ board of directors since 2020. He has a consistent track record scaling businesses and creating enterprise value through revenue growth, operational performance, and strategic acquisitions. Greg’s technology leadership career spans more than 25 years, where he has led multiple companies from start up to over $100 million in annual revenue. Prior to Bigleaf, Greg served as COO at HungerRush, a national leader in hospitality software. Prior to Hu...
Aug. 16, 2024

AGL 378: Dr. Marshall Goldsmith

About Marshall Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Business Thinkers in the World and the top-rated executive coach at the Thinkers50 ceremony in London since 2011. Published in 2015, his book Triggers is a Wall Street Journal and New York Times #1 Bestseller! He’s also the author of New York Times best seller and #1 Wall Street Journal Business Book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, winner of the Harold Longman Award as Best Business Book of the Year. Today We...
Aug. 9, 2024

AGL 377: Dean Guida

About Dean Dean Guida has led his organization through decades of technological change, cultivating Infragistics from a small startup in 1989 into a global enterprise software leader. Dean oversees all aspects of Infragistics’ business operations and corporate direction, maintaining a steady focus on delighting the customer, delivering value to the market, and inspiring STEM students. With a developer and UX professional community of more than two million, Infragistics has achieved the highest a...
Aug. 2, 2024

AGL 376: The Dystopian Utopia with Carl M.A. Arden

About Carl Carl is a Swedish-born author with a background in business and international relations. He studied economics at the University of Oxford and completed an MBA at the London Business School. He worked as a diplomat in Moscow and completed one tour of peacekeeping in Kosovo before moving into different roles in investment banking and corporate finance. His main interests are in future trends, disruptive technologies, socio-political and economic systems, risks and uncertainty, sustainab...
July 29, 2024

AGL 375: Chad Brown

About Chad Chad Brown is a leadership engagement expert. He coaches founders and executives in the art and science of leadership for themselves, their teams, and clients to create new, unprecedented results and experience fulfillment in their work. Chad founded a media production studio called Shade Tree Films in 2008 that has serviced global companies such as Volkswagen, Target, and Pixar Animation Studios. This is where his love and passion for leadership and causing results through others w...
July 19, 2024

AGL 374: Richmond Alake

About Richmond Richmond Alake is an AI/ML Practitioner with an academic background in computer vision, robotics, and machine learning. He has worked in software development and machine learning roles since 2016. Richmond has also taught online AI/ML/Data courses and written over 200 technical articles with over 1 million views. He is passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems. Today We Talked About AI/ML MongoDB Compute Data Models Opensource Language Models LLM appli...