Disruptive Ceo Nation

An entrepreneur and thought leader in geospatial analytics and climate tech, Josh Gilbert is Co-Founder and CEO at Sust Global. He has spoken on these topics at events such as COP26 in Glasgow, and has helped Fortune 500 companies, NGOs and the UK Government to integrate cutting edge climate technologies. Sust Global’s mission is to democratize access to satellite-validated climate data, and Josh developed his idea for Sust Global through first-hand experience working with climate innovation and geospatial technology sets. His previous experience includes his role as Environment and Resources Lead at Cleantech Group, go-to-market consulting at Orbital Insight, where he helped launch the market-leading Orbital Go product. In our conversation, Josh explains: Transforming climate complexity into business intelligence. The climate risks Josh’s company looks into and how they help companies manage their supply chains through these risks.  How Josh’s team operates and Sust Global’s company culture.  Be sure to

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 145 Kate Westad, Founder, Palette by Pak Kate Westad is the inventor and founder of Palette by pak, a refillable, reusable, sustainable beauty system.  While packing for a trip after a long day at the office, she realized that there had to be a better way to bring, store, and reuse the many goops, glops & glam™️ she was taking with her on her vacation.  As an attorney by trade, Kate began the research process and soon learned that the beauty industry was fueling its sustainability crisis. With statistics including the ones below, Kate knew she had to change the beauty industry from disposable to sustainable.  She's a Forbes Next 1000 honoree, has been featured in Glossy, Martha Stewart, Travel + Leisure, Women's Health, Glamour, and more. In our conversation, Kate explains: Her packaging and inventory management with her products. The steps she took when inventing her product and creating her brand. How Kate balances her work life an

Show Notes  Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 144 Nicky Senyard, Founder/CEO, Fintel Connect, Vancouver, Canada Nicky Senyard’s two core beliefs are contribution and growth. Throughout Nicky’s career, these focuses have allowed her to achieve both commercial success and to create a business culture that fosters collaboration and personal achievement. Not only has she had the fortune of growing a market-leading business organically over a 15-year period, she has also had the opportunity to positively influence the evolution of a lucrative niche industry through innovation and leadership. In launching their next venture, Fintel Connect, their mission is to disrupt performance marketing in the fintech space by providing greater transparency, scalability and growth. In our conversation, we discuss:  Her company, Fintel Connect How culture creates connections to bind and drive a company  What performance marketing is The lessons learned from building her first company  The most impor

Show Notes  Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 143 Ashif Mawji, Managing Director, Scale Good Fund, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Ashif Mawji is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, venture capitalist, mentor, and community builder. Ashif moved to Canada in 1987 and his parents instilled in him the idea that one can have anything they want in life, but to get there you must work and pay for it. Ashif has directly invested in over 100 companies globally, is invested in over 10 funds, and serves as a venture partner with Rising Tide, a VC firm in Silicon Valley. Ashif has built and exited several companies in the tech space. What Ashif has recognized in every country where he has interests is that the same problems of poverty, homelessness and addictions exist. His perception is that new solutions to the same problems need entrepreneurships and innovation, and this is the catalyst behind the formation of his starting the Scale Good Fund.  In our conversation, we discuss:  In the social

Show Notes  Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 142 Eddy Badrina, CEO, Eden Green Technology, Texas, USA Vertical farming is not a new idea. However, Eddy Badrina, CEO of Eden Green Technology is taking a novel approach that takes all the efficiencies of a greenhouse and adds the density of vertical farming that no other company does to provide produce that is affordable, partly because of its unique distribution model. Since running the company in 2019, retailers, researchers, cities, and governments have discovered how Eden Green Technology’s turnkey solutions can help them establish food safety, food independence, and sustainable farming, unlike any previous AgTech solution. Eddy’s background and education give him the foundation for cultivating deep relationships to support his person mission. His purpose and gifts include scaling organizations and understanding the cultural and global impact of their work. Our conversation includes wisdom from his education, operating other comp

Show Notes  Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 141 Jason Ash, CEO, Young Planet, UK Jason Ash is the CEO of a circular-economy app called Young Planet. The app encourages families to adopt a circular method of the giving and receiving used items. The app is free at the point of use and allows parents to upcycle unwanted clothes, toys, and other items. The app is a tech tool, but it’s also a tool for making community connections. Young Planet is a for profit company, but Jason believes that brings aligned incentives and drive. From being a professional rugby player to an outstanding leadership career as general manager and CEO for recognized brands, Jason is now on a mission to help individuals shift from depending on a linear economy to a circular economy mindset. Highlights of our conversation include: How the platform can be customized for corporations to support employees with CSR goals. The strategic thought behind building an advisory board. Thinking through why a company that

Show Notes  Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 140 Bob Miles, Co-Founder, Salad Technologies, Salt Lake City, Utah Leaving his home in Australia, Bob Miles became the Co-Founder of Salad Technologies based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company’s mission is to build the foundational layer of computational resources (PC power) for Web 3.0. To start the effort, Bob enlisted the aid of gamers worldwide to share their individual computer power and to reward them with game gift card subscriptions.  Salad is building mission-critical infrastructure that will help preserve the integrity of the Internet and democratize access to computational resources, a commodity that is becoming increasingly important to everyone’s digital life.  The company started in the gaming space, but the vision is to become a more mainstream with consumers in the next two or three years.  In our conversation, we discuss: Bob’s journey from Australia to Salt Lake City, Utah to lead in the world of distributed computi

Show Notes  Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 139 Ron Rudzin, President and CEO Saatva, Texas and New York Sometimes disruption can lead to a chaotic marketplace and the mattress industry has been one of those places. In 2010, the mattress industry had less than 1% of annual sales online. Today, online sales in the US make up 21% of all mattress sales. However, the number of companies launched and failed are in the hundreds. With all the competition and confusion, we looked to Ron Rudzin, co-founder, President and CEO of The Saatva Company to share how Saatva has become a market leader in this space. This luxury mattress company started in 2011 was the fastest-growing major direct-to-consumer mattress brand from 2019 to 2021. In 2021, Saatva ranked 101 on Inc’s list of the top 500 retailers of the year. Ron is also proud of his partnership with Pencil, where he serves on the board of directors, and HACA in Austin, Texas. Both organizations provide educational and social support to

Show Notes  Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 138 Nicholas Mattingly, CEO and Co-Founder, Switcher Inc, USA and Switzerland Nick Mattingly, CEO and co-founder of Switcher Inc., is the creator of Switcher Studio, an exciting software that helps creators and businesses produce multi-camera production videos easily and affordably. Nick is based in Kentucky and his co-founder runs the team in Switzerland. Together, they support creators in 150 countries and have partnered with companies including Facebook Live, LinkedIn and Microsoft Stream. Switcher Studio lets users sync multiple iOS devices to capture video content and allows for real-time editing. Switcher Studio also integrates with streaming platforms and video conferencing tools. The company has been featured in TechCrunch, USA Today, Inc. Magazine, and BBC. Nick is also a member of the highly competitive Endeavor Entrepreneur network. Nick has great enthusiasm for marketing his product but believes that “It’s not about selling

Show Notes  Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 137 Jennifer Mitchell, Founder-Natura Solve, Utah  This episode is a discussion with a real trailblazer on a self-funded, solo founder, entrepreneurial journey. She is in the clean tech space revolutionizing the way on how we can create a clean and sustainable future. Jennifer Mitchell founded Natura Solve, a company with a product that cleans up some of the nastiest stuff on the planet while doing great things for soil and water conservation. She is an emerging leader with global impact in the new clean tech industry and growing fields of bioremediation and bio augmentation.  Highlights of our conversation include: The importance of cleaning up pollutants, bacteria, and unwanted impurities from soil and water. How the product includes natural biological medium-beneficial bacteria and fungi, putting good biology back into the soil or water. How the product supports soil recovery in agriculture and the positive impact it has made on the

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 136 Grant Botma, Founder Stewardship Mortgage, Insurance Planning and Financial- Gilbert, Arizona Grant Botma, the founder of Stewardship, is an inspiring thought leader who twice has put his company on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing companies. He is the author of the best-selling book, The Problem Isn’t Their Paycheck, and in his latest book, Work-Life Harmony, Grant shares the systems he has put in place that allow him to have his definition of life and work balance. Grant has an unlikely founder’s journey. He grew up on a farm, attended a Christian college, worked as a collections cold-caller, and then became passionate about helping people with their finances through what he calls wisdom and love. Highlights of our conversation include: How his background influenced his passion to love and respect people and to build a business from that perspective. When you look at the Stewardship website or walk into their offices, the

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 135 Aaron Templer, Founder- Three Over Four Marketing Agency, Colorado Aaron Templer, owner of Three Over Four, is a 25-year marketing veteran and a thought leader that works with people and organizations that have values at their center. This episode concentrates on how Aaron and his team help CEOs and founders rethink the pressures of heavily investing in social media. He speaks from experience and backed by data as explained in his new book, Leading in a Social World: Stop social media marketing and build social capital instead. Aaron is also an American Marketing Association professional instructor and past president and volunteer for their national Professional Chapters Council. He is a firm believer that we need to bring ethics back into marketing. The advice that Aaron shares about marketing is invaluable. Highlights of the conversation include: Only 26% of social media activity ties onto business results and why this should make

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 134 Carolyn Barbarite, Creator & President, JavaMelts, New York Carolyn Barbarite, Creator and President of JavaMelts, is an extraordinary example of entrepreneur perseverance. Starting her product concept in 2016, her hand produced flavored sugar product was reaching fast success and winning awards in the B2B and B2C market.  She was gaining momentum and Covid hit, creating one obstacle after another, especially since she was near the epicenter of Covid, outside of NY City. Carolyn’s founder’s story is a roller coaster journey of rising, falling, and rising again, even stronger. It’s a lesson of committing to your vision, even when everything seems stacked against you. Carolyn is in the food industry, but her story about pivoting and changing applies to any entrepreneur. Highlights of our conversation include: The agony of losing production partners and how the negative turned into a positive product reformulation. Amazon is a critical

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 133 Nuno Fonseca, Creator & CEO Sound Particles, Leiria, Portugal This episode is a conversation with a university professor in a small town in Portugal who contributed and changed the game of audio production in major Hollywood, film, and game studios because of his revolutionary 3D sound technology. Nuno Fonseca, a professor with a PhD in computer audio, is the creator, founder, and CEO of Sound Particles, based in Leiria, Portugal. Sound Particles software is an immersive audio software capable of generating thousands or even millions of sounds in a virtual 3D audio world that allows for major sound sequences to be created quickly and easily. This ground-breaking technology uses computer graphics techniques applied to audio. The software combines particle systems with a 3D Computer Graphics-like engine. The software is used by major Hollywood studios, in productions such as Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Frozen II and Dune. It’s also use

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 132 Ninh Tran, CEO and Co-Founder Snapbrillia, USA Ninh Tran, CEO of Snapbillia, was born in Viet Nam, raised in the Czech Republic, traveled all over Europe, studied at Berkeley and now lives in King City, California. Ninh and his co-founders are on a mission to change the way people hire in tech, using their SaaS platform and taking advantage of its AI capabilities to mitigate systemic bias.  The platform is an AI interviewing and assessment tool that speeds up hiring and embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workspace. The tool is called a hiring manager’s best friend and is aimed at helping engineering hiring managers, engineers, and interviewers, plus recruiters and recruiting leaders. The big goal is to make it easy to help a million people get a job in tech. In our conversation, we discuss: An overview of the platform and how it differs from other similar platforms. The objective to bring humanity to business in all th

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 131 Charlotte Journo-Baur, CEO/Founder Wishibam, Paris, France After traveling around the world, Charlotte Journo-Baur came back home to become the CEO and founder of her tech company, Wishibam, when she was only 25 years old.  Charlotte graduated from one of the top French business schools, EM Lyon. She started her career as a strategy consultant in the retail practice of AT Kearney in Paris.  Wishibam works with real estate companies, local authorities and retailers who want to increase profitably by using technology. Her platform helps retailers rethink the customer experience with a solution that brings the convenience of e-commerce and the complexity of their physical stores together. The French government has labeled the solution as necessary for retailers to recover post-Covid. Charlotte is part of the French Forbes 30 under 30 and a member of the executive board in charge of communication and public relations at the French Prop

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 130 Ashley Crowder, CEO and Co-founder Vntana, USA and Europe   Ashley Crowder is the Co-Founder and CEO of VNTANA, the world’s first 3D content management system with patented optimization that makes 3D fast and easy to scale for eCommerce. She has worked in the mixed-reality space for over 10 years helping Fortune 1000 brands, including Adidas, Lexus, and AT&T, to launch XR applications to increase sales. Ashley has 14 patents on mixed reality technology and leverages her engineering background to guide VNTANA’s overall direction and technology development to shape the future of e-commerce.  Allison had an incredible conversation with Ashley, learning how her company’s groundbreaking services are helping businesses move products and make profits online by making it easy to create a 3D version of every product imaginable. Highlights include: An explanation of the Metaverse in simple terms. Why CEOs need to invest in the development of

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 129 Grant Blaisdell, CEO Copernic Space and Coinfirm, Poland The space economy is going to touch everyone and there are entrepreneurs other than Bezos and Musk who are making a difference. One of those entrepreneurial pioneers is Grant Blaisdell, CEO of Copernic Space and Coinfirm, based in Poland. Grant knows that we need the democratization of space, and the concept of space democratization developed by his grandfather, one of the first aerospace professors in Poland, inspires him. Grant is an early innovator in applying blockchain technology to various industries. By applying innovative models and technologies such as blockchain, Copernic Space makes digital space assets such as satellite imagery and or even fractional ownership of a satellite accessible and easy to acquire for millions around the world. We bring the conversation down to earth with exciting concepts that Grant is bringing to all of us. Highlights of our conversation

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 128 Eliane Luggasy, CEO & Co-founder Witco, Paris, France Eliane Lugassy is CEO and co-founder of Witco. The company, based in Paris, offers a customizable web and mobile app enabling interactions between tenants and building managers, real-time data, and analytics to improve building maintenance and management, and user metrics to improve tenant satisfaction. The app is proving to be essential, especially with hybrid work expansion. Wito clients and partners include multi-tenants, coworking spaces and managed residential buildings such as Amundi, Swiss Life, IPSEN, Guerlain, AXA IM, Covivio, BNP Paribas Real Estate, Union Investments and Unibail URW. Witco is finalist of the PropTech Europe Awards 2020, winner of the Bouygues Viva Tech Award and has featured on the Wavestone Smart Building Startups since 2019. In our conversation, Eliane shares her journey from studying business law and working in mergers and acquisitions to entering t

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 127 Dominic von Trotha Taylor, Chairman & CEO, IOV42, United Kingdom & Austria Dominic von Trotha Taylor, Chairman and CEO of IVO42, leads a team which is building blockchain-inspired tools to revolutionize public services, including everything from finance to healthcare. In 2018, the European Commission brought IVO42 in to support the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI). Dominic’s company is based in the UK with a subsidiary in Austria. During this conversation, Dominic was working in Malta. We discussed applications and trend of blockchain today and business insights including: The importance of business trust and reducing fraud through use of blockchain. The value exchange of the Internet and how blockchain supports IP (intellectual property) protection, digital product passports, industrial identity, and verification of workers. A timber industry case study on how blockchain can support credibility and product traceabi