Inspired Connections: Recent Episodes
Joseph Heraldo
Inspired Connections provides you with a window into the intimate conversations of successful entrepreneur and business consultant Joseph Heraldo. Listen in as he discusses team management, innovative leadership, and vulnerability. His guests include entrepreneurs, team leaders, and big dreamers!
Ola Hassan is an international student from Egypt who came to Canada in pursuit of her graduate degree. Whether it was in the café she worked in while living in Canada, or back in her own kitchen in Cairo she constantly saw the ways in which leftover food would go to waist. Because of this she decided to start a new initiative in Windsor known as Kindness Cafe, a not-for-profit business that saves surplus and leftover food for those in less fortunate situations. Her aim wasn’t to create a thriving business model, but to start a conscious movement where people would be aware and limit their own food waste.
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How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Joe discusses the different stages that contribute to a business' framework, including proof of concept, a proven model, and growth. He also speaks on how channels of communication between team members can contribute to the rigidity of a framework by synchronizing everyone's efforts.
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How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Adam Boismier currently works as a consultant and is all about two things: getting out of his comfort zone and helping others. In late 2017, Adam realized that he was not equipped to deal with stress and discomfort and decided to do something about it. The following year was deemed his "Year of Discomfort" and he invited friends, family, and anybody who was interested to participate in activities they found to be uncomfortable or scary. This led Adam to snowboard one of the tallest mountains in the Eastern US, start vlogging on social media, raising $2200+ with 27 other people to complete a mud run, drive a NASCAR at Michigan International Speedway, and even participate in a nude photoshoot! Adam created a brand called Comfort Via Discomfort to share stories of others getting outside their comfort zone in hopes to inspire people around the world to change their relationship with fear. What started as a fun challenge has turned into a lifestyle and, more importantly, a mindset.
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How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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As president & CEO of AlphaKOR, Frank Abbruzzese has over 32 years in the Technology & Innovation Sector. He enjoys developing long-term relationships for companies and organizations of all sizes. Frank provides strategic planning for their innovation and technology investment, disaster data recovery plans, web development, web marketing, custom software and cyber security. He's known by many as “The Connector”, as he enjoys mentoring and volunteering to help everyone grow in his community. Frank currently sits a director on the boards of Build a Dream, The Giving Eight, and Windsor Essex Child/Youth Advocacy Centre.
Follow Inspired Connections:FacebookLinkedIn How to reach Frank:FacebookLinkedIn
How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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In this weeks Joe Brainer, Joe explains what it means to be a change consultant and the best way to inspire those around you in order for them to achieve their goals. Joe uses his experience as an active leader in order to convey what it means to be build meaningful and concrete relationships, and how those relationships can lead to incredible accomplishment.
How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Imagine a world where everyone supports their own personal growth and the expansion of others. Michael Doyle's dharma is to collectively raise the greater consciousness of the world through connection and collaboration. He exists to unleash the potential in others. Michael fully believes everyone has the power to follow their dreams and discover their deeper purpose in life. He went from being exhausted, overweight, drinking in excess and feeling stuck to thriving. A decade later, after much personal and professional growth, he dedicated his life to serving others.
Michael helps his clients by leading them to new levels of clarity and flow in their life, business and careers. He does this by always developing and implementing his proficiency as a speaker, author and coach. He is fascinated with human potential, peak performance and what really drives us in life.
How to reach Michael:
Doyle It In
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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In this weeks Joe Brainer, Joe discusses Simon Sinek's take on performance vs trust when working in a team and the difficulty of working with an untrustworthy but high performing team member.
How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Karly Nicodemo is a 25-year-old florist who was born and raised in Windsor Ontario. She graduated from a program in public relations, but during her time in school she took an internship opportunity with Gail's Flowers and Event Décor. This is where Karly initially learned how to decorate and coordinate weddings. In order to cope with Covid, Karly has moved away from weddings, and started a business pressing and persevering flowers at Willow + Posy. She now continues to come up with inventive floral products in order to stay afloat in these trying times.
How to reach Karly:
Willow + Posy
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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In this weeks Joe Brainer, Joe discusses the importance of active listening and overcoming the fear of speaking authentically. He even delves into his past to share a story when a rewarding experience to speak authentically arose, but the fear of that authenticity became known to him.
How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Mark Trudell is a licensed optician and owner of The Walkerville Optical, an independent optical that focuses exclusively on premium independent eyewear and service. They offer old world consulting services, premium artisanal frames, and technologically advanced lenses that provide outstanding vision. Listen as Mark describes his passion for independent eyewear and providing quality services for his community.
How to reach Mark:
The Walkerville Optical's Website
How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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In the first ever episode of Joe Brainers, Joe explains how exploring your why can lead you to understanding your core values and how to stay true to what you believe in.
How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Kim Dunwoody started at the gym as an athlete and was quickly taken in by the atmosphere. The intensity, the challenge, the pursuit of excellence. The honesty, patience and grit needed to attain mastery of the sport. CrossFit became her North Star in who she wanted to be. After half a year or so as a member, she asked if I could start an internship. Five years later, Kim, along side Rick Tomicic, is the new owner of Windsor CrossFit. The gym changed her life, and she consistently wants to encourage the same kind of change in the athletes around her. She watches people come in on shaky, uncertain legs, and in a handful of weeks they are new masters of themselves.
How to reach Kim:
Windsor Crossfit
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Dave Feidner is a guy who discovered his purpose in life is to help build great companies, a passion discovered while building a network of international companies and obsessing about how to help entrepreneurs and get leaders to work together. HIs own entrepreneurial leap came from convincing the family owners of a large US business to let him take them global, which led to many years living and working in Europe, Latin America and Canada, launching and building a dozen companies into a global organization with hundreds of millions in revenue and thousands of employees. When a venture firm came along, he joined with them to buy out the family, and later sold to a large PE firm. During the torturous transition out, Dave kept finding entrepreneurs who needed help, and discovered EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System), the cure for business disease! Now he's on a journey to help build 100 great companies over the next 10 years.
How to reach Dave:
LinkedIn
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Bobbie LaPorte founded her consultancy after a career in C-Level roles in Fortune 500 companies and technology start-ups. She draws on this in-position leadership experience as well as her experience as a six-time Ironman triathlon finisher to help leadership teams navigate through uncertainty.
How to reach Bobbie:
Bobbie's WebsiteLinkedIn
How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Elliot Drake is an entrepreneur, speaker, and marketer. He’s the Co-Founder and CMO of Kennected, a marketing software company with 10,000+ customers. He’s also the Founder of LandClients.com, an education company that’s helped thousands of people start and grow their online businesses. His vision is to inspire people that there is always a new path to redemption, success, and fulfillment.
How to reach Elliot:
LinkedInInstagram
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Kerri Dunwoody is a language enthusiast who encourages anyone to practice a second language to open them up to new cultures, new ideas and new ways of seeing the world. She has a degree from the University of Windsor in Communications, Media and Film and attempted to obtain a minor in Spanish studies but realized this was not the best avenue to reach fluency. Due to a huge gap in the market, she had to teach herself the language through books, online and with local Spanish speakers. While studying Spanish, she also took an interest in French, Arabic and American Sign Language among others. In 2015 she opened Spectrum Spanish Tutoring as a way to deal with this gap and help others check off one thing from their bucket list as well as helping foster relationships between the English and Spanish speaking communities.
How to reach Kerri:
Spectrum Spanish
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Tyler is a Forward Thinker, Travel & Hospitality Specialist, and Service Driven Tech Entrepreneur. Tyler has been a member of the sports and tourism industry for 25 years and has helped hundreds of teams, clubs, and tournaments grow and profit through new and proven, conscious business choices. He believes technology has made us lazy and greedy by making sports and travel so accessible and repeatable. Tyler is on a mission to shift sport, sport-tech, and sports tourism back into a better direction. Tyler now consults, coaches, teaches, and speaks on the benefits and outcomes of positioning sports and events to do good first and profit second.
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
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Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Linda Matthie is passionate about the power of mentorship and connecting mentors and mentees around the world to help establish a person-to-person connection, to inspire people to grow both personally and professionally, to help them accomplish more, and to achieve their true potential. The company she represents, MentorCloud, , is committed to working with their clients to create an effective, leading-edge mentoring system within their organizations. They do this by catalyzing meaningful, person-to-person conversations to share wisdom and experience between them. Linda is a versatile and conscientious professional with over thirty years of experience in the petroleum industry and over twenty years as an independent business owner and entrepreneur. As a Joint Venture specialist and business owner, she has extensive experience in leadership, mentoring, communication, negotiation and problem solving, with particular strength in developing effective working relationships. It is this background and experience that enables her to move into the next phase of her professional life and purpose.
How to reach Linda:MentorCloud
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Dr. Mazen Baisa is the founder of YOUMAXA®, who's driving mission is to maximize human potential through healthy habits. Mazen and his team passionately research, design and create proven strategies and solutions that will guide busy professionals towards increased productivity, endurance, and comfort. These innovative tools are developed with both cutting-edge science and proven principles of the ages. A highly sought after national health expert, speaker, and coach, Mazen Baisa is a Doctor of Pharmacy and has achieved certification from the American Board of Anti-Aging Health Practitioners, The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, as well as completed a fellowship in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine.
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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A gut disorder does not have to be a life sentence. Our talents, passion, love, hopes and desires get buried deep within the chaos of a hectic life when we don't feel our best. This resonates all too well with Neviana as she, too, knows the pain. Getting closer to self-discovery and finding food freedom has been the biggest gift Neviana has given herself, and the important people in her life. Not only has this transformation dramatically improved her health, it has changed the way she perceives life as a mother, wife, daughter and overall human being. Today she helps women find long lasting freedom through their emotions specifically for gut issues and their relationship to food.
She is also the owner of an award winning vegetarian restaurant called Carrots n Dates.
How to reach Neviana:
InstagramCarrots n Dates
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Steve Brown is the founder of Fantastic Fathers, a not-for-profit organization working to encourage, promote and support mothers and fathers to be fully involved in their children’s growth and development. They work to assist and educate each other to become the best possible parents/parental figures they can be, as well as to be socially conscious, help others in need and give back to the communities around them.
How to reach Steve:
Fantastic FathersLinkedIn
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Hitendra is founder and CEO of IXL Center, a Cambridge-based global innovation consulting firm. He has helped over 200 global companies and their executive teams drive transformation initiatives to build innovation capabilities and get 10X growth results. Hitendra helped build the Hult Prize, the world’s largest social-impact start-up accelerator with an annual cash award of $1 Million. He is on the board of the Hult Prize. Hitendra was a senior leader of Monitor Group's and Arthur D Little’s Innovation Practice. Hitendra started his career as a technologist at Motorola and is the owner of six patents. He is also a founder of various venture-backed companies.
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Dimitry Beluli is a senior partner of Beluli Giannotti LLP in Windsor Ontario, a firm he started in March 2009 together with Anthony Giannotti. Dimitry obtained his law degree in his home town from the University of Windsor and has been practicing Business Law, Real Estate Law and Will and Estates law in Windsor for over 25 years. Dimitry is also a Notary Public and is a commissioner of oaths in the Province of Ontario.
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Taylor Lanoie is a content strategist with a focus on experiential marketing, helping business owners humanize their brands to better connect with their audience online. She believes that the best marketing strategy starts with “caring” and has devoted her services to work with businesses who "do good" for their customers, employees and the planet.
Her unique approach to content creation and brand building has allowed her to see significant growth for clients online and within their business through the implementation of creative strategies.
To date, she has shared her experience in more than 20 different industries, including manufacturing, the non-profit sector, professional services, waste management, retail, tourism and hospitality. Copywriting, photography, social media management and strategy, e-newsletter and website maintenance are just a few of the digital services that she provides. Today, Taylor works and consults with clients across North America and Europe with tailored deliverables to suit each client and their goals.
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Rob Ellis is the president of MySafeWork, a non-profit organization committed to preventing vulnerable workers from being killed, injured, and harassed on the job. At the same time, they work to inspire companies to build strong safety culture through employee engagement. Rob became an outspoken advocate for health, safety and wellness in the workplace after the death of his son David in 1999. Rob has developed international partnerships with companies dedicated to becoming champion employers. His work with young people, parents, and businesses has been widely publicized across Canada and the United States, and he is regularly sought after to participate in international events as a keynote speaker.
How to reach Rob:
MySafeWork
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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John has over 30 years of experience in operations, loss prevention, health and safety and various leadership roles. While managing an operations shift at a warehouse, one of his staff had a serious forklift accident that fortunately did not result in a serious injury. As a manager responsible for over 30 staff, this was John’s wakeup call about worker health & safety. John has been instrumental in developing health and safety programs not only for this company, he continued to take that experience and passion when he joined an Ontario Health & Safety Association, OSSA, predecessor to Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS). His role as a consultant and key account manager afforded him the opportunity to work with large national and international employers seeking to building a sustainable health and Safety system. Using his networking skills, John has been effective in connecting employers to resources that helped them achieve this. After working with many talented people at WSPS and his network of customers, John took this experience, knowledge and connections to lead up health and safety for a new retailer coming to Canada, Target. This was an experience of a life time for him allowing him to put into practice his experience with a major employer. John worked with a great team at Target Headquarters in United States and Canada to create and rollout a health and safety system across Canada, in all 10 provinces. John got a bit more than he bargained for when Target decided to cease operations in Canada. John was one of 25 people left at the Canadian headquarters to ensure the smooth operation of closing down the business. This an experience he will never forget or regret. Afterwards, it was only natural for John to take what he calls his “Target MBA” back to his previous employer WSPS. Since returning, John has taken on several leadership roles in field operations and now is Director, Commercial & Strategic Partnerships.
How to reach John:
WSPS
How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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As Executive Director, Amber's role is to oversee all aspects involving T2B, working closely with all the staff, donors and hospital to ensure that the core programs they operate are running efficiently and are servicing their patients and their loved ones in highest regard. Additionally, she ensures that the charity is operating well administratively, as well as constantly developing new fundraising and marketing strategies for T2B.
How to reach Amber:LinkedInTransition to Betterness
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Zack Berjawi is an experienced creative director, specializing in photography, video, graphic design, & marketing. He graduated from the University of Windsor in 2011 with a B.A.H in Communication, Media and Film Studies but started his career early in 2007 when he founded his own production company and began helping local bands, artists, & small businesses with their digital media needs. With well over 7 years of experience in the creative design field from traditional media agencies, to web startups and online/offline publishing, Zack has a solid foundation of knowledge that helps him execute successful concepts and design for international level clientele.
How to reach Zack:Zack's WebsiteLinkedIn How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Mike De Turris is a proven business development leader & strategic innovator with 20 years of experience, specializing in automotive marketing and advertising. Leading companies to achieving goals using creative thinking, tactical execution, industry expertise, data analysis and market drivers. Earning client trust and satisfaction for long-term business growth. Leveraging existing relationships, strong relationship building and people development skills to drive businesses and teams to success.
How to reach MikeLinkedIn How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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A. J. Vanden Berghe is a multi-disciplined artist and host of The AVB Podcast. His expansive background in content creation includes photography for NBC/Universal and Howie Mandel, Award winning, FACTOR funded music video production for Codie Prevost, and has interviewed folks like Vanilla Ice and Spencer "Spenny" Rice on his long running podcast. Additionally he performs regularly as an acoustic cover artist who continues to play on stages and street corners where-ever he travels.
Checkout The AVB Podcast:FacebookYoutubeInstagram
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Joseph's Website
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Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Frederic Boulanger is a visionary leader with the capacity to develop innovative solutions to socio-economic and systemic issues. His passion for developing human potential is at the core of his vision and a common denominator that ties the programs and services he has been developing or improving in his functions. As a result, Frédéric has positioned Collège Boréal’s Windsor campus as a force for innovation in sectors such as immigration services, pushing for the implementation of new, efficient solutions to break down education and employment barriers leading to a successful socio-economic integration of newcomers.
How to reach Frederic:LinkedIn
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Batzy Zaid is a hairstylist and make-up artist in Windsor, Ontario. She graduated from St. Clair College with an Ontario College Certificate in hair styling. Throughout her career she has worked on her fair share of photo shoots, voluntary events, and competitions. Batzy is also a skilled colorist that specializes in fashion colors.
How to reach Batzy:InstagramLinkedIn
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Joseph's Website
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Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Chad Cossette is a highly motivated, results driven professional with a passion for helping others succeed through a proven, repeatable process. He has experience in corporate leadership and management training with a proven track record of success. Chad is University of Windsor Alumni, with a background in nutrition and sport.
How to reach Chad:FacebookInstagram
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Rakesh Naidu is the CEO & President at WindsorEssex Regional Chamber of Commerce . In this role he oversees the activities of Regional Chamber of Commerce. He works closely with the leaders in the industry and different sector heads to identify and maximize the potential in each sector. He coordinates activities with all other Windsor Essex area government departments, municipal economic development personnel and key stake holders to ensure the broad level of support for new and existing companies.
Rakesh shares his wisdom, position and vision to help provide support during COVID-19 for the WindsorEssex business community.
He is a Chemical Engineer with a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management. In the past he has worked in Environmental Engineering, Automotive and Management Consultancy firms. Bulk of his career has been in the Automotive Industry (OEM and Tier-1).
How to reach Rakesh:LinkedIn
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:
Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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Kyle Gregoire is a mechanical engineer, and has spent the majority of his career involved in automotive polymers and more recently, sustainable initiatives. He graduated from U of Windsor in 1994 and has worked for a number of global companies over the years before purchasing his existing business last year - Granulum Inc. Granulum used to be known as Windsor Rubber Processing but with the change in ownership and his shift in focus to volume production, new processing technologies, and just an overall change in operational planning, he felt a new name was in order.
Today, Kyle has about 15 employees and they are moving towards high-volume tire recycling and crumb production. They supply our products to a number of different manufacturing and construction-focused companies here in Ontario. Once they reach full capacity, they will be able to recycle 2 million passenger car and light truck tires every year. Kyle is also introducing brand-new recycling technology through a partnership with an Italian company to recycle the largest tires in the world. It's an exciting project and he is really excited to bring real innovation to the industry here in North America. COVID has slowed the project down a bit but they are looking forward to having the new equipment here in Windsor in the coming months.
How to reach Kyle:Granulum
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Joseph's Website
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Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio Engineer
Mason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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April has always had a passion for inspiring people to achieve their full potential. She invests in her clients by helping them to discover their strengths, gain momentum and develop the courage to trust in those around them.
She believes that personal growth and professional development are more than just nice ideas to put down on a piece of paper. With the right coach and a positive outlook, those two things can enhance any business with exponential results. As her clients make strides towards achieving their goals, April draws from her own personal experiences to connect and engage with her clients authentically.
Given her academic success with St. Clair College and the Certified Coaches Federation, April has since had the privilege of working as a mentor, trainer, teacher, and coach through her role as a Hospitality Leader with Caesars and St. Clair College. For 25 years, April has devoted her time to developing her skills in team collaboration and communication. These experiences make her uniquely qualified to lead conversations that deepen the relationships between leaders, enhance customer experience and inspire professional development.
Her roles in hotel management, organizational development and executive leadership have allowed her to enhance the lives of 1,000 leaders across a vast number of industries with proven and repeatable processes.
As the founder of Leadwell Training and Coaching, she specializes in one-on-one and group coaching services designed to transform leaders into innovative thinkers who value and practice authenticity to achieve results. April leads each of her clients on a journey of self-reflection to reveal a path of personal development, opening them up to a life of intention and fulfillment.
How to reach April:LinkedInLeadwell How to reach Joe:
Joseph's Website
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Lorne Shantz is the founder and “Big Kahuna” of Windsor-Ontario based Web Geeks Marketing - a provider of technology and communication solutions for small and mid-sized organizations across North America. An industry veteran of 30+ years, Lorne’s optimism and creativity has served him well as he pioneered internet-enabled solutions to meet the needs of retailers, distributors, ministries, not-for-profit organizations, and many others. Beginning in 1990, he introduced computerized POS solutions for specialty retail utilizing the internet to connect multiple locations to a head office, implementing Open-to-Buy, CRM and handheld systems for inventory management. Lorne’s company was the first in Canada to provide Windows-based POS and the first to develop a web-hosted (SaaS) POS system.
In response to Amazon’s disruption of the retail sector, Lorne developed e-Commerce websites for retail and distribution companies, automated catalog compilation for printed and digital catalogs, and large portal projects for aircraft leasing, printing, and pet food suppliers. Lorne’s company was also one of the first to provide specialized websites for churches and ministries and even developed a web-based solution for monitoring brain surgery across the United States. With the advent of digital marketing, Lorne was an early adopter of search engine optimization, email marketing and paid ad management.
As a strategist and advisor, Lorne has consulted with more than 30 Canadian and US-based companies interested in funding by transitioning from private to public companies. Additionally, he has worked with many startup organizations by developing business and marketing plans in support of their corporate development objectives. Lorne has worked with organizations in the retail, manufacturing, distribution, oil/energy, healthcare, printing & advertising, building, insurance, finance, automotive, and professional services sectors. A practical, concrete thinker who is at his best when reacting to and solving other people’s problems.
Lorne has wrapped his experience, processes and methodology into a system called Brand Machine that when applied to the sales & marketing challenges of his clients provides a 360 degree perspective on planning, platforms and promotional activities to generate brand awareness and engagement, customer acquisition and ongoing brand loyalty. Lorne has empathy and can share his customers’ dreams and the experience to provide strategic direction to make them come true. Lorne is married and father of 7 and lives in Windsor where he is active in the local business community.
How to reach Lorne:Web GeeksLinkedIn
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Joseph's Website
CREDITS:Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio EngineerMason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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With over 30 years of entrepreneurship experience creating, building, and operating six full service restaurants, a craft brewery and a micro bakery, Chris Ryan brings a wealth of knowledge from the private sector to compliment his time spent in the public sector working in Municipal/Regional tourism and post secondary education. A snapshot of his core strengths and achievements across a variety of industries ranging from: Brand creation/implementation to Team Building.
Chris has created brands to represent the services of companies through strong visual awareness, brand story association and target market connectivity. He has achieved this through the creation of hospitality venues ( Jose’s Noodle Factory, Howl at the Moon Saloon, Patrick O.Ryan’s Irish Pub ), Walkerville Brewery and currently alongside his daughter at Riverside Pie Cafe. Each project was distinctly different, concepts targeted specific demographics, and strong recognizable brands were established within the targeted market. He emphasizes strong focused messaging across a variety of advertising platforms, engagement in community, and superior guest experience.
Chris has also developed the concepts from theme, menu, culture, and customer experience in support of each of his brands. He created entire brand packaging for all restaurants/bakery/brewery as well as consumable packaging on initial product skus for Walkerville Brewery. Behind every successful venture is a strong team. Chris has single handedly cultivated a number of strong teams across a variety of industries. He believes leadership is established through recognition of the strengths and weaknesses of individuals, empowerment, balancing diversity, presenting opportunities for growth, and mutual respect for both the team member and the brand/goal that all are working towards.
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CREDITS:Zack Berjawi - Producer/Audio EngineerMason Soleski - Producer/Editor
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