Bella Sangar is the Founder and CEO of Sri Bella Foods, disrupting the $50 Billion dollar ready-to-eat CPG market by leaning into her Indian village roots. She’s built a table with partners like Amazon, Albertsons and Kroger. With Sri Bella, she is inviting the American consumer to enjoy the premium global flavors of her food and leading the emerging direct-to-kitchen category with her unique meals. Her unique journey and leadership style, relentless defense and approach, to building premium food products makes her a 2021 female CEO to watch, noted by her Puget Sound Business Journal 40 under 40 award. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jayson DeMers is the Founder & CEO of EmailAnalytics, a sales productivity tool that visualizes your team's email activity, boosting email response time by 42.5% and sales by 16%. What he brought in business and marketing prowess, he lacked in technical development ability, so he teamed up with Scott, a long-time CTO and data visualization veteran, to build EmailAnalytics. He has now worked with thousands of clients, successfully improving their business’ email response time. Previously he ran a marketing agency that he founded in 2010 and sold in 2019. Jayson currently lives in the Seattle area with his family.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S12E11: Jayson DeMers

Jesse Proudman is the co-founder and CEO of Makara, a new investment platform democratizing access to the cryptocurrency markets, and the co-founder of Strix Leviathan, a crypto investment manager powered by a sophisticated proprietary trading platform. Prior to Strix Leviathan and Makara, Jesse founded Blue Box, a cloud computing startup that he led to a successful acquisition by IBM. During his time at IBM as an IBM Distinguished Engineer, Jesse focused on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency applications. With more than two decades of experience as a technical entrepreneur, Jesse serves on the board for the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington and the Strix Leviathan Nest Fund Investment Committee. Jesse earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Puget Sound and is currently based in Seattle with his family.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S12E10: Jesse Proudman

Sean Hsieh is a serial entrepreneur and currently serves as the CEO of Concreit, building a simple way of saving & investing in commercial real estate for everyone. Previously, he was the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Flowroute, an award-winning business communications provider focusing on API-driven SMS, SIP trunking and telecommunication resources. Flowroute delivers cost savings, flexibility, and higher quality connections to thousands of businesses around the world. Sean thrives off his lifelong passion for entrepreneurship, technology, culture, design, and hip hop. His talents have served Fortune 100 companies including Apple, Linksys (Cisco), and Motorola, pushing forward new marketing ventures and fostering rapid growth. Sean holds a degree in Information & Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine. He developed his expertise in technology, marketing, and design growing up in Davis, CA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S12E9: Sean Hsieh

Ed Petersen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wrench, Inc. The company was started with the mission to remove the hassle of vehicle ownership through trust, transparency, and convenience. Wrench operates throughout all 50 states and British Columbia and Ontario, Canada providing maintenance and repair to consumers and enterprises and vehicle inspection services. Ed is a serial entrepreneur, having founded multiple companies, including Intelius, Talentwise, Union-Street.com, LocalMobile, and Pantheon. These companies have provided approximately $1 billion in exits to their collective shareholders. While leading Wrench, he was a 2020 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, and in 2021 Wrench was recognized as one of the best places to work in the nation by Forbes. Ed graduated from Whittier College with degrees in Business Administration and History and served for several years as a member of the Board of Trustees. Ed is also an active angel investor in the Seattle area, having invested in numerous startups over the years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S12E8: Ed Petersen

Kate Wallich is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Dance Church. Kate is a Seattle-based choreographer who believes in the combined power of artists and the public. A dancer, choreographer, educator, and founder who was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 To Watch,” Kate has cultivated community through her inclusive dance-fitness class Dance Church. Which has been bringing people together through the joy and release of dance since 2010 — in real life and on the internet. In response to COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown that left many in search of new ways to exercise, they partnered with Seattle-based startup studio Pioneer Square Labs to launch their subscription video on demand platform and brought on CEO Clara Siegel. With Dance Church Go, the Dance Church movement has reached a massive audience and has brought joy to living room dancers all over the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S12E7: Kate Wallich

Matthew Marx is CEO and Co-Founder of Evocalize, developers of the Evocalize Collaborative Marketing Platform. Evocalize technology connects businesses to execute marketing programs together that are not possible on their own. Matt has spent over 20 years at the intersection of marketing and technology and has a particular passion for using technology to make great marketing simple. Prior to founding Evocalize, Matt worked on the senior leadership team for Austin-based marketing technology company Bazaarvoice, the London-based strategy consultancy PA Consulting Group, and on Oracle Retail’s software group. Matt has helped set advertising standards with the Interactive Advertising Bureau in New York, and has an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, MA.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Kirt Debique is the CEO & CTO of SyncFloor, a B2B platform providing licensed access to high-quality commercial music for use by businesses and creators. Built around the concept of natural language music search, SyncFloor has created an intuitive and innovative engine for music discovery, and the patented SyncFloor platform connects customer websites, services, and applications to music from the world's best labels and publishers. The company is also the maker of SongsForPodcasters, a modern podcast-specific music licensing experience made for consumers, small businesses, and creative professionals. A twenty year Microsoft veteran with experience as an engineer, architect, technology strategist and general manager, Kirt has worked on mobile productivity, real-time communications, multimedia systems, distributed security, and operating systems. He is an accomplished inventor with 38 technology patents, as well as the owner and founder of Brick Lane Records, a Seattle independent music label. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S12E5: Kirt Debique

David Wolf is the founder and CTO of JetClosing, a tech startup in the Real Estate space working to make all-digital home closings the new normal. A UW and Stanford CS graduate, he has worked in the Seattle area tech scene for over 20 years. Prior to JetClosing, he worked At Amazon, where he ran the team who built the Amazon retail shopping iPhone app, used by millions worldwide. He also led teams at other local tech companies like Xome, Motricity, and Infospace. David also happened to be one of Redfin’s first customers in 2006, and is passionate about transforming real estate, or any lagging industry, with modern technology.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S12E4: David Wolf

Mark Adams is the Chief Operating Officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies, a commercial-stage biotech company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease. Prior to joining Adaptive, Mark served as Managing Director, Healthcare Advanced Analytics, at SVB Leerink, a health and life sciences-focused investment bank, since April 2018. Mark has also served as Chief Information Officer at Celmatix, a women’s health precision medicine company, from September 2016 to April 2018, and at Good Start Genetics, a molecular diagnostics company. Mark holds a BA from Oberlin College and a PhD from Baylor College of Medicine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ward Vuillemot is currently the CTO at RealSelf where he oversees product, design, engineering, data science and analytics, IT, and customer support.  As a person with high-functioning autism, he is more surprised than anyone else that he’s found his vocational calling leading others remotely.  He has successfully worked 100% remotely from his home in central Washington for the past 6 years. Previous employment includes Boeing, Amazon, Xbox and other companies in a variety of roles spanning aerospace engineering to technical Japanese interpreter to software engineering to product management to technology leader. Ward currently lives in Central Washington with his partner and their 2 great danes.  He’s also working on a book aimed toward technology leaders on how to build high-functioning organizations by creating psychologically safe environments built upon EQ, kindness, and clear communications. He’s looking forward to a post-COVID world where we can once again attend NorwesCon and exhibit his artwork.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S12E2: Ward Vuillemot

David Glick is the CTO of Flexe, a logistics technology company that brings deep logistics expertise and enterprise-grade technology to deliver innovative eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution, same-day delivery, and network capacity programs to the Fortune 500. As CTO, David is responsible for the design and development of the FLEXE technology platform. Before FLEXE, he spent nearly 20 years at Amazon, including five years as the VP of Fulfillment Technology, where he oversaw the development and functionality of the technology within Amazon’s fulfillment centers, as well as the technology for Amazon's transportation systems for two of those years See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S12E1: David Glick

Tina Tran Neville is the Co-founder and CEO of Lana Learn. Born in Vietnam, Tina came to the U.S. as a refugee as a young child. A first-generation college student to the University of Tulsa and Yale University for graduate school, Tina was the first in her family to attend college before joining the U.S. Foreign Service where she worked as a U.S. diplomat in Iraq, Pakistan, and Washington, DC. Tina later became a teacher and education entrepreneur with her first company Transcend Academy that supports education services for high school students. With Lana Learn based in Seattle, Tina now combines her love of service, education, and entrepreneurship to advance the future of work company that supports U.S. multinational companies desiring to train their global workforce in English and workplace skills. From her work, she is the recipient of U.S. Department of State’s Superior Honor Award, International Stevie Gold Business Award, and the Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle “40 Under 40.” Near and dear to her heart is also advocating for the advancement of women and people of color in entrepreneurship through Camelback Ventures, American Chamber of Commerce Vietnam, and Home of Grace Orphanage. Tina has lived and worked in Vietnam, Pakistan, Iraq, Thailand, Mexico, and Honduras. She now lives with her husband and two young boys calling both the Seattle area and Southeast Asia home.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S11E9: Tina Tran Neville

Joe Ottinger is a management consultant, board member, author, and thought leader in the areas of entrepreneurial leadership, Innovation, and strategy execution. After a 15 year technology career, Joe co-founded a global management consulting firm called Kotter International with Harvard Business School professor John Kotter.  After Kotter International, Joe founded his own management consulting firm called Iinnovate which provides comprehensive strategic advisory services to CEOs and senior teams that are scaling, as well as CEO peer forum groups for CEOs of companies that are scaling. Joe is the author of books and articles on entrepreneurial leadership, that have appeared in Forbes, and Chief Executive Magazine, among others. Joe cares deeply about transforming companies, communities, and lives through innovation. Iinnovate, along with the University of Washington, has published the Best of the NW Innovation Ecosystem Guide, for the last 6 years, providing insights for entrepreneurs, investors, professionals, service providers, and support organizations, as well as publishing the Greater Seattle Innovation Ecosystem Report Card which takes a snapshot of the changes to and status of our innovation economy. Joe currently lives in Seattle with his wife and has three grown children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S11E8: Joe Ottinger

Brian Lent is a data science pioneer who has been at the forefront of data mining, machine learning, forward-thinking analytics, and leading-edge AI technology for over three decades. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Plunk—the first mobile app helping homeowners grow their largest financial asset—Brian is working with a world-class team to bring advanced data mining, AI & ML algorithms to residential real estate. Prior to Plunk, Brian founded the mobile analytics company Medio Systems, supporting 440+ million users in over 100+ countries. Brian also started one of the first data analytics teams at Amazon in the late 1990’s when he moved to Seattle with the acquisition of Junglee.  He has also led groundbreaking technology work for companies including IBM, Nokia/HERE Technologies, and Intelligent Results. Brian earned his Masters and Ph.D. candidacy at Stanford University in Computer Science and is considered a key industry thought leader and author of numerous professional publications and patents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S11E7: Brian Lent

Shauna Swerland, CEO of Fuel Talent, launches the What Fuels You podcast, where she sits down with influential, interesting and successful leaders to learn from them. She digs into the stories and choices that made them who they are today, with the goal of sharing the inspiration, perseverance and stories of resilience that are normally only shared within an inner circle. You'll walk away feeling fueled by each episode as Shauna uncovers things like personal hardships and failures, what it’s like to become an entrepreneur and tips on building a successful career.

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