Episodes

Alex Young

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 124 Alex Young, Founder & CEO Virti, U.K. & USA Alex Young, Founder and CEO of Virti, is a former surgeon turned human performance expert, who specializes in revolutionizing the way people learn, train and perform through immersive technology. His company is unique in how it builds training tools to improve how employees learn and retain skills. Virti is a cloud-based training platform which incorporates AI, computer-ge...

Zak Holdsworth

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 123 Zak Holdsworth, Co-founder Hint Health In both technology and vision, Zak Holdsworth’s story is inspirational on how he went from a small farming community in New Zealand to fulfilling his dream of making it in Silicon Valley. Today he is working on democratizing the world of primary care physicians to free them from the complex world of US insurance carriers. Zak is a change maker, helping physicians cut out the in...

Salil Pande, CEO & Founder, VMock, Chicago, USA and New Delhi, India

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 122 Salil Pande, CEO & Founder, VMock, Chicago, USA and New Delhi, India Salil Pande, CEO and Founder of VMock, has a passion to use AI and machine learning to create better career systems for candidates and corporations. The SMART Career Platform technology provides students and professionals with instant feedback and guidance. The company employs 120 people and operates between Chicago and New Delhi, India. Before fou...

Lindsey Allard, CEO & Co-Founder Playbookux

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 121 Lindsey Allard, CEO & Co-Founder Playbookux, New York Lindsey Allard, CEO and co-founder of PlaybookUX, knows the importance of finding unbiased user research. Lindsey is a former product manager for three innovation-based startups and has built a product that primarily serves product managers and user researchers. Her software is a video-based user feedback application that streamlines the user feedback process. Th...

Brian Roland

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 120 Brian Roland, Rounder and Social Entrepreneur Brian Roland is a natural entrepreneur who immediately started by building new sales methods by looking for gaps and figuring out to fill them. Following that method, his first clients included the US Army, Walt Disney Company and Oracle. Abenity, his privately funded company, co-founded with his brother, helps businesses large and small bring perks and benefits to emplo...

Shawn Harper

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 119 Shawn Harper, International, corporate motivational speaker Shawn Harper is a seven-year former NFL offensive lineman who played with the Rams, Oilers, Colts, and NFL Europe. He now owns and operates American Services and Protection, a multi-million-dollar security services firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Shawn is a leading motivational speaker whose lessons from the NFL locker room to the corporate culture of...

Robert Kaul

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 118 Robert Kaul, Founder and CEO Cloud DX, Canada and USA Robert Kaul is founder and CEO of Cloud DX, a leading North American provider of virtual care and remote patient monitoring solutions. The Cloud DX tech platform uses virtual care to address chronic illness, post-surgery care and maternal/natal care. Chronic illness is the number one healthcare challenge worldwide and is the largest cost in healthcare budgets. Th...

Muna AbuSulayman

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 117 Muna AbuSulayman, Saudi Arabian Entrepreneur and Media Icon It’s a privilege to have a conversation with one of the most influential woman from Saudi Arabia, a serial entrepreneur and media superstar, Muna AbuSulayman. Muna continues hosting the seven years running, number on television show in the Arab world that centers on social issues. Muna is internationally recognized as an expert in management, education, sus...

David Wood

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 116 David Wood, Founder, Focus CEO Who would think that so much wisdom could be shared from discussing and smiling about Dracula and The Gong Show! This episode is with the world’s number one life coach David Wood, founder of Focus CEO. David has thousands of coaching hours with high-performers from around the world. He explains his philosophy of what it means to be “living in” business by moving from a pure money and s...

with Allison K. Summers

Mitch Russo has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Entrepreneur and Fortune throughout his career as a CEO and thought leader. In 1989 and 1991, he was nominated for Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year. In 1985, Mitch co-founded Timeslips Corp, which grew to become the largest time tracking Software Company in the world. Ten years later, Timeslips was sold to Sage Plc. and while at Sage he served as Chief Operating Officer, a division with 300 people with a market cap over $100-million. Mitch ...

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There’s a wealth of information in this episode for start-up entrepreneurs building consumer brands, and those who value using automation and quantitative analysis in marketing tools. David Fink gives insights to both worlds, first from being a founding partner at Science Inc. and working with over 75 consumer internet companies, including the Dollar Shave Club, Jessica Simpson and other top brands. Today he is CEO and Co-Founder of Postie, where his team uses direct mail to transform brands in...

with Allison K. Summers

Nora Herting, CEO and Co-founder of ImageThink, is a pioneer in using visual imagery as a method to create personal and organizational change. Nora and her entrepreneurial team work primarily with Fortune 100 companies, using a design thinking method as a catalyst to help unlock human potential. In our conversation, Nora gives examples of how the process works and how it leads to easier facilitation of ideas and moving a company’s vision forward. Nora is an international thought leader and has...