Peter Moore from VITAL for Colorado will help us wrap up our focus on the Colorado Economy as it is impacted by natural resource development. Peter's guest is Todd Hartman, Communications Director for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources.
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We continue our focus on Colorado Economy with Paul Bergman, Director of the United States Commercial Service - Denver Export Assistance Center, introduces us to key players in Denver who help make exporting easy and profitable for businesses of all sizes. We will be sitting down with Stephen Collier, Communications Specialist, Southwest Network at U.S. Commercial Service.
Read moreAnthony Lambatos - Footers Catering
Anthony Lambatos from Footers Catering weighs in on our focus on Colorado's Economy with a look at the hospitality industry's impact as the 5th largest industry employer in the state, with 164,000 employees in just the Denver area.
We'll take a critical look at the number of franchises starting in Colorado, the size of the hospitality industry workforce, and the opportunities coming from beverage production, and technology.
Special Edition - View From the Top: Leaders
We bring you a very special episode of Connect & Collaborate. After providing you a week of View From the Top: Leaders, we are pleased to give you the very best highlights from each of those shows in this podcast.
Read morePaul Kullman - Business Beyond Borders
We'll continue our focus on Colorado's Economy with Paul Kullman, the founder and owner of Business Beyond Borders, an international business consulting company that assists U.S. firms to strategically enter and expand in overseas markets.
Read moreKaren Gerwitz - World Trade Center Denver
We’re kicking off a week-long focus on our Colorado Economy with Karen Gerwitz, president of the World Trade Center Denver. She will discuss the importance of trade to Colorado, and the role international trade plays in the local economy. We’ll also talk about recent and upcoming trade missions, as well as progress on the new WTC campus.
Read moreKristen Muzzy - Leading2Lean
Kristen Muzzy, Executive Vice President of Business Development for Leading2Lean, is an advocate for promoting manufacturing in Colorado and nationwide. Kristen brings us her guest Jennifer Albert, CEO & COO of Employment Solutions. Jennifer is a fellow woman in manufacturing and will give us her perspective on how leadership plays a role in her career. Kristen’s other guests include Rick and Shad.
Read moreAndrew Graham - Centennial State Leadership Program
The South Metro Denver Chamber and University of Denver’s – Centennial State Leadership Academy will bring positive change and actionable learning to Colorado’s business and civic leaders. This transformational program kicks-off with a 3-day mountain retreat. Andrew Graham is the President and CEO of Clinic Service Corporation and brings his two decades of experience in the healthcare, financial, and consulting industries into CSLP. We will also be joined by Kerry Plemmons, Clinical Professor at the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business. Together Kerry and Andrew will tell us all about South Metro Denver Chamber’s newest program.
Read moreDan Caruso - Zayo Group
Dan Caruso is Chairman and CEO of Zayo Group. Dan is an active supporter of the University of Colorado at Boulder where he co-teaches Entrepreneurship and the Private Equity Process in the Leeds MBA Program. He is on the Entrepreneurship Initiative Advisory Board of Silicon Flatirons, a centre for law, technology and entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado, as well as a board member of StartUp Colorado.
Read moreRebecca Laurie - DORA
Rebecca Laurie, Director of Communications for DORA. DORA is the Department of Regulatory Agencies for all of Colorado. Each month Rebecca brings us a top leader from each of DORA’s departments to talk about how DORA works for Coloradans.
Read morePat Maley - Vistage
Vistage is a CEO Peer Group for business executives. Pat Maley, Vistage Chair, introduces us to CEO Peer Group members, chairs and speakers. CEOs have a lot on their plates, and Vistage provides a sounding board for members to talk about many of the challenges they face to get different perspectives and a chance to get their biggest issues solved by advice from peers.
Read moreVITAL for Colorado - John Brackney
Peter Moore, from VITAL for Colorado will talk with John Brackney, Director of Public Policy & Community Engagement at Webolutions - and Co-chair of Metro Energy. They’ll discuss how they came together to start VITAL for Colorado, as well as many other commonalities and concerns they share in the energy industry.
Read moreACA Reform - Bill Lindsay
Bill Lindsay, Principal of Lindsay Consulting joins us to discuss just what has the GOP stalled on healthcare reform with insight on what they’re trying to accomplish.
Read moreTalentFOUND - Career Pathways
We’ll talk with Stephanie Veck, Executive Director of the Colorado Workforce Development Council and Thomas Hartman, CWDC Talent Development Coordinator about Career Pathways and the many resources that have been developed by various agencies to help match young people with career paths, and education programs with employers to develop a strong Talent Pipeline for Colorado.
Read moreTalentFOUND - Postsecondary Workforce Readiness
We’re checking in with the Colorado Workforce Development Council and Wendy Brors with a focus on postsecondary workforce readiness. Misti Ruthven, Executive Director Innovation and Pathways at Colorado Department of Education joins us with her perspective. If you’re a parent of high school students, tune in to learn more about the ICAP scores that matter for your kid’s future career.
Read moreInstitute for UnLearning - Importance of Story
Doug Krug and Christine Kahane are Resultants from the Institute for UnLearning, where they focus on helping leaders implement change in their companies without resistance.
They’ll talk with Chris Blair from Maestro Associates, financial planning and the creator of the Rocky Mountain Business Forum about the importance of story - for your business, and what story your clients and customers are telling about your business.
Read moreFinding Colorado's Next Governor - Noel Ginsburg
We continue our special series - Finding Colorado’s Next Governor. Noel Ginsberg joins us for the the second installment of our series each month on the last day of the month we will hear from a new gubernatorial candidate, and their views on the important issues that concern all Coloradans. We want to hear your voice - share your questions on twitter with #FindingCOGov
Read moreSpecial Edition - The Business of Music
We bring you a very special episode of Connect & Collaborate. After providing you a week of The Business of Music, we are pleased to give you the very best highlights from each of those shows in this podcast.
Read moreKevin Houchin - Workforce Readiness
Kevin Houchin, Esq. Principal Strategist, Workforce Readiness for ACT Work Ready Communities joins us to delve into Workforce Development. Kevin's diverse background includes experience as an entrepreneur, author, creative business attorney, artist, designer, husband, father and distinguished creative spirit. Kevin is ACT's market segment expert, strategist, and spokesperson for workforce readiness. He engages with a variety of external partners, organizations, and thought leaders to advance ACT's position as theleader in workforce readiness and develops key relationships with national organizations develop and implement workforce readiness strategies.
Read moreKelly Sloan - Net Neutrality
We’ll take a critical look at Net Neutrality with Kelly Sloan. Looking back, in 2015, Obama's FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, took a heavy handed approach to internet regulation by classifying it as a "public utility" under Title II of the Communications Act. Now Trump's FCC Chairman is repealing this, but there is nothing to prevent any future Democratic Administration from re-imposing Title II.
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