Boardroom Sessions Podcast
by Mike Miller
Here at Boardroom Sessions we meet Southern California's Best and Brightest Technology Leaders and Executives. We learn about their backgrounds, business models, challenges and goals. Take a listen, join the discussion and enjoy! About the host Mike MillerWhen not in the Boardroom of one of his clients, consulting on Digital Transformation and Platform Architecture, Mike can be found at the beach. He lives in Huntington Beach California with his wife and 3 children. His true passions are Surfing, Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Trail Running and Triathlon. He is a seeker of information and a self-admitted Podcast junkie.
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Eric Dougherty - Veteran, retired COO Marine Corps, and now Enterprise Operations leader.
Here we meet Eric and learn about his amazing journey to a Marine Corp officer and the scope of the role as a Cheif Operations Officer with 22,000 warriors under his guard. We discuss the value and unique skill sets that Veterans bring to the private sector. Inspiring story with valuable take…
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Rino Caturano - Operating Partner at Keller Williams and my Yoga buddy
Rino has such an amazing an interesting story and I am grateful for his willingness to share with us here. We have had a tack track going on the value of Customer Service and it's lost art. Please engage with us on LinkedIn and be a part of the conversation. Hope you enjoy! You can find Rino…
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Dave Rhoads - CEO - Blue Street Capital: Annual Goal planning and Vision building conversation
DAVE and I would be having this conversation regardless of the podcast. We started recording these several years ago and they've become a crowd favorite. Here we discuss strategies and thoughts around how we're going to plan for 2026 and build our visions for the lives we want to live. Reach out…
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Sage Burke - Big wave surfer, Yogi and all-around hard charger
Sage Burke is a hard charging and accomplished Big Wave surfer. He is also an old soul who is wiser than his age by far. Don't let his humble demeanor fool you, he goes on some of the scariest waves on the planet. He is also an amazing yoga instructor and we hear his story here. Check him out on...
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Shane Shepherd - Asst. Professor of Finance & Economics at USC on the state of the US Economy
Meet Shane Shepherd, Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics at the USC Marshal School of Business. We go deep from the individual investor's viewpoint on Tariffs, Bitcoin, what's new with AI in investing, and Shane's views on the health of the US economy. We all could use a little…
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2025 Goal Planning with Dave Rhoads ( 5th annual)
We would have had this discussion with or without sharing with you all. We review last years highlights and how we measure, evaluate our high level Virtues we want to embody for the following year and set goals to walk into them. We walk you through our 2 approaches to our annual year planning....
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Mark Schulein – CEO – Crown Ace Hardware, Waterman, Community Do Gooder, Hard Charger and super hard charging bright light of a human being!
Mark is the CEO of a 23 location Ace Hardware chain called Crown Ace Hardware and a local hero to may of us who know him. Mark and my lives have met on several areas and we dive into them here one at a time. We discuss business, building a service first culture, Being of service to the community,...
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"It's not all about Tech" - Collaboration with "Up Shift Creek" Podcast host Mark Redgrave
In this special Collaboration Podcast I sit down as the first ever guest of "Up Shift Creek Podcast" with the host Mark Redgrave. Mark is Business Transformation Consultant and focuses on the People and Teams structures in companies to help drive improvements. In this podcast we dive into the...
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Eric Ching - Career as a Lifeguard - Coolest job ever!
In this Boardroom Session we meet Eric Ching, recently retired Marine Safety Officer and Captain of the Huntington Beach Lifeguards. When I was 17 years old and working in a lifeguard tower at the beach myself, I thought the Lifeguard Boat Operators were the coolest guys on the planet. Well I got…
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2024 Goal planning with Dave Rhoads
Welcome to this annual tradition where my good buddy Dave Rhoads - CEO and founder of Blue Street Capital, and I share our plans and processes for the New Year Goal Planning. We go fast and hard here so you may want to listen with a pen and notebook, seriously. I am super excited about the topics...
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Dave Dyson – Eclipse Telecom – "Lessons I learned while working from my Van"
Dave is one of my favorite humans period! I am so grateful for the opportunity to sit and pick his brain on the is podcast. Dave is a legend in the Channel business and has built a very successful business helping many enterprise clients better their business. HE shares some amazing lessons…
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Matt Vaught - Tattoo Artist & Social Media All Star
Matt has built an incredibly successful business based on a passion for Art. 1.3 mill Followers on Social Media is unbelievable! His story is so inspirational and full of nuggets that everyone can connect to. We discuss Goals, Vision, and taking the difficult path of following your dream and...
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Conversational AI – A special live OCTP panel event
Welcome to a special live recording of a panel event that I hosted at our OCTP (Orange County Technology Professionals) networking happy hours. About once a quarter we have a live panel event to discuss some cool new tech, this event we went deep on Conversational AI aka BOT's. On this panel I...
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Danny Nichols - Operation OpenWater
Danny Nichols is a personal hero of mine for many reasons. First he is a selfless giver and runs one of the most impactful philanthropic organizations I know called Operation OpenWater serving the Veteran and First Responder communities. He is also a full on Bad Ass Waterman, HB Board Riders Team...
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2023 Goal Planning with Dave Rhoads & Mike Miller
This time of year as always we discuss Goal Planning and Vision Boards in the Boardroom Sessions Podcast, but my guest Dave Rhoads takes the mic this year. He flips the show on Mike and we get deep into personal development, process and routines as well as building and developing amazing...
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#37 Shane Shepherd - PhD of Finance, Professor of Finance and Economics at USC
If you are like me you have been hearing a lot of doom and gloom on the economy. I wanted to ask the expert, my friend Shane Shepherd – PhD of Finance and USC Professor of Finance and Economics at USC what is the real story. Shane breaks it down for us simply and leaves you with some good info to...
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#36 J.P. - Russell Surfboards
In this session we meet my buddy JP owner of Russell Surfboards in Newport Beach. I have been a long time brand loyal shop rider for the Russell brand and am a bit of a fan. We dive into the origin story of an iconic Surf Shop in Newport Beach that has been around since the sixties. We discuss…
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#35 - Rick Dellar - Renaissance Man
In this Boardroom Session we meet Rick Dellar a true renaissance man and one the Pioneers in the Channel Industry. A few words to describe him - Entrepreneur, Channel Industry pioneer, Real estate Developer, Winemaker, Art Collector, Philanthropist, Family man to name a few. We get some great…
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#34 Benjamin Gleitzman - CTO and co-founder of Replicant A.I
In this BRS we meet Benjamin Gleitzman, CTO and co-founder of Replicant A.I. Replicant is at the front line of the Conversational A.I. space with a very exciting solution for the CX space. We discuss their Thinking Machine and it's various use cases, the A.I. marketspace and the future. There has...
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2022 Goal Planning with Dave Rhoads
Welcome to the second annual Goal Planning session with Dave Rhoads, President and CEO of Blue Street Capital. We hope to inspire you and give some direction as to how we go about our goal setting for the New Year. Make it simple, stay inspired and most of all Live With INTENTION! Feel free to...
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#32 - John Poli – Healthcare Technology Expert
John has held positions in Healthcare as the CIO & CEO. He has been an advisor at Gartner and currently an Industry Principal at RingCentral. We dive deep in to the changing landscape of Technology that the Healthcare industry is looking at to help their organizations. We discuss here A.I., Bots,...
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#31 Tyler Altrup - Social Media and the Enterprise
Why should the Enterprise care about Social Media? We dive into the many reasons why and how companies are using Social today. We meet with Tyler Altrup of Sprinklr, a Social Media Marketing and Engagement Platform that is helping change the way companies are connecting and engaging with their...
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#30 - Duane Forrester – Search expert
Duane is an expert in the field of Search having worked at Microsoft with Bing and now with Yext. We all search many times a day but do you really know how it works? We dive right in here. Duane's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dforrester/
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#29 Brent Totty - Volv
In this BRS Podcast we meet Brent Totty of Volv. Brent is building a Tech Start Up that uses AI to help Coaches, Trainers and Advisors build habits among their subscribers and followers using Text Messages. We have a very spirited conversation around how to build a startup and advise for how to...
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#28 - Tyson McDowell
Tyson McDowell is a serial entrepreneur in the tech space, a programmer, Venture Capitalist, a TEDx speaker, and extremely knowledgeable in all things Artificial Intelligence. We get into it very quickly with enterprise applications for AI, the hype vs the reality and where to get some gains now....
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#27 - 2021 - Goal Planning and Vision Boards
In this special Boardroom Session we dive deep into 2021 Goal Planning and Vision Boards with two of my favorite people. We first meet with Dave Rhoads of Blue Street Capital and discuss Goal Planning and the strategies we employ. We also meet with Bob Groux of Coast Brands where we dive deep…
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#26 - Special A.I. Panel Discussion
Join us for a special panel discussion on A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) and the real world use cases. Our guests include: Andreea Bodnari – PhD form MIT and Product Lead at Google Cloud https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreeabodnari/ Brent Collins – ai4biz group leader and VP at Pangeanic...
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#25 - Bill Burke
Bill Burke is your classic overachiever and a super humble guy. Bill had a very successful career in Law and raised a family here in Orange County. At retiring at 60 he decided to knock a few things off his "to do list" including the 8 highest summits in the world, Mt Everest from 2 different...
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#24 - Ken Lubin – ZRG Partners
This guy is a real Hard Charger in all facets of life and I am excited to share our conversation. Ken is a Managing Partner at ZRG Partners, an executive search firm and lives outside of Boston. He also leads an highly public life where he runs the Ultimate Hire Blog and Podcast, the Executive...
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#23 - Ed Tyson – Executive Coach, Consultant and Author
Meet Ed Tyson, Executive Coach, Consultant and Author. Ed runs an Executive Coaching business called PerSynergy Consulting and can often be found holding coaching sessions in his mobile Conference Room, a Sprinter Van decked out for this specific use. Ed is publishing a book that will hit the...
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#22 - Mid Quarantine Special
A special Mid Quarantine podcast with some of my favorite people and mentors. They share their thoughts and advise on how to THRIVE during this collective pause in our lives. Some amazing content shared here and super excited for you to hear it. We hear from Risa Groux of Risa Groux Nutrition…
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#21 - Susan Kenny – A Career of Service in Non Profit
In this episode we meet my good friend Susan Kenny. Susan has spent the last 17 years working for some amazing and productive organizations such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), the Ronald McDonald Hose of OC and now CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). We discuss her journey to...
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#20 - Evan Jafa - CEO of Cloudify
Evan Jafa is the CEO of Cloudify, Inc. a cloud services brokerage, consultancy, and solutions company. He is also the founder of InnovateOC , an Orange County based startup incubator and also acts to help Start Ups and the investor community. Prior to Cloudify, Evan served as the CIO of First...
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#19 - Carole Phillips – Agape Mission Projects
This is one amazing and energetic lady! I just loved the time with Carole. She is an Author (Love Them, Encourage Them, Tell Them About Me!) Philanthropist and Entrepreneur. We had an amazing time learning her story and I am sure you will enjoy as much as I did. Please see here Missions Project...
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#18 - Dave Rhoads – New Year Goal Planning
In this re-visit (Dave was my first guest) we catch up on the phenomenal growth at Blue Street Capital and Goal setting for the New Year and for life! We break it down in good detail so hope you have a note book nearby. Enjoy and get after it!
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Episode #17 - Dan Connor - former Marine One Helicopter
Meet Dan Connor, former Marine One Helicopter pilot to Presidents Bush 42 and Obama. Dan and I met at Cal Poly Pomona when we were in school and are both lifelong members of Sigma Chi fraternity. We discuss Dan's rise through the ranks of the Marine Corps to the elite position of Marine One…
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Episode #16 - Don Nguyen
Don has such an amazing energy and light about him that is very event in this podcast. I know him as an IT Security Professional who is incredibly knowledgeable and super well connected. What we learn here in this conversation is that he is a multi-faceted man. We discuss his refugee story from...
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Episode #15 - Tony Petros - Partner at LSA & Associates
Tony Petros – Partner at LSA & Associates a very well respected Environmental Planning firm here in OC. Tony is true renaissance man with success in so many facets of his life, as a business leader, public servant, Public Policy expert, educator, innovator and athletic Bad Ass! Proud to call him…
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Episode #14 - Nick Lind (Revere Real Estate) & Nick Kosta (Revere Media)
In this Boardroom Sessions episode we go on the job site to a Spec Home building site where we meet Nick Lind, Owner and President of Revere Real Estate and his media guy Nick Kosta Managing Director of Revere Media. We explore this residential real estate venture project currently underway in...
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Episode #13 - Pernille Spire –Lopez – Former CEO of IKEA North America and Global Head of HR at IKEA
On this Boardroom Session we meet Pernille Sires-Lopez in a very engaging and candid conversation around Personal Growth and lessons learned from leading the iconic company IKEA. Pernilla is the author of an amazing book that I am a huge fan of called Design Your Life and we go deep into the…
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Episode #12 - Jay Larson - Sports Wear Industry Veteran
Sports Wear Industry Veteran, Retired Pro Surfer (still a ripper), Huntington Beach Icon, Podcaster and friend of mine! We discuss the state of the Sports Wear Industry, the move to a Retail, branding and brand loyalty. We of course cover all the fun stuff like the life of a Pro Surfer, Sponsors,...
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Episode #11 - Rob Anthony – VP of IT at Hoffman Southwest
Rob is leading Hoffman Southwest through a Digital Transformation and making exciting technology changes. We dive into the thought process behind where to start making changings, quantifying those changes in cost savings and realizing the benefits of change in the organization. We go a bit deep…
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Episode #10 - Tony Everett - PureGame
Tony Everett is the Founder and Chief Play Maker at PureGame, a Non Profit that is changing the lives of our Youth. He is brining a method of learning and development through play, that teaches youth that they can achieve, that they can create and become the persons they dream of. I got so pumped...
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Episode #09 - Devin Hornick - KORE1
In this Boardroom Session we meet my great buddy and networking mad man Devin Hornick of KORE1. He is one of the most connected individuals I have ever met. We discuss the state of the jobs market in Orange county, some emerging technologies that are trending right now, we dish out some great...
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Episode #08 - Mostafa Khairzada - Director of Clinical and Emerging Technologies at Pacific Dental Services
In this Boardroom Session we meet Mostafa Khairzada the Director of Clinical and Emerging Technologies at Pacific Dental Services. PDS is innovating at an incredible rate and much of these endeavors are being lead in Mostafa's shop. We discuss How to build a Dream Team, Cutting edge Retail...
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Episode #07 - David Dowsett - Global Head of Technology Strategy at Invesco
David Dowsett is essentially the Global Head of Technology Strategy at Invesco, a Global Investment powerhouse. Dave's role is to look and plan for the next Big thing. He has a team of researchers who look at new, disruptive technologies. They break them apart, build them, buy them or partner if...
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Episode #06 - Rob Shanahan - Music Photographer and Keynote Speaker
Rob Shanahan is "THE" Music Photographer with a massive portfolio of work with artists like Ringo Star, Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Van Halen, Slash, Lady Gaga, Shakira, Avril Lavigne, Sting and Barry Manilow to name a very few. Rob and I go over his 30 years of working with "A" listers,...
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Episode #05 - Risa Groux - Holistic Nutritionist and owner of Risa Groux Nutrition
Risa is a Media Maven with regular appearances on Good Morning LA and The Hallmark Channel. She is currently working on a Book deal and has a massive following on Social Media. She also runs a very successful business called the Newport Beach Cleanse and is expanding into new ventures such as…
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Episode #04 - Frank Cittadino - CEO of QOS Networks
We welcome Frank Cittadino, CEO of QOS Networks and discuss building a start up from scratch, how Frank overcame adversity early in life and the value building culture in a new organisation.
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Episode #03 - Bob Groux - CEO and Owner of Coast Brands
In this amazing exchange we meet Bob Groux who made his mark in his industry with launching Snapple in Southern California and later Texas. He now runs one of the premier Consumer Brands distributorships anywhere. Bob is a Visionary and Manifester and we go deep on "Holding the Vision and…
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Here at Boardroom Sessions we meet Southern California's Best and Brightest Technology Leaders and Executives. We learn about their backgrounds, business models, challenges and goals. Take a listen, join the discussion and enjoy! About the host Mike MillerWhen not in the Boardroom of one of his clients, consulting on Digital Transformation and Platform Architecture, Mike can be found at the beach. He lives in Huntington Beach California with his wife and 3 children. His true passions are Surfing, Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Trail Running and Triathlon. He is a seeker of information and a self-admitted Podcast junkie.
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