PODCAST · business
Coffee With Convery
by Brien Convery
Explore how success isn’t just about climbing the corporate ladder, sometimes it’s about building your own jungle gym. From students to seasoned professionals, this career development podcast is your launchpad for job search strategies, personal branding, leadership growth, and workplace success. Dive into real-life career transitions, resume tips, interview preparation, mentorship, and future-ready skills. Produced by talent, for talent to empower emerging professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives to thrive in today’s evolving job market. Listen now to level up your career!
Episodes
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From Law to AI: Navigating Careers with Jake Effoduh
Welcome back to Coffee With Convery. Today’s conversation is for anyone who has ever askedthemselves: Am I on the right path? What if I want to pivot? How do I connect what I’m studying to the real world? Because here’s the truth. Careers today are no longer linear. They are dynamic, evolving…
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From Conversion Therapy Survivor to Published Author with Lucas Wilson
Welcome back to Coffee With Convery, today’s conversationasks us to slow down, lean in, and really listen. Because sometimes, the most important work happening inthe world isn’t loud, it’s deep. It’s thoughtful. And it’s rooted in truth. In a time where we talk a lot about innovation,disruption,...
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From Camera to Story Telling with Giulio Becatti
Welcome to Coffee With Convery, the podcast that’s yourlaunchpad for career inspiration. Today’s guest is someone who understands that in today’seconomy, attention is earned — but trust is built. Giulio Becatti is a filmmaker and video strategist basedin Canada, founder of GHMedia, and someone…
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From Systems to Safeguards with Rob Chaykoski
Most organizations do not fail because they lack technology. They fail because they misunderstand trust. In an AI driven, hyper connected world, the real risk is not speed. It is vulnerability. Today’s conversation is about what leaders miss before something breaks. Rob Chaykoski is a…
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From Creative Chaos to Strategic Clarity with Glen Lowry
Most institutions do not struggle because of funding. They struggle because creativity and strategy stop talking to each other. And when that happens, innovation stalls before anyone notices. If you are leading a team, building a program, or navigating your own career, today’s conversation is…
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From Students to Industry Innovators: The Power of Co-op and Work-Integrated Learning
Coffee With Convery – Special Edition | Live with Northeastern University Toronto Students Today’s Special Edition features four exceptional graduate students from Northeastern University Toronto who are navigating the Canadian job market as innovators, newcomers, and future leaders. Meet the...
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From Hiding to Headlining with Ava Val
Most people are not stuck because they lack talent. They are stuck because they are hiding. Hiding their voice. Hiding their truth. Hiding who they really are. Today’s conversation is about what happens when you stop editing yourself and start owning the stage. My guest is Ava Val. She is a John...
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From Practice Rooms to the Podium with Vasili Palantzas
Welcome to Coffee With Convery, the podcast that’s your launchpad for career inspiration. Today’s guest is someone who proves that passion isn’t just something you love, it’s something you build with. Vasili Palantzas is a musician, educator, and leader whose career has been shaped not by...
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From Power Lines to Powerful Influence with Barry Moline
Welcome to Coffee With Convery, the podcast that’s your launchpad for career inspiration. Today’s guest, Barry Moline has spent nearly four decades leading in some of the most complex, high-stakes environments imaginable energy, water, infrastructure, public service, disaster response, and now...
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From Talent Strategy to Leadership Activation with Tiffany Smye
Welcome to Coffee With Convery, the podcast that’s yourlaunchpad for career inspiration. Today’s guest is a powerhouse in the world of human resources, a certified coach, and a master at building high-performing leadership benches. Please welcome Tiffany Smye, Founder and Principal Consultant at...
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From Self-Erasure to The Blue Hour Gospel with Colin Belcourt
Welcome to Coffee With Convery, the podcast that’s your launchpad for career inspiration. Today’s guest doesn’t just work inside systems -- he questions them, rewrites them, and asks who they were actually built for in the first place. Colin Belcourt is an author, certified sustainability...
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From Chapters to Careers with Ella Weartherilt
Welcome to Coffee With Convery, the podcast that’s your launchpad for career inspiration. Today’s guest understands something most people don’t realize until much later: careers aren’t ladders — they’re stories. Ella Weatherilt is the Director of Talent Acquisition at Medcan, with leadership...
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From Wall Street to Redefining Purpose with Christine Lai
Welcome to Coffee With Convery, the podcast that’s your launchpad for career inspiration. Today’s guest is someone who didn’t just notice a broken system, she chose to stand between families and it. Christine Lai is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Special Education Legal Fund. Since...
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From Community Care to Building Ecosystems with Adam Castle
Welcome to Coffee With Convery, the podcast that’syour launchpad for career inspiration. I’m your host, Brien Convery, and around here we believe success isn’t just about climbing the corporate ladder - it’s about building your own jungle gym. Each episode, we share real stories from all kinds of...
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From Gridiron to Boardroom with Kofi Boateng
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we caffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, real conversations, and fresh perspectives on how you define success - in work and in life. Today’s guest represents something I love spotlighting on this show: drive without entitlement, ambition with...
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From Recruiting Rooms to Campus Impact with Kelly Hart
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we caffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, andreal conversations about building meaningful careers. Today’s guest is someone who embodies purpose-driven leadership in higher education and in talent development. Kelly Hart is a...
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From IT Support to Global Stages and AI with Jon Levesque
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we caffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, real conversations, and fresh perspectives on what it means to build a career —and a life — with purpose. Today’s guest is someone who embodies reinvention, creativity, and the power of community: Jon...
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From Finance to Freedom with Gareth Hellen
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we caffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how you can define and design your own success. Today’s guest is a career professional turned coach who is helping high-performing men reset, rewire, and reclaim...
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From Reimagining Recruitment To Building Ethical AI with Nick Mastromattei
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where wecaffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s episode is all about breaking the mold —deconstructing the old ways of hiring and reimagining what recruitment can look like…
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From Campus to Career: Rising Star with Cameron Anderson
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we caffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s episode is extra special — we’re shining a spotlight on one incredible student from the University of Windsor, winner of the...
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From Burnout to Breakthrough with TJ Walia
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we caffeinateyour curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s guest is a leader in AI innovation, a keynotespeaker, and an advocate for mental health and resilience. Please welcome TJ…
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From Small Town Idea to Big Tech Disruption with Jordan Goure
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we caffeinateyour curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s guest is the definition of homegrown innovation. From small-town beginnings in Blenheim, Ontario to leadingone of Canada’s…
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From Dismissal to Discovery with Steve Jaffe
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where wecaffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s guest Steve Jaffe is a seasoned advertisingand marketing executive, author, and resilience advocate. Steve’s book The Layoff...
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From Startups to CEO Success with Vijay Rajendran
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where wecaffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s guest, Vijay Rajendran, is a venture builder, founder, UC Berkeley Certified Executive Coach, and author of TheFunding...
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From Corporate Hustle to Fungal Muscle with Keri Hissim
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, the podcast where purpose meets passion, and every episode serves up a hot dose of inspiration for students, emerging professionals, and leaders navigating the future of work and life. Now, today’s episode is truly something special. If you’ve ever wondered…
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From Memes to Millions with Aidan Brannigan
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we caffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s guest Aidan Brannigan is not your typical founder, not your typical marketer, and definitely not your typical career story.…
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From Farm to Future with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where wecaffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s guest is known as The Food Professor — aglobal authority on food distribution, policy, and supply chains. Please welcome Dr....
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From Courtroom to Counsel with Marco Falco
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where wecaffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s guest is a dynamic legal mind, mentor, andaward-winning thought leader in appellate and judicial review litigation. Please...
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From Talent Matchmaking to Inclusive Workplaces with Jessie Penman
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where wecaffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s guest is a talent acquisition powerhouse, diversitychampion, and connector of people and possibilities. Please welcome Jessie...
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From Unconscious Bias to Conscious Leadership with Lorne Epstein
Hey everyone! Welcome back to Coffee with Convery—your go-to podcast for real talk, bold ideas, and human-first career stories that inspire the next generation of talent. Today’s episode is going to blow your mind—literally. Joining me is someone who’s made it his mission to help people…
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From Neural Networks to Ethical Persuasion with Dr. Thomas Trautmann
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we caffeinate your curiosity with bold stories, actionable insights, and fresh takes on how we define and design success. Today’s guest is an international business strategist, persuasion expert, and brain science trailblazer. Please welcome Dr. Thomas...
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From Seed Rounds to Stand-Up with Laura Scarlett Martin
Welcome back to another caffeinated convo on Coffee withConvery, where career clarity meets personal purpose—and success isn’t just defined by titles, but by trailblazing, tinkering, and tenacity. Today, we’re about to pour a double shot of inspirationwith someone who is part strategist, part...
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From High School Halls to Elon Excellence with Bianca Barrager
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we explore the journeys of students, professionals, and changemakers navigating life, learning, and leadership. Each episode brings you a new perspective, a new voice, and a new story that just might shift your own path forward. Today’s guest is someone...
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From Making Space to Leading the Way in Cyber with Heather Ricciuto
Welcome back to another episode of Coffee with Convery — where we bring you conversations with trailblazers shaping the future of work, education, and leadership. Today, I’m thrilled to welcome someone whose name is synonymous with impact in the cybersecurity world - Heather Ricciuto. With over…
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From Sales Floor to Founder with Max Notis on Building Your Own Version of Success
Welcome to Coffee with Convery, where we dive into inspiring stories, uncover life-changing strategies, and explore how individuals define and achieve their own success. Today, I’m pumped to introduce someone who truly lives and breathes entrepreneurship, leadership, and growth—Max Notis. Max is...
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AI, Startups, and Student Life with Brendan Gignac
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, your go-to podcast for authentic conversations that inspire and inform your career journey. Today, I’m excited to introduce Brendan Gignac to the show. Brendan is a builder of AI-driven software solutions, the founder of Genie Digital Solutions, and a Master...
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From Lifeguard Stand to Engineering with Rebecca Fiamboli
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, the podcast where we dive into the stories and insights of professionals who are shaping their industries and creating impact. Today, I’m excited to welcome Rebecca Fiamboli to the show! Rebecca is a recent Mechanical Engineering graduate from the University…
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From the Frontlines to the Courtroom with David Levangie
Welcome to Coffee with Convery ☕️, the podcast where we sit down with industry leaders, and outstanding individuals making a difference. Today, I have the pleasure of introducing our esteemed guest, David Levangie. 🎙 David is a Partner-Litigation at Fogler Rubinoff LLP in Toronto, Ontario…
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From Corporate America to The Gay Leadership Dude® with Dr. Steve Yacovelli
Welcome to Coffee with Convery, where we dive into the stories of changemakers, thought leaders, and trailblazers shaping the future of business and leadership. Today, I’m joined by Dr. Steve Yacovelli, also known as “The Gay Leadership Dude®”—a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and…
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From Flipping Houses to Crushing Life with Cody Galloway-Braman, a Real Estate Rockstar
What's up, hustlers and dream-chasers! 🚀💪 Welcome to another high-energy episode of Coffee With Convery🎙️💥 Today we're about to crank the volume up to 11! 🔊🔥 We've got a real estate rockstar 🏠🎸 Cody Galloway-Braman in the house. He's flipping the script on how we think about buying and...
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From Chasing Pucks to Making Headlines with Carson Gates
🎙️ Welcome to a special episode of Coffee with Convery! Today, I have the pleasure of introducing you to a remarkable individual who is making waves both on and off the ice. Meet Carson Gates, a dedicated student at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who's not just chasing pucks 🏒…
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From Resilience and Inclusion to Social Justice with Robert Panico
Welcome to Coffee with Convery ☕️, where each conversation embarks on a journey of discovery and inspiration. Today, as we commemorate International Transgender Day of Visibility, observed annually on March 31st, we stand in solidarity with transgender individuals worldwide. This day is a…
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From PRIDE to Dumplings 🥟with Chih Lin and Mike Dorsey
Welcome to Coffee with Convery, the podcast where we brew up insightful conversations with fascinating guests from various industries. 🌈 Happy Pride! 🌈 Today, we're celebrating diversity and diving into the world of culinary creativity, community, and entrepreneurship with a truly unique duo....
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From Rugby and Resilience to the Pursuit of Belonging with Andrew Fitisemanu
Welcome to Coffee with Convery! ☕️ Today, we have a remarkable guest whose journey encapsulates resilience, faith, and the power of inclusion. Meet Andrew Fitisemanu, a dynamic individual who not only shines on the rugby field but also advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in both sports...
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From Students to Activists with Eric Martins and Linh Vo of the Schulich Pride Alliance
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we dive into the journeys, insights, and innovations shaping the future of business, leadership, and community. Today, we’re spotlighting an incredible student organization making waves at the Schulich School of Business—Schulich Pride Alliance. Schulich...
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From Skills to a People-First Approach with Matt Foran
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery, where we bring you inspiring conversations with leaders who are shaping the future of work, learning, and technology. Today, I’m thrilled to welcome Matt Foran—a Toronto-based entrepreneur, educator, and innovator in the EdTech and HR Tech space. Matt is the...
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From Aviation to Turtles with Ken Andrews on World Turtle Day!
🐢Happy World Turtle Day 2025! 🐢 Today, we’re celebrating a true champion of both innovation and conservation — Ken Andrews, a standout guest from Coffee With Convery in 2023. A proud Michigan native, Ken is an outdoorsman, entrepreneur, and certified pilot who’s been launching ventures since he...
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From Cornell to the Boardroom With Mark Dembo
Welcome back to Coffee with Convery for a powerful conversation with Mark Dembo, an expert in executive education, EdTech, and talent management. Mark shares his journey from Cornell to leadership roles at top organizations, offering career wisdom for navigating transitions, building strong...
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From Neurodiversity to Unlocking Human Potential with Stina Borth
Welcome to another episode of Coffee with Convery, where we delve into the diverse journeys of professionals across various industries. Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Stina Borth, Founder and CEO of Keymaker Services, an organization dedicated to elevating workforce productivity and...
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From Global Business to Empowering Futures with Francis Syms
Welcome back to another episode of Coffee withConvery, where we bring you inspiring stories of career journeys, personal growth, and professional insights. Today, I’m thrilled to introduce a dynamic leader andchangemaker—Francis Syms. Francis is a globally experienced executive,certified coach…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Explore how success isn’t just about climbing the corporate ladder, sometimes it’s about building your own jungle gym. From students to seasoned professionals, this career development podcast is your launchpad for job search strategies, personal branding, leadership growth, and workplace success. Dive into real-life career transitions, resume tips, interview preparation, mentorship, and future-ready skills. Produced by talent, for talent to empower emerging professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives to thrive in today’s evolving job market. Listen now to level up your career!
HOSTED BY
Brien Convery
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Explore how success isn’t just about climbing the corporate ladder, sometimes it’s about building your own jungle gym. From students to seasoned professionals, this career development podcast is your launchpad for job search strategies, personal branding, leadership growth, and workplace success....
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