Good Fit Careers

Ankit Sethi, an Enterprise Sales Executive at Google Cloud, sits down with Ryan to talk about his experience working within Google and Alphabet, managing a sales team, and keeping on top of customer needs.Connect with Ankit on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-sethi/

Vichi Jagannathan, co-founder of the Rural Opportunity Institute, sits down with Ryan to walk through her path from Princeton, Stanford, and Yale to co-founding the Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI) focused on focused on trauma informed education in Rural North Carolina.Connect with Vichi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vichij/Learn More about the Rural Opportunity InstituteWebsite: www.ruralopportunity.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruralopportunityLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ruralopportunityinstitute

Kali Holder, a Veterinary Pathologist at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career in veterinary pathology, and her pathway to this career.Connect with Kali on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kali-holder-42b8ab101/See a Gila Monster here: https://cdn.britannica.com/09/187909-050-3F0DC4A2/Gila-monster.jpg

Siera Smith, President at Upright Labs & Neatoscan, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career, discuss her early entry to the C-Suite, and to talk about her perspective on hiring and being hired.Connect with Siera on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sierasmith/

Ed Magee, Vice President for Strategic Operations at Belmont University, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his experience with supply chain and logistics, and to talk about his perspective on hiring and being hired.Connect with Ed on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadji224/

Paula Cole, Head of Pension Risk Transfer at Nationwide Financial, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career, discuss her experience building a business within a business, and to talk about her perspective on hiring and being hired.Connect with Paula on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulacole2/

Warren Hearnes, former Chief Data Scientist of Best Buy, sits down with Ryan to discuss the past and future of Machine Learning and AI, his career, and his perspective on building one’s career around the work they love.Connect with Warren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrenhearnes/

Nick Anastasiades, Chief Growth Officer at Nyla, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his approach to growing and exiting businesses, and his perspective on hiring and being hired.Connect with Nick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickanastasiades/

Matthew Ruestle, CEO of Colossus, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his approach to growing a media platform with highly-successful podcasts like Founders, Invest Like The Best, and Business Breakdowns, and to talk about his perspective on hiring and being hired.Connect with Matthew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-reustle-cfa-255874b/Listen to shows by Colossus:Founders: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/founders/id1141877104Invest Like The Best: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/invest-like-the-best-with-patrick-oshaughnessy/id1154105909Business Breakdowns: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-breakdowns/id1559120677

Patrice Drake, Senior Manager at Deloitte, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career, discuss her experience in cybersecurity, and to talk about her thoughts on hiring and being hired.Connect with Patrice on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricedrake/

Patton Gleason, CEO of Relay, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his company's approach to the 99% new market, how being a wilderness guide taught him how to be a leader, and what he enjoys about running ultra-marathons.Connect with Patton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattongleason/

Mike Smith, Manager at Ernst & Young LLP, sits down with Ryan to discuss his career, consulting in large scale transformation projects, and his thoughts on hiring and being hired.Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masmith1/The views reflected in this podcast are the views of Mike Smith do not necessarily reflect the views of Ernst & Young LLP or other members of the global EY organization.

Sharon Love, CEO of Cordance, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career, discuss her companies approach to growing businesses, and to talk about her thoughts on hiring and being hired.Connect with Sharon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonlove/

Travis Peace, Co-Founder of Novum Home Loans, and former Navy Nuclear Engineer, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his companies new approach to home loans, and to talk about his thoughts on hiring and being hired.Connect with Travis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-peace/

Erin Pryor, Chief Marketing & Experience Officer at First Horizon Bank, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career, discuss her perspective on marketing, and her approach to hiring and being hired.Connect with Erin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinpryor/

Dan Croft, former Director of Engineering Productivity at GitLab, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his perspective on open source software, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.Connect with Dan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielacroft/

Nate Buch, Product Manager for commercial laptops at Dell, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his perspective on product management, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.Books Nate recommends:Stratechery - Written by Ben Thompson, this is a must-read tech strategy newsletter that is consumed by all of Silicon Valley. He breaks down tech news and helps put context around why companies make the moves they do. In addition to his near-daily articles, he frequently interviews the CEOs of top tech companies in depth, which makes for great listening.Above Avalon - Written by Neil Cybart, a longtime Apple analyst. This near-daily newsletter covers similar ground to Stratechery - and in fact, one will notice strong similarities between the two - yet makes for great compare and contrast between the perspectives of these two insightful writers. Cybart also takes a more analytical approach, often diving into companies' financial statements, and makes his own (incredibly accurate) business analysis available as part of the subscription.The Innovator's Dilemma - This classic tech strategy book by the late HBS professor Clayton Christensen examines the history of incumbents versus entrants in the technology space. He demonstrates how incumbents, with seemingly insurmountable advantages, can be overtaken and outcompeted by entrants who lack the resources but have a hold on a new kind of market segment instead.Zero to One - This tech strategy book by Peter Thiel focuses on the most critical element of shipping a new product: getting the first one out the door! He delves into not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good, how iteration is more important than getting everything exactly right at the start (and in fact, how that's typically not even possible, anyway). It's a quick and fun read with a lot of good quantitative examples, too.Connect with Nate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbuch

Chad Connally, Senior Conversation Designer on Amazon's Alexa team, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his perspective on AI, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.Connect with Chad on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cconnally/

Varun Puri, CEO and Co-Founder of Yoodli, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his perspective on speech coaching with AI, leadership, startups, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.Try Yoodli for yourself: Yoodli | Free Communication CoachConnect with Varun on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-puri001/

Matt MacDonell, the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Communications at Leo Burnett, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career and his approach to hiring and being hired.Connect with Matt on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattmacdonell/

Jennifer Adkins, Data Scientist on Microsoft's Search Relevance and CoPilot teams, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career, her perspective on hiring and being hired, and her advice to aspiring professionals.Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferdadkins/

Brian Hurtak, Executive Director of Portfolio Governance and Insights with Wells Fargo, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his perspective on portfolio governance, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.Connect with Brian on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhurtak/Check out MyPlaySheet:www.myplaysheet.com

Mayra Rivera, the former Chief Marketing Officer of USAA, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career, discuss her perspective on marketing, and talk about her approach to hiring and being hired. Contact Mayra at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayrarr/

Kevin Wertz, the former Chief Marketing Officer of the Smile Direct Club, sits down with Ryan walk through his career, discuss his perspective on marketing, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.

Welcome to Good Fit Careers, where we explore perspectives on work that fits. I'm Ryan Dickerson and for the last decade I’ve worked as a recruiter, and career coach. Through this work, I’ve seen how much of a difference finding the right career can make. I’ve had the privilege of working with, guiding, and learning from some of the biggest names in business. And I’d bet you can learn something from them, too.