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Interview with Surmotech founder and president, Jerry Valentine

the CEO Hour, February 24th 2012. 

Jerry Valentine | President | Surmotech

Jerry Valentine, President of Surmotech, hoped to do even more to ensure clients that they were getting the absolute best design and manufacturing services available. This led him to take a step that few companies like his are willing to take: Implementing an in-house Six Sigma initiative.  Surmotech, founded in 1990, occupies a niche in the electronics industry. The company specializes in providing design and manufacturing expertise to companies that manufacture electronics components. In some cases, those companies are just too small to have their own manufacturing departments. In others, they simply want to capitalize on Surmotech's range of expertise.  Hear more about this Rochester 2009 Top 100 Company in this segment. www.surmotech.com

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Interview with Dr. David Lieberman, reconstructive surgeon and HUGS volunteer

he CEO Hour, February 24th 2012.  

HUGS (Help Us Give Smiles) Foundation, Inc.

HUGS was founded in 2003 with the idea that every child has the fundamental right to a full and enriching childhood. Every girl and boy should experience play, follow his or her curiosity, feel secure, know joy. HUGS delivers medical care to children and adolescents suffering from a wide array of physical deformities and conditions remedied through surgery. HUGS helps children develop into confident, secure and responsible individuals free from their congenital or other conditions. Watch TV13's interview with Dr. Quatela.     To donate to HUGS click here.

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Interview with Cathy Gaynor and Ralph Simone of Productivity Leadership Systems

the CEO Hour, February 24th 2012. 

Ralph Simone | Owner | Productivity Leadership Systems 

Cathy Gaynor | Partner | Productivity Leadership Systems     

PLS, previously known as Simone & Associates was founded in 1999, after Founder Simone started his first training and coaching company in 1991.  He and Partner Gaynor, lead architect and program designer, count Syracuse Research Corporation as on of their most prominent clients with unique training needs.

PLS offers an array of products and services to effect both individual and organizational transformation. Their comprehensive offerings extend from executive coaching to leadership training and corporate retreats to motivational speaking. In addition to a range of in-house diagnostic tools, we are certified to administer Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Emotional Competency Inventory, and other 360° Feedback assessments.  http://discoverpls.com/

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Interview with Clyde Comstock, COO of Hillside Family of Agencies

the CEO Hour, February 24th 2012. 

Clyde Comstock | Chief Operating Officer |  

Hillside Family of Agencies

Hillside Family of Agencies is one of the largest non-profit agencies in New York State and has been a cornerstone of the  Rochester, NY, community for more than 170 years. With a budget of more than $12 0 million, Hillside Family of Agencies provides more than 120 services to children and families at more than 40 locations across Western and Central New York and in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hillside is accredited by the Council on Accreditation. It is Hillside's strategic intent to be a leader in translating research into effective practice solutions. One of the largest employers headquartered in Monroe County, Hillside Family of Agencies retains more than 2,200 staff members who work under the direction of President and CEO Dennis Richardson in providing a variety of services to more than 9,000 families on an annual basis. http://www.hillside.com/

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Interview with Berl Stein, founder and president of Nicoform Inc.

the CEO Hour, February 17th 2012.  

Berl Stein | President | NiCoForm, Inc.   

NiCoForm is continually developing advanced electroforming and electroplating methods and techniques for applications in the aerospace, automotive, optical, medical, biotech and many other high technology fields. Put another way, they create an evironment of innovation. Berl Stein, is an engineer who spent his career searching for partners with innovative qualities, now he's building a company that lives by them every day. Hear more about this and the need for innovation in small manufacturing business in this segment.  www.nicoform.com 

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Interview with Dr. David Lieberman, member of HUGS Team

the CEO Hour, February 17th 2012.  

HUGS (Help Us Give Smiles) Foundation, Inc.

HUGS was founded in 2003 with the idea that every child has the fundamental right to a full and enriching childhood. Every girl and boy should experience play, follow his or her curiosity, feel secure, know joy. HUGS delivers medical care to children and adolescents suffering from a wide array of physical deformities and conditions remedied through surgery. HUGS helps children develop into confident, secure and responsible individuals free from their congenital or other conditions. To donate to HUGS click here.

Watch TV13's interview with Dr. Quatela

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Interview with Louis Perticone, co-founder of Artisan Works, a non-profit that uses novel ways to bring money to artists

the CEO Hour, February 17th 2012. 

Louis Perticone | Founder | Artisan Works   

Artisan Works is the brainchild of Louis Perticone. He founded this not for profit corporation to support artists with exhibit space, studio space and space for public events.  You name it and they've done it here. They host and cater about 300 events a year including weddings.

www.artisanworks.net

 

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Interview with Jim Schmitt, CEO of Expense Reduction Analysts and consultants Fred Muhleman and Rich DeLuca

the CEO Hour, February 17th 2012. 

Jim Schmitt | President & CEO | Expense Reduction

 Fred Muhleman | Director | Expense Reduction

ERA is a leading international cost-reduction consultancy operating in 30 countries. The company has 700 Consultants worldwide, including 230 experts throughout the U.S. ERA consultants use their industry knowledge and proprietary benchmark data to reduce overhead costs common to most $10 to $250 million businesses by an average of 20%. Newly named President & CEO Jim Schmitt, and Director, Rochester ERA, and serving Upstate New York, Fred Muhleman will tell us more about savings for our businesses in this segment.      www.expensereduction.com/users/fredmuhleman

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Interview with Bill Costello, Financial Architect and Special Planner for Mass Mutual

the CEO Hour, February 10th 2012. 

Bill Costello CLF, LUTCF, CLTC | Special Care Planner | Financial Architects     

If you asked Bill what put him on his career path, he'd tell you that as a freshman in college the death of his father profoundly affected him. Little did he realize that out of this adversity would come a career-defining moment. With his father's passing, he experienced firsthand the importance of having your financial affairs in order. "Because my dad had a trusted advisor who had sold him the right life insurance policies, my family was fine and all of the kids were able to go to college," explained Bill.  Today, Bill points with pride to his up-through-the-ranks career in financial services. "I always knew I wanted to do something that would allow me to have choice and make an impact on people's lives," he added. In 2006, he was named General Agent for Financial Architects, the Rochester-based General Agency of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual).

www.financialarchitectsupstate.com

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Interview with Dr. Vito Quatela, Founder of HUGS which provides free plastic surgery to children born with deformities

the CEO Hour, February 10th 2012. 

HUGS (Help Us Give Smiles) Foundation, Inc.

HUGS was founded in 2003 with the idea that every child has the fundamental right to a full and enriching childhood. Every girl and boy should experience play, follow his or her curiosity, feel secure, know joy. HUGS delivers medical care to children and adolescents suffering from a wide array of physical deformities and conditions remedied through surgery. HUGS helps children develop into confident, secure and responsible individuals free from their congenital or other conditions.

To donate to HUGS click here.

Watch TV13's interview with Dr. Quatela

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