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Clark Kokich Do Or Die

the CEO Hour, May 25th 2012. 

Clark Kokich | Chairman | Razorfish   

Clark Kokich oversees Razorfish's strategic direction, works directly with core accounts, represents Razorfish in the marketplace and develops thought leadership. He was appointed chairman in April 2009, a newly created position. For two years before that, Clark served as the CEO, leading the global expansion into the largest interactive services firm in the world. He was previously the worldwide president, a role he assumed in September 2005, prior to which he was president of the West region. He has also served as president of Avenue A, Seattle and Chicago; president of Digital Marketing Solutions, Seattle; SVP, Diversified Services; and VP + GM, Growth Markets Division. He's been with Razorfish since 1999.  Razorfish helps companies build great brands by creating engaging experiences for consumers wherever they live the the digital world. For more than a decade they have helped clients to lead and innovate by studying users, deconstructing data, developing game-changing ideas and redefining how brands connect with people.  www.razorfish.com

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Cheryl Nelan | Franchise Owner | CMIT Solutions

the CEO Hour, May 18th 2012. 

Cheryl Nelan | Franchise Owner | CMIT Solutions  

For years, Cheryl Nelan's hometown of Rochester, N.Y., was a tough place to find work. Like so many northern industrial cities, Rochester shed jobs as its manufacturing sector withered, exemplified by the shrinking of Eastman Kodak Co., once the city's largest employer. 

In recent years, the city has recovered, emerging as one of the nation's strongest job markets. And Nelan, at 44, has reinvented her own professional life by opening a CMIT Solutions franchise, providing managed IT services to Rochester-area firms trying to work more efficiently and productively in the city's resurgent economy.  Nelan is fulfilling one of CMIT Solutions' most important cultural goals: for its franchise owners to be respected, visible, active members of their communities. It's one of the main reasons why CMIT Solutions has adopted a franchise model; the system encourages its franchisees to build long, trusting relationships with other small business owners in the same community. www.cmitsolutions.com/monroe

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Dustin Grosse | Sr. V.P., CMO | DocuSign

the CEO Hour, May 18th 2012. 

Dustin Grosse | Sr. V.P., CMO | DocuSign  

Dustin Grosse joined DocuSign in November 2010 as senior vice president, chief marketing and business development officer. Prior to DocuSign, Dustin led Microsoft's Field (SMSG) Readiness, a group focused on improving how Microsoft sells, markets and offers service to customers and partners. Dustin also jump-started Microsoft's Office Unified Communications Group (UCG) as sales and marketing general manager. Dustin joined Microsoft through its 2003 acquisition of Software-as-a-Service pioneer PlaceWare Web Conferencing. He led PlaceWare to become one of Silicon Valley's five fastest growing companies in 2002. Dustin has a long history of driving revenue and customer growth as a sales and marketing executive at Covad Communications, Voxeo and OnFiber.   

Accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device, the DocuSign Global Network connects companies to their customers, partners, suppliers and employees where they can transact business with confidence. Customers of all sizes solve their paper problems by easily replacing manual, paper-based methods to decrease contract cycle times, reduce costs, improve visibility and control, and enhance customer satisfaction.  www.docusign.com

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Sharon Lechter, author, CPA. international speaker on financial literacy and creator of Pay Your Family First

the CEO Hour, May 4th 2012. 

As followers and members of the WCEOHQ Community, you know how excited we are to begin the First Friday Live series with Sharon Lechter.  You may remember, Sharon is the co-author of Think and Grow Rich - Three Feet From Gold, Rich Dad Poor Dad, and Outwitting the Devil, and Founder and CEO of Pay Your Family First. 

Sharon has just returned from Ghana where she taught entrepreneurs and students about financial literacy.  Her game for teens, Thrive Time for Teens was featured in the annual Moxie Exchange MoxieFest, the Go Girl Project's signature event, nationwide in the month of April.   

In this reality game, teens start in high school and have part time jobs. They will be faced with money and life decisions like buying cars, managing expenses, giving back to their community, paying for college, using credit cards, buying stocks and starting businesses.

This event is special not only because it's the launch of the series, but also because Sharon and her work has done so much good for children around the world.  www.sharonlechter.com

 

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Interview with Zappos Insights' Robert Richman on Delivering Happiness

the CEO Hour, April 27th 2012.

Robert Richman is the product manager of Zappos Insights, the Zappos Family company dedicated to helping businesses with their cultures. As an intrapreneur, Robert built the model from the proof of concept web site, to a thriving business helping over 1000 people every month. Business leaders, managers and entrepreneurs take the Zappos Insights training to discover how a workplace can help people grow, inspire amazing service, and ultimately drive revenue.

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Interview with financial advisor Kelly Olczak and tax attorney Rob Brown about Succession Planning

the CEO Hour, April 20th 2012. 

Kelly Olczak| Financial Advisor, CFP®  | Edward Jones 
 
Rob Brown | Founding Partner | ESOP Plus®
 
At Edward Jones, the Pittsford financial advisors offer a personal approach to investing and retirement planning for  long-term financial goals.  www.edwardjones.com/en_US/fa/index.html&CIRN=502919
ESOP Plus^®  is a leader in complex, multidimensional ESOP law. They are an industry-leading boutique ESOP law firm, serving clients in the United States, and those with a presence across U.S. borders and in several countries around the world. Unlike most law firms that provide occasional ESOP representation, they are focused on employee ownership. The firm spends all of its time providing advanced ESOP Plus^® solutions and alternative succession options. www.esopplus.com  

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Interview with Erin Saxton, Senior VP, Tallgrass PR

the CEO Hour, April 20th 2012. 

Erin Saxton | Sr. VP | Tallgrass Public Relations 
  
As Senior Vice President of TallGrass Public Relations, Erin Saxton continues to develop the firm in response to an industry need for a new kind of agency capable of capturing the attention of the media. A multi Emmy-nominated TV producer, Ms. Saxton has long been on the receiving end of PR pitches, having worked on shows that include The View, Barbara Walters Specials, and Good Morning America. This extensive experience gives her an insider's status that enables her to identify the concepts that resonate for television and radio producers as well as editors in print and online media outlets. She knows the best ways to pitch a book, person, or product, and utilizes her professional skills and expansive contacts to generate strong media interest in the messages her clients wish to deliver.  www.tallgrasspr.com

 

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Interview with Jack Byers, CEO of Vanguard Marketing International

the CEO Hour, April 20th 2012. 

Jack Byers | CEO | Vanguard Marketing International, Inc.

Thought leader Jack Byers, is Chief Executive Officer of Vanguard Marketing International, Inc. Jack has spent over thirty years developing and revising his approaches to tactical and strategic marketing, culminating in a set of specific processes which help clients envision the future, reach faster market acceptance and market leadership, excel in new markets, and build the momentum for the mainstream.  http://www.e-vmi.com

 

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Interview with Kathy Heasley of Heasley and Partners Branding Firm

the CEO Hour, April 13th 2012. 

Kathy Heasley | Founder | Heasley & Partners, Inc.

Kathy is the branding and creative force behind HEASLEY & PARTNERS, a branding company that helps entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial organizations grow and prosper.  Kathy has dedicated her professional life to developing businesses that connect with the heart and open the mind. In the process, lives are transformed and companies become breakthrough brands.  After years of working in just about every aspect of marketing and communications there is, for big companies, small companies, entrepreneurial companies, tech companies and more, her well rounded view of business led her to start her own firm in 1994.  Through years of helping clients she arrived at what worked and what didn't. From that she created Heart & Mind^® Branding, a method that connects companies and people with their audiences to win hearts and minds-in that order.  www.heasleyandpartners.com

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Interview with Jim Cavagnaro of My Web Yellow and Cheryl Nelan of CMIT Solutions of Monroe

the CEO Hour, April 13th 2012. 

Jim Cavagnaro | CEO | MyWebYellow

Real Local Search...the easy way to find LOCAL products, skills, and services.

 www.mywebyellow.com

 

Cheryl Nelan | CEO | CMIT Solutions

A leading provider of managed services and other computer consulting services tailored to the unique needs of small business with approximately 125 locally owned and operated locations nationwide. www.cmitsolutions.com/monroe

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