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EP #0012 Ravi Ravindran

Ravi Ravindran is a four-time startup founder, and a former entrepreneur in residence at the University of Toronto. And the social capitalist.

Currently, he’s the CEO and co-founder of BLUMEx, an experiential media startup.

BLUMEx automates the workflows of podcasters, streamers, and creators.

Their mission is to capture the stories of innovators advancing their ideas through startups, research, or entrepreneurship.

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EP #0011 Dr Kate Barker

Kate barker is a globally recognized chief HR leader future of work expert and an awarded authority in talent management, leadership development and people and technology advancements.

Kate’s career spans three decades. Working with clients such as Microsoft, Virgin Deloitte and Google, just to name a few.

Kate has been a regular feature on future of work, a keynote speaker and publishes on topics on digital technology disruption, innovative talent strategies, inclusive cultures, and workforce transformations at HR summits and executive roundtable globally.

Kate was invited to attend Harvard’s Women’s in Leadership program and recently commenced her PhD in Women and leadership at UCL Kate is both a dynamic engaging speaker and insightful expert advisor and a proud champion for diversity and inclusion and if that wasn’t enough Kate is a seven time marathoner who loves to cook, dance and sing despite herself confessed complete lack of talent at all three.

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EP #0010 Wayne Moloney

Wayne Moloney is an Australian business growth specialist with the global background for over four decades.

In rolls from salesperson to managing director. He helped a diverse range of businesses in Australia, Asia and Europe achieved their revenue and profit goals.

Since leaving his corporate career, Wayne has spent over 15 years helping B2B organizations tackle their business growth challenges through the application of sound sales and business strategies, developing salespeople and by applying Lean principles for sustainable sales success.

Wayne was a co-founder of sales leader forums and a foundation member of Sales Masterminds APAC

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EP #0009 Samantha Sutherland

Samantha Sutherland is a diversity and inclusion expert trying to help create a world that works for working women.

She is a published researcher and engaging facilitator and a passionate advocate.

Samantha is also the host of the women at work podcast.

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EP #0008 Rowdy McLean

Australia’s 2,019 keynote speaker of the year, Rowdy McLean has delivered over 1000 keynote presentations to over 700,000 people in 17 countries.

A master storyteller, a genuine bloke and someone that people from all walks of life can relate to.

Rowdy played professional sport, build a successful startup, turned around a failing company founded five companies and mentors and works with leaders from the world’s top organizations.

Rowdy has also climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, kayaked in Antarctica tracked gorillas in Rwanda run marathons and hiked the caco to track the combination of business and personal challenges.

Makes his presentations interesting and unique. A best selling author and founder of the Leadership institute Australia.

Rowdy is the go to speaker on how to shift mindsets, raise the bar, embrace, change and crack the code for extraordinary future success.

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EP #0007 Teresa Pollard

Teresa Pollard is a purpose lead leader with an entrepreneurial focus and 20 years in sales, marketing and technology, leading executive engagements and diverse teams in New Zealand, Singapore and New York.

Teresa is from Auckland, is of Maori descent and as a proud role model for young people across the country to follow a pathway that is both fulfilling and prosperous and encourages them to join the world of business and technology.

Teresa leads the Strategic Partnerships Portfolio for Datacom, bringing together a community EWe and ecosystem partnerships that deliver impact and alignment to datacoms, Purpose and values.

Datacom is New Zealand’s largest technology services company, with over 6500 staff across New Zealand, Australia and Asia.

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EP #0006 Jay Fantom

Jay Fantom is a persistent and passionate 25 year old entrepreneur, award winning filmmaker, speaker and writer who works incredibly hard at being the best authentic, honest, loving kind and excellent version of himself daily.

Jay is the founder and host of the story Box. A top four podcast in 2021 j and the story box have been featured in Forbes magazine, Business Insider, Yahoo, New York Weekly, The Los Angeles Wire, NBC, Fox, CBS and Market watched among many others.

Since the beginning of the story box in November of 2019, Jay has had the privilege of Unboxing stories of over 600 plus high profile world class leaders from every field.

These include Tony Robbins, Matthew McConaughey, Grant Cardone, Robert Kiyosaki, Sugar Ray Leonard and many, many, many more.

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EP #0005 Zahrina Robertson

Zahrina Robertson is a multi-award winning businesswoman who works with speakers, leaders and entrepreneurs with ideas, visual assets styling and develops very unique brand strategies with her marketing background.

Zahrina’s impressive client list include Richard Branson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tim Ferriss and Simon Sinek, just to name a few.

Zahrina is also an event photographer, Emirates Tourism, Australia, business Chicks and many international clients, and has also worked with the Professional Speakers Association of Australia for over 10 years.

Zahrina has invited her clients to escape into her world of creativity and explore the possibilities of their online presence.

With fun. She is the cheerleader for her clients, whose biggest challenge is recognising their own potential.

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EP #0004 Steve Baty

Since 2009, Steve Baty has been the co-founder and director at Melds Studios, as well as the co-founder and conference director at UX Australia is also the founder of UX Book Club, both globally and the Sydney chapter.

Steve has presented at many conferences and events globally and locally, including being the keynote speaker Midwest UX 2016, Interaction South America 2017, as well as speaking in many cities around the world, including in Istanbul, Amsterdam, Helsinki, San Francisco, just to name a few.

Steve is a good design ambassador.

He’s also an awards judge, a member of the Australian Democrats and, importantly, a father of four and husband.

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EP #0003 Jeremy Pollard

Jeremy Pollard started selling at the we age of 16.

He wanted a new camera. So he got a weekend job at a local camera store, learned about best cameras, made some great friends and got some staff discount as well.

And then he was head hunted into revenue responsibility roles across a range of industries industrial equipment, technology, including being employee number 5 at Microsoft Australia when it was just a challenger brand.

Jeremy spent a decade at IBM learning large account complex sales, which taught him the importance of having an in depth knowledge, but that the secret to customer focus imparted to him by the older, wiser salespeople meant listening more than selling.

Today, Jeremy helps organisations large and small around Asia Pacific win more work with the Shipley Associates Global Consulting Practice based on customer focus.

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