Season Five Episode Ten

Guest: Tom Tonkin, CEO at The Conservatory Group

About Tom:
Dr. Tom Tonkin PhD is an executive in Professional Services and Software Sales arena and has over 30 years of business and technology experience. He is currently serving as the CEO of the Conservatory Group as well as the Co-Founder and Dean of Students that the Sales Conservatory.  In addition, he is also the Head of Strategic Accounts at SAMI Games, the first crowd-sourced global solution for soft skills and the CRO at the Liderança Group offering consultative services that identify areas for sustainable growth with actionable strategies to ignite change.

Dr. Tonkin holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University (Virginia Beach, VA) as well as a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, with a focus on Leadership and Management from Regis University (Denver, CO). Dr. Tonkin holds multiple business certifications and is a leadership expert.  In addition, Dr. Tonkin was an Adjunct Professor at the Forbes School of Business at Ashford University where he taught Leadership in Organizations, Organizational Behavior and various other leadership and management courses.  Dr. Tonkin is an award-winning researcher and author with several blogs, articles, and interviews to his name focusing on Leadership, DE&I, Learning and Development, and Sales Acumen. 

You can learn more about Tom and reach out to him on LinkedIn here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtomtonkin/


About The Conservatory Group:
The Conservatory Group is an umbrella organization for The Executive Conservatory, The Business Conservatory, and the Sales Conservatory. The word conservatory comes from the meaning of preservation or a place to preserve. The world of business has become complex and requires greater levels of skill to navigate. The Conservatory Group and their partner organizations are here to help by converting the continuum of services from high-touch needs to daily interactions by subscription-based memberships.

Season Five Episode Nine

Guest: Sam Ovett, Co-Founder at Mobile Pocket Office

About Sam:
Sam Ovett was a professional whitewater guide who turned his passion for exploration into an obsession with business automation. He Co-Founded Mobile Pocket Office with his father. They help rapidly growing and established businesses grow by leveraging human resources in the form of automated business process in the five ares of business systems Attract, Convert, Fulfill, Delight and Refer to streamline productivity and increase revenue. Sam has translated his experience as a whitewater kayaker navigating Class V rapids to business ventures where he leads businesses towards profitability at scale while staying focused on risks that could jeopardize their bottom line - making him one cool dude!

You can learn more about Sam and reach out to him on LinkedIn here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samovett/


About Mobile Pocket Office:
Are you leveraging automation to enable your people? Or, are you leveraging people to learn automation? Mobile Pocket Office is leading the way in helping new and established businesses augment their human and technological resources to leverage growth and streamline productivity.

Learn more about Mobile Pocket Office here:
https://mobilepocketoffice.com/

Season Five Episode Eight

Guest: Ryan Estes, Co-Founder at Kitcaster

About Ryan:
I am Ryan Estes, I’m the co-founder of Kitcaster. I validate and scale Kitcaster products.

I have owned a media and marketing agency for the last 10 years. For eight of those years I hosted the founders podcast Talklaunch. Consistently ranked in the iTunes "Top 100" podcasts, I have recorded 300+ interviews with more than a quarter million downloads. I attribute $1M+ in revenue as a direct result from podcasts. I love podcasting. I believe the medium possesses a giant opportunity for entrepreneurs and I'm more than happy to discuss your prospects.

I am married with two kiddos here in Denver. I enjoy training Brazilian jiu jitsu and capoeira, volunteering as a finance mentor, and I am an avid sportsman.

Our mission is to put the world’s top startup founders on the world’s top podcasts and let them share their stories with a wider audience. If you have an amazing story to tell, we’d love to help you share it with the world.

You can learn more about Ryan and reach out to him on LinkedIn here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/estesryan/


About Kitcaster:
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Learn more about Kitcaster here:
https://kitcaster.com/