President/Board Director Ray Gogel on needed skills for today’s CEO
Ray Gogel has served as COO, President and Board Director numerous times in the energy sector throughout his career. He has served in executive roles as CIO, CAO, COO, Managing Director and Board of Directors for companies such as Xcel Energy, Accenture, US Grid Company, IBM and others. Ray joins CXO Conversations to discuss […]
Brad Feld, VC, Boards; Why be on one, 1st Timers and the Colorado Trail
Brad Feld is a successful Veteran Capitalist and founding member of the Foundry Group. Within the Colorado startup scene, Brad is a bit of a celebrity having been part of some well-known successful companies. Brad really sees founders and start ups not just investments, but as a community that he supports, sees areas for improvements, […]
Interviewing to be a Sub Skipper, then CEO
Chuck Melcher is a retired Naval Commanding Officer that has served in various roles including Chief Engineering, XO and Skipper on several Nuclear Attack Submarines. After retiring from the United States Navy, Chuck joined an international energy company as a VP and quickly rose to CEO. Chuck discusses interviewing to become a Submarine skipper, his […]
Christine Gagnon CFO, the importance of being intellectually curious
Christine is an accomplished global CFO who rose up through the ranks of senior leadership at Big 4 firms, such as PwC and EY. She is a life-long learner who is both personally and professionally curious, and intrinsically driven to continually broaden her base of knowledge and experience. She’s an avid traveler who has even […]
CRO Randal Meske on Trust, Talent, Process and Challenges
As summer is in full swing, this is a great opportunity for an excerpt from a 2020 interview with CRO Randal Meske. The full interview can be found here About our Guest Randal Meske is the CRO at ConstructConnect (a Roper Technologies company) and the Founder and CEO at Evreware, a market intelligence firm. Prior […]
General Kevin “Chili” Chilton, Board Member, Astronaut and flying the Space Shuttle
The impressively humble General Kevin Patrick ‘Chili’ Chilton joins the show today to share his 34-½ years of experience in the Air Force as well as the successful transition he then navigated into corporate America. A note to those who have not served in the Armed Forces: I will be referring to our guest as […]
CEO Tom Chittenden on CXO Conversations
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CEO Tom Chittenden, Successfully moving from BigCo to Middle Market
Tom started out in technology and discusses how he arrived at the CEO chair by way of GE & NCR. He speaks about to the scrappy opportunties at GE and the similiarties of that attitude at Inovonics, a middle market company. Along the way, his international travel helped him apprciate different cultures and what unites […]
Susan Zimmerman, SVP HR for Re/Max, Leading a Company through COVID with Heart and Passion
When the lockdowns started, Susan realized they had to act fast to support the company, employees and real estate agents in over 120 countries while creating an innovative mental health program on the fly. A highly respected HR leader in Denver, Susan has worked at OppenheimerFunds, American Residential Communities, Fiserv, Comcast and more. […]
Tony Engel Industry Diverse CFO/COO
Tony has sought opportunities to challenge himself and not be pigeon holed in one sector. Tony and Michael discuss how the CFO role is evolving, playing volleyball against Olympic athletes, trend in COO and CFO offices merging and his advice to those eyeing the C suite. More
