ExecuTalks
Feeling like your career isn’t advancing the way it should? It’ll be okay. Everyone we’ve interviewed has felt what you’re feeling. Even Fortune 500 CEOs. Don’t believe me? Only one way to find out: Tune in! This podcast is for the go-getters, the ambitious, the confident. (This podcast is for you especially if you’re in sales or marketing).
Episodes
58 episodes
Siemens CEO (USA): Barbara Humpton
In this episode, we sit down with Barbara Humpton. Barbara grew up to parents who were both math professors so initially set her eyes on being a math professor “when she grew up.” After taking a job at IBM and working on a globally ...
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35:17
(Special): Bellevue Mayor Dr. Lynne Robinson
Lynne grew up in the bay area and accidentally learned what she loved to do when she was helping a friend become more physically independent by helping her up stairs, and taking her to the gym. So after getting her undergraduate degree, s...
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30:01
Logitech CEO: Bracken Darrell
Bracken began his career in accounting after college. After working in accounting roles for an accounting firm and then PepsiCo he transitioned into brand management early in his career. He first worked at Procter & Gamble, then...
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26:14
Hint CEO & Founder: Kara Goldin
Kara grew up in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona and naturally developed the skill of persistence growing up. In her early years she worked many different jobs including working at a toy store, interning for a local senator, and waiting ta...
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39:41
Woods Coffee Founder & CEO: Wes Herman
Wes was born in Canada, grew up in Columbia, and lived in Southern California . He admits his dyslexia and ADHD growing up caused him to hate school and didn’t attend college after high school. After high school, Wes took the first job he...
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Premera Blue Cross CEO: Jeff Roe
In this episode, we sit down with Jeff Roe, CEO of Premera Blue Cross. Employing over 3,200 people, Premera Blue Cross is the largest health plan insurance provider in the Pacific Northwest, serving more than 2 million people. <...
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26:47
Seattle's Ex-Police Chief: Carmen Best
Seattle's Former Police Chief Carmen Best published her book “Black in Blue” in October of 2021, and it was the #1 book in new releases when it came out. Carmen grew up in the Puget Sound area to a loving mother and a father who wa...
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Starbucks Former President: Howard Behar
Howard Behar grew up in North Seattle, attended Roosevelt High School, and struggled to find his way early on in his life. He took some courses at Everett community college but didn’t finish school because he was directing his energy towa...
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41:57
Stripe CRO: Mike Clayville
Mike Clayville is the Chief Revenue Officer of Stripe, a payment processing company that is building the economic infrastructure of the internet. Their mission is increasing the GDP of the internet -- and Stripe is valued at almost $100 b...
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38:13
(Special): Business in the Digital Age with Howard Tiersky
In this episode, you’ll get to hear from Howard Tiersky. Howard began his career in theater and performing arts before starting his consulting career at Ernst & Young. There, he would build E&Y’s first website and get expose...
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40:33
Beecher's Cheese Founder: Kurt Dammeier
A fourth generation Puget Sound native and nascent New Yorker, Kurt has always felt passionately about authentic, full-flavored foods, free of artificial additives. Kurt is the owner and head chef of Sugar Mountain, a creative food company that...
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40:46
(Special): Entrepreneurship with serial entrepreneur Chris George
In this special episode, we chat with Chris George, a serial entrepreneur who has successfully started and managed 7 businesses in his career (most recently Founder of Certified). His first business that he started in college, was a debt ...
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33:22
Sana Biotechnology CEO & Co-Founder: Steve Harr
In this episode, we cover the man behind the largest biotechnology IPO in history, Steve Harr. Steve co-founded Sana biotechnology, a company that went public earlier this year (2021) and raised almost $600 million dollars in its IP...
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43:08
Finimize CEO & Co-Founder: Maximilian Rofagha
In this episode, we hear from Finimize CEO & Co-Founder, Maximillian Rofagha. He grew up in Berlin, Germany, attended a very diverse, international high school, and went on to study economics and international relations in Scotland.&n...
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37:03
Puget Sound Energy CEO: Mary Kipp
Mary grew up on a very rural, cattle ranch in New Mexico just above the US-Mexico border, where she learned to drive when she was just seven years old and had no television in her home. She attended Williams college, in Massachusetts tow...
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43:26
PayScale CEO: Scott Torrey
Today’s guest is Scott Torrey, PayScale CEO. Scott always knew he wanted to be in business, so he attended a commerce-focused college and worked in consulting after college. After an 8-year career in consulting, Scott pivoted and jo...
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40:14
Robinhood's VP of Engineering: Surabhi Gupta
Today’s guest is Surabhi Gupta, Robinhood’s VP of Engineering. Surabhi grew up in India and pursued an education in computer science. She participated in an internship with Microsoft, and her research focused on artificial intellig...
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35:45
Seattle City Light CEO: Debra Smith
Today, we make history. It’s the first time we’ve had an executive from the city on our show. All of our guests before this show have been business executives. Today’s guest is Debra Smith, Seattle City Light’s CEO. She gradua...
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51:07
Divvy Homes CEO & Co-Founder: Adena Hefets
Today’s guest is Adena Hefets, CEO & Co-Founder of Divvy Homes. She grew up in Long Island, New York to immigrant parents who lived paycheck to paycheck, and were not financially stable, and this drove her ambition to be financially i...
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34:09
Hunt A Killer CEO & Co-Founder: Ryan Hogan
Today, you will hear from Ryan Hogan, CEO & Co-Founder of Hunt A Killer. He joined the Navy out of high school, got admitted into a very competitive military program after 6 years of hard work, started multiple businesses that needed ...
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29:06
BuzzFeed's First Chief Content Officer: Melinda Lee
Melinda Lee began her professional life as an attorney out of college, but transitioned into the media business. She admits that she’s always had a passion for pop culture and being in the media business in some form, but didn’t think it ...
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34:24
NotCo CEO & Co-Founder: Matias Muchnick
Our guest today is Matias Muchnick, co-founder & CEO of NotCo – A Chile-based AI-driven food technology company that is redefining food. They’ve raised over $110 million dollars, including a big investment from Jeff Bezos! So, y...
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31:39
Zillow Former CEO & Co-Founder: Spencer Rascoff
Today's guest is Spencer Rascoff. If you're reading this you probably know who Spencer is, but in case you don't, he most known for co-founding Zillow Group and was the CEO for a long time before stepping down in 2019 to focus on his new ventur...
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