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Robert L. Mason - CEO of SPOC Energy (opens the original)
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What does it take to turn a bankruptcy, a padlocked warehouse, and a $30,000 loan from your father into a company on pace for a billion dollars in revenue, building critical infrastructure for the AI era…without losing the culture that got you there? Robert L. Mason is the Founder and CEO of SPOC Energy (formerly SPOC Automation), a company that designs and manufactures advanced power conversion and motor control automation for mission-critical infrastructure — from oil and gas wells and marine
Joseph DeMarco - Chief Procurement Officer at ABM Industries | Real Leadership (opens the original)
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What does it really take to turn procurement from “the department that says no” into a genuine strategic partner? In this episode, Jim sits down with Joseph DeMarco, Chief Procurement Officer at ABM Industries, one of the largest integrated facility services companies in the world. ABM keeps airports, hospitals, stadiums, warehouses, and office towers running behind the scenes, self-performing 70-85% of the work for more than 20,000 clients, including 57% of the Fortune 500. Joseph leads a team
Mark Hans Richer - Principal at Richer Confidential | Real Leadership (opens the original)
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What does it take to become the first-ever Chief Marketing Officer at two different companies? Mark-Hans Richer has done it twice — nine years at Harley-Davidson and nine years at Fortune Brands, with a nearly decade-long run at GM in between steering Chevy Trucks, GMC, and Pontiac. Along the way he's picked up two Cannes Gold Lions, three Gold Effies, a 2026 Leadership Orbie from Chicago CMO, and an induction into the American Advertising Federation's Hall of Fame. But Mark-Hans traces all of i
Tiffany Benjamin - CEO of The Humana Foundation | Real Leadership (opens the original)
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What does it look like to run philanthropy with the discipline of a business and the empathy of a social worker? Tiffany Benjamin is the CEO of the Humana Foundation, the philanthropic arm of one of the largest healthcare companies in the country. A Harvard-trained lawyer, she started at a major firm, spent several years as senior investigative counsel for Congress, and rose through Eli Lilly’s legal ranks before an unexpected turn — a corporate secretary assignment she never asked for — pulled
Dan Florness, CEO of Fastenal (opens the original)
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How do you lead an organization you can’t control? Dan Florness has spent 30 years answering that question at Fastenal and the last 11 as CEO of what is now a $9 billion industrial distributor operating in 26 countries. He joined as CFO in 1996, when the company’s run rate was about $250 million. Today, Fastenal does $37 million in revenue a day. It takes about a week to match a full year of the business Dan joined. But Dan never fit the CFO archetype. He ran a manufacturing division, dug into s
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