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  • bonus| Memorial Day 2024

    bonus| Memorial Day 2024
    May 27 2024

    On Memorial Day we thank the men and women who perished defending our freedom and liberty with a beautiful rendition of God Bless America and short speeches from President Reagan and President Clinton. They touch on the values we share, things we hold dear, and our duty to remember their ultimate sacrifice. Since the American Revolutionary War (our first) until today, about 2.3 million Americans have fallen —half of them during three wars: the Civil War, WWI and WWII. We remember them all.
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    4 mins
  • 045 Michelle Caruso-Cabrera| seize the moment

    045 Michelle Caruso-Cabrera| seize the moment
    May 21 2024

    MICHELLE’S BIO

    Michelle Caruso-Cabrera’s three decades of experience has been anchored at the nexus of finance, economic development, and communications. Michelle was the first Latina anchor at CNBC where she is now a Contributor and also served as the network’s Chief International Correspondent for over a decade. These trailblazing roles were preceded by serving as a news producer at Univision and she currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Wendy’s and Del Real Foods (a Palladium Equity owned company), and is President of the Board of Ballet Hispanico.

    She spent 20 years covering economic crises and international markets, has interviewed presidents, prime ministers, and CEOs, and has reported live from Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Greece, Italy, and Mexico, among many other locations. In 1993, she received an Emmy for a series she co-produced on the AIDS Crisis and Hispanic magazine has named her one of the most influential Hispanics in America. She is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of NY, and the Latino Corporate Directors Association. In 2020, she challenged AOC as a moderate alternative in New York’s 14th Congressional District’s primary.

    Michelle was born in Ohio of Cuban and Italian roots, she earned a BA in economics from Wellesley College.

    CHRISTY RELATED LINKS

    Wikipedia

    CNBC Profile

    On Cuba + China + Mozambique

    Wendy’s Board Profile

    Twitter

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    18 mins
  • 044 Matt Hay| soundtrack of silence

    044 Matt Hay| soundtrack of silence
    May 15 2024
    MATT’S BIO Matt’s story is remarkable for many reasons including his perseverance, resilience, grit, determination and disposition in the face of devastating circumstances. After learning he was going deaf in college, Matt decided to make a mental log of the songs that over the years connected him to the memories and moments that he most cherished. The start of his hearing loss happened in synchrony with him falling in love with his now wife – that combination resulted in him publishing “Soundtrack of Silence”, a vivid and moving memoir that documents the ups and downs, joys and hardships from his journey with the disruptive effects of NF-2. NF2-related schwannomatosis, previously known as neurofibromatosis (2) is a rare genetic disorder that is characterized by mostly noncancerous (benign) tumors of the nerves that transmit balance and sound impulses from the inner ears to the brain (bilateral acoustic neuromas/vestibular schwannomas). We talk about the happiness that music brings him and the irony of the fact that music is more important to him now that he can’t hear it unaided, as he puts it: “my ears don’t do much other than prevent my sunglasses from falling”. We also discuss what it’s like to start a career, fall in love and build a life while battling a rare disease. The story is very compelling: Channing Tatum and Paramount Pictures optioned the motion picture rights to Matt’s life story as told by Soundtrack of Silence. Starting while a sophomore in college, he sails through the first few years in denial, but as his hearing gets worse and his hearing aids get bigger, Matt realizes he wants to capture the sounds of his life: his girlfriend’s (now wife’s) voice, the click of her heels, and the songs of their youth. He starts listening to music with intention and intense appreciation. Behind each song, there is a coming-of-age story - topics like freedom, tragedy, beating the odds, try then try again, and of course falling in love. The story of overcoming the physical, mental and emotional challenges and his ultimately positive outlook on life is inspiring. When Matt isn’t adding tracks to his life’s playlist, he passionately supports the hearing loss community as a member of the Columbia University Genetic Counseling Advisory Board and served as a consultant to the St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf. He’s served as a congressional lobbyist for neurofibromatosis (NF) research funding, the genetic disorder that caused his hearing loss, and has raised money for NF research by doing endurance events, including an Ironman Triathlon and most recently, the Boston Marathon. Matt currently serves the rare disease community as the US Director of Advocacy for a global biopharmaceutical company and lives in Indiana, with his wife and three children. NOTE| This episode is longer than usual → ‘Top Of The Game (in) Overtime’ shows are released occasionally MATT RELATED LINKS McMillan Author Profile Wasserman Speaker Profile NPR Interview - All Things Considered Soundtrack of Silence on Amazon Children’s Tumor Foundation in his words GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: info@topofthegame-thepod.com THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS
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    27 mins
  • bonus| MOMS

    bonus| MOMS
    May 12 2024

    Today is Sunday May 12, 2024 and every year in the US the second Sunday of May is Mothers Day. On this bonus episode I asked people two questions 1) what makes their moms amazing and remarkable and 2) what are some of the biggest lessons you learned from her? These are their answers.
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    6 mins
  • 043 Dr. Elizabeth Wako| pillar of health

    043 Dr. Elizabeth Wako| pillar of health
    May 8 2024

    ELIZABETH’S BIO

    NOTE| This episode is longer than usual→ ‘Top Of The Game (in) Overtime’ shows are released occasionally

    In between immigrating from Ethiopia to America as a three-month old to running one of the largest healthcare systems in the country, a lot happens. In Dr. Wako’s case: she was a nurse who became a doctor who ended up being chief medical officer of a hospital campus, then running two as chief executive, and is now CEO & President of an entire system, Swedish Providence. If that is not enough, somehow while working full time as a doctor and hospital administrator and being a mom to four young children, she obtained an MBA. She is remarkably at the top of her game.

    As of the end of 2023, Swedish encompasses five hospital campuses, over 200 primary care and specialty clinics, 3700 physicians, 231,440 ER visits, just under 1 million outpatient visits, and almost $3 billion in revenue. With a career spanning three decades, Dr. Wako’s path in medicine began at the bedside, as a registered nurse caring for psychiatric patients. Seeking a broader role on the care team, she went on to medical school in Utah and then to the University of Washington where she completed a residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in perioperative medicine. Her past roles include chief medical officer and chief operating officer for Swedish’s First Hill campus, and chief executive officer for Swedish’s First Hill and Cherry Hill campuses.

    Elizabeth holds an associates of arts (AA) in nursing from Walla Walla Community College, a BS from University of Washington, an MD from University of Utah, and an Executive MBA at the University of Washington. She is as accomplished as she is quintessentially human and we can all learn from her, I certainly have. We talk about healthcare, science, communities, AI, capital investment, biases, what drives her, and the future of care in the United States.

    ELIZABETH RELATED LINKS

    Appointment as CEO

    The Future of Medicine and Telehealth - w/ T-Mobile

    On the $1.3 billion project in Seattle

    A conversation with Dr. Wako

    Partnership with Seattle Sounders - Communities

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    21 mins
  • 042 Navneet Govil| long horizon capital

    042 Navneet Govil| long horizon capital
    May 1 2024

    NAVNEET’S BIO

    Navneet Govil has come a very long way. He was born and raised in Zambia with a remarkable trajectory culminating in his current role: Executive Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Softbank Investment Advisers and its Softbank Vision Funds collectively managing the largest venture capital fund(s) in the world, well over $100 billion. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about venture capital, entrepreneurship, capital markets, IPOs, innovation, leadership, and of course→ AI.

    Navneet is Member of the Executive Committee (one of three) that leads the SoftBank Vision Funds, LatAm Funds and SoftBank Group International and is Member of Investment Committee. He oversees the firm’s operations, legal, compliance, finance, marketing, communications, valuations, risk, technology, portfolio monitoring, and human resources teams.He joined Softbank eight years ago and has been instrumental in deploying the fund’s capital, and more importantly, returning it to limited partners including via dozens of IPOs and other exits.

    Prior to joining SoftBank, Navneet held senior corporate officer roles for several publicly traded multinational corporations. Most recently as SVP of Finance at CA Technologies, preceded by positions at Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Pfizer, and Fortistar Capital. Naneet earned an MBA and a Master's degree in engineering from Cornell University where he was awarded a merit-based Knight Fellowship and an engineering fellowship.

    He currently serves on the boards of ElevateBio and Ridge Lane Partners.

    Disclaimer: I served on a Softbank affiliated public company board of directors with Navneet and our firms are common investors in a handful of companies. Our episode is informational only and listeners should not construe anything discussed or related materials as investment, financial, or other advice.

    NAVNEET RELATED LINKS

    SVF Profile

    Softbank Group (SFTBY) - Earnings Call

    On Tech & AI - Fortune

    CFO Evolution - Forbes

    Softbank Latin America

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    19 mins
  • 041 Christy Haubegger| intense media disruption

    041 Christy Haubegger| intense media disruption
    Apr 23 2024
    CHRISTY’S BIO This talk is a master class on the media & entertainment world and the disruptive forces changing it from someone who has been a media executive, trailblazing entrepreneur and Hollywood super-agent. Christy Haubegger most recently served as EVP of Communications and Chief Inclusion Officer for WarnerMedia leading an organization of 450 executives, spanning Communications, Corporate Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility. She oversaw all corporate communications and marketing for WarnerMedia as well as Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, CNN, TBS, and TNT. Prior to WarnerMedia, she spent 15 years as an Agent at leading entertainment and sports agency, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) where she also served on the Operations Committee. At CAA, she worked closely with clients such as Eva Longoria, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek, America Ferrera, among others and led the drive to increase the representation of women and people of color in the content business. USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative estimated that CAA grew the diversity of its roster by more than 1400% in her tenure. She also created CAA Amplify, an invitation-only convening of diverse artists and leaders from entertainment, sports, media, and brands, focused on accelerating the growth, value, and visibility of diversity in business. Amplify guests included Lee Daniels, Daniel Dae Kim, Carmelo Anthony, Hon. Xavier Becerra, Constance Wu, Shonda Rhimes, JJ Abrams, Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, Jon Chu, Ana DuVernay, Valerie Jarrett, Stevie Wonder, Hon. Susan Rice, Hon. Julian Castro, Ana Navarro, among others. Christy’s first foray into entertainment was in 2003, as a motion picture producer, with credits including the Fox film “Chasing Papi” and Oscar-winner James L. Brooks’ “Spanglish,” starring Adam Sandler. Prior to that, she founded and served as CEO of Latina magazine in 1996 and quickly became the leading media platform for U.S. Hispanic women. A real trailblazer and Latina pioneer, she was the youngest woman to be inducted into the American Advertising Federation & Advertising Hall of Achievement and has been profiled and interviewed by numerous media outlets including CNN, NPR, NBC Nightly News, Elle magazine, Vogue, Vanity Fair and the Today Show. Recently, the Hollywood Reporter named her on their list of the Most Powerful Latinos in Hollywood. Born and raised in Texas, she is the Mexican-American daughter of adoptive parents, received her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and her law degree from Stanford Law School. President Obama appointed her to the Commission on White House Fellows. She also served on the board of Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine until its sale to Blackstone in 2021 and currently serves on the boards of Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) and Liberty Trip Advisor Holdings (NASDAQ: LTRPA). CHRISTY RELATED LINKS Wikipedia Hudson Pacific - Board Profile Trip Advisor - Board Profile IMDB + CAA Speakers Hispanic Execuctive - Profile On Sundance - Variety GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: info@topofthegame-thepod.com THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS
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    20 mins
  • 040 Fred Rivera| baseball connecting community

    040 Fred Rivera| baseball connecting community
    Apr 16 2024

    FRED’S BIO

    Fred Rivera is as accomplished as he is a terrific human being and has had a remarkable career. He is one of the highest ranking (and few) Latinos in the business of American professional sports. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the Seattle Mariners, loves the game, started pitching as a young kid (great curveball), played in college, and deeply knows the economics of sports - and their positive impact on communities across America. We talk about school, multi generational influences, LA Law (the show), community fabric, leadership, and of course, emotional connections to baseball.

    His Mariners role was preceded by another big role: Fred served as Managing Partner of Perkins Coie’s Seattle office, one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the United States where he spent about two decades. He started his career in the 1990’s as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and in the early 2000’s he served as Vice President in charge of internal investigations at Fannie Mae.

    He serves on the boards of directors of Heritage Bank (NASDAQ: HFWA), Delta Dental of Washington and OAC Services, and ROOT Sports, the Mariners-owned regional sports network. He has been recognized in the U.S. News-Best Lawyers in America and as Director of the Year (2022) by the Puget Sound Business Journal. Fred also serves, or has served, as President of the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington, Regional President of the Hispanic National Bar Association and the boards of Rainier Scholars, Trustee of the King County Bar Association, Board of Directors of the Downtown Seattle Association, ArtsFund, and the United Way of King County, where he was Chairman.

    FRED RELATED LINKS

    Talking Baseball and More Baseball- KIRO7 News & KING5 News

    Heritage Financial Profile

    MCCA Profile

    Luminaries in Law - Seattle University

    Distinguished Alum Award - California State University

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    15 mins