Podcasts

André Christ is co-founder and co-CEO of LeanIX. André's passion lies in enabling organizations and their employees to build better products by moving to a modern IT architecture. Before André co-founded LeanIX, a software-as-a-service vendor, he gained extensive experience as a management consultant at the world’s largest logistics company. In this role, he advised CIOs and IT leaders on strategic topics at the interface of business and IT. Projects included the execution of a global IT complexity reduction program and the definition of an IT service and cost charging model for their world-wide data centers. During his studies of information science in Germany and France, he built modern software architectures for both startups and large enterprises. He is a global thought leader and has spoken at several high-influence industry events including Gartner’s EA Summit, Hamburger IT Strategy Days and Rethink! IT.

Paulina Gonzalez-Brito is executive director of the California Reinvestment Coalition.

Luis Granados is executive director of the Mission Economic Development Agency and serves as the Board Chair of the California Reinvestment Coalition.

Erik Strud, CFP, is CEO and cofounder of Concentus Wealth Management.

The 32-year-old vice president of the technology practice at Parker, Smith and Feek motivates employees to seek high quality providers for affordable procedures.

HUB International Midwest’s Bethany Radloff helps employers in Madison, Wis., deploy compensation surveys and refresh benefits to keep talent.

The employment law firm launched the Pay Equity Assessment Tool, which helps HR managers assess risk and identify solutions.

Joe Alberti is Vice President of Specialty Programs and Products at Fortegra where he leads underwriting, merger and acquisition, product management, sales, and accounting efforts in the company’s specialty division. A graduate of Northern Illinois University, Joe is a CPA by trade and previously served in commercial and financial planning, financial analysis, audit and transaction roles for the likes of Pregis Corporation, Duff & Phelps, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

HUB International adviser Melissa Koontz works to oppose legislation that undermines her Washington state school district clients.

Rising Star in Advising Rachel Miner has been in the field for just over three years, fixed on improving transparency and health costs for her clients.