ShandeeLand
204 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJoin CertiStar CEO, Shandee Chernow, as she explores food allergies, business, and life’s moments. Each week she will have special guests from all walks of life including chefs, restauranteurs, celebrities, food allergic innovators and other industry leaders. Feel inspired and motivated as you hear success stories and other incredible life experiences.
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Inspired by the Seas with Christopher Gould, VP of In-Park Revenue at SeaWorld San Diego
September 07, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBChristopher Gould is Vice President of In-Park Revenue at SeaWorld San Diego. He is responsible for the lead operations and strategy of food & beverage, retail, photo, and ancillary revenue at California's parks (including SeaWorld San Diego, Aquatica, and Sesame Place). He shares his inside tips, hidden secrets, and favorite parts of the parks. He even goes so far as to fulfill his theme park fantasy. Chris shares interview techniques to find the best talent and for getting at what lies...
Kathlena, The Allergy Chef: Her Mission is for Others to Benefit from her Disease
September 03, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBKathlena is the Allergy Chef. She has over 200 food allergies and intolerances. She is down to 9 safe foods that she can eat. Additionally, most of the members of her household also suffer from food allergies that are different from the rest. Although she cannot eat the food, her mission is to help people find their safe foods. This is a story of someone who faced many hardships growing up and has now formed an incredible team that offers help to those in need. She has a recipe blog an...
Taking Risks with Food Artist Stephan C. Baity
August 29, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBChef Stephan C. Baity is the Director of Culinary Campus Services for Wofford College. He is also the founder of Pop’s Secret Seasoning by Stephan C. Baity, a memorial to his dad. And Chef Stephan’s business name is Graffiti Carving. He grew up in the kitchen, and cooking served dual purposes of feeding his family and his creative outlet. He started doing carving competitions because he wanted to be a cool dad and realized he hadn’t taken significant risks in his life. He began his first ...
Alleviating the Loneliness of Being a Food Allergy Parent with Priscilla Hernandez
August 24, 2021 20:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBWe are honored to have a driving force for the food allergy community, Priscilla Hernandez, join this week's episode. Her mission is to enlighten and educate people about food allergies, and she is succeeding in multiple ways. Her son, Zachy, has been diagnosed with multiple food allergies, and she shares their food allergy journey from Zacky's diagnosis to her advocacy work. She was astounded by the complexity of the school system and saw an opportunity to provide a solution. With her backg...
Discussing the Logistics of FUN with Nancy Hamlin, Senior Vice President of In-Park Resale at Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
August 19, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBThe Senior Vice President of In-Park Resale at Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, Nancy Hamlin, shares her professional journey and experiences. Logistics is what she is excellent at, and intense planning for large-scale events is where she is happiest. Her work in hospitality and the entertainment industry is impressive. She shares the mistakes she never saw coming and lessons learned. Nancy talks about her best practices for addressing the challenges of the pandemic and shares her succes...
Shaping How We Think, Feel, and Act with Swapnil Patel
August 15, 2021 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB"Epi, You're My Best Friend" is written by the creative brilliance of Swapnil Patel. He self-published this children's board book to help educate his daughter and other young children with food allergies on the importance of bringing epinephrine (Epi) everywhere. Swapnili's Café, which provides food allergy resources, is his side hustle to his work in advertising. In this week's episode, Swapnil discusses his career and answers if advertising is anything like the media makes it seem (Mad M...
Chef Rick Petralia on Fazoli's Partnership with CertiStar
August 12, 2021 18:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBWe were honored to have Fazoli's Director of Culinary Innovation, Rick Petralia, join this week's episode. Chef Rick had a long and distinguished career in operations before taking on a role as chef. He shares his incredible journey from a math major to chef and how one cook calling in sick changed everything. He discusses the importance of cross-training and how working in operations made him a better chef. You'll also hear Rick's valuable insights on innovation and technology as CertiStar'...
Her Unconventional Journey with Dr. Reneé Matthews
August 08, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBDr. Reneé Matthews is a medical doctor that does not practice medicine in the traditional sense but educates about health in all media forms. She is a medical expert and correspondent, a professional health educator, blogger, author, speaker, and host. She hosts "Out of Office with Dr. Reneé," a part of Outcome Health, and is seen in 45,000+ doctors' offices across the US. She also hosts "Ask Dr. Reneé" which premiered as a platform to motivate and inspire people to live the life they deserv...
A Solid Track to Success with Chef Michael Mauri
August 05, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBChef Michael Mauri, Chef Instructor for Bistro 13 at East Valley Institute of Technology, has 30 years in the restaurant and hospitality arena. He discusses the limitless career path possibilities and hospitality opportunities available to students today and Michael has done many throughout his notable career. He shares his thoughts about teaching, mentoring, and instructing and how to get the best out of novices. Michael talks about running a restaurant as a learning tool and preparing h...
Lending Her Voice to the Food Allergy Community with Kortney Kwong Hing
August 01, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBKortney Kwong Hing was diagnosed with a peanut allergy as a young child and had multiple food allergies develop as an adult. She also suffers from oral allergy syndrome, asthma, and eczema. Kortney became involved in the allergy community by beginning the blog, Allergy Girl Eats. After writing for many years, she felt that her personal story had been told and she searched for life balance. She wanted to continue to advocate for and support the food allergy community. She does this by wri...
Hitting all the Right Buttons in His Soul with Bonefish Grill Chef Justin Fields
July 29, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBChef Justin Fields is Corporate Executive Chef and Director of Research and Development at Bonefish Grill & Bloomin’ Brands International™. Justin is creative and artsy; he is passionate and inspiring. And it all comes out in his love of cooking and is evident in this week’s conversation with Shandee. Justin attended the Culinary Arts program in high school where his desire for the culinary the arts began; it was another way to express his creativity. He shares his professional journey f...
Staying Safe with Food Allergies with Dr. Charise Barnes
July 25, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBDr. Charise Grant Barnes is a clinical pharmacist who is passionately advocating and supporting individuals and families diagnosed with food allergies. She combines her personal food allergy journey experiences with her pharmacy career and entrepreneur interests to provide a support system for others. Her mission is to bring awareness to food allergies, especially since her own son has been allergic to peanuts and tree nuts since he was a young child and she has an adult-onset food allergy....
Living Empowered and Without Limits with Lori Moussapour
July 22, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBLori Moussapour is a therapist, life coach, and educator. She is the founder of To Empower U and its two specialty divisions, Food Allergy U and To Inspire U, specializing in food allergy support, education, and empowerment. Her focus is to empower others to live fully despite a food allergy diagnosis. She is especially committed to helping manage worry, stress, and anxiety by transforming perspectives through support and education. When her third child was diagnosed with an egg allergy, ...
Necessity is the Mother of Invention with Dr. Abby Herzig
July 18, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBDr. Abby Herzig is CEO and Co-Founder of Belay, an innovative app to manage food allergies and confidently share important information with a network of caregivers. A mom of three, one being a child with life threatening food allergies, she suffered from anxiety when handing him to someone else to care for him. She recognized many safety gaps in daycares, preschools, and schools and mitigated her anxiety by building solutions for the unmet needs of children and families affected by the foo...
Often Imitated, Never Duplicated with Michael Garozzo
July 15, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBMichael Garozzo founded Garozzo’s Ristorante in 1989. The restaurant business was a family business as his father, Salvatore and his uncle Alfio were waiters in fine restaurants all their lives and Michael followed his family’s traditions and started as a busboy at the age of 13. Learning and being mentored by the best there is on the “Hill” in St. Louis, famous for its great Italian restaurants, Michael had always wanted to open his own establishment. The journey from busboy in St. Louis...
Food Allergy Keys to the Kingdom with Lizzie Reynolds
July 11, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBLizzie Reynolds, owner and authorized vacation planner of both “Platinum Mouse” and “Pixie Lizzie Magical Food Allergy Travel Agent”, knows all things Disney. Despite being adamantly against a vacation at Disneyland, she was persuaded to go and had her first true vacation and was able to worry less about her daughter’s multiple food allergies. She started to make trips to Disney Parks monthly and take Disney Cruises yearly and realized that she could help other families with food allergies...
Successfully Advocating for the Restaurant Industry with Dr. Emily Williams Knight
July 08, 2021 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBDr. Emily Williams Knight is the President and CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association and Education Foundation. From third grade, her life's mission has been to provide hospitality and education. Her ambition propelled her notable career as the television show "Hotel" inspired it all. Dr. Knight is impressively leading the restaurant industry through the COVID 19 pandemic by securing several waivers from Governor Abbott while also lobbying and securing federal support to help the restaur...
The Peanut Avenger with Dr. William Reisacher
July 04, 2021 20:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBDr. William Reisacher is an Otolaryngic Allergist at Weill Cornell Medical College who sees people with a wide range of ear, nose, throat, and allergy problems. While his clinical expertise lies in the diagnosis and management of airborne and food allergies in adults and children, he has also developed an allergy toothpaste to combat respiratory allergies. The toothpaste is designed to integrate into patients' everyday routines, desensitizing them to their allergen and boosting their immuni...
Local Sustainable Food with Justin Benedict
July 01, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBChef Justin Benedict is an experienced plant-based food specialist with a demonstrated ability working in the health wellness, foodservice, and sustainable agriculture industries and is a developing partner with Local Alternative Foods. Not preparing food ourselves has led to foods designed for preservation that are based on heavily processed ingredients. The nutritional destruction and high environmental footprint that occurs when heavy processing is done to food are at the heart of what J...
Pivoting Toward Self-Care with Hillary Tolle Carter, Food Allergy Advocate
June 27, 2021 20:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBHillary Tolle Carter is a food allergy mom and advocate, public relations specialist, speaker, writer, and community builder. She has two boys, ages 8 and 10, both with multiple, life-threatening food allergies. With the health challenges that both boys faced she immersed herself into her kids’ lives as mamas tend to do when taking on such great levels of worry. It was a lot of stress and a lot of work as food allergy management isn’t just any ordinary responsibility of parenthood. This...
It's All About the Experience with Frank Idris, Vice President of Resort Operations of LEGOLAND
June 24, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBFrank Idris, Vice President of Resort Operations, talks LEGOLAND. Franks shares behind-the-scenes explorations, secrets, and not-to-miss experiences for an unbelievable adventure. He talks a bit about the history and background of LEGOLAND that has made it the ultimate family destination. Listen to Frank’s professional journey and how working in many of the hospitality positions allowed him to learn all the ins-and-outs and aspects of each job. Frank chats about the challenges of the las...
Healthy Hedonism with Phoebe Lapine
June 20, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBPhoebe Lapine is a food and health writer, gluten-free chef, speaker, and the voice behind the award-winning blog ‘Feed Me Phoebe’. Phoebe’s debut memoir, ‘The Wellness Project’, chronicles her journey with the autoimmune disease, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. She is also the host of the ‘SIBO Made Simple’ podcast and author of the new book by the same name which helps those diagnosed and fighting Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). Phoebe shares her wellness journey from her first bi...
Healthy Hedonism
June 20, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBPhoebe Lapine is a food and health writer, gluten-free chef, speaker, and the voice behind the award-winning blog ‘Feed Me Phoebe’. Phoebe’s debut memoir, ‘The Wellness Project’, chronicles her journey with the autoimmune disease, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. She is also the host of the ‘SIBO Made Simple’ podcast and author of the new book by the same name which helps those diagnosed and fighting Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). Phoebe shares her wellness journey from her first bi...
Live a Chef's Life that you Love
June 17, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBMichael Matarazzo has an impressive resume. He was formally trained at The Culinary Institute of America. He was named USA’s Chef of the Year by The American Culinary Federation. He has been to the Culinary Olympics both as a competitor and coach. He is an ACF Certified Competition Judge and has received numerous medals, both domestic and international in his 20 year culinary career and is currently the Executive Chef at Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Virginia and host of “...
Live a Chef's Life that you Love with Michael Matarazzo, CEC
June 17, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBMichael Matarazzo has an impressive resume. He was formally trained at The Culinary Institute of America. He was named USA’s Chef of the Year by The American Culinary Federation. He has been to the Culinary Olympics both as a competitor and coach. He is an ACF Certified Competition Judge and has received numerous medals, both domestic and international in his 20 year culinary career and is currently the Executive Chef at Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Virginia and host of “...
The Power of a Mother's Promise
June 13, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBSara Shannon knows a parent’s greatest grief. Her daughter, Sabrina, passed at the age of 13 due to an anaphylaxis reaction from inadvertently eating her food allergen during school lunch. Sara has worked tirelessly in her daughter's memory bestowing her name and her courageous spirit to Sabrina’s Law. Sabrina’s Law requires all Ontario Schools to establish and maintain an anaphylaxis policy to help students with serious allergies. This was the first legislation of its kind in the world a...
The Power of a Mother's Promise with Sara Shannon
June 13, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBSara Shannon knows a parent’s greatest grief. Her daughter, Sabrina, passed at the age of 13 due to an anaphylaxis reaction from inadvertently eating her food allergen during school lunch. Sara has worked tirelessly in her daughter's memory bestowing her name and her courageous spirit to Sabrina’s Law. Sabrina’s Law requires all Ontario Schools to establish and maintain an anaphylaxis policy to help students with serious allergies. This was the first legislation of its kind in the world a...
The Power of a Mother's Promise with Sara Shannon
June 13, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBSara Shannon knows a parent’s greatest grief. Her daughter, Sabrina, passed at the age of 13 due to an anaphylaxis reaction from inadvertently eating her food allergen during school lunch. Sara has worked tirelessly in her daughter's memory bestowing her name and her courageous spirit to Sabrina’s Law. Sabrina’s Law requires all Ontario Schools to establish and maintain an anaphylaxis policy to help students with serious allergies. This was the first legislation of its kind in the world a...
Honoring the Past and Building a Legacy
June 10, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBGreg Graber, CEO and Founder of Heritage Restaurant Brands, is a results-driven restaurant executive with extensive senior leadership experience. His diverse management portfolio includes Operations, Marketing, Facilities and Construction, Development, Purchasing, HR, and New Product Development. From beginning to end, Greg shares his wisdom from years of experience in this informative and interesting conversation. Listeners can expect stories of success and mistakes, as well as antidotes...
Honoring the Past and Building a Legacy with CEO and Founder of Heritage Restaurant Brands, Greg Graber
June 10, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBGreg Graber, CEO and Founder of Heritage Restaurant Brands, is a results-driven restaurant executive with extensive senior leadership experience. His diverse management portfolio includes Operations, Marketing, Facilities and Construction, Development, Purchasing, HR, and New Product Development. From beginning to end, Greg shares his wisdom from years of experience in this informative and interesting conversation. Listeners can expect stories of success and mistakes, as well as antidotes...
Food is a Feeling
June 06, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBCooking was always her first love, since Fourth Grade, and it is now her career and business. Chef Raechel Barfield, Founder of Māla Girl Broths, shares the beautiful story of her mom’s dream becoming her own and how this dream developed into an incredible business. Raechel shares her culinary journey and how it lead to the development of Māla Girl Broths. Her mission is to provide organically crafted broth and soup mixes that bring purpose to what you eat and sip.
Food is a Feeling with Chef Raechel Barfield, Founder of Māla Girl Broths
June 06, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBCooking was always her first love, since Fourth Grade, and it is now her career and business. Chef Raechel Barfield, Founder of Māla Girl Broths, shares the beautiful story of her mom’s dream becoming her own and how this dream developed into an incredible business. Raechel shares her culinary journey and how it lead to the development of Māla Girl Broths. Her mission is to provide organically crafted broth and soup mixes that bring purpose to what you eat and sip.
Customer First, Customer Always with Brian Wayne, VP of Customer Success at QSR Automations
June 03, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBBrian Wayne, VP of Customer Success at QSR Automations, joins Shandee to discuss how Covid-19 affected restaurant off-premise technology and the nuances of balancing technology and operations with guest experiences. Brian leads the Implementation, Project Management Training, and Support Services groups, guiding customers to get the most out of QSR products. He shares his experiences, priorities, and difficulties being in a customer success position and shares his favorite part of leading ...
Customer First, Customer Always
June 03, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBBrian Wayne, VP of Customer Success at QSR Automations, joins Shandee to discuss how Covid-19 affected restaurant off-premise technology and the nuances of balancing technology and operations with guest experiences. Brian leads the Implementation, Project Management Training, and Support Services groups, guiding customers to get the most out of QSR products. He shares his experiences, priorities, and difficulties being in a customer success position and shares his favorite part of leading ...
Empowering Children Through the Written Word with Rebecca Greene
May 30, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBRebecca Greene is an author, licensed social worker, and food allergy awareness advocate. She writes inspiring stories to empower children and help them overcome challenges. In this episode, Rebecca shares her son's food allergy journey and the anxiety that overwhelmed her. We also get to hear about how she found inspiration in writing a picture book series with an important central theme: allergies! A discussion ensues between Rebecca and Shandee about the mental health aspects of having ...
Empowering Children Through the Written Word
May 30, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBRebecca Greene is an author, licensed social worker, and food allergy awareness advocate. She writes inspiring stories to empower children and help them overcome challenges. In this episode, Rebecca shares her son's food allergy journey and the anxiety that overwhelmed her. We also get to hear about how she found inspiration in writing a picture book series with an important central theme: allergies! A discussion ensues between Rebecca and Shandee about the mental health aspects of having ...
Success During a Pandemic with Tom Fricke, CEO of Bar Louis
May 27, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBFor this week’s episode, Shandee welcomes Tom Fricke, CEO of Bar Louis, for an informative and insightful conversation. Tom discusses the shifts that the business made during Covid-19 and how they completed 5 to 10 years of changes in the last year and exited it with a better and completely different business. He shares his career journey and the whos and the whats that helped him evolve his leadership philosophy and why it is important to him to send hand-written communication. Please tu...
Success During a Pandemic
May 27, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBFor this week’s episode, Shandee welcomes Tom Fricke, CEO of Bar Louis, for an informative and insightful conversation. Tom discusses the shifts that the business made during Covid-19 and how they completed 5 to 10 years of changes in the last year and exited it with a better and completely different business. He shares his career journey and the whos and the whats that helped him evolve his leadership philosophy and why it is important to him to send hand-written communication. Please tu...
Let Them Eat (Chocolate) Cake
May 23, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBSarah Matheson is Co-Founder and Creative Director of Hungry Harry’s – a food allergy-friendly food company with five baking mixes that are free from the Top-14 food allergens. Sarah, the consummate storyteller, shares the incredible account of Harry’s first reaction while the family was traveling in Thailand and how that experience led her to create Hungry Harry’s. She offers her advice on traveling with food allergy management in mind. Sarah and Shandee discuss the differences between...
Let The Eat (Chocolate) Cake
May 23, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBSarah Matheson is Co-Founder and Creative Director of Hungry Harry’s – a food allergy-friendly food company with five baking mixes that are free from the Top-14 food allergens. Sarah, the consummate storyteller, shares the incredible account of Harry’s first reaction while the family was traveling in Thailand and how that experience led her to create Hungry Harry’s. She offers her advice on traveling with food allergy management in mind. Sarah and Shandee discuss the differences between...
The Future of Hospitality is Technology
May 20, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBWe welcome Pete Gibson, CIO/CTO for Johnny Rockets and Friendly’s Restaurant, to ShandeeLand for this week’s episode. Pete is responsible for all aspects of their technology program and IT organization. He sits down with Shandee and discusses why technology is a major enablement of a restaurant and how technology is improving hospitality. Interestingly, Pete had an integral part in developing Naval defense and intelligence systems. Pete likes to work with “think on your feet people” and ...
A Journalist’s Perspective: Exploring the Hospitality World
May 16, 2021 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBDanny Klein is the director of digital content at Food News Media, publisher of QSR and FSR magazines and he joins Shandee for this week’s podcast. They discuss the struggles restaurants have faced during Covid-19, how they adjusted and what the future may look like. He also shares the behind-the-scenes and day-to-day look of being a journalist while telling everyone why he loves it. He talks about how digital and social media have impacted journalism. Listen to find out where he lands ...
Being a Food Allergy Dad Makes Him a Better Food Allergy Doctor
May 13, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBIn our new episode, Shandee is joined by Dr. Edwin Kim. Dr. Kim is a food allergy dad and pediatric allergist and immunologist whose research focuses on food allergy, immunotherapy, and chronic idiopathic urticaria. He is currently the director of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative (UNC FAI), which investigates the biological basis of food allergy as well as new forms of immunotherapy as a treatment for food allergy. This episode is a wealth of information about food allergy testing and diagn...
Food Allergy Rock Star
May 09, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBWe kick off Food Allergy Awareness week with Kyle Dine, CEO and Founder of Equal Eats. Kyle shares his personal transformation as an 80’s child with limited information surrounding food allergies and taking risks and being dismissive about his allergies through a severe food allergy reaction in which he wasn’t prepared. The anaphylactic reaction was his moment to realize he needed to reevaluate his life and determined that his life’s mission was to help others. His professional journey inclu...
The Queen of Embarrassing Moments
May 06, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this week’s episode, Caroline Verdon joins Shandee to chat about her embarrassing moments and funny anecdotes she has from her years in the industry. We put on our headphones for a stimulating chat with this award-winning radio presenter, producer, journalist, and podcast host of "At Least You Didn't". This hysterical conversation will make you laugh out loud!
Food Allergy Advocacy Through Legislation
May 02, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this episode, Shandee converses with food allergy advocate Stacey Saiontz. Stacey’s journey into food allergy advocacy began because her son was diagnosed with 27 food allergies. Stacey works closely with FARE and has spearheaded the passage of several pieces of legislation in New York State, including training of educators to recognize anaphylaxis and how to treat it; and allowing students to self-carry prescribed epinephrine. Impressively, her son also supported the cause by championi...
Safety Through Science; Keeping the Supply Chain Cold
April 29, 2021 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBManik Suri, CEO and Founder of Therma, joined Shandee to discuss his mission to help protect our food, health and planet though smart technology. Therma builds safety and sustainability tools to eliminate food waste and improve energy efficiency to protect consumers and combat climate change. Therma is leading the way in smart technology to tackle the 1.6 billion ton food waste problem. Listen how.
Her Life’s Mission: Ending Food Allergies
April 25, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBMeenal Lele is the founder and CEO of Lil Mixins, an early food allergen introduction solution. When her 10-month-old son erupted in hives and his lip swelled after he ate an egg, she and her husband were baffled. All signs pointed to an allergic reaction, yet their baby had just been tested for food allergies and the results were negative for egg. One week after her son’s first food allergy reaction, the results of the Learning Early About Peanuts (LEAP) Study was released and showed that...
Food, Leadership & Technology
April 22, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBAs Revel Systems’ Chief Customer Officer, Leslie Leaf oversees all aspects of the post-sale customer journey including support and account management. Energetic and analytically minded with a background in IT, Leslie focuses on people, process, and technology improvements to minimize turn-over, improve customer satisfaction, and decrease support costs. Throughout the conversation, it is obvious how much she is dedicated to her craft and to her team. Her leadership team has been with her fo...
#50! Memorable Moments
April 18, 2021 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBWe have been honored to speak to 49 exceptional guests that we are celebrating on our 50th episode. Please join the team as they converse about a few of the many memorable exchanges Shandee had with the guests. CertiStar team members Richard Poczulp, Kelli Serrano and Marny Leary join Shandee as they cry, laugh and muse over a sampling of these conversations.