Latest Agency leaders Podcast Episodes
George DeMet: On Building A Remote-First, Sustainable Business & Enabling Regeneration With Open Source
Humans Behind DX - September 10, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGeorge DeMet started building websites at a time when the internet was just emerging as a new medium of communication. And ever since for the past 25 years, he has worked in the field of Drupal, Open Source, and digital experiences through his business Palantir.net. His focus on creating a susta...
Teri Sun: Wild Safari Rides, B2Me, And Creating Augmented Reality Experiences
Humans Behind DX - July 29, 2021 15:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs the Chief Strategy Officer at White Rhino, Teri helps organizations in the B2B and healthcare industry build trust across their buyer's journey. With psychological and neuroscientific studies, her team uncovers what motivates audiences on a personal level to drive a deeper brand engagement. T...
Jessica Drislane: Private Equity, Lewis Carroll & Incubating The First Research Project Out Of Harvard
Humans Behind DX - May 10, 2021 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJessica Drislane started her career in Private equity, where she learned a ton of things crucial to be an entrepreneur. When she felt she needed to be in the thick of things, she took a hiatus from her Private equity world and explored a completely different area- art school. The new career pivo...
Jeff Walpole: Sales In Telecom, An Internal CRM System For NFL Players Association, & Tech Unites Us
Humans Behind DX - February 04, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingComputers piqued Jeff’s interest when he volunteered to help in addition to his sales responsibilities at his first job. Later he decided he wanted to work in software so he moved to Washington DC for better opportunities and eventually ended up forming his own company in 2001. Today, he has ser...
Jeff Walpole: Telecom Sales, Creating An Internal CRM System For The NFL, On How Tech Unites Us, & More
Humans Behind DX - February 04, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingComputers first piqued Jeff’s interest when he volunteered to help with them at his first job in addition to his sales responsibilities. After that, Jeff decided he wanted to work in software so he moved to Washington DC for bigger opportunities. In 2001 Jeff founded his agency, Phase2, which h...
Dave Terry: Nonlinear Paths, Answering A Tech Ad In Paper To Co-founding An Agency
Humans Behind DX - February 03, 2021 16:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHe started his first business in his mid-twenties, collaborating with a business partner out of a makeshift office: a one-bedroom apartment with a shared computer and one phone line. Years later Dave founded Mediacurrent with Paul Chason, a friend that goes back to his elementary school days, Th...
Michael Meyers: On Work Ethic, Startup Burnout, & Making Change At Acquia & Tag1
Humans Behind DX - February 03, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOne of Michael’s first jobs was working at the district of the high school he attended, installing closed-circuit and cable T.V. systems with a lift and a hammer drill. After graduating college, he worked for a hosting company building on Lotus Notes by day and working on his startup ideas at ni...
Mitchell Lawson: Rescue Swimming, Special Projects, & Man’s Search For Meaning
Humans Behind DX - December 22, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMitchell joined the US Navy at the age of 19 because he realized he didn’t have the maturity to continue college. After serving six years in the military, this rescue swimmer pursued his business administration degrees and took up a “Special Projects” position at a travel guidebook publishing co...
Bill Whitebone: Ditching the Comfort Zone, Drupal, EdTech & Racing Cars
Humans Behind DX - September 29, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhile studying environmental design at college, he became interested in the newly created World Wide Web, and found it aligned perfectly with the things he liked to do. Soon after, he pivoted over from engineering to project management, and further to customer success—before launching his own co...
Sam Zimmerman: Kitchens, Psychic TV, & Data Ethics
Humans Behind DX - July 07, 2020 20:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHe drives digital transformation roadmaps for some of the biggest nonprofits and NGOs the world over (e.g. UN Agencies like UNICEF) at the agency that led digital strategy for Barack Obama’s historic ‘08 presidential campaign. Meet Sam.
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