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TMBS Ep 22: Barbara Eden at the Independent Films Expo

October 15, 2019 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS Ep 22: Barbara Eden at the Independent Films Expo

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Guests:

Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead, August 23, 1931) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and singer, best known for her starring role of “Jeannie” in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

Eden began her television career as a semi-regular on The Johnny Carson Show in 1955 She also made featured appearances on shows such as The West Point Story, Highway Patrol, Private Secretary, I Love Lucy, The Millionaire, Target: The Corruptors!, Crossroads, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, December Bride, Bachelor Father, Father Knows Best, Adventures in Paradise, The Andy Griffith Show, Cain’s Hundred, Saints and Sinners, The Virginian, Slattery’s People, The Rogues, and the series finale of Route 66. She guest-starred in four episodes of Burke’s Law, playing different roles each time. She was an uncredited extra in the movie The Tarnished Angels with Rock Hudson, in partnership with 20th Century Fox studios. She then starred in the syndicated comedy TV series How to Marry a Millionaire, based on the 1953 film of the same name. The list goes on and on!

Her last film for 20th Century Fox was The Yellow Canary (1963). She left Fox and began guest-starring in television shows and acting in films for MGM, Universal, and Columbia. She played supporting roles over the next few years, including The Brass Bottle and 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.

TMBS Ep 21: Call for Code w/ Daniel Krook WNIB

October 14, 2019 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS Ep 21: Call for Code w/ Daniel Krook WNIB

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Daniel Krook is the Chief Technology Officer of IBM Code and Response and Call for Code, a multi-year competition that inspires developers to create sustainable software solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. He ensures that those ideas are delivered where they can make the greatest impact as CTO of the IBM Code and Response Initiative.

Most recently seen with Hurricane Dorian, the impact of devastating wildfires, landslides, hurricanes and other natural disasters continues to grow every year – but with the help of the global developer community and open source technologies, we have the potential to significantly improve preparedness for natural disasters and accelerate relief when they hit this is where the “Call for Code” comes in right Daniel?

Enter Call for Code, a $30 million, five-year global challenge that unites developers to create applications powered by open-source technology that can tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. Call for Code was launched by the David Clarke Cause alongside founding partner IBM in 2018. Now in its second year, the Call for Code program has engaged 24 million developers around the world).

This year, more than 180,000 independent and enterprise developers, data scientists, activists, and students from 165 nations participated to create technologies that can help local communities in need. These teams used data and open source-powered technology – including cloud, artificial intelligence, and blockchain – to create more than 5,000  applications.

The five finalists for this years’ Call for Code, were chosen from an elite group of top technology solutions around the world.

AsTeR (Europe) – During natural disasters, emergency call centers are overwhelmed and lack the human resources to deal with the sudden uptick in calls. Project AsTeR helps prioritize emergency call center calls during natural disasters, by their level of emergency, but transcribing calls and analyzing them to extract key information, such as the number of victims, type of emergency and location. AsTeR then provides first responders with a map identifying areas with high levels of emergency based on the number of people involved and the type of injuries.
Healios (North America) – Healios provides victims of natural disasters with high-quality mental healthcare by streamlining the process for caseworkers to connect with survivors who may be struggling after a traumatic experience. By leveraging the IBM Watson platform, Helios can provide high-quality mental healthcare at scale by way of a mobile application, compatible with both iOS and Android.
Prometeo (Europe) – Prometeo is a cognitive platform that collects data from IoT sensors worn by firefighters and sends it to Watson Studio, a Watson Machine Learning service, with professionals to monitor their health in real time, detect trends, and recommend intervention.
Rove (North America) – Project Rove is an emergency response solution that connects responders to victims deemed to be most in need. Natural language processing and crowdsourced SMS messaging first attempts to organize victim health, food, and hygiene needs by priority and location. Rove then groups and highlights at-risk victims on an interactive web dashboard, and uses real-time satellite imagery analysis to enable rescue workers to quickly reach victims by generating routes avoiding damaged buildings and roads.
Sparrow Platform (Asia Pacific) – Sparrow Platform is an open-source ecosystem that can ensure medical and psychological preparedness, well-being, and recovery. By leveraging AI, IoT, mesh networks, and cloud, Sparrow enables ubiquitous access to medical help, medical records, information and alerts during and after disasters.

 The global initiative culminates on Saturday, October 12th when the 2019 Call for Code winner was announced during an awards ceremony at the United Nations Delegates Dining Room in New York City. The winning team will receive a cash prize of USD $200,000 and support from IBM, The Linux Foundation, and other partners interested in turning the winning idea into a real-world, open-sourced deployment to benefit communities in need. Second, third, fourth and fifth-place winners also receive a cash price.

 The winning solution will be further developed and deployed via IBM Code and Response, an initiative in collaboration with of some of the world’s leading disaster, technology, and human rights organizations including: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative University, The Linux Foundation, AT&T, FirstNet Authority, Consumer Technology Association Foundation, and Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies. Code and Response is currently piloting Project Owl, the winning solution from Call for Code 2018, in regions recently affected by natural disasters, including Puerto Rico and Houston, Texas.  

For more information please visit: callforcode.org

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TMBS E20: Daryl F. Mallett, Caribou Pictures

October 11, 2019 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E20: Daryl F. Mallett, Caribou Pictures

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Daryl F. Mallett – Partner at Caribou Moving Pictures / Chair of the Arizona Film Expo

6008 S. Sweet Birch LaneCity:

Tucson, AZ 85747

480/275-0232

Email: darylmallett@aol.com

Daryl Mallett is the Chairman of the Arizona Film Expo, an award-winning actor, producer, writer and a partner at Caribou Moving Pictures LLC. Daryl is a Christian and father of three beautiful children. During this podcast, Daryl and Mark talked about the Independent Film Industry here in Tucson and the financial ramifications of that but before we do, your own career as an actor in both film and Stage has been quite diverse. Carmady’s People: The Case of the Reluctant Major (1986), “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987- 94), Then some Star Trek’s (Star Trek VI): The Undiscovered Country (1991), “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (1993-99).

Daryl was the Producer on short film Retro–causality (2019), Assistant to the Producers on The Message (2004) and Associate Producer on Illusion (2005) and currently serving as writer and producer on a dramatic TV series in development called “Falcon Field”, based on his history book of the same name, in development.

Daryl has won a few awards, including an award-winning stage actor appearing in over a dozen productions, including “Pirates of Penzance” for the Carson Civic Light Opera and won a Drama-Logue Award and an Ebenezer Award for his performance in “A Christmas Carol” (1991).)

As an author, Daryl has published 19 books, has edited over 50 books and has a few more coming in the next two years.
He also heads up something very important for the State of Arizona and it’s happening right here in Tucson.

While actors and crew in Hollywood can be picky and choosy about their shooting locations, actors and crew in Arizona tend to view the entire state as local. Also, since attracting financing from outside the state, many here are willing to travel throughout the state to work on projects and assist each other. Although this is awesome and admirable, there exists a great need for better, centralized communication within the state film industry so we can know what is happening throughout Arizona.

The Arizona Film Expo will be a business exposition and conference for Arizona filmmakers, actors, directors, producers, writers, and crew members to:

Network: Get together with the greatest number of Arizona (and external) film industry professionals at once;
Disseminate and Gather Information: Find out and tell what is being worked on throughout our state and who/what resources are available here;
Build: Enlist support and financing from colleagues, businesses and other people in the greater Arizona community;
Educate: Workshops, how-tos, panels, and programming;
Show Off: Show the greater Arizona community, Hollywood and the rest of the country that we’re still here and we’re still a place to come and make movies;
Buy/Sell: Part of the expo includes tables and booths for vendors. We will also have agents, managers and distributors in attendance, have pitch sessions and more.
The event will consist of trade show floor and display tables for vendors and industry professionals; cities and towns; tourist attractions; supporting industries; chambers of commerce; economic development officials and more.

TMB E21: Daryl F. Mallett, Independent Films in Tucson

October 10, 2019 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMB E21: Daryl F. Mallett, Independent Films in Tucson

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GUEST:
Daryl F. Mallett, Partner at Caribou Moving Pictures / Chair of the Arizona Film Expo
Caribou Moving Pictures / Arizona Film Expo
6008 S. Sweet Birch LaneCity: TucsonState: AZZip: 85747
480/275-0232
darylmallett@aol.com
www.arizonafilmexpo.com
www.imdb.com/name/nm9585272/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebooks 1 | Facebook 2 | LinkedIn | Twitter |

Daryl Mallett is the Chairman of the Arizona Film Expo, an award-winning actor, producer, writer and a partner at Caribou Moving Pictures LLC. Daryl is a Christian and father of three beautiful children. During this podcast, Daryl and Mark talked about the Independent Film Industry here in Tucson and the financial ramifications of that but before we do, your own career as an actor in both film and Stage has been quite diverse. Carmady’s People: The Case of the Reluctant Major (1986), “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987- 94), Then some Star Trek’s (Star Trek VI): The Undiscovered Country (1991), “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (1993-99).

Daryl was the Producer on short film Retro–causality (2019), Assistant to the Producers on The Message (2004) and Associate Producer on Illusion (2005) and currently serving as writer and producer on a dramatic TV series in development called “Falcon Field”, based on his history book of the same name, in development.

While actors and crew in Hollywood can be picky and choosy about their shooting locations, actors and crew in Arizona tend to view the entire state as local. Also, since attracting financing from outside the state, many here are willing to travel throughout the state to work on projects and assist each other. Although this is awesome and admirable, there exists a great need for better, centralized communication within the state film industry so we can know what is happening throughout Arizona.

The Arizona Film Expo will be a business exposition and conference for Arizona filmmakers, actors, directors, producers, writers, and crew members to:

Network: Get together with the greatest number of Arizona (and external) film industry professionals at once;
Disseminate and Gather Information: Find out and tell what is being worked on throughout our state and who/what resources are available here;
Build: Enlist support and financing from colleagues, businesses and other people in the greater Arizona community;
Educate: Workshops, how-tos, panels, and programming;
Show Off: Show the greater Arizona community, Hollywood and the rest of the country that we’re still here and we’re still a place to come and make movies;
Buy/Sell: Part of the expo includes tables and booths for vendors. We will also have agents, managers and distributors in attendance, have pitch sessions and more.

The event will consist of trade show floor and display tables for vendors and industry professionals; cities and towns; tourist attractions; supporting industries; chambers of commerce; economic development officials and more.

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TMBS E19: Karl Groveneur, Vice President at MKE Tech

October 10, 2019 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E19: Karl Groveneur, Vice President at MKE Tech

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MKE Tech Hub Coalition Bringing More Tech Workers to Milwaukee

Karl Gouverneur, Vice President of Digital Workplace, Corporate Solutions, and Head of Digital Innovation at Northwestern Mutual.

The MKE Tech Hub Coalition is a cross-industry partnership. The Coalition’s vision and the ways in which it will engage the business community, involves education institutions, organizations, and individuals who share the same goal of advancing tech and innovation in the region correct.

In this role, the Coalition’s focused on providing a digital core to enable efficiency and flexibility that enriches the experience of the company’s employees. He does this by partnering with business areas across the enterprise to integrate technology with the company’s business strategies and objectives.

There’s been a lot of great work over the last two years by dozens of Milwaukee companies and organizations that share the goal of growing technology and innovation in southeast Wisconsin. This includes a rather unique collaboration to advance this work, including five local companies, Accenture, Advocate Aurora Health, Kohl’s, Northwestern Mutual and Rockwell Automation, are forming a cross-industry partnership and investing more than $5 million to form the MKE Tech Hub Coalition, a unique collaboration to bolster and grow the Milwaukee region’s economy.

All businesses need tech workers, not just what would traditionally be labeled technology companies. So it is about bringing more tech workers to Milwaukee, which will help local businesses across a spectrum of industries. Technology is impacting the pace of change and talent needs across all industries. The primary objective of the Coalition is to increase the number of tech workers in Milwaukee, which is critical for the region to help the local business economy remain vibrant).

The MKE Tech Hub Coalition is focused on growing, attracting and retaining leading tech talent. Growing the number of tech startups in the region, expanding the number of tech companies that relocate or grow to Milwaukee, creating a vision and image for the region that attracts tech workers and calling out freelancers).

For more information please visit: MKETech.org

TMBS w/ John Doc Fuller, Prison Coach Ep 18

October 10, 2019 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS w/ John Doc Fuller, Prison Coach Ep 18

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John Doc Fuller, President CEO
Prison Coach Speaking & Consulting
24 William Street,
North Arlington, NJ 07031
732-406-2834
Email: docfuller@prisoncoachspeaking.com
prisoncoachspeaking.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter |

John experienced the worst of humankind behind bars. But, he refused to let that destroy him. He vowed that he would turn his life around and encourage others living on the edge to do so as well. As soon as John was released in 2002, he began coaching others who were facing incarceration about how to make the best of their time in prison. In 2004, he formalized his coaching by founding Prison Coach Speaking. He is the most sought-after prison coaches in the world.

In addition to being a nationally-renowned prison coach, John is also an acclaimed motivational speaker and author. John energizes his audiences to live his motto – Motivation. Determination. Transformation. John is living proof that no matter how bleak a situation is, motivation and determination can lead to transformation.

John is active throughout the country assisting organizations looking to implement prison re-entry programs

John is also the author of two books:

The Ten Prison Commandments: The Ten Rules You Must Know Before You Enter a County Jail, State or Federal Prison

John is an active contributor to ABC, NBC, FOX, Entertainment Tonight and Hollywood Access.

SBBV E11: Youth On Their Own, Elizabeth Slater, CEO

October 9, 2019 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

SBBV E11: Youth On Their Own, Elizabeth Slater, CEO

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GUEST;

Elizabeth Slater, CEO
Youth On Their Own
1660 N Alvernon Way,
Tucson, AZ 85712
(520) 293-1136
eslater@yoto.org
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

Elizabeth Slater is a youth advocate who is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer for Youth On Their Own. YOTO is a nonprofit organization that supports the high school graduation and continued success of teens experiencing homelessness. Over the past two decades, Elizabeth has worked with teens in professional and volunteer capacities including education coach, health advocate, and safe housing proponent. Elizabeth completed a decade of service with AmeriCorps, developing and evaluating dropout prevention programs in urban public schools. She is also a professional fundraiser and has secured over $900M in funding for education programs and health services for low-income youth and families.

About Your Host, Stephanie Rising

A business coach and author, Stephanie Rising has helped over 100 small business owners achieve greater proficiency, profitability, and sanity. She specializes in navigating the complexities of family-owned companies and partnerships with 5 to 25 employees. An expert small business advocate, she provides objective problem solving and accountability that has led many of her clients to award-winning achievement. Her clients have represented a total of over $60M in annual revenues and 1,000 employees.

Stephanie specializes in DISC behavioral analysis and her book, DISC: Leverage Your Nature, Increase Your Sales, is available on Amazon. She outlines step-by-step tactics for building a marketing plan that is sustainable for each reader’s personality and speaks to their specific target market. Stephanie has led numerous well-received workshops on DISC-based marketing and applying behavioral analysis in business.

As an extension of her belief in promoting an educated and healthy community, Stephanie is a monthly sponsor of Youth On Their Own, which provides stipends, supplies, and mentorship to Tucson teens who are homeless through no fault of their own.  She also supports Temwani Children’s Foundation, which provides education, food, and hope to orphaned children impoverished by the effects of HIV/AIDS in Lusaka, Zambia in Africa. 

Stephanie’s podcast, Small Biz, Big Voices, is broadcast monthly on Tucson Business Radio X. Show notes, interview questions and additional coaching tips can be found on her Small Biz, Big Voices Facebook page.

Stephanie is available for executive team coaching, strategic planning retreats, and public speaking.

TMBS w/ Lisa Aimee Sturz, Red Herring Puppets Ep 17

September 28, 2019 by Sam Harrell

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS w/ Lisa Aimee Sturz, Red Herring Puppets Ep 17

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GUEST:
Lisa Aimee Sturz, Artistic Director/ Owner
Red Herring Puppets
4500 North Oracle Road, Suite 421
Tucson, AZ 85705
828-273-1488
lisa@redherringpuppets.com
www.redherringpuppets.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook |

Lisa Sturz has 40 years’ experience working in film, television, theatre, and educational settings. She has worked with Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Imagineering, Jim Henson Productions, NBC, PBS, the Ice Capades, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Silver Dollar City, Asheville Symphony, and many more.

She is the Artistic Director of Red Herring Puppets, a national touring company specializing in curriculum-based performances. She has an MFA in Puppetry from UCLA and has taught at CalPoly, Grinnell, & Warren Wilson colleges and led hundreds of in-school residencies.

Red Herring Puppets have been featured at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, the Puppet Showplace in Brookline, Ma., and the 1st International Puppet Fringe Festival in NYC. They have earned a California Emmy and a UNIMA citation, the highest honor in American puppetry.

Their adult production of “My Grandfather’s Prayers” has been tapped to air internationally on JLTV. Other films and TV credits include Murphy Brown, Puzzle Place, Elmo in Grouchland, Muppets from Space, Howard the Duck, the Flintstones, Ninja Turtles III, Roger Rabbit, Gremlins II, RoboCop 2 and Batman Returns.

HW&W Ep 12: Tax Law, Social Services, Finance

September 27, 2019 by Sam Harrell

Business RadioX® Community

HW&W Ep 12: Tax Law, Social Services, Finance

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GUESTS:

Hubert Johnson, Attorney at Law
Guardian Tax Law
1110 E Pennsylvania St Ste. 406
Tucson, AZ 85714
520-849-6247
hjohnson@guardiantaxlaw.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | LinkedIn |

Hubert Johnson started his tax law career in 2009 working his way up to Lead tax team attorney and manager for multiple departments for an RLD Tax firm.  In 2012, he became a tax attorney for OIC Tax where he established an Offer In Compromise program.  He was also a Graduate Tax Law Professor and Lecturer at Baruch College and Tax Attorney at Melnick Law Firm.  In 2015, he joined Tax Tiger, where he helped launch and build a franchise.

Mr. Johnson was admitted to the Idaho Bar in 2007 and the California Bar in 2008.  He graduated from the McGeorge School of Law, the University of the Pacific in 2007.  He was a Summa Cum Laude undergraduate at CSU Sacramento and was also on the Deans List in Law School

Mr. Johnson has also given tax lectures in NY, Sacramento, and Roseville, and he has prepared educational videos on Personal and Business tax issues.  He has helped thousands of clients and businesses find resolutions and peace of mind including over 300 successful Offers In Compromise in one year.

Mr. Johnson offers Free Tax Consultations to help individuals and businesses know their rights and options with IRS and State taxes issues.

Diana Lonbeck, Thrivent Financial
Sponsor of 100+ Women Who Care Tucson
215 W Giaconda Way Ste 131
Tucson, AZ 85704
520-444-5910
diana.lonbeck@thrivent.com
connect.thrivent.com/lonbeck-financial-team/
100womenwhocaretucson.org/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | LinkedIn |

Diana has been married to her husband for over 10 years and they have three children: 25, 5 and 3. Diana and her family enjoy spending time outdoors with their 3 dogs and enjoy traveling back to their hometown in California to see their extended family and friends. In Diana’s day job she works for Thrivent Financial as a financial planner where she helps her members to be wise with money and help them to find ways to be generous. Diana is also a board member with More Than A Bed, a foster, and adoptive resource center. She is very proud to be a part of this great organization helping these families. Diana is also very involved with an organization called 100+ Women Who Care. She is one of the founding members of the Tucson chapter that was started by Desha Bymers Davis surrounded by her amazing leadership team back in September of 2015. 100+ WWC has collectively given over $230,000 in the last 4 years. How does 100+ WWC give so much? They meet every quarter and each woman agrees to give $100 to the charity with the majority vote. We have about 250 members so each charity receives about $25,000. We are looking to grow our membership to 500 so we can give $50,000 every quarter. It is a wonderful way to collaborate with other women to make a meaningful impact in our community.

Barbara McClure, Executive Director
Impact of Southern Arizona
3535 E Hawser St
Tucson, AZ 85739
206-915-0919
barbara@impactsoaz.org
impactsoaz.org
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Twitter |

Barbara McClure wakes up each morning passionate about going to work at a place that improves lives and inspires futures every day! She has been the Executive Director of a Tucson social service nonprofit called IMPACT of Southern Arizona, for ten years. As a visionary and planner with decades of experience as a small business owner and in nonprofit leadership, her innovative ideas and strategic thinking, along with a talent for bringing the community together, have helped grow IMPACT five-fold in a short time. Barbara’s talents and interests are diverse but all center around helping people, improving community, bolstering education, building capacity and sustainability, being vocal about the rights and conditions of others, experiencing art, nurturing all inhabitants of her garden, and enjoying life to the fullest. She and her family have found their perfect, permanent destination in the southwest desert of Arizona.

About the Host

Karen M. Fisher
Senior Loan Officer
NMLS ID# 180167 – AZ MLO Lic# 0911886

Summit Funding, Inc.
5151 E. Broadway Blvd., Ste. 700
Tucson, AZ 85711
Branch NMLS ID# 1464335 – Summit Funding, Inc NMLS ID#3199
AZ Lic# 0925837 – Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 447-2279 Direct Phone
Karen.Fisher@SummitFunding.net
www.OurNeighborsOurHeroes.com

As a Senior Loan Officer, I originate residential home loans (1-4 Units) for purchase or refinance transactions for owner-occupied, second homes or investment properties. I am licensed in the State of Arizona; however, I can connect you to great mortgage loan officers anywhere in the United States or Canada. I have been a loan officer for just over 20 years. In the prior 17 years, I was a Realtor, an Associate Broker, Branch Manager, and Designated Broker. My beloved husband Scott and I have been married for over 37 years, we have an awesome daughter Allison who is engaged to her Gonzaga University sweetheart, Enrique. I love to read, travel, hike, golf, camp, entrepreneurial ideas, inventions, animals and children. My key to success is to focus on excellence, not perfection and being growth-minded.