ROI’s Into the Corner Office Podcast: Powerhouse Middle Market CEOs Telling it Real—Unexpected Caree...

ROI’s Into the Corner Office Podcast: Powerhouse Middle Market CEOs Telling it Real—Unexpected Caree...

The road to the middle market CEO corner office is paved with mile markers that guide in surprising, unpredictable, and some might even say “mysterious” ways! But how do you get such a widely coveted position? This is the question often heard during decades of ROI’s executive search interviews, conducted with top-level executives. ROI’s Into the Corner Office podcast is a new inspiration and answer platform which premieres visionary tales of adventure with great endings and highlights, from powerhouse CEOs driving the formidable success of the U.S. economy’s middle market sector. The CEOs behind this impressive growth reveal insights which equipped them to lead their organizations. Showcasing dynamic leadership stories, Into the Corner Office dives into the heart of what informed and formed these CEOs. Guests share their backgrounds, talk about their early years, and explore what shaped them before they were known for their successes in growing, developing, and leading extraordinary mi...

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December 2, 2025 49 mins

Jeff Greenfield is an entrepreneur, advisor, and disruptor with three decades of strategy, growth, and marketing leadership. Jeff is currently building the next generation of AI-Driven Attribution as the co-founder and CEO of Provalytics, which is a 'cookie-less' attribution & measurement solution that enables marketers to prove the impact from upper funnel channels like CTV and grow their budgets. 

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John Rossman the Managing Partner and Founder of Rossman Partners. He is a business strategist, operator, and expert on digital transformation, leadership, and business reinvention. He has consulted with many great brands including Novartis, Fidelity Investments, Microsoft, Walmart, and Nordstrom. He served as senior innovation advisor at T-Mobile and senior technology advisor to the Gates Foundation. He is an operator and builder ...

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Abby Smith is the President and CEO of Team Pennsylvania, where she leads statewide efforts to build strategic public-private partnerships that address long-term challenges no single sector can solve alone. With more than 20 years of experience in policy, strategy, and cross-sector collaboration, Abby has held leadership roles advancing economic development, education, and workforce initiatives in Pennsylvania and beyond. She previ...

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With over 20 years of experience at the intersection of sales, construction, and technology, David Hernandez has built a career around leading high-performing teams, scaling businesses, and driving meaningful transformation through innovation. As Managing Director of Elecosoft North America, he leads operations, sales, marketing, and customer success while shaping go-to-market strategy and product direction to meet the evolving nee...

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Jon Bassford is an operations professional and entrepreneur driven by his Curiosity! Curiosity is his superpower, and it has driven his personal and professional advancement. After law school, Jon put this curiosity to work by launching, managing, and improving operations for venture-backed startups and global nonprofits with a positive impact. For Jon, there is nothing th...

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September 23, 2025 38 mins

Matt Guse is President of M.R.S. Machining Co., Inc. Matt Guse and his wife Vicki own M.R.S. Machining Co., Inc. was started by his father in 1986 in his garage. Matt has been in the manufacturing industry for over 30 years.

Matt has also been very active in his community by serving on his local school board, he is a licensed official for both football and basketball, and serves on the Chippewa Valley Technical College Machine Tool...

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September 16, 2025 47 mins

As a seasoned digital marketing industry veteran, I work to daily put into practice the lessons of generosity and “helping, not selling” that have been shown to be my so many colleagues over my career.

My purpose in business is to help marketers and companies to get the most out of their digital marketing strategies, tactics, and investments. Despite all of the distractions, constant change in our industry, and competitive forces i...

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August 26, 2025 49 mins

Kevin is the father of the Virtual Assistant and a Silicon Valley innovator, serial entrepreneur, CEO, and futurist. He was INC Magazines’ Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC top Innovator of the Decade, World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, Chair of Silicon Valley Forum, Planet Forward Innovator of the Year nominee, featured for 5 years on TechTV’s Silicon Spin, and inducted into RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame. He has 94 worldwide patent...

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August 12, 2025 51 mins

As CEO of AFIRE, Gunnar Branson brings nearly three decades of experience across commercial real estate, professional services, education, and association leadership.

Prior to joining AFIRE in 2018, he served as CEO of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM), and before that, he led strategy and marketing for Fortune 500 and other innovative mid-market companies.

As a recognized thought leader, Gunnar i...

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Brandon Acker is CEO of Titan Abrasive Systems.  Bio: I acquired Titan Abrasive from my uncle in 2013, after working with him for years learning the industry. I had two main goals in the early days. One was to keep costs low for customers by selling direct to them versus through a huge distributor network. I had seen the challenges – including the long lead times and meeting quotas versus providing the best system.

Second, I wante...

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Jeff DeBoer is the founding President and CEO of The Real Estate Roundtable. He has been at the forefront of national policy affecting the real estate industry for the past 40 years.

The Real Estate Roundtable represents the leadership of the nation’s top 150 privately owned and publicly-held real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms, as well as the elected leaders of the 18 major national real estate industr...

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July 1, 2025 48 mins

Bill Remy is the CEO of TBM Consulting Group and serves on the TBM Board of Directors. His career expertise includes deep knowledge of operational performance improvement, site transitions, acquisition integration, new product development and supply chain management.

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His leadership roles span complex, multi-faceted manufacturing and supply chain operations across industries such as aerospace and defense, railway, indust...

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David Stanford is a founder and Enterprise Managing Consultant with RealFoundations and brings over 35 years of experience providing strategic financial and operational improvement services to clients in the property and building industries. David is the Chief Growth Officer of RealFoundations, with the primary responsibility to initiate new solutions and grow the RF Network of people, partners, clients, and industry participants. ...

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At the time of this recording, Buzz Bradley as CEO of Zpacks Corporation. He is now the CEO of True Access. A natural at sales, marketing, and helping clients maximize product and service offerings, Buzz Bradley has an extensive career helping grow and lead middle market manufacturing organizations. From Account Manager to Sales leadership roles and up through the executive suite, Buzz’s strong customer service focus, eye for det...

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Bob Knakal also known as "BK" has been a broker in NYC since 1984. Over that time, he has brokered the sale of over 2,348  buildings having a market value of approximately $22 billion. 

For 26 years of those years (1988-2014), he owned and ran Massey Knakal Realty Services, which sold more than 3x the number of properties as the #2 firm in NYC from 2001-2014. Running the firm with a Servant Leadership management style, focusing on ...

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At the time of this recording, Chris Ford was the Managing Partner and CEO for the Canadian region at Capco.  

Chris has been focused on strategy and implementation of technology transformation services in the Canadian market for almost 20 years. He is a senior professional with experience leading architecture, business delivery, development, functional and non-functional and infrastructure work streams. 

Chris’ engagement experien...

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Herb Cogliano leads his own advisory practice, Aspire Growth Advisors, leveraging the Scaling Up Performance Platform, described in Verne Harnish's award-winning book, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits-Scaling Up.

As an International Business Coach, experienced CEO Scaling Up Practitioner, and Professor of the Scaling Up Masters Business Course, he has learned firsthand what it takes to overcome many business challenges. Herb is pur...

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Brad Wolansky is the Chief Executive Officer at Dover Saddlery, the largest multichannel retailer of equestrian products in the United States.  Brad brings a wealth of leadership and experience to the business. His strengths in operational excellence, omnichannel marketing, product development, and over 30 years in retail both in the private and public sectors, coupled with his passion and drive to put the customer first, establish...

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As President and CEO of Arctic Wolf, Nick Schneider brings more than 15 years of experience in building global, high-growth technology companies spanning both emerging and established markets. As a veteran in the security industry, Nick has developed expertise in creating best-of-breed technology platforms and world-class sales organizations, which have been the driving force behind Arctic Wolf’s explosive growth and leadership pos...

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April 8, 2025 66 mins

Norman J. Radow is the founder and CEO of RADCO, established in 1994 out of his passion for improving people’s lives and revitalizing neighborhoods. RADCO’s first major project involved the redevelopment of a distressed 53-story hotel, office, and condominium tower in Atlanta, which later became the Four Seasons Hotel. This transformative project helped put RADCO on the map. Since then, the company has completed over 150 successful...

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