CEOs You Should Know - Texas Edition
CEO's You Should Know is a podcast that spotlights CEOs from area businesses and introduces you to the person behind the success of these businesses in our communities.
Episodes
June 27, 2025 • 26 mins
Clement Pappas is the CEO and a Co-Founder of Stateside Brands, the maker of Surfside Iced Tea + Vodka / Lemonade + Vodka, Stateside Vodka Sodas and Stateside Vodka. In 2015, Stateside Vodka launched as a premium, American craft vodka brand and distillery in the heart of Philadelphia, PA.
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T.J. Farnsworth is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Inception Fertility, the largest provider of comprehensive fertility services in North America. With a background in healthcare entrepreneurship, Farnsworth has dedicated his career to transforming patient experiences through innovation and compassionate care. Inspired by his own family’s fertility journey, he launched Inception to create a more supportive and integrated...
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May 21, 2025 • 28 mins
Bob Pickett visits with Rob Neville President and CEO of Goodwill Central Texas.
Rob Neville is a successful business builder, entrepreneur, and turnaround enthusiast with over 30 years of valuation creation and delivery experience in private, public, and nonprofit environments across various industries, including the life sciences, software, healthcare IT, and venture capital. Rob has been a finalist in the E&Y Entrepreneur of...
Rob Neville is a successful business builder, entrepreneur, and turnaround enthusiast with over 30 years of valuation creation and delivery experience in private, public, and nonprofit environments across various industries, including the life sciences, software, healthcare IT, and venture capital. Rob has been a finalist in the E&Y Entrepreneur of...
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May 8, 2025 • 22 mins
“What happens when life knocks you down—and no one seems willing to help you up?”
In this heartfelt and inspiring episode of CEOs You Should Know, host Matt Holliday of 96.7 KISS FM Austin sits down with Keith Sommer, Senior Vice President of GSG Talent Solutions, a nonprofit staffing agency powered by Goodwill Central Texas. What starts as a casual chat about career paths quickly unfolds into a masterclass on resilience, reinventio...
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April 8, 2025 • 7 mins
In this episode, Charity McCurdy sits down with Fran Yanity, President and CEO of Noisy Trumpet Communications. Fran serves in leadership roles at The PM Group and Noisy Trumpet Communications, both of which are award-winning agencies in the marketing, advertising, and communications fields. The PM Group, leads in award-winning creative, media and marketing campaigns.
In honor of Women's History Month iHeartMedia highlighted inspira...
In honor of Women's History Month iHeartMedia highlighted inspira...
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March 13, 2025 • 25 mins
Meet native Austinite Rodney Ahart of Keep Austin Beautiful, a local non profit organization that is celebrating it's 40th anniversary this year. With the Austin population growing each year, the mission of Keep Austin Beautiful is also growing. Rodney tells Bob how he became a part of this organization and moved up to the CEO position.
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March 13, 2025 • 31 mins
Meet Chris and Cheryl Henningson the owners and founders of Gator Garage a local, family owned garage door company that takes great pride in a job well done. Gator Garage not only specializes in residential garage doors and repairs but also commercial garage door repair and products.
Here's the story of their company, what inspired the company and also how they came up with the name "gator."
Chris also explains his marketing tactics ...
Here's the story of their company, what inspired the company and also how they came up with the name "gator."
Chris also explains his marketing tactics ...
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In this episode, Jennie James sits down with Christiana Jurca, President and CEO of Alamo Prints, Inc., and President of LDC Health Solutions. Christiana shares how she and her business partner, David Padilla, identified a critical healthcare need and leveraged her marketing and healthcare expertise to connect patients with unique services. We also explore how Alamo Prints fills a gap in the custom print market, serving clients fro...
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November 11, 2024 • 29 mins
Welcome to "CEOs You Should Know," where we uncover the stories behind the trailblazers shaping industries and driving innovation. In this episode, Bob sits down with Chris Watters, the visionary founder of Waters International Realty, to delve into his incredible journey from humble beginnings to becoming a real estate powerhouse.
Growing up in Austin, Texas, Chris has witnessed firsthand the city's dramatic transformation over dec...
Growing up in Austin, Texas, Chris has witnessed firsthand the city's dramatic transformation over dec...
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September 3, 2024 • 19 mins
In this episode of "CEOs You Should Know," host Pedro Al Aire sits downs with Jenny Hixon, CEO of Any Baby Can. Join Pedro and Jenny as they discuss more about their annual Angel Affiar fundraising event on September 7th and the services provided by Any Baby Can.
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August 24, 2024 • 18 mins
In this episode of “CEOs You Should Know,” host Pedro Al Aire sits down with Rudy Garza, President & CEO of CPS Energy. Join Pedro and Rudy as they delve into:
- San Antonio’s Growing Energy Needs: Explore how the city is addressing its increasing demand for energy and the innovative solutions being implemented.
- Improving Customer Relations: Discover the strategies Rudy has employed to enhance the relationship between CPS Energ...
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January 26, 2024 • 17 mins
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January 26, 2024 • 19 mins
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November 2, 2021 • 18 mins
Travis Penfield, Founder and CEO of 49 Financial, is an industry visionary and is making waves in the financial planning space. Travis founded 49 Financial in 2015 under the umbrella of a captive insurance company, and in 2019, at the age of 30, Travis took the brand and company fully independent. 49 Financial has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Northwest Arkansas, and Atlanta with plans to expand to 10 new cities in the next 3...
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November 2, 2021 • 12 mins
Katie Fang is the founder & CEO of SchooLinks; a college and career readiness platform that helps students plan their post-secondary paths and districts improve their college and career readiness program outcome. She founded the company in 2016 shortly after graduating from college with a degree in finance and discovering that her own postsecondary planning journey had not been reflective of her own career goals. She has been feat...
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November 2, 2021 • 8 mins
Cage Free Care is a fixed-cost healthcare membership program that is being offered as an alternative to the growing cost and inconvenience of the existing insurance-based healthcare system. This innovative direct care program gives patients the key to quality and affordable healthcare in emergency medicine, direct primary care and telemedicine. Cage Free Care members no longer have to worry about the cost or access to care. Our pro...
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