Lowcountry Revolutionaries
The Lowcountry Revolutionaries podcast shines a spotlight on Charleston, SC’s boldest entrepreneurs from the Chucktown Startups community. Each episode features inspiring stories of innovators pouring their heart and soul into building businesses that position Charleston as a global hub of creativity and American ingenuity. Hosted by Bill Billotte, founder of Veritas Exoscience LLC—a firm dedicated to Truth in Wearable Technology Innovation—this podcast delivers raw, real conversations with the visionaries shaping Charleston’s future.
Episodes
Join Bill and his guest, Frank Gomez. Frank is the founder of Ethical Eaters, a Charleston startup tackling humane washing in the restaurant world. Ethical Eaters is the first app that puts animal-product sourcing info in one place, then provides a simple ethical report card based on a restaurant's sourcing practices. Frank’s not an activist or a supply-chain expert—he’s a longtime product manager who got frustr...
Join Bill and his guest, Lesesne Phillips. Lesesne, SHCRM-SCP, is a two-time business owner, the founder of Opsana HR, and an experienced Human Resources and Organizational Development leader with over 20 years of progress experience in multiple industries nationwide.
She has worked with and for companies at every stage of growth, from start-ups to organizations with nearly 1,000 employees and has built Opsana H...
Join Bill and his guest Zac Jennings. Zac is the Founder and Exit Advisor for Southern Exits. Southern Exits partners with local business owners to grow valuation and prepare for transition. Through education and a clear, step-by-step process, we simplify operations, strengthen profitability, and create defined exit plans. Their process gives owners clarity and measurable results, guiding them to their best exit and...
Join Bill and his guest Roberta Moore. Roberta has a background that bridges the boardroom as well as the therapy room. She brings a unique blend of business acumen and emotional depth to her work as an executive coach and licensed marriage and family therapist. Before founding Conscious Choices and The EQ-i Coach, she spent over 18 years in corporate/public accounting and banking—working with Fortune 500 companies,...
Join Bill and his guest Bill Haber. Bill serves as CEO at TEKRiSQ, and brings 25+ years of commercial and operational business leadership to the company. He has built his career in enterprise software, big data platforms, digital health, medical devices and telco network startups. Bill has expertise in monetizing platform software with cloud-based SaaS tools, data products network infrastructure operational systems ...
Join Bill and his guest, Amanda Edwards the owner of iSMASH Charleston. Welcome to iSMASH, an exciting entertainment concept offering one-of-a-kind experiences. Our rage rooms provide a unique outlet for stress relief through smashing, while our spacious splatter paint rooms encourage artistic expression. For those with a competitive streak, we offer safe and fun interactive axe throwing. Ideal for dates, friend outi...
Join Bill and his guest William “Bill” Englehaupt. Bill is the Vice-chair of the Charleston SCORE chapter. He has been a SCORE mentor for 2 years. Bill comes from a background of 30+ years as an internal and external consultant at firms such as Accenture, KPMG and PwC.
SCORE Charleston, the local chapter of a nationwide nonprofit that connects small business owners and entrepreneurs with experienced mentors and resou...
Join Bill and his guest Korey McDavid. Korey went to Clemson and graduated in 2008. He was commissioned into theArmy and selected to fly Apache helicopters. Korey graduated from flight school in 2011 and deployed to Iraq immediately following. He returned to Charleston in the summer of 2012 and continued flying with the South Carolina National Guard. Interested in the Oil and Gas industry, he started piloting remotel...
Join Bill and his guest Aaron Silverman. Aaron is Ari's Dad, Co-Founder and Executive Director for the Ari Foss Foundation. The Ari Foss Foundation was created to help parents and families with financial assistance for cremations or funerals when there is a stillbirth or neonatal loss.
The Ari Foss Foundation was created in honor of Ari Foss Silverman, the beloved first child of Laura and Aaron Silverman. What b...
Join Bill and his guest Will Pearce. Will is the founder of Attento Board. The name "Attento" stems from the Italian word for "Careful," and Attento Board's motto is all about "Helping Achieve Independence". This journey began when Will's life took an unexpected turn. In April 2017, he collapsed from Cardiac Arrest and was given a 4% chance of survival while running a 10K race. ...
Join Bill and his guest David Timmerman. David grew up in Europe and went to school at UC San Diego for his undergrad and University of South Carolina for his MBA. Prior to founding FullHorn Finance, he worked in Corporate America, Boeing, Porsche, GE leading several teams in process improvement, Lean management and quality improvements as a director of operations.
FullHorn Finance LLC helps future and existing busine...
Join Bill and his guest David Thedinga. David is a renowned thought leader in the health insurance industry, with extensive experience in connecting people to their best health options. As the Founder of Tikvah, he leverages his expertise to connect individuals with essential health benefits, addressing their needs and preferences. Under his leadership, Tikvah looks to become a pivotal platform for informed health ca...
Join Bill and his guest Michelle Paradis. Michelle has over 25 years' experience in education, administration and coaching, Michelle leverages her background in communication and leadership skills to partner with medical & business professionals and elevate their leadership abilities, effectiveness and production. Michelle has partnered with business owners, executives as well as medical professionals to he...
Join Bill and his guest Heather Valeri. Heather is the CEO and founder of Meridian Business Advisors, an award-winning business brokerage and advisory firm located in Charleston.
Recently recognized as the top advisory firm in South Carolina, Heather holds the prestigious distinction of Certified Business Intermediary, an elite certification held by less than 10% of brokers worldwide, and even fewer women. Heather h...
Join Bill and his guest Jack Teitel. Jack founded Title AI was in 2025. He is an AI expert with 10+ years of experience developing and deploying AI solutions across industries. As an AI generalist, he has led projects in computer vision, NLP, predictive analytics, time series forecasting, and graph analysis. A former AI professor and published researcher, Jack stays at the forefront of AI advancements, combining cutti...
Join Bill and his guest Ted Kniesche. Ted is the founder and CEO of Zero Industrial, a Charleston‑based company helping decarbonize industrial heat and steam generation through thermal energy storage (TES) and a Heat‑as‑a‑Service model that removes upfront costs for clients. In January 2025, Zero Industrial raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Evok Innovations to expand TES projects across North America. Ted ...
Join Bill and his guest Tom Hurwitch. Tom has more than two decades of experience as a management consultant specializing in operations. He put that knowledge and skills he acquired on oil rigs, in warehouses and on factory floors to good use when running his own trucking company for five years. It was the inefficiencies he noticed in his own company which led him to come up with the idea for baysys. Now he is comm...
Join Bill and his guest Matt Morizio. Matt is a licensed financial advisor who has leveraged hundreds of thousands of dollars on credit cards all in the name of building a firm that educates people on the game of money, not exactly textbook financial wisdom. But Matt's journey is exactly why he connects so deeply with clients. He believes God has big plans for each of us, and when we chase those dreams relentles...
Join Bill and his guest Matthew Grason.
Ever wished you could clone yourself to get everything done? With the latest AI tech, now you can. Matthew Grason is the founder of Level Up AI, a company that uses AI technology to help professionals make videos faster and easier. These AI videos can be used just like any other video or to create an AI employee for your business. The company was built while Matthew worked at Sta...
Join Bill and his guest Miluna Fausch. Dr. Miluna Fausch is a TV show producer & Host of Miluna TV Network, a Coach, an actor, and the author of Uplevel Your Communication: Evolve Your Presence and Speech to Change Everything. She has a B.S. in Music Business, a Ph.D. in Holistic Psychology, and is certified as a Miracle-Minded Coach by Marianne Williamson. Miluna loves to attend concerts, lectures and tours, tra...
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