The Art of Improvement

The Art of Improvement

Karen Clauss interviews guests about their lives and businesses.

Episodes

April 11, 2024 23 mins
Chris Michlewicz talks about FarmBox Foods:  Designing, building and selling controlled-climate container farms that grow gourmet mushrooms, leafy greens, culinary herbs, micro greens, peppers, tree seedlings and barley fodder.
FarmBox provides you with the tools and knowledge to sustainably grow locally sourced food year-round in any climate, anywhere in the world. They handle all of your transportation logistics and shipping, and ...
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Melissa B. Pergola, Ed.D.,R.T.(R)(M), FASRT and CAE of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Pergola talks about the importance of their new Be Seen campaign. Pergola also talks about the importance of being your own patient advocate.
https://www.asrt.org/beseen
Radiologic technologists are eligible for Active membership if they are registered in a primary modality by certification agencies recognized by the ASRT or...
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Michael Benzaia represents ASRT, American Society of Radiologic Technologist. Medical Imaging professional and actor, Benzaia has over 15 years experience in the medical imaging profession. His experience as a health care professional caring for patients and operating state of the art medical imagine equipment is part of the reason he's able to make his on screen roles in shows like General Hospital and Law & Order so convinc...
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Attorney Sasha Begum, with the Pelaez Law Firm and Crash Angels is a transactional attorney with both big law and in house counsel experience. She has a distinct educational background in that after completing her J.D. at American University, Washington College of Law, she was one of only 3 in her class selected to participate in a dual degree program where she spent 2 years studying in Spain. Begum talks about her career, her law ...
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Mike Cheek, CEO with SNP Alliance which is dedicated to improving policy and practice for frail, disabled, and chronically-ill beneficiaries. Cheek came to the SNP Alliance from his role as the Senior Vice President for Reimbursement and Market Strategy for the American Health Care Association/ National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). Prior to this role he was the director of Medicaid Long Term Care for the District of Colu...
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February 7, 2024 22 mins
Mike Sykes, CEO of the US Aviation Academy says If you have a passion for mechanics, or are looking for a career change, US Aviation Academy’s accelerated A&P Mechanic courses are designed to get you to work fast. He says after graduation, candidates can prepare to find diverse career options for starting pay in the high 60s. The academy also provides flight training allowing you the best flight training experience in the world...
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Garrett Sutton and Ted Sutton, Corporate Attorneys and Authors.
The father and son law team discuss the Corporate Transparency Act, the new law that no one is talking about. Corporate Direct assists clients with asset protection. They discuss the new Corporate Transparency Act and why it's important...especially for small business owners nationwide.
https://corporatedirect.com/
Ted is also the author of"Five Tricks to Teach Your Kids ...
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Joan Ulsher, CASA Advocate and Author of Misplaced Childhood. Ulsher suffered abuse as a child, was in and out of foster care, and, as an adult, became a CASA Advocate to help ensure other children like her have someone in their corner. https://www.joanulsher.com/
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January 23, 2024 22 mins
Claire Stepanek is the founder and CEO of ergo, a startup developing pricing software that gives consumers an option to negotiate pricing with retailers through an online software plugin. Stepanek came up with the idea for ergo while working on the supply chain team at Apple, which manages the vendors that make the parts that flow into Apple products, where she found the most successful strategy for often negatively labeled “stress...
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Melissa B. Pergola, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(M), FASRT is the CEO and Executive Director of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT). Dr. Pergola is a registered radiologic technologist with an extensive career in clinical practice, radiologic science education, hospital operations and leadership roles. She also has more than 25 years of experience as a volunteer for the ASRT, North Carolina Society of Radiologic Technologists...
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Blair Ortmann, Vice President of Mission Advancement/Child Advocates San Antonio Child Advocates San Antonio (Court Appointed Special Advocate) The mission of Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA) is to recruit, develop and lead highly impactful court-appointed volunteer Advocates who provide constancy and support for children and youth who have experienced abuse and neglect. Go to their web site CASA-SATX.org and register for one of ...
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Jamie Krasnov, CEO at Apex Leadership Company, heads a dynamic fundraising franchise for elementary and middle schools. He's been instrumental in steering the company's strategy and execution to increase value to the Apex franchisees and Apex schools across the nation.
https://apexleadershipco.com/
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Bruce Frasier, CEO and Owner of Dixondale Farms graduated from West Point and ended up and has ended up an integral part of the growth and success of Dixondale Farms. He has led them to successfully control 90% of the onion plant market in the United States and the largest cantelope grower in Texas. the 24 hour a day, seven day a week work involved in growing onion plans usually end in May and then cantaloupe production begins. It'...
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As an experienced San Antonio LASIK eye surgeon, Dr. Carlos Manrique de Lara recommends Blade-Free Z-LASIK for his LASIK patients. Z-LASIK is a modern LASIK technology and Dr. Manrique is a trainer for this technology. LASIK eye surgery can treat nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Dr. Manrique is a Board-Certified Ophthalmologist with over 20-years of experience and has performed over 67,000 laser vision correction pr...
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Will Sweeney is the Founder & Managing Partner of Zaviant Consulting, a company that focuses on improving the security posture of client systems to protect sensitive data by complying with official information security rules/requirements. Mr. Sweeney is a skilled and experienced consultant, auditor, and project manager who demonstrates expertise in information systems controls, IT audit and assurance, risk management, informati...
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September 7, 2023 23 mins
Chris Oliver is Trucker Path’s Chief Marketing Officer. As a proven problem solver, strategist & brand creator in the world of transportation technology, Chris brings more than 25 years’ experience leading small to mid-sized businesses into and through tremendous growth phases by identifying avenues to feed company growth; developing & executing the strategies to capitalize on those growth opportunities; communicating the v...
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Austin Stovall, Regional Sales Manager of Ferti-lome talks about Fall planning.
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Brent Perkins, author of the “Papercuts: The Art of Self Delusion”

Brent spent the first half of his life building a career around achievement, reaching C-Suite status, traveling the world, speaking, launching new technologies and building businesses.
After a 7-year journey that led through some dark places, plant medicine journeys and eye opening realizations, it became evident that nothing external was ever going to fill the void....
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Will Sweeney is the Founder & Managing Partner of Zaviant Consulting, a company that focuses on improving the security posture of client systems to protect sensitive data by complying with official information security rules/requirements. Mr. Sweeney is a skilled and experienced consultant, auditor, and project manager who demonstrates expertise in information systems controls, IT audit and assurance, risk management, informati...
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Rob Kalwarowsky, Leadership Coach and TedX Speaker
ROb is an impactful speaker whose quiet realizations give his audience loud transformations. Rob shares wise insights about toxic leadership, mental health and finding purpose in life.
Elite High Performance https://www.elitehighperformance.com/
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