The Smart City.Blog Podcast

Mookie is an experienced aviation professional with 27 years of combined airport, airline and consulting experience. After earning a BS in Aviation Management from Oklahoma State University, he began his career at Kansas City International Airport as a property manager. His experience includes capital program budget management for construction of Terminal 1 at JFK and International Terminal Building at SFO as a consultant at Av Air Pros, five years as an Airport Planner and Technology consultant and a decade working for Alaska Airlines in Seattle as a Corporate Real Estate/Airport Affairs Manager.More recently, Mookie was the Senior Vice President for Airline and Commercial Affairs at Denver International Airport and was key in attaining stakeholder support for the 39 gate, expansion project and administering the opening of the new Westin Hotel. He also provided staff augmentation services to Alaska Airlines during the Alaska/Virgin merger on real estate transaction matters.Mookie was hired in October 2017 as the Chief Aviation Administration Officer for the City of San Antonio Aviation Department. His responsibilities included fiscal administration, technology, properties, concessions, procurement, and the Small/Minority-Owned Business office.Mookie joined Austin-Bergstrom International Airport as the Airport Chief Revenue and Finance Officer in summer 2020. Since joining, he has taken on similar responsibilities, including oversight of the City’s finance and properties functions. He is a passionate leader and always looking for ways to connect with his LinkedIn followers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan and Grant talk with Christopher Invidiata about the future of the residential home. Christopher is the Founder and Team Leader of The Invidiata Team. Christopher and his team of 20 agents have been servicing the Greater Toronto Area since 1985 - over 36 years. The Invidiata brand is known for their expertise in the luxury and waterfront real estate markets, having listed and sold some of Canada’s most expensive properties. As a leader in the real estate industry, Christopher has always led through innovation -- for realtors and the customer market. Revolutionizing the real estate industry with Teams decades ago, Christopher has a strong reputation for coaching and advising realtors how to grow their business by losing their ego of “ME” to go to a “WE” concept. 2020, brought another opportunity to evolve the industry; Christopher was introduced to eXp Realty, the industry’s first cloud-based brokerage with no brick-and-mortar operations. Christopher made the biggest move of his career to eXp Realty October 1, 2020 with a commitment to lead the future of real estate in his market and globally. With over $4 billion in sales, the Invidiata Team is committed to delivering unparalleled service and expertise in the market which has earned The Invidiata Team as the number one team in Canada for well over a decade and achieving being number one team worldwide multiple times while they were at RE/MAX. Christopher has received many real estate awards over the years, including but not limited to, the Billionaire’s Club Award, and RE/MAX Circle of Legends which only few in the world have achieved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is part 2 of Alan and Grant talking with Catherine Harrison, President/Principal at Purple Voodoo.Catherine is a musician-turned-performance coach who is enlisted by companies to help employees get the most out of their jobs while maintaining balance, perspective, and well-being. We talk about the workforce of the future and what that could look like post-pandemic.Catherine also has a book called Three Colours, Twelve Notes: The Alchemy of Curiousity, Creativity, and Human-Centred Leadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan and Grant talk with Catherine Harrison, President/Principal at Purple Voodoo.Catherine is a musician-turned-performance coach who is enlisted by companies to help employees get the most out of their jobs while maintaining balance, perspective, and well-being. We talk about the workforce of the future and what that could look like post-pandemic.Catherine also has a book called Three Colours, Twelve Notes: The Alchemy of Curiousity, Creativity, and Human-Centred Leadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan and Grant talk with Mark Zimmerman, CEO of RSPNDR, about the digitization and automation of physical security and transportation.RSPNDR is his fourth start-up. Before RPSNDR, he was a key leader at Netcom (an internet access company sold to AT&T), Nextair (a wireless software platform sold to Blackberry) and ConnectedN (a B2B social media platform sold to LinkedIn).Mark has also held senior sales, marketing, solutions development and innovation roles at Bell and AT&T and CIO and CTO roles at MaRS and T4G. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan and Grant sit down with Daniel Carloni, Co-Founder and Vice President at Live Patrol Inc. to talk about the future of security as a service.Live Patrol is a leading live video monitoring firm, specializing in the most advanced technology and software to identify and prevent crime. Live Patrol’s cutting-edge technology makes them a leader in the security industry by incorporating human monitoring with AI (artificial intelligence) and is more cost effective than traditional services. Live Patrol was ranked Canada’s 38th fastest growing company last year.https://livepatrol.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan and Grant speak with Darryl Hurs of "Indie Week", one of the leading music conferences and festivals. The pandemic has had tremendous impact on the music industry. So how do bands, venues and musicians pivot with smart tech.https://www.indieweek.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan and Grant speak with Yaron Vorona, the Co-Founder and COO of Virgil Systems, about the innovative ways they've come up with to deal with cyber security issues such as ransomware, and attacks on critical infrastructuer.https://www.virgilsystems.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Join TheSmartCity.Blog Podcast Co-Hosts, Alan Cross & Grant Furlane as they explore how SmartONE Solutions is defining smart communities with Founder, Ted Maulucci. Ted explains how SmartONE is committed to advancing the digital experience in buildings and smart cities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.