014 – Change Agents – Yousuf Siddiqui, Senior Director Talent Management at Experian
Category: Leadership
011 – Change Agents – Don Natensted, Retired Regional Managing Partner at RSM US
Don Natensted is a retired Managing Partner Executive with a strategic focus in leading professional service firms through transformational change. Mr Natensted has a proven expertise directing large scale regional operations, building and leading effective teams and developing people for consistent long term growth.
Mr. Natensted talk about his leadership journey at RSM and the challenges and opportunities that he faced building high performance teams.
010 – Change Agents – Jon Kaplan, Assistant Dean MBA and Specialty Masters Programs at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business
Jon Kaplan oversees the MBA Programs (Full-Time, Fully Employed and Executive) and Specialty Masters Programs (Master of Public Accountancy (MPAc), Master of Finance (MFin) and Master of Science of Business Analytics (MSBA)). In addition, Mr. Kaplan works in partnership with UCI schools to manage: MD/MBA, JD/MBA, Masters of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) and Masters of Science in BioTech Management (MSBTM) Programs.
Mr Kaplan speaks about his leadership journey and the UCI MBA programs.
009 – Change Agents – Amy Roblyer, Senior Management Analyst at the City of Irvine
Amy Rublyer speaks about her professional journey and her work at the City of Irvine. During the interview, Amy talks about her work in the community development department and finance department as well as special projects that included the Great Park and other various Irvine City projects.
007 – Change Agents – Ash Kumra Executive, Entrepreneur, and Radio Show Host
Ash Kumra is a radio show host, community builder, meditation coach, and global speaker. He has spoken across the globe to several dozen organizations and interviewed over 500 luminaries including Dr. OZ, Dave Meltzer and Dr. Drew. He has taken his passion for meditation and mindfulness to help create Peak Meditation, a performance brand to help people achieve their peak state.
Mr. Kumra speaks about his leadership journey and what he is passionate in business. leadership and life.
006 – Change Agents – Kashif Zubair CEO of Adroit
Kashif Zubair is the CEO of Adroit, an organization that collaborates with senior management across all industries, who seek the expertise and objective advice to address their most critical issues and opportunities around people, process, and product/service.
Mr. Zubair speaks about his personal journey, personality assessment systems, and his volunteer service in Rotary International.
005 – Change Agents – Greg McCord Director of IT and Product Security at CalAmp
Greg McCord is DIrector of IT and Product Security at CalAmp and is a highly credentialed and experienced Security Leader that protects, defends and secures information systems utilizing industry best practices to provide common sense technological, strategic, and capability solutions.
Mr. McCord speaks about the importance of cyber security and the rise of IT professionals into C level positions.
003 – Change Agents – Synergy4Vets Helping Veterans Transition into Civilian Employment
Interview with Dieter Trippel US Army veteran Lieutenant Colonel, Erik Delgadillo US Marine veteran Gunnery Sergeant, Greg MacCord US Air Force veteran Staff Sergeant, and Kashif Zubair Board Member of Synergy4Vets.
Synergy4Vets has a comprehensive approach attending to and supporting service members, veterans and their families
002 – Change Agents – Alfredo Rubalcava CEO of Magnolia Public Schools
Alfredo Rubalcava is the Chief Executive Officer of Magnolia Public Schools (MPS), a non-profit charter school organization that has 10 public charter schools located in Southern California. MPS focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM), and offers various study electives in mathematics, robotics, chess tournaments, among others.
Mrs Rubalcava speaks about his personal journey in leadership and the impact of STEAM education in under-served communities.
001 – Change Agents – Shazeen Mufti on Women in Leadership
Shazeen Mufti is a non-profit and leadership consultant that specializes in process improvement, process design, and implementation of growth strategy. Shazeen’s prior experience includes Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of various non-profit organizations.
During this interview, Mrs. Mufti speaks about leadership gender gap, women in leadership, and challenges that women are facing in leadership roles.