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Wall Street's Bulls and Bears. Main Street's Hopes and Fears. Connecting the dots! Thought Leadership with Impact!Episode 8: Energy Transition - Focus on Canada with Markham Hislop and James PearceEnergy transition refers to the global energy sector's shift from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption — including oil, natural gas, and coal — to renewable energy sources like hydrogen, wind, and solar, as well as lithium-ion batteries.
The increasing penetration of renewable energy into the energy supply mix, the onset of electrification, and improvements in energy storage are all key drivers of the energy transition.
Regulation and commitment to decarbonization have been mixed, but the energy transition will continue to increase in importance as investors prioritize environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.
They answ...2023-06-1300 minWall Street's Bulls and Bears. Main Street's Hopes and Fears. Connecting the dots! Thought Leadership with Impact!Episode 7 - Lane Kawaoka – Private Equity, Family offices, real estate, what does a family office do!LANE KAWAOKA owns 4,000+ units and where he is responsible for finding investment opportunities, analysis, and marketing. Mr. Kawaoka obtained a BS in Industrial Engineer and MS in Civil Engineering and Construction Management from the University of Washington. In addition to an analytical engineering background, Lane has real world experience in working as a project manager for over $230 million dollars of capital construction projects in both the public and private sector. Working as a high paid professional in Corporate America and frustrated by the traditional wealth building dogma, Lane was compelled to inspire and mentor other working professionals via his...2023-06-0724 minWall Street's Bulls and Bears. Main Street's Hopes and Fears. Connecting the dots! Thought Leadership with Impact!Episode 6 - War and Peace, John Graham and Charlotte's warJohn Graham is the author of Charlotte's War (May 2023), a sweeping and ambitious historical novel set amidst the geo-politics of Vietnam era international tension.
Graham served as an officer in the U.S. Navy UDT/SEAL Teams for nine years (four on active duty). He was a founding director and an advisory board member of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Center for Citizen Peacebuilding during the last two decades. A Berkeley PhD, Graham is an author and Professor Emeritus of International Business at UCI.
For four decades he has provided expert advice and training...2023-05-2950 minWall Street's Bulls and Bears. Main Street's Hopes and Fears. Connecting the dots! Thought Leadership with Impact!Craig Dickens, CEO of JD Merit - Buying and Selling businesses, Deal killers and moreCraig Dickens is a Partner with CDI Global North America in the Seattle-Tacoma office.
Craig is a true serial entrepreneur, CEO, Certified M&A advisor, Investment Banker, and Angel Investor. Craig has started or acquired 14 businesses across diverse sectors as well as executed 22 add-on acquisitions within those companies creating over $600mm in enterprise value. Craig graduated from the University of New Hampshire and went on to attend Babson College's top-ranked Entrepreneurial MBA Program. Craig holds series 24, 82 and 63 securities licenses and specializes in Sell-Side M&A, Institutional, private debt and equity placements.
...2023-05-2427 minWall Street's Bulls and Bears. Main Street's Hopes and Fears. Connecting the dots! Thought Leadership with Impact!Combatting Fake News with Daneil Cotter - Is there such a thing as a Legal framework to combat Fake news?Dan is an experienced attorney who has served in a variety of legal roles in his career, including as general counsel of a large life insurance company, as well as extensive experience in private practice. Dan's mix of clients includes insurance companies and other financial institutions, IT and consulting companies, and nonprofits. He has been working on privacy and cybersecurity issues since 1996, including development of terms and conditions and disclaimers on Fortune 500 websites in the late 1990s. He has been the chief privacy officer of several companies and law firms, and has extensive experience as in-house counsel. Dan is...2023-05-2432 minWall Street's Bulls and Bears. Main Street's Hopes and Fears. Connecting the dots! Thought Leadership with Impact!Episode 1: TopRock's Top Notch Real Estate Developer, Uri Mermelestein, and his keys to successIn this episode of Wall Street's Bulls and Bears Main Street Hopes and Fears podcast, host Shanaz Joan Parsan speaks with Uri Mermelstein, a real estate investor, owner, and operator who has been in the business since 2001. He has worked in the financial and real estate industries and shares his knowledge and experiences as well as the impact on Main Street. He shares with us thoughts on the real estate industry, outlook and investing, including keys to his success.2023-03-2019 minWall Street's Bulls and Bears. Main Street's Hopes and Fears. Connecting the dots! Thought Leadership with Impact!Episode 2: Dynacert and Hydrogen Markets with CEO Jim Payne, Sales Director Ed Cordeiro and Gurjant Singh, CEO of Cipher NeutronIn this episode of the Wall Street's Bulls and Bears Main Street Hopes and Fears podcast, host, Shanaz Joan Parsan, speaks with Jim Payne, CEO of Dynacert, Ed Cordeiro, VP of Sales at Dynacert, and Gavy Singh, CEO of Cipher Neutron, tackle big questions: At what stage are we at in the market cycle for Hydrogen? How does DynaCERT's current technology fit in this cycle? Why did you become involved in Hydrogen and not another form of renewable energy? What's the biggest challenge you have with your specific role right now, and how are you going to overcome it...2023-03-2032 minWall Street's Bulls and Bears. Main Street's Hopes and Fears. Connecting the dots! Thought Leadership with Impact!Episode 3: Layoffs and next steps for IT industriesAfter laying off more than 70,000 employees, what can tech companies learn from this moment? To talk about this topic and more, we invited Sergio Frias, CEO of CX HUB, former vice president of Contracts (Executive Jets) at Embraer (Brazilian Aeronautics company), former Vice president of Services Contracts at Bombardier Canada, and Alcely Barroso, Director for Business Development at FCBB (Federation of Canadian-Brazilian Businesses) and Academic Manager at the Toronto Business College. Daniel Nobre, a Brazilian journalist in my Digital Marketing team, is our co-host today. He is the author of the blog on this topic on our website. Click...2023-03-1756 min