Executive Athletes

He is a Senior sports and entertainment executive actively leading in the digital, strategic and operational transformation of global media with 20+ years of international experience at Red Bull, WWE, Spotify, iHeartRadio, EMI and Bertelsmann. He is Published author on disruptive media convergence, the evolution of the music industry, and emerging distribution business models. Holds business degrees from Harvard University and the European Business School and currently lives with his family in beautiful Salzburg, Austria. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerritmeier/  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Here at Grüvi, we strive to create an inclusive community focused on making better choices within our daily lives. We truly believe in a world where we don’t always feel inclined to drink in a social setting, and a world where everyone can feel comfortable, regardless of what’s in their cup. Our mission is simple- help others be healthy and stay social, one drink at a time. We sought to create a line of craft, non-alcoholic beers and wine because you deserve it. Your health is your wealth, and the beverage you consume shouldn’t compromise that. While alcohol remains so pervasive in our society, we’ve challenged ourselves to create a brand that breaks this cycle. Grüvi was created to dispel the common notion that non-alcoholic beer tastes, well, not great. We saw a desperate need for innovation in the space, and we are here to prove that you can have it all. Enjoy a tasty, healthy brew, and take your chance to live in the moment, alcohol free. Get 15% off with the following code: executiveathletes  ---

Today’s guest are a little different than most that I have had on the show. They are actually brothers, Danny and Don Monistere. They come from exciting, varied and eclectic backgrounds in sport, from body building, track, running, martial arts and more. In addition they also excel in the business world. Danny Monistere-https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-monistere-0203a74/  In his current role as SVP – Client Solutions, Danny Monistere leads the Local Watch and Audio Policy & Guidelines department to drive consistency in reporting across local TV, radio and digital properties. His responsibilities also include Audio panel compliance and enforcement of ratings distortion and media affiliation guidelines. Since joining Nielsen in October 2001 as Vice-President of Quality, Danny has held positions of increasing responsibility.  Past positions include SVP, Product Leader for Television Audience Measurement (2009-2010) and SVP, Product Leader for Enabling Technologies. (2010-2011). Danny is currently

Amy founded Stanton & Company (S&Co) with a passion for promoting and building positive female role models and messaging for women. Since 2006, when the company opened its doors, S&Co has built a roster of philosophy-driven brands, including exceptional athletes, lifestyle experts, and brands in the healthy, active living space. Amy recently co-authored The Feminine Revolution with Catherine Connors, challenging the idea that femininity is weak, and encouraging women to redefine and embrace their feminine qualities as sources of power. Amy speaks about femininity, marketing and representation, women in sports, and women’s leadership. http://stanton-company.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amykstanton/  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Mike is the founder of anabolic aliens. Mike started making YouTube fitness videos in 2014 self teaching himself videography, editing, as well as SEO. Now the Anabolic Aliens YouTube channel reaches over 600k+ subscribers worldwide and 80k+ followers on Instagram.. Across all media’s, the Anabolic Aliens brand has amassed a following of over 1mil with multiple sponsorships. Along with his online success, he  created the workout app Exerprise which was rated the #1 new health and fitness app in the Play Store for 2018 and has over 150K active users to date. The brand has transformed from influencer into business a very successful business over the years. https://www.anabolicaliens.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-rosa-458055194/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Sam began his career in banking. He soon advanced as a high performing leader with First Union and Wachovia Bank, leading teams to record heights of production. Sam started a successful commercial banking and brokerage business he later sold to pursue a lifelong ambition to move west. Sam has been leading companies in business growth and development for decades. Sam currently acts as the VP Of Business Development for ToolCASE LLC a Denver based technology company that is emerging as one of the top real time analytics providers to the banking industry. Sam's professional drive is built on a relentless pursuit of physical and mental perseverance. Sam is also the founder of NOZERODAYS.COM an athlete collective and emerging lifestyle brand. A Speaker, Trainer, Coach and Athlete. Sam has over 30years of triathlon, Ironman and endurance racing. He recently completed a solo Ironman distance event above 10,000' above sea level and most likely to be first to have done so. https://www.linkedin.com/in/spiccolotti/ ---

Dr. Jen Welter is the NFL’s First Female Coach, a groundbreaking and barrier-busting force of nature. She is a female trailblazer, a sports pioneer, PhD, passionate leader, world-renowned speaker, entrepreneur and source of inspiration around the globe. Her relentless pursuit of individual excellence and success in challenging the status quo time and time again, fuels her current drive to help others achieve their best—in sports, health and wellness, professional pursuits and in life. https://www.jenwelter.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/welter47/  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Chris is a Co-founder of velofix, the largest fleet of Mobile Bike Shops in North America. A first-generation Canadian, Chris was living in Vancouver and frustrated with the traditional brick-and-mortar bike shop experience. The solution? A Mobile repair service that could shake up the retail industry as we knew it. Chris’s management experience includes growing a company to $90 + million and a successful IPO, the launch of an Internet startup that went on to raise $100 million in financing and driving growth at a $30 billion dollar consumer packaged goods company. He is also very active in endurance sports, having run a 2.54 Boston Marathon, completing two Ironmans and most recently qualifying and racing the 70.3 Ironman World Championships in Nice, France. “Save Time. Ride More” has been Chris’s driving vision for the business since its inception. https://www.velofix.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-guillemet-b9a77aa  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Hans-Petter is the founder and CEO of Zalaris, a global HR and Payroll services org. He is also the Norwegian 2017 E&Y entrepreneur of the year which qualified him for the Global awards in Monaco. Peter is a high level competitive endurance athlete, having raced the Leadville 100 mtb race, Cape Epic in South Africa, and the Norseman for the last couple of years in Norway. He is a family man with 2 sons and he is always looking to push the limits of business, life and sport. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hpmellerud/ https://twitter.com/mellerud  https://ir.zalaris.com/profiles/hans-petter-mellerud/  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Lex is the best totally blind long and triple jumper in the history of the U.S. Paralympic movement. He is the current world record holder in the long jump, a four-time Paralympic medalist, a three-time long jump world champion, and an 18-time national champion. He is the only totally blind athlete to ever eclipse the 22-foot barrier in the long jump. If you think that any of this came easy, you should think again. At the age of 19, Lex won his first Paralympic silver medal in the long jump. His achievements at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece were the culmination of years of hard work and training. Since that time, Lex has solidified himself as a tenacious competitor for Team USA. Lex now has his sights set on the 2020 Paralympic Games, and he is currently training and competing to make his fifth consecutive U.S. Paralympic team. There is one goal, and that is to win gold for the United States of America. As an athlete, motivational speaker, and singer song writer, Lex epitomizes the phrase “No Need fo

Alex currently acts as CEO of Get Bizzy Inc., a startup beverage company whose mission is to create the highest quality and most convenient beverages on the market. When not working on his business, Alex spends his time mentoring college students and training for ultra-endurance races. Prior to starting Get Bizzy Inc. Alex worked as an Associate at 301 Inc. General Mills' Venture Capital division, as a Marketing Analyst for Cheerios, an M&A Analyst at Lazard Middle Market, Demand Forecast Analyst at Best Buy, and started Lifty, a consumer brand in the snow sports industry https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexjfrench/ https://www.bizzycoffee.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Mark's passion is helping entrepreneurs get unstuck so they can pursue their freedom. Depending on the unique situation, Mark’s talent for introducing just the right combination of perspective and process sparks teams to start moving, move faster, or begin moving in the proper direction - with clarity. As a teacher, coach, and facilitator, Mark spends most of his time directly engaged with entrepreneurial leadership teams as a Certified EOS Implementer—helping them implement EOS in their own companies. He's delivered over 500 full-day EOS workshops with companies from around the U.S., and he's the Co-Author of Rocket Fuel. Mark has been an entrepreneur since the age of 28, after catching the “bug” during B-school at the University of Chicago. At last count, he's started/bought/sold/shut down 11 different companies. One recent venture, as a Founder and CEO, had a very successful exit – yielding a 100x cash return in less than 3 yrs. All this activity has led to some recognition, including being named a Tech Ti

#1 Tom Kingsley https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-kingsley-3109a510/ Tom leads EY's Sports Industry Group in the UK and has worked across Europe, the Middle East and India on strategic engagements across the sporting landscape with clubs, leagues, governing bodies and other rights holders, as well as sponsors and sport-tech businesses. He also led EY's global partnerships with Rugby World Cup in 2015 and the Ryder Cup in 2014. Away from work, Tom spends his life with his wife and twin boys and can frequently be found either on a ski slope in the Alps, running in the countryside near his home in the Essex countryside, or managing his kids’ football team. #2 David Rutherford- https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-rutherford-a4a9a66/ David has recently joined ZRG Partners. With 22 years in commercial and leadership roles, David has a proven track record of delivering value across corporate, private, and family enterprises, with a focus on outcomes-based performance. He is passionate about maximising opportunities for

Shawn Boom is a limit pusher.  His most recent long-distance finish line was at the Grand2Grand Ultra, a 7-day, self-supported ultramarathon stage race in the Grand Canyon.  An endurance athlete and adventurer from childhood, Shawn has climbed to the top of Pico de Orizaba, a snow-capped 18,491’ mountain, run ultra-marathons on active volcanoes, raced in multiple 24-hour solo mountain bike events and competed in several Ironman triathlons. Professionally, Shawn has a 20-year career focus on growing businesses that help people achieve more in their lives by harnessing their mental and spiritual strength, providing access to education and through endurance sports.  Shawn is presently the CEO of Vanco Payments, a 300-person global social impact company focused on serving those who enrich our communities by providing tools that help organizations such as schools, non-profits and faith-based communities raise money and administer their operations. Shawn and his wife, Bethany, have been married for ~

WHO IS CAM STOUT? · Husband and father of two adult kids. · Corner office law partner for 25+ years. · Starter on Princeton’s NCAA top ten varsity tennis team in 1979. · Accomplished amateur cyclist. · Survivor of two major depressive episodes in 1992 and 2013. · An alcoholic with eight years of sobriety. · A mental health advocate and public speaker who has shared his story over a hundred times around the country to: - Scores of top law firms; and - Forbes top 100 companies, including Chevron and Adobe. · An entrepreneur who founded Stout Heart, Inc. (A 501(c)(3) that supports his talks and mentoring of students.) www.stoutheart.org · A writer with a book in the works and a blog called Light at Sea. www.lightatseaatstoutheart.org --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Peter Murray, a senior sports executive is the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Murray oversees all business strategy and operations, fighter roster, event management, production, content, and marketing for the mixed martial arts league. The PFL is the first organization ever to present MMA in a true sport format with individual fighters competing in a Regular Season, Playoffs, and World Championship. PFL is distributed on ESPN and additionally on 160+ countries worldwide. Before joining PFL, Murray served as VP Global Brand and Sports Marketing at Under Armour. In this role, he was responsible for category management of football, baseball, basketball, soccer, combat, and Olympic Sports. Prior to Under Armour, he was Co-Founder and CEO of Insignia Sports Agency and EVP Marketing & New Business at William Morris Endeavor. For the previous 13 years, Peter was also a senior executive at the National Football League, including roles as SVP of Business &

Jilyne is a four-year NCAA athlete & seven-time NCAA All-American. She is also an alum of the U.S. Ski Team.  After retiring from ski racing in 2009, she co-founded a nonprofit organization, ZGiRLS, with fellow US Ski Team alum. They started ZGiRLS because they saw the essential need for confidence-building and mentorship for little girls in sports. ZGiRLS launched in 2012 and has served over 1,000 girls with more than 40,000 mentorship hours invested. They host programs with professional athletes like Sue Bird, Lindsey Vonn, Ashley Wagner, and many more. Check out Z Girls Here: https://www.zgirls.org/  Jilyne Jarvis on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jilyne/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

This week’s guest is likely the most stoked and inspirational guest we have had. His name is Roy Tuscany, he is the founder and CEO of the High Fives Foundation. Originally from Waterbury Vermont, and after graduating from the University of Vermont, Roy headed out west to pursue the dream of being a professional Free Skier. In 2006 suffered a life altering injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down and was the catalyst to the creation of High Fives. Roy turned the financial and community support of his own recovery into a “pay it forward” adventure with the creation of the High Fives non-profit foundation. He was named the “Spirit Inspires” award from Disabled Sports USA in 2011 and once held the world record for the most “High Fives” in a 24 hour period. He lives in Reno with his girlfriend Alana Nichols, and son Gunnar. He enjoys finding fun in everything he does! https://highfivesfoundation.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/roy-tuscany-9b880512/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executi

Mark Divine is an expert in human performance as it is displayed in mental toughness, leadership and physical readiness. His work is based on an integral warrior-leader model that he developed and tested on over a thousand special operations candidates worldwide. The integrated training, which involves physical, mental, emotional, intuitional and spiritual training, has resulted in over a 90% success rate for the Spec Ops candidates. It is now taught to executives and corporate teams, tops sports teams, top athletes, professionals, first responders and warriors from all walks of life. Mark is the founder and leader of several highly successful enterprises including SEALFIT (Physical and mental training), Unbeatable Mind, LLC (Executive Mastery Development), NavySEALs.com and USCrossFit. He also co-founded the Coronado Brewing Company in Coronado, CA. SEALFIT developed out of the Navy's SEAL candidate Mentoring program, which took the pass rate for Navy SEAL candidates from 33% to over 80% on the Physical Sc

Jeremy Bhandari was born in Ashland, Massachusetts on June 19, 1996. Unlike the plurality of babies born in the 20th century, Jeremy wriggled into the world in his mother's bedroom, rather than a hospital. His rare arrival on Earth is ironically symbolic with his life story. Before dropping him off to preschool, Jeremy's mother would spread out the sports section in the Boston Globe for her son to examine while he ate his breakfast. Jeremy, at just 4-years-old, would study the MLB standings and league leaders. At this point, circa 2001, all the Massachusetts baseball fanatics obsessed over Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra, two stars on the Boston Red Sox. When it was time for Jeremy to select his favorite player for the back of his Tee Ball card, the calculated cherub demanded that Alex Rodriguez, a shortstop for the Texas Rangers, be labeled on his individualized square. While Jeremy probably couldn't locate Texas on a map, he knew that Rodriguez was leading the American League in home runs, so why not