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Join Noah Ifergan as he talks to today’s brightest minds in business. Hear the values core to their success and their mindsets through tough times. OU delivers actionable insight to unlock opportunities in your own life and career.

Opportunity Unlocked Noah Ifergan

    • Business
    • 4.7 • 37 Ratings

Join Noah Ifergan as he talks to today’s brightest minds in business. Hear the values core to their success and their mindsets through tough times. OU delivers actionable insight to unlock opportunities in your own life and career.

    Appian CMO Denise Broady - Living the American Dream as a Refugee, Bringing Your Authentic Self to the Workplace, Wellness Practices

    Appian CMO Denise Broady - Living the American Dream as a Refugee, Bringing Your Authentic Self to the Workplace, Wellness Practices

    LinkedIn: Denise Broady   

    Denise is CMO at Appian. She has over 25+ years of experience as a change agent scaling businesses from start-ups, turnarounds and complex software companies. Prior to Appian, Denise was COO at SAP and CMO/COO at WorkForce Software. She is also a two-time published author of GRC for Dummies and Driven to Perform. Denise holds a double degree in Marketing and Production and Operations from Virginia Tech.   

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    • 1 hr 38 min
    Wealthsimple Co-Founder Brett Huneycutt & VP, Engineering Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie - Securing the Largest Private Investment in Canadian History, Building the Most Diverse Engineering Team in the Country

    Wealthsimple Co-Founder Brett Huneycutt & VP, Engineering Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie - Securing the Largest Private Investment in Canadian History, Building the Most Diverse Engineering Team in the Country

    LinkedIn: Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie, Brett Huneycutt   

    Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie is the Vice President of Engineering at Wealthsimple. Prior to joining their executive team, she established Lever’s first R&D teams outside of San Francisco; created and grew successful teams at Shopify and Blackberry QNX; and held various roles at IBM and several startups.   

    Brett Huneycutt is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Wealthsimple. Prior to Wealthsimple, he co-founded photo website 1000memories.com which was acquired in 2012 by Ancestry.com where he became Director of Product.  Brett is a former engagement manager at McKinsey and Rhode Scholar at University of Oxford.   

    Wealthsimple is a Toronto-based fintech company bringing smart, simple, online financial products to market. Their products include investment management services, equity and crypto trading, peer-to-peer cash transferring, and a tax platform. In May 2021, the company raised $750M CAD at a valuation of $5B CAD.  
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    • 28 min
    Snippet: Appian CRO Eric Cross - Positively Impacting Businesses With Software, The Enormous Opportunity in Appian's Addressable Market, How Appian is Shaping the Low-Code Automation Market

    Snippet: Appian CRO Eric Cross - Positively Impacting Businesses With Software, The Enormous Opportunity in Appian's Addressable Market, How Appian is Shaping the Low-Code Automation Market

    LinkedIn: Eric Cross   

    Eric Cross is Chief Revenue Officer at Appian. He has 20+ years experience leading and scaling high growth go to market organizations. He brings a diverse background with organizations sub $25M to $1.5B in direct and indirect revenue models spanning a diverse set of established and emerging technology categories. Recently, he was a member of the senior leadership team leading Apigee from mid stage start up through successful IPO and eventual acquisition by Google. Prior, he served in various senior leadership roles with Blue Coat Systems, Citrix Systems, and PeopleSoft amongst others. Eric is a graduate of the University of Georgia.

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    • 11 min
    Appian CRO Eric Cross - Lessons From 30 Years as a Sales Exec, Growing Up On a Farm in Northwest Georgia, How Appian is Shaping the Low-Code Automation Market

    Appian CRO Eric Cross - Lessons From 30 Years as a Sales Exec, Growing Up On a Farm in Northwest Georgia, How Appian is Shaping the Low-Code Automation Market

    LinkedIn: Eric Cross   

    Eric has 20+ years experience leading and scaling high growth go to market organizations. He brings a diverse background with organizations sub $25M to $1.5B in direct and indirect revenue models spanning a diverse set of established and emerging technology categories. Recently, he was a member of the senior leadership team leading Apigee from mid stage start up through successful IPO and eventual acquisition by Google. Prior, he served in various senior leadership roles with Blue Coat Systems, Citrix Systems, and PeopleSoft amongst others. Eric is a graduate of the University of Georgia.

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    • 58 min
    Co-Founder & CEO of Ada Support Inc. Mike Murchison - Starting 5 Companies, Company Growth as Byproduct of Personal Growth, Strategies for Successfully Pivoting

    Co-Founder & CEO of Ada Support Inc. Mike Murchison - Starting 5 Companies, Company Growth as Byproduct of Personal Growth, Strategies for Successfully Pivoting

    LinkedIn: Mike Murchison   

    Mike Murchison is the CEO and Co-founder of Ada, a venture-back AI-powered platform that is transforming how businesses around the world, including TELUS, Zoom and AirAsia, provide customer service. Before Ada, Mike answered tens of thousands of customer service inquiries manually firsthand. Using this experience, he set out to build Ada’s platform that puts the benefits of AI into the hands of non-technical support teams to build, manage, and track ROI-driving automated customer experiences. 

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    • 31 min
    Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Canada Laura Adams - The 5am Club, Practices for Physical and Mental Health, Meditation Tips

    Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Canada Laura Adams - The 5am Club, Practices for Physical and Mental Health, Meditation Tips

    LinkedIn: Laura Adams 

    Laura Adams is currently Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Canada. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Laura worked as a management consultant in Stockholm, Sweden and Washington, DC. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Georgia with degrees in International Business and Finance. Laura is a former NCAA All-American swimmer and has won an SEC Championship and the NCAA Woman of the Year award. She is a member of the Ticker Club, YPO and the Toronto Club, along with being a co-chair of the Right To Play Garden Party. Laura was recruited for the Champions Board by Heather Reisman in 2010.   

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    • 34 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
37 Ratings

37 Ratings

Leibsauce ,

Great Pod with Incredible Guests

One of my favourite podcasts. Noah has high caliber guests on from a wide array of business backgrounds and knows how to ask the right questions to create insightful conversations. If you want to learn something in a quick 20 minutes, OO is the pod for you.

BlakeRyder ,

The host is fantastic

Noah really exemplifies the qualities needed to be a stand out podcast host in a genre that is rapidly expanding!

Sestoman ,

Inspiration during challenging times

An unprecedented podcast for unprecedented times. Noah brings enthusiasm and relevance to each episode, resulting in an inspiring listening experience that will get you back to that growth mindset - something we could all use a bit more of right now. Pair that with an assortment of top-caliber guests and consumable run times, and you have one stellar show.

Check this out now if you haven’t already!

Looking forward to the next one.

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