Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™

Andrea Padilla - CEO & Founder at Square Root Marketing
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Let’s Wine: Stories Uncorked™🍷- A Toast to Stories That Inspire Hosted by Andrea Padilla - CEO & Founder, Square Root Marketing® What happens when you pair a glass of wine with a powerful story of entrepreneurship? This podcast celebrates entrepreneurs who have transformed challenges into successes, guided by intuition, courage, and a wealth of experience. With each episode, we uncork real and unfiltered stories — celebrating maturity, authenticity, and the pleasure of a truly great conversation.

  1. Aug 11

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 43 | Breaking the Silence | Felicia Travaillot

    In the final episode of First In Line on Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™, Andrea Padilla, CEO & Founder of Square Root Marketing, closes the mini series with Felicia Travaillot, CMO of StrategyCorps, over a glass of Sauvignon Blanc. This episode, titled Breaking the Silence, goes where most professional conversations never do: an open, honest conversation about perimenopause and why it is time to stop treating it as something to whisper about.Felicia shares her journey, the importance of advocating for your own health, the resources she found along the way, and how she has made it her mission to normalize these conversations — even in the middle of a workday. A powerful close to a series built on courage and honesty.Featured Guest:Felicia TravaillotCMO, StrategyCorpsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ftravaillot/ Connect with us:Square Root Marketingwww.squarerootmarketing.com💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/squarerootmarketing 📸 Instagram: @squarerootmarketing

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 43 | Breaking the Silence | Felicia Travaillot

  2. Aug 6

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 42 | FIEXPO - Ep. 6 | Juliana Lopez

    In the 6th episode of the FIEXPO 2026 series of Let's Wine Stories Uncorked™, recorded in San José, Costa Rica, Andrea Padilla, CEO & Founder of Square Root Marketing, sits down with Juliana López, President of Grupo Heroica, over a cup of Costa Rican coffee. Juliana leads the operation of three convention centers across two countries: Cartagena de Indias, the Costa Rica Convention Center, and the Centro de Eventos Valle del Pacífico in Cali, a group that has hosted more than 6,000 events since 2010 and generated close to $100 million in economic impact for Cartagena alone in a single year.The conversation goes well beyond venue management. Juliana talks about the structural changes still needed for women who lead teams while raising children, the Legacy Link program that brings students from vulnerable communities into major congresses as full participants, and how Grupo Heroica built an internal team dedicated entirely to using AI and technology to remove friction and put the client first. She closes with the message she would give to any woman in the industry: dare more, take risks, and enjoy every step of the way.Featured Guest:Juliana LópezPresident, Grupo HeroicaLinkedIn:   / juliana-l%c3%b3pez   Connect with us:Square Root Marketing🌐 www.squarerootmarketing.com 💼 LinkedIn:   / squarerootmarketing   📸 Instagram:   / squarerootmarketing

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 42 | FIEXPO - Ep. 6 | Juliana Lopez

  3. Aug 4

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 41 | FIEXPO - Ep. 5 | Annette Gregg

    In Episode 5 of our FIEXPO 2026 series recorded in San Jose,Costa Rica, Andrea Padilla, CEO & Founder of Square Root Marketing, sits down with Annette Gregg, CEO of SITE (Society for Incentive Travel Excellence) and the first woman to hold that title in the association's 53 years ofhistory, over a glass of Sauvignon Blanc. Annette brings 30 years in the business events industry tothis conversation, including her time as Chief Revenue Officer at MPI before stepping into the CEO role at SITE. She gets into the industry's storytelling gap, why young professionals still accidentally find this career rather than choose it, the tension between logistics and strategic thinking, and how technology and nostalgia are pulling incentive travel in opposite directions. Honest, sharp, and worth every minute. Featured Guest:Annette GreggCEO, SITE — Society for Incentive Travel ExcellenceLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annettegregg/ Connect with us:Square Root Marketing🌐 www.squarerootmarketing.com 💼LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/squarerootmarketing📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squarerootmarketing/

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 41 | FIEXPO - Ep. 5 | Annette Gregg

  4. Jul 30

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 40 | FIEXPO - Ep. 4 | Tammy Moore

    In this episode of the Let's Wine Stories Uncorked™ FIEXPO 2026 series, recorded in San José, Costa Rica, Andrea Padilla, CEO & Founder of Square Root Marketing, sits down with Tammy Moore, VP of Learning & Professional Development at PCMA, one of the global business events industry's most respected associations, celebrating 70 years this year.Tammy spent 26 years as a planner, sourcing manager, and team leader before making the pivot into education. She now leads the programs that reached over 1,800 event professionals in 2025 alone, from on demand courses and micro credentials to the 57 plus learning opportunities at PCMA's flagship Convening Leaders conference.The conversation covers how the industry's most pressing shift is not technological but professional: moving from logistics and tactics to strategy and influence, learning to prove ROI, and earning a real seat at the table. Tammy also shares the metric she thinks the industry consistently gets wrong, how she sees AI reshaping professional development, and why Latin America is having a moment that the rest of the world should not miss.Featured Guest:Tammy MooreVP of Learning & Professional Development, PCMALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammy-moore/ Connect with us:Square Root Marketing🌐 squarerootmarketing.com💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/squarerootmarketing📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squarerootmarketing/

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 40 | FIEXPO - Ep. 4 | Tammy Moore

  5. Jul 26

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 39 | FIEXPO - Ep. 3 | Dr. Senthil Gopinath

    In this episode of the Let's Wine Stories Uncorked™ FIEXPO 2026 series, recorded in San José, Costa Rica, Andrea Padilla, CEO & Founder of Square Root Marketing, sits down with Dr. Senthil Gopinath, CEO of ICCA, the global association tracking over 13,000 international congresses every year — and celebrates his birthday with a glass of wine at the event. Senthil's career began in Sri Lanka's government tourism sector, moved through a regional DMC, the meetings division at Emirates, and ICCA regional leadership for Middle East and Africa before reaching the global CEO role. In this conversation, he talks about nine visits to Latin America in eight months and why the region continues to surprise him, the ICCA Congress coming to Panama in November with 82% of its global membership having never set foot there, why AI investment needs to be a line item on every organization's balance sheet rather than just a conference topic, and the case he is actively building at the United Nations for business events to be recognized as drivers of economic development. His closing message is one of the most direct this series has produced: "Nations thrive through meeting and interacting. That is the only way economic development can take place."Featured Guest:Dr. Senthil GopinathCEO, ICCALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-senthil-gopinath/ Connect with us:Square Root Marketing🌐 squarerootmarketing.com💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/squarerootmarketing 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squarerootmarketing/

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 39 | FIEXPO - Ep. 3 | Dr. Senthil Gopinath

  6. Jul 21

    [Español] Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 38 | FIEXPO - Ep. 2 | Christoph Tessmar

    In this episode of the Let's Wine Stories Uncorked™ FIEXPO 2026 series, recorded in San José, Costa Rica over a glass of Protos, Andrea Padilla, CEO & Founder of Square Root Marketing, sits down with Christoph Tessmar, Executive Director of the Barcelona Convention Bureau.Christoph arrived in Barcelona from Germany in January 1990 for what was supposed to be a one year assignment and never left. By chance, a product launch in Berlin right as the Wall came down pulled him into the world of events, and he never looked back.The conversation covers what it took to turn Barcelona into one of the world's top three congress destinations, with €1.3 billion in economic impact in 2025 and 25 consecutive years in the ICCA top 5, the biggest challenge facing the industry right now, and why everything predicted about digital replacing events after COVID turned out to be completely wrong. He also promised the next episode will happen in Barcelona, with a glass of Roda Uno.Featured Guest:Christoph TessmarExecutive Director, Barcelona Convention BureauLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-tessmar/Connect with us:Square Root Marketing🌐 squarerootmarketing.com💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/squarerootmarketing📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squarerootmarketing/

    [Español] Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 38 | FIEXPO - Ep. 2 | Christoph Tessmar

  7. Jul 8

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 37 | FIEXPO - Ep. 1 | Arnaldo Nardone

    In the opening episode of the Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ FIEXPO 2026 series, recorded in San José, Costa Rica, Andrea Padilla, CEO & Founder of Square Root Marketing, sits down with Arnaldo Nardone, Director & Founder of FIEXPO Exhibition Group, over a glass of Malbec.Arnaldo has been shaping the meetings and events industry since 1998, when leads still arrived by mail in envelopes. In this conversation, he reflects on what it took to bring FIEXPO to Costa Rica for the first time, why Latin America has emerged as one of the world's most trusted destinations for international meetings, and how FIEXPO helped open the doors of the Inter-American Development Bank to the meetings industry for the very first time.A must-watch conversation that highlights the extraordinary potential of Latin America and the opportunities that lie ahead for meetings and events industry.Featured GuestArnaldo NardoneDirector, FIEXPO Exhibition GroupLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaldo-nardone-35760513/Learn more about FIEXPO: https://fiexpolatinamerica.com/Connect with usSquare Root Marketing🌐 www.squarerootmarketing.com💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/squarerootmarketing📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squarerootmarketing/

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 37 | FIEXPO - Ep. 1 | Arnaldo Nardone

  8. Jul 7

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 36 | IPREX AGC Singapore - Ep. 2 | Heidi Otway

    In Episode 2 of Let's Wine Stories Uncorked™, recorded live at the IPREX Annual Global Conference in Singapore, Andrea Padilla, CEO & Founder of Square Root Marketing, sits down with Heidi Otway, President + Partner at SalterMitchell PR and incoming global president of IPREX, over Hatton wine from Bali.From a little girl who talked too much in elementary school, to covering the Oklahoma City bombing at 23, to building one of Florida's most respected communications firms over 23 years, to now leading IPREX at the global level: Heidi's story is about knowing your voice has value long before the world confirms it. The conversation covers what it means to be fluent in Floridian, the FAMU cohort program she built to open doors for the next generation of communicators, the moment in Paris that changed everything, and why she still tells young people to put the phone down and go ask for the refill themselves.Featured Guest:Heidi OtwayPresident + Partner, SalterMitchell PR | Global President, IPREXLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiotway/ Connect with us:Square Root Marketingwww.squarerootmarketing.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/squarerootmarketing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squarerootmarketing/

    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™ | Episode 36 | IPREX AGC Singapore - Ep. 2 | Heidi Otway
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Let’s Wine: Stories Uncorked™🍷- A Toast to Stories That Inspire Hosted by Andrea Padilla - CEO & Founder, Square Root Marketing® What happens when you pair a glass of wine with a powerful story of entrepreneurship? This podcast celebrates entrepreneurs who have transformed challenges into successes, guided by intuition, courage, and a wealth of experience. With each episode, we uncork real and unfiltered stories — celebrating maturity, authenticity, and the pleasure of a truly great conversation.

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  • Creator
    Andrea Padilla - CEO & Founder at Square Root Marketing
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    41
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Andrea Padilla - CEO & Founder at Square Root Marketing
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    Let's Wine: Stories Uncorked™