On The Wire by ARTEMIA Communications

In the latest episode of On The Wire, RIZOME and Earth Shot Labs co-founder Troy Carter joins our CEO, Barbara Wichmann to discuss the future of sustainable construction. To learn more about RIZOME and Earth Shot Labs, check out rizomeco.com and earthshot.eco To contribute to RIZOME’s crowdfunding campaign visit bit.ly/RIZCF You can join the Earth Shot Labs Slack channel here: https://bit.ly/ESLSlack To read the blog that accompanies this episode or for more information about ARTEMIA, visit bit.ly/OTW17TC More episodes of On The Wire are available on our website. You can also listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud and other major podcast platforms. Do you know someone who’d make a great guest? We’d love to hear from you! Please email kamie@artemia.com. Thanks so much for listening!

On the Wire is back! We’re kicking off 2021 with an interview with Dr. Janice Greene. She is the President and CEO of WBEC-Pacific and formerly worked for the Boeing Company. Throughout the last 20 years, she has been a leader in supplier diversity strategy, economic development and business intelligence. She took on her role at WBEC-Pacific in 2017 and has served on several executive boards with the aim of creating more opportunities for women-owned businesses. She has a BS and MS in Management and a Ph.D in Strategy, Project and Program Management. For more information about Dr. Greene’s background and extensive experience, please visit www.artemia.com and look for our On the Wire episodes.

Can your business recover from a disaster? They can strike anytime, anywhere. Mother nature doesn’t run on the same schedule as the business world – and FEMA data shows that 40% of businesses NEVER reopen after a disaster. A word to the wise: preparation is key. On our changing planet, natural disasters are a reality that cannot be ignored. We’ve invited Nora O’Brien, CEO of Connect Consulting Services, Inc., a national healthcare emergency management and business continuity planning firm, to offer her best advice on preparing YOUR business for the inevitable. If you are a business owner or leader, the time to start planning for natural disaster is now!

In this episode we speak with Sandra James, the Founder, CEO and President of Private Eyes, Inc. In this highly informative conversation, Sandra and Barbara discuss the little-known legal nuances of HR relations and the many ways in which background screening promotes success in businesses. About our Guest: In 1989 Sandra built her own company, RMCR, which she then sold in 1998. She founded Private Eyes in 1999 and another company, 4506-Transcripts.com in 2010. Private Eyes is now an industry leading, multi-million dollar technology company that provides background checking services, and 4506-Transcripts.com is now a bulk vendor for the IRS processing forms for mortgage lenders and banks. Sandra completed the 2012 Tuck-WBENC Executive program and was sponsored by one of her clients and a WBENC Corporate Member, the D.W. Morgan Company. Sandra can be found on the cover of Minority Business Entrepreneur Magazine on its special 30th anniversary edition. Private Eyes, Inc is #173 on Omnical’s 2018 List of Top 1000 Emerging Businesses in the US. About our Host: Barbara Wichmann, CEO and founder of ARTÉMIA Communications, Inc., an award-winning, global, full-service communications & digital marketing agency serving Fortune 100/500 companies in the utilities, technology, financial services and healthcare sectors as well as high-growth startups and international government agencies. As an industry-leading communications expert she oversees the company’s strategic development and is instrumental in representing the agency’s interests in the area of innovation, service delivery and partnership development.

In this episode, George Ehrgott, Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Diversity at CTDI, a longtime advocate for supplier diversity and a recipient of the WBENC "He4She" Award, discusses the history of supplier diversity with ARTEMIA’s CEO, Barbara Wichmann. During this conversation, George addresses many of the “hot topics” that are on the minds of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and start-up teams: Why is supplier diversity important for today’s tech companies, start-ups and global corporations? What are best practices for developing a successful program? What are the challenges facing supplier diversity today? He also provides examples of successful supplier diversity efforts and makes the business case for a diversified supplier base. Our Host: Barbara Wichmann, CEO and founder of ARTÉMIA Communications, Inc., an award-winning, global, full-service communications & digital marketing agency serving Fortune 100/500 companies in the utilities, technology, financial services and healthcare sectors as well as high-growth startups and international government agencies. As an industry-leading communications expert she oversees the company’s strategic development and is instrumental in representing the agency’s interests in the area of innovation, service delivery and partnership development. About George: George is responsible for Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Diversity at Communications Test Design, Inc. George has been with CTDI since it was a small business and has grown with the company to where they are now over $1.5B sales as a prime supplier to high-tech industries.