Season 36
The Global Interview Season 36 featuring creatives, leaders, and thinkers.
“I can see macro and micro clearly. Sometimes, I am too ahead of the curve. My challenge has been to communicate
Mary Ann Pierce
Mary Ann Pierce
Founder and CEO, MAP Digital, Inc.
I am the founder and CEO of MAP Digital, Inc, the only integrate enterprise event SaaS platform combined with a proven onsite and online event design and engineering agency. For over 20 years, we have deployed our priority MetaMeetings platform to scale and produce in-person and virtual conferences. We just completed a virtual event with 630 live sessions that was slated less than a month before to be an in-person investment conference.
“What happens to us in life is not the most important thing in the end. Rather it is what we do with our lives.”
Linda O'Connell
Linda O'Connell
National Online and Media Coordinator, Society of St Vincent de Paul
Linda O Connell is the founder of Digi Nomad whilst working full-time as the National Online and Media Coordinator, for the Society of St Vincent de Paul. She has worked in the Non-Profit sector for over 16 years as a communications specialist. She qualified with an MSc in Digital Marketing Strategy from the Cork Institute of Technology in 2018. Linda has extensive experience with social media, website development, SEO, Adwords, graphic design and advertising, both traditional and online. Linda won overall Network Cork Businesswoman of the Year and the Transformative Employee category at the Network Ireland Awards in 2020.
“I define success as making someone smile or laugh every day.”
Stacie Wimer
Stacie Wimer
Clinical Specialist, Podcast Host and Aspiring Author, Man Shopping with Stacie
Stacie is an unabashed 43-year-old twice-divorced single mother of an amazing 16-year-old daughter and the best black lab shelter mutt ever. She is a pharmaceutical clinical sales specialist by day and a writer, podcaster, cooking and baking enthusiast by night. She is a true extrovert with a passion for helping people. Her podcast, Man Shopping with Stacie, has been downloaded over 13,500 times in 46 countries and 957 cities worldwide. Stacie tells her relatable, transparent dating and life stories to help singles over 40 find more happiness in life on the podcast.
“Do it your own way” - There is more than one way to do things and if we do it our own way, we own it fully and embrace whatever the outcome is. It's authentic to us.
Furkan Karayel
Furkan Karayel
Author, Speaker and Lecturer, Diversein
Furkan Karayel is a multi-award-winning diversity and inclusion speaker and author of the international best-selling book "Inclusive Intelligence: How to be a Role Model for Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace". Furkan lectures at the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Master's program at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. Her passion is leveraging women-in-tech leadership, diversity and empowering female founders globally.
“When I’m designing - I strive to create something that is simple for a viewer to understand. If you have to explain your concept to someone - then it’s not working at all.”
Jason O'Gorman
Jason O'Gorman
Designer and Illustrator, Dynamite Studio
Hello, I'm Jason O'Gorman, and I'm from Cork. I'm a commercial designer and digital illustrator - founder of Dynamite Studio, a graphic and motion design studio. I also run jasonogorman - a small commercial store where people can buy my artwork. I've always loved drawing. Ever since I was a kid, it's something I have always wanted to do. I never went to college or had any formal training - but as soon as I finished my leaving cert, I found myself in my very first job in a graphic design studio. I was hand drawing posters for clubs, gigs, cafes and so on - I didn't even know what a computer was back then.
“When your dreams or goals come from within, from passion, you will move forward no matter what.”
Raluca-Ioana Man
Raluca-Ioana Man
Founder and CEO, RSEVEN Ltd
Raluca Ioana Man is the founder and CEO of RSEVEN Ltd since 2017. Raluca Ioana Man is also the president of the Rotary Club of Nicosia (2021-2022), a member of BPW International and AIPFE Cyprus-Women of Europe. She has over ten years of experience in branding, personal branding and reputation management, marketing and customized training. Raluca is also an accredited business, wellbeing, NLP, and emotional intelligence coach.
“Peace of mind is a sign of success. Of course, material things come and go. However, that sense of calm and peace with oneself is priceless.”
Naiyer Qureshi
Naiyer Qureshi
Certified Neuro Coach, Naiyer Qureshi Neuro Coaching
I'm a certified Neuro Coach based in London, the UK. Drawing on over 20 years in the retail sector. I work with ambitious entrepreneurs, busy professionals, and business leaders. People who value personal development know they're capable of achieving so much more and want to put strategies and structures in place to take their achievements to the next level. I studied and completed The Coaching Academy's Coach Training Programme, the world's leading training provider. In addition, my study of neuroscience coaching and leadership from, The Optimind Institute underpins everything I do.
I like to encourage my students to go out “tell big stories with small cameras.”
Robb Montgomery
Robb Montgomery
Author, Mobile Journalism
Robb Montgomery is an American mobile journalism and documentary film expert based in Berlin. Montgomery trains journalists and TV correspondents in more than 30 countries for Reuters, CNN, WAN-IFRA, The New York Times, Journalism Co UK, Mediacorp, Radio Free Europe, Hindustan Times, Channel News Asia, BILD, InterNews, and VRT public broadcasters.