Transcending Workspace

On this episode, Matt sits down with Brian Canlis, co-owner of Canlis, a fine dining restaurant in Seattle, Wa. Having grown up in the restaurant business, Brian spent eight years studying and working abroad in England, Austria, and Spain before finishing a hospitality degree at Cornell University. After four years as an officer in the Air Force (he worked with Air Force One - you may have seen him on CNN saluting the president) he returned to Seattle to join his brother Mark at the helm of Canlis: the landmark restaurant built by his grandfather in 1950. Outside the restaurant, Brian has hosted the country’s preeminent event on hospitality, The Welcome Conference and has appeared as a judge on Top Chef and a guest on No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain.

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Matt sits down with Alissa Leinonen to discuss her journey as she grew her business. Alissa Leinonen is the award-winning Founder & CEO of Seattle’s largest and longest-running women-owned catering and boxed-lunch company, Gourmondo Co. What began as a simple, four-table lunch cafe in Pike Place Market in 1996 is now a well-established leader in the Pacific Northwest food industry. Leinonen was honored as a Puget Sound Business Journal “40 Under 40” in 2008 and was a proud Women Business Owner Nellie Cashman Award finalist in 2016. In June of 2019, Alissa received the Pacific Northwest EY Entrepreneur of the Year award for the “Unstoppable” category and was named one of America’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs on the Inc. 5000 2020 list. She was also awarded Enterprising Women of the Year by Enterprising Women Magazine. Gourmondo was recently awarded the COVID-19 Champion award from the Puget Sound Business Journal for their work providing over 750,000 meals to those in need in the local community. PSBJ has also recognized Gourmondo as one of the top fastest-growing companies in the Pacific Northwest for multiple years in a row.

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Check out Transcending Workspace with Matt Watson to learn how business leaders are adapting to change!

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On this episode of Transcending Workspace, our host Matt Watson talks with Ringo Nishioka, SHRM - SCP, SPHR. Ringo Nishioka is a Human Resources and Operations executive with experience spanning Fortune 50 and high-growth technology companies. He builds award-winning company cultures and creates rapid growth through a hyper-focus on leveraging culture and performance management programs. He is currently the Chief People Officer at MoxiWorks, the intelligent productivity system for real estate brokerages.
Check out his blog at https://hrnasty.com/

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Join Matt as he speaks with Boaz Ashkenazy to discuss Boaz's experience building his business with immersive experiences.
Boaz is the CEO of Simply Augmented, member of Khronos 3DCommerce working group, and an advisor on the business of 3D, VR/AR and XR, to a select group of global companies.
Boaz is driven to help companies of all sizes leverage 3D content to drive growth in a world transitioning to online sales, virtual experiences and augmented marketing.

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