Voice of Influence

James Satterwhite brings over 36 years of industry knowledge, senior management and market building experience. His skills include global reach and abilities to address complex business development needs with a particular focus in façade constructs.

Mr. Satterwhite is CEO of Advanced Glazings Ltd. with focus on domestic and international growth for the unique and timely light redirecting and highly insulation glazing units branded as Solera. He has served as Global Business Manager for Cabot Corporation’s Aerogel division where he was responsible for seeding global demand, business model development and supply chain for the Building and Construction markets. He also served as director of market development for Super Sky Products, Inc. where he was responsible for the design and development of systems and technology to bring solar energy into building integrated solutions among others. Prior to that position, Mr. Satterwhite was a vice president of sales at CPI Daylighting, charged with leading sales operations, marketing management of translucent daylighting systems.

Andrea Pacini is a presentation coach and Head of Ideas on Stage UK. He specialises in working with business owners, leaders and their teams who want to become more confident presenters.

Since 2010 Ideas on Stage has worked with thousands of clients around the world, including companies like Microsoft, Lacoste, The World Bank and over 500 TEDx speakers.

Andrea is on a mission to stop great ideas from failing just because of the way they are presented. His vision is to help hundreds of thousands of business leaders share their message so they can grow their business, increase their influence and make a positive impact in the world.

Claudia Schabel, Founder, President and CEO of Schabel Solutions Inc., has been on a 20-plus- year mission to raise awareness and consciousness about social justice, race relations and equity. The Schabel Solutions team has over 25 years of DEI and human resources practitioner experience, largely with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. As a diversity and inclusion strategic partner, we combine our expertise with significant international experience and multicultural backgrounds to help organizations address the dangers of unmitigated unconscious bias, untapped talent, missed market opportunities and stagnant innovation.

We can all learn a lot from professional performers because anyone can struggle with performance anxiety when they share a presentation or even just speak up in a meeting. Soula Parassidis is an accomplished professional opera singer and she has advice for us on the podcast this week.

Greek-Canadian operatic soprano Soula Parassidis is an entrepreneur, anti-humantrafficking advocate, and producer. She has appeared on stage in the world's major performance venues and is the CEO of Living Opera. At Living Opera, her work is centered around reforming the pain points of performing arts--equal access, distribution, funding--for both artists themselves, and the communities they serve.

When the storms of life come, it’s natural for us to focus on how we can protect ourselves and our families, teams, and people we care about. But it’s also in the storms of life where we find out who we really are - what we’re really capable of. So why are we trying to shelter others from the opportunity to find strength inside themselves?

In this episode, Andrea tells about the story of a family caught in a tornado, parents trapped in the vehicle, and the 9 year old child who found something extraordinary in himself to run and find help to save his parent’s lives. And she shares 3 things you can do to provide that opportunity to those in your care.

Video About Boy in Tornado