Nick Kennedy, CEO, Rise

Nick Kennedy founded Rise with a laser focus on transforming the air travel experience for frequent travelers. In a very short time he leveraged his technology and client service background to develop an accessible, high-touch and highly scalable business model that has positioned the company to lead the next generation of air travel.

Rise is a Dallas-based air travel company founded to serve frequent air travelers by providing a private air travel experience for about the same cost as frequent commercial flying. It is the first membership air travel company of its kind in the United States and currently flies the entire Texas Triangle. With multiple scheduled flights between Dallas, Houston and Austin, frequent travelers now have a better, faster option to reach the state’s largest business hubs.

Phone: (844) 332-4742

Ashley Cook, CEO, Zoccam

Born and raised in Dallas, Ashley Cook attended Southern Methodist University where she received both her BA and Juris Doctor degrees. After law school, Ashley built her law practice by focusing on the needs of title insurance companies and real estate agents and brokers. Her extensive real estate experience gave her the insight to recognize the need for real estate technology.

In 2014, Ashley founded ZOCCAM, which connects consumers, real estate agents and title companies by providing simple technology to create secure solutions.

ZOCCAM is an easy to use smartphone app used by real estate agents to send Earnest Money to the escrow agent or title company. ZOCCAM decreases liability associated with manual deposits, enables faster sales cycles, increases transparency in real estate transactions and provides cost savings.

Phone: (214) 247-6500

Host, Steve A Klein, Ashley Cook, Nick Kennedy

Our Guests for the November 27th/28th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Rachel Sanchez, CEO, Prestige Maintenance USA

Rex Kurzius, CEO, Asset Panda

Join us every Friday afternoon at 3:00 and Saturday at 2:00 on 770 KAAM (KAAMRadio.com)

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Rachel Sanchez, CEO, Prestige Maintenance USA

A second-generation owner of Prestige Maintenance USA (PMUSA), Rachel Sanchez grew up in the family business and knows how to drive growth while maintaining excellent customer service. Having witnessed her parents’ tireless work ethic as a child Rachel utilizes her experience and her education in finance to deliver solutions to the company’s diverse customer portfolio.

Leading by example is a core value for Rachel and her vision for PMUSA’s future builds upon the more than three decades of her firm’s success. She holds closely to PMUSA’s “3-R’s” philosophy of “Respect, Respond, and Retain” and evaluates every strategic decision on these principles.

Rachel has grown PMUSA into one of the largest woman-owned, family-owned, and custodial and facilities maintenance companies in the nation. Today, under Rachel’s leadership, PMUSA provides services in more than thirty states to Fortune 500 and mid-market clients in industries including commercial, retail, grocery, banking, distribution, home improvement, and transportation and logistics.

PrestigeUSA.net

Phone: (972) 578-9801

Rex Kurzius, CEO, Asset Panda

Rex Kurzius is the Founder and CEO of Asset Panda, a powerful cloud and mobile platform that allow organizations to replace spreadsheets for asset tracking and support millions of assets. Asset Panda offers a revolutionary new system using smart phones and tablets that automates and simplifies the job of tracking and managing fixed assets – notably industrial equipment, information technology and office equipment.

Rex is the former president of the Dallas Chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization and former chairman of the North Texas Young Presidents Organization. Rex is passionate about entrepreneurship and comes from a family of Entrepreneurs. Rex’s older brother, Dan Kurzius, is the co-founder of Mailchimp, one of the largest email marketing services in the world.

Rex’s leadership and vision have resulted in tremendous growth and recognition for his companies, including two-dozen awards including becoming an Inc. 500 winner six times.

AssetPanda.com

Phone : (855) 898-6058

Host, Steve A Klein, Rachel Sanchez, Rex Kurzius