On the March 28th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show, our guests were:

Andres Ruzo – CEO,  LinkAmerica

Joe Brunson – Founder & CEO, Tusk Enterprises

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Andres Ruzo, CEO, LinkAmerica

Andres Ruzo was born in Lima, Peru and came to the United States in 1980 to pursue a career in Engineering at Texas A&M University. He moved to Houston and started his entrepreneurial career buying an ownership position into Sabwor International an exploration oil company.

In 1992, he moved to Dallas to develop opportunities for refurbished telecom products and services in the USA domestic and Latin American Markets and two years later he started LinkAmerica, a technology company to refurbish and upgrade large switching systems for the telephone companies.

Since 2008, LinkAmerica has experienced an exponential revenue growth that has catapulted the organization to become the 2012 – #1 Fastest Hispanic growing business in the Nation.  Exceeding a 5117% compounded growth, since 2008.  LinkAmerica provides services to several OEM’s and carriers including: Fujitsu Networks, DART and AT&T.

LinkAm.com

Phone: (214) 272-2880

Joe Brunson,  Founder & CEO, Tusk Enterprises

Joe Brunson relieves staffing woes of nearly 900 healthcare facilities across the nation with his Arlington-based Tusk Enterprises and its two thriving companies, Rhino Medical Services and Hospitalists Plus.

Rhino Medical Services, established in 2003, started as a staffing firm focused on the anesthesia industry and now is a multimillion dollar operation with temporary and permanent staffing solutions for several different medical specialties: emergency medicine physicians, internal medicine physicians, general surgery physicians, family practice physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Rhino Medical Services’ success inspired the launch of Hospitalists Plus in 2011. Hospitalists Plus provides temporary and permanent staff of physicians for the relatively new specialty that focuses on caring for hospitalized patients.

RhinoMedical.com

Phone: (866) 267-4466

HospitalistPlus.com

Joe Brunson, Host, Steve A Klein, Andres Ruzo

On the March 21st edition of PlayMakers Talk Show, our guests were:

Stan Stevenson- Managing Director,  Sendero Wealth Management

Chris Phelps – “Business Hippie” & Founder, Tacky Box

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Stan Stevenson, Managing Director,  Sendero Wealth Management

Stan Stevenson is a Managing Director and a member of the Sendero Investment Committee. Stan came to Sendero in 2013 from the Wealth Advisory Group at Northern Trust.

Prior to that, he spent fifteen years as the Director of Marketing and Investor Relations at Dallas-based Belmont Wealth Management, a family office and privately-owned wealth management firm.

Stan has a BBA and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. He is active in politics and supports several charities benefitting the US military and wounded veterans.

Sendero.com

Chris Kent Phelps, “Business Hippie” & Founder, Tacky Box

Chris Phelps, dubbed “Business Hippie” by those who’ve partnered with her during her 16-year business career, and “Mom” by Emma (6½) and Jake (4), is a self-proclaimed recovering CPA turned entrepreneur.

Born and raised in Texas, Chris comes by her creative talents naturally. Her mother, Cindy Kent, co-collaborator on the Tacky Box set, is a professional artist and has taught art classes both privately and for public schools.

Chris hung her own shingle in July 2011 and launched a series of projects and companies across multiple industries. Her latest project – Tacky Box – is special because it all began with her daughter and has become a family business.

“No one was more surprised when the Tacky Box worked. It really worked. After the first week, I saw a noticeable change in my children. Not only do my kids police their own language and behavior, but they gently encourage those around them to choose kinds words and actions rather than tacky ones. As it turns out, the Tacky Box armed me with what I needed in a tough moment, and it continues to teach personal responsibility, the power of words and actions, and the importance of kindness.”

TackyBox.com

Host Steve A Klein, Chris Phelps, Stan Stevenson