No. 60: Dan Lloyd – Millennial Accelerator
If there’s one science where Long Island is lacking, it’s geography. The region has everything it needs to be a hub of 21st Century venture investment – world-class research,…
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No. 35: Robert Zimmerman – The Last Honest Man
Robert Zimmerman has been a household name on Long Island and beyond for decades, for all the right reasons. Alongside longtime partner Ron Edelson, the co-founder and co-president of…
No. 33: Eric Alexander – Downtown Train
Show us a Long Island downtown redevelopment project anytime over the last quarter-century, and we’ll show you how Eric Alexander was involved. As the veteran director of Vision Long…
No. 22: Paul Schwartz – All Pumped Up
Paul Schwartz is an entrepreneur, a networker and a VC magnet. And he’s the co-founder of a company promising to revolutionize the heating and cooling industries: Stony Brook-based ThermoLift, home…
No 21: Kevin Law – Local Boy Makes Good
The Long Island innovation economy has many leaders, but few as driven – or accomplished – as Kevin Law. Known best as the longtime president and CEO of the…
Episode 19: Timothy Sams – Right Man, Right Time
The SUNY Board of Trustees got it right with Timothy Sams. The longtime academic administrator took the reins of SUNY Old Westbury from longtime President Calvin Butts III smack dab…
Episode 18: Mitch Maiman – Another Door Opens
Mitch Maiman is a fixture of Long Island innovation. As cofounder and president of Hauppauge-based Intelligent Product Solutions, he carved a mighty niche – a premier product creator/enhancer devoted…
Episode 17: Renee Flagler – Where The Girls Are
Renee Flagler is knee-deep in networking. As executive director of Girls Inc. of Long Island, her primary mission is to help the next generation of young professional women positively influence…
Episode 16: Brian Fried – Invention Comprehension
Brian Fried is an inventor in the truest sense. More than just a home-based (and commercially successful) tinkerer with a garage full of exciting contraptions, he has a real dedication…
Episode 10: Matt Cohen – Energy, Expansion at the LIA
Same as the old boss? No – but Matt Cohen has been a part of the Long Island Association for a decade already, and the LIA has been part of…
Episode 7: Mitch Pally – Something to Build On
Mitch Pally has been there and done that – and after decades of Long Island service, he’s still doing it. Celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2021, the Long Island Builders…
Episode 6: Ann-Marie Scheidt – A Developing Story
If Long Island technology commercialization has a name, it must be Ann-Marie Scheidt. A one-woman economic engine and one of the most vital cogs in Long Island’s entire socioeconomic apparatus,…
Episode 5: Debra Markowitz – Ready For Her Closeups
After directing Nassau County’s film-production destiny for decades, Debra Markowitz is literally taking the director’s chair. Debra Markowitz is a study in innovation – personally, technologically, even economically. As…
Episode 2: Rosalie Drago – A Force For the Workforce
Suffolk County Commissioner of Labor Rosalie Drago, the first woman to fill the office, is an influencer of young women everywhere – adding to her list of immense socioeconomic responsibilities….
Episode 1: Michael Dowling – Tales From A Pandemic
From poorest Ireland to richest Albany to Northwell’s powerful C-suite, Michael Dowling amassed experiences that prepared him well for COVID’s front lines. For all intents and purposes, America’s COVID-19 pandemic…