Chris Gaspar, Author at The Covert Code

Episode 71 – Cynthia Montgomery

By Chris Gaspar|2025-07-08T22:16:32+00:00July 4th, 2025|Podcasts|

This week on the Covert Code Podcast, we’re diving into “Designing A Remote Workforce,” and I’m pleased to welcome Cynthia Montgomery. Cynthia is an experienced leader with a profound understanding of managing remote teams in the design and architecture industry.

Meet Cynthia Montgomery

Cynthia’s business acumen has deep roots. As a little girl, she listened at the dinner table to the conversations of her father and his fellow IBM executives. She went on to earn a degree from UC Berkeley in Industrial and Business Psychology, where she learned that her natural skill of listening was the key to a smart business.

Shortly after Cynthia and John were married, they saw an opportunity to create a unique Landscape Architecture firm, one that combined John’s talent for planning amazing spaces with Cynthia’s entrepreneurial skill and ability to understand that good business is all about people. As CEO, Cynthia built Montgomery Robbins (formerly J. Montgomery Designs) as a concierge business that upholds the highest standards for our clientele. Throughout the years, she has carefully selected team members who share this passion and commitment to service.

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Episode 70 – Bronson Hill

By Chris Gaspar|2025-07-03T22:04:41+00:00June 27th, 2025|Podcasts|

This week on The Covert Code Podcast, the topic is “Financial Advantage: Think Wealth, Build Freedom,” and my special guest is Bronson Hill—founder and CEO of Bronson Equity, keynote speaker, and host of The Mailbox Money Show.

Meet Bronson Hill

As the Managing Member of Bronson Equity, Bronson is a general partner in 2500 multifamily units worth over $250M. Bronson is the host of The Mailbox Money Show, where he breaks down the investor mindset and has personally raised over $45M for real estate and his private equity deals. Bronson is the author of the best-selling book, Fire Yourself: Replace Your Working Income with Passive Income in 3 Years or Less, and a regular contributor to YouTube and his blog.

Bronson is a regular keynote speaker that leads The Wealth Forum, an exclusive mastermind for affluent passive investors, providing unmatched investment opportunities within a growth-oriented community. Bronson is a frequent guest on podcasts like the Best Ever Show with Joe Fairless and was a speaker at the large Limitless Conference with Ken McElroy.

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Episode 69 – Joycelyn David

By Chris Gaspar|2025-06-23T20:59:26+00:00June 20th, 2025|Podcasts|

Discover how Forward Women Network’s Most Influential Filipina is transforming how global brands connect with diverse audiences. Learn why tomorrow’s marketing winners won’t just acknowledge cultural differences—they’ll leverage them as strategic assets for exponential growth.

Meet Joycelyn David

Joycelyn‘s new book, “The Multicultural Mindset,” is now available for pre-order, published by Advantage—The Authority Company (Forbes).

The distance between markets is shrinking, but the need for genuine multicultural understanding has never been greater. Transform your leadership potential by mastering the one skill that defines tomorrow’s global leaders—a powerful multicultural mindset.

The future of business is borderless. Whether you are a C-suite executive, entrepreneur, or professional looking to get ahead in a competitive market, you’ll learn how to leverage cultural intelligence as your competitive advantage in an interconnected world.

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Episode 68 – Lauren Petrullo

By Chris Gaspar|2025-06-13T23:34:11+00:00June 13th, 2025|Podcasts|

Navigate the ever-shifting digital landscape with Lauren Petrullo, founder of Mongoose Media and architect of marketing evolution. Discover how successful brands adapt their strategies not just to survive algorithm changes but to thrive in an ecosystem where yesterday’s tactics become tomorrow’s cautionary tales.

Meet Lauren Petrullo

Lauren Petrullo is a multi-time founder, best known as the CEO and founder of the award-winning agency Mongoose Media and co-founder of Asian Beauty Essentials. She and her team have partnered with Fortune 500 giants such as Disney, Meta, Pearson, and Coca-Cola, and she currently serves as a member of the prestigious Leaders Network at Meta (formerly Facebook). Known for her dynamic presence and inventive strategies, Lauren is widely recognized as a thought leader in the business applications of AI—leveraging emerging technologies to drive results and shape the future of marketing. Her expertise has been featured in Yahoo!, Thrive Global, Refinery29, Shopify, Advertising Week, ComputerWorld, and Glossy. She co-hosts the Perpetual Traffic podcast, the #1 Digital Marketing Podcast, and is an instructor with DigitalMarketer. A sought-after speaker and podcast guest, Lauren shares her insights with audiences across the country.

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Episode 67 – Karen McDaniel

By Chris Gaspar|2025-06-10T01:53:11+00:00June 6th, 2025|Podcasts, Author|

Dive deep into executive transformation with Karen McDaniel, Ph.D., founder of Empowering Executives and architect of leadership breakthroughs. Discover the psychological frameworks that turn executive challenges into catalysts for extraordinary growth.

Meet Karen McDaniel

Karen has made a career out of turning complex leadership challenges into opportunities for unparalleled growth. In addition to founding Empowering Executives, she held significant tenure at higher education institutions in Tennessee, Virginia, and Arkansas, where she served as Associate Professor of Management, Department Chair, Director of Community Engagement, and Faculty Athletics Representative. She holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management and has been published in various leading academic and industry journals.

She has served both regionally and nationally through her board positions on her local Chamber of Commerce, SHRM, and United Way, as well as on the NCAA FARA Executive Committee. Karen’s background in academia, combined with her hands-on leadership development experience, provides a robust framework for her understanding of organizational and executive effectiveness. At Empowering Executives, she fulfills her passion for empowering leaders by fostering a collaborative environment where they can share insights, challenge assumptions, and drive growth both personally and professionally.

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Episode 66 – Judy McCutcheon

By Chris Gaspar|2025-06-06T19:09:47+00:00June 5th, 2025|Podcasts, Author|

Meet the force of nature reshaping leadership across the Caribbean and beyond—Judy McCutcheon, author of “Unfiltered and Unapologetic” and founder of the groundbreaking Disruptive Leadership Conference.

Meet Judy McCutcheon

Judy McCutcheon is the unapologetic force redefining leadership in the Caribbean and beyond. As CEO of Go Blue Consulting, founder of the Disruptive Leadership Conference, and author of Unfiltered and Unapologetic, she empowers high-achieving women to lead with boldness, confidence, and compassion. Rooted in her island upbringing and fueled by a deep passion for people-centered leadership, Judy blends organizational psychology with real-world grit to transform how leaders live, love, and lead. Whether she’s coaching C-suite executives, designing transformative masterminds, or reshaping workplace culture, Judy doesn’t just challenge the status quo; she disrupts it with purpose.

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Episode 65 – Graham Broyd

By Chris Gaspar|2025-05-23T18:48:02+00:00May 23rd, 2025|Podcasts, Author|

Join us with Graham Broyd, veteran global banking executive and author of “Backpack, Jacket, Surfboard, My Journey Across America—Then and Now,” as he reveals how hitchhiking across America shaped his leadership philosophy more profoundly than any business school.

Meet Graham Broyd

Graham was Chairman of the RBS GBM Regulatory Committee from 2011 to 2015 and had responsibility for the Bank’s global regulatory agenda and direct responsibility for multiple regulatory enforcement actions and consent orders from US, UK, and European regulators, including FX, LIBOR, Sales practices, Derivatives, and Structured Products. Graham’s early career was in FX at Lloyds Bank, JP Morgan, and NatWest in London, Panama, and New York. Graham was a member of the Federal Reserve Board’s FX Committee from 2005 to 2009.

As the head of Treliant Consulting’s Global Markets practice from 2016 to 2019, he worked with an array of regulators, global banks, and US domestic financial services firms. His engagements included regulatory investigations into trading misconduct, regulatory enforced remediation of interest rate benchmark conduct, compliance and control failings, multiple risk function reviews, and supporting the business and controls build-out of certain FinTech and Digital Asset firms.

Graham has a deep background in all things LIBOR. He was on the original FRB ARRC Committee, convened back in November 2014. He led the original ARRC Committee “Transition’ Working Group. Graham has managed a LIBOR Submission desk, a Rates business, and was the RBS internal disciplinary Chair for LIBOR misconduct. Graham has also managed LIBOR global enforcement actions both as a Bank and as a consultant. He frequently publishes, posts, and presents at industry conferences on the subject of LIBOR transition.

Graham is on the Board of British American Business and Scarsdale Golf Club. He has served on the Federal Reserve Bank’s FX Committee, the Federal Reserve Board’s Alternative Reference Rate Committee, and the Board of the Institute of International Bankers.

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Episode 64 – Joseph Hudicka

By Chris Gaspar|2025-05-23T18:50:29+00:00May 16th, 2025|Author, Podcasts|

This week on The Covert Code Podcast, the topic is “Empowering the Next Generation of Business Leaders through Innovation” with Joseph R. Hudicka, a Forbes author of The AI Ecosystem Revolution, keynote speaker, teacher, and philanthropist.

Meet Joseph R. Hudicka

Joe Hudicka is the CEO and founder of EvenFlow, a software solution that helps businesses unify their various digital communication channels. Hudicka is also a speaker as well as a supply chain expert with 25 years of experience in business process reengineering, business intelligence, and technological innovation. Hudicka serves on Rider University’s Advisory Board for the Centers for Entrepreneurial & Analytics Studies and holds multiple roles at the university, including Entrepreneur in Residence and Adjunct Professor.

For over 20 years, Joe has been connecting ideas with processes, systems, technologies, and solutions that transform visions into flourishing, thriving, and mind-bending businesses. With experience that spans the globe, numerous industries, and several Fortune 500 companies, Joe is a spirited force who leverages his vetted intuition, entrepreneurial expertise, and inspirational enthusiasm to foster and excel at innovations and become an industry game changer.

In 2001, Joe co-founded The Clarity Team, LLC, a reputable consulting firm with a proven history of propelling B2B businesses forward by providing technological vision, enterprise synergy, and custom solutions, consistently delivering high-growth results. As the firm’s Senior Solutions Architect, Joe uses storytelling and Clarity Graphics to simplify complex issues, ultimately empowering organizations and teams to leverage innovation and resources to revolutionize the sales experience.

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The Fraud Factor: Urgent Strategies for Safer Digital Marketing

By Chris Gaspar|2025-05-19T19:06:08+00:00May 13th, 2025|Press Releases|

An Eye-Opening Evening with Forbes Author & Digital Marketing Expert Anna Covert

(Honolulu, HI) May 12, 2025 — Digital fraud is quietly costing businesses billions each year, and most don’t even realize it. That’s the urgent focus of The Fraud Factor: Urgent Strategies for Safer Digital Marketing, a special event led by digital marketing expert and Forbes Books author Anna Covert. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 5, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Dave & Buster’s, Ala Moana. Designed for business owners, marketing professionals, sales teams, and students, this session delivers the latest tools and insights to protect digital campaigns from fraud and waste.

In today’s fast-paced marketing landscape, reach and conversion aren’t the only concerns—security is, too. From fake leads and bot traffic to click fraud and malicious ad placements, digital deception is eroding ROI across industries. Most campaigns operate without safeguards. Anna Covert, founder of Covert Communications and a trusted voice in ethical digital strategy, will break down the most common forms of fraud and provide practical ways to identify and stop them before they impact a brand’s reputation or bottom line.

Attendees will learn how to:

Identify the most common types of digital fraud, including click fraud and fake leads
Spot red flags early to protect campaigns from financial and reputational risk
Implement strategies to safeguard digital marketing efforts
Take immediate, practical steps to defend their business from online marketing fraud
Apply proven techniques to save 20% or more on Google Ads—with hands-on tips they can use right away.

In addition, Anna will reveal her go-to strategies so that virtually anyone running a Google or Microsoft search campaign can walk away with clear, actionable ways to improve performance and cut waste.

The event includes heavy pupus, one complimentary drink ticket (alcoholic or non-alcoholic), and a book signing with Covert toward the end of the evening. Guests will also have a chance to win a free copy of her Amazon #1 bestselling book, The Covert Code—Mastering the Art of Digital Marketing, which will also be available for purchase on-site and online.

With over two decades in the industry and a reputation for results and integrity, Anna has worked with hundreds of companies globally. Her mission is to elevate the digital marketing profession through transparency, accountability, and education—and this event is a powerful step in that direction.

Tickets are limited, and early registration is encouraged. You can make reservations on Eventbrite.

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Episode 63 – Harmon Kong

By Chris Gaspar|2025-05-12T20:16:18+00:00May 9th, 2025|Author, Podcasts|

On The Covert Code , discover a fresh perspective on wealth with Harmon Kong, Co-Founder of Apriem Advisors and Forbes Author of the Amazon bestseller “Values Over Valuables.” Learn how true legacy building goes far beyond financial assets to embrace the values, stories, and principles that shape generations. Perfect for entrepreneurs, family leaders, and anyone seeking to create meaning that outlasts their bank account.

Meet Harmon Kong

Harmon co-founded Apriem Advisors in 1998 and has since redefined the finance industry’s standards by treating every client as family, or “Ohana.” It is imperative to Harmon that Apriem prioritize personalized service, ensuring that each client feels valued and receives the full attention of the team.

Harmon’s leadership philosophy emphasizes that wealth management transcends mere numbers; it is fundamentally about creating and nurturing relationships. This approach has established Apriem Advisors as a trusted ally for multi-generational families seeking holistic financial solutions. With extensive experience in wealth management, Harmon has emerged as a thought leader, guiding families through financial complexities while promoting a life of purpose beyond monetary achievements. His methodology harmonizes financial and personal growth, enabling clients to cultivate wealth alongside meaningful lives. Recognized for his commitment to client welfare, Harmon is also the Amazon Best-Selling author of “Values over Valuable: Daring to Live the Life Money Can’t Buy.”

In addition to his professional endeavors, he actively volunteers with various organizations, serves on many boards and committees, and is continually contributing to community enrichment and cultural understanding.

When he is not working or volunteering, Harmon cherishes spending time with his family and friends. Whether exploring the great outdoors, enjoying a meal together, or embarking on new adventures, he values the moments that bring people closer together. His personal life reflects his professional values: the importance of relationships, the joy of shared experiences, and the significance of giving back.

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