Brando and Joe I/O Podcast
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Ep. 57 - Dr. Brian Ruggeberg - Managing Director, Partner at Kincentric
This week's guest is Dr. Brian Ruggeberg. He has had an incredible career in the consulting space and currently is the Managing Partner, Director at Kincentric. He received his Master's in Psychology from Old Dominion University and his Ph.D. in I
Ep. 56 - Kevin Dooley - An I/O Path to CHRO
This week's episode is with Kevin Dooley. He has had an illustrious HR career, and he is now the CHRO of Q2 Solutions after receiving his Master's in I/O Psychology from Hofstra University. We get to discuss his route into HR and how he was able t
Ep. 55 - Alexandra Bishop - Early Career Advice from Baruch
This week's guest is Alexandra Bishop. She is currently in the final semester of her I/O Psychology Master's degree at Baruch. We discuss her experience in the program and the unique aspects of Baruch's Master of Science program. She is able t
Ep. 54 - Dr. Sy Islam and John Zager - Masters in I/O vs MBA
For this week's episode, we are doing things a little differently. We were sitting in on a conversation with both Dr. Islam and John at our Hofstra networking event about getting an MBA vs. a Master's in I/O and thought, "This could be a grea
Ep. 53 - Dr. Daniel Meltzer - Senior Research Consultant at Mercer
This week's episode is with Dr. Daniel Meltzer. He received his master's and Ph.D. in I/O psychology from Hofstra University. During this episode, he shares insights into the unexpected twists that shaped his I/O journey and the work that he does
Ep. 52 - Richard Rosenow - An Introduction to People Analytics
This week's episode with Richard Rosenow marks a full year of the Brando and Joe podcast. We are so grateful to have Richard Rosenow as our esteemed guest to discuss all things people analytics. Richard received his M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University i
Ep. 51 - Jim Desautels - An Introduction to DisruptHR
This week's guest is Jim Desautels. He currently works at Lockton as a NY Employee Benefits Leader, is also the Team Leader for DisruptHR NYC, and is the Founder of DisruptHR Long Island. We got to sit down with Jim and discuss all of the amazing aspe
Ep. 50 - Dr. Vicki Walia - I/O in Finance
This week's guest is Dr. Vicki Walia. She received her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from Alliant International University - San Diego Campus. She has an illustrious career at many notable companies and currently works at Prudential Financial as the Head of
Ep. 49 - Rory O'Gallagher - Behavioral Scientist at GE HealthCare
For our first episode of the new year, our guest this week is Rory O'Gallagher! He received his Master's in I/O Psychology from Baruch and works as a Behavioral Scientist at GE HealthCare. With Rory's experience, we get to discuss the work tha
Ep. 48 - Amar Bhatia - An Early I/O Career Path
This week's episode is with Amar Bhatia. He is currently a Ph.D. student at Hofstra University and has received two Master's in Management and I/O Psychology. He also has experience working at NBC in HR. We get to discuss Amar's early career p