What The Funk?

What The Funk?


Latest Episodes

The Cold Lake Closer
September 07, 2023

Once an Electrician, now a Tech Founder, Shawn Martens has created a business built to last in IronSight. Shawn joins Funk to talk about his path from small-town pond hockey player to big-time business slayer, going from the Canadian cold to the West Texa

Getting ahead with CarbonCred
August 31, 2023

Tim Beentjes is onto something big. The CEO of CarbonCred has cracked the code on how employees AND businesses can monetize carbon emission reductions. The concept is measured and fascinating. Take a listen as Funk and Tim chat about all things Calgary, i

Gimme Jimmy
August 24, 2023

Jimmy Sebastian comes on the pod for a trip down memory lane and to chat all things Data & Analytics. Seven Lakes Technologies, now a part of W Energy Software, took the industry by storm in the mid 2010s as a disruptive Oil and Gas Technology innov

A Tenacious P(odcast)
July 26, 2023

Sarah Compton, aka "Tenacious G" (The G is for Geologist) is amazing. The former college Softball player wanted to study volcanoes but ended up in Oil & Gas. Sarah and Funk dive into life, business, softball, and getting served a steady diet of curveb

Measuring Success: Ernie in the Haus(er)
July 19, 2023

The Smart CEO of C-Smart Analytics. A nit with wit. A guy in a tie. Ernie Hauser is many things, and today, he is a guest on "What the Funk?". Continuing our streak of Mid-Atlantic hustlers, Ernie talks about dressing for success, the value of cold callin

Craig Knows the Regs
July 13, 2023

Checking in from our Nation's Capital, Craig Heilman joins the podcast to talk about all things Naval Aviation, Baltimore's Best Crab Cakes, making Kevlar, and how his company, Arbo, is a good one to know in the Energy Data and Analytics space. The mid-At

Todd the Gawd
July 05, 2023

Todd Brooker knows about the value of hard work. The President of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates learned a whole bunch about discipline, effort, and accountability at an early age from his father, who played at Alabama and in the NFL, and the Legendar

Boardroom Suits and Muddy Boots
June 21, 2023

Kevin Ludbrook & Jason Webster can sniff out the BS. Two fellas who did time at Quorum and bonded over fast cars are working wonders at Spira Data, one of the fastest-growing Operational Resource Planning and Field Ticketing platforms in the game. Com

You High? Naw, Man on What the Funk?
June 15, 2023

Mark Hinaman (Pronounced like Chinaman, or Heineken) is one of the most versatile dudes in all of Energy. He heads up the Denver Young Professionals in Energy group, has a passion for nuclear energy, plays the saxophone, is an unofficial Renaissance Engin

What's Nixon Fixin' on What the Funk?
June 07, 2023

Nicole Nixon one of the best marketers in Oil & Gas (and any industry) joins Funk to talk about all things marketing. Combining emotion with content creation, the changing landscape of marketing, and some of their favorite ads ever created highlight t