February 15 – Curtis A. Hite, CEO & Chairman, Improving

Our Guest for the February 15th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Curtis A. Hite, CEO & Chairman, Improving

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Curtis A. Hite, CEO & Chairman, Improving

Curtis A. Hite is the CEO and Chairman of Improving; a software training and consulting company which he founded in 2007. With a focus on Conscious Capitalism, he has grown the company to 60 million in revenue, 500+ employees and 8 offices.

Curtis began his career as a software engineer building systems in the Defense industry – first with Rockwell International and then at E-Systems (later acquired by Raytheon). In 1998, Curtis and several partners founded Expede, a software development consulting and training company. Its quick growth drew the attention of a French company, Valtech, which acquired them in 1999. Curtis soon became CEO of Valtech’s North American operations and remained in that position until late 2006.

In early 2007, Curtis and many of the same partners established the Blue Ocean Group, which quickly acquired a small training company called Improving Enterprises and adopted the Improving name. Improving Holdings provides management and technology professional services including consulting, project outsourcing, training and networked recruiting. The company operates in Atlanta, Cleveland, Calgary, College Station, Columbus, Dallas, Houston and Minneapolis. Consistent growth since its inception has allowed Improving to be one of 116 companies that have been named to the Inc. 500/5000 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. for nine consecutive years (2008 – 2017).

Improving.com

Phone: (214) 613-4444

Host Steve A Klein, Guest Curtis Hite

February 8 – Josh Paine, CEO, WorldVentures Holdings, LLC

Our Guest for the February 8th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Josh Paine, CEO, WorldVentures Holdings, LLC

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Josh Paine, CEO, WorldVentures Holdings, LLC

Josh Paine is CEO of WorldVentures Holdings, LLC, the $1B parent company of the travel industry’s direct-sales leader WorldVentures. Josh oversees an organization whose mission brings more fun, freedom and fulfillment to people’s lives. Prior to joining WorldVentures, Josh served as CEO of Rovia, an industry-leading travel and lifestyle service provider offering turnkey solutions for business partners and membership-based travel companies.

An entrepreneur with eCommerce roots, Josh has led successful corporate turnarounds, including CheapCaribbean.com, a company that grew under his leadership from $80MM to ~$600MM, making the INC. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in 2014, and becoming the number-one U.S. provider of beach vacations to the Caribbean and Mexico. Josh’s previous experience includes Managing Partner at Providence Interactive Capital, LLC, VP of Operations for JetPay Merchant Services and Auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

WorldVentures.com

Phone: (972) 805-9600

Host Steve A Klein, Guest Josh Paine