Welcome to GreatConversations, a podcast about leadership and life from GreatAmerica Financial Services. Mitch Leahy, Vice President and General Manager for our office Equipment Group hosts our first series of talks with thought leaders and innovators from across the business world. On today’s episode of GreatConversations, Mitch hosts Brantly Fowler, Co-President of ZENO Office Solutions out of West Texas. Brantly shares his journey, from working in the ZENO warehouse doing odd jobs as a kid, to being the Co-President. We learn how Brantly created his “V-Formation” of people in his life, how he gives 100% to all things with his “no excuses” mentality, and how he carries that over into a professional career to create humility, commitment, and ownership in his work. Listen to full podcast or read the abbreviated interview below!
Updated 8/28/2024. Originally published 6/3/2021. We've learned a few things in our work in the finance industry. Third party experiences, both of our own and those of our customers, have given us exposure to the various ways organizations structure their teams, and the impact it can have on the service level technology providers receive.
Welcome to GreatConversations, a podcast about leadership and life from GreatAmerica Financial Services. Mitch Leahy, VP and General Manager for our Office Equipment Group hosts our NextWave Series of talks with thought leaders and innovators from across the business world. On today’s episode of GreatConversations, Mitch hosts Ashley Carnes, Chief Strategy Officer at Impact Networking—one of the fastest-growing managed services providers in the nation. Ashley’s passion for lifelong learning and servant leadership earned her recognition as a 2024 Young Influencer by The Cannata Report. She shares her unexpected journey from an entry-level sales rep to leadership, emphasizing the role strong mentors had on her development and how motherhood helped shaped her empathetic and curious approach to leadership. Listen to full podcast or read the abbreviated interview below!
Updated 7/25/2024. Originally posted 12/8/2022. There’s nothing worse than billing processes that involve wasteful double-entry and time-consuming methods of billing for usage. Whether you are an office equipment dealer selling copiers on cost-per-copy finance agreements, or a managed service provider needing to easily bill and invoice for an ever-changing array of software, hardware, and as-a-service solutions, the administrative process you follow has a large impact on your bottom line, be it positive or negative. For well over a decade, GreatAmerica Financial Services has built and expanded upon our comprehensive billing infrastructure to support solution providers selling a wide range of technology and as-a-service offerings. We’ve been deliberate in developing integrations with leading ERP software providers serving the imaging and technology channels. This blog will hone in on three specific integrations with ECI e-automate®, ConnectWise, and CEO Juice.
Welcome to GreatConversations, a podcast about leadership and life from GreatAmerica Financial Services. Mitch Leahy, VP and General Manager for our Office Equipment Group hosts our NextWave Series of talks with thought leaders and innovators from across the business world. Today Mitch hosts Casey Lowery, President at Applied Innovation, a family-owned and run office technology provider offering technology, imaging, and automation solutions with locations in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Florida. Applied Innovation’s legacy goes back more than three decades, and Casey grew up observing and learning from his dad, John Lowery. As a young kid, he always looked up to his dad and knew early on he wanted to follow in his footsteps. Casey shares his perspective growing up the young child of a business owner and paints the picture of what it was like in the early days growing up in a family business. He shares what he’s learned throughout life and leadership that’s shaped the way he approaches things today in his current role as President at Applied Innovation and talks about what it’s been like to lean into the ownership seat with the goal of staying family owned. Listen to full podcast, or read the abbreviated interview below!
