The Nash Biz Podcast

Emily Bruce is the CEO and Founder of Determinism, LLC, the developer of the platform PeerKnect. She is a Board Certified and licensed Behavior Analyst (BCBA, LBA) in the State of Tennessee with an M.S., in Psychology. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and two children and was educated at both David Lipscomb and Tennessee State Universities. She is currently in the final dissertation year as a doctoral student in the field of behavior analysis at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Prior to committing to PeerKnect as the CEO full time, she owned and operated a small Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) practice in Nashville where she applied her therapeutic skills and scientific knowledge of behavior to work with children and families of children with special needs. As a BCBA, she worked in schools, clinical settings, the community, and homes of individuals on the Autism spectrum and individuals with special needs.

Sarah Beth Perry is the Founder and CEO of With the Band, a premiere fan engagement company. Perry has grown With the Band from an idea in her dorm room to captivating packed out arenas with her creative and collaborative fan projects. Some of her most notable experiences include her fan engagement activations at the Jonas Brothers’ highly-anticipated HAPPINESS BEGINS TOUR and Kacey Musgraves’ OH WHAT A WORLD TOUR s old-out concert in Nashville, Tennessee. Upon seeing her concept come to fruition, Perry was encouraged to continue exploring other fan engagement avenues. Being a music fan herself, she realized there was a big opportunity to create better relationships between an artist and their fans.

Taylor Duncan was born and raised in Chicago. He went to University of Wisconsin to play Football and Track & Field. Transferred to University of IL and graduated with a degree in Finance. He had a taste of entrepreneurship in college in a house painting leadership program. Ended up buying the IL division when he graduated and eventually ran the national company with ~1000 sales people annually. Sold his shares in 2020 and moved to Nashville to enjoy an open state with his amazing wife and 5 kids. And in 2021 joined forces with his former mentee in the Tech recruiting space and are growing Nxt Level in Nashville. They have hired a dozen people in Nash in the last 6 months and plan on doubling that in the next year. During that they have launched Founders Live in Nashville as an event based entrepreneurial pitch competition, but really it is just a big party with founders pitching their respective start ups in mid-TN. In his free time he is active at church, try to work out and volunteer in the local youth sports programs.

Chad Frey is a newcomer to Nashville, originally from the middle of nowhere (Nebraska), and having traveled to over 30 countries, he recently relocated from Washington, DC, and he's here to spread some education, information, and cannabis culture throughout the Southeast. Chad has held a multitude of roles throughout the hemp/cannabis industry and one that he is focusing his energy and passion behind is as the Founder of flowerz. - a hemp-derived CBD company that offers products that you can feel. Prior to the cannabis industry, Chad worked as a business consultant for seven years successfully launching two beta platforms for lucrative fortune 500 companies throughout 11 major markets in the United States. He has extensive knowledge of business development, sales/marketing, startups, food & beverage, agriculture, supply chain, and construction management.

Chuck Moyer has more than 45 years of transportation experience and has served as a member of the CLDA Board of Directors since 2006. Chuck came to the customized logistics industry with nine years of regional trucking and airfreight experience. His 37 years’ experience in the same day sector ranges from operating as an independent contractor to all positions up to CEO for Express Courier International, Inc. (Nashville, Tennessee). Chuck started his career in the courier industry with Priority Dispatch (Cincinnati) in 1983 and joined Express Courier (Nashville) in 1993. He has served as President for Pace USA, the CLDA and currently has joined ROVA, a platform same day delivery company based in Boston, MA. Chuck resides in Franklin, TN and advises some of the industry’s top shippers, carriers and vendors alike.