Faith@Work

Hear Marcus Bullock's inspiring story of going from spending eight years in prison starting at the age of 15 to becoming a successful entreperneur as CEO of Flikshop https://www.flikshop.com/. https://www.linkedin.com/in/flikshop/ http://hightechprayerbreakfast.org/

Mr. Skeen received a degree in BS in Finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). For more than 26 years in the fitness industry, Mr. Skeen served as the CEO, CFO and CIO for top fitness brands, had successful exits with three private equity funds and has been intimately involved in more than $800 million in equity and debt transactions. During his career, Mr. Skeen was responsible for designing one of the first windows-based health club management systems in the U.S., which was used during his tenure at Gold’s Gym International as the operating platform. Most recently, Mr. Skeen served as President, CEO, and Principal of Fitness Connection, where he was responsible for the overall performance of the company, as well as determining its strategic direction. Fitness Connection is a low-price, high-value chain with 37 locations operating in North Carolina, Texas and Nevada and is one of the top 20 chains in the U.S. Prior to forming Fitness Connection, he was CEO and Principal of Titan Management Solutions (TMS). While at TMS, Mr. Skeen worked with Gold’s Gym franchisees in opening and operating fitness clubs throughout the U.S. Some time before TMS, Mr. Skeen had worked as the CFO, CIO, and Principal of one of the largest and most respected health club chains in the world, Gold’s Gym International (GGI). Before handling the said positions at GGI, Mr. Skeen was a principal and a operator of the G Group, an organization that focused on owning and operating Gold’s Gym franchise locations in four markets in the greater DC metro area. By 1998, the G Group was recognized as the largest and most profitable Gold’s Gym franchisee world-wide. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-skeen-8057421/ http://www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org/

Ted Davies is Chairman and CEO of Altamira Technologies Corporation. He's an energetic leader experienced with a wide range of organizational models and a broad set of missions. Able to drive strategic direction as well as tactical actions. Passionate about customer success as well as developing great people. Inspired by diverse teams, complex challenges, driving results and having an impact. Committed to the community and dedicated to ethical business practices and corporate social responsibility.https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviested/ http://www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org/

Listen to Pat Gelsinger talk about how he went from being a Pennsylvania Dutch farm boy to CTO of Intel and CEO of EMC and VMware and how he weaves his faith into his work and life. https://www.linkedin.com/in/patgelsinger/ http://www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org

Listen to former Redskin Linebacker Ken Harvey went from being a high school dropout, being mad at God and trying to end his life to turning to God to enter his destiny. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-harvey-b4683/ http://www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org/

Listen to Lee Self's story of struggling with an alcoholic husband and son; how she came to faith in Christ, and how God miraculously restored her husband and son's sobriety. https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeself/ http://www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org/

Listen to Jim Traficant's amazing story of facing death if he didn't get a liver transplant and through his strong faith he prevailed. God brought him the perfect match just in time. Jim Traficant - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimtraficant/ High Tech Prayer Breakfast - http://www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org/

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Wise guy... Good fellow... Mobster... Enforcer Mafiosa... Gangster These are all names that at one time described Tom Papania from an abused New York street punk of 15 years of age until 1984. Tom's main goal in life was to make Al Capone look like an amateur Tom worked his way up in organized crime to a trusted position in the New York Gambino organized crime family. Tom answered directly to the now deceased Paul Castellano. Tom wielded fear, terror, and brutality to control the New York mob's expanding interests. Bomb threats to contracts on Tom's life couldn't stop the hell bound course crime had put him on. On a road to Damascus experience, Tom Papania surrendered his life to Christ. Tom's past caught up with him and he was sent to the Atlanta federal penitentiary to await trial. The trial was one of Atlanta's longest, lasting 11 months. God used the maximum security cells of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary to mold and develop Tom's new Christ-like character. After almost a year, Tom was set free by the Grace of God. Tom continued in his commitment to Christ and is now an ordained evangelist and executive director of God's Saving Grace Ministries. Tom now goes back into the prisons with the power of the holy spirit, truly setting captives free. http://www.tompapania.com/ https//www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org

Listen to this podcast on which Landon Johnson discusses having everything going well in his life, yet something was missing. He found faith in Christ without experiencing a crisis in his life. https://www.linkedin.com/in/landonjohnson/ https://www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org

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Brit Hume has been a television reporter and commentator on ABC News and Fox News. Listen to hear how his faith sustained him through the devastating loss of his son. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_Hume _linkedin_partner_id = "1843442"; window._linkedin_data_partner_ids = window._linkedin_data_partner_ids || []; window._linkedin_data_partner_ids.push(_linkedin_partner_id); (function(){var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; var b = document.createElement("script"); b.type = "text/javascript";b.async = true; b.src = "https://snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js"; s.parentNode.insertBefore(b, s);})();

Listen to Elisa Cafferky’s amazing story of coming to faith in Jesus as a Jewish woman and hear what it is like to identify as both Jewish and Christian. Also, how a freak accident diving through a wave at Dewey Beach turned her son, Nick, into a quadriplegic and how this drew her closer to God. https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisacafferky/ www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org

Listen to Jonathan Crane address the High Tech Prayer Breakfast at the bottom of the 2008 recession about our need for God in an age of corruption. He related his experience relying on God to lead him through the trying experience as a top executive at WolrdCom through its bankruptcy. Jonathan Crane has been a communications industry leader for more than 35 years. Jonathan has held numerous executive positions in corporations such as ROLM, Savvis, Lightstream, Marcam Solutions and MCI. He was one of the key architects of the early success of MCI, and was brought back to lead the troubled Worldcom out of bankruptcy. As the Chief Strategy Officer, he orchestrated the acquisitions of key strategic assets. Most recently, Jonathan was the Chairman of the Board and President of Savvis.

Hear how God used the death of Patrick Arnone’s father, a near-death overdose of cocaine, an affair and the pending breakup of a second marriage to teach him to die to self and place faith in Jesus Christ. Since 1997, Patrick has been in the senior executive retained search business conducting for his client's searches at the VP level to C level in the IT industry. Prior to LGES, Patrick was an accomplished executive with 30 years experience in all facets of the high technology industry. He is a senior executive with diverse management experience in companies ranging from startups and emerging growth organizations to large established technology companies. During Patrick’s career, he led and managed sales, marketing, consulting services, technical support, product development, finance, and operational divisions within different high technology companies, managing up to 375 employees. He had particular success in creating new business opportunities and turning around failing operations. As a vice president, Patrick established and led a highly successful Oracle Corporation Division, where, over a four-year period, the Division grew from 12 to 350 employees and from $2 million to $90 million in revenue. He also served in executive positions with Sybase, PRC, QStar Technology, and Distribusoft and held various roles with IBM, Boeing Computer Services, and Storage Technology Corporation. He was involved in five startup firms as president, COO, executive vice president, and other functional roles. He is a native of Washington, D.C. and lives with his wife Terry in Northern Virginia. Both Patrick and Terry are active in their church and involved in several ministries. Specialties: Senior Executive Level Retained Search (VP to Board Member), business executive, sales executive, building high performance companies, business units and teams. Achieving/over achieving revenue/profit goals for more than 100 quarters. Christian Ministry. Stock investing. Stock Strategies. https://www.facebook.com/HighTechPrayerBreakfast/ https://www.linkedin.com/groups/86447/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickarnone/

Jay’s story is worth a listen. In his own words, he describes hitting a train going 60 miles an hour while driving drunk, in an accident that killed his father, left Jay physically and emotionally damaged, and landed him in jail. Then he tells about his long, tumultuous journey back, turning his personal life and career around, and how he found the will to lead others through tremendous times of change while also coming to grips with who he is as a leader. No matter what your worst days are at work or how big the challenge, you have to admire a guy with this much tenacity, understanding of self, grit, and courage to speak the truth.Executive coach and director of Coughlan Consulting, Jay Coughlan prepares CEOs for the challenges and uncertainty that lie ahead. Whether Jay’s clients are new CEOs or experienced CEOs facing everyday challenges, they benefit from his first-hand experience. For 12 years, Jay served as CEO of two highly-successful, fast-growing companies: Lawson Software and XRS. He also acquired 30 years of experience in corporate leadership and serves as chairman and director on several well-known boards. Jay has established a proven track record of CEO coaching success. Leveraging his FASTER achievement framework, he helps CEOs break free from barriers and realize their personal and professional potential. He is also the author of “Five Bold Choices,” and a Patrick Lencioni, “The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team” authorized partner. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaycoughlan/ https://www.linkedin.com/groups/86447/ https://www.facebook.com/HighTechPrayerBreakfast/

Listen to Adolph Coors IV moving story about his dad being kidnapped on the way to work and then murdered and stuffed in the trunk of a car when when he was just a young boy. Then how is anger turned to love and forgiveness through the power of his faith in Christ. This new found faith drove him to go to the prison where the man who murdered his father was incarcerated to forgive him. https://www.focusonthefamily.com/contributors/adolph-coors-iv/ https://www.facebook.com/HighTechPrayerBreakfast/

April Young shares a very emotional testimony about her faith the morning she lost her sister-in-law to cancer. April is a long-time leader in the northern Virginia business community. She ran the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, the Potomac Knowledgeway, Comerica's technology banking practice and is now with Hurcules Capital. She is also a cancer survivor, an inspiration and role model for young women. https://www.linkedin.com/in/youngapril/ http://www.hightechprayerbreakfast.org/ _linkedin_partner_id = "1843442"; window._linkedin_data_partner_ids = window._linkedin_data_partner_ids || []; window._linkedin_data_partner_ids.push(_linkedin_partner_id); (function(){var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; var b = document.createElement("script"); b.type = "text/javascript";b.async = true; b.src = "https://snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js"; s.parentNode.insertBefore(b, s);})();

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