Cornerstone with Mike Hatten

Today, Mike welcomes Don Rasmussen, the managing partner of Quartermaster Tax, to the show. They discuss his unique business saving medical researchers money, his leadership style within the company, and the ways he finds the right people for the job.To learn more, visit: quartermastertax.com

Today, Mike welcomes Commissioner Kenneth Hodder of the Salvation Army to the show. They discuss his history with the Salvation Army, the great work that the Salvation Army does, and the ways that he leads others for the betterment of the overall mission.To learn more, visit: www.salvationarmy.org

Today, Mike welcomes John Zacharias of Advantage Healthcare Systems to the show. Advantage Healthcare Systems operates multidisciplinary rehabilitation centers throughout Texas that serve injured individuals to improve their quality of life by emphasizing abilities, minimizing disabilities, and encouraging prevention, health, and fitness as a way of life. By specializing in traumatic brain injury, concussions, and chronic pain, they help people return to a higher level of function.To learn more, visit: www.advantagehcs.com

Al Pirnia is the founder of EverHealth, Inc., a healthcare company specializing in preventative medicine and treatment. Through the use of tools like WICO, a wellness index score, they promote functional medicine and teach doctors to identify problems early so that treatment happens sooner and often cheaper.To learn more, visit: www.changelifedestiny.com

On this special segment, Mike interviews Caleb Hill of Real News Communications Network, one of the most impressive young men Mike has ever met! To learn more about Mike, visit: www.thegrowthfacilitator.com

Dan Wagner is the VP of Sales and Business Development at Spark Biomedical.Spark Biomedical is a medical device company, aiming to help curb the opioid epidemic and opioid addiction through their patented Sparrow Therapy System.To learn more visit: www.sparkbiomedical.com

Dr. Joey Speers graduated as a doctor of chiropractic in 2010 and soon opened his first practice. Within 5 years he had 4 clinics with over 150 employees. During that time he owned and operated 4 pharmacies and a laboratory. He sold his practices and pharmacies in 2021, and during that time has started a medical device technology and distribution company.

Tommie Harris Jr., raised in Killeen, Texas by way of Germany, is an American football defensive tackle that last played for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football league (NFL) before becoming a free agent. Tommie has an extensive football career, having achieved many awards and esteemed honors dating back to high school and now spends his off field time giving back to the community and raising his two beautiful children.The Chicago Bears selected Harris in the first round, 14th overall pick, of the 2004 NFL Draft, and he played for the Bears from 2004 to 2010. In 2004, he finished second in balloting for the Defensive Rookie of the Year award. In only his second NFL season, Harris was selected for the 2006 Pro Bowl for the first time.In 2012, Harris’ life was forever changed after the sudden death of his wife Ashley, which led him off the field to embrace the role of being a single father to his two children Tyson and Tinsley. Taking a break from the football field has allowed him to focus on his children who are a constant source of love and joy.

Austin’s Homemade Ice Cream is a family owned business based in the Ceredo community since 1947.Austin’s Homemade Ice Cream originated in 1947 and passed through several owners before Joyce Snyder purchased the business in 1983. She started with only 13 recipes but throughout 35 successful years of making ice cream she developed an iconic business in the tri-state area. Making ice cream until she was 80, she finally passed the torch on to her daughter, son, and two of her grandchildren: Kim Adkins, Kevin Snyder, Tim Ruff and Taylor Strickland.In 2018, Taylor and Tim opened a second location, known as Austin’s at The Market in downtown Huntington, WV. Austin’s Homemade Ice Cream has become a WV favorite , especially with ice cream flavors such as Grape Pineapple, our Award-Winning Chocolate (Blue Ribbon- NICRA Convention) and Award-Winning Vanilla (Red Ribbon- NICRA Convention). We now have over 40 flavors to choose from that our master ice cream chef, Tim, makes daily. He uses Joyce’s techniques and recipes, along with many new creations of his own.

Dr. Thao fell in love with aviation after her first aerobatic flight with Jen, who showed her how to precisely control an airplane and “feel” the aerodynamic forces by flying aerobatic maneuvers that combine inverted flights, loops, rolls, and spins while experiencing the fun sensations of -1G to +4G.When she flies, she feels a sense of freedom, serenity, and awe for the beauty on Earth. She loves watching the splashes of rose and gold sunlight shine upon the rolling emerald hills and shimmering turquoise waters below. She believes that great aviators embrace both the artful romance of flying along with the disciplined techniques of airmanship.As a flight instructor, she personalizes her teachings to each individual student through her experiences in mechanical engineering, biomedical sciences, and education.She is 100% safety-focused and trains her students to be knowledgeable, skillful, and proficient aviators. She creates fun and positive learning experiences that inspire her students to feel enthusiastic about aviation and eager to learn more because flying makes them happy!As the famous quote says, “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”

Dr. Frank A. Corbo spent the better part of the last 2 decades helping others help more people, and in the process achieve their goals. Whether it’s with product development and/or branding, developing lead generation marketing funnels, enhancing sales conversions, generating referrals – or creating a fully turn-key automated system incorporating each step along the way. Although he has had the privilege of working with large $50M+ business, his passion is helping the solopreneur, doctorpreneur or entrepreneur with a few employees or even no employees at all. That’s simply what he loves to do. Often times this business demographic (9 employees or less, $500K or less) doesn’t have the financial bandwidth to hire C Level talent. Helping them grow quickly strategically is one of the greatest joys he has in the professional area of his life. If you’re having trouble with solving the “in vs. on” challenge (working in your business or on your business), Dr. Corbo may be able to help. He has started companies from the proverbial white piece of paper – to generating multiple millions of dollars in revenue; trained several thousand small businesses and their staffs to develop strategic expansion plans they can actually tactically implement; and he has had the honor of helping men balance their lives through Habitology® (our men’s faith based coaching program).

Evey Cormican has been an airline pilot and Captain with United Airlines since 1997. Over the years Evey has led many high profile and key assignments including helping with the integration of Continental and United Airlines, Vice Chairman of Training for the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) and as a simulator instructor for United Airlines in Houston. Ms. Cormican was selected to serve as Assistant Chief Pilot in 2012 while flying international routes from Houston to South America. She oversaw 2,200 pilots and ensured that aviation safety was of primary importance. She was a senior consultant with Hughes Aerospace Corporation on RNAV procedure design and GPS GPAS implementation at Newark International Airport and Zurich International Airport. Ms. Cormican is a recognized expert on developing airline safety programs and improving operational processes.Ms. Cormican may be best known for her dynamic TEDx talk, “Come Fly With Me” https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=am1B4akG_in which she tells the compelling story of how she, the daughter of Greek immigrants developed a passion for flying. She is featured and collaborated with Pourquoi Princess, a children’s book that brings the love of aviation to young girls. Ms. Cormican is passionate about encouraging children to develop a love of flying and embark upon careers in aviation.A graduate of Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Ms. Cormican also holds a B.S. in Airway Science and Airway Systems Management from University of North Dakota Center for Aerospace studies, a program that she completed in less than three years. She is a Certified Flight Instructor, an Airline Transport Pilot, and Instrument Instructor and Multi-Engine Instrument Instructor and is licensed to fly Boeing 767, 757, and 737 aircraft. She is the CEO of Visionary Training Resources and is a member of Women in Aviation International, ISA+21, VRARA cochair of the aerospace committee. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Breast Cancer Hub (BCH.) Visionary Training Resources (VTR) uses research & development capabilities with next-generation training technology and pilot training expertise. This combination will offer a forward-thinking training platform that will leverage VR and AR technology for immersive content and spatial training repetition that will build muscle memory as well as mental recall. VTR also brings advanced training technologies and data analytics that will provide closed-loop feedback improving your training systems and trainee outcomes over time. To learn more visit: https://www.vtrvr.com/

Aldo Mancini is the Principal Consultant Advisory at AWS Professional Services. He is a highly accomplished, forward thinking and dynamic Global Chief Information Officer with over 30 years of experience in the technology industry. He has a C-Level background with national and international firms ranging from $1 billion to $100+ billion in revenue, and has managed operational and capital expenditure budgets of up to $45M.Aldo is an expert in the design/delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology solutions in support of rapid international growth. He is an experienced negotiator with the ability to initiate profitable alliances with global vendors and suppliers. He has managed large-scale initiatives in application development, business analytics and decision-making, infrastructure consolidation, system integration and risk mitigation, and has proven success hiring and managing executive level direct reports and teams located domestically and internationally.To work with Mike or to learn more visit: https://thegrowthfacilitator.com/

Dr. Randy Johns & Dr. Rob Vasquez are the inventors behind the H2 T.H.I.N Virtual Program, which is focused on finding the causes associated with metabolic insufficiency.Their proprietary h2 T.H.I.N Virtual Program (Testing/Assessing; Hormonal Balancing; Internal Cleansing; Nutritional Intelligence) assesses biological markers associated with metabolism and offers natural solutions to improve your metabolic performance.To learn more about Dr. Johns & Dr. Vasquez visit: thin.thehappyhealthyguys.comTo work with Mike or to learn more visit: https://thegrowthfacilitator.com/

On this episode of Cornerstone, Mike welcomes Steven Arroyo, Retired Airline Captain & Philanthropist, to talk about his experiences in leadership from a young age, until today!Steve has been a leader from a young age, taking flight for the first time at age 13, and retiring from Continental/United Airlines last year. As a philanthropist, he has worked on multiple boards for different causes, one of which helped deliver goods and services to those affected by hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the Southern U.S. Coast.Now, Steve is working to create The Brain Wellness Foundation, to benefit those with mental health disorders get the care and services they need.

Dr. Fab Mancini is America’s #1 healthy living media expert, mentor to millionaires, hay house’s international best-selling author of the power of self-healing and host of his tv series, popular radio show and podcast.Dr. Fab is also the best-selling author of chicken soup for the chiropractic soul, an internationally acclaimed educator, consultant, business leader, speaker, world renowned chiropractor and president emeritus of parker university. He has been featured on Dr. Phil, The Doctors, Fox News, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, Univision, Telemundo and others. He has been interviewed in various documentaries and has received honors including heroes for humanity, humanitarian of the year, CEO of the year, and induction into the wellness revolutionaries hall of fame.Dr. Mancini is also a graduate of the prestigious institute for educational management in the graduate school of education at Harvard University. Most recently, the President of Mexico named the Library at Uneve, Mexico’s new Leading University, after him.To learn more about Dr. Fabrizio visit: https://drfabmancini.com/To work with Mike or to learn more visit: https://thegrowthfacilitator.com/