VISIONARY BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY THOUGHT LEADER ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF THE PODCAST "CRACKING THE CODE with Sudhir Ispahani"

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Visionary business and technology thought leader Sudhir Ispahani will host the new podcast series "Cracking the Code with Sudhir Ispahani," featuring global business executives, leaders,  entrepreneurs and innovators sharing their most valuable life lessons and the secrets to their success.  In his role as Chief Technology Officer, Ispahani was a key early member of the founding executive team of United Pan European Communications (which is now Liberty Global) and has a market cap of approximately $18.9 Billion.  Ispahani had an important role in the high profile international broadband IPO of United Pan European Communications at € 1.01 Billion dual listed on the NASDAQ and Amsterdam Exchanges.  

Today Sudhir Ispahani is a Board member, strategic advisor to the boardroom C Suite, angel investor, leadership and business coach, and mentor to CEO's, executives and investors.  He draws from his decades of experience and access to global thought leaders who share their personal insights on a wide variety of topics for the podcast.  The initial series of episodes will start on October 31. The podcast will be available for global distribution and accessible through major platforms, including Apple, iHeartRadio, Spotify and SoundCloud.

Sudhir Ispahani explains his goal in creating the podcast, "I have had the privilege of seeing life in very humble circumstances, not knowing where the next meal is going to come from, and then being catapulted into spending enormous amounts of time in board rooms, associating with global leaders sharing their leadership traits and their heart first philosophies.  I feel this podcast is the opportunity to pay it forward to the next generation of leaders."

Guests featured in the initial series of podcasts are:

• KEVIN HARRINGTON - An original "Shark" from the hit TV show Shark Tank, the inventor of the infomercial, and pioneer of the As Seen on TV industry
  
  
• VINOD KUMAR - MD & CEO of Tata Communications – a leading provider of digital infrastructure services globally that enables the digital transformation journeys of 300 of the Fortune 500 via its portfolio of network, cloud, mobility, IoT & security services. All underpinned by one of the most advanced, wholly-owned sub-sea fiber-optic networks in the world.
  
  
• STEVE O'HARA - Founder & Managing Partner of The Valley Fund, a serial entrepreneur, successful angel investor, mentor and a respected venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. At The Valley Fund, O'Hara has led investments in Yubico, Simility, Platina, Parastructure and Renasar. His earlier investments include six IPOs and six acquisitions, four of which include exits over $2 Billion (Cerent, Netscreen, Sibyte, Arista).
  
  
• KAMRAN ZIAEE - CIO of CenturyLink – the second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise customers, with customers in more than 60 countries
  
  
• SHELLYE ARCHAMBEAU – Former CEO of MetricStream who was a pioneer as the first African-American woman to go on an international executive assignment at IBM, now a board director, advisor and speaker.  In 2013 Archambeau was listed as one of the 25 Most Influential African-Americans in Technology by Business Insider.
  
  
• MANISH VYAS – President, Communications, Media and Entertainment Business & CEO of Network Services at Tech Mahindra, the #1 Forbes global digital 100 – 2018 (non-US Company).  An accomplished leader with extensive expertise and experience across global markets
  
  
• MARK TIMM - CEO of Xponential, Inc & CEO of Ziglar Family – Built a wholesale gift company out of his garage to become the #1 supplier of its kind in North America and launched one of the top 100 retailers on Amazon
  
  
• NICK SEGAL – President of Southern California at Pacific Union, nationally renowned executive, prized speaker and celebrated innovator, author of On Your Terms
  
  
• LARRY GILSON - Chairman of Focusing Philanthropy - Founded, led and now advises private equity firm focused on energy investing. Served on the White House Staff of President Jimmy Carter and was one of the founding members of Common Cause
  
  
• TAARINI KAUR DANG -14 year-old entrepreneur and author of the book The Young Aspiring Entrepreneur and founder of Venture Fund Dang Capital

As the founding Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the Technology board, Ispahani successfully helped propel the early innovation and thought leadership position of Chello Broadband, United Global Communications, United Pan European Communications, Liberty Global and as a C suite executive, MCI Telecommunications. He led the extension of telecommunications and broadband technology to countries across three continents. Today he is the Founder and CEO of Alpha Global Partners, advising global technology and corporate leaders in the boardroom and the C suite. He is an active investor in emerging and next-generation technology startups in Silicon Valley and around the world.

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