Our Featured Guest for November 14, 2021 is Jennifer Thornton

Jennifer Thornton is the founder of 304 Coaching and has been developing her expertise in Talent Strategy & Leadership Development for over 20+ years as an HR Professional. She’s led international teams across Greater China, Mexico, the U.K., and the U.S. to expand into new markets, managing brands and franchise businesses. Running a high-performance team always boils down to two things: Adopting a “Perfect-Fit” hiring process and developing each hire according to his or her own individual and job-specific talent gaps. The rapid growth of 304 Coaching is largely due to Jennifer’s unconventional approach to building innovative workforce development solutions for companies who are facing breakthrough growth and accelerated hiring patterns. Jennifer is credentialed through the International Coaching Federation and holds certifications in several different coaching methodologies including Conversation Intelligence and Gallup Strengths. Read more at: https://304coaching.com/

On the Executive Spotlight is Ashish Toshniwal, CEO and co-founder of Y Media Labs, an award-winning digital product and design agency that builds best-in-class digital products for Fortune 500 companies and leading startups. In 2009, Ashish and his co-founder Sumit Mehra saw an opportunity to create a future-forward company that created mobile-first products and experiences to help brands win in a digital world. Under Ashish’s leadership, YML has grown to nearly 400 strong, with six locations around the world, and over 30 Fortune 500 clients, including Apple, The Home Depot, Facebook and State Farm. Ashish was one of Time Magazine’s Top 25 Inventions of the Year, and State Farm has the top score for JD Power. He’s also a TED speaker, and hosts “Y in the Valley” — a podcast for those who follow the change, not the plan. Read more at: https://yml.co/

Our Entrepreneur Presenter is Renaldo Webb, founder of PetPlate, providing healthy, fresh cooked food for dogs. PetPlate makes it easy for pet parents to nourish their pets with love by delivering freshly-cooked meals made from human-grade ingredients in their UDSA kitchen that do not contain any by-products, rendered meats or preservatives. The meals are designed by a veterinary clinical nutritionist for nutritional balance and are pre-portioned, customized, ready to serve and delivered direct to the customer, at https://www.petplate.com/