MBA in Entertainment, University of Southern California | Ex: Disney, JPMorganChase, KPMG, PwC

Fun fact: My LinkedIn isn't my resume. 

So don't come here looking to evaluate hiring me based on my LinkedIn. 

Or maybe you should look at my LinkedIn to realize I beautifully blend data and analytics with entertaining and educational storytelling. 

I always dreamed of being a television programmer. It never happened, so instead I live out my dream programming LinkedIn like my own TV channel. 

Over the past 5 years, I’ve logged 10,000+ hours on this platform. I’ve built a following of 100,000+ by programming my LinkedIn like my own TV channel. My content isn’t random. It’s strategic. Story-driven. Designed to drive real outcomes.

And it’s worked, generating $10M+ in deals for the companies I've worked. Read that one again. Not me, but my companies. The power of companies leveraging LinkedIn is the future of LinkedIn. 

In 2021, I launched a global  events company while working with a Mark Cuban and Ashton Kutcher startup, producing 40+ events in LA, NYC, Dubai, Paris, and London that drove millions of dollars in  revenue. I understand how to leverage LinkedIn so companies can drive real results. 

A few highlights:

-Closed a strategic partnership with CAA
-Raised $7M in funding for a Mark Cuban venture-backed startup
-Secured $4.13M in brand deals for one of the world’s top celebrities

My background spans banking (JPMorganChase), global advisory (PwC, KPMG), and a decade as CFO/COO in the luxury design world, managing 50+ people and overseeing $40M+ in ARR and $1B+ in real estate projects for icons like President Obama, George Clooney, and Cindy Crawford.

I’ve lived and worked in LA, NYC, and Dubai. I’ve built communities in tech, luxury, and now the creator economy. I’m obsessed with solving complex business problems through storytelling, partnerships, and scalable brand strategy.

Always open to meeting new and interesting people that love life, love to win, and love to make the world a better place.

John Kraski

Ben Affleck just sold an AI company to Netflix.

Yes. That Ben Affleck.

While tabloids covered his divorce from Jennifer Lopez, he was quietly building something.

In 2022, he started studying AI.

He admitted it scared him at first.

But instead of running from it, he did something most people wouldn't.

He built a company called InterPositive.

Not AI that replaces filmmakers.
AI built BY filmmakers FOR filmmakers.

Tools that protect the human side of storytelling.

No text-to-video gimmicks.
No "get the human out of it" nonsense.

Real tools for real creators.

This week, Netflix acquired the whole company.

Ben Affleck is now a senior advisor.

Think about that.

The same guy TMZ was photographing looking sad outside his house was simultaneously building technology Netflix wanted to buy.

The headlines you read about someone are almost never the full story.

Everyone saw the divorce.
Nobody saw the company.

That's how it works.

The people building something real aren't posting about it.
They're not seeking validation.
They're heads down, doing the work.

And one day, the news breaks.

What you're building in silence will eventually speak for itself.

How about them apples?!

Partnerships @ Dhar Mann, Forbes #2 Creator I MBA in Entertainment, University of Southern California

My favorite part of working for Dhar Mann?

Giving studio tours.

Because that's when the magic happens.

Yesterday, I had the chance to walk Lynnwood A. Bibbens, Chairman and CEO of ReachTV, through our 125,000 sq ft studio with 65 sets.

And you can literally see the moment it clicks.
People start imagining the possibilities.

Now here's why Lynnwood is so interesting.

He didn't just build a media company.
He built a distribution empire hiding in plain sight.

ReachTV reaches audiences across:

1M+ hotel rooms.
The top 100 U.S. airports.
5,000+ premium properties.

Plus digital, OTT, and mobile.

Oh… and they broadcast every National Football League (NFL) game.

Which means millions of people are watching their screens while waiting for flights, checking into hotels, or traveling across the country.

That's not just media.

That's attention at scale.

As we walked through the studio, we started brainstorming ideas around the World Cup and other global moments.

Because the best partnerships don't start in boardrooms.
They start when two people walk through a space and see the same future.

If you don't know Lynnwood A. Bibbens, you should.

He's quietly built one of the most powerful distribution platforms in modern media.

Trust me on this one.

My most viral post of all time?

It wasn't even on LinkedIn.

It wasn't even me.

Wait what?

Yes. I joined Threads a few years ago.

Started posting. After a few weeks, something weird happened.

I started going crazy viral.

One post did 4.1M impressions.

I was so excited.
I was finally a star.
I was now famous.

Until I started reading the comments.

"Loved you in The Office."
"You and Emily Blunt are couple goals."
"When is Jack Ryan season 5 coming?!"

One guy was genuinely pissed at me for canceling his favorite show.

The lesson?

Social media success isn't about building your dream community.

It's about building John Krasinski's dream community.

So now I have a Threads following that thinks I'm married to Mary Poppins and saved the world for the CIA.

Trust me and John Krasinski on this one.

A powerful reminder from Ryan Reynolds:

My favorite thing about LinkedIn is watching people who I have no clue what they do for work get 300 likes and 300 comments on every post here yet I see Fortune 100 CEOs and executives running billion dollar companies barely get 100 likes. This is why LinkedIn is so beautiful.

LinkedIn is the new Instagram.

I'm serious.

If I had to simplify my LinkedIn success into one thing right now, it's this:

Pictures.

I treat every image like a Hollywood one-sheet.

You know, a movie poster.

You've got less than 2 seconds to capture someone's attention.

Make it pop.

And yes, I see the irony of making a video post about pictures.

Trust me and Thomas Woodhams on this one.

I love you LinkedIn.

But why does this video continue to be the first thing in my feed?

I don’t even wear blush anymore.

Hope this helps.

A powerful reminder from Harry Styles:

The most ridiculous thing about LinkedIn is I’m worth $140M, have 47 million Instagram followers, and was in one of the world’s greatest boy bands, but here on LinkedIn this John Kraski guy has more followers than me.

Yesterday I took a picture in Beverly Hills. 

Didn’t edit it.
Didn’t filter it.
Didn’t use AI to create it.

Just me, my fingers, and my eyes.

Capturing a quick moment of beauty.

Refreshing to know us humans can still be creative without the help of robots.

Fun fact: typed this post without AI as well.

Trust me and Mona Lisa on this one.

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A powerful reminder from Taylor Swift:

The most ridiculous thing about LinkedIn is I’m worth $1.6 billion, have 280 million Instagram followers, and won 14 Grammys, but here on LinkedIn this John Kraski guy has more followers than me.

A powerful reminder from Ryan Gosling:

People like to blame the LinkedIn algorithm for everything going wrong in their lives. Their career problems. Their financial problems. Their marital problems. 

Meanwhile the algorithm is just trying to deliver stale quotes and generic motivational advice to your feeds. 

Leave the algorithm alone.

Work the comments like a DJ.

Stop posting and ghosting.

It doesn't work.

I have 119k+ followers.

And I still spend 5+ hours a week in the comments.

Not just on my posts.
On other people's posts too.

Most people think LinkedIn is a broadcast platform.

Post something clever. Walk away. Hope it goes viral.

That's not how this place works.

The algorithm doesn't reward your post.
It rewards your presence.

Think of it like a DJ at a party.

You don't just drop a track and leave the booth.

You read the room.
You adjust to what's happening.
You keep the energy going.

Your post is the track.
The comments are the party.

If you leave early, don't be surprised when people stop showing up.

LinkedIn is a reciprocal community.

To receive LinkedIn love, you must give LinkedIn love.

Trust me and Thomas Woodhams on this one.

integrationWorks Romania

interim CEO 

S2Bconnected.com

CEO I Owner

integrationWorks GmbH

COO I Strategy & Architecture 

CSPO I Strategy & Architecture

Munich University of Applied Sciences

Assistant Lecturer

EU Business School

Digital Economy for Bachelors and Master Degrees

Lecturer

integrationWorks Asia Co., Ltd.

Chief Information Officer

UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions

Major Activities:
- Architecture Community
- SOA / Capabilities / Integration (BIAN, SOA, ESB, Service Repository & Registry, API Gateway)
- Digital Agenda (OCR, ECM, BPM, CM, Robotics)
- Open Banking (Open API, Hackathon Slovenia, PSD2, ...)

Senior Architect

Senior IT Architect

Head of the Global Competence Center of Application Architecture spread over Italy and Germany:
- Establish the global Architecture Team
- Global Process Owner for the Architecture Management Process within UniCredit Business Integration S.C.p.A. (setup of the new Process, establishment of the Architecture Community)
- Scouting and Evaluation of new Platforms and Softwarecomponents and implementation of new strategic components within the service landscape
- Establishment and maintenance of UniCredit Business Integrated S.C.p.A. Reference Architecture regarding initiatives like SOA (ESB), open API, Microservices, Big Data, ...
- Implementing the Global Enterprise Architecture within UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions S.C.p.A. following BIAN as Reference Model
- Leading the Cartography (set up of the Application and IT Landscape) Initiative, Project Lead within the Transformation Program (responsibility of the Open System transformation - Virtualization, new Standard Definition, Cloud), Technical Workstream lead within the Digital Agenda Initiative for E2E process Automatization

VP - Information System Architectures

Vice President – Head of IT Function: 
responsible for 70 employees with 6 direct reports (over 8 locations in Italy, Austria and Germany)
solution and architecture responsibility as well for budget. The area I was responsible for was the
overall Development Environment for UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions S.C.p.A. and should
be shortly described with the following tops.

- Development Services for Mainframe Applications (COBOL, PL/I, Assembler)
- Development Services for open Applications (Microsoft, Java, Package Applications)
- Development Workplace (IDE provisioning for Microsoft, Java, Mainframe based on avirtual Developer Desktop Solution (VMWare))
- Software Engineering and Quality Management (methods and tools for Requirements-,Test Management, Source Code Analysis, Data Modeling, Process Model, Meta Data Management).

Customers: about 5.000 internal developers and external partners across Europe (core community
is based in Italy, Germany and Austria, with satellites in Hungary, Poland and Romania)

VP - Head of Global CA Development Management

HVB Information Services

Responsibility of HypoVereinsbank Middleware solutions and platforms (Application Servers, ECM, BPM and ESB (HyperTube) Platform)
Active involvement into HypoVereinsbank transformation program into UniCredit Core Banking System and platform transformation.

Head of Enterprise Services

CEO I COO I Business Coach I FOLLOWyourPURPOSE I People-Processes-Products: Guide you through your Digital Transformation - Coach, Mentor, Facilitator I ICF - ACC | BVC - CTT

"There is nothing good unless you do it!" (Erich Kästner)

My experience ranges from a software engineer, IT management to IT and Enterprise Architecture. Proven record of E2E Service implementation - 360°. 
It is about PEOPLE - PROCESSES - PRODUCTS where transformation will affect.

My personal commitment is to foster End-2-End Digitalization from a different perspective - to start with PEOPLE:

As a partner for your business and team development. Sometimes existing decision-making structures have become ineffective regarding current to manage challenges, other times the upcoming scaling is problematic. Especially in start-ups, medium-sized or family-run companies, there is often a lack of insight into smooth processes and opportunities for modern management strategies. I gained professional experience from successful transformations of internationally positioned companies in the banking and IT sectors.
Size alone is no guarantee of success. Growth needs a combination of proven structures and innovative leadership strategies. I do bring transformative power and responsible coaching to the process. Upon explicit request and depending on the situational context, we can also provide mentorship and consulting.
 
🧩 Certified Group&Team Coach as for individuals, Certified Barrett Value Centres Consultant


PROCESSES & PRODUCTS:
Facilitator and Lecture for topics around the context of using and establishing the digital economy, Workshops, and training in coaching capabilities, intercultural competencies, methodologies, and technologies like the adoption of Robotic Process Automation, Process Mining, Integration, Blockchain, ...

If you want to know more - just look at: 
https://s2bconnected.com 

or request a pro bono coaching session:
https://s2bconnected.com/s2bccoach-lp-eng/

Jana Bulkin

AI is on every agenda – but many SMEs are still stuck between GenAI experiments and “we really should have a strategy…”.

In this short video, Renato (AQ Secure) and I share why we’re hosting our webinar:

🧭 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗠𝗘𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗜
📅 𝟯 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🕚 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟭:𝟰𝟱 𝗖𝗘𝗧
🌍 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲: 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵

If you’re a business owner, managing director or CxO in a European company and you want to move from AI hype to a clear, safe and people-centric AI roadmap, this session is for you.

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄.

Transformation Mentor: Helping you to implement your IT-Strategy | 20+ Yrs Banking IT Expertise | Integration Architect for Scalable Ecosystems | Bridging IT & Human Adoption (L-T-A)

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