Syya Yasotornrat

Brilliant Beam Media

Founder

Gnaw On This...Business Bytes Podcast

Gnaw On This...Business Bytes with Ben & Syya

If there is one thing that we have learned about business and life, IT’S THAT PEOPLE ARE THE X FACTOR
They constantly surprise us, both in amazing ways . . .
And . . . NOT SO MUCH
We’re Ben and Syya!

Welcome to GNAW ON THIS . . . BUSINESS BYTES
This show is about the real-life things we ALL deal with EVERY DAY and HOW they relate to business
And HOW to make some sense out of our daily chaos.

WELCOME to the show!

Co-Host 

Lena's Foundation

Board Member in support of Lena's Foundation. Lena's Foundation provides donations of essential, healthy food to survivors of domestic abuse, natural disasters, mental health crises, and other critical life-changing circumstances. Food is a foundation upon which community can connect and heal. By providing essential needs (food, water, love), we hope to expedite the recovery and growth of survivors.

Board Member

Walking Tall Movement

Board Member to amplify the Walking Tall Movement

Global Leaders Organization (GLO)

Dallas Chapter, Co-Chair

Innovation Media Enterprises, LLC

Innovation Media Enterprises is a podcast creative agency focused on the rapidly dynamic world of technology and business affecting our world today. We're consulting corporate and startup businesses to develop digital and podcast strategies to grow branding and retain longer outbound customer engagement. We are also focused on building a community so corporations, start ups and individual innovators can connect to create, collaborate, and inspire for the next big thing. The Innovation Calling podcast showcases our clients as well as other movers and shakers who leverage technology for our next generation society.

Co-Founder, Innovation Media Enterprises

The MIC is Listening!

Podcast Host

The CISO Diaries Podcast

The CISO Diaries is shining a light on the industry’s thought leaders, CISOs and trailblazers. This podcast is for everyone, including leaders and those aspiring to leadership in security through the brave willing to candidly share their personal side – for us to get to know them apart from their jobs and understand their passions. Join us and have fun getting to know our CISOs.

Co-Host

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Enterprise Business Sales

Network Specialist

SonicWALL, Inc.

Territory Account Manager

Everyone has a story to tell. Leave that unique legacy, build a community, grow brand awareness and maximize your reach with relevant digital content! Make your social media messaging MATTER to your clients, prospects and audience!

I've taken 20+ years of corporate sales, hospitality and recruiting experience and parlayed that into growing business and marketing objectives Strategically, Simply and Brilliantly.

414 Capital

As a Managing Director at 414 Capital, I specialize in mergers and acquisitions, representing family and founder-owned businesses that seek to exit or partner with investors for growth. I focus on transactions in Industrial, Agriculture, Consumer, Business Services, and Built Industries, leveraging my credentials as a Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) and a Business Certified Appraiser (BCA). I lead sell-side and buy-side M&A projects, restructuring advisory, refinancing, capital raising for middle market clients across various sectors and situations.

I have a passion for helping family and founder-owned businesses achieve their strategic goals and maximize their exit value. I use my extensive network of personal relationships with institutional funds, private equity groups, family offices, and individual investors to find the best fit and the best deal for my clients. I also have significant international cross-border business experience, having lived and worked abroad for over 10 years. Additionally, I am a marketing and branding expert, a public speaker and educator, and a leader within the local and national M&A community.

Current Positions within Local and National M&A Organizations:  * President of the DFW Chapter of the Alliance of M&A Advisors (AM&AA) * National Advisory Council Member for AM&AA * Chair of AM&AA National Conference Content Planning Committee  * Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) DFW Chapter Board Member * DFW ACG Networking Events Committee Member * Member of Chief

Managing Director

Chief

Member

Dresner Partners

Lindsey Wendler serves as Managing Director at Dresner Partners, where she focuses on transactions in Niche Consumer, FinTech and Built Industries (infrastructure related products/services, construction services, building products, equipment manufacturing/leasing, engineering, logistics etc.) Additionally, Lindsey has experience in leading transactions across a diverse range of other industries and situations, including those with stressed and distressed companies. Lindsey primarily assists clients with sell-side M&A advisory, however she also leads buy-side M&A projects, restructuring advisory, refinancing, capital raising, and Chapter 11/363 sales.

Skystone Securities, LLC

Skystone is a middle market investment bank specializing in sell-side M&A transactions, capital raises, and financial restructuring.

National Transaction Advisors (A Riverbend Company)

Lindsey Wendler served as Managing Partner at National Transaction Advisors, and oversaw operations and strategy.  She was instrumental in growing the organization from 2015 - 2020 through the establishment and dedication to NTA’s Primary Operating Principles:  
1.	Education and Advocacy for privately owned companies.
2.	Outside-The-Box, Throw-Away-The-Box, Everything Is Figure-Out-Able attitude towards solving problems.
3.	Radical Collaboration with an extensively curated network of M&A-related professionals that support any and all needs of NTA’s clients. 

Early in her career, Lindsey founded a business in the luxury goods industry headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. There, she succeeded in raising growth capital used to expand the Company’s international distribution and later sold the business through an M&A process. As a result, Lindsey has extensive experience in forming international business entities, capital raising, material/product sourcing, hiring/team building, international negotiations, and business development. These experiences have fueled her passion to support other entrepreneurs through M&A and corporate finance initiatives.

Lindsey is passionate about supporting family and founder-owned business as they grow or exit their companies via M&A transactions.

Managing Partner

LindseyMarie Sàrl

High-end luxury goods wholesale/retail import and export. Flagship boutique and wholesale showroom based in Geneva, Switzerland and Singapore with international stockists.

Owner/President

Associate

Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA), Business Certified Appraiser (BCA), Marketing and Branding Expert, Public Speaker/Educator, Entrepreneur with Significant International Cross-Border Business Experience & Leader within The Middle Market M&A Community. 

I help family/founder-owned middle market businesses sell when owners are ready to exit. I also help growing companies partner with private equity firms, and other types of investors, to help them supercharge the growth of their businesses. 

Using a vast network of personal relationships with institutional funds, private equity groups, family offices and individual investors; business owners hire me when they are looking to prepare for a significant exit or when they are in need of finding the right capital partner.

Current Positions within Local and National M&A Organizations:

* President of the DFW Chapter of the Alliance of M&A Advisors (AM&AA)
* National Advisory Council Member for AM&AA
* Chair of AM&AA National Conference Content Planning Committee 
* Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) DFW Chapter Board Member
* DFW ACG Networking Events Committee Member
* Member of Dallas CEO Forum 
* Founder of Women in Finance Roundtable Breakfast Series 

I have a passion for helping family and founder owned businesses think differently, grow strategically, and build value through my education and consulting services. If done early enough, this education and strategic planning (+ execution) translates into the best possible exit multiples.

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