Inside the ICE House

In 2000, Reverend Thomas Johnson and his son, Thomas IV, became the first African American father & son duo to hold simultaneous membership in the NYSE. In 1974, Reverend Johnson also became the first African American member of the American Stock Exchange. Their careers, in many ways, were similar to the thousands of people who worked alongside them, but the Johnsons, father and son, were also were trailblazers who smashed through barriers on their way to Trading Floor success. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

From scheduling to follow up, meetings can often breed more headaches than helpful solutions. Automated scheduling software Calendly takes the metronomic rhythm out of scheduling and gives you back control of your time. Tope Awotona, Calendly’s CEO, describes emigrating from Nigeria to the U.S., how his career in software sales led him to becoming an entrepreneur, and why he loves working in Atlanta, also the home of Intercontinental Exchange. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

At the NYSE, we usually focus on the bulls and the bears. Today we turn to the red and the blue. Steve Kornacki, National Political Correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News, joins the podcast to explain how the decade of Clinton and Gingrich, Mario Cuomo and Ross Perot, and Al Gore and George Bush, was the prelude to our current political situation. Steve’s book “The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism” goes back to the genesis of a country divided by party colors. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Growth IQ by Tiffani Bova, Salesforce’s Global Customer Growth & Innovation Evangelist, explores the pathways and pitfalls facing every business seeking to expand market share and grow revenue. She stopped by the ICE House to explore the strategies behind the recent successes of companies from McDonalds to John Deere to Kylie Cosmetics. During the conversation, we discover how the paths to growth that Tiffani identifies in Growth IQ have been implemented by the world’s best brands. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Despite a volatile 2018 and an increasingly complex landscape, the U.S. markets remain the envy of the world. Justin Schack, Managing Director and Partner at Rosenblatt Securities, joins the podcast to help listeners understand and navigate the rapidly changing equity markets. In addition to his role at Rosenblatt, Justin has become a prolific market commentator in the press and his analysis is sought after to understand the potentially seismic effects of policy changes, such as the Transaction Fee Pilot. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Just a few months ago, Smartsheet’s CEO Mark Mader stood on the New York Stock Exchange Bell Podium to announce his company’s successful IPO following years of hard work building a company that lives its “work different” motto. Mark returned to the NYSE to update us on how Smartsheet has continued to grow and transform. As 2019 gets underway, Mark shares what lies in the future for Smartsheet and gives his advice to those companies looking to also tap the public markets. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Scientific breakthroughs depend on the development and deployment of cutting edge tools. One of the companies that laboratories across the globe turn to for testing solutions is QIAGEN (NYSE:QGEN). Peer Schatz, QIAGEN’s CEO, gave Inside the ICE House a masterclass on how the company is working with the science community to create the tests and equipment needed for infectious diseases control; cancer prevention, personalized medicine, and much more. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

The Naval SEAL Foundation was established in 2000 to serve U.S. Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen, Naval Special Warfare support personnel and their families. The Foundation’s CEO Robin King and DJ Haley, a former Navy SEAL and Foundation Board Member, take us through how a small organization originally focused on scholarships and educational opportunities has grown to provide immediate and ongoing support and assistance to the Naval Special Warfare community and its families. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Intercontinental Exchange recently welcomed a new neighbor to Broad Street, Fearless Girl. The statue, commissioned by State Street Global Advisors and created by sculptor Kristen Visbal to promote State Street’s SHE Index Fund, has become enduring symbol calling for change. Following the arrival ceremony outside the New York Stock Exchange, State Street’s Chief Marketing Officer, Stephen Tisdale, sat down for a fireside chat with the NYSE’s Betty Liu to talk all things fearless. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

As President of Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer spends his time crisscrossing the planet to investigate the current state of global affairs and sharing his analysis of geopolitical risks. He founded his firm in 1998 to provide political risk research and consultation services to Wall Street’s biggest names, but continues to explore the boundaries of how every person can better understand the world around them. Ian was at the Exchange to celebrate the anniversary of GZERO Media, a company he started with the goal of helping the public see clearly how news stories fit together and are part of important global narratives. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

The Block’s Senior Correspondent, Frank Chaparro, once a wunderkind at Business Insider, is now exclusively on the crypto beat, just in time to cover the cleansing process of Bitcoin’s bear market. He’s on the trail of the comings & goings of the industry’s top talent, & probing how exchanges, banks & institutions are dipping their toes into an ocean of digital assets. Chaparro gives a candid view on what’s driving Bitcoin’s swoon, why regulation is key, and how 2019 may unfold for Crypto’s biggest players. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Recorded at CoinDesk’s Consensus:Invest Conference, Bakkt’s CEO Kelly Loeffler and ICE’s Chairman and CEO Jeff Sprecher’s chat with the MIT Media Lab’s Michael Casey. Bakkt plans to roll out the world’s first 1-day physically delivered Bitcoin contract in 2019, allowing institutions and consumers alike to seamlessly buy, sell, store, and spend the digital asset. While Bitcoin’s value may rise and fall, the profound appeal of crypto is not so much as an investment to buy and hold, but rather a currency to actually put to work. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

As President and COO of ICE Data Services, Lynn oversees much of the connective tissue -- the flow of data around the world -- that knits together the cornerstones of Intercontinental Exchange. Martin looks back at ICE’s acquisitions and product developments that have served as the building blocks of ICE -- pricing and analytics, exchange data and connectivity -- and offers a forecast for the data industry in 2019. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Seaspan Corporation’s Chairman David Sokol is setting the course for the world’s largest independent owner and operator of containerships. He shares how his business philosophy of “pleased, but not satisfied” guided him from early on in Omaha to his current watch at Seaspan. Over the past year, Sokol has armed the company with new leadership, overhauled its financials, and embarked on an M&A plan to consolidate the global containership fleet. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

John Pettigrew, CEO of National Grid PLC, is focused on transforming utilities to become greener, more efficient, and technological to prepare for an uncertain future of climate change, customer needs, and an uncertain political environment. National Grid, which operates electric and gas utilities in the United States and Great Britain, is driving the conversation around carbon usage and the implementation of clean energy technology. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Melinda Richter, Global Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation’s JLABs, enters the ICE House to explain how JNJ is empowering entrepreneurs to bring healthcare ideas from concept to consumer. Melinda shares her journey from growing up in Goodsoil, Saskatchewan to becoming a leader in the start-up culture of life science. Under her stewardship, JLABs has grown to 13 global locations and helped over 450 companies secure $11.6 Billion in financing, including 14 that have tapped the public markets. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Betty Liu, Executive Vice Chairman of the NYSE, brings years of knowledge and insight about the needs of CEOs and their businesses, from those nascent start-up days to the moment when the founder stands on the podium to ring the opening bell of their IPO. Fresh off a trip to the Far East, Betty shares what she has learned about navigating between the business cultures of the East and West, becoming an entrepreneur as the founder of the ed-tech start-up Radiate, and getting out of your comfort zone. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Randall Lane, Forbes Media’s Chief Content Officer, sat down with the NYSE’s Executive Vice Chairman Betty Liu at this year’s Interbrand Best Global Brands Summit for a wide ranging conversation from how a new generation of entrepreneurs is reshaping the world to the evolution of going public to ways the blockchain can combat fake news. Betty and Randall also discuss how modern brands make and keep consumer’s trust while standing out in the crowded landscape of traditional and social media. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Sue Thompson, executive vice president at State Street Global Advisors, joined the podcast to share her experiences on how artificial intelligence and technology innovation is changing the global economy. State Street has partnered with Kensho to launch ETFs aimed at investing in the Future of Now, from space travel to intelligent infrastructure to autonomous vehicles. The best was to identify which companies are positioned to transform the world may be to just ask the technology itself. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Anthony Scaramucci, Co-Managing Partner at SkyBridge Capital, went through Washington’s revolving door as fast as just about anyone in Beltway memory. He’s back now, in the comfortable confines of New York City, with a reboot next year of his much-heralded SALT Conference and a new book -- Trump: The Blue-Collar President -- which chronicles both his own unlikely rise through Wall Street and, in parallel, a real estate developer’s unlikely rise to the pinnacle of American power. Inside the ICE House podcast: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

We make 35,000 decisions every day, but only a few choices can change our lives. Steven Johnson, the author of 11 books as well as host of the Wonderland and American Innovations podcasts, is now out with Farsighted, exploring the complex choices that influenced world history, our own lives, and those of generations to come. The book chronicles the tools that master strategists use to predict the multiple outcomes that may result from a decision to help leaders get ready for the next fork in the road. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

The bi-annual gathering of the Listed Company Advisory Board at the New York Stock Exchange was the perfect setting for a post-election post-mortem with Ben White, Chief Economic Correspondent for POLITICO and author of the Morning Money must-read that POLITICO publishes every weekday at 5:30 a.m. for subscribers and a critical 200 minutes later for everyone else. In this episode, Ben talks about President Trump’s barnstorming election strategy, how it will reverberate in 2019, and the upcoming presidential election that starts…now. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Every year, Interbrand surveys the global marketplace to identify and calculate the value of the world’s leading brands. Coinciding with the release of the 2018 Best Global Brands Report earlier this month, NYSE served as host to Interbrand’s Best Global Brands Summit. Inside the ICE House was on the scene to capture the conversation. The first installment is a fireside chat hosted by Interbrand’s Managing Director Daniel Binns with Bob Pittman, Chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia and Clear Channel Outdoor.

Martin Migoya, the cofounder and CEO of Globant (NYSE:GLOB), joined the podcast ahead of Globant’s Converge NY Conference on how artificial intelligence is transforming the world. Martin shares how in just 15 years, an idea crafted over drinks in a Buenos Aires bar with three friends grew into a leading global company for digital customer experiences. He has now turned his attention to how Globant can best help its clients and the world unlock the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Keywords: machine learning, artificial intelligence, convergence, google, IT, digital

A proud moment in the 226-year history of the New York Stock Exchange came on March 28, 1985, the day President Ronald Reagan rang our Opening Bell. Bob Spitz is the author of a monumental new biography of our 40th president: Reagan: An American Journey and joined us Inside the ICE House to talk about it. Spitz has written a substantial oeuvre of books on people and things that transformed American popular culture, from the Beatles to Julia Childs to Woodstock. Reagan adds to this pantheon, the story of a man born into poverty in the Midwest, who by luck and determination worked his way from young broadcaster to Hollywood actor, Governor of California to President of the United States. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

A part of Ben Jackson’s role as President of Intercontinental Exchange, is leading the strategic planning and integration of ICE’s M&A activities. He joined the podcast from Chicago, where he was attending the Futures Industry Association’s Expo 2018 to take a look back at ICE’s recent deals and preview its long-term plans. On the company’s front burner is the fixed income marketplace, a space long overdue for overhaul. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Risto Silasmaa, Chairman of Nokia, oversaw the dramatic turnaround of Nokia from a struggling handheld device company to one of the leading providers of wireless infrastructure. He joined the podcast to talk about his new book, Transforming Nokia - The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change, which captures the company’s near demise and impressive turnaround. As Risto is positioning Nokia for its future, he has turned his paranoid optimism to machine learning. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Every day in London, at precisely 10:30am and 3:00pm, Intercontinental Exchange holds a fully transparent auction to establish the global benchmark price for gold. It’s known as the London Bullion Market Association Gold Price or LBMA. The pod travelled to the UK to speak to Stelios Tselikas, COO of ICE Benchmark Administration, on the drivers of the gold price: inflation, interest rates, stock markets, geopolitics, the dollar, oil prices, and Asian demand. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Christi Shaw, President of Lilly Bio-Medicines, provides a master class on the impact of migraines on the home and the economy. She visited the ICE House for the release of Emgality, a new preventative treatment of migraines in adults and details the journey from medical research breakthrough to FDA approval. Christi shared her thoughts on improving the industry, drug prices, and what she has learned along the way about treating patients and providing value. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

When entrepreneurs need to understand, strategize, and overcome growth-stifling government bureaucracy and regulatory strangulation, they turn to Bradley Tusk, master of the inside game. He launched Tusk Strategies in 2011, helping companies from UBER to Walmart win complex public campaigns. Tusk began his career in bare knuckle politics and readied a tech-heavy plan in 2016 in case his former boss, Mike Bloomberg, ran for president. Will he dust off the plan in 2020? Have a listen. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Mark Leibovich, New York Times Magazine Chief National Correspondent and author of the new bestseller, Big Game, the NFL in Dangerous Times, spent four years embedded in the most elite club in the world. His book captures how the NFL, its owners, and Roger Goodell have become a pervasive part of US culture, while asking if the League has achieved “peak football.” Mark joins his friend and fellow Patriots fanatic, Josh King, to excavate the stories and lore behind the Shield. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Joe Lockhart, the last White House Press Secretary to be on duty for an impeachment of a U.S. President, is now Vice Chairman of Public Affairs for Edelman. A trusted counselor over decades for politicians and business leaders alike, he joined the NYSE’s 2018 IR Summit to survey the upcoming midterm elections and reflect on parallels to the crises facing the White House 20 years ago. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney appears on her first-ever podcast to talk about Women’s Equality Day, changing the U.S. Constitution, and the issues she has been working on since taking office as part of 1992’s “Year of the Woman.” She shares her thoughts on the 2018 midterm elections and why the “pink tax” continues to cause women financial harm: https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-500 Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

The enduring marketing pitch for Charles Schwab is “Talk to Chuck,” so we did. Christopher Johnson, Head of ETF Capital Markets at Charles Schwab, paid a visit to the ICE House to break down Schwab’s 2018 ETF Investor Study. As Chris told us, 91% of Millennials say ETFs are their investment vehicle of choice. It helps explain why baskets of securities beating out the excitement of owning individual shares of the FANG+ stocks among the most tech savvy investors in the market. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

John Arnold, co-founder of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, was dubbed the King of Natural Gas in the nascent days of online energy trading at Enron. In 2012, after growing his firm, Centaurus Advisors, from an initial $8 million to $5 billion in less than a decade, he announced that he was walking away to pursue other interests. John joins the podcast to discuss that decision, the strategic investments his foundation is making, and recent developments in the energy markets. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Mike Francesa, the mind and voice behind Mike’s On, a new digital sports content platform in partnership with CAA Sports and Entercom (NYSE:ETM), visited the NYSE to ring the Opening Bell and highlight the launch. Mike swung by the Library to sit down to talk about his legendary career, give us a sneak peak of what the app will offer, and answer some pressing sports questions. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

One of the highest honors of the New York Stock Exchange is welcoming the servicemen and women of the United States Armed Forces to 11 Wall Street. In this episode, Admiral John M. Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations, joins Josh Inside the ICE House. Hear Admiral Richardson reflect on his path from Annapolis to becoming our country’s top naval officer, and his advice for the next generation of leaders. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

EY Partner Jamila Abston and ICE Data Services Head of Product Strategy & Innovation Rob Haddad hold a lively discussion on the tools companies use to power decision making, create value models, and stay compliant in an increasingly complex regulatory environment. Jamila and Rob guide us through the issues and solutions that are transforming how companies calculate risk and build systems to comply with the SEC’s new Liquidity Rule. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Juan Esteban Orduz, President of Colombian Coffee Federation North America, visits the ICE House to lead us through the history and future of Columbia’s marquee product. While he may be miles away from the mountains of Colombia, Juan Esteban is responsible for ensuring that Colombian coffee remains among finest in the world and is 100% sustainable by 2027 while remaining competitive on the global commodities markets. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Jason McCann, co-founder and CEO of Varidesk, became the first guest of Inside the ICE House to record his episode standing on two feet, as did his host. Varidesk units can now be found in the offices of 97% of Fortune 500 companies, including at Intercontinental Exchange. Jason shares with listeners the lessons learned over a career of serial entrepreneurship and how he’s putting his experience to use building Varidesk from a small coterie of stalwart fans to its status as a leading global provider of workplace solutions. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

As we always say, you never know who’ll walk into the door of the NYSE on any day of the week. A special session Inside the ICE House with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now leading the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Mr. Blair and Josh take a quick trip around the world, reviewing recent events now rattling global politics. Twenty years since his first visit to the NYSE, Mr. Blair remains a firmly centrist, committed to strengthening democracy through global partnerships and bringing, as he says, “an enlightened view of self-interest” to allied nations. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Kevin O’Leary, Chairman of O’Shares Investments, is best known as a brutally honest shark on ABC’s Shark Tank, but that’s only his dorsal fin. In this episode, we dive beneath the surface to hear Kevin’s thoughts on a range of topics from Trump to regulation to what his mother’s investment strategy. Midway through the episode, Connor O’Brien, Kevin’s partner and CEO of O’Shares, joined to share his expertise about the ETF space and O'Shares Global Internet Giants (NYSEARCA:OGIG) Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Our guests Inside the ICE House, Mister E and King Saladeen, stopped by the New York Stock Exchange to check out examples of their artwork which now hangs on our walls, a contrast to the centuries-old portraits and artifacts that grace other parts of our building. The young artists have made names for themselves by juxtaposing the business of art and the art of money. Both men followed their passion and honed their craft over years of work while, at the same time, building a market for their creations. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

French Hill, since 2015 the U.S. Representative for Arkansas’s 2nd District, has worked since age 13, a career that took him from Little Rock to Washington to the former Soviet satellite states after the end of the Cold War. Today he sits on the House Committee on Financial Services and joined us in the ICE House on a visit to New York to reflect on his public career helping to shape economic policy at home and abroad. Rep. Hill joins Josh to discuss the state of the capital markets and why, after several decades in the private sector, he returned to Washington with his 2014 successful campaign to Congress. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Steve Lipin, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Gladstone Place Partners joined the podcast for a live episode in front of the Exchange’s Listed Company Advisor Board. Since leaving the M&A beat at the Wall Street Journal in 2001, Steve has become the go-to-guy for the high-stakes crises, M&A, and activist defense assignments that confront publicly-traded companies every day. He shares some of his lessons from inside the trenches on some of the crises, old and new, that companies face in the court of public opinion.

A special episode of Inside the ICE House today, hosted by CNBC’s Sara Eisen and recorded live with Michael Novogratz, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Digital Capital Management at the NYSE Equity Leaders Summit. The billionaire former Fortress Investments Group hedge fund manager now runs Galaxy Digital, a crypto-asset merchant bank, that he believes just might revolutionize finance as we know it. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Not many ballplayers use a day off of the 162-game schedule to geek out at the New York Stock Exchange, but not many MLB pitchers are like Ross Stripling, a licensed stock broker. Stripling sat down with us in the ICE House to break down his investment strategies and his 1.99 ERA in 10 starts with the Dodgers. While in the minor leagues, he hedged on his baseball career by working at an investment firm. Ross’s 2018 season is off to an All-Star caliber start, but he is still finding time to invest in the seasons to come.

Chairman and CEO Bradley Feldmann of Cubic Corporation visited the ICE House to train our sights on his company efforts to decrease urban congestion, help in disaster relief, and prepare the military for the battlefield of tomorrow. Our conversation stretches from improving subway riding experiences across the globe to Cubic’s United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program, made famous by Tom Cruise in 1986’s Top Gun. With Top Gun 2 now filming, movie fans will have to wait to see if Cubic will be a co-star in the sequel. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Where else would you rather find Budweiser than Inside the ICE House? Derek Mauk, a Senior Brand Director with Anheuser-Busch InBev, (NYSE:BUD) stopped by to break down the newest addition to the company’s Reserve Collection, Freedom Reserve Red Lager. The beer, inspired by George Washington’s own recipe, is being brewed in support of veterans with $1 of each case going to Folds of Honor. Learn more here: https://vimeo.com/275082901 Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Today we welcome Inside the ICE House Stacey Cunningham, the 67th President and first woman to lead the NYSE Group. She started on the Trading Floor, and most recently was the Exchange’s COO, where she led the strategy for its equities, equity derivatives and exchange-traded funds businesses. She also spearheaded the roll-out of NYSE’s state-of-the-art trading platform NYSE Pillar, one of the most ambitious technology programs ever by a global exchange. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house