In this episode, our founder Helen Wang sits down with her former student Katie Cho to reflect on the origins of Oceanside Perspective. After leaving a career in high tech, Helen became a professor at University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management. But just a few months after she began her entrepreneurial journey, she had to step back from leading OP to battle an aggressive cancer diagnosis. Watch to hear the story behind OP.

Dr. Byron Scott is President & Chief Operating Officer at Direct Relief, one of the biggest global disaster relief organizations in the U.S. He brings more than 25 years of leadership as a physician executive in the healthcare industry, as well as clinical experience as a board-certified emergency medicine physician. He currently serves on the Board of Rady Children's Health and Board Chair for Rady Children's Hospital San Diego.

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Tom Linton is a globally recognized supply chain leader with decades of experience, with 20 years at IBM and as co-founder of E2Open. Linton has served as chief procurement officer at major companies including Agere Systems, Freescale Semiconductor, and LG Electronics Shipman Gold Medal. A frequent contributor to leading publications and co-author of multiple books—including Flow and The Living Supply Chain Linton holds several supply chain patents and is currently a senior a

Rich Hua is a technology strategist and innovation evangelist, and he currently serves as the Worldwide Head of EPIC Leadership at AWS. His mission is to upskill leaders in emotional intelligence and interpersonal dynamics, enabling them to lead with greater Empathy, Purpose, Inspiration, and Connection (EPIC). Rich has spent decades training and mentoring people in leadership and interpersonal skills—from CEOs to aspiring managers to early career professionals. He is the fou

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