WaveCapital's Guest Speaker Series on Relationship Building in a Team Environment

About WaveCapital's Guest Speaker Series on Relationship Building in a Team Environment

Global Podcast Host and Producer, Garrett Boorojian, interviews notable professionals in sports, media, politics, business, and Hollywood — including those who are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame, Basketball Hall of Fame, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame, Olympic Medalists, Emmy Award winners, The New York Times Best-Selling Authors, U.S. Generals (Ret.), Coaches of the Year, NBA and NFL First Round Draft Picks, and NBA, NCAA, World Series, and Super Bowl Champions.

Publisher

Garrett Boorojian

Category

business · sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

23 Jan 2023

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

134 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Garrett Boorojian and Founder & President of Sporting Alpha; former Sr. VP of Football Operations & Strategy, former VP of Football Operations & Assistant GM, former Interim GM at the New York Football Giants; Adjunct Lecturer; Investor, Kevin Abrams

   Garrett Boorojian and Kevin Abrams discuss relationship building in a team environment. In Kevin's 27 years with the New York Football Giants, he was an integral part of three Super Bowls (2000, 2007, and 2011) as a staff member and later a senior executive winning the latter two. The 115th guest on Garrett's podcast, Kevin spoke in depth about his entire career, from starting out as a salary cap analyst to working his way up to briefly Interim General Manager, but mainly holding senior titles centered around football operations. As a gentleman who was hoping to first land a scouting job in the National Football League, Kevin shared how his unpredictable path organically turned out well in operations, which became a natural spot for him. He explained how the negotiations in 2004 was an incredible master class that finally led to a historic deal to bring Eli Manning to New York after the San Diego Chargers drafted Eli. Kevin also talked about his great admiration for the Giants' ownership, General Manager, and longtime 3x Super Bowl Champion Tom Coughlin. Kevin expressed how grateful he was to work for what he considers to be the best organization in the NFL. Kevin, who's teaching in a part-time capacity at the Ivy League's Columbia University, has recently started his own sports advisory organization Sporting Alpha. Kevin expressed to Garrett that he's always looking to have different conversations with people as well as finding ways to collaborate with unique and innovative groups where synergies align. Kevin's also a Caledonian Braves Football Club investor. To learn more about Kevin's successful career journey, you can listen to their conversation here from earlier this year. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/kevin-abrams (https://sps.columbia.edu/person/kevin-abrams) Source: Columbia University School of Professional Studies "Kevin Abrams Lecturer, Sports Management; Senior Vice President of Football Operations & Strategy, New York Giants Kevin Abrams is in his 24th season with the Giants and his first as the team's senior vice president of football operations & strategy. Abrams was the Giants' assistant general manager for 20 years and was also the team's vice president of football operations for the previous four years. Abrams was the Giants' salary cap analyst in his first three years with the franchise. Abrams is responsible for strategic planning related to football operations, data and innovation, managing the salary cap, negotiating player contracts, and compliance with the NFL's collective bargaining agreement. He also works closely with the college scouting and pro personnel departments. In July of 1999, Abrams was hired to fill the newly created position of salary cap analyst. He came to the Giants from the NFL Management Council, where he helped to monitor the league-wide salary cap and analyzed all new player contracts with respect to the collective bargaining agreement. Prior to working at the Management Council, Abrams completed internships and graduate work in player personnel, recruiting, public relations, and corporate relations with the Washington Football Team, the Ohio University football program, the Buffalo Bills, and the London Monarchs. Abrams was raised in Toronto, Canada. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Western Ontario and earned his master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University. Kevin and his wife, Sarah-Jane, live in New York City with their three children, Joseph, Grace, and Cormac." https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47688708/giants-senior-executive-kevin-abrams-leaving-27-years-sources-say (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47688708/giants-senior-executive-kevin-abrams-leaving-27-years-sources-say) Source: ESPN

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Garrett Boorojian and Chief Social Impact & Content Officer at Roark Capital; former The Coca-Cola Company and Sprint global marketing and branding executive; former Vice-Chair, President's Council of Cornell Women; Entrepreneur; Author; Allison Hill

   Garrett Boorojian and Allison Hill discuss relationship building in a team environment. Source: Your Job Won't Love You Back https://yourjobwontloveyouback.com/ (https://yourjobwontloveyouback.com/) "ALLISON HILL Coming August 2026. Career Advice for Job Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance Your job is never going to love you back. And honestly? That's great news. In Your Job Won’t Love You Back, author and executive Allison Hill challenges the modern belief that career success alone can provide identity, fulfillment, purpose, and happiness. Drawing from more than 30 years navigating high-pressure corporate environments while balancing marriage, motherhood, entrepreneurship, and personal growth, Hill offers a refreshingly honest and practical guide for anyone who has ever tied their self-worth to their work. Through candid stories, humor, heartfelt reflections, and actionable exercises, Hill encourages readers to rethink ambition, redefine success on their own terms, and reconnect with the parts of themselves that exist beyond a job title. At the center of the book is Allison’s original “North Heart” framework, a practical approach designed to help readers align their lives with what truly matters most. This is not a book about quitting your job or abandoning ambition. It is a book about building a life that feels whole, grounded, connected, and fully yours. Key Themes redefining success beyond career achievement work-life balance and modern burnout women, ambition, and identity relationships and connection motherhood and career reinvention self-worth outside of productivity leadership and emotional wellness finding purpose beyond titles and promotions" Source: Roark Capital https://www.roarkcapital.com/ourteam#m23e107_Allison__Hill (https://www.roarkcapital.com/ourteam#m23e107_Allison__Hill) "ALLISON HILL Chief Social Impact and Content Officer ahill@roarkcapital.com (mailto:ahill@roarkcapital.com) (404) 591-3325 Allison joined Roark in 2019. Allison currently serves as Chief Social Impact & Content Officer, developing and leading Roark’s initiatives related to diversity and inclusion, philanthropic giving, community service & engagement, as well as creative content. She is also a member of Roark’s Responsible Investment Committee. Prior to joining Roark, Allison served on the Executive Team at Miller’s Ale House as the Vice-President of Marketing. Prior to that, she held global and domestic brand and marketing roles with The Coca-Cola Company and Sprint, as well as developing and launching two start-up concepts in the retail and restaurant industries. Allison received an M.B.A. and a B.S. from Cornell University, where she served a six-year appointed term on the President’s Council of Cornell Women to advance and champion women. She currently serves on the Board of The Michelle McGann Fund, which advocates for diabetic children and Eat Laugh Give, which assists families with food insecurity and related needs." Source: WABE-TV https://www.wabe.org/atlanta-author-allison-hill-debuts-first-childrens-book/ (https://www.wabe.org/atlanta-author-allison-hill-debuts-first-childrens-book/) "ARTS & CULTURE | BOOKS Atlanta author Allison Hill debuts first children's book City Lights Staff | WABE June 18th, 2024 "Lolly the Left Out Lobster" cover. (Courtesy of Allison Hill)"

3. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Garrett Boorojian and Ph.D. from UCLA, Ambassador, Counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy who worked for five U.S. Presidents and four U.S. Secretaries of State, Author, Dennis Ross

   Garrett Boorojian and Ambassador Dennis Ross discuss relationship building in a team environment. Source: THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE for Near East Policy https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/experts/dennis-ross (https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/experts/dennis-ross) "Dennis Ross William Davidson Distinguished Fellow Counselor Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship Expertise Arab-Israeli Relations Democracy & Reform Peace Process U.S. Policy Gulf & Energy Policy Great Power Competition Iran Israel Palestinians Gulf States Ambassador Dennis Ross is the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He also teaches at Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization. For more than twelve years, Ambassador Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process, dealing directly with the parties as the U.S. point man on the peace process in both the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. He was instrumental in helping Israelis and Palestinians reach the 1995 Interim Agreement; he also successfully brokered the 1997 Hebron Accord, facilitated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and intensively worked to bring Israel and Syria together. Later, he served two and half years as special assistant to President Obama and as National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, spending the first six months of the administration as the special advisor on Iran to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. A scholar and diplomat with more than two decades of experience in Soviet and Middle East policy, Ambassador Ross worked closely with Secretaries of State James Baker, Warren Christopher, and Madeleine Albright. Prior to his service as special Middle East coordinator under President Clinton, Ambassador Ross served as director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff in the first Bush administration. In that capacity, he played a prominent role in U.S. policy toward the former Soviet Union, the unification of Germany and its integration into NATO, arms control negotiations, and the 1991 Gulf War coalition. Ambassador Ross joined the Institute in 2001. During the Reagan administration, he served as director of Near East and South Asian affairs on the National Security Council staff and deputy director of the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment. Ambassador Ross was awarded the Presidential Medal for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service by President Clinton, and Secretaries Baker and Albright presented him with the State Department's highest award. A graduate of UCLA, Ambassador Ross wrote his doctoral dissertation on Soviet decision making and served as executive director of the Berkeley-Stanford program on Soviet International Behavior. He received UCLA's highest medal and has been named UCLA alumnus of the year. Ambassador Ross is the author of six books on the peace process, the Middle East, and international relations..."

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Engagement

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