Larry Armstrong joined me on Accelerate OC at a time that his industry, commercial architecture and building, is undergoing the greatest disruption and change of his multi-decade career. It was such an engaging and compelling conversation!
He is Chairman of Ware Malcomb, an international design firm providing planning, architecture, interior design, branding, civil engineering and building measurement services to commercial real estate and corporate clients, from its 25 office locations throughout the US, Canada, Mexico and Panama. They’ve been recognized as an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company and Best Firm to Work For by Zweig Group. The firm is also ranked among the top 15 architecture/engineering firms in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms.
Larry is a strategic visionary, accomplished architect and strong business leader. He’s been an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner, a multi-time OCBJ OC500 member of the most influential OC community leaders. He’s been with Ware Malcomb for over 30 years, and as CEO for over 25, as he grew firm revenue by 40x during his time as CEO. Earlier this year he became Chairman.
Larry guest lectures at USC, Chapman and UCI, and has even given the commencement address for his alma mater, Kent State. He’s super active in the OC community across a number of leadership groups, highlighted by his role leading the United to End Homelessness campaign here, along with a couple of my prior guests. He also recently joined the CEO Leadership Alliance of OC, which we discussed on the show.
Nick Bucheleres - Founder & CEO of Grin Gaming
Jeremy Redman - Founder & CEO of Vone
JP La Torre - Co-Founder & CEO of Caylent
Larry Gulko - Brand Strategist & Brand New Day Retreat
(Part 2) Ian Hathaway - Co-Author of The Startup Community Way, Senior Director at TechStars
Nick Cromydas - Founder & CEO of Hunt Club
David Meltzer - Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing; Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur
Luke Cooper - Founder & CEO of Fixt
Nick Bradley - Co-founder & Director at Fielding Group
(Part I) John Dearie - President of Center for American Entrepreneurship
(Part I) Ian Hathaway - Co-Author of The Startup Community Way, Senior Director at TechStars
Anthony Saba - Executive Director of Samueli Academy
Andy Wilson - Executive Director at Alliance for Southern California Innovation
Katrina Ghazarian - Founder & CEO of Gameday HR
Neal Hansch - CEO & Managing Partner of Silicon Foundry
Andrew Bermudez - Founder & CEO of Digsy
Denise Hazime - Founder & President of Prodoscore
Neal Bloom - CEO of Rising Tide Partners, Founder of Fresh Brewed Tech
Jenny Dinnen - President, Sales & Marketing of MacKenzie Corporation
Per Welinder - Partner at Welinder Shi Capital
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