NJBIZ Conversations

What’s the state of the residential real estate market?

John Beacham, the CEO of Toorak Capital Partners, offers an analysis of the current residential real estate market, the firm's work in New Jersey's largest city and the factors likely to shape the business over the next several months.

A different take on senior living

Fellowship Life CEO Brian Lawrence discusses what makes the company's communities different from other senior living facilities, a recent move to expand, and what the future likely holds for it and the industry as a whole.

Why community banks remain critical in New Jersey’s economy

Now the CEO of Lakewood-based First Commerce Bank, Donald Mindiak was a top executive at the institution for most of the pandemic. Here, Mindiak talks about what those years were like for First Commerce, where the economy might be headed and why community banks remain critical actors in the state's economy.
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Training a new generation of business leaders

Oya Tukel, dean of the Martin Tuchman School of Management at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), discusses her academic interests and how the school approaches the task of preparing young people – especially young women – to succeed in their chosen fields.

Recovering from a pandemic

Dr. Tara Chalakani, CEO of Preferred Behavioral Health Group, talks about the problems she and her staff are still seeing even as the pandemic fades, what businesses can do to ensure the wellbeing of their employees and what’s ahead for the business in 2023.

How this deal happened

SobelCo's former managing member, Alan Sobel, talks about how the firm's acquisition by CLA came about and what it means for his colleagues and their clients. 

Combating viral outbreaks

BD Executive Vice President and President of Life Sciences Dave Hickey discusses the company's new test capable of detecting multiple respiratory viruses.

’On the front lines of a new war’

Semperis CEO Mickey Bresman discusses the latest cyber threat environment and how the fast-growing company operates as a force for good.

How’s your supply chain?

Francis Walsh, the CEO of Lyndhurst-based trucking and logistics company NRS describes what it was like running a logistics provider during the pandemic, the problems that remain with supply chains and what it will take to get back fully to normal.

Sejal Lakhani-Bhatt: TechWerx

The TechWerx CEO describes how she left the banking industry for the IT world, what the latest threat environment looks like, and what businesses should be doing to keep their technology and data safe.