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May 20, 2023 Catrine Fredrikson

 Blake Emery

Research Driven Strategy

 

Blake Emery is the President of BlakeEmeryAssociates.  BlakeEmeryAssociates helps clients develop their strategies through research leading to deep customer insights.Blake is the research consultant to Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Panasonic Avionics, D2Bridge, and others. Blake is also a Board Member of All Wheels Up, which advocates for dedicated wheelchair spots on commercial aircraft.

 

Blake was the director of differentiation strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where he conducted research leading to many of the innovations on the 787 Dreamliner. He is associated with the popular “Boeing Sky Interior”, the direct beneficiary of that research. He is named on multiple patents for commercial jet exterior design, seats, and even jewelry design.

 

He is featured in several documentaries, including “The Age of Aerospace” (PBS), “City in the Sky” (BBC), “The Magic of Flight” (For Air Canada) and “The Beauty of Flying” (for LATAM).

 

His career has included extensive cultural and empirical research as well as behavioral, consumer, and organizational psychology.

 

In 2026 he authored the book Wings Toward the Sun: The Culture Clash Behind Boeing Fall From Grace and the Flight Path to Redemption.

 

Blake is a avid practitioner and instructor of taijiquan. He occasionally sings and plays guitar with local musicians. He Llves outside Seattle, Washington.

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Research Driven Strategy
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Blake Emery is the President of BlakeEmeryAssociates.&nbsp; BlakeEmeryAssociates helps clients develop their strategies through research leading to deep customer insights. Blake is the research consultant to Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Panasonic Avionics, D2Bridge, and others. Blake is also a Board Member of All Wheels Up, which advocates for dedicated wheelchair spots on commercial aircraft.
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Blake was the director of differentiation strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where he conducted research leading to many of the innovations on the 787 Dreamliner. He is associated with the popular &ldquo;Boeing Sky Interior&rdquo;, the direct beneficiary of that research. He is named on multiple patents for commercial jet exterior design, seats, and even jewelry design.
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He is featured in several documentaries, including &ldquo;The Age of Aerospace&rdquo; (PBS), &ldquo;City in the Sky&rdquo; (BBC), &ldquo;The Magic of Flight&rdquo; (For Air Canada) and &ldquo;The Beauty of Flying&rdquo; (for LATAM).
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His career has included extensive cultural and empirical research as well as behavioral, consumer, and organizational psychology.
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In 2026 he authored the book Wings Toward the Sun: The Culture Clash Behind Boeing Fall From Grace and the Flight Path to Redemption.
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Blake is a avid practitioner and instructor of taijiquan. He occasionally sings and plays guitar with local musicians. He Llves outside Seattle, Washington.

What's the Score: Guest, Blake Emery.

Dr. Latoya Wells is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, healthcare leader, nurse educator, entrepreneur, and founder of Wells Legacy Health & Wellness in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

With more than 30 years of healthcare experience, Dr. Wells has built a diverse career spanning primary care, hospital medicine, population health, value-based care, clinical leadership, nursing education, and advanced practice nursing. Throughout her career, she has led healthcare teams, mentored clinicians, educated future nurses, and developed strategies to improve clinical quality, provider performance, documentation accuracy, preventive care, and patient outcomes.

Her professional journey ultimately led her to entrepreneurship and the creation of Wells Legacy Health & Wellness, an independent primary care and wellness practice founded on the belief that healthcare should be accessible, personalized, preventive, and centered around the needs of the patient. The practice provides primary care, women's and men's health, hormone health, preventive services, weight management, wellness care, and Direct Primary Care options, with flexible scheduling and innovative approaches to healthcare access.

Dr. Wells is especially passionate about women's health and is expanding conversations surrounding perimenopause and menopause through clinical care, education, and her Hey Sis platform, where she helps women better understand their changing bodies and become stronger advocates for their health.

Her commitment to education extends beyond her practice. As a nursing professor and longtime educator, Dr. Wells has helped prepare the next generation of nurses and advanced practice clinicians, emphasizing evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, leadership, and compassionate patient care. Her expertise has also expanded into veteran medical evaluations and medical-legal consulting.

Dr. Wells' professional accomplishments are rooted in a personal story of perseverance. Born extremely premature and raised in circumstances that required resilience from an early age, she became a young mother before ultimately building a career that would take her from nursing to advanced practice, healthcare leadership, doctoral education, academia, and business ownership.

Today, she brings those experiences together as a clinician and entrepreneur committed to improving access to quality care, empowering patients through education and advocacy, mentoring future healthcare professionals, and demonstrating what is possible when experience, purpose, and entrepreneurship intersect.

For Dr. Wells, success is ultimately about legacy - using more than three decades of healthcare experience to build healthier patients, stronger communities, future healthcare leaders, and opportunities for the generations that follow.

Dr. Latoya Wells is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, healthcare leader, nurse educator, entrepreneur, and founder of Wells Legacy Health &amp; Wellness in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
With more than 30 years of healthcare experience, Dr. Wells has built a diverse career spanning primary care, hospital medicine, population health, value-based care, clinical leadership, nursing education, and advanced practice nursing. Throughout her career, she has led healthcare teams, mentored clinicians, educated future nurses, and developed strategies to improve clinical quality, provider performance, documentation accuracy, preventive care, and patient outcomes.
Her professional journey ultimately led her to entrepreneurship and the creation of Wells Legacy Health &amp; Wellness, an independent primary care and wellness practice founded on the belief that healthcare should be accessible, personalized, preventive, and centered around the needs of the patient. The practice provides primary care, women's and men's health, hormone health, preventive services, weight management, wellness care, and Direct Primary Care options, with flexible scheduling and innovative approaches to healthcare access.
Dr. Wells is especially passionate about women's health and is expanding conversations surrounding perimenopause and menopause through clinical care, education, and her Hey Sis platform, where she helps women better understand their changing bodies and become stronger advocates for their health.
Her commitment to education extends beyond her practice. As a nursing professor and longtime educator, Dr. Wells has helped prepare the next generation of nurses and advanced practice clinicians, emphasizing evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, leadership, and compassionate patient care. Her expertise has also expanded into veteran medical evaluations and medical-legal consulting.
Dr. Wells' professional accomplishments are rooted in a personal story of perseverance. Born extremely premature and raised in circumstances that required resilience from an early age, she became a young mother before ultimately building a career that would take her from nursing to advanced practice, healthcare leadership, doctoral education, academia, and business ownership.
Today, she brings those experiences together as a clinician and entrepreneur committed to improving access to quality care, empowering patients through education and advocacy, mentoring future healthcare professionals, and demonstrating what is possible when experience, purpose, and entrepreneurship intersect.
For Dr. Wells, success is ultimately about legacy - using more than three decades of healthcare experience to build healthier patients, stronger communities, future healthcare leaders, and opportunities for the generations that follow.

What's the Score: Guest, Latoya Wells.

James A. Hicks is an Entrepreneur, Public Speaker and Executive here in the Central Florida area.  As the founder of Hicks Financial; Asset & Wealth Management, he helps people all over the country build wealth through consultations and financial coaching.  His experience ranges from working at the senior executive level in corporate America where he serves on several advisory boards, as well as serving on the boards of multiple non-profit organizations nationally.

 

He is a public speaker who has conducted seminars on financial freedom, sales, and professional training.  He attended the University of Central Florida for undergrad and earned an MBA from Webster University.  He also completed a certification with Harvard University in Entrepreneurship.  Within the last few years he has won the "Black History Maker' award as well as the "Men of Honor" award with Onyx magazine. 

 

He has also been featured in the "Orlando Business Journal" and on Star 94.5 as the "Man Crush Monday," where they mentioned his accolades and work in the community.

 

 James A. Hicks

 President and CEO

 Hicks Financial; Asset and Wealth Management

James A. Hicks is an Entrepreneur, Public Speaker and Executive here in the Central Florida area.&nbsp; As the founder of Hicks Financial; Asset &amp; Wealth Management, he helps people all over the country build wealth through consultations and financial coaching.&nbsp; His experience ranges from working at the senior executive level in corporate&nbsp;America where he serves on several advisory boards, as well as serving on the boards of multiple non-profit&nbsp;organizations nationally.
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He is a public speaker who has conducted seminars on financial freedom, sales, and professional training.&nbsp; He attended the University of Central Florida for undergrad and earned an MBA from Webster University.&nbsp; He also completed a certification with Harvard University in Entrepreneurship.&nbsp; Within the last few years he has won the "Black History Maker' award as well as the "Men of Honor" award with Onyx magazine.&nbsp;
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He has also been featured in the "Orlando Business Journal" and on Star 94.5 as the "Man Crush Monday," where they mentioned his accolades and work in the community.
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&nbsp;James A. Hicks
&nbsp;President and CEO
&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hicksfinancialawm.com/">Hicks Financial; Asset and Wealth Management</a>

May 20, 2023 Catrine Fredrikson

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