Host Lorraine Ladd sits down with Associate Director McKenzie Findley to unpack what “Education & Awareness” really means at alliant—and how her team drives business strategy to empower sales, elevate acquisitions, and fuel rapid growth.

• What Education & Awareness does: sales enablement, better leads, social, email, and marketing collateral
• McKenzie’s career journey: first job out of college → two promotions in four years
• The mindset that accelerates growth: “run into the fire,” get comfortable being uncomfortable
• Culture and perks: onsite gym, strong team bonds, and international collaboration
• Rapid-fire favorites: TikTok, sweet snacks, football (Roll Tide!), and… pizza forever
• We’re hiring for McKenzie’s team: fun, proactive, ambitious teammates who want to build a career and a work family

• “Everything feels better when you’re winning together.”
• “Feel the fear—and do it anyway.”

Interested in joining the team? We’re growing fast—come build with us.

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Join Lorraine Ladd, alliant Director of Talent Acquisition, as she chats with Ernesto Zermeno, Chief of Staff for our Business Development team, on the latest episode of The Blue Room Podcast!

Ernesto shares his incredible journey at alliant, from starting as an associate to becoming a Chief of Staff and now helping with the hiring and training of new associates. He opens up about invaluable lessons learned, his dream office perk (doggy daycare, anyone?), and the advice he'd give his younger self on his first day.

Get ready for some fun rapid-fire questions and insights into what makes his team thrive. If you're hardworking, love to have fun, and want to be the best version of yourself, Ernesto's team is looking for you!

In this Blue Room episode, host Lorraine Ladd sits down with Sara Khalifa, Director at alliant, to unpack her 5-year journey from hesitation to high performance. Sara shares how saying “yes” changed her career, the power of investing in people, leading with authenticity, and building high-performing teams.

• Overcoming fear of failure and taking the leap
• Rapid promotions and shifting from back-end to client-facing
• Core values: investment in people and iron-sharpens-iron culture
• Lessons for women in leadership: trust your gut and be yourself
• Team wins, mentorship, and growing new leaders

• Florence, Italy fan
• Rodeo over Astros
• Coffee forever, sneakers always
• Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” as her life soundtrack

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