Blaine Hatab is the CEO of Distru, a platform built to streamline cannabis distribution and manufacturing. Distru covers inventory management, order management, CRM, fulfillment, logistics, and Metrc integrations.
Prior to founding Distru, Blaine created Cannaslack, a slack community with 800+ professionals in the cannabis industry and spent 5+ years in hardware and software product management.
30 minute "fireside chat"-style 1-on-1 interview with some of the most interesting people in the cannabis industry as well as big-named movers and shakers involved with the movement. Some names we've had join us in the past include Paul Rosen (Cronos Group/Pantry), Nick Kovacevich (KushCo), and Ben Curren (Green Bits).
CannaGather holds the largest monthly cannabis industry community events!
This Thursday, we'll have Hawke Media's Director of Growth, Madison Fiore; Cultivate MI Solutions' Tatiana Grant; and EventHi CMO, Adelia Carrillo chatting with us on how they've helped cannabis companies navigate the pandemic's turbulence, become more socially conscious in a racially sensitive environment, and what to next expect in the unpredictable future.
Madison Fiore is a Performance Marketing and Business Strategist at his core. Over the last 10 years he has worked with and professionally consulted over 200 brands.
As the Director of Growth at Hawke Media, an award-winning Outsourced CMO and marketing agency, Madison has helped scale the agency from less than 50 employees to over 150 by growing, grooming and managing Hawke’s 20+ consulting team. In three years with Hawke Media, Madison has contributed to remarkable revenue growth from $5M in 2017 to $20M+ in 2019.
Primarily focused on the cannabis industry, he has worked with more than 30 of the most prestigious brands in the space, spoke a cannabis events nationwide, and is currently Council for Weedweek, a cannabis publication based in Los Angeles.
Prior to Hawke, Madison co-founded and launched three brands while consulting on dozens of other projects with clients in a variety of industries. This experience led to his passion of supporting brand’s growth. As an entrepreneur and brand marketing expert, Madison has become a trusted advisor and partner to companies of all shapes and sizes including Hawke Ventures.
Tatiana Grant is a metro-Detroit native who has had an entrepreneurial spirit since a young age. After working for organizations including the Detroit Su-per Bowl XL Host Committee, The Taubman Co., and The Palace Sports & En-tertainment, she pondered the idea of starting her own public relations and event planning company, and Infused PR & Events (Infused) was formed.
In-fused (www.infusedpr.com) is one of Michigan’s top PR firms and offers premier public relations and event planning services to celebrities, small businesses, non-profits and corporations.
Clients include: Detroit Public School’s Commu-nity District, Seyferth PR (McDonald’s of Michigan), QLine, Women’s March, Shinola, and many others. Under Grant's influence and execution, Infused manages sponsorship relations for clients and has managed approximately $10M for clients (to date). Grant is also the Principal of 2050 Partners, Inc., and integrated marketing agency with a focus on social impact, community impact and diversity & inclusion. Clients include: Chandler Park Academy, Michigan State Police, DTE Energy, and Walker-Miller Energy Services. Last, Grant is the President of Cultivate MI Solutions, Michigan’s only licensed cannabis marketing agency.
Grant founded Cultivate MI Solutions after strong recommendation of mentors and colleagues in the cannabis industry. The company provides services to licensees and service providers, for:
Marketing - Public relations, email, SEO, events, CRM, budtending/sales training, digital
Matchmaking - Connecting client needs with prospective strategic partners and capacity partners
Logistics support - Secure transport brokerage
Grant graduated cum laude and holds a Master's in Public Relations from Michigan State University and a Bachelor's of Science (with honors) in Public Relations from Eastern Michigan University.
Adelia Carrillo is the CMO of EventHi. Eventhi is an online ticketing platform for cannabis-related events. With Adelia’s professional experience she is set to help bring life to EventHi’s brand, vision and mission.
Adelia’s first position in the cannabis industry was as CEO of Direct Cannabis Network. DCN is the leading digital B2B news network highlighting the latest tech, entrepreneurs and innovative companies in the cannabis industry.
With her roots in the corporate and consumer electronics industry, her passion for technology, business and marketing has been a key strength in her transition into the cannabis space. Adelia is building an inspiring yet prominent voice in the world on the topic of cannabis and the event industry.
