This week Stephanie Rodin chats with her guest, Lola Gazivoda. The two chat about Lola's journey from a banking executive to an innovative entrepreneur, launching a company that helps dental and medical practices significantly reduce payroll costs. We explore the benefits and intricacies of offshore staffing, the importance of data security and HIPAA compliance, and how her services are making waves in the dental industry.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Discover how Lola transitioned from a successful banking career to helping U.S. businesses, particularly in the dental and healthcare sectors, find highly skilled talent in Albania.

• Get an in-depth look at what dental practice owners should consider when thinking about offshore resources, including data security and HIPAA compliance.

• Using offshore talent can save dental practices between 50% to 80% on typical U.S. payroll costs. This significant reduction in labor costs allows practices to reinvest in their growth and operations

• Learn about Lola’s incredible journey from Albania to becoming a top banking executive in the U.S. and eventually founding Bota Consulting Group.

• Hear how Bota Consulting Group handles everything from recruitment to HR management, ensuring seamless integration and ongoing support for their clients.

Lola Gazivoda is the founder and CEO of Bota Consulting Group, an offshore recruiting, consulting, and management firm that sources top talent from her home country of Albania for remote positions with U.S. businesses, saving them 50-80% on typical U.S. payroll costs. With nearly 20 years of experience in the banking industry, Lola has an extensive background, including an 11-year tenure at M&T Bank where she served as a Senior Vice President within the Business and Professional Banking Group in Westchester. Prior to M&T, she held positions at Chase and Capital One.

Born and raised in Albania, Lola relocated to the USA at the age of 14 without knowing a word of English, starting high school in the Bronx. She is deeply proud of her heritage and actively participates in community nonprofits both within the Albanian community and the broader Greater NYC area. In 2020, she was recognized as a “40 Under 40 Rising Star” by the Westchester Business Council. Lola has served on the boards of the Childcare Council of Westchester and the Westchester chapter of Vatra, and she is currently a board member of the Business Initiative Corporation of New York and the Westchester Medical Center Foundation. She resides in Bedford with her husband John and their three children – Daniel, Nicoleta, and Julia.

Website: BotaConsultingGroup.com

Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolagazivoda/

Business: www.linkedin.com/company/bota-consulting-group

Hi! I’m Stephanie Rodin, host of the Speaking with Steph podcast. In this episode, I want to speak to you about the non-compete clause.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How the varying enforceability of noncompetes across states might affect a business that operates in multiple states.

• Why FTC's ruling was deemed unenforceable and null and void by the Supreme Court.

• The Supreme Court's ruling on the Loper case in July 2024 and it’s impact on other states.

• The constitutional and statutory interpretations that were questioned and why the courts found these arguments compelling.

• The potential legal advice, the importance of understanding the clause's limitations, and strategies for negotiating terms.

• The Importance of scrutinizing existing and new employment agreements.

Stephanie Rodin is the founder and principal of Rodin Legal, P.C. and has been practicing law since 2000, with a majority of that time assisting the healthcare practitioner.

Starting from a young age, Stephanie has been exposed to the medical/dental field, as her immediate family all practice within the healthcare field. As a result, she was surrounded by various medical and legal issues that routinely arose during the practice of medicine and dentistry. This provided Stephanie with the expertise that serves as the foundation of her legal practice. Rodin Legal, P.C. caters to these legal complexities and is dedicated to the growth of professional practices.

Website: https://rodinlegal.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanierodin/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rodin-Legal-PC-206858929363583/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rodinlegal

This week Stephanie Rodin chats with her guest, Eric Lorenzo. The two chat about shifts in new interpretations of the rules in immigration over the last 16 years, how greatly who is in office affects those changes, and what he would change about the immigration process.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How he acquired an interest in immigration, and the deep roots where that began

• What shifts he has seen in new interpretations of the rules in immigration over the last 16 years

• What changed about the immigration process during Trump’s presidency

• Why he was recruited to deal with the migrant crisis while Trump was in office

• How The Family Unity Executive Order passed by Biden impacted Lorenzo’s practice and the lives of many of his clients

• How long the process of gaining citizenship may take, based on what type of green card is being applied for and which branch of the government is being gone through

• What Eric would change about the immigration process
  
  

Eric Lorenzo has been an immigration lawyer for 16 years and currently runs his own practice in Midtown Manhattan. He has represented and consulted several small and large companies, including publicly traded companies on their immigration issues regarding their employees. He graduated from the Delaware Law School in 2007 where Joe Biden was a professor. He was recruited to work with Mayor Eric Adams’s office to deal with the migrant crisis in New York City. He has spoken numerous times on various employment based and family based immigration topics with the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Website: https://lorenzolawnyc.com/

Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended as advice, it is my recommendation when applying for any benefits with US Immigration to always speak with and retain a competent immigration attorney prior to filing.