Ep. 502 - Anthony Petitte - Thriving in the Digital Age: How to Empower Remote Teams with Heart
Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold
Second in Command with Cameron Herold
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🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of the Second in Command podcast, co-host Sivana Brewer is joined by Anthony Petitte, Chief Operating Officer at Finloc 2000 Inc.
During this engaging conversation, Anthony shares candid insights about managing a fully remote team spread across diverse locations and cultures. The discussion explores the unique challenges of fostering connection and camaraderie when employees rarely meet face-to-face and highlights creative ways to build meaningful relationships that fuel collaboration and retention. You'll discover the importance of nurturing a positive company culture as a key driver for sustainable success.
Sivana and Anthony also explore the human side of leadership, recognizing and addressing burnout, loneliness, and the emotional well-being of team members in an often isolating work environment. You'll hear thoughtful reflections on honest communication, empathetic follow-up, and the delicate balance between supporting individuals and meeting business goals. These themes underscore the evolving role of leaders as both strategists and caregivers in today’s complex workplace.
This episode provides practical tips and personal stories, offering a perspective on how leaders can stay grounded and inspire their teams amid constant change and uncertainty.
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In This Episode You'll Learn:
- The day-to-day responsibilities of managing Finloc, FinPark, and VHub.
- The benefits of being a COO, such as ensuring efficiency and effectiveness and preparing the CEO for investor meetings.
- The tensions that exist with Anthony's CEO due to different approaches to building the company and fostering creativity.
- The challenges of managing a fully remote team across different time zones and cultures.
- The impact of AI on the transportation logistics industry and Finloc's approach to it.
- And much more...
Guest Bio:
Anthony Petitte is the Chief Operating Officer at Finloc 2000 Inc., where he leads operations, marketing, partnerships, and strategy for the company’s innovative truck parking marketplace. A seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and advisor, Anthony previously founded and led the first truck parking marketplace in transportation, which successfully exited in 2021. With over 14 years of experience across logistics, executive search, and digital marketing, he is passionate about solving complex challenges in transportation and enhancing the stakeholder experience. Anthony is also an advisor to startups like Simporter, Zuum, and Torch, and holds certifications in Lean Six Sigma and Cybersecurity Board Governance. He earned his business degree with a minor in tourism from Kaplan University.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The AI, there's so much different AI, one, two, AI has only been a buzzword for two years, |
| 0:06.5 | but really, AI has always been there. I was actually reading a book. Joe Huddaga is the author, |
| 0:11.9 | and I think the title is AI Revolution. And there's a little insert that says, we've only been |
| 0:18.4 | really so hyped up AI the last two years, |
| 0:22.1 | but when you really look at things, |
| 0:23.4 | AI has been living and breathing for so long. |
| 0:31.9 | Welcome to the Second in Command podcast, |
| 0:34.5 | produced by the COO Alliance |
| 0:36.7 | and brought to you by its founder, Cameron Harold. In the Second in Command podcast, produced by the COO Alliance, and brought to you by its founder, Cameron Harold. |
| 0:39.7 | In the Second in Command podcast, we talked to top COOs who share the insights, strategies, |
| 0:45.2 | and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief. And now here's your co-host, former COO of a |
| 0:51.6 | multi-eight-figure remote company and alumni member of the COO Alliance, Savannah Brewer. |
| 0:59.9 | On today's episode of the Second and Command podcast, I'm joined by Anthony Petit, the chief operating officer at Finn Park, which is a division of the $400 million transportation finance firm, Finlock 2000. |
| 1:13.5 | Anthony is a seasoned entrepreneur and operator with over 14 years of experience across |
| 1:18.1 | logistics, transportation, and finance. At Finpark, he leads operations, marketing, |
| 1:23.3 | partnerships, and strategy for a growing pay-to-park marketplace built for commercial drivers and |
| 1:28.8 | fleets. In this conversation, we dive into what it really looks like to be the chief behind |
| 1:33.7 | the chief, the grit, the behind-the-scenes reality, and why the COO role isn't all about the |
| 1:38.8 | glory, but mostly about the impact on the business. Anthony shares how he built a connected |
| 1:43.8 | and accountable remote team, |
| 1:45.6 | the role of relationships and the importance of them in scaling a business, and how he supports |
| 1:50.1 | team members through burnout while also navigating the evolving role of AI in operations. If you're |
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