The Amy Plus Podcast
Amy is a luxury lifestyle curator, fashionista, and host of The Amy Plus Podcast—where elevated living meets real conversation. If you’re looking for a fresh and fun new podcast, this is for you.
Filming from her stunning waterfront homes in Laguna Beach and Texas, Amy brings you inside a world of luxury fashion, design, travel, and meaningful conversations with entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and influential voices.
This podcast goes beyond the aesthetic. It’s about the stories behind the success—the journeys, challenges, and moments that shape who we become. Expect candid interviews, personal insights, and inspiring conversations that are always authentic, always uplifting.
With the signature AmyPlusJoe brand—highlighting her life with her husband—every episode blends style, substance, and real life.
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The Amy Plus Podcast
Joe Sexton Fired on a Phone Call, Hired to Win
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Joe picks up the story right before leaving Mercury: HP buys the company, a hardware exec freezes on stage during a Dallas roadshow, and an “urgent” call in the lobby ends with Joe being terminated then asserting his rights under a double-trigger clause. What came next set up the McAfee chapter that boardrooms still talk about.
00:00 – Who Joe is now: board seats and cyber leadership01:02 – Nantucket trip, golf cigar…and getting sick anyway
08:46 – Setting the stage: Mercury firing story begins
09:10 – HP acquires Mercury; exec “packages”; Joe’s role 09:40 – What “double trigger” really means
10:56 – Dallas roadshow: the HP leader freezes on stage
12:07 – The interrupting call during Joe’s talk 12:26 – Lobby phone call: “you’re terminated” (without cause)
12:45 – “No package”? Knowing your clause and pushing back 13:01 – Lawyers, leverage, and next steps
25:52 – The slot-machine hacker moment onstage 26:09 – “Join our team—we’re here to change this thing”
26:18 – George Kurtz gets name-checked; CrowdStrike tie-in