Browsing: Executive Interviews

Recognized globally as an award-winning CPA, Robert Gauvreau is the founding partner of Gauvreau with a profound experience in assisting different entrepreneurs to escalate their businesses to reach the zenith of success. Having catered 500+ clients with several businesses from Fortune 500 and Growth 500 cap, Robert is following his passion for redefining the conventional way of offering advisory, accounting, and taxation services and enabling entrepreneurs’ secure excellent financial success with powerful leadership strategies. Under his inspiring leadership, Gauvreau has emerged as one of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Businesses and earned notable fame by Financial Times, Maclean‘s, and The Globe and Mail.…

A trailblazer in the tech industry, Alice Chang is a pioneer in the digital world. As the founder and CEO of Perfect Corp. she leads a team that focuses on solving consumer pain points through artificial reality (AI) and augmented reality (AR) innovations within the beauty and fashion tech industry. Perfect Corp. was born in June 2015 with the focus of re-imaging the consumer beauty experience through advanced AI and AR technologies. “We have continued to grow and expand our business re-imagining the consumer shopping experience across beauty, fashion, and retail. I am a beauty lover and innovator at heart…

Marina Cvetkovic:  Facilitating the Transformation of Executive and Leadership to Their New Heights For Marina Cvetkovic, 2023 is shaping up to be a watershed year. This 37-year-old award-winning executive coach, board adviser, entrepreneur, and philanthropist has definitely never lacked for them in her life of incalculable significance, but it may be that she has come full circle. Marina’s most recent chapter started a year ago, when she became Co-CEO of Heimann Cvetkovic & Partners, a boutique executive advising business that brings together the world’s foremost specialists in leadership partnerships. In this year, Marina began her career as a portfolio manager,…

Being a seasoned leader requires a fusion of focus, determination, a never-give-up attitude, passion, experience, and a hunger to learn. One such gem, Richard Derrick, City Manager/CEO at the City of Henderson, possesses all these qualities and aims to take his organization to the top level. With a proven record in landing major projects, creating performance-driven operations, exploiting creativity with innovation, integrating vision into smart strategies, and collaborating with diverse groups and interests, he aims to build key relationships and deliver better results. He follows a broader view of success in which he includes achievement in various parts of his…

Grace Najjar, Managing Director of Project Management Institute (PMI), has adopted a leadership style that her younger self used to find inspiring. She leads with empathy and determination. And in an industry dominated by men, Grace has carved an enviable leadership position for herself through long-term persistence and commitment. The path leading to the top has been a long one for Grace. “Successful women aspiring for success don’t always reach it quickly,” she says. And like other women leaders, she, too, has faced more challenges than her male counterparts. But she has never let them crush her aspirations. Tapping into…

When the Royal Society of Chemistry, a leading community of chemical scientists, advancing excellence in chemical sciences, announced the name of Bitrez CEO Paul H. Jones FRSC as the 2021 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year, no one was surprised. For almost 35 years, he has concentrated on designing and developing specialty polymers and specialty synthetic resins. And, in recent years, Paul’s focus has been on developing ground-breaking bio-based products. The Royal Society of Chemistry’s award recognises his pivotal role in creating UK businesses that are “globally recognised for innovating speciality polymers employing green chemistry principles.” Under the leadership of…

Climbing the upward ladder from supply chain to marketing and Sales, Sonia Mokdad, General Manager of Hilti Singapore, has been devoted to working with Hilti, a Liechtenstein multinational business, since the beginning of her career. Her belief in leading with utmost transparency and compassion has helped her build a collaborative team environment that stands high on integrity and authenticity. She uses the self-introspection method to bring out the best in people so that they can work upon their full potential and rise higher. In this exclusive interview with CIO Views, we have covered the inspiring story of Sonia Mokdad and…

In response to the United States government’s Operation Warp Speed initiative, Cold Chain Technologies (CCT) developed a range of thermal packaging solutions in record time to support the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccines. CCT’s solutions have proven and continue to be critically important to the success of the massive vaccine distribution campaign worldwide. Since its formation in 1967, CCT has been a global leader in developing and delivering cost-effective insulated thermal packaging solutions that protect the integrity of temperature-sensitive products. Under the leadership of CEO Ranjeet Banerjee, the company is on a journey to transform cold chain management for…

With the passion for innovating new things and bridging the gap between the business and technology world, Ishraq Fataftah, CTO and Founder of ApplezTech, taps into her extensive experience of building and architecting software solutions to act as a conduit between the brand and their clients. Being a seasoned player in the technological world and having expertise in Sitecore, she loves to explore new opportunities in the domain. She is filled with passion and grit to embark on any challenge or opportunity that will help your business grow. As she progressed forward, she realized the true value of validation and…

The journey to reach the upper echelons of the business world is not easy. Many give up even before starting. They fear the challenges, failures, and uncertainties. And if the aspiring leader is a woman, she has to face more obstacles than her male counterparts. She also has to prove her capabilities again and again. Jaimine Johnson was aware of the challenges and problems she would encounter when she began her journey in the commercial real estate industry. That, however, did not make her change her career goals. She was prepared for the long haul, and she was confident about…