CJ Johnson is the CEO and co-founder, with Ambar Januel, of LA-based Januel+Johnson (J+J). He helps brands get “kick-ass with awareness.” After successful ventures in consulting and marketing/publicity for several on-demand mobile apps and startups, he went on to pursue his entrepreneurial passion by creating J+J. He has overseen creative campaigns and consultations for more than […]
This week’s notable hires and appointments in the B2B world! *** Verve Industrial Protection, the global leader in industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity, announced the appointment of Jim Crowley as Vice President Sales and Marketing. He will be responsible for revenue generation and new customer acquisition globally. *** OneSpot, the Content Sequencing® platform that powers cross-channel personalization […]
Recently featured in Forbes, Tsufit is the author of award-winning book Step Into the Spotlight!: A Guide to Getting Noticed. Tsufit is a former lawyer who has been described by the Toronto Star as “a starburst of energy― bright bubbly and upbeat” and by Publisher’s Weekly as a “coaching dynamo”. Her book has been endorsed […]
Russ Cohn is Quigley-Simpson’s new Vice President, Creative Marketing and Innovation. This new role was created at a point where brand response, performance media, and media innovation are converging and gaining massive traction with clients. LA-headquartered, bi-coastal Quigley-Simpson has, during the past 15 years, amassed an impressive roster of clients, including Chase, Yelp, Sutter Health, HelloFresh, Ritz-Carlton […]
Joni Girardi is founder and CEO of DataSelf, provider of DataSelf Analytics. He and his team have been deploying Business Intelligence (BI) in the mid-market for more than 17 years, helping hundreds of organizations. He launched his venture to help medium-sized businesses get value from their data. His biggest challenge was finding tools that were […]
Technology is still overwhelmingly a male-dominated field. A recent report by PwC in the United Kingdom states that only three percent of women considered a career in technology, and only five percent of leaders in the tech sector are women. Even so, there are strong, knowledgeable and influential women in the field. Last month, in […]
You can, and must, allow yourself to fail – and fail often, in order to succeed. That’s the advice of Cameron Algie, of Play With Fire Improv, who also told participants at the recent IncentiveWorks conference that “being OK with failure means you’ll have the confidence to move forward with your next challenge.” His workshop, […]
This week’s notable hires and appointments in the B2B world! *** Zentera Systems, Inc., a leader in enclave-based security and connectivity for the multicloud, announced the appointment of Mike Ichiriu as VP of Technology and Products. Ichiriu will lead Zentera’s expansion of the company’s products and services by building upon its award-winning CoIP® technology and current offerings. *** […]
By Dr. Michelle Joy and Dr. Jody Foster *** A bad boss can make the workplace miserable. And sometimes this person is a woman. Given how much time people spend in this office, life itself can become wretched. You start to feel angry, humiliated, anxious, and depressed. You tell your coworkers just how bad this […]
Camilita Nuttall is an award winning corporate sales and business growth specialist, business mentor, entrepreneur and investor. She has keynoted in some two dozen countries. Nuttall launched two successful businesses in network marketing, and sold millions of dollars in global coffee sales with Organo. Mentioned in Forbes, BBC News, and quoted in Think & Grow […]
This week’s appointment roundup in B2B! *** ON Services, a GES company and leading full-service audio visual provider supporting live event productions, announced the appointment of Brian Hefner to Executive Vice President of ON Services. *** Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic Corporation, announced the appointment of Danny Beh as business development director of the Asia-Pacificregion. *** MarketsandMarkets announced the appointment […]
I was recently at a diversity roundtable hosted by Ryerson University’s Faculty of Science where they shared the interesting work of the Australian Human Rights Commission initiative, Male Champions of Change. The coalition of male business leaders works to leverage their influence to increase the number of female business leaders in Australia. This innovative idea struck […]
How to Create Sustainable Change U.S. companies alone spend $8 billion a year on diversity initiatives with lackluster results. Why lackluster? If the ultimate intent is to increase the percentage of women in leadership, then the numbers, moving at glacial speed, tend to speak for themselves. The Gender Intelligence Group recently conducted a detailed study […]
Joe Mimran, best known for launching the Club Monaco and Joe Fresh brands, has been a judge for three seasons on the CBC reality television series Dragons’ Den. After working in his family-run dressmaking business, Mimran and brother Saul hired designer Alfred Sung in 1981, and launched a line of apparel, fragrances, eyewear, homeware and […]
This week’s notable hires and appointments in the B2B world! *** R2i, a leading independent digital agency, announced the appointment of Jennifer Quinlan as the Chief Executive Officer. *** RiskSense Inc., the pioneer and market leader in pro-active cyber risk management, announced the appointment of Danny Quist as the company’s first CTO. *** Pluralsight, the enterprise technology learning platform, […]
Top ten answers on the board – here’s the question: what’s Gene Simmons most famous for? Indeed, there’d be ten answers on the board, depending on who you ask: forming the rock band KISS, two reality TV shows (Gene Simmons Family Jewels; Celebrity Apprentice), a film actor, an author of seven books, being a merchandizing […]
This week’s notable hires and appointments in the B2B world! *** phData, the global leader in Big Data consulting and managed services, announced the appointment of Ryan Bosshart as its new Vice President of Services, a new position within phData. *** Rubique, the one-stop online marketplace providing technology-enabled end-to-end solutions to financing needs of individuals & SMEs, […]
Michael Hyatt co-built two incredibly successful tech firms, sold them, and became a self-made millionaire in the process. Up until recently, Hyatt was founder and Executive Chairman of BlueCat, one of the largest private software companies in Canada, until its sale for $400 million to US private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC. About a thousand large corporate […]
Recently, you asked us: What are women accomplishing in tech? What positions do they hold? What does a woman’s career in tech look like in her 50s, 60s and beyond? We asked our readers who the most accomplished women in this arena were. We received a flood of names of women – your bosses, colleagues […]
This week’s notable hires and appointments in the B2B world! *** Grey Group announced the appointment of its next generation of leadership with the promotion of Michael Houston to Worldwide Chief Executive Officer of Grey Group. A ten-year veteran of Grey, he has served since 2016 as Global President and becomes only the fifth person to hold […]
