CEO Spotlight

In an era where data is abundant, global companies are under intense pressure to modernize their financial systems, streamline operations, and accelerate decision-making. But transforming the financial core of a multinational enterprise is one of the hardest problems in business, requiring deep technical understanding, strategic vision, and the ability to...

As tax rates are expected to rise and the federal deficit reaches historic highs, many Americans approaching retirement are reevaluating how their savings will be taxed in the years ahead. One of the most debated strategies is whether to convert a traditional IRA or 401(k) into a Roth IRA. While...

When Iryna Oliinyk entered the American beauty market, she did not come as an observer. She arrived as a strategist equipped with a system, one refined through years of hands-on experience in one of Eastern Europe’s most competitive service industries. A graduate of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics and a seasoned operator...

When you meet Valicia Evans, you notice two things right away—her calm confidence and her eye for detail. She sees things most people overlook. A misplaced chair. A light that feels too cold. A table setting that needs a tiny shift to feel complete. “I can’t help it,” she says...

Sharf Zafar’s career combines international banking expertise, entrepreneurial ambition, and a deep commitment to the small enterprises that support local communities. Today, as co-founder and managing partner of Bazaar Ventures, he applies global strategy experience to the highly personal work of helping long-standing companies navigate leadership transitions with stability and care. Zafar often...

A Leader Who Grew From the Inside Some tech leaders enter their roles through flashy startups or headline-grabbing jumps. Cisco Sanchez took a different road. His path was long, steady, and built on showing up, learning fast, and lifting the people around him. Today, he stands as one of the...

Who Is Dr. Jody Downhill? Dr. Jody Downhill’s story begins in Southern California, where her lifelong bond with animals first took root. “I’ve always had a special way with animals,” she says. Growing up surrounded by dogs, cats, horses—and even a tortoise and a sparrow hawk—Dr. Jody’s home was a...

Some of the most transformative breakthroughs in science history arrived wrapped in obscurity. Dr. Rosalind Franklin captured Photo 51—the X-ray crystallography image that revealed DNA's double helix—in a basement lab in May 1952, yet her profound contribution went largely unrecognized until after her death, and even then, only as a footnote in...

A career doesn’t always manifest itself with clarity, yet Hernan's journey has unfolded with the calm certainty of someone who understands the long arc of purpose. “Thirty years of grit have led me to this position in life,” he says, reflecting on a profession spent moving companies through growth, private-equity transitions, operational overhauls, and...

An engineer-turned-CEO who transformed three struggling firms into industry leaders reveals how to scale organizations through efficiency, structure, and system design  In business, success is often measured by scale — more people, more projects, more profit. Yet many companies collapse under the weight of their own growth. Systems fail, communication...