Edward Martinez helps usher in a new era in health care as VP and CIO at Miami Children’s Hospital. “I look to be a leader or pioneer in anything we do,” Martinez says.
As a Latina and proud mother of two, Jennifer Ortega says she’s not always what clients expect. “More than once, I’ve been mistaken for the secretary or court reporter—and once I was even mistaken for the person delivering lunch!” says Ortega, Viacom’s deputy general counsel.
The State of Minnesota’s chief technology officer, Eduardo Valencia, chats with us about the current trends in the IT industry, his love for baroque music, and much more.
Heading the largest wholesale distributor of swimming-pool supplies in the world, with $1.8 billion in last year’s sales, Pool Corporation’s Manuel Perez de la Mesa details how the hard-work ethic instilled by his parents have paved the way to prosperity.
After graduating law school in 2001, he wound up specializing in airline restructurings, a serendipitous move that took his career to unforeseen heights aboard GE Capital Aviation Services.
Positioning Microsoft’s patents as assets for barter, Horacio Gutiérrez has turned the world’s top-selling software company into a partner, rather than rival, orchestrating licensing agreements with brands such as Novell, HTC, and Samsung.
American Airlines’ Maria Cristina Sebastian explains how the airline has found tweeting the most effective and immediate way to communicate with its customers.
George Flores worked in almost every department of Crystex Composites LLC before becoming president and CEO. Little did he know, his experience would give him the ability and endurance to guide the changing company through rocky times.
Having spent most of her career in prominent public roles—such as press secretary for former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and before that, Lynne Cheney in the White House—Margita Thompson is quick and sharp as a whip.
It takes a pretty compelling case to lure a full-scholarship law student, with a 4.0 grade point average, out of school and into a sweaty start-up in his mother’s garage. The winning argument for Cuban-born Carlos Ramirez was fashion.