Despite a fulfilling career with consumer-products giant Campbell Soup Company, Harry Perales hasn’t forgotten his roots. In fact, he’s made it his mission to broaden opportunities and access for minority vendors.
“My career in public health extended into the creative realm when I took a sabbatical to study interior design at The Illinois Institute of Art–Chicago,” says Estela Hartley.
Not many executives can say they pioneered mobile banking in the US market, but Ilieva Ageenko can. With more than 25 years of experience, Ageenko is now Bank of America’s senior vice president and quantitative risk-technology executive.
Joseph Vizcarra shares how his childhood interest in the different ways companies marketed their products to different cultures evolved into an exciting role as multicultural marketing manager for Unilever.
Hector Vallejo breaks down how he’s helped drill into the Hispanic construction segment as multicultural marketing manager for Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Blanca Acosta Barroso builds her own business, Equipco Manufacturing, Inc., based on lessons gleaned from a lifetime of working alongside her father in the waste-handling industry.
Alfredo Flores Sr. never played an instrument, but he sold a small fortune’s worth, building the largest music store in San Antonio. Upon retiring some 40 years ago, he handed the reins to his son, Alfredo Flores Jr., who expanded Alamo Music Center into a mini-mecca for local music lovers.