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Heart of the Union

Millions of people transfer money through Western Union every day. Its chief communications officer, Luella Chavez D’Angelo, is driven by her desire to help improve each one of their lives.

When the Political Is Personal

An immigrant’s journey from corporate America to the Bush
administration to the front lines of immigration reform

Whipping Corporate Into Shape

How Betty Francisco went from gym rat to general counsel.

Shoring Up Business

Alan Quintero digs deep to keep Transocean efficient.

The View From 264,000 Feet

The retired astronaut is using his perspective to empower both his own company, Ad Astra Rocket Company, and the organizations whose boards he serves on.

Redefining the Audit Function

Eric Tapia’s Big Four accounting experience and global mind-set gave him the competitive edge he needed to work at Grainger.

Darren Rebelez

“You have to be prepared, and you have to be a real match for the company and the board”

2014 HITEC Top 100 Awardee List

The top 100 most influential and notable Hispanic professionals in the IT Industry

Secret Ingredient

Vice president of finance Miguel Lugo, Jr. adds new thinking to Goya Foods, Inc.’s family-business recipe .

The General Counsel’s Responsibility

After Greg Cardenas graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in finance, he had no intention of going to graduate school, let alone becoming an attorney. But after spending a session in the Texas governor’s budget and planning office, law school sounded like a good idea. Cardenas shares with HE some of the other turns his professional path has taken on his way to executive vice president, secretary, and general counsel of USMD Holdings, Inc.

The Shift from Wall Street to Washington

Mike Hernandez on what changing regulations mean for our banks and how he’s helping PNC Financial Services harness emerging technologies

Applying the “Rule of Four”

Armando Lopez of Ecolab on why the Rule of Four works

A World of Differences

For Hewlett-Packard’s Elcio Barcelos, going global means staying local.

A Plan For Tomorrow

As CEO of Storeroom Solutions, Carlos Tellez focuses on growth while retaining the company culture

“In our company, having women in leadership is a natural fit.”

Laura Gump explains why being a female leader at H-E-B just makes sense. “I bring an insider’s perspective to my position as VP of operations,” she says.

J.D. Power and Associates’ Alexander Arrieta’s advice: “If you have the opportunity to develop your career in a global retail space, do it.”

J.D. Power and Associates’ Alexander Arrieta on developing a career in a global retail space.

Swinging for the Fences

Growing up in a rural town in northwest Ohio, Trinidad Flores attributes his drive to succeed to the blue-collar nature of his childhood. “I looked at opportunities to excel very early in my life and I took advantage of those,” Flores says.

“The things you learn are often by accident.It depends on what is hot in the economy at the time.”

Ignacio Alvarez shares how his legal skills are helping Popular, Inc., the largest Hispanic-run financial organization in the US, enter new markets.

“Growing up in the United States to immigrant parents has inspired me to work hard, to never take anything for granted, and to seize every opportunity.”

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Luis Felipe Vilarin leverages his Chilean roots into a competitive advantage when doing business abroad. “Growing up in the United States to immigrant parents has inspired me to work hard, to never take anything for granted, and to seize every opportunity,” he says.