The president of pallet manufacturing giant Harvey Pallets, Manuel Tavárez, talks plans for streamlining his business, reducing his carbon footprint, and dealing with unprecedented growth
From the loading dock to the executive suite, Juan Galarraga has made his career at Target. Now, he looks to share the love he’s discovered for one of America’s most well-known brands
As Gregg Ontiveros gears up Group O to deliver an ever-increasing array of business-process solutions, the lessons and legacy of his father are always close at hand
Everyone’s way of life is influenced by an engineer. From the water effortlessly streamed into homes to the roads taken on the way to work, “you use all those things without realizing that someone did them for you,” says Juan Carlos Villalba, Fluor Corporation’s director of commercial strategies. “That’s what engineering was for me: so important.” Here, Villalba shares what drives his passion for engineering and how he is adding value to one of the world’s largest international design, engineering, and contracting firms.
Hilton Worldwide’s senior director of supplier diversity Fred Lona has taken an HR function and meshed it with the procurement process to expand the hotel chain’s supplier base.