Industry Leaders
Explore stories of top industry leaders shaping the future. Hispanic Executive highlights influential figures driving innovation and success
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Global players such as Natalia Ruderman of IBM and three other international executives from the US Department of State, Accenture, and Molex reveal why being bicultural offers a competitive edge in today’s increasingly interdependent world.
While raising two small children and training for the Boston Marathon, Yvonne Garcia works to make the business world a better place for Latino professionals through her role as national vice president of ALPFA.
As a kid growing up in Southern California, Nestor Barrero wasn’t familiar with the law, except to know that he shouldn’t break it. These days, as vice president of employment law for NBCUniversal, Barrero plays the role of strategic adviser in the dynamic entertainment industry.
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.
But Amylin’s vice president of legal Julia Feliciano makes creating inroads with internal constituents as much of a priority as ensuring the pharmaceuticals company she works for is protected and compliant.
Gerardo “Gerry” Lopez, CEO and president of AMC Entertainment, redefines the moviegoing experience
Alejandro Quiroz on how he went from scooping yogurt at his father’s shop in Puebla, Mexico, to his “dream job” overseeing manufacturing processes worldwide to support Whirlpool’s international brands.
This childhood mantra continues to propel him as a lawyer for DuPont, a science-based products-and-services company with a penchant for finding outside-the-box solutions.
Once an aspiring physicist, Intel Corp.’s Benjamin Yrun-Ostapuk helps define the rules of engagement in the world of mobile connectivity
Even as a young and eager student of filmmaking, Spain-native Santiago Pozo intrinsically grasped the dual forces driving the movie business. “Cinema is both masculine and feminine; the masculine part is the distribution, marketing, and money, while the feminine part is the innovation, originality, and intuition,” says Pozo, founder of Arenas Entertainment, LLC.
During his 17 years with Shell Oil, Hector Pineda has steadily risen through the ranks of this multinational firm’s legal-services department. A New Orleans native, he readily credits his family and their shared Hispanic heritage as pivotal to his own success.
As a young girl, Cuban-native Yolanda Nader aspired to be a lawyer. Although she opted for an MBA, her career has kept her close to the courthouse as she leads the fight to ward off competitors seeking to shut her company down.
A “cross-border” consultant who in his previous life led the “Latinization” of Continental Airlines, Pete Garcia discusses why cultivating relationships is more important than closing a deal.
American Airlines’ Maria Cristina Sebastian explains how the airline has found tweeting the most effective and immediate way to communicate with its customers.
Your customers have changed—and so has the way you engage them. As a best-selling author and thought leader on the subject of new media, Brian Solis shares how social media is redefining business as usual.
Working for the largest private PR firm in the world, it’s no surprise Loida Rosario has a unique perspective on multicultural marketing and how it operates in the digital space.
Besides launching her own company, Premier Social Media, the digitally savvy entrepreneur Ana Roca-Castro has filled her résumé with impressive accomplishments including launching LATISM [Latinos in Social Media].
Taking the reins of the family business is always a risky proposition, marked by unique challenges but also incomparable rewards. Meet five fresh-faced entrepreneurs who are catapulting their parents’ ventures to the next level—one bold idea at a time.
As chief people officer and executive vice president of Dallas-based ACS, the BPO [business process outsourcing] and ITO [IT outsourcing] services division of Xerox Corp., Lora Villarreal has dedicated her life to the people around her.