Xavier A. Gutierrez
Xavier A. Gutierrez was born in Mexico and came to the United States at age 5, not knowing the language or culture. Leaving behind most of his extended family, learning English and trying to find a niche in a new school presented challenges. But Gutierrez, president and CEO of the Arizona Coyotes professional hockey team, […]
Wendy J Greenland
You can’t escape the truth, at least not if you want to succeed, says Openforce CEO Wendy J. Greenland. “The greatest leadership lesson I’ve learned is that you must accept the brutal truth about how your customers and employees feel about your company,” she said. “I was still relatively new to Openforce when I was […]
Victor Goldman
Victor Goldman jumped into the financial industry straight out of college and learned as many skills as possible with an eye toward entrepreneurship. Early in his career, he found himself as a single father with three young boys. He declined many opportunities in higher-level roles to maintain a work-life balance so that he could be […]
Ricardo Carlo
After retiring from the Air Force, Ricardo Carlo worked in the private sector, training associates, but something was missing. He needed a role that would provide more meaning and satisfaction. He found what he was looking for in the Associated Minority Contractors of Arizona. Now in his 18th year as president of the organization, Carlo […]
Pedro Cons
Pedro Cons joined Adelante Healthcare just as the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and it forced him to hit the ground running. Cons helped guide the organization to provide frontline support for COVID-19 testing, including more than 70 vaccine events and administering over 6,500 vaccines. The response reinforced why Adelante brought on Cons in the first place. […]
Phil Gallagher
Rising to CEO after a four-decade career in one company is a rarity, but that’s the path Phil Gallagher took to his leadership position with Avnet, Inc. Avnet is a leading global technology distributor and solutions provider, serving customer needs from idea to design and from prototype to production. The company has more than 100 […]
Raul Molina
Raul Molina recognized in 2016 there was a business opportunity in cannabis, and he could add some professionalism, marketing and merchandising to help advance the industry. With that in mind, Molina and Eivan Shahara co-founded Mint Cannabis, a nationwide network of retail locations, manufacturing and extraction laboratories, and cultivation centers valued today at more than […]
Sean Moshir
In 2006, Sean Moshir predicted a world where the mobile phone would be used to validate a person’s identity, and to do so it would need to provide a secure exchange of confidential data. With that in mind, Moshir co-founded CellTrust, the company he leads today as CEO. Even though at the time few people […]
Sebastien D. Reyes
When COVID-19 hit and colleges across the country closed, Sebastien D. Reyes responded in a matter of hours to help those displaced students. The vice president of communications for U-Haul International led a targeted digital marketing and social media strategy, offering 30 days of free self-storage for college students. The messaging went viral overnight and […]
Sharon Harper
In 1982, Sharon Harper identified an opportunity to fill a need for healthcare and senior living facilities in the West Valley of the Phoenix area. She founded Plaza Companies in order to purchase a large parcel of land and create the Plaza Del Rio Campus, which is still the largest non-hospital campus in Arizona. Plaza […]