Sentences with phrase «among company executives»

It's a type of passion and involvement that's rarely seen among company executives and it emulates the very developers of the doujin games his company seeks to publish: indie game makers who are self - taught and responsible for the programming, music, character design, and every other little nuance involved in game development.

In that hostile new environment, an 18.5 percent drop in Land Rover sales from December 1996 through March would seem to be grounds for nervousness among company executives.

Critics decry a lack of ambition and ideas among company executives, most of whom have long - term incentive plans linked to the price of their shares, which are lifted by buybacks.

Dedicate a few lines to explain how you beat the competition — which eventually becomes the point of discussion among every company executive.

Not exact matches

Aside from the arrest of former SNC Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime in early 2012 (and the subsequent arrests of other SNC executives), the RCMP unveiled its new National Division this past June, which will, among other responsibilities, oversee corruption involving Canadian companies and individuals both domestically and abroad.

Among U.S. tech companies founded between 1995 and 2005, 25.3 % had a chief executive or lead technologist who was foreign - born.

They have partnered with a company that includes a Pennsylvania legend among its top executives: Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris, who played for the Pittsburg Steelers.

Among those that speak up are academics, former FAA officials, aerospace industry executives, drone entrepreneurs looking to build new companies around UAS technologies and services, local law enforcement, and U.S. intelligence employees.

Nevertheless, the companies providing platforms for the homespun «algos» say popularity is growing among everyone from advertising executives and telecom engineers to defense contractors.

Chief Executive Jeff Bezos's venture capital arm, Remitly is among a vanguard of financial technology, or fintech, companies targeting what they view as an underserved immigrant market — traditionally disregarded as high - risk and low - margin.

Among the entourage of government officials and prominent business leaders who accompanied Prime Minister Stephen Harper on an early - August trade mission to Brazil was the chief executive officer of a relatively obscure Canadian company called Weatherhaven.

Among the attendees were executives from the drug companies Novatis, Merck, Worldwide Pharmaceuticals - Johnson & Johnson and Amgen.

America's road network, which includes its bridges, was ranked third among the largest advanced economies by company executives, behind Japan and France but superior to those of Germany, Britain, Canada and Italy, according to the World Economic Forum's latest global competitiveness report.

In 2015 he consolidated the company's engineering efforts under three executives — Terry Myerson, Scott Guthrie, and Qi Lu (who has since left Microsoft for health reasons)-- and bid adieu to several more, among them former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop.

Among the most upset by the company's demise was Isaac Larian, the executive behind California - based, Little Tikes - and L.O.L Surprise!

And among the others to be dismissed in a general shake - up at the top of the company were Sarju Raikundalia, a senior PwC executive brought in to clean up its finances; and Eunice Carvalho, who previously worked for Chevron and was leading Sonangol's restructuring.

Goldman Sachs Group (gs) pays its board the most among banks and ranks sixth among S&P 500 companies, according to executive recruiting firm Spencer Stuart.

Among the world's largest 500 companies, only 10.9 percent of senior executives are women, according to Weber Schandwick's Gender Forward Pioneer Index.

Among the people who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael, who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2 executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program, who was fired amid theft allegations made against him by his former employer.

RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board Compensation Committee prepare a report assessing the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics, including metrics regarding diversity among senior executives, into the performance measures of the CEO under the Company's compensation incentive plans.

The survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among 88 executives ages 18 and over (CEO, Chairman / Board Member, Partner / Principal, Owner, or Company President with company revenue of at least $ 50 million) from April 14 to 21Company President with company revenue of at least $ 50 million) from April 14 to 21company revenue of at least $ 50 million) from April 14 to 21, 2015.

Chobani plans to name a new chief executive in the first half of 2015 and among the candidates to replace company founder Hamdi Ulukaya as CEO is interim president and chief operating officer Kevin Burns, a senior partner at Texas - based TPG with a reputation as a turnaround expert with experience in manufacturing.

That simple question is often lost among the many controversies facing the ride - services company as it tries to hire a new chief executive and resolve a bitter dispute with the old one, Travis Kalanick.

For the individual serving as the chief executive officer of the Company at the end of the taxable year and for the individuals serving as officers of the Company or a subsidiary at the end of such year who are among the three highest compensated officers (other than the chief executive officer and chief financial officer) for proxy reporting purposes, Section 162 (m) of the Code limits the amount of compensation otherwise deductible by the Company and its subsidiaries for such year to $ 1,000,000 for each such individual except to the extent that such compensation is «performance - based compensation.»

«These executives have made a lasting mark on our industry — growing and elevating partner programs, leading transitions to new business models, and introducing cutting - edge go - to - market strategies, among other remarkable achievements,» said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company.

Despite concerns among many American executives about Chinese regulators» preference for native firms, Kalanick said he feels his company has enjoyed a level playing field.

Among his many qualifications, Mr. Francis brings significant retail industry experience, as well as experience in business strategy as a senior executive of a large public company.

Among HP's peer group companies, HP executives have a higher percentage of performance - based pay, which generally means smaller bonuses and lower overall compensation in years of low performance and higher bonuses and long - term incentive payouts in years of exceptional performance, reflective of the performance achieved.

Under Section 162 (m), the amount of compensation earned by the Chief Executive Officer, and any executive whose compensation is required to be reported to stockholders by reason of such executive being among the three other most highly - paid executive officers of the Company (excluding the Chief Financial Officer) in the year for which a deduction is claimed by the Company (including its subsidiaries) is limited to $ 1 million per person, except that compensation that is performance - based will be excluded for purposes of calculating the amount of compensation subject to the $ 1 million liExecutive Officer, and any executive whose compensation is required to be reported to stockholders by reason of such executive being among the three other most highly - paid executive officers of the Company (excluding the Chief Financial Officer) in the year for which a deduction is claimed by the Company (including its subsidiaries) is limited to $ 1 million per person, except that compensation that is performance - based will be excluded for purposes of calculating the amount of compensation subject to the $ 1 million liexecutive whose compensation is required to be reported to stockholders by reason of such executive being among the three other most highly - paid executive officers of the Company (excluding the Chief Financial Officer) in the year for which a deduction is claimed by the Company (including its subsidiaries) is limited to $ 1 million per person, except that compensation that is performance - based will be excluded for purposes of calculating the amount of compensation subject to the $ 1 million liexecutive being among the three other most highly - paid executive officers of the Company (excluding the Chief Financial Officer) in the year for which a deduction is claimed by the Company (including its subsidiaries) is limited to $ 1 million per person, except that compensation that is performance - based will be excluded for purposes of calculating the amount of compensation subject to the $ 1 million liexecutive officers of the Company (excluding the Chief Financial Officer) in the year for which a deduction is claimed by the Company (including its subsidiaries) is limited to $ 1 million per person, except that compensation that is performance - based will be excluded for purposes of calculating the amount of compensation subject to the $ 1 million limitation.

Founded in 2011 and backed by Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) Chief Executive Jeff Bezos's venture capital arm, Remitly is among a vanguard of financial technology, or fintech, companies targeting what they view as an underserved immigrant market - traditionally disregarded as high - risk and low - margin.

Levie, whose company helps store data remotely in the «cloud,» is among several young Silicon Valley executives Clinton's campaign has been courting.

Total return, often used to compare performance among peer companies, has also become a popular performance measure for executive pay.

Among the women who joined us in 2016: Jewel (performing and sharing her extraordinary story with us), Apple Head of Global Consumer Marketing Bozoma Saint John, Making a Murderer filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, Uber Regional General Manager Rachel Holt, Priceline EVP of Global Operations Maelle Gavet, Facebook Head of People Lori Goler, SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan, Accompany CEO Amy Chang, designer Rachel Roy, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, Joyus CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, and Lean In lead researcher Marianne Cooper, as well as top executives from leading global companies such as Airbnb, Amazon, Coca - Cola, Google, IBM, NBCUniversal, Nike, Pandora, Target, Twitter, and Walmart.

Lately, the sheer volume of buybacks has prompted complaints among academics, politicians and investors that massive stock repurchases are stifling innovation and hurting U.S. competitiveness — and contributing to widening income inequality by rewarding executives with ever higher pay, often divorced from a company's underlying performance.

There are three women on its 12 - person board of directors and three women among the fast - food chain's top - ranking 10 corporate executives, according to the company website.

When Noto announced his departure, Twitter said it would divide his responsibilities among other executives, and a spokesperson confirmed that the company is not planning to backfill the role.

In determining the long - term incentive component of CEO compensation, the Committee shall consider, among other factors, the Company's performance and relative shareholder return, the value of similar incentive awards to chief executive officers at comparable companies, the awards given to the CEO in past years, and other factors considered relevant by the Committee.

Among those who joined us in London: Jane Griffiths, Company Group Chairman, Janssen EMEA; Neelie Kroes, Special Envoy, Startup Delta, The Netherlands; Former European Commissioner for Digital Agenda; Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Tolerance, United Arab Emirates; Emma Marcegaglia, President, BusinessEurope; Chairman, Eni SpA; Vice Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Group; Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President EMEA, Facebook; Nicky Morgan, MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Department for Education, U.K.; Lubna Olayan, Chief Executive Officer, Olayan Financing Company; Mary Portas, Founder, Portas; Author, Shop Girl; and Helle Thorning - Schmidt, Former Prime Minister, Denmark and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International.

Confirmed speakers include founders and top executives representing companies and organizations like Civic.com, Tezos, the Bitcoin Foundation, and Polychain Capital, among others.

The company, with a team of just two people, had previously raised funds from angel investors including Rajan Anandan (vice president of Google, South East Asia & India), Rajesh Sawhney (co-founder of InnerChef and founder of GSF Accelerator), Anupam Mittal (founder and chief executive of People Group), Uday Shankar (chief executive, Star TV India) and Anand Chandrasekaran (director, Facebook), among others.

Control risks: Because the company's founders, directors and executive officers may be among the company's largest stockholders, they can exert significant control over the company's business and affairs and have actual or potential interests that may depart from yours.

RBC Vision Women's Leadership MSCI Canada Index ETF aims to replicate the performance of the MSCI Canada IMI Women's Leadership Select Index, a broad Canadian equity markets index with a focus on companies domiciled in Canada that exhibit a commitment towards women leadership among their board of directors and executive leadership positions.

In addition, a recent study by the executive data firm Equilar tracks perceptible progress among boards of companies on the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index in reaching gender diversity.

Reams of data in recent years demonstrate businesses perform better and returns on investment are higher when women are among a company's executive team and in decision - making positions at venture capital firms.

Brand, whose venture capital firm invests in companies led by females, had a high - profile 2017 as an ABJ Profiles in Power winner, ranking among the top female executives in Central Texas, as well as being a featured guest in one of ABJ's monthly Face 2 Face interview events.

Yahoo! Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer is among six directors who plan to leave the board of the investment company that will be left after the closing of the proposed sale of Yahoo's main internet properties to Verizon Communications.

The potential for party groups to influence corporate decision making has raised concern among some US company executives: What are foreign companies obligated to do, and how should companies respond to requests to establish party organizations in their China subsidiaries?

Facebook's bad month is getting even worse — now because of an internal memo by one of the company's top executives that suggests, among other things, that Facebook's mission to connect people is more important than user safety.

Among other factors, the Talent and Compensation Committee considers the level of representation of women in executive officer and managerial positions when making appointments and considering succession planning; however, the Company does not have a specific target number or date by which to achieve a specific number of women, as it considers a multitude of factors in determining the best person for any position.

The restriction periods for ExxonMobil's stock grants to the most senior executives are among the longest of public companies.