Sentences with phrase «executives of the leading companies»

For a burgeoning industry that depends on strangers interacting cordially and with civility towards one another, the executives of the leading companies in the ridesharing industry are going for each other's jugulars.

Not exact matches

A pair of design executives at Fortune 500 companies will share their experiences leading culture transformations.

When it came time to reward top executives last year, more leading companies handed out performance - based awards instead of time - vesting stock options, according to a new study from human resources consulting firm Mercer.

A survey of 34 executives from leading US fashion companies last year found that, for the first time, fewer US brands were looking to China for products, even though the country remains the top sourcing destination for the industry worldwide.

Criteo Founder and Chairman JB Rudelle Returns to Chief Executive Officer Role to Lead the Company Into Its Next Chapter of Growth

Chief Executive Bob Dudley is in line for a $ 19.6 million compensation package for 2015, a year in which shrinking profit margins triggered by sharp falls in the price of oil led to more than 5,000 job losses at the oil and gas company.

Closer to the present day (and with much lower stakes), companies with whimsical office cultures have chosen to follow Caligula's lead and appoint some four - legged executives of their own — in this case, dogs.

As the first person from a non-radio background appointed to a senior executive position in the company, Ms Wayman oversees all aspects of the MIX 94.5 and 92.9 radio stations, leads a team of 84 staff and is responsible for a $ 27 million budget.

Johnson, though, was replaced as CEO in 2011 by Bill Ready, an executive with a history of leading companies through acquisitions.

«It is exciting to see that Oculus, a vibrant and leading - edge company, appreciates both the technology and the strength of the ecosystem that the InfiniLED team sits in,» Tyndall chief executive Dr. Kieran Drain told the Irish newspaper.

When 3G led InBev's hostile takeover of Anheuser - Busch, it quickly cut 1,400 jobs from the American company (75 % of them in St. Louis) and brought in Brazilian executives from InBev — itself the result of a 2004 merger of Belgian beer maker Interbrew and Brazilian beer maker Ambev, which was the result of a 1999 merger between Brahma and Antarctica — to run things.

«As part of the preparation of the new strategy, executives of Vnesheconombank met with representatives of leading financial institutes in Europe, Asia, and America multiple times during 2016,» the bank said, adding that the meetings took place «with a number of representatives of the largest banks and business establishments of the United States, including Jared Kushner, the head of Kushner Companies.

HP executive Andrew Bolwell will lead the new investment arm, which will report to Shane Wall, HP's chief technology officer and head of the company's research arm, HP Labs.

Amber Baldet, a JPMorgan Chase executive who leads the bank's blockchain team, is leaving the company to start a business of her own.

In addition, 40 percent of executives leading $ 1 billion - plus businesses within the company are women.

SpaceX, the closely held company founded and led by chief executive officer Elon Musk — who also heads the electric auto manufacturer Tesla (tsla)-- is slated to demonstrate the maiden flight of Falcon Heavy, a larger and more powerful rocket, later this month.

Mylan Chief Executive Heather Bresch, who has led the company since 2012, has coal country roots: she is the daughter of U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the second largest coal - producing state in the country.

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.

Kraft Foods Group announced Chairman John Cahill will also take on the chief executive role, leading a food - and - beverage giant at a time when many of the largest packaged foods companies are facing a challenge to find growth.

Nooyi leads 2 1/2 - day retreats every few months with 14 of the company's high - potential executives.

The company's expanding costs led to multiple rounds of layoffs; as chief executives began to abandon ship in droves, the staff was ultimately pared down to near non-existence.

Likewise, implementing technology - led and design - led solutions within a company is «not an all or nothing switch», says Derrick Kiker, a partner at McKinsey & Company and chief executive officer of design firmcompany is «not an all or nothing switch», says Derrick Kiker, a partner at McKinsey & Company and chief executive officer of design firmCompany and chief executive officer of design firm Lunar.

«He is a visionary executive with a proven track record of successfully transforming leading telecom and media companies and will help us to execute our strategic plan and strengthen our team,» Claure said.

MIAMI, April 12, 2018 / PRNewswire / — Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B), one of the nation's leading homebuilders, today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Stuart Miller, Rick Beckwitt, Jon Jaffe, Bruce Gross and Diane Bessette to new executive positions with the Company.

That leads some business owners to become pretty upset when they realize the cost of their current plans, says Tom Zgainer, chief executive and founder of the Scottsdale, Arizona - based company.

When Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook unveiled the updated pricing for the company's new lineup of iPhones on Wednesday, led by the iPhone 5, he pointed out that the suggested prices were on two - year contracts.

Also exiting is Mike Arnett, executive vice-president of corporate development who has been with the company for 22 years and at one time led its retail division.

Top executives from leading Chinese companies discuss the sources of Chinese innovation and how technologies devised and scaled in China are transforming the global economy.

But U.S. officials have since received intelligence reports that during that same three - day trip, Page met with Igor Sechin, a longtime Putin associate and former Russian deputy prime minister who is now the executive chairman of Rosneft, Russian's leading oil company, a well - placed Western intelligence source tells Yahoo News.

Together, the decisions to cut two of the company's most innovative concepts before they premiered have flabbergasted the executives leading them, sources say.

The last time Royal Bank went outside the company for a top executive was in 1908, when it appointed industrialist Herbert Holt on the death of Thomas Kenny, who had lead the lender from 1870.

«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.

It's former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, characterized by Waymo's attorneys as a rapacious executive whose win - at - all - costs attitude and frustration with his company's self - driving efforts led him to conspire with Levandowski to steal the «sauce» that catapulted Alphabet's self - driving development to be the leader of the pack.

Led by Chief Executive Patrick Dovigi, GFL has grown through acquisitions into one of Canada's biggest waste management companies.

As General Manager of Credit Cards, Gannesh is a member of Credit Karma's executive team and leads strategy and business operations for the company's largest vertical.

«We are not pleased with the narrative in the media that has usually reflected a purposely negative tone that has really been dictated by a small group of dissident franchisees and their advisors,» Daniel Schwartz, chief executive of Restaurant Brands International Inc., said in an interview after the company posted stronger than expected earnings, led by solid sales at Burger King and Popeye's.

Pursuant to the company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Independent Directors, upon recommendation of the CNGC, annually appoint a Lead Independent Director who presides over executive sessions of the Outside Directors and Independent Directors.

To help support and guide startups to market entry, JOLT has attracted more than 70 experienced entrepreneurs and executives from many of Canada's leading startups, and venture capital, technology and entertainment companies, including: Polar Mobile, Spark59, Virgin Gaming, Google, Zynga, Kobo, and more.

Led by Encana Corp. chief executive Doug Suttles, companies that are employing innovations in drilling and hydraulic fracturing insist they can boost investment, employment and exports while contributing to efforts in Canada and around the world to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

Founder of industry publication Blockchain News, partner at ICO services collective CryptoAsset Design Group (helped raise over $ 200m +), director of education company Blockchain Partners (Oracle Partner) and ICO event organiser at leading industry event CryptoFinancing (first ICO event in Europe)- Richard Kastelein is an award - winning publisher, innovation executive and entrepreneur.

But other top executives have recently departed for other opportunities, including Kathy Savitt, the architect of the video strategy that Ms. Mayer has now dropped, and Jackie Reses, who led the company's acquisitions and managed its relationship with Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company in which Yahoo holds a 15 percent stake.

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.

In some companies, the role of principal executive officer and board chairman are combined, and a lead independent director is designated to chair meetings of the independent directors.

According to two sources briefed on parent company 21st Century Fox's outside probe of the Fox News executive, led by New York — based law firm Paul, Weiss, Kelly has told investigators that Ailes made unwanted sexual advances toward her about ten years ago when she was a young correspondent at Fox.

Bala Cynwyd, PA — January 31, 2017 — Chondrial Therapeutics, Inc., an emerging biotechnology company focused on the treatment of rare mitochondrial diseases, announced today that it has secured up to $ 22.6 million in Series A financing led by Deerfield Management and has appointed Carole Ben - Maimon, MD, as the company's president and chief executive officer.

Top Starbucks executives and about 40 Philadelphia clergy and community leaders met in what local leaders say was the beginning of an effort to push the coffee company to play a leading role in addressing racial injustice.

From executive search at the Caldwell Partners to leading a product team at job board giant Monster.com, to delivering career and outplacement services (both individually and corporately sponsored) since 2002 and more recently, acting as Director of Graduate Career Services at UBC Sauder School of Business which entailed engaging with hundreds of companies.

At Babson College, Kevin also teaches entrepreneurship for MBAs and for executive education classes and leads workshops on helping companies scale and increase engagement of their employees.

He was also one of the only high - level executives remaining from previous CEO Dick Costolo's tenure leading the company.

Prior to founding TVV, Mr. Byrd was a Director and Executive Vice President of GenCap America (1987 - 94), a Nashville - based management buyout firm where he was responsible for leading the investments of four successful lower middle - market companies.