Sentences with phrase «to head up»

Joseph and Ted Burnett jointly head up Burnac Corp., a family - run firm that invests in real estate and grocery produce distribution, but in recent years they have been exiting these businesses and transitioning into bonds for their estate - planning purposes.

According to Ted Conley, who heads up North American marketing for the condom maker's parent company: «The category has traditionally been strong at times of economic downturn and we are getting anecdotal evidence that the same can be said for today.

He headed up Bausch & Lomb until the eye care specialist was snatched up by the (now - infamous) Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx); sat at the top perch of Forest Laboratories before becoming CEO of that company's acquirer, Actavis, in 2014; and, finally, took over as the top dog at Allergan after Actavis bought it and adopted the Botox - maker's name.

In the last few months alone, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Battery Ventures have all recruited journalists to head up newly - created content roles.

He also wants to find ways to help retailers give a heads up on their own websites that they offer their products through Express.

Instead, the WA Government has appointed former WA Department of Treasury official Anne Nolan to head up the implementation team.

NYU President Sexton heads up the third most expensive university in the country (and, yes, my alma mater), but even he admits that this model is far from perfect and that there are too many universities charging students too much for too weak an education.

«I had a few heads ups and a few unpleasant conversations where I squawked about this or that,» he added.

His thinking turned out to be very much in line with that of Mills, who, upon Schmitt's return, asked him to head up a new exchange.

Francesco Filia, chief executive and chief investment officer of Fasanara Capital, told CNBC on Wednesday that it is a «clear possibility» that Casellati gets a government mandate to head up a unity government.

What Fernandes is probably best known for however, is heading up AirAsia, a low - cost Malaysian airline.

Meanwhile, his son François is expected to head up Metro's new pharmacy business.

Of course we listened respectfully and an hour later were strapping on our crampons and headed up a mountain in near whiteout conditions.

Not only does Fernandes head up a Malaysian low - cost airline, but in 2011, the airline entrepreneur bought a majority stake in Queens Park Rangers (QPR), a U.K. - based soccer club.

The Googler, who heads up the top - secret lab which developed Glass, has hardly given up on the product — he recently wore his pair to the beach.

«We don't want to give Uber and Lyft a heads up,» Evdakov says with a laugh.

Finally, if you are in the middle of an attack right now, seek out the guidance of a trusted mentor, and keep your head up.

For most of that time, he headed up marketing for Nintendo of America, before moving back north last year to take the reins of the Canadian operation.

Hoffman also hired a 28 - hours - a-week consultant to head up the company's on - line recruiting efforts, which include searching through Web databases, placing banner ads on third - party recruiting sites, and attending on - line career chats.

They announced today the opening of offices on the West Coast and the addition of Jack O'Brien, who previously spent 11 years as founder and editor - in - chief of Cracked.com, to head up a new set of comedic content.

Evolution's developers, Jeff Sember and Don Mattrick (who now heads up Microsoft's interactive entertainment business), went on to form Distinctive Software and became one of the largest publishers of video games not owned by a console maker in the 1980s.

Keep your head up and leverage this advice from fellow entrepreneurs across the globe.

As a guide, or just a rider who has lots of miles under their belt, you have your head up a lot more.

Heads up: The roster is getting smaller.

Just put your head up every so often to take in that bigger picture.

And now, at the age of 32, she heads up a San Francisco - based recruiting technology company, 1 - Page, that last month went public — not on the NASDAQ, but instead on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).

This is not the first time that Trump has sought outside opinions on who he should choose to head up the Fed.

In the days heading up to Thanksgiving, Target will start rolling out some deals on Monday.

«Our business model was that retailers didn't have to pre-book their product,» says Crocs chief executive officer John McCarvel, who was heading up Asian operations for the Niwot, Colo. - based company at the time.

Both Zuckerberg's former co-founder Moskovitz, who now heads up workplace productivity software Asana, and the Facebook CEO's sister Arielle are on the list.

Dr. Iqbal Master, who heads up TB care at King Dinuzulu Hospital in Durban, South Africa says Sirturo, which is used in conjunction with other meds, has «increased treatment success» in the most resistant patients.

Though more than 90 percent of retail sales occur in - store, nearly 80 percent of shoppers say they engage with brands and retailers through digital channels before they set foot inside a store, according to Rod Sides, who heads up Deloitte's retail and distribution sector.

If you look at our three retail divisions — Canadian Tire, Mark's and FGL Sports — two of the three are now headed up by Forzani Group executives.

According to The Associated Press, Trump called Pruitt to tell him «we've got your back» and to «keep his head up.»

For example, you can get a heads up if you risk being late for a doctor's appointment because of highway gridlock.

Frank Azor, who heads up Alienware for Dell was the small company's fourth employee back in 1998.

Tolstedt heads up the community banking division that in part oversees the retail banking and credit card operations part of the company and which was responsible for the improperly opened accounts.

«It's gone beyond just writing a paper,» says Montreuil, who now heads up a virtual think - tank called the Physical Internet Initiative.

Dominique Mineur, who is currently posted in the United Arab Emirates, will move to the Saudi capital Riyadh to head up the embassy there from next summer, Belgian public broadcaster VRT reports.

This time it's chip - design rockstar Jim Keller, who was heading up the automaker's Autopilot program.

He's heading up the business there.

Bain Capital has reportedly recruited Apple to join its rival bid, and Taiwan's Foxconn is heading up a third bid.

He co-founded gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) and now is a partner in Kleiner Perkins, the world's largest venture capital firm, where he currently heads up the company's US$ 250 - million sFund, focused on social applications and services.

He now heads up League, a digital health benefits company.

So why not heading up the Arctic way and checking them out for yourself?

Sometimes being flexible isn't about more hours at all — it's just as much about being willing to head up a project when you expected a quiet month in the office.

The same is not true for oil, observes Merran Smith, a leading campaigner for the Great Bear Rainforest who now heads up Clean Energy Canada, an NGO focused on hastening the country's transition to renewable energy.

Even if you're in a boardroom presenting to an audience of two, keep your head up.

The startup is headed up by Valery Vavilov, originally from Latvia.

His branding team is composed of detail - oriented ex-Apple marketers, and his wife, Callie, heads up the floral design team.