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Tilak Sharma and the work between the boxes
The founder of MDI NetworX looks for answers in the places an org chart leaves out: improvised spreadsheets, client conversations and the handoffs of an ordinary working day.
Daniel Hosler and the curious business of sharing control
Before Allied OMS, Daniel Hosler built software, agricultural products, and a career in private equity. His next undertaking put a different question at the center of growth: who gets a voice when the business gets bigger?
Peter Arduini and the art of coming back
He learned to sell at a roadside vegetable stand, learned to lead at GE, then left for sixteen years. His return came with an unusual assignment: help a familiar business learn to stand on its own.
Chris Cummings Has Spent a Career Teaching Old Systems New Tricks
From storage efficiency to private-markets AI, Chris Cummings keeps arriving where established industries meet a new operating model. His method is equal parts category design, practical metrics, and impatience with waiting for perfect data.
Noriko Morimoto
Noriko Morimoto is the Chief Marketing Officer of Title Nine, the Emeryville-based women's activewear brand founded in 1989. A Bay Area native who cut her teeth building brands at Burton Snowboards, Gap, Zipcar, NatureBox and Boosted Boards, she has spent a career pointing well-known consumer names in the direction of growth and turnaround. She pairs a UC Berkeley undergraduate degree with an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, and specializes in brand platform development, consumer acquisition and digital-plus-offline engagement.
Michelle Peterson
Michelle Peterson is the Chief Marketing Officer of Kendra Scott, the Austin-based fashion and fine jewelry brand. A chemical engineer turned marketer, she spent 18 years at General Mills before leading marketing at Life Time, Holiday Inn Express, and the juice brand Pressed. At Kendra Scott she unified the brand and performance teams into a single 'brand builder' organization, driving record direct-to-consumer traffic, customer growth and loyalty around a 'connection before transaction' philosophy. She was named a 2023 Adweek Marketing Vanguard.