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Mithun Suvarna and the Work Before the Promise
Before a company can change its environmental footprint, somebody has to make sense of the numbers. Mithun Suvarna has built his working life around that deceptively awkward assignment.
Greg Radner Built a Career Translating Risk Into Decisions
Before risk intelligence became a boardroom staple, Greg Radner was already building the pipes that move consequential information. His career offers a practical lesson in turning complexity into something people can use.
Amy Messano Makes Complicated Technology Sound Human
From a 3,400-mile autonomous drive to a two-word rallying cry, the Thomson Reuters executive has built a career translating complex technology into stories people can carry.
Hideo Esaka Sells the Data That Runs Every Car You Never Think About
He trained in physics and psychology, then spent 25 years learning to explain complicated software to the people who buy it. At Solera, the product is the data quietly steering the auto and insurance industries.
Laura Wilbanks
Laura Wilbanks has spent a career translating corporate ambition into work a marketing team can actually do. Her method joins customer focus, measurable goals and an insistence that people bring their own voice to the room.
Chris Parsonson
Chris Parsonson is the co-founder and CEO of Solve Intelligence, an AI platform for patent professionals that he started in 2023 after finishing a machine learning PhD at UCL. He built the company alongside his brother Angus and fellow UCL researcher Sanj Ahilan, ran it profitably to $10M+ in revenue with a single salesperson, and raised over $55M from Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Y Combinator and 20VC. His work turns deep optimisation research into software that drafts and analyses patents for 400+ IP teams across six continents.
Kristin Werk
Kristin Werk is the CEO of BookNook, a San Francisco-based edtech company delivering synchronous, research-backed K-8 tutoring in reading and math to students across the United States. A self-described introvert with 20+ years of operational leadership—spanning 17 years at Thomson Reuters, followed by executive roles at Questar Assessment and NWEA—Werk joined BookNook in 2023 as COO, expanded the platform to include math tutoring, and stepped up as CEO in December 2024. She holds a BS in Journalism from St. Cloud State University, an MBA from Capella University, and a stack of certifications including PMP, Six Sigma Green Belt, and Prosci Change Practitioner.