Difference Makers

What is the common thread between actor Kevin Bacon and Pulse Technology CEO Chip Miceli? Both gentlemen are ideal candidates for the Six Degrees of Separation game. One can link any actor with Bacon inside of six steps—for example: Dustin Hoffman starred with Donald Sutherland Read More

It’s been said that the most competitive of salespeople hate losing more than they like winning. While it may sound like backward logic, there is a difference. Quite a meaningful one, actually. For those who live by the sale, closing a deal is always the default expectatio Read More

It’s true that not all super heroes wear capes, nor do they all look like Jason Momoa, for that matter. Saving the day in the business world rarely entails stopping a large boulder from hitting a bus, or preventing aliens from taking control of the world. No, some of the most Read More

When she was named senior vice president, CFO of Sharp Electronics in 2018 after nearly five years as a controller, Moonsun Park saw it as validation of not just the faith the company had in her abilities, but also the tools she possessed to reconcile challenges. And despite the Read More

It’s not an embellishment to say that the internet has enriched our lives during the past 30 years. It ushered in an age of instant information. Unfortunately, the cost of admission was being exposed to a great deal of misinformation in the form of rumors, half-truths and Read More

Jennifer Healy has never shied away from a challenge. Having accrued nearly 30 years in the industry, with all but four of them spent immersed in the world of marketing, she forged a Teflon-like coating that prevented challenges from sticking. Thus, when the opportunity came to Read More

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once opined, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Even as a child, Christina Fisher longed to be someone special and achieve great things. Her dream was to become the first person in her family to attain Read More

Those of us old enough to remember the 1970s vividly will recall how the television set was the center of the household universe. No YouTube, eBay, Amazon or the internet, for that matter. Only the warm, often statically glow of the boob tube brought the world into our homes, Read More

Every sales rep remembers that one gratifying takedown that solidifies, in his or her mind, that they have found their true professional calling. For Stephanie Keating Phillips, that moment arrived at the tender age of 24, when a large national account win translated into a Read More

When he strolled out the doors of the Penn Technical Institute, Greg Burrell figured his stay in the world of office technology dealer technical service would be a brief one. After more than 20 years in the industry, however, the vice president of service for Doing Better Read More

Patrick Layton will always fondly recall the most memorable day of his 25-plus year technology career. After all, it’s not often that one receives a raucous ovation from more than 700 people, not to mention the promotion of a lifetime. Layton, the vice president of managed IT Read More

Join the imaging technology sector and explore the world! That statement might not be found in any marketing or recruitment materials produced by our industry’s manufacturing community, but that didn’t stop Michael Mathé, the chief of operations and sales enablement for Konica Read More

One could make a case for Matthew Salzano being a quick study. The vice president of Network Digital Office Systems had an epiphany early in his brief career as a salesman when he closed out his first six-figure deal, one that provided valuable perspective. Salzano would Read More

As chief financial officers go, one gets the impression that Jerry Savo is a no-nonsense guy who doesn’t tolerate transparent alibis. On the other side of the coin (more on that shortly), Savo has a passion for learning and teaching, which he continues to do in equal measure. Read More

There’s a much-loved scene from the film “Big” where Tom Hanks, playing the role of Josh Baskin—a 12-year-old stuck in the body of a 30-something adult following an ill-advised wish to “be big”—hilariously bounds about in an FAO Schwarz toy store, playing alongside children. Up Read More