30 Most Inspiring Leaders to Watch 2021
The Silicon Review
Company | Management | About the Leader |
InsMark www.insmark.com |
Robert B. Ritter, Jr., President, CEO, & Founder |
Robert B. Ritter, Jr has been in life insurance sales and sales management for over five decades. He started with Mass Mutual in northern New Jersey. At age 26, he was appointed General Agent by Mass Mutual in Oakland, California — the youngest General Agent ever appointed. |
State Bank of India-Australia www.sbisyd.com.au |
Mr. Pranay Kumar, CEO |
Mr. Pranay Kumar, CEO has been working with State Bank of India for more than two decades. Pranay received an Executive MBA with a focus on international finance from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research and completed the Program on Mergers & Acquisition at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India. |
MLinc Solutions mlincsolutions.com |
Mark L Meyer, Founder & CEO |
Mark L Meyer is the Founder and CEO of MLinc Solutions. At the core of MLinc’s approach is Mark’s mission to support its clients’ business objectives and goals. He also believes that industry challenges and obstacles can lead to creative solutions and opportunities. |
Projectivity Solutions www.projectivity-solutions.com |
Phil Bristol, Founder |
Phil Bristol, a Growth Curve Strategist, is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado with an MS in Operations Research System Analysis. He has also completed post-masters courses from the University of Southern California. Mr. Bristol’s experience spans over 35 years, focusing on leadership, project management, and the information technology (IT) industry. |
Beyond Technology beyondtechnology.net |
Jorge Mandujano, Chairman & CEO |
Jorge Mandujano has acquired extensive experience starting as a support engineer and during his professional life has held roles ranging from database specialist, systems manager, technology director, salesperson, commercial director, marketing director and general director, to the current position. |
Yadea Technology Group Co.,Ltd. www.yadea.com |
JiaZhong Wang, CEO |
"Our vision to create world-leading electric vehicle solutions by building innovative technologies that meet and exceed international standards for safety and quality," says CEO JiaZhong Wang. |
Shannon School of Business www.cbu.ca |
George Karaphillis, Dean |
Led from the front by George Karaphillis, the Dean of Shannon School of Business, the public educational institution is committed to the future of Cape Breton Island, innovative economic development and sustainability programs, and Indigenous learning leadership. |
Inoapps www.inoapps.com |
Andy Bird, Founder & CEO |
Andy Bird is the Founder and CEO of Inoapps. Andy began his career over 20 years ago, working internationally in logistics and procurement before returning to Europe to implement Oracle systems in the oil & gas sector. |
Family Office Management Consulting fo-mc.com |
Corinna Schulthess Traumueller, Founder |
Corinna Schulthess Traumueller has more than 15 years of experience in working with business and wealth owners, in her current function as well as while previously heading up the UBS Family Office Advisory business globally. |
Profit General Trading LLC profit-me.com |
Hisham Hamid, Founder & CEO |
Led by Hisham Hamid, PGT plays as major importer/exporter worldwide with main operations in MENA region, serving multiple sectors, to meet its clients’ demands through its chain of supply. |
Holloway group hollowaygroupllc.com |
T.J. Holloway, President |
T.J. Holloway is an experienced entrepreneur and business leader that speaks from experience as well as years of his own personal and professional development. |
Inception Fertility www.inceptionllc.com |
Nicole R. Braley, CMO |
Nicole Braley is passionate about developing future marketers and advocating for the importance of brand in delivering positive business outcomes. With a focus on building an exceptional customer experience, Nicole leads numerous commercial pursuits and is known for her innovative and fast-paced style. |
Moxie www.enjoymoxie.com |
Jordan Lams, CEO |
Jordan Lams started in the cannabis industry 14 years ago after the loss of his sister to Leukemia. After working to pass sensible regulation and legislation around the Company, he was the recipient of the FIRST cannabis business license ever issued in the State of California for a Commercial Cannabis Business. |
TRIREC Holding Pte Ltd trirec.co |
Lawrence Wu, Melvyn Yeo, Co-founders |
TRIREC was established in 2014 by co-founders Melvyn Yeo and Lawrence Wu. Both Melvyn and Lawrence had spent over a decade as investment bankers at bulge bracket global financial institutions before embarking on their separate successful entrepreneurial journeys and built respective businesses that became the leaders in the industries they were in and have also had successful exits. |
WEC Energy Group www.wecenergygroup.com |
Gale Klappa, Executive Chairman |
Gale Klappa has more than 40 years of experience working in the public utility industry, the last 26 at a senior executive level. From May 2004, Mr. Klappa served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wisconsin Energy and We Energies. |
Simon & Co Sarl simon-and-co.com |
Virginie Simon, Founder |
Virginie Simon is a highly motivated, multicultural, diligent, and passionate PR strategist and brand-builder with more than 12 years of proven track record in delivering strategic communications campaigns, reputation management plans, and high-level change and crisis counseling. |
Hedgeford & Berkley hedgefordandberkley.com |
Martha Huk, Founder |
Founded by Martha Huk – an engineer by trade with an unparalleled drive for modern aesthetics – Hedgeford and Berkley has firmly established itself as a design and build firm that turns the traditional approach to construction and design on its head. |
NTech Lab LLC ntechlab.com |
Andrei Telenkov, CEO |
'When creating the company, we chose between what we were used to and what we dreamed of – making cities better and safer,' says Andrei Telenkov, CEO of NtechLab. |
CLARA Analytics claraanalytics.com |
Heather H. Wilson, CEO |
Heather H. Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer of CLARA Analytics. She has over a decade of executive experience in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence. Ms. Wilson was named 2015 Insurance Woman of the Year by the Insurance Technology Association. |
Innorbis AB innorbis.com |
Angelica Lips da Cruz, Founder & CEO |
"We empower users and partners to drive and make better informed decisions out of what is measured and to where they want to go. Visualization is key for understanding and for everyone to combine their knowledge and goals with the collective mission," says Angelica Lips da Cruz, the visionary Founder and CEO of Innorbis AB. |
Enjoycleaningup enjoycleaningup.com |
Alex van Eck, Founder |
Alex van Eck is the founder of Enjoy Cleaning Up. He is a proud owner of three dogs, and his whole family, including the dogs, is helping Enjoy Cleaning Up grow further. The NGO currently has 25 volunteers and 500 ambassadors across the world. Alex is married and a father of two sons. |
SevenSix Tennis sevensixtennis.com |
Trond Kittelsen, Founder & CEO |
Trond Kittelsen is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SevenSix Tennis. With a background in IT and telecoms from industry-leading companies in Norway, he’s now on a mission to help tennis players improve their technique with cutting-edge artificial intelligence. |
Crowdsourced Geofencing Solutions LLC www.crowdsourcedgeofencing.com |
Kevin Angell, CEO |
Kevin Angell comes from a twelve-year career in law enforcement that culminated in his promotion to a Detective overseeing the Internet Crimes Against Children unit. Kevin holds a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Phoenix and currently a doctoral candidate through Liberty University expected to graduate in May 2022. |
Silicon Prairie Center www.siliconprairiecenter.com |
Kirk Zeller, Founder |
Kirk Zeller is a 27 year veteran of the medical device industry and continues to channel his passion to make a difference in healthcare into the start-ups that the Silicon Prairie Center incubates. |
Wunderman Thompson www.wundermanthompson.com |
Agustin Correa, CFO |
Agustin Correa's expertise lies in the constant search for business opportunities to enhance business development, promote efficiency and invest in compliance with the strategy. He has been involved in numerous companies’ mergers and acquisitions. He was born in Argentina, a citizen of the world and a current resident in Colombia. |
Safety Badger safetybadger.osea.com |
John Coniglio, Co-founder |
John Coniglio, PhD. is a nationally recognized technical expert, speaker and expert witness in the field of environmental, health and safety. A career in the safety engineering field began in June 1973, and included work in the safety, industrial hygiene, security, industrial, medical care and surveillance areas. |
Rupee rupee.com.br |
Guilherme Baumworcel, President and CEO |
Led by Guilherme Baumworcel, Rupee is a cloud platform for managing teams and deliverables, multi-company, with dashboards for real-time monitoring, which uses agile algorithms and methodologies. |
EarlyBirds earlybirds.io |
Kris Poria, CEO & Co-founder |
Kris Poria's love and inquisitive nature of software saw him become a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer and leave his native country to gain international experience in Europe and America. Deciding that Australia was the best country in the world to raise a family and expand his entrepreneurial spirit, Kris first moved to Sydney where he launched a new media publication, ‘Invest in Australia’. |
PlantFuel plantfuel.com |
Brad Pyatt, Founder & CEO |
Brad Pyatt is a former NFL athlete turned entrepreneur and has been listed as one of the Top Fifty successful athlete entrepreneurs of all time, as well as awarded the top 100 influential leaders in the Food Industry. |
PayCruiser www.paycruiser.com |
Ousmane Conde, CEO |
Ousmane Conde, the CEO of PayCruiser, has built and led information retrieval and A.I. teams for Fortune 100 companies (Europe & the U.S.) and led diverse groups of senior software engineers and mobile developers for the past 15 years. |