Angela Joslyn is the newly appointed director of the Colorado Springs Office of International Affairs, which assists local businesses in exporting goods and services. Joslyn’s qualification comes from a previous job that uniquely mirrors her present position. “This is my background and passion,” Joslyn said. “I lived in Japan for four years, and I taught [...]
Continue reading …Marta Baker’s heroes are real-life problem solvers — ordinary people who go above and beyond to overcome barriers. And based on her list of accomplishments, she’s flexing plenty of her own problem-solving muscle. The senior marketing manager for the Colorado Springs-based International Customer Management Institute has already lead an initiative to fine-tune ICMI’s online brand [...]
Continue reading …Tracy Gonzalez-Padron’s first exposure to the international business scene was during a high school Girl Scouts trip to India. Gonzalez-Padron met Mother Theresa at the orphanage in Calcutta, during 1979, the year she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The experience gave her “the international bug.” Gonzalez-Padron is assistant professor of marketing and international business [...]
Continue reading …Once Tech for Less’ founder and owners were approached to sell the company to industry giant, ModusLink, a search began for just the right individual to provide transition leadership and to lead the $40 million electronics remarketer to new heights. Following more than a year’s search led by the Dixon-Midland Co., a Chicago-based investment firm, [...]
Continue reading …“I’ve always been an early adapter,” said local social media guru Tonya Hall, “so I signed up for MySpace when it was launched in 2003 — and I saw then that social media would change marketing in ways that no one could imagine.” A self-described military brat, Hall was born in Kansas and grew up [...]
Continue reading …While some entrepreneurs saw disaster during the recession, Michael Schlierf saw opportunity. He left his job of 29 years at Intel, working in the “great cubeland of corporate USA” to follow his passion: green energy alternatives. For the past seven months he has been working with a company called Solargreen and has been the driving [...]
Continue reading …When you need an accountant, you need someone who is meticulous, organized and regimented. Tad Goodenbour, CPA and tax partner for BKD LLP, is nothing if not regimented and precise. He runs six miles each morning at 4:30 a.m. and works seven days per week. By way of apology for being a workaholic, he says, [...]
Continue reading …Southern California native Ron Butlin came to Colorado Springs as a result of two fortuitously linked hiring decisions, which he calls his two ‘biggest breaks.’ “In 1985, I was lucky enough to be hired by Wells Fargo in Orange County,” Butlin said, “and then I hired a guy named Jeff Smith to come work with [...]
Continue reading …Editor’s note: This week the One on One feature changes from a question/answer format to a story/profile format. Like Marco Polo, Bryan and Scott Jewelers Ltd. owner Roberto Agnolini has traveled the world, rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous, viewed the work of fabulous artisans and gathered a wealth of treasures offered at his [...]
Continue reading …Matt Colligan isn’t a psychiatrist, but he is an expert at dealing with people. As the division manager for Champion Windows of Colorado Springs, Colligan works with a variety of people — from sales managers to contract installers — during the course of a normal day at work. He relies on a strong customer service [...]
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