GlobalCEOExcellence 2021Awards Global CEO Excellence Awards 2021 Cameron Barrett: Focusing on ACTION and People to Take Workforce Safety to New Heights Best Cosmetic Health Services MD 2021: Sam Cinkir Industrial Technology CEOof the Year 2021: Ron Ballman
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CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 3 4. Cameron Barrett: Focusing on ACTION and People to Take Workforce Safety to New Heights 8. Best Cosmetic Health Services MD 2021: Sam Cinkir 10. Industrial Technology CEO of the Year 2021: Ron Ballman 12. Broadcast Media CEO of the Year: Ashokan Subramaniam – UAE 13. Accounting CEO of the Year (London): Nadeem Iqbal 14. Best IT Services CEO (Oceania): Sydney Borg 15. Best Female Marketing & PR CEO: Erika Montgomery – USA 16. Environmental Engineering CEO of the Year (Canada): Raminder Grewal 17. Leading Specialist Healthcare CEO of the Year: Maurizio Mioli – Italy Contents 18. Best Organic Vegetarian & Vegan Brand CEO: Sophia Somaschi – Italy 19. Real Estate Investment CEO (USA): Shelby E. L. Pruett 20. Best Construction Equipment Rental Business CEO (USA): Elizabeth Loge 21. Law Firm CEO of the Year (Brazil): Ronaldo Martins 22. Best Parcel Shipping Management CEO 2021: Geoffrey Finlay 23. Most Innovative Personal Fitness Business Leader: Pat Corkum – Atlantic Canada 24. Most Influential Insurance CEO (Southeast Asia): Sally O’Hara 25. Aquaculture & Fishery CEO of the Year: Mohammad Tabish – Middle East 26. Female Hospitality Entrepreneur of the Year (UK): Roomana Nasir 27. Most Innovative Workforce Development CEO 2021: Ahmar Abbas 28. Best Female Marketing & PR Business Leader: Jacqueline Hudson – Western USA 29. Most Instrumental Healthcare Revenue CEO (USA): Jason Adams 30. Oil & Gas CEO of the Year (USA): Linhua Guan 31. Law Firm CEO of the Year 2021: Mark Wiggins – Australia 32. Best Plastic Injection Moulding CEO (USA): Steve Dyer 33. Best Brand Marketing & Advertising CEO (London): Matt Jennison 34. Construction Services Managing Director of the Year: Juliet Austin – England & Best Scaffolding Contractor 2021 – South West England 35. Best Graphic Design CEO (ROI): John Kealy 36. Most Innovative Cyber Security CEO 2021: Ian Mann 37. Best IT Consulting Business Leader (Mid-Atlantic USA): Jacob Plummer 38. Leading Pet Product Wholesaler of the Year (Denmark): Winnie Siig 39. Franchise Development CEO of the Year 2021: Paul Mitchell 40. Property Technology CEO of the Year (UK): Ryan Dempsey 41. Best Social Product Compliance Software Solutions CEO (Europe): Joerg Walden
4 CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 , May21325 Cameron Barrett: Focusing on ACTION and People to Take Workforce Safety to New Heights Q: Tell us about Field Safe, the work you do and the types of clients with whom you work. What do you specialize in? What is your unique selling point? What are your goals and values? Cameron Barrett, CEO of Field Safe: Most Boards of Directors and CEOs have mandates to improve employee safety, lower operating costs and expand digitization efforts to create efficiencies across the organization. Field Safe’s success in becoming a leading health and safety platform provider is due to helping our clients meet (and even exceed) all three of these mandates, or, as our tag line says, SAVE TIME, SAVE MONEY AND SAVE LIVES. “Field Safe helps Boards and Executives (including the CEO) meet corporate mandates.” The key to our success is data and our ability to relay it quickly and easily by digitizing at-risk workersto connect them to head office and other team members. Field Safe understands that health and safety information, when managed effectively, will impact decision making across the organization. Field Safe’s most important key differentiator is our ease of use. Companies struggle to get at-risk workers to complete and submit the paperwork that is foundational to ensuring their safety. Because our software is so easy to use, adoption rates are high and forms are completed and submitted, providing managers the data they need to quickly and cost effectively improve safety performance and operations. We support workers in any industry and companies of all sizes, but another reason for our success is our unrivaled understanding of the unique needs and challenges of Enterprise-level accounts. We have extensive experience meeting their stringent procurement processes. With more than 10 Fortune 1000 clients and partners, Field Safe continues to evolve our marketleading position based on a scalable, secure, and stable digital platform. Field Safe and The Connected Worker Field Safe’s easy-to-use safety platform and smarter workflows methodology digitizes the field to connect workers. This resolves the field data gap and enables instant communication and information sharing. Ease of use increases user adoption and forms completion and submission which in turn increases the amount of data collected. That data is then shared in realtime across all team members and head office. The improved access to data allows leadership to make data-informed decisions that improve safety, optimize operations and lower costs. Field Safe’s all-in-one health and safety system does away with the inefficiencies of multiple systems and paper-based processes. Smarter workflows reduce the touchpoints that slow down the transfer of information. Emerging threats are identified immediately, and corrective actions are implemented fast. Field Safe’s primary goal is to help companies ensure the safety of their workers. We “Field Safe helps Boards and Executives (including the CEO) meet corporate mandates.”
CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 5 Cameron Barrett: Focusing on ACTION and People to Take Workforce Safety to New Heights I hold an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, an MSc (Law) from Abraham Lincoln University and an ICD.D designation from Rotman School of Business. I currently Chair the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Huntington Society of Canada and am an Independent Director. I am also a member of the Board of Directors of headversity. Giving of my time to support worthwhile causes is my passion and the Huntington Society is particularly important to me. I am dedicated to making a difference here. I have also served as a Board Member of the Information Technology Association of Canada. I credit my success as a CEO on my attention to bringing together the right people to help me meet my mandates. My first order of business in every role is to build the right team to ensure the organization’s goals are met, and who shared my passion and vision for the company. I also credit my mentors and peer network for helping me grow and learn as a leader. I have built a network that I engage with regularly to learn from, but also to share my knowledge with, as well. Q: What is your approach when undertaking a new client or project? How do you ensure - right from the start - that the outcome meets the needs of everyone involved? CB: Field Safe begins every new client onboarding with a view to establishing a partnership. We focus on understanding each client’s current state and desired future state, acting as a trusted advisor to share advice after LISTENING closely and understanding their unique needs. It is these close relationships and resulting knowledge sharing and feedback that have helped us build an industry-leading platformthat is easy-to-use, all-in-one, and health and safety focused. But technology alone isn’t the answer to a best-in-class safety program. Processes have to be effective and aligned with health and safety goals. This understanding led Field Safe to develop our smarter workflows methodology. We conduct a review of each client’s processes and workflows prior to implementing any products. This review inevitably uncovers opportunities to implement change management initiatives to create smarter, more effective workflows. Forms consolidation is a common improvement. For one client, new workflows led to a reduction in required forms by almost half. Another cites a savings of over 1100 completion hours per year for each of its 30 forms. And another has reduced revenue leakage by introducing new workflows that allow it to digitally understand well production and deploy maintenance teams more optimally. Q: Tell me about your business and your ongoing strategy. What techniques do you employ to ensure you achieve this? CB: Today’s Field Safe has evolved substantially since inception but we always stay true are dedicated to ensuring the continuous improvement of health and safety programs that help organizations SAVE TIME, SAVE MONEY AND SAVE LIVES. Our corporate values support that goal by creating ACTION. • Accountability, • Commitment, • Teamwork, • Innovation, • Ownership, and we are • Nimble. Q: Talk me through your previous roles and how you came to achieve your position as CEO. How do you draw on past experiences in your current role? CB: I am currently the CEO of Field Safe. My 25+ year career includes national and international sales leadership roles within industry-leading software and technology companies. Prior to Field Safe, I was President of Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) Canada where I led over 800 employees.
6 CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 , currently? Are there any particular issues / changes that are affecting it? CB: Workforce health and safety will continue to be challenging, and employee and contractor safety will always be the number one priority of any company. That will never change. Digitization of the workforce is the best way to accomplish this. The barrage of threats from cybersecurity, changing weather patterns, global pandemics, and other as yet unknown events will continue and organizations must be prepared to do everything to not only protect all assets but most especially their people. Those who continue to apply manual health and safety processes, do so at their peril. Q: Tell me about your leadership style. How do you ensure everyone in your organization understands your vision and works towards it? CB: I believe that “To build a great company you must surround yourself with great people who share your passion.” I apply this philosophy to my current position as CEO of Field Safe to great success. Since taking the reins in 2018, I have transformed Field Safe into an industry-leading company providing health and safety software to protect the “at risk” worker, maintaining strong growth despite the economic uncertainty brought on by the global pandemic and the challenges of building a new company. To become a stronger company and team, management must share their knowledge and information with their team members and trust that their people will do their roles effectively. Career development is a top priority and emphasis is put on ensuring everyone has the tools and training they need to do their jobs well. In a fast-growing company like Field Safe, there is unlimited opportunity, and I challenge all our team members to reach out and grab it! I would like to think I am the personification of Field Safe’s corporate values. Everything I do is ACTION-oriented. Since 2018, I have moved at light speed to put the foundational pieces in place that have turned Field Safe into the industry-leading organization it is today. I have accomplished this by focusing on people (the Field Safe team, its clients and its shareholders) and through my commitment to ensuring Field Safe can nimbly respond to changing market conditions and client needs. It is my passion and focus on people that have fueled that growth and Field Safe’s success. Q: What challenges and opportunities have you faced during your time at the company and how have they affected your role? CB: COVID-19, like for every CEO, was a challenge. The health and safety of Field Safe’s staff as well as our clients’ is our highest priority. Our response to COVID-19 is a great example that illustrates our dedication to worker safety, but also the strength and resilience of our team and its ability to nimbly adapt to emerging risks. Field Safe quickly realized that responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the safety of workers while continuing to meet business commitments would be a huge challenge for CEOs and Boards. Protocols change frequently as we learn more and more about the virus. Our ability to connect and communicate with workers in real-time whether working from home, the office, at site or in transit is playing a vital role. • GIS-based dashboards provide real-time visualization of worker location and support contact tracing. • Instant communication allows you to track, monitor and assess compliance with pandemic protocol best practices. • Digitizing field data collection supports social distancing by eliminating the need to physically complete and deliver forms. • Immediate understanding of worker status combined with digital forms simplifies workforce planning. Connecting with Employees Is A High Priority Communication and connection with my team are my priorities and the pandemic took that to a whole new level. I have engaged with my network of peer leaders and other experts to incorporate their advice and best practices into Field Safe’s efforts to engage a fully remote workforce to ensure their safety, but also that business commitments continue to be met. The entire leadership team is committed to ensuring the wellbeing of all employees and are especially diligent now to engage and listen to the challenges each individual is facing so that they can provide support. Events such as biweekly town halls, fifteen-minute video chats over coffee with staff, and rewarding the outstanding contributions and behavior of all team members are some of the initiatives we have implemented. Maintaining Focus on Key Business Priorities Day-to-day activities can often make it challenging for a leader to stay on top of market trends that may signal new revenue stream opportunities, as well as emerging threats which if ignored could be very dangerous to a business, its leaders, its people and its shareholders. Field Safe is in the enviable position of having a team of industry experts who are on top of the many new opportunities that arise on a monthly (if not weekly!) basis. But at the same time, you must maintain focus on your core values and your corporate goals. This can be difficult, especially in a fast-paced organization like Field Safe, but I caution that it is critical to maintain this focus. My experience has helped me learn how to stay on track and focused on core priorities, but also identify and capitalize on those opportunities that will help us create new products and functionality that will improve safety. It is a delicate balance and, again, I credit people… my executive team, our clients, Board of Director and Advisory Board members with helping me operate effectively. Q: What are your future aspirations regarding your business? Do you have any future plans / projects you would like to share with us? What does the rest of 2021 have in store? CB: Field Safe applies the learnings from our past to continuously improve and is a to our original focus… worker safety. One of our founders faced a life-threatening situation while working alone in a remote location. A farmer didn’t like the information he was being told and pulled a gun. This was definitely a “don’t shoot the messenger” moment! Luckily, our founder came out of that situation unharmed, but he was also determined to find a better way to ensure the safety of at-risk. Field Safe is that better way. Since then, we have improved our platform to ensure the continuous improvement of health and safety programs that protect workers, but which also lower costs and optimize operations. I look to people (the team I have built as well as Field Safe’s clients, partners and exceptional Board of Directors and Advisory Board members) to ensure our corporate strategy is effective and research and development investments continuously improve our platform to create value for the market and solve real business problems. We meet regularly with clients, and host “Client Advisory Council” sessions to solicit feedback on emerging needs resulting from new or changing market drivers, client goals, or advancements in technology. There is no better avenue for information that supports our roadmap and corporate evolution than feedback directly from the people we serve. Additionally, I and all our executives are actively engaged with key associations to stay current and network with industry leaders. I believe that both Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning provide tremendous opportunities to impact and advance our technology and ultimately worker safety. Through trusted advisor relationships with our clients, and strategic partnerships with leading organizations like IBM and TELUS combined with our team’s unrivaled industry and safety expertise and our best-in-class digital solutions, Field Safe has been successful in moving companies nearer their goal of zero incidents. Q: What are your thoughts on the state of your industry
CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 7 Cameron Barrett: Focusing on ACTION and People to Take Workforce Safety to New Heights stronger company because of it. I see failures as an important tool to learn and grow. It is okay to take chances, but you must make educated decisions that are based on data… a message I apply internally and share when presenting to clients or at executive and industry events. Our trusted advisor relationship with clients helps us evolve to meet their changing needs. Field Safe’s data capture capabilities are now being leveraged by several clients to meet ESG goals and this is establishing them as leaders in this emerging area. Of special note, the environmental savings (along with the reduced paper, vehicle maintenance and travel costs) provide a near revenue-neutral investment! We are currently focused on leading health and safety programs into the “Internet of Behaviors” space by combining our change management expertise with our data capture capabilities. By knowing where people are and what they are doing, we are anticipating and changing behavior to create even more efficiencies. Here are a few examples. Geofencing tells us when an individual is at a particular site and what they are doing. If they are picking up a truck, we can proactively push a vehicle inspection report reminder ensuring the worker doesn’t forget and helping improve their journey management experience. Predictive notification of upcoming certification expirations informs the worker of the steps required to upgrade. And insights on maintenance being performed can signal ways to improve workforce planning. Technology isn’t the only area that we are evolving. We are also quickly expanding into new markets including the US where our team is rapidly growing. Q: With regards to your own career, what plans do you have to build upon your current success? CB: Continuous improvement is something I apply to my own life and challenge my team to embrace as well. Change is expected and inevitable at a company that is growing as fast as Field Safe and I have challenged my team to take chances and “improve 1% every day”. Failure is ok… but use that failure to learn and improve. I believe that leadership is a privilege, and it is important that all leaders take that responsibility seriously. I always lead by example and have set a personal commitment higher than 1% improvement per day. I engage my peer network to support my leadership growth and improvement continually. Q: Finally, is there anything you would like to add? CB: I have helped Field Safe maintain its market-leading position in a very competitive industry thanks to my peoplecentric philosophy and encourages all leaders to do the same. I advise aspiring entrepreneurs to get started, find a mentor and do not quit.
8 CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 , May21320 Best Cosmetic Health Services MD 2021: Sam Cinkir Este Medical Group Ltd is a medical cosmetics group putting people first at every turn. Each member of its staff, guided by the expert hand of the CEO Sam Cinkir, believes in the principles that it was founded on, in that everyone should be able to access cosmetic medical treatments should they wish to. One by one, Este Medical Group is breaking down the barriers that clients may face when trying to arrange such treatments for themselves or their loved ones. Este Medical Group is a company pushing the boundaries of cosmetic healthcare. Fundamentally, its work has benefitted from 25 years of excellence in its industry, striving to deliver treatments administered by its exemplary staff in a professional, safe, clinical environment. Sam Cinkir, the founder, is one of the leading minds in cosmetic healthcare services in the UK and all across the world, and this is something he has been able to apply as he drives Este Medical Group to the forefront of its industry; nowadays, Este Medical Group is the leading skin and hair specialist as a result. Moreover, with branches across the UK in Birmingham, London, Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester, Glasgow, and Sutton Coldfield, Sam’s aim is to expand even further. With his milestone goal of opening more branches in a minimum of 30 cities and towns across the UK getting closer by the day, he is currently casting his eyes towards loftier goals, specifically regarding building a hospital for surgical needs. He looks forward to achieving this, as it will allow him to continually serve his clients in a comprehensive and diligent manner, even more able to provide a solution to all their medical cosmetic needs. At present, the UK branches look after non-surgical procedures, and the surgical procedures are carried out at the Este Medical Hospital in Turkey. The latter includes hair transplants, plastic surgery, and more. Sam himself is from Turkey, and moved from the region after growing up in a small local village there, seeking a better life in the UK for himself and his family where he found his passion for skin clinics and cosmetic healthcare by working for an existing medical cosmetics company. Furthermore, it was working for this company that he worked his way up to general manager and began to develop the leadership skills that he currently applies to guiding the team at Este Medical Group. Also, whilst in this position, he worked to experiment with and develop his own hair loss treatment. Sam’s idea, however, was shot down by his boss of the time. He then took his idea and decided to go it alone, kicking off him entrepreneurial journey and setting up Este Medical Group in the year of 2015. This, in essence, has allowed him to build Este Medical Group into exactly what he wished to see of the medical cosmetic company experience he had, shaping it into what could be future of its industry. He knows that the future of cosmetic aesthetics is the new and the bold, and he wishes to bring this to a market segment that is crying out for it with safe, diligent, and deeply researched solutions, reassuring clients that whilst his services are innovative, they have benefitted from rigorous testing and in-depth procedures in order to make them reliable. In tandem with this, he is committed to ensuring anyone can access his services, no matter their age, economic background, postcode, religion, gender, or race. Additionally, the CEO’s guiding philosophy is one of putting customer care at the forefront of their business model, as he knows that the person themselves will drastically alter the
CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 9 Best Cosmetic Health Services MD 2021: Sam Cinkir kind of treatment they need and how it must be carried out. It will always strive to work with a client to make their aesthetic cosmetic dreams a reality, no matter their budget, forever holding to his belief in making the medical aesthetics industry more inclusive. Crucially, this is made possible by Sam and his staff. He has chosen each one of them not just for their expertise in their industry, but for the brilliance of their attitudes; each of them mirroring his attitude towards their clientele in ensuring they are always at the forefront of concerns, garnering trust amongst their clientele by earning it over time. This has ensured that Este Medical Group has cultivated a reputation for brilliant customer service and has also earned them a vast roster of customers, including returning clientele that make it their onestop-shop for medical cosmetics. Este Medical Group, in addition, has been awarded an ISO accreditation for quality and standards both. The recognition of work they do for clients, alongside the standards they have in general, is something that Sam is exceedingly proud of across the board, and what has secured it this accreditation – one that Sam is sure will soon be joined by many more similar accolades. Este Medical Group treats over 200 patients a day at present, operating seven days a week in order to ensure that clients can always visit them in their own time and on a day that is convenient for them, able to work around a client’s own schedule and the business of their individual lives. In an industry such as medical cosmetics, Este Medical Group is used to seeing the price lists of its peers and understanding why many customers tend to balk at the idea of going forward with cosmetic work. Fundamentally, this is especially true when it comes to the delivery of quality results and is the reason that Sam is so passionate about his work, striving to work with clients so that they can afford the quality they deserve and the safe procedures they require without bankrupting themselves. Moreover, Sam is a team player, and knows that in order to allow his staff to be so client focused, he must focus on them. He invests significant effort into each of his team members as a result, focused on their wellbeing and on making himself the type of boss he would like to have had, one that encourages new ideas and supports personal professional development, ensuring each of them is in the best place to offer their best work to a client. His priority is their welfare, wellbeing, and motivation level, as to work in skin, hair, and healthcare, one must always be willing to work with high levels of sensitivity, understanding, and empathy. Este Medical Group cultivates an attitude of non-judgemental help throughout everything it does in this manner, delivering added value to the business’s work as a result. Furthermore, it prizes working with a smile. In this manner, a client can always expect a warm and kind welcome from Sam and his staff when entering an Este Medical Group medical clinic, as they work hard to make the company the biggest cosmetic company in the UK within the next 5 years by mentoring young entrepreneurs and helping shape the next generation of medical cosmetic professionals. Company: Este Medical Group Ltd Contact: Sumit Kumar Website: estemedicalgroup.uk
10 CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 , May21034 Industrial Technology CEO of the Year 2021: Ron Ballman Humanity depends on electric motors to keep the world running. Over 50% of the world’s energy is consumed by these vital devices. The core principles and designs behind them, however, has not changed for over seventy-five years. The team at Adventech LLC want to change all that. Under the leadership of CEO Ron Ballman, they have begun the process of revolutionizing a key part of the world order. We take a closer look at Ron and his world to find out more. When the team at Adventech first opened their doors, it was to act as far more than a simple motor provider. The firm has made a name for itself as an industrial technology company, capable of providing solutions that meet the needs of a rapidly changing world. The challenges of global energy constraints have created a need for innovation, one which Ron and his incredible team are determined to meet. The annual global electrical waste stands at 4.4 trillion kWh, meaning that $616 billion is wasted on an annual basis. The annual industrial drive motor consumption is 25% of total global power consumption. 25% of global waste ($616 billion or 4.4 trillion kWh) value is $154 billion or 1.1 trillion kWh. The Maxeff motor, developed by Gerald Goche and pioneered by Adventech offers performance that is around 30% more efficient than a standard IE3 motor. This technology helps reduce the global industrial drive motor waste at a conservative rate of 15%, i.e., $23 billion annually or 165 billion kWh. When Adventech was formed, it was from the acquisition of the Maxeff IP. It was only a proof of concept at the time, but the durability testing and efficiency improvement processes had created an enormous amount of interest. Quickly, over 1500 motors were in service, with demand increasing by the day. The benefits of the motor were numerous, holding the appearance of other counterparts, being in IEC and NEMA frames, but unlike these, a Maxeff motor is able to operate at over 95% efficiency, with the highest torque rating being a power factor of .99. Built into this innovative technology is a reverse winding that works as a regenerative winding, capturing reactive waste and regenerates it into leading inductive power. No other electric motor in the world has this level of performance. With the business growing, the need for new commercial eyes was vital. Developers of the new technology, Gerald Goche and Ryan Baker, reached out to Ron in 2019. Since then, he has overseen dramatic scaling of the project, with a larger 55,000 square feet facility in Florence. This has increased the amount of motor sales to over 3000 motors globally, and has seen the team gain their third-party data validation from Advanced Energy in North Carolina. Ron’s aim is to continue developing the technology while finding new ways of scaling it. Ultimately, the goal is to get as many induction motors, VFD units, soft start units and remote monitoring systems into the hands of those who genuinely want to make a positive impact on the many issues being faced on a global scale. Ron’s work in this industry is very different to others, because of the nature of the company. While many are involved in the motor industry, few are visionaries in the same way. He sees his role as one which nurtures the potential of their incredible concept, finding ways of ensuring that they can reach as many people as possible. Adventech is not a standard motor provider, but an ambitious alternative that is becoming more and more popular as more and more people discover what is available to them. Where others in the market make empty promises, Ron has ensured that his business is one which consistently and continuously delivers. The nature of the Adventech approach supports this attitude, with the team offering the ability to retrofit the majority of existing motor frames with this new and advanced technology. While a new Maxeff motor is around 15-22%% more efficient than a standard IE3 motor, a remanufactured motor by Adventech can deliver 10-12% improvements. By offering a big difference, even without buying an entirely new motor, the team are able to transform the industry in small steps that will later lead to bigger ones. Because this technology is, by definition, disruptive, the partnerships that Ron has been able to build with other organizations have been key. Now, the firm has many household names who trust them to deliver, including Miller/ Coors, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch (InBev), Solvay Chemical, and Berkshire Hathaway. It took a great deal of effort to convince them to try these new techniques, but now they not only embrace its benefits but are willing to offer the critical data and durability testing in real application settings that allows the team to improve their products. Under Ron’s incredible leadership, with the might of the team at Adventech behind him, growth has come quickly, and is certain to lead to new business partnerships which will facilitate the extension of Adventech technology to the masses. This will allow the team to resolve the decade-long lingering issues that have plagued our global power grids. Looking ahead, the Adventech team are already looking to the next big solution that they can offer. The R&D process has begun on the firm’s new and exciting transportation and automotive motor. If all goes well, this will be launched in mid-2022. The growth of Adventech under Ron Ballman has not always
CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 11 Industrial Technology CEO of the Year 2021: Ron Ballman been easy. Working with a new and innovative technology seldom is. What it does offer, however, is a clear way forward for the world at large that will see monumental revolution at every level. We celebrate his tremendous success with the company thus far, and look forward to what incredible levels of innovation he will push them to next. Company: Adventech LLC Name: Ron Ballman Email: [email protected]
12 CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 , Jun21242 Broadcast Media CEO of the Year: Ashokan Subramaniam – UAE The year was 2005 when the first 12 hour Tamil radio slot was launched by Ashokan Subramaniam in UAE, in association with a leading media conglomerate in Sri Lanka, Shakthi FM. At that time, Ashokan’s radio station had been named Ungal Shakthi with the frequency of 94.7 FM. Five years later, Ashokan initiated the 24 hour Tamil radio slot with leading brand Hello FM from Chennai. He was one of the founding members of Hello FM in UAE, which was later popularly known as Radio Salam 106.5 FM. Ashokan was Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and broke many sales records by reaching the highest revenue consequently for many years. By 2017, the station was renamed Radio Gilli 106.5 FM, and it became the most popular radio station amongst the Tamil community throughout the world. The name “Gilli” means “winner” and also “risk taker”, inspired by gilli danda, a sport which is very popular in the rural and small towns of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan. 2018 saw the one-year anniversary of Radio Gilli and Founded by CEO, Ashokan Subramaniam, Radio Gilli 106.5 FM is the UAE’s number one Tamil radio station, which broadcasts music, the latest world, sport and entertainment news, quizzes, games, competitions, and more. The station also often welcomes South Indian celebrities live on air. the presenters wanted to mark the occasion. In line with the meaning of the station’s name, they wanted to do something challenging and daring – So they strove to break the world record for the longest running live show. RJ Navi and RJ Pradeep did just that when they were live on air for a total of 106 hours and 50 minutes, entering the Guinness Book of World Record, beating the previous world record of 100 hours and two minutes, which was held by a Swedish radio station. Radio Gilli’s record remains unbroken to this day. Ashokan relaunched Radio Gilli 106.5 FM in June 2019 under the Leading Multi Business Group in UAE, which also includes BM Group, a leading school furniture manufacturer. The operation is running very successfully and Radio Gilli continues to go from strength to strength. Ultimately, Ashokan Subramaniam is a man with ambition, flexibility, resilience, courage – and a caring heart. He is proud to have introduced many new talents to the radio industry who have now become the faces of the Radio Gilli platform. Company: Radio Gilli 106.5 FM Contact: Ashokan Subramaniam Email: [email protected] Website: www.radiogilli.com
CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 13 , Jun21272 Accounting CEO of the Year (London): Nadeem Iqbal Heighten Accountants asks its clients a simple question when it begins working with them, enquiring whether they’re working too hard for too little reward. If the answer to this question is yes, it prizes itself on being able to help them turn this dynamic around, providing practical accounting to help them find work-life balance with their accounting in order to accurately benefit their entire lives. In this way, it finds itself in prime position to be able get to know each of its clients on a deep personal level; in essence, this means finding out their individual financial goals from their business and investment priorities to their personal lives and spending habits, seeking to make a different in a holistic manner. Therefore, Heighten Accountants creates balance for its clients. The CEO, Nadeem Iqbal, has worked hard to ensure that it can help a client to grow their business whilst working as little or as much as the customer wants, showing them that life doesn’t have to be about always having one’s nose to the grindstone. It can help a client through all manner of personal and business issues relating to their accounts as a result, when they get stuck with problems of either calibre, encounter questions of growth The accounting company working to promote a healthy work-life balance in today’s hectic world, Heighten Accountants has made itself a darling of its industry. With its clients prizing the way it creates balance – in both their business and personal lives – it ensures that both its clients and its staff are able to truly get the most out of their day to day, with accounting that supports them every step of the way. in the business, discover issues of balance and how to manage such things, or uncover what the numbers mean to them as a business owner. Heighten Accountants is able to uncover the method by which to create work-life balance for its clients in this way. This, in a world that is increasingly fast paced by the day, is an invaluable service for everyone that it works with, and the reliable nature of its efforts making it a one-stop-shop for accounting services across the board for each person who has partaken in its services. Crucially, the way that it works is fuelled by its goal of making the world a better place, aiming to deliver ‘1 million smiles every year’. This is further bolstered by its ‘get and give a million’ initiative, delivering financial and emotional rewards to clients – it also works hard to show its commitment to the UN global goals of sustainability, making corporate environmental ethics a big part of how it works. Furthermore, operating with dedication, integrity, and clarity of language, it will always strive to find a method of communication that the client is most comfortable with, seeing no point in being overly technical where there is no need for it and instead focusing on the relationships it can develop. In essence, it strives to show how much it cares about people. This is not just reserved for its clients; it extends this attitude out to its team, too, as it knows that its staff are those who will fundamentally be putting its best foot forward when handling client relations and services. Heighten Accountants, therefore, works hard to ensure each of them are appropriately supported and encouraged to work to the best of their ability, with Nadeem himself ensuring they can put their own life and family first, creating a healthy working environment that encourages good balance. In tandem with this, Nadeem works hard to inspire both the clients and his staff, passionate about bringing innovation and dedication to the accounting profession. In the future, he is looking forward to seeing where he and his company can take the Heighten Family next, bringing both the company and his clients forward into the next generation of lifestyle and business accounting. Company: Heighten Accountants Contact: Nadeem Iqbal Website: heightenaccountants.co.uk
14 CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 , Jun21131 Best IT Services CEO (Oceania): Sydney JP Borg FAICD PCS Australia Pty Ltd, a company proving that an old company can still pioneer new tricks, is one of the leading voices in the provision of information processing and communications solutions in its industry. Servicing the SME, Corporate and Government markets, it provides its expert work with a client-first mentality to the Australian technology sector. Being Australia’s oldest IT company, PCS Australia is celebrating 50 years in operation this year in 2021. The company, therefore, has undergone a myriad of changes and adaptations over time that has ensured it can adapt, retaining the prestige and competitive nature that propelled it to prominence in the first place. Originally, it provided a bureau service for the printing and typesetting industry that the company was originally established for, pivoting to the IT market in the 80s with the rise of personal computing becoming a reality, which has allowed it to secure significantly lofty partnerships and continue its rise to the top. It had partnered with NEC Corporation, and PCS quickly achieved the status as its number one channel partner. Moreover, it held that position for 26 years . An achievement it is as proud of now as it was back then, ensuring everything it does is handled diligently and to the PCSA standard from network design to supply, installation, and handover of AV and Board conferencing systems – it can even offer surveillance systems and digital signage. Each of these solutions have contributed in it making a name for itself – especially in the Private Education sector – where it was able to provide a major market segment with student notebook programs and the management of back-end servers for over 30 years. As a CEO, therefore, Sydney Borg has always managed to make sure that he cultivates personal and in-depth relationships with his clients. This has allowed him to secure return custom again and again, as he and his company make themselves an invaluable business partnership that can add significant value to its client’s business, making sure to understand each of their requirements and rise to them appropriately. PCS Australia has in this manner been able to survive all sorts of changes and fluctuations in its industry, by ensuring that above all else, its clients are the backbone of its business; furthermore, this is something that has been reinforced by each element of the CEO’s own career. Syd has held many Executive ,non executive and voluntary Board positions throughout his career and still holds prominent positions such as President and chairman of several organisations for some 20 years. He began in Diesel engineering in the 70’s, completing management training regimens that made him understand every element of the company. Eventually, this led to him running his own business in the early 90s after being a highflying achiever in a role as a sales representative, pivoting towards IT services, which directed him inexorably towards being given PCS Australia as a channel partner. In 1991, his climb to the top culminated in buying out the 6 existing partners of PCS Australia and taking sole control of the company as its CEO, including its 50 staff and contractors. With the introduction of cloud, BYOD, and managed services, PCS Australia has seen plenty of new services enter its industry, making for a more dynamic field of competition than ever before. Therefore, PCS Australia responded by developing two new corporate applications for launch into industry verticals, remaining confident that the Finance and Hospitality Events industries will be as excited as ever to receive its high-end, stable, reliable work as those industries open up again. With discipline, understanding, and an unbeatable work ethic, Sydney Borg sets a good example for his team and ensures a prevailing atmosphere of encouragement and communication across the board. This, alongside the dedicated nature of the staff themselves, has made for a brilliant working environment, with Sydney himself ensuring PCS Australia remains a going concern amongst its peers by sitting on several Boards, looking forward to launching yet more businesses and opportunities as he looks towards the future. Company: PCS Australia Pty Ltd Contact: Sydney JP Borg FAICD Website: pcsa.com.au
CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 15 , Best Female Marketing & PR CEO: Erika Montgomery – USA Three Girls Media provides world-class marketing and public relations services for organisations of all sizes, raising their brand awareness and name recognition through both traditional and digital tactics, all while providing top-notch customer service. It designs unique marketing or public relations campaigns with each business’ specific goals and budget in mind. The agency designs compelling social media updates, SEO-rich blog posts, smartly targeted ads and attention-grabbing email marketing campaigns that promote its clients’ specific products and services. It also creates one-of-a-kind, SEO-rich websites that look fantastic as well as drive traffic. From the wireframe to copywriting and front- and back-end SEO, Three Girls Media designs and builds beautiful, functional sites. When it comes to public relations, whether the client needs to spread the word to the public, investors or the press, Three Girls Media has expertise in creating intriguing communications and media campaigns with clear messaging to highly targeted audiences. Speaking about Three Girls Media’s own brand, Erika Montgomery said, “Contrary to popular belief, Three Girls Media was not started by three women. When I launched the marketing and PR business, I was sure of Situated in the greater Seattle area is Three Girls Media Inc., founded by CEO Erika Montgomery. A boutique award-winning marketing and public relations agency, it works with clients in all industries worldwide. one thing: If you want to spread the word about something quickly, who should you tell? Three girls… and the news will spread like wildfire! The name was catchy, and the signature logo of girls gossiping enhanced the message perfectly.” Erika founded Three Girls Media in June of 2005. “At the time, I was at a crossroads. Following an award-winning eight-year public relations career, preceded by more than 15 years as a popular radio and TV host in the San Francisco Bay area, I was torn. Should I dive into another stressful corporate relations job with endless hours and thankless employers, or should I take another major career leap into something more rewarding?” It didn’t take her long to choose. With nothing more than a rough idea, a notepad and a $3,000 loan from a friend, the marketing and public relations agency, Three Girls Media Inc. was born. Three Girls Media’s success skyrocketed from its inception. Now a well-established content marketing and PR agency with an astonishing track record of success, Three Girls Media completely broke the mould of “traditional” public relations and marketing with a la carte services and satisfied clients who stay for campaign after campaign. Three Girls Media is proud to be different as an employer, too. It doesn’t just talk about families being first… it lives it! Whether that means dogs barking occasionally in the background or kids at staff meetings every now and then, each member of the team is encouraged to make whatever scheduling allowances are needed to ensure that the health and welfare of their families and themselves comes first. This is especially important to Erika as she recalls being told that she couldn’t leave work early to attend one of her son’s cello concerts or soccer games, or to do volunteer work at a children’s hospital with her Certified Service Dog. Ultimately, Erika is a relaxed and understanding leader. She believes in clear communication and compassion. She is an educator and loves mentoring those on her team and seeing them flourish and spread their wings. It begins with giving transparent directions and ensuring everyone has a complete understanding of the vision and goals. Ongoing communication helps projects progress seamlessly. Growing at the extraordinary pace that the agency has over the last couple of years, Erika has however found a regular challenge to be interviewing, hiring and training staff. It’s a time-consuming process but well worth it to find and retain a quality team. That being said, the opportunity for growth has been phenomenal. Erika has worked incredibly hard to build Three Girls Media’s brand awareness and name recognition and it’s clearly paying off. Three Girls Media is now looking towards a very bright future. Erika’s plan is to continue to grow the company in the coming years, adding new, larger clients and government contracts as well as new team members. The agency is on a projected path to double its net revenue this year if it stays at its current pace. When we asked Erika about her aspirations for her own career, she said, “I believe that setting a good example for other entrepreneurs is key. I love being able to help those who are starting out on their entrepreneurial journeys. I also plan to continue with many speaking engagements to a wide variety of business groups.” Company: Three Girls Media Inc. Contact: Erika Taylor Montgomery Email: [email protected] Web: www.threegirlsmedia.com May21745
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