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Shaping the Childcare Landscape

Jackie Kardesh is the Senior Regional Director at KIDS & COMPANY and she talks about her company being a market disruptor as she and her team work to bring dedicated quality childcare to working class Americans.  The company came to the U.S. because she was shopping for the services that she developed with Kids & […]

Finding Multicultural Success

Val Olivera, CEO and Founder of VAL’S SERVICES came to Chicago by way of Brazil in 2009. She noticed that the cleaning business needed a professional company to take care of it’s clients with love. So, Olivera created a company that focused on high quality cleaning services.  Her special sauce? That would be treating her […]

Empowering Female Operated Businesses

Emilia DiMenco, President and Chief Executive Officer of Women’s Business Development Center, is a respected leader in empowering women through her work at the WBDC. In this interview, DiMenco talks about how important it is to fund women owned businesses as without it, their business ideas may begin and end as just ideas. She also […]

Noah Turner

Noah Turner is Senior Vice President of CBIZ Gibraltar Real Estate Services. His primary focus is consulting tenants in identifying, planning & negotiating for their office space requirements. Noah’s experience spans over 20+ years and he has worked with businesses in all industries around the Chicago Metropolitan area, as well as throughout the United States. […]

Val Olivera

 I founded Val’s Services in 2010 with the promise to deliver the best cleaning service in the Chicago area. After I moved to Chicago, I tried to find a thorough cleaning service like the one I used to have in my home town in Brazil. However, that was a very difficult task. I wanted to […]

Michael Jansen

An impassioned architect, urbanist, and entrepreneur, Michael has founded and led high-growth companies in the US and Asia for more than two decades. He studied architecture at Yale and Cambridge, earned a Fulbright Scholarship, and worked as an architect in India and China for several years leading the Asia practices of two major US-based international […]

Dick Burke

Richard Burke is the president and chief executive officer of Envoy Global. He is responsible for the development of the overall company strategy, marketing, sales, finance, business development and technology, while managing day-to-day operations. He has vast growth business and management experience as well as legal services insight. Prior to Envoy, Burke served as president […]

EXIT Strategy Realty

Provides real estate buying and selling services for clients in many local residential neighborhoods.

Zapwater Communications

Zapwater Communications is an award-winning integrated communications agency specializing in lifestyle brands. To our clients, we are partners, innovators, energizers and business-builders. We infuse every project with passion and dexterity. We integrate multidisciplinary services — digital engagement, experiential tactics, influencer and media relations – in combinations that drive bottom-line results.

Sean Chou

Sean Chou serves as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Catalytic. Prior to Catalytic, Sean served as the Chief Technology Officer of Fieldglass, and served as its Executive Vice President of Professional Services. Sean was responsible for product (development, hosting), strategy (marketing, product management), and services (professional services, support). He serves as a Member of […]