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This seven-episode series explores the biodiversity within Latin America, with a special focus on the Amazon Rainforest. In partnership with The Nature Conservancy in Latin America, ten leaders discuss a range of topics focused on biodiversity. These topics include bird species, freshwater protection, indigenous communities, regenerative agriculture, finance mechanisms, and policy. Join us over the next 7 weeks as we journey through Latin America to understand the region's biodiversity and learn about The Nature Conservancy's work in the region.The Biodiversity Series: Conversations from Latin AmericaEp. 1: Overview of the Amazon Rainforest and Biodiversity with Ian Thompson, Director to Accelerate Impact in the Latin America Region for The Nature ConservancyEp. 2: Biodiversity in Colombia: Birds with Tomas Walschburger, Senior Scientist in Colombia for The Nature ConservancyEp. 3: Freshwater Protection and Biodiversity with Silvia Benitez, Freshwater Director in Latin America for The Nature ConservancyEp. 4: The Role of Indigenous Communities in the Amazon Rainforest with Gabriela Celi, Coordinator of the Ecuadorian Amazon Strategy for The Nature Conservancy, and Isai Victorino, Community-Based Conservation Leader in Colombia for The Nature ConservancyEp. 5: Finance Mechanisms for Biodiversity with Daniel Ballesta Quintana, Director of Sustainable Debt in the Americas for The Nature Conservancy, and Julie Robinson, Belize Program Director for the Nature ConservancyEp. 6: Regenerative Agriculture with Mauricio Nunez Regueiro, Gran Chaco Lead for The Nature ConservancyEp. 7: Policy Driving Biodiversity with Catalina Gongora, Policy Leader in Colombia for The Nature Conservancy, and Karen Oliveira, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations in Brazil for The Nature Conservancy
This episode features a fireside chat recorded live at CES 2023. Ignazio Marchese, CIO Agriculture, CNH Industrial, joins Edo Segal, Co-Founder and CEO of Touchcast, to talk about how CNH Industrial is harnessing the power of the metaverse to revolutionize each step of the buyer's journey on this episode of the .metaverse podcast. Ignazio Marchese is the CIO Agriculture, CNH Industrial. Ignazio has worked at CNH Industrial for nearly a decade as the Chief Information Officer for the Latin America Region. In this role, he manages a team of 110 people across all IT functions including finance and financial services, manufacturing, sales as well as the IT infrastructure and End User Service. Check out more from Touchcast: https://twitter.com/Touchcast https://www.linkedin.com/company/touchcast Touchcast is the world's leading enterprise metaverse company. A pioneer in the use of Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence, we bring people together by breaking down the barriers of space, time, and language.
These satellite constellations aim to provide connectivity for various markets and industries. However, there has been a shift in the market towards smaller, more affordable satellite options, known as small sats or small satellites. These small sats offer a cost-effective option for companies using satellite technology for IoT connectivity. In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Oscar Delgado, HEAD Aerospace, and Raghu Das, Aniara Spacecom LLC, join Ryan Chacon to discuss just this, plus various other topics centered around satellite IoTOscar Delgado is the IoT Sales & Business Development Director within HEAD AEROSPACE GROUP, focusing on IoT Business strategy and execution of the Sales plan of the Skywalker Space IoT constellation service (own Internet-of-Things (IoT) LEO constellation) and Business Development for Earth observation (E.O.) satellites business from HEAD AEROSPACE GROUP. He holds more than twenty-five years of experience in the international business development arena in the ICT sector, of which fifteen-year in the IIoT & SATIot Industry and the New Space sector last ten years. Before joining HEAD Aerospace, Oscar worked with SATIot and ICT for ORBCOMM (USA) / SKYWAVE (CANADA), TELDAT (SPAIN), DOMINION (SPAIN), MICROCITY (BRAZIL), ATOS ORIGIN (NETHERLANDS), acted as an independent consultant for QUECLINK, M3CORP, and ITO1 in Latin America Region. Sound knowledge of developing business in emerging markets in Energy, Telecommunication, Mining, Utilities (SmartGrid), Oil & Gas, Retail, Transportation, Banking, Industry, Government, and Services sectors. Oscar originally comes from Perú and holds a degree in Electronic & Electrical Engineering (UNIFEI/Brazil), a Master's degree (UNICAN/Spain) in Computer Science, a Master's in Business with China and Asia - Pacific (FUNIBER/Spain) – ongoing and Specialized (Perú) at Electricity Sector for Latin America. He has spoken at several international vertical events in Latin America, Europe, and ASIA.HEAD Aerospace is a one-stop-shop service provider with integrated access from multiple Earth observation (E.O.) satellite constellations to complex turnkey geospatial solutions. A global network of more than 120 partners accesses HEAD's centralized geodata hub of satellite imagery collected from more than 86 on-orbit satellites with image resolutions ranging from 0.3m to 1m, tri-stereo imaging, true-color night imaging, hyperspectral, video from space, C-Band, X-band, and L-Band SAR. By 2023, the E.O. constellation expects to be complete with 130+ satellites. The strategic partnership with Chinese satellite operators enables the supply of satellite imagery from Chinese sensors across the globe. These industry-leading satellites provide enormous capacity and monitoring capabilities due to frequent revisit times from the ever-growing number of sensors. A revisit capacity of 15 minutes is possible by our submeter resolution optical satellites from 56 in orbit in the morning now and every 15 minutes anywhere from 9 am to 5 pm or daily everywhere with 138 in the complete deployment of the Jilin-1 Constellation. Next to the E.O. business unit, HEAD operates its own Space-based Internet-of-Things constellation, Skywalker, with eight on-orbit satellites as part of the 48 satellites constellation plan in 2025. The Skywalker Constellation has a data collection capability from ground-based terminals every hour, down to a few minutes, depending on latitude. It also carries AIS, VDES, and ADS-B payloads for ship detection and airplane monitoring services. HEAD, with eight satellites in orbit, provides data collection at least six times a day worldwide, enabling immediate services to the market. HEAD has representation globally, with subsidiaries in France and the Netherlands and local employees on each continent.Raghu Das has spent his career building, operating, and investing in space-related businesses in privately held and publicly traded companies. Raghu currently serves as a Venture Partner at E2MC, where he analyzes and evaluates various investment opportunities in the space sector. Raghu also heads Aniara Spacecom LLC, a boutique space advisory company that serves an international client base, including Head Aerospace. Raghu has invested and played a strategic management role with several new space start-ups, including Astrome Technologies, supported and backed by the Indian Institute of Science. Raghu previously served as the co-founder of ProtoStar Limited, a company that owned and operated two geosynchronous satellites sold to Intelsat Ltd. and SES S.A. in 2010. Raghu was co-founder of Helios Wire Corporation, an S-Band IoT operator acquired by EchoStar Corporation in 2019. Raghu also founded Ramaspace, a Luxembourg-based company engaged in space mining exploration. From 1994 to 2003, Raghu held senior positions at Loral Space & Communications Ltd., including as Managing Director of Loral Skynet, Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA), and General Manager of Loral CyberStar, Indian Ocean Region. Raghu holds a degree in Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, India, and a master's from George Washington University, USA.ANIARA is a consulting and advisory company specializing in Satellite and Satellite services focusing on Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and other emerging markets. ANIARA is an aggregator and distributor of capacity on various high-demand GEO and LEO satellites and provides turnkey solutions. Aniara has offices in the United States and India and continues to focus on the communications and high technology sectors. ANIARA personnel is well known and respected for their ability to execute challenging projects under difficult conditions successfully. Their team has strong core industry expertise in technology, business and marketing, legal, finance, and regulation. Aniara has also built a global network of external consultants to augment their knowledge on a project-by-project basis.
Ignacio launched his career as an Audit Manager at the “Big Four” firm Deloitte & Touche, where he helped make a positive impact for clients such as Direct TV, Perry Ellis, Florida Power & Light, Elizabeth Arden, Baptist Health System and the Miami Dolphins. After leaving Deloitte & Touche, he worked at MasterCard as the Director of Accounting for the Latin America Region. Upon making the leap into the hospitality industry, Ignacio worked at Shula's Steak Houses for five years as Vice President of Finance and was instrumental to the company's sustained financial success. From 2011 to 2014, he joined 50 Eggs Restaurant Group as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, where he managed all business functions of the 400-employee company, including negotiating and closing the $24-million sale of its Lime Fresh Mexican Grill division to Ruby Tuesday. He also negotiated development deals with the Sands Corp and assisted in the development and operation of James Beard Award semi-finalists Yardbird Southern Table & Bar and Khong River House, among others. In 2014, he joined Grove Bay Hospitality Group as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. In just a few years, Grove Bay Hospitality Group has experienced tremendous growth and success while receiving numerous awards along the way. In 2018, Restaurant Hospitality Magazine named Grove Bay Hospitality Group as one of the Top 25 Innovative Multi-concept Restaurant Groups in the United States, it was listed by Entrepreneur Magazine at #250 for the Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America and was awarded the 2018 Business of the Year by the South Florida Business Journal. In addition, Ignacio has been recognized in the community by the South Florida Business Journal Magazine as one of its “Top Movers and Shakers” and in 2018, he was recognized by Ernst & Young as an Entrepreneur of the Year Florida Awards finalist. This award recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellent and extraordinary success in areas such as financial performance, innovation and commitment to their businesses and communities. In 2020, Ignacio was recognized as one of the most influential restaurant CEO's in the country by Nation's Restaurant News. A true reflection of a career both diverse and successful at every milestone. Ignacio holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Florida, a Master of Accounting from Florida International University, and a Certificate of Foodservice Management from Cornell University. He also serves as Board Member – Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association.
Sharon joins the Chat to share her incredible journey, which inspired her along the way, how to get the younger generation interested in a finance career, and why she is so excited about the future of our industry. Most folks in our industry think of Sharon as the ultimate volunteer who consistently gives her time and heart to too many initiatives to name but the CFA Society locally, regionally, nationally, and globally, has greatly benefited from her commitment to giving back. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and SMU earned the CFA charter in 2000 and has been volunteering since. She held positions at Fidelity where she managed the Money Market Information Center, Citigroup (formerly Associates), and ALM First Financial Advisors where she retired from the position of Chief Operating Officer. Sharon served on the boards of the CFA Society of Austin, Dallas Fort-Worth (serving as President), and Texas, in addition to serving as the Presidents Council Representative for the South-Central US and Latin America Region. In 2014, Sharon retired to the Hill Country, while continuing to do what she does best -volunteering for various CFA projects and societies, and enjoying her grandkids, friends, and family. Sharon's legacy in the asset management industry is her unlimited amount of compassion, empathy, and kindness with everyone she interacts with. Disclaimer: All podcast discussions represent only the views and opinions of the host and guests. This podcast in no way constitutes investment advice and is not an offer to buy or sell any products or services.
In this episode of the K2 Sales podcast, we have invited Gerry Stefanatoson to the show. Gerry is the former General Manager of Pfizer Essential Health and has over 30 years of global pharmaceutical and medical device experience. He started his career in 1988 at Abbott in their Nutritional Division and has acquired sales and marketing management experience in positions with pharmaceutical products invarious therapeutic areas, generics, legacy brands, and medical devices.With Abbott's spin-off of their Hospital Products Division in 2003, he moved to Hospira, where he held key roles such as Vice President of Canada and Latin America Region and Corporate Vice President and President of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. He moved to Pfizer, leading Pfizer Essential Health and has led key acquisitions and integrations, turning around several businesses in Canada and International markets.In our chat with Gerry, he shares his leadership journey with stories and experiences that produced game-changing results in the organization. We also took a deep dive into the fundamentals of good leadership and his top 3 things to help you get started on your early stages of leadership and career development. This is an exciting episode you will surely love!To get in touch with Gerry and get to learn more from his experience and consistent record of success, you can follow him on LinkedIn Subscribe, Leave a comment, and review of K2 Sales podcast by visiting:https://www.k2perform.com/resources/podcastYou can also follow K2 Sales Podcast on their socials:Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Youtube | Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrebarcaui/ Professor / Author / Speaker Senior consultant with more than 20 years working within the management field. Postdoctoral in Administration with FEA/USP, PhD in the Administration with the Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) and with a Masters Degree in Management Systems at Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil. Also holds a Master Coach Certificate by the Behavioral Coaching Institute (BCI). Bachelor Degrees both in Psychology as well as on Information Technology. Worked as the Project Office Manager of Hewlett-Packard Consulting for the Latin America Region and before that worked for IBM as a Project and Services Manager. Adjunct Professor of the Administration Department of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Coordinator of the Project Management and Information Technology MBAs for FGV/RJ - Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Brazil). Co-founder of PMI Chapter Rio de Janeiro and member of its Council. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) with PMI, Scrum Master with Scrum Alliance, and Safe Agilist. Conference speaker and author. Specialties: Project Management, Agility, Executive Coaching, Behavioral&Cognitive Therapy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pipocaagil/message
On this episode of the Manufacturing Alliance Podcast, Christina Fuges of MoldMaking Technology and I travelled to Mexico for the first Meximold 2019 trade show. While there, we sat down with Natalia Ortega, Editor in Chief for Plastics Technology Mexico, and Christopher Day, General Sales Manager for the Latin America Region for StackTeck. We talked about how the industry is growing in Mexico due to innovation, automation, tooling up with technology, and bringing on skilled people. Mexico is embracing the culture of manufacturing and is becoming a global supplier hub for the plastic injection molding industry. Natalia and Chris have embraced the change and are adapting to the challenges that come along with it. Follow Natalia and Chris: Website: www.pt-mexico.com LinkedIn: Natalia Ortega LinkedIn: pt-mexico-revista Facebook: plasticsmexico/ Website: stackteck.com LinkedIn: Christopher Day LinkedIn: StackTeck
Live from the 67th Regular Convention of the LCMS, Rev. Joel Fritsche, who serves as a missionary in the Latin America Region with the LCMS Office of National Mission, based in the Dominican Republic, joins Kip Allen to talk about how to spread the Lutheran message in a predominately Roman Catholic environment.
Flavia Tonioli is the City of Miami Beach’s Sustainability Manager. In this role, Flavia leads the sustainability efforts at the City of Miami Beach with the goal of incorporating sustainability into capital projects, operations and regulations through strategic policy, while improving efficiency, cost and longevity. Previously, Flavia was with The Nature Conservancy as Associate Director of Development for the Latin America Region, where she worked collaboratively with cross-functional teams amongst multiple operating units to advance business deals, develop fundraising pipelines and contribute to the strategic planning and development process for conservation programs. Flavia was also with NOAA as a Senior Researcher, where she advised the implementation of policies, plans and strategic management for sustainable fisheries in Florida and the Caribbean. Flavia Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Climate and sustainability issues facing Miami Beach Leading sustainability at the city-level in a red state Public-private partnerships used to advance sustainability Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Flavia's Final Five Question Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? I think number one is be persistent. Sometimes things are not easy. You might get a lot of no's, but if you're persistent and create a strong baseline and strong arguments and have good data, your argument to sell it at some point you will be able to do it. So just be persistent. Even though it might take years, at some point you can do this. At the same time, be patient because a lot of times it's very frustrating that you cannot implement some things, that for you might make the most sense in the world, but when you talk to other folks it might not. You always have to look at the three different pillars of sustainability, right? So if it doesn't make a lot of financial sense, the economics are not there, you're probably not going to get it. So this is one of the things that we are always looking at. I think also your network is extremely important. Network with your fellows. Fellows are extremely helpful. In government and I feel like we have several different networks that are extremely useful to build that bridge and to make that connection. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? I'm really excited to see so many cities being proactive and not relying on the feds or on the state, and how a lot of cities are working together on a more regional level. I think this is really exciting and I think a lot of that has to do with our leadership and with our president. And on the corporate side the same thing. There's so many corporations that are saying that this is important to them. Pushing for a sustainable supply chain and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. So, I feel like it's just really cool to see that because I remember the day after the election, coming to work and it looked like a funeral. Right? Everybody was really depressed and was just really sad. So, I was really excited to see all the cities coming together and just being proactive, and corporates too. What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? I read so much at work that in my free time, I just want to go outside and play. I don't want it to be able to. I don't want to be ready. I'm not the person to really recommend any books. But all the sustainability folks that I know have the book Drawdown by Paul Hawken on their table. Including myself, I have that book. I think one that I really like is from the founder from Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing. I love Patagonia and I just love how they can really balance business and sustainability. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in the work that you do? I think all the networks such as the Urban Sustainability Directors Netowrk (USDN). USDN is definitely my favorite organization by far. I use their resources every day. I feel like I'm so connected to so many different sustainability folks here in the US and in Canada because of USDN and they have several consultants that we can use to help us develop work. They also provide funding. We also have SSDN and FSDN here in Florida, it's specifically for folks here, which for us is extremely helpful given that we are in a red state and all the things that we're trying to develop. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work that you're leaving at Miami Beach? They can go to our portal, which is actually a brand new portal: mbrisingabove.com. There you can see everything that we are doing regarding resiliency and sustainability. We are also creating a resiliency app that will be a virtual tour of our resiliency projects. So this is coming soon too.
Reach Beyond Podcast: Stories of hope, inspiration and transformation from around the world
(July 1, 2015) - It’s out of the news, but what’s today’s truth about the horrible Ebola epidemic that struck West Africa? Has Ebola been eradicated or is it still a danger? In this episode, Jon Fugler and Reach Beyond President Wayne Pederson place an audio Skype call to West Africa and talk with Reach Beyond missionary Lee Sonius. Lee has been our liaison with our national partner in Sierra Leone where we’ve been involved in “Make Ebola Kick the Bucket.” After that quick update, we’ll direct our attention to Latin America. Jon and Wayne welcomed missionary Dan Shedd into the studio before he and his family left the U.S. for their next term in Ecuador. Dan is the VP and Executive Director of the Reach Beyond’s Latin America Region, where he and his wife, Sheryl, have served for over 25 years. God is doing great things in a part of the world that is on the heart of many missions-minded people in the U.S. Dan tells the story of the victories of media and healthcare and even shares about some service opportunities in the region. LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Background on the Bucket Brigade Latin America Missions Opportunities Community Development Service Opportunities in Ecuador Ministry News From Latin America HCJB FM and AM