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When she had her first daughter, Simone, she suddenly realized that she couldn’t be there at every moment watching over her. These days that rings even more true, now that she has three young daughters. Becoming a mother was really the seed that grew into venturing on her own with SoCal Survival Swimming. “Both my mom and grandma have pools and I rely on both to help with childcare so it’s imperative that my children know how to swim. I was familiar with this program because my aunt is an instructor but at the time the closest survival swim instructor…
There are two kinds of people in the world. Some adjust to everything and try to make the best out of it. In contrast, some have the high spirit to change some elements and contribute towards the betterment of everyone. Having the same spirit in her mind and heart, Liv Ryssdal Thorsen cemented up DigiLEAN to bring a change in the working culture of all the organizations to maximize the output. Behind the curtains From a very young age, Liv had the spark for innovation. She states, “Since I was a little girl, I enjoyed creating new concepts from almost…
Growing and leading a company is no easy task. “Stepping from a conventional job into running your own business, or if you’ve been running your own business for quite some time, is one of the most difficult things that you will ever do,” says Adam Strong, Founder of The Game Changers Experience. Today, Adam is a business strategist, author, and public speaker who specialises building purpose led, highly profitable and scaleable business in less than 12 months through a 5 step methodology. Adam had a challenging and inspiring upbringing. He says, “I don’t come from a wealthy background, and growing…
Wherever the art of supplying/donating medicine is loved, there is also a love for humanity. Since, as to diseases, they dwell into the habit of doing two things – to kill or to cause indefinite harm. Rodrigo Miranda who is the CEO of PegMed has had pursued his academic pursuit in Biology but was always instinctive of the environmental and human concerns surrounding him. His organization commenced out of his personal obligation when he encountered an event on the day of New Year’s eve back in the year 2017, where he was having dinner with his friend, and all of…
It is often said the best business ideas come from personal experiences and if you can channel the learnings from those experiences in a positive way that helps you create meaningful change in the marketplace, then you have a successful business. During over 25 years working in the life science industry working across many diverse functions in laboratory R&D and in clinical development, Jahanara Miotto, President, Metrendalytics Consultants, experienced repeated frustration around the inability to access to project, operational and financial information in a timely manner to drive better and faster business decisions. She would search around in various disconnected…
The healthcare industry is now in the midst of the most change its ever seen in its history. The technology wave that has disrupted so many other industries has now descended on healthcare. One such organization at the forefront and leading this change is Title21 Health Solutions. Title21 has risen to a leadership position in the immunotherapy, regenerative, and cell and gene therapy domains with their flexible, end-to-end integrated software platform. Lynn Fischer, CEO of Title21 Health Solutions, has some interesting insights to share from their successful journey. About Title21 Health Solutions For nearly 20 years, Title21 has been providing…
The healthcare industry is one of the most difficult and tough industries to transform, owing to the large number of legacy systems, coupled with the highly sensitive, personalized information. However, it’s not difficult for cloud computing. Over the last few years, cloud computing has been changing the way doctors, nurses, clinics, and hospitals deliver quality, cost-effective services to their patients. This transformation is being led by two forces: the economic importance to improve the quality of patient care and to cut costs. The cloud has the ability and capacity to revolutionize the healthcare sector by making it more efficient through…
Being able to help anyone is one of the noblest deeds to carry out at this time. Sinhue Noronha is changing countless lives in Africa by revamping the pharmaceutical industry in the Sub Saharan Continent . As the CEO of Africure Pharmaceuticals Limited, he is creating new career opportunities, reducing the outflow of currency for medicine, and providing essential medicine in large proportion at nominal rates. He is a strong believer in the fact that if anybody sets a goal to achieve something, then no aspect can stop him/her from achieving it, especially the age. The advent of Africure Pharmaceuticals…
Everyone is born with a unique purpose in life, a reason for being. Some people have a special purpose: to change the world. One such invigorating and inspiring leader is Matt McGuire, the CEO of SafeStamp®. Matt is on a mission to bring about a revolution in the pharmaceutical industry through his powerful anti-counterfeiting device, which has the potential to save countless lives as well as capture back billions in financial costs to pharmaceutical companies from counterfeiting. Origin Story of the CEO of SafeStamp® While Matt was a soldier deployed in Iraq, his curiosity led him to discover that insurgent…
For some, it is just to live selfishly, whereas some aim to make life for others better. Goran Beijer is leading a Swedish pharmaceutical company towards creating the next generation potent drugs, to help people suffering from erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. The company is developing a drug candidate named LIB-01 that is going to help men with these conditions in a new and improved way. He started working for pharma companies in the eighties and wanted from the start to contribute to improving people´s health and lives. He finds that the industry is full of talented and exciting people…