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Carlonda Reilly Increases Presence and Power of Women in STEM

Carlonda Reilly has never been worried much about the expectations of other people. As Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Kennametal, and one of the few female executives in the STEM space, her life is a testament to the fact that gifted and passionate women worldwide are focusing their eyes on scientific and technological horizons once thought unreachable. Since 2018, Reilly has served as CTO of Kennametal, which has thousands of employees in nearly 40 countries…

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Workday Workers in Good Hands with HR Leader Ashley Goldsmith

Ashley Goldsmith, 49, is a seasoned HR leader with a passion for developing top talent and cultivating value-led, performance-driven organizations. Since 2013, she’s served as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief People Officer (CPO) of Workday, one of the world’s top software vendors. As CPO, she’s responsible for all HR functions…

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Trailblazing CFO Tracey T. Travis Makes Her Way to the Top

Tracey T. Travis’s career proves that a winding path through the inner workings of numerous industries can lead to success as a CFO at a major global company. Diversification has always been her strength. Travis began her career at General Motors, where she started as an engineer and progressed through various financial roles, including operating on the controller’s staff, where she worked on international product programs, joint ventures, and divestitures…

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The Stewarding Nature of Johnson & Johnson’s Peter Fasolo

As the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of the largest health company in the world, Peter Fasolo has a lot on his plate. He is the steward of all of Johnson & Johnson’s workforce, which includes more than 130,000 employees across 60 countries. While the company remains one of the most admired organizations in the world, the daily grind of business can take a physical, mental, and emotional toll on all employees…

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CEO Leena Nair Shows that Hard Work is Always in Fashion

If you had told 10-year-old Leena Nair that one day she would be running a legendary French fashion house, she would have laughed. That’s because at the time she was still in India, cycling 24 miles to get to school each day, at a time when girls were constantly told what they could do, regardless of their ambitions…

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Ivy League Dropout Greg Brockman Is Leading the AI Revolution

From a young age, Greg Brockman showed a proclivity for STEM-related programs. In 2006, while still in high school, he won a silver medal for the U.S. team at the International Chemistry Olympiad held in South Korea. The next year, he was a finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, a national pre-college science contest…

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