Mars has launched a $250 million Sustainability Investment Fund to scale climate solutions across its supply chains—aiming to speed up innovation in low-emission agriculture, next-gen ingredients, and recyclable packaging. The announcement comes as Mars reports another year of emissions progress: a 1.9% drop in absolute greenhouse gases for 2024, bringing total cuts to 16.4% since 2015…
Adriel Sanchez operates on a simple premise: technology should adapt to people, not the other way around. As Chief Marketing Officer at WalkMe, he leads the company’s global marketing strategy with a clear goal to remove the barriers that prevent users from working efficiently across digital tools. He is best known for championing WalkMe Discovery, a product that goes beyond traditional usage metrics to reveal what users are actually trying to accomplish within applications, and where they get stuck…
Ed Hallen, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Klaviyo, has built his career on a straightforward principle: if a customer has a real problem and you solve it, they’ll pay you and tell others. That early, almost scrappy mindset continues to guide Klaviyo’s long-term approach to growth, even as the company has gone public and scaled to thousands of employees…
For Erik Troan, giving people the room to think and the support to act is at the core of how great software gets built. As Chief Technology Officer at Pendo.io, Troan leads a 110-person product engineering team, overseeing everything from architecture to deployment and monitoring. But rather than command decisions from the top, he focuses on building the right environment for smart decisions to surface. “If I’m making a decision, there’s probably something wrong,” he says…
Kevin Wang is Chief Product Officer at Braze, where he has played a central role in shaping the company’s product direction since its earliest days. From the start, Wang believed that mobile technology would fundamentally transform enterprise engagement. That conviction led him to leave a consulting role at Accenture and join Braze, then a scrappy startup operating out of a small WeWork in New York as its eighth employee…
Key Executives is pleased to announce The Top 25 Executives of Washington, D.C. for 2025. While the nation’s capital is often defined by its proximity to federal power, it is equally a hub for sectors that demand precision, trust, and long-range thinking—from national security software and biotechnology to financial infrastructure, healthcare, and advanced analytics…
As Chief People and Business Officer of Outreach, Leslie Pendergrast sees everyone as a leader, regardless of job title. That idea now informs hiring, training, development, and performance management across the company. Pendergrast has also prioritized a more holistic approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion, treating it not as a side initiative but as a fundamental layer of all people operations..
Meta’s commitment to sustainability is reaching new heights through its recent partnership with Invenergy, securing 791 MW of additional clean power for its data centers. With this agreement, Meta expands its renewable energy portfolio to a total of 1,800 MW, drawing from solar and wind projects across Ohio, Arkansas, and Texas. This collaboration is particularly timely, as the demand for AI-driven data centers continues to rise…
For Michael Acton Smith, a better business begins with a calmer mind. As Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Calm, the mental wellness app known for its guided meditations and sleep stories, Smith is proving that emotional clarity and mindfulness are not just personal assets—they’re entrepreneurial essentials. After years of nonstop hustle across multiple startups, he hit a personal low marked by fatigue and stress…
Jesse Levinson won’t declare victory just yet, not even when his team’s AI is already performing at superhuman levels. Instead, he focuses on measurable improvement. At Zoox, the autonomous mobility company he co-founded and now serves as Chief Technology Officer, Levinson is leading a new era of transportation defined by clean, safe, bidirectional electric vehicles built specifically for riders. “We never say we’re done,” he explains…
