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Liquid Agents
Healthcare:
Providing Superlative
Assistance in
Healthcare Stafng
Afour Technologies:
The Hub of Cutting
Edge Technology
Canvas InfoTech
Inc.:
Fullling Stafng
Needs Efciently
Cynet:
Making a Mark of
Excellence in the
eld of Cyber-Security
IPSec:
Ensuring Optimum
Security for your
Business Information
Climate Control
Systems Inc.:
Helping Greenhouse
Owners Maximize
Crop Yields
GIV Solutions:
Making the World a Better
Place to Live
Leshinsky Finance:
Helping Businesses Reach
Optimal Financial
Performance
Mvix:
Delivering Top-notch
Content-rich Digital
Signage Solutions
B&D Consulting:
Innovating for a Safer
World with Intelligent
Solutions

f Henry Ford had questioned people what they wanted, would they really have
Isaid ‘faster horses’?
In the realms of business and innovation, Henry Ford was one of the world’s greatest
innovators and a quotable aristocrat. Perhaps the most famous quote credited to Ford
goes: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”
But there are no such real evidences which could prove that Ford ever stated this, but
words applied to him still portray that true innovation is done without customer
input. Though one of the most successful capitalists in American history had said it,
it wouldn’t make the proverb any more appropriate.
In fact, there is a possibility, that customers might have told Ford exactly what they
wanted – explicitly, a faster mode of transportation. They might not have talked
about the need for a combustion engine, but that’s the part of art and science of
understanding customer feedback.
The customers do not always know the form factors that are available to them, and
that’s exactly where your opportunity lies to innovate and cash out your innovation
as a businessman. Clients often understand their problems and communicate enough
information that you can use to grow your business. Here are some insights on how
to get optimized customer feedback.
Most of the times, customers know what they want but are unable to articulate it
properly. So, you have to ask precise questions that would allow you to collect
perceptions to be used for your innovation. Studies show that giving a client too
many choices often nets you poor and disorganized feedback, but it’s also important
to give them the opportunity to bring up something that you haven’t anticipated.
You should also ask about their personal or business problems. Never ask feature-
based questions, if you are selling and innovating with technology for small
businesses. Because, they aren’t thinking about technology features, they are more
focused on making money and saving time. So, always ask questions around their
problem statement and then bridge the gap with your talent and innovation.
To get a broader scope of responses and valuable feedbacks, reach out to your best
existing and desired target customers. If you aren’t sure what and how your
customers think, select an evocative number of people and ask them. Surprisingly,
customers are more likely to provide you feedbacks if you actually ask them. But,
ﬁrst assure that they are true buyers of your product – if the responders aren’t going
to buy your product, their responses would neither help you nor them.
Conclusively, innovation could be customer driven most of the times, but we need to
play safe and keep our visions clear. Bag in all the constructive criticism since
without criticism there's no success and innovation.
Editorial
Is Necessity
really the
mother of
Invention?
Poonam Yadav

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Afour Technologies:
The Hub of Cutting Edge Technology
B&D Consulting:
Innovating for a Safer World
with Intelligent Solutions
Canvas InfoTech Inc.:
Fullling Stafng Needs Efciently
Climate Control Systems Inc.:
Helping Greenhouse Owners
Maximize Crop Yields
Pioneer Vista Quality / Quantity
Quality team not
quantitive team
TECH FACTS
Accessible Technology:
Redening The Workplace
Workodynamics
What makes a company
the best place to work for?
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Surng Ahead of the Trend:
How to spot an opportunity and grow?

Cynet:
Making a Mark of Excellence
in the eld of Cyber-Security
GIV Solutions:
Making the World a Better Place to Live
Leshinsky Finance:
Helping Businesses Reach
Optimal Financial Performance
LiquidAgents Healthcare:
Providing Superlative Assistance
in Healthcare Stafng
Mvix -
Delivering Top-notch Content-rich
Digital Signage Solutions
Contents
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IPSec:
Ensuring Optimum Security for
your Business Information
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ompanies with an innovative approach tend to exhibit a common set of traits that foster excellence,
Cproductivity and camaraderie. In this ever changing industry scenario, the biggest challenge faced by
the new entrants in the market is to keep-up with the pace of advancement and automation. With rapid
digitization and the advent of modern technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality, organizational
training has become an inevitable part of the same. One of the main goals of an organizational training program
is to empower employees to increase their job performance, which in turn drive results that support business
objectives. Today, there is a dire need to train more employees, more often due to rapidly changing systems and
policies. So, companies need to keep a balance between employee retaining policy and revenue generation
aspects, to be the best from the rest.
To outshine from others, companies have already started focusing on creating innovative training plans and
provide interactive scenarios, simulations, sports and exercises that enhance the ingenuity of an organization.
In order to highlight some exceptional examples which are preeminently outperforming their peers, we have
come up with an issue of “The 20 Best Companies to Watch 2017.” In this issue, we have enlisted such
companies who are ahead of the tough competition, in terms of technological advancement, workplace
environment, offering the best products and services with an innovational aspect.
Listed for being a true example of self-belief, consistency, and transparency, is AFour Technologies, offering
turnkey software engineering services – from Development, QA, to Automation. One of best companies
functioning as a data security consultant is B&D Consulting, Inc., which is helping various organizations to
develop a secure architecture for their businesses. Canvas InfoTech is a consortium of seasoned consultants
with solid experience, working together in delivering success in ERP implementation, detailed business
requirements gathering, creating SRSs, developing Web based applications, and building robust test cases for
ERP implementations. Listed for manufacturing exceptional greenhouse automation systems, since 1985, is
Climate Control Systems Inc., helping to achieve a better crop while saving precious grower time. To support
people and their businesses with the assurance of better cyber-protection enters Cynet, a leader in advanced
threat detection and response, providing its holistic cyber-security platform to enterprises throughout the globe.
GIV Solutions is an IT company which is making the world a better place to live by making the cities, the
infrastructure, the transportation, the utilities and enterprises smarter.
Among others is IPSec, one of Australia’s leading IT security companies, strives to ensure the protection of
business information with its specialization in information asset security. LiquidAgents Healthcare is listed for
serving healthcare facilities by providing proven, experienced healthcare professionals, staffing flexibility,
industry-leading credentialing methods and dedicated customer support. Lastly, one of the best companies in the
industry and a leading provider of content-rich digital signage is Mvix, whose solutions create memorable onsite
digital experiences.
So, flip through the amazing folios for insights on organizations that have proven themselves and are
exceptionally keeping up with the market needs. Do not miss out on some important executive acumen from
industry experts and insightful articles from the editorial desk.
Innovate and Strategize
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ManagementCompany Name
3GC Group
3gcgroup.com
Henry Park
Founder,
CEO & Chairman
3GC Group services clients around converged networks with
core expertise and experience across multiple IT disciplines.
Afour Technologies
afourtech.com
Subodh Parulekar
Co-founder & CEO
Afour Technologies is an ISO ISMS 27001:2013 and ISO QMS
9001:2015 certified organization that offers turnkey software
engineering services – from Development, QA, to Automation.
B & D Consulting Inc.
b-dconsulting.com
Jeff Bearden
CEO & President
Canvas InfoTech Inc.
canvasinfotech.com
Canvas InfoTech is a consortium of seasoned consultants with solid
experience, working together in delivering success in ERP
implementation, detailed business requirements gathering, creating
SRSs, developing Web based applications, and building robust test
cases for ERP implementations.
Coupa Software
coupa.com
Rob Bernshteyn
CEO
A cloud platform for business spend, Coupa combines
e-procurement, expense management, and e-invoicing
capabilities in the spend management industry’s only unified
cloud platform.
Cynet
cynet.com
Eyal Gruner
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Cynet is a leader in advanced threat detection and response,
providing its holistic cyber-security platform to enterprises
across the globe.
E.M.M.A. International
Consulting Group
emmainternational.com
Carmine Jabri
CEO & President
E.M.M.A. International Consulting Group, Inc. is a global
leader in management consulting services, with headquarters in
Farmington Hills, MI.
GIV Solutions
giv-solutions.com
Meir Givon
CEO
Intellect
intellect.com
Romeo Elias
Founder,
President & CEO
Intellect is an award winning leader in SaaS Business Process
Management (BPM) software, empowering everyone to
innovate.
B&D Consulting is a dedicated cyber security company and
also the premier service provider to government organizations
by providing cost effective solutions to assist non-profitable
organizations in meeting their mission objectives.
GIV solutions is an IT company which is making the world
a better place to live by making the cities, the infrastructure,
the transportation, the utilities and enterprises smarter.
Climate Control
Systems Inc.
climatecontrol.com
Climate Control Systems Inc. has been manufacturing
greenhouse automation systems since 1985. Our greenhouse
automation software and solutions help achieve a better crop
while saving precious grower time.
Brief
Alok Bhatia
Co-founder & President
Eric Labbate
Founder & CEO
THE

ManagementCompany Name
Intuit Inc.
intuit.com
Brad Smith
Chairman & CEO
Intuit is inventing new solutions to solve important problems,
perfecting those solutions and delighting their customers.
IPSEC AUSTRALIA
ipsec.com.au
Scott Lidgett
Co-founder &
Managing Director
IPSec is one of Australia’s leading specialists in information
protection, offering security consulting and professional services
to some of Australia’s most recognizable brands.
LESHINSKY
FINANCE LLC.
leshinskyfinance.com
Michael Leshinsky
President
LiquidAgents Healthcare
liquidagents.com
LiquidAgents Healthcare serves healthcare facilities by
providing proven, experienced healthcare professionals,
staffing flexibility, industry-leading credentialing methods and
dedicated customer support.
NWN Corp.
nwnit.com
Mont Phelps
CEO
NWN helps customers solve business problems with proven,
relevant IT solutions and services.
RSM US LLP
rsmus.com
Joe Adams
Managing Partner &
Chief Executive Officer
RSM US LLP is a limited liability partnership and the U.S.
member firm of RSM International, a global network of
independent audit, tax, and consulting firms.
Sprint
sprint.com
Marcelo Claure
CEO
Fourth largest mobile network operator in the U.S., Sprint is an
American telecommunications holding company that provides
wireless services and is an internet service provider.
Symantec Corporation
symantec.com
Greg Clark
CEO
Zuora Inc.
zuora.com
Tien Tzuo
Founder and CEO
Zuora is the leading Subscription Economy® evangelist,
providing the only SaaS platform that automates all subscription
order-to-cash operations in real-time for any busines
Leshinsky Finance specializes in business models, real estate
investing, business valuations, investments, bookkeeping and
accounting systems, financial analysis, auditing and tax work.
Symantec operates one of the world’s largest cyber intelligence
networks, sees more threats, and protects more customers from
the next generation of attacks.
Mvix Inc.
mvixusa.com
Mvix is a leader in turnkey digital signage, offering content-rich
digital signage solutions that create memorable digital
experiences in corporate offices, healthcare facilities, school
campuses, restaurants and more.
Brief
Sheldon Arora
Founder & CEO
Mike Kilian
Senior Director of
Business Development
THE

Established in 2007, as a software engineering
company with an excellent track record of over 10
years and a singular focus on quality, AFour
Technologies is a true example of self-belief, consistency,
and transparency.
The company is a hub of every cutting-edge technology in
software engineering ─ Hyperconvergence, SDN,
Virtualization, Next Generation Data Center Technologies,
Networking, Enterprise Mobility.
Afour Technologies provides 360° Software Product
Engineering Services like Software Design and
Development, UX Design, Independent Testing, DevOps,
Cloud, IoT, Big Data, and Analytics.
Till date, AFour Technologies has been able to bring
together some of the best and brightest minds in software
engineering.
A Passionate Industry Veteran
Mr. Subodh Parulekar is the Co-founder and CEO of
AFour Technologies. He has been leading and delivering
technology solutions for over 20 years in software
engineering startups and large enterprises which include
companies like Aztecsoft, Metawave Communications,
Nortel Networks, and Honeywell. As an entrepreneur,
Subodh holds very high values for himself and his
company. He has a considerable amount of experience in
Software Engineering, Project management, Solutions
Architecture, Sales, and Marketing. Subodh holds a
Master’s Degree in Systems and Computer Engineering
from Carleton an MBA from the University of Washington.
When Employees and Clients are the Priority
For AFour Technologies, creating an employee friendly
environment is the topmost priority. The company invests
heavily in its employees by providing a variety of training
programs that help them improve their skills and grow
professionally. The company helps its employees to set up a
career plan. To maintain a healthy work-life balance,
AFour Technologies offers flexible working hours and
shifts. The employees can even work from home. To
encourage and appreciate its employees, the organization
also has rewards and recognition programs every month. It
also looks after the health of its employees; therefore, it
regularly organizes Zumba and Yoga classes to keep
everyone fit and healthy.
Since inception, AFour Technologies has worked on several
projects. However, for the company, the most exciting
project involved a real-time audio transcription solution
from calls between clients and businesses. The organization
developed a dynamic solution leveraging some of the latest
open source technologies, and designed a solution for
scalability and performance both horizontally and vertically.
Tough Days Don’t Last Long
The journey of AFour Technologies has been an exciting
roller-coaster ride. Started with a small team of highly
motivated individuals, the company now boasts of more
than two hundred fifty employees. The biggest challenge
they faced was “Competition”. The company wanted to
differentiate itself from other companies in the industry. It
stood out from the crowd by delivering high quality work
constantly, and it not only met its clients’ expectations but
also exceeded them.
There were times when the company realized some pieces
of business or few strategies were not working. To make
things right, they had to take a few tough decisions but
eventually, everything settled down. AFour Technologies
believes, the technology industry is the hardest industry to
keep-up with, and the company is lucky enough to hire
talent with all the right combinations of technology,
domain, and software engineering skills.
When the Motto is to ‘Make It Happen’
AFour Technologies has a strong “make it happen” attitude,
which helps the company to overcome any tough situation.
Employees have contributed greatly to the success of the
THE
10 NOVEMBER2017
The Hub of Cutting Edge Technology

company and AFour Technologies is fortunate to have such
a loyal and hard-working bunch of people. Consistency also
plays a big role in the success of the organization. It is
something that can be easily achieved with persistent
performance, constantly meeting commitments, deadlines,
and by providing top-class service. AFour Technologies
always works on sharpening its existing skillsets, and
making forays into new and upcoming technologies, which
is a part of its DNA. Transparency is a big need in this
digital age, and AFour Technologies demonstrates this by
diligently transparently sharing all the data with its
customers, and being open to receiving accolades
criticisms by seeking internal and external feedback from
its employees and clients.
An Eye on the Future
AFour Technologies has a sharp focus on Next Generation
Data Center Technologies, IoT DevOps and is further
strengthening its capabilities and services in these areas.
AFour Technologies is particularly excited about the
accelerators and frameworks it has already built to serve
various requirements and to portray their in-depth
knowledge in these areas.
It has extended its expertise to include Blockchain so that it
can help innovative companies to bring disruptive
technology beyond CryptoCurrency. Though the company
has already built expertise in AI, it would continue to focus
more on developing AI solutions for their clients. The ﬁrm
is committed to getting ahead of the curve by
understanding the landscape well and is building
technology skills in-house by working on Proof of
Concepts (PoCs) and RD projects.
11NOVEMBER2017
Subodh Parulekar
Co-founder CEO
Our mission is to assist our
customers in building and
maintaining high quality,
scalable, and secure
software systems using
agile methodologies

The volume of threat data is exceeding the capacity
of even the most skilled security professionals, and
organizations are drowning in a sea of information
that continues to grow as rapidly as the threat landscape
itself. The transformation from traditional process to new
platform that embeds for unique ability of cyber security is
necessary to understand, reason, and learn about security
topics and threats.
As the focus shifts from protection to prevention, a new
dimension of opportunity in application and data safety is
being evaluated for business security. One of best
companies functioning as a data security consultant is BD
Consulting, Inc., which is helping various organizations to
develop a secure architecture for their businesses. The
company provides Innovative Cyber Security, Intelligence,
Integrated Services, Engineering, Cloud Computing,
Mobility and Unified Communication Solutions for an
unpredictable world. BD Consulting is dedicated to
become the premier service provider to government
organizations by providing cost-effective solutions to assist
non-profitable organizations in meeting their mission
objectives.
BD promotes an environment that encourages new ideas,
high quality work, and professional achievement. They treat
their employees honestly and fairly and ensure equal
opportunity for employment and advancement. The
company believes in encouraging its employees for
commitment towards further developing their careers, as
they offer continual education and training opportunities as
an investment in their people to deliver outstanding results
to the company’s clientele. Therefore, the employees strive
to provide superior quality products and services and create
a diverse and engaged workforce which benefits in stability,
program continuity, and a dedicated attention to their
challenge.
The Technology Impresario behind the Force
Jeff, the CEO and President of BD Consulting, has
more than 20 years of experience as a systems integrator, ,
IT engineer and network security professional. He began his
career in the United States Army as a Sr. Network Systems
Analyst, quickly progressing to Network Administrator and
Information Management Officer and eventually
Information Systems Security Officer. After leaving the
Army, Jeff started noticing the increased need for
innovative IT solutions in both the federal and commercial
workplace. He chose this field based on his keen interest in
ground-breaking security engineering coupled with his
knowledge of this field, which is always expanding and
pioneering new technologies.
Jeff believes that the workplace should provide flexibility,
an atmosphere for collaboration, and teamwork and allow
the employees’ to constantly learn and improve their skills
and knowledge. BD strives to provide a work-life
balance for their employees by offering telecommuting
options and a generous, comprehensive benefit plan. In
addition, there are training classes, opportunities to learn
from other industry partners and areas for employee
collaboration. To foster a ‘family’ atmosphere, a BBQ is
held every Friday afternoon at the Hagerstown facility, once
a month there are social gatherings after work, an annual
retreat for employees and their families and an annual
holiday party. Such activities are all encouraged by Jeff to
foster employee engagement.
The services rendered by BD
BD delivers superior solutions to their clients by
identifying their issues that need resolving, examining
solutions, measuring and managing performance. They
provide solutions like Performance Based Services
Acquisition, Engineering, Cyber security Information
Assurance (IA), Information Security Management, Cloud
THE
Innovating for a Safer World with Intelligent Solutions
BD Consulting:
12 NOVEMBER2017

Computing, Mobility, Unified Communications, Integration
and Testing and Program/Project Management.
BD understands that one of the most important challenges
facing agencies today is the need for widespread adoption
of performance-based services acquisition (PBSA) to meet
mission and program needs. BD also provides enterprise-
wide engineering services that encompass network
engineering, cyber security, and systems engineering to
deliver an all-in-one solution to its clients, including end-to-
end network infrastructure, design and configuration
methodologies by using the most trusted security hardware,
software, approaches, and best practices. They are well
known for Zero Day Attack Solutions (Behavioral Security),
Penetration Testing, Security Assessment, Independent
Verification Validation (IVV), Certification
Accreditation (CA), Plan of Action Milestones
(POAM) Management, Incident Response and Security
Awareness Training Management.
They help their clients with data assessment, management,
migration, protection, and sharing of information assets to
increase communication, knowledge, level-of-service, and
mission assurance. The company’s approach is based on
finding a proper balance between being IA focused and
providing full functionality to the end users, ensuring data
is protected and Information Systems are compliant, while
ensuring that the functional needs of users are met.
Future Plans of BD Consulting
As BD is developing and adopting technologies related
to big data, cognitive computing and the Internet of Things,
cyber threats are proportionately growing in both volume
and complexity. The race is on to secure these systems and
devices before fraudsters figure out how to exploit them.
The team is constantly broadening its knowledge of the
latest technologies and innovations to competently provide
cutting edge technologies to its clients. The company’s
consistent top-class performance, awarded by their clients,
helps them to stand out from the competition and also win
new businesses. The outstanding performance and high-
quality engineers of the company are well-known in the
industry as they believe “every day we are creating new
inventive and innovative technologies. We employ some of
the brightest and most talented individuals in our industry.
Our state-of-the-art RD facility in Hagerstown, MD is
developing emergent technologies that will not only benefit
our government clients but also the commercial industry”.
We are committed to
diversity - just as we
are with any other core
business area
Jeff Bearden
CEO President
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S
taffing industry is one of the most well-known,
exciting and diverse industries around. It has
flourished from a fairly narrow sector, specially
known for providing office personnel to replace sick or
vacationing workers, to a major industry which now
provides a full range of human resource services to virtually
every type of business and employer. Nowadays, it is
believed that the industry is responsible for employing close
to three million people, and is generating revenues of more
than $125 billion, contributing to a payroll in excess of $90
billion. With the target of helping people get their dream
job, Canvas InfoTech Inc. a minority owned staffing and
solutions company started its journey. Headquartered in
Fremont, CA., Canvas InfoTech Inc. has been one of the
leading provider of professionals to the Fortune 500 clients
in United States since 2006. With a commendable
experience of more than eleven years, the company has the
massive network and resources to fill wide variety of
positions. Canvas works across a wide zone spanning over
senior level positions, such as C-level Executive search, to
junior individual contributors. Canvas offers contract
staffing services, fulltime staffing services, and pay-roll
services as well. Additionally, the company provides
immigration assistance, by filling H-1Bs and Green Cards
for its employees who are working at the company’s client’s
site on a project that it got for them.
As per the company, it is a consortium of seasoned
consultants with great experience, working together in
delivering success in ERP implementation, detailed
business requirements gathering, creating SRSs, developing
Web Based Applications, and building robust test cases for
ERP implementations.
Technology Staffing Solutions at its Best
Canvas provides professional technology staffing solutions
to various respected companies such as Xerox, Visa,
Verizon, The Walt Disney Company, Toyota, T-Mobile,
Symantec, Tata Consultancy Services, Levi’s, Red Bull,
Motorola, Nokia, Logitech, Kia Motors, HP, HSBC, HCL,
eBay, Dell, etc. With more than decade of experience,
Canvas also branched into providing professional
certifications and working with Scrum Alliance to provide
CSM and CSPO training to IT professionals. Canvas also
provides ITIL training with special training in MS Project
and SAFe Agilist and SAFe Practitioner training. The
company also provides trainings like PMI ACP, PMI, PMP,
PMI PgMP, and PMP PfMP.
Canvas specializes in various sectors including,
Technology: All aspect of Software Development and
implementation and infrastructure development and
Support. Business Operations: Product Managers, Project
managers, Analysts, Communications. Finance and
Accounting: Controllers, Assistant Controllers, Junior
Accountants, Senior Accountants, Credit Managers, Office
Managers, Payroll, Cost Accountants, Financial Analyst.
Marketing and Sales: Account Managers/Executive,
MarCom, Director of Sales, and Communications.
The Forerunner of Canvas
Back in 2006, Canvas was co-founded by Mr. Alok
Bhatia, who is also the President of the company. Over the
period of last 6 years, he has provided more than 800
consultants to Fortune 500 companies. Alok was also
involved in multiple process improvement projects which
includes IT based software development projects. With over
21 years of experience in the IT industry, he has picked up
several certifications including PMP, CSM, CSPO, PMI-
ACP, CBAP, SAFe Agilist and SAFe Practitioner, ITIL, and
MS Project 2013. All these training has helped him build
the needed skills to help a group of people progress from
‘forming and storming’towards the goal of becoming a
great performing, continuously improving, and self-
organizing scrum team. Working for Fortune 500
THE
Fullling Stafng Needs Efciently
Canvas InfoTech Inc.:
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companies early in his career helped him understand the
huge market and the potential for a business in this field.
This in turn led Alok to build Canvas InfoTech Inc.
When Clients and Employees are First Priority
Canvas always takes pride in serving its client’s needs to
the best of its ability. Fulfilling its client’s needs gives the
organization an immense satisfaction and each of the
success is the organization’s motivation, which adds to all
the excitement.
Canvas always believes employee friendly workplace
culture is a key to a company’s success and winning
workplace culture doesn’t happen by chance, nor it can be
forced. According to the management of the company,
workplace cultures should include open lines of
communication, a clear organizational mission, careful
hiring, work life flexibility, competitive pay and benefits.
And lastly, not to forget – fun that includes multiple team
events throughout the year.
Tackling Rough Patches and Future Planning
Just like most other organizations, Canvas too had its own
share of initial struggles. However, due to the hard work,
persistence, and perseverance of the extremely dedicated
team, the company eventually tackled all the initial
struggles.
Thanks to the solid team of the company which is mission-
driven and understands the constant market change and
adapts to all these changes accordingly. Canvas is hoping
to be the number one staffing agency in the bay area and
also the best training institute for certifications training in
the near future.
Alok Bhatia
Co-founder President
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17NOVEMBER2017

The purpose of a greenhouse is to control the
growing environment for plants. The major factors
under this primitive technique of yielding crops in
harsh conditions were primarily controlled with manual
intervention. The manual control had major drawbacks; for
example, when the operator wanted to control the heat for
certain plants, he/she ended up controlling the water, light,
air flow, pest and pollination along with the heat at the same
time. Fact is we might be trying to protect the plants from
frost, but if we don’t pay attention, we may also let plants
over-heat in the greenhouse. So, in order to eradicate such
drawbacks and the dependence on manual controls,
technically upgraded automatically controlled systems to
control the greenhouse environment came into existence.
A prominent manufacturer of greenhouse automated
systems is Climate Control Systems Inc. Since its
inception, the company is tirelessly working to help
growers to maximize crop yields, while seeing a decrease in
production costs especially in water, fertilizer, and energy
savings. For any commercial greenhouse grower, major
expenses are in the areas of labor, energy, fertilizer, and
energy, that any of the grower would like to reduce. With
major leaps forward in water purification, recycling, and
reducing energy consumption, Climate Control Systems is
sought after internationally for greenhouse automation
technology as a leader in this market. The company has
completely dedicated itself to produce innovative control
technology that will not only save growers’ time and
money, but also conserve the environments that surrounds
them here and throughout the world.
Path Breaking Products
Since 1985, Climate Control Systems has been
manufacturing greenhouse automation systems. Currently,
the company carries three flagship products, which help
growers to maximize crop yields and help with water
conservation and energy savings for commercial
greenhouse operations throughout the planet. Climate
Control Systems manufactures three main automation
systems;
· The Climate Manager™
The Climate Manager™ is an advanced Greenhouse
Control Computer, which is capable of measuring and
controlling heating and cooling, vents, fans, Co2,
boilers, lighting, shading, heating on-off valves or
modulation hot water valves. It also helps to configure
up to 16 climate zones which can be expanded with
additional panels for a total of 32 climate zones.
· The Fertigation Manager™
The latest updates to the fertigation software of Climate
Control Systems allows growers to run as much as
twenty different irrigation programs to different crops.
The company offers some of the most advanced
computer control technology with all-inclusive
software and instrumentation. On a daily basis growers
depend on these fertilizer programs in order to irrigate
flowers and vegetable crops and according to weather
conditions and other triggered set points.
· The Ozone Pro Water System
New water treatment systems in the greenhouse
industry are the key to improve crop yield and year-end
revenue. It also ensures that crop has fresh, clean, and
purified water every time while irrigating. The
CCS-SW80 Plasma Ozone Technology is ideal for
sterilizing irrigation waste water for greenhouse flower
and vegetable crops. The Ozone Pro systems are
available for water flow rates from 10 US GPM to
1000 US GPM. With major leaps forward in water
purification, recycling and reducing energy
consumption,
When an Electronics Engineer Incorporated Climate
Control
Mr. Eric Labbate is the CEO and Founder of Climate
Control Systems Inc. He is an electronics engineer who
received his electronics degree from Devry Institute of
Technology. After selling and installing over more than
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hundred climate computer systems imported from Europe
in the Southwestern Ontario area he recognized that the
programs were not adequate for the North American
Greenhouse grower. He then decided to start designing his
own custom climate and fertigation control systems and
software. In 1988 Mr. Labbate secured a contract with the
National Research Council of Canada and Agriculture and
Agri-food Canada at Harrow Research Station to design,
build and install the first computer controlled Fertigation
Management system for greenhouse Hydroponic crops.
Today, around 29 Years later, the Harrow Research Station
is still using the original Fertigation Manager(Tm) that
Mr. Labbate designed and built for their research team.
Automation is the Next Big Thing
Mr. Labbate saw a completely new vision for the company,
after gaining his own insight from years of experience in
owning and operating greenhouses by himself. After seeing
a humongous need to bridge the gap between how some
greenhouses were operating and the stress that had on the
st
environment in the 21 century, Ozone Pro Water Recycling
System was born. Since then, Climate Control Systems has
won several awards in the “green tech” sector for what
Climate Control Systems can do for water conservation and
lowering energy costs. Greenhouse growers are quick to
adapt to cutting edge technology if it offers both crop
improvements and saving the environment. According to
the company, automation is the future and it sees no reason
why greenhouse growers could not benefit from this type
of computer technology.
Enjoying a Massive Experience of Greenhouse
Innovation
Climate Control Systems attributes all its success to the
ability to take very complex growing data, and automate
any changes that can be important for the growing
environment in real-time. As changes happen within the
greenhouse, the software automatically reads the important
data and can eventually trigger irrigation that feed to the
crop. The company also believes in easy to use computer
software that can help growers to operate their greenhouse
more efficiently. This new technology is now available on
any smart phone, tablet, or Internet connected devices. All
the greenhouse automation systems are custom made to the
grower’s needs. Additionally, Climate Control Systems
offers leasing options for its clients, especially for those
who are looking for payment schedules and flexible
options.
Eric Labbate
CEO Founder
Our Greenhouse Automation
Systems work around the clock
to optimize the greenhouse
climate and fertigation to
maximize crop yields, reduce
production costs and increase
grower productivity
19NOVEMBER2017

Surfing Ahead of the Trend:
How to spot an opportunity and grow?
Today we live in a time which is unprecedented in
human history. Technology evolves at the drop of a
hat and as it does, changes many tangible and
intangible elements with it. Five years ago we never
thought people would sell their cars and go the “Uber-way”.
Today, that is a reality. And amidst this technological
advancement and evolution, there lies opportunity. The
question I’m often asked is how do we spot an opportunity
and grow before it’s ever a trend and the industry becomes
saturated? And my most frequent response is: If it were that
easy we’d all be millionaires by creating the next big thing.
But here’s the saving grace: it’s not that hard either! Here
are a few tools I use which have helped me spot opportunity
long before it’s become mainstream.
1. Start where you are: You’ve got to start where you
are. Don’t wait for all the ducks to line up in a row for you
because it’ll never happen. Another reason why this is so
important is because so many people think that they need to
get into a certain industry in order to innovate new and
crazy ideas. The next big thing could be in your very
industry, whether it’s healthcare or construction. There’s a
need for innovation and new tech everywhere! And if that’s
not enough of a reason, here’s another: you know your
Mohsin Memon
Memcorp Immersive Learning
Founder
20 NOVEMBER2017

industry best! If you switch
industries it’ll mean you have to
start over and learn about an
entirely new industry and guess
what, anyone who’s been in the
industry any longer than you
already has an upper-hand. So start
where you are!
2. Look out! Keep an eye open
for things not working the way they
should. Like Seth Godin said:
“Broken!” Looking for things that
are broken. Broken stuff needs
fixing and the reason it ain’t fixed is
because when they made the thing,
the tech didn’t exist. Today you can
create tech that can solve the
problem of the “broken” syndrome.
3. Usability and Functionality:
It’s appalling to see the number of
technologies that have been created
that no one uses. I was recently on
the judging panel of a start-up event
and I was amazed by the kinds of
technology that have been built
without ever doing a user-base
analysis. If you don’t have any
users, you don’t make any money. And if you can’t make
money than this isn’t a business, it’s a hobby. It’s so simple
but passionate entrepreneurs who believe in their product
often forget this. I’m talking to me too!
4. Hire for attitude: So many leaders hire and fire people
because a certain person had or didn’t have the right
qualifications. Qualifications can be developed, skills can
be build, techniques can be learned; but a deeply ingrained
characteristic or attitude cannot be easily changed. We hire
people for attitude and not just for what they know. This of
course doesn’t mean you go about hiring people with great
attitude, you won’t get very far with that mentality either.
One needs to at the least begin to prioritize attitude more
than we are currently.
The greatest entrepreneurs of our time are applying these
very skills and turning industries on their heads. It’s time
you did it too! And oh! If I were to add one more thing to
the list, I’d say:
5. Feedback! Listen to your users. Listen to what they’re
saying because in it lies your very solution. I remember
reading an article by Bill Gates once in which he said:
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of
learning.”
21NOVEMBER2017
Pioneer Vista

Here are four words we don’t hear very often: “I
love my job.”
An extensive research in the area have now found that the
most engaged employees — those who are fully invested in
their jobs and dedicated to their firms — are significantly
more productive, enhance customer satisfaction and
outperform those who are less engaged.
It’s important for employees to participate in their task
enthusiastically, for the sake of their growth along with the
company. But it turns out that only 20% of employees
around the world are fully engaged at work.
It’s a cut off that serves no one well. So what could be the
solution? Where is the win-win for employees and
employers?
The solution is that employers must shift their focus from
trying to get more out of people, to investing more in them
by supporting their core needs — emotional, physical,
mental and spiritual — so they're freed, fueled and inspired
to bring the best at work and prove themselves every day.
Our primary need is to make enough money to live a decent
lifestyle, but even at that, we cannot live by bread alone.
Take a moment here and think about what makes you feel
most excited to get to work in the morning, and makes you
most loyal to your employer.
The kind of company I have in mind would nurture the
employee friendly environment if they could:
Ÿ Commit to paying every member a living wage. And
that largely depends on the standard of living. Many
corporations do not meet that standard for many of their
jobs, simply because of an unfair environment where a
CEO is paid millions of dollars a year while an
employee gets a modest sum for full time work that in
some cases falls below the poverty line.
Ÿ Treat employees like grown-ups. Share statistics with
employees, listen to their ideas (or better yet, actively
seek out and act upon their ideas).
Ÿ Every employee who contributes his/her work must
have a stake in the company’s success. It can be in the
form of profit sharing, or stock options or bonuses tied
to performance. If the company performs well in the
market, all employees should share in the success, in
meaningful ways
Ÿ Design office’s working environments that are
comfortable, safe and appealing to work in. Some
offices include a range of lateral spaces that allow for
privacy, collaboration, or simply to hang out.
Ÿ Provide high quality, healthy food, at the lowest possible
prices in canteens, cafeterias and also vending machines
at workplaces.
Ÿ Create sitting rooms for employees to rest and renew
during the course of the working day and encourage
them to take regular breaks.
Ÿ Offer a well-equipped gym and other facilities where
employees can work-out and stay fit. Do not see fun,
What makes a
COMPANY
THE BEST PLACE
to work for?
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Ÿ humor and relaxation as the enemies of hard work;
instead perceive them as its allies.
Ÿ Describe clear and specific expectations for what victory
looks like in any given job. Then, try to give your
employees as much liberation as possible to choose
when they work, where they do their work, and how
best to conclude it.
Ÿ Organize two-way performance reviews, so that
employees not only receive regular feedback about how
they’re doing, in means that support their growth, but
are also given the opportunity to provide feedback to
their supervisors, anonymously if they would, to avoid
recrimination.
Ÿ Advice leaders and managers to be responsible for
treating all employees with respect and care and
encourage them to regularly identify those they
supervise for the progressive contributions they make.
Ÿ Make policies that encourage employees to allot a
considerable amount of time, to focus without disruption
on their most important urgencies, including long-term
projects with planned and creative thinking. Preferably,
give them time to pursue projects they’re particularly
passionate about and which have the potential to add
value to the company.
Ÿ Offer employees opportunities and incentives to learn,
develop and grow, both in forming new job-specific
hard skills, as well as softer skills that serve them well
as individuals, and as executives and leaders. Actively
encourage volunteerism among the employees.
Ÿ Stand for something beyond just increasing profits.
Provide services or create products or serve causes that
openly add value in the society, so that employees could
derive a sense of meaning from their work, and would
feel good about companies they work for.
Life, as the famous philosopher Hobbes so succinctly
pointed out, can be solitary, brutish, nasty and short. If we
spend about one-third of our lives working, don’t you want
it to be less miserable? It’s not that easy as it is said to be.
But some companies are admirably close, and others are to
be applauded for their valued efforts. The one that comes
closest is Google. I’m convinced it’s one of their key to
success.
Workodynamics`
23NOVEMBER2017

We live in an impeccable data-driven society and
it is data that fuels almost every facet of our
daily lives. With the rise in the amount of data
accessible on the internet, arises the concern for security.
Along with the concerns for financial details, the web is a
pool of data filled with personal details, which makes it
vulnerable to a hack, causing financial as well as personal
loss.
The cyber threat landscape is ever changing, and so
everyone - including organizations and attackers - are
constantly evolving in their efforts to achieve their goals –
be they better security or a more successful attack. The
cyber security industry cannot guarantee our safety, but it
can provide us with certain case studies which stand out as
a learning lesson for us all. Even after witnessing critical
cybercrimes, the world still tends to overlook the huge grey
areas in their implementation of security measures which
can protect their assets.
To support people and their businesses with the assurance
of better cyber-protection enters Cynet, a leader in
advanced threat detection and response, providing its
holistic cyber-security platform to enterprises throughout
the globe. With a team of security experts, standing tall in
the forefront of their fields, and the veterans of elite Israeli
intelligence units, Cynet spreads their ultimate knowledge
and unmatched experience in the industry through their
excellence in work.
“It is this unique expertise that ensures our customers top of
the line protection, detection and response against today’s
ever-evolving cyber threats.” - Cynet. This unique expertise
has helped Cynet earn some of the leading industry awards
and recognition, including the Info Security Products Guide
Global Excellence Awards 2017, Cybersecurity Excellence
Awards 2017, Cybersecurity Leaders of 2016, 20
Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2016, 10 Innovative
Network Security Startups, Top 10 Endpoint Solution
Providers among many others.
Unmatched Services Helping People Secure their Cyber-
world
Cynet simplifies security by providing a scalable, holistic
protection and detection platform that delivers prevention,
precise detection and automated response to advanced
threats with near-zero false positives, shortening the time
from detection to resolution and limiting damage to an
organization. Their unique visibility of files, users, network
traffic, and endpoint, and continuous monitoring of the
environment, uncovers behavioral and interaction indicators
across the attack chain, giving a complete picture of an
attack operation over time. Enhanced with Cynet CyOps,
the company delivers additional value to the platform with
24/7 threat expert assistance, insight and intelligence. By
combining high fidelity detections, decoy interaction,
network analytics, and expert analyst assistance, Cynet
provides accurate findings with associated risks and that too
without involvement of much noise and complexity.
Overcoming Hurdles with a Strong Team Effort
Cynet emphasizes that their employees are not only leading
global experts in their respective fields, but a major part of
their success can be attributed to their strong team work.
From facing off against cyber security’s biggest and newest
threats, to identifying unknown threats and working on the
market’s only solution offering true, consolidated cyber
security for every sized organization, the employees at
Cynet display the spirit of team effort and sportsmanship.
The most interesting fact is that the employees at this
company believe that they are not only there in the
company for job, but also to grow as professionals who will
lead the cyber security industry throughout the span of their
careers.
The unique ethic of Cynet’s team work, along with the
highest level of executive management working hand-in-
hand with their frontline security professionals in the field,
has made the company moving forward par for the course
of success. To describe their work culture, the company
clearly asserts, “We’ve grown together, both through
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challenges and achievements, discovering new threats,
sharing our knowledge with the industry, and creating a
security product that consistently strives for more – better
prevention, increasingly accurate detection, better
remediation.”
About the Strong Figure behind This Leading
Enterprise
Leading a team of skillful intelligence and security
professionals, Eyal Gruner, Co-founder and Co-CEO at
Cynet, is quickly making his mark in the world of
cybersecurity. Being a man of extraordinary knowledge and
with a wealth of experience, Eyal has formerly founded and
led the leading Cyber consultancy of Israel, BugSec and
Versafe, which was acquired by F5 Networks later in 2013.
Eyal’s passion for technology and his belief that the best
approach to security is one which views the organization
and the threats it faces as a whole, motivates him in his
mission to provide consolidated cyber security to
organizations in Europe, Asia, North America and Africa.
Eyal’s outstanding achievements have been recognized in
Google’s Hall of Fame with a Google Security Reward for
identifying and reporting vulnerabilities.
Eyal is not like other typical CEOs; his extraordinary deeds
have been remarkably noted in the pages of history. Gartner
VP Distinguished Analyst, Avivah Litan, referred to Eyal in
her blog as “boy security wonder” and referenced his story
of impressive achievements. Eyal began his career at the
age of 15 by hacking into a bank’s ATM and then
approaching the bank management to demonstrate the
weaknesses of their system. Following this, he was hired
by the Information Security Team of the bank for a year,
before spending another year working at the former cyber
security company Aladdin Knowledge Systems.
Promises to Help Organizations Protect against Cyber
threats
While talking about the strength of the company, Eyal
pointed towards the employees and said, “Our people are
our strength. Our team is made up of the leading thinkers
and best problem solvers in the industry.” It is well-known
that cybercrime will unfortunately never end and hackers
will keep trying to steal the data on web but the Co-CEO of
Cynet assures security to the people and with utmost
conﬁdence saying, “Our team will be there, helping
organizations protect against threats, and detect and
remediate threats which get in, backing our customers with
the knowledge and expertise needed to secure their assets.”
We ensure our customers to
be on top of the line while
providing them with
protection, detection and
response against today’s
ever-evolving cyber threats
Eyal Gruner
Co-founder Co-CEO
URL: www.cynet.com
25NOVEMBER2017

It is the urge along with the effort of an entrepreneur
and their team which takes a company forward towards
its desired goal and helps it to achieve success. One
such company with a strong will to do better and achieve
something bigger is GIV Solutions. GIV Solutions swings
its magic wand to make our world a better place to live in,
by making our cities, infrastructure, transportation, utilities
and our enterprises smarter.
The company clearly states that the reason behind the
existence of its business is to reach its pre-determined goals
and accomplish its desired targets. To acquire this, the
company practices smarter management of knowledge, data
and processes, smarter information systems and
technologies. One cannot manage the present and future
scenarios without cutting-edge, holistic, integrated
processes of smart information systems.
GIV Solutions is proud of its high success, and maintains a
record of successfully reaching the goals of its customers.
With a motto of not letting go of its customers before they
reach their goals in full, as were set at the beginning of a
project, GIV is offering solutions and services utilizing its
expertise in areas such as EAM, Operations, Maintenance
and Logistics.
Most notably, GIV’s products—GIV-CITY™ and GIV-
CAMPUS™—have been time and again appreciated and
recognized as award winning solutions since 2015 and have
been effective in managing the most advanced smart cities
of Israel. Its other products, GIV-RMS™ and GIV-BMS™,
are known to be operational since 2009 and have been
adopted with high success and satisfaction by many
transportation organizations and municipalities. They have
proclaimed its products as one of the best solutions
considering its functional point of view and total cost of
ownership.
Extraordinary Products which are Leading the Industry
With a deep understanding of the industry scenario and a
strong vision for the future, GIV has been working as an
elite unit since 2001, plowing the unattended, unsolved
frontiers with cutting-edge solutions to reach new vertical
markets, bringing excellent and smart solutions, appreciated
by leading companies and organizations, which eventually
became GIV customers. The company is leading in the field
of EAM, providing leadership, guidance, project
management, implementation, integration, change
management and assimilation in the challenging EAM
projects that vary extensively from one customer to another.
Unlike financial systems which are highly regulated,
monitored and have been standardized many years ago
concerning business processes, systems supporting
operations, asset life cycle, logistics, and maintenance, may
totally defer in processes, perception, IT requirements,
budget and expectations between organizations. These
fields require high level of expertise and experience to
achieve success, and this is what GIV is known for.
GIV’s specialized and leading solutions are as follows:
GIV-CITY™: A smart city management software solution
that runs from end-to-end and handles all the functionality
required for “City System Brain” connected to its nerves
(IOT, SCADA), thereby helping in data collection,
transmission processing and sensors, and other systems
integration.
GIV-CAMPUS™: Managing an effective learning system
requires functional management and flexibility alongside
budgetary and managerial control; this is what is being
offered by this extraordinary product of GIV. With this
product, in combination with the LMS system, the
management of the learning system becomes much more
efficient and qualitative.
GIV-RMS™: A road infrastructure operation and
maintenance system, dealing with all the aspects of
managing the life cycle of transportation assets with all the
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functionality required, including safety, maintenance,
operations, economics, engineering quality control, and
more in the most eﬃcient way.
GIV-BMS™: An expert system that manages bridges,
tunnels and other road structures, for Inspections, Health
Monitoring, Maintenance, and Optimization of those assets,
for the highest service level and safety.
GIV-RAIL™: A new version and enhancement of the road
infrastructure management system introduced to improve
railways verticals: bridges and tunnels, real time monitoring
inspections, maintenance and optimization for best
maintenance and service level.
GIV-PLM™: An innovative, powerful and user-friendly
lifecycle management solution designed for both consumer
packagedgoods andthePharmaceuticalindustry.
An Extraordinary Leader Leading to the Forefront of the
Industry
Under the leadership of Meir Givon, Founder, Chairman
CEO of GIV Solutions, the company follows a work culture
that makes leading professionals and its team to work hand-
in-hand with the company, hence ensuring a long, promising
and sustainable future. The company works with a unique
model combining the interests of three entities: The customer,
GIV as a business and professional company and the team
members including the managers and employees. The use of
this modulestrives to insure a win-win-win situationbetween
thethreeentities.
Similar to an agriculture cycle as a metaphor, Meir utilizes
the seeds and revenues from the previous season fruits to
nurturegrow thenextseasonenhancedandbetterfruits.
GIVvisualizestheFuturetobeProspective
With the results of steady growth, success and maturity,
conducting RD with the support of Israel Chief Scientist
post recognition of GIV capabilities successful solutions, the
future of the company seems promising. While moving from
consulting, leading, project management, to solutions
development, GIV has now reached the position of
embarking global distribution with proven, appreciated and
highly eﬀective very low TCO, therefore ensuring a
prosperingfuture.
With this vision, GIV management is persistently lifting the
bar of delivery, challenges and goals, identifying the
opportunities and drawbacks, while managing and resolving
the gaps with pure innovation, engineering, leadership and
with the courage to dare. To conclude as stated in the
companyslogan:“Since2001,weGIVemorethanIT!”
Our company’s vision is to
provide quality information
and management solutions
based on innovative and high-
value added software
solutions for its customers
Meir Givon
CEO
27NOVEMBER2017

Nowadays! Everyone wants to succeed in their businesses, want to deliver their best quality products, and
excellent services, for delighting their clients. For that, a company’s teams are their backbone for it.
Businesses need strong teams that work smartly, with excellence. Without the talented team, you’re
just the walking dead without motor skills to go where you want to go.
The crucial role of a team was highlighted by a recent study from Rotman School of Management. It exhibits
that the success of a new venture often depends on the expertise of the founder to attract a great team
around him or her. The researchers used census data to analyze employers in the legal services sector to
try and spot any patterns which were spinning out new ventures. The sector was chosen because there are
no non-compete rules to prevent employees packing their bags and starting their own venture.
“A founder’s individual characteristics are important but what’s more important are that person’s ability to bring a bigger
and more experienced team with them,” the researchers say. “And the bigger that team the more likely the ﬁrm will
succeed.”
What is a Team?
A team is any group of people who work together to achieve something to gain a shared outcome. It may be a sales team, or
a call center team, or a rugby team, or the executive team of a multinational corporation. The same simple rules for success
apply to all of them.
It starts with the team leader. Every team needs a leader, a captain, a chief, and the success of that team is almost entirely
dependent on what the team leader does - and doesn’t do. Great team ensures great teamwork, achieved by consistent
application of some age-old basics:
Clear Accountabilities: Does everyone know exactly what they are accountable for? Even with detailed job descriptions,
people often don’t know what they are supposed to do. The team leader needs to make the team is crystal about its RACI
(Responsible, Accountable, Consult, and Inform- a simple, powerful tool you can easily google).
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Simple Measures: Are there the few clear steps towards
each, and for the team as a whole? People love to know
when they are doing a good job. They want to know what
they must deliver and whether they are getting it right.
Robust Disciplines: Good teams have solid routines that
create a regular cadence-daily, weekly or monthly usually in
the form of group meetings. Plan-Do-Review-the drumbeat
of performance.
Coaching for performance and growth: Team members
thrive on good, objecting feedback. They will be more
committed if they feel their performance is fairly assessed if
their real work is acknowledged and justly rewarded. A
sense that one is being encouraged to grow and advance is
profoundly motivating.
Skills: Team members need technical skills to get the job
done- accounting skills or merchandising skills or front
desk customers service skills. And also management skills-
in particular for the team leaders- to keep the team engaged,
focused and productive from Monday to Friday.
Maintaining a quality reputation amongst your target
audience is imperative to being successful in business.
What your customers think of you will ultimately shape,
whether or not they’re willing to do business with you.
Reputation management is also an ongoing practice that
requires an array of techniques. However, at the top of the
list is quality customer service. The quality of services you
provide to your customers will ultimately shape their
opinion of you. Since your staﬀ is involved in providing
day to day services, it will be important to have a competent
team that is aware of how to handle the customer’s needs
accordingly.
The bottom line is that the right people do all the things that
are necessary to get the business to grow: they get the
product right; they get the service right; the culture is
healthy; they get a motivated team behind them. Everything
else falls in line. If you don’t have this right, the opposite
happens. It’s a painful and expensive mess.
Quanlity/Quantity
31NOVEMBER2017

For any successful and profitable business,
information is positioned as its lifeblood, wherein
the employees of the organization work as veins and
arteries to pass this delicate information through the
hierarchy. But sometimes a slight negligence or dysfunction
can cause this valuable information to reach where it wasn’t
supposed to, making it absolutely critical for organizations
to have an adequate plan to safeguard such information.
IPSec, one of Australia’s leading IT security companies,
strives to ensure the protection of business information with
its specialization in information asset security. With an able
and professional team of technology experts, who know
how to mitigate risk to business by implementing end-to-
end solutions, IPSec protects invaluable intelligence, data,
and information.
From assessing information risk, vulnerabilities and threats,
to designing and implementing customized security
strategies to managing execution and optimizing results,
IPSec is the guardian of business confidence. IPSec
provides a high level of protection and optimal assurance of
an organization’s security posture. The ever-growing
company currently holds offices in Melbourne and Sydney,
serving over 350 clients around Australia and other foreign
nations – in all industry and government verticals.
An Inspiring Individual with an Eye for Future
When your goals are clear, making a decision becomes a
whole lot easier. With this exact motivation, Co-Founder
and Managing Director of IPSec, Scott Lidgett and his
team of innovators were determined from the outset to not
become beholden to a warehouse of inventory. They were
instead iron-focused on becoming the leading Advanced
MSSP (Managed Security Services Provider) in Australia.
Building a business in the security space was always the
preferred choice of industry for Scott Lidgett, especially
because of his inherent entrepreneurial bent and degree in
Engineering. With the sector moving at a rapid pace and the
demand for technical excellence and agility on the rise,
Scott distinguishes himself in Channelworx and the ASX
listed FirstWave Ltd. Since the inception of IPSec, Scott
and the company’s Co-Founders – James Pemberton, David
McDonald, and Ben Robson – had a common business
motivator of creating strong cash flows from re-current
revenue streams.
Experiences Further Strengthening Performance
Among the various worthwhile and valuable experiences
IPSec had with its vast customer base, one of it involved a
large Australian legal firm. The firm had engaged IPSec’s
vSOC Guard (SIEM as a Service) offering for the
monitoring and identification of real-time security
incidents. IPSec’s services identified an incident that looked
to potentially be a successful hacking attempt against their
core information systems. The IPSec vSOC was able to
contact the victim organization within minutes of the
related events being identified and assessed, and assisted
the organization to further investigate and shut down the
threat.
Another experience of IPSec involved a penetration testing
engagement for an Australian utility organization. IPSec
was engaged to perform security testing services for both
external and internal threats against the organization’s
information environment. During the assessment, IPSec
was able to obtain access to the clients’ corporate wireless
network whilst sitting in their car park, and gain control of
key utility assets. The Australian organization’s executive
quickly understood the importance of further investment in
their data security posture, and such vulnerability was
quickly remediated.
Moving Forward from the very Beginning
Since the mid-90s, the IPSec core team has been working as
Information Security specialist commercial and technical
professionals. The company’s rich heritage made the
transition into the founding of IPSec a very smooth one,
with 100’s of customer relationships and strong key vendor
relationships forged over the decades. The profitable self-
funding organization holds no corporate debt and is deeply
focused on becoming Australia’s most preferred
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Information Security Services organization. IPSec’s
business plan is to continue along that path in growing its
service agreements through IPSec vSOC, and its unique
Risk Management consulting approach continues to gain
momentum in achieving that goal.
IPSec is firmly dedicated on empowering its employees and
removing any visible glass ceilings. The firm is actively
working on removing and streamlining any operational
impediments and provides an environment in which
employee initiatives are both encouraged and rewarded.
IPSec ensures an employee-friendly environment with its
flexible working hours and family first philosophy. Add to
that, running an in-house 24x7 Security Operations Centre
(SOC) provides a wonderful stepping stone for aspiring
security practitioners; and the company is respectful of the
aspirations of its younger employees as well as its seasoned
campaigners.
An Expert in the IT Security Space
There are very few dedicated Information Security
specialist organizations in Australia; most of whom seeking
to provide some security services are overwhelmingly
concerned with other business activity aside from the
Security aspect itself. There are even fewer end-to-end
Information Security specialists that can expertly deliver
through all layers of the Information Security lifecycle.
Scott Lidgett mentions that “IPSec’s success stems from
our unique focus, depth of deliverable, unique high-value
services offerings, long heritage and an elite team of
career information security specialists delivering superior
risk management outcomes in comparison to our
competitors. IPSec is considered by our customers a
strategic holistic expert business partner in the IT Security
sphere.”
The Future – Willing to Go an Extra Mile
The future of IPSec will see a continued expansion of the
IPSec vSOC Managed Monitored (Advanced MSSP)
security suite, and IPSec’s approach to risk assessment and
remediation tracking. With organizations coming to terms
with the full magnitude of the Internet security struggle,
Company Boards are changing their perspective, focus, and
priority surrounding security and elevating the critical
importance of adopting the best practice for information
security risk management. With IPSec vSOC capabilities
of meeting large scale demands, IPSec is ideally positioned
to deliver on the growing requirements of all organizations.
Information security
requires specialist
advice – Look no further
Scott Lidgett
Co-Founder
Managing Director
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For any business to attain any amount of success, an
efficient money management system is of utmost
importance. Companies with slipshod financial
planning and cost tracking inefficiencies succumb into cash-
flow problems and mismanaged finances, causing
irredeemable instances of business failure. Being aware of
such pitfalls and taking necessary solutions to manage the
same are pivotal for a business to maximize its chances of
achieving success.
With its impeccable understanding of the significance of
strategic and financial planning during all phases of the
business cycle, Lehinsky Finance stands tall with its
salvaging solutions and services. The company’s services
eliminate the burden and frustration of operation and
financial uncertainty from shoulders of the business owners,
and allow management to concentrate primarily upon their
business. Some of its recent projects include a partnership
with Union Box Company for the Pontiac Mills
Development, creating a fully comprehensible and dynamic
financial model for Isle Brewers Guild, and many more.
A Leader Who Loves Numbers
Michael Leshinsky, President of Leshinsky Finance, has
an MBA from Providence College with a concentration in
Finance – Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis. He
also has a certificate from Boston University in valuations,
real estate financing, and underwriting.
However, Michael believes his real knowledge comes from
his work and personal experiences. Michael has bought and
sold numerous businesses over the years and has acquired a
sizable real estate holding. He is also on the board of
directors of the Providence Apartment Association and the
treasurer for the nonprofit organization, Apeiron Institute.
Michael consults and advises businesses of all types and
sizes so that the companies can achieve optimal
performance. Michael has a love for numbers and a passion
for financial modeling, creating projections and statements,
and calculating valuations.
Services that Provide Most Valuable Discipline
Leshinsky Finance provides the most valuable discipline –
managing money through the most efficient way possible.
Finding the optimal solution within a feasible region, it
raises capital and the lowest cost of capital.
Bookkeeping Accounting Systems
Sound accounting principles are the cornerstone for every
successful business. For analyzing business review and
performance, it is critical to keep an accurate and timely
record. Since it is the only intelligent way for good business
decisions; Leshinsky Finance takes your task of handling
the bookkeeping thereby allowing you to operate your
business. Its bookkeeping and accounting systems solutions
include Construction Accounting, Internal Controls,
Conversion Cash to Accrual, Routinely Financial Statement
Review, and Construct Appropriate Chart of Accounts.
Financial Analysis
Ours is a fast paced and ultra-competitive business world
where keeping a watchful eye on every asset, liability,
revenue, and expense line item has become literally
impossible for the company. Leshinsky Finance specializes
in cutting edge analytical review and risk assessment of
every element of your business. By providing a watchful
eye with weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly analysis
and review of your business, Leshinsky Finance enables
you to remain focused on growing and operating your
company. Its financial analysis solutions include Analytical
Reviews, Risk Assessment, Monthly Reconciliations and
Monitoring.
Business Models
Leshinsky Finance provides client-unique-service for both
individuals and company needs, which include Financial
Modeling, Financial Consulting, Forecasting, Key
Financial Ratios, Mergers and Acquisitions, Valuations,
Capital Raises and Sale of Business.
Real Estate Investing
Properly done Real Estate Investing with the correct due
diligence process can surely provide a great source of
wealth creation with handsome returns, inexperienced real
estate investors, and poor decisions, however, result in lost
fortunes. Leshinsky Finance has the real estate experience
needed for any size project and scope of work. The
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solutions include Tax Credits, Federal and State Incentives,
Securing Debt, Pro Forma, Valuations, IRR, Purchasing,
Selling, Conceptualizing and After-tax Analyses.
Valuations
Using the most current mathematical techniques today,
Leshinsky Finance enables you to calculate values of all
assets. It advises on mergers and acquisitions, ensuring
correct selling price, purchase price, and how and when to
act. The solutions are Derivatives, Fixed Income, Business
Valuations, Real estate, Alternative Investment, and Bonds
and Securities.
Investing
Leshinsky Finance follows the “Modern Portfolio Theory”
which is the most practiced approach to asset management.
It creates an efficient portfolio that is the optimal solution
within a feasible region while analyzing correlations,
variances, and standard deviations. With precise confidence,
it can calculate expected returns relative to risk. Portfolio
Review and Suggested Re-allocation of Assets are investing
solutions from Leshinsky Finance.
Apart from these, the firm offers a variety of services
ranging from full blown audits all the way down to a basic
review. It specializes in basic individual tax work and basic
partnership returns as well.
Resilience has been the Key
Since its formation in 2014, the journey has been long and
a bit difficult. Started from scratch, the journey came with
heart aches, mistakes, sleepless nights, but Michael never
gave up, and it’s the reason they are here today. They have
always believed in the traditional business plan with a
mission statement, strategy, goals, policies, etc. Providing a
comfortable work hard fun work environment has been of
utmost importance to us.
When asked to advise young entrepreneurs, Michael
answers, “Hard work, not giving up, trying our best every
day, doing the right thing, giving back, being socially
responsible, not only thinking about the bottom line, but
what is best for everyone and the neighboring people
affected by what we do.”
Looking into the future Michael expects Leshinsky Finance
to double in size up to 20 some employees every year. He
also envisions being involved in mayor redevelopment and
social responsibility in the State.
Our focus is
to ensure optimal
operational and
nancial performance
Michael Leshinsky
President
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Accessible Techn
Redening The Workplace
Every organization has its unique requirements, for
developing a good accessible technology plan. As
experts say, it requires a few major steps which has
to be followed such as defining the accessible technology
strategy, identifying requirements, designing, developing,
buying technology, implementing and training, maintaining
technology and continue learning.
Effective strategy and requirements will minimize costs and
increase efficiency. And this will be a good start for
ensuring compatibility with available technology and
addressing accurately your unique business needs.
Employees and customers need to be able to customize the
things by changing font size, color, type of text on screen,
adjustment in text and background colors. They can make
adjustments in sound options with an ability to get audio
information visually such as closed captioning / audio
descriptions for multi-media as well as aurally, adjustment
in timings, eliminating or modifying the rate of flashing or
blinking, alternatives availability for the touch screen
applications, customize toolbars with easily accessible
buttons, sharing of computer while training sessions,
adjusting keyboard settings to compensate for impairments
like hand tremors. For those who use select fingers, one
hand, or no hands there is a need of an operating system
with the keyboard instead of using a mouse. They can
improve the visibility of the cursor and addition of assistive
technology products for particular disabilities. Also, they
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nology:
can use an alternative kind of mouse because
of mobility impairments.
Arranging Business Processes Procedures,
and Technology
The technology needs to offer ways for
employees such as easy access to websites,
use of email and instant messaging to
collaborate and communicate. Also, it is
required to use a word processing system to
collaborate, share documents, manage large
amount of data, and for sorting and managing
files and folders.
Need of The Latest Technology to Align with
the Organization’s Overall Technology Plan
Employees have to be able to determine the
accessibility settings and features with the use
of an existing operating system and with the
same settings they can access the system for
multiple use. Again with regards to the access
needs of employees it should prioritize. For
example, if employees are finding issues with
an existing product then replace the existing
technology with a new one. This change will
help you to determine how best to carry out
your strategy which gives a positive impact on
employees.
Technology Assessment Strategy
Preparing for an accessible technology plan, it
is a requirement of the existence of the current
technology, where you can easily find out the
required changes in current one.
What are the basic things you need to do?
First, evaluate the current hardware, software
and in-house applications and systems. Also, it
requires to improve options that fulfill
business needs while keeping in mind whether
it lies within the budget, and provides more
access to the number of employees and clients.
There are some good alternatives to avoid the
further cost upgradation. In case of Server
Operating Systems, which is particularly for
administrators. We can use custom in-house
applications for less number of employees or
the needed one. Assessing this kind of
situation will help you to find out the risk if
that software is not upgraded.
Here is an another way, first frame the
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questions which will help you to analyze the risk of your organization’s technology assessment. Then try to
answer all the questions to determine the extent of the of impact on your employees and clients that is that
software is still inaccessible? Furthermore, you can compare the extent of the bad impact and possible
repercussions from the same impact to determine the risk incurred by not replacing or updating the inaccessible
software. That risk can further be compared with the software accessible making cost. This will help you to
determine the comparison of which software is in high priority for replacing or updating and which is at the low
priority based on low risks and high costs of replacement.
By evaluating operating system for employees – desktops, servers, office productivity software and industry
specific applications, you can determine whether your used technology is accessible or not.
Legacy And Proprietary
We need to check whether your Legacy and Proprietary systems are accessible or not? In case of ordering and
billing systems software used for shipping packages, and for legacy system mainframe business applications are
used such as a legacy sales application.
From the last three decades, innovations like personal computers, the Internet, mobile devices, and cloud
computing have revolutionized the way how people work, communicate, and get information. These
advancements, in turn, have desperately changed the way we do business. Increased use of accessible technology
proves that it fulfills the requirements of all users.
Growing number of businesses and organizations from government agencies and universities to utilities, and
financial organizations are searching for the ways to engage customers, recruitment, employee empowerment,
keeping hold on their valuable employees at the same time they are looking for their organizational improved
efficiency and increased productivity.
In today’s digitized world, technology is the core element in all these initiatives. And to fulfill these goals,
organizations need to make such technology, which will be advantageous to the biggest possible number of users
without concerning the age or ability.
Accessible Technology is the way which makes it easy for any person to see, hear, and use a computer. It allows
people with an array of abilities such as for persons with disabilities, age-related impairments, or limited period
issues. Additionally, for novice computer or web users it requires to adjust technology as per their individual
visual, capability, hearing, understanding, language requirements and preferences or to adjust their personal
technology experience.
The leader in all Accessible Technologies, Microsoft always comes up with its new innovations and products
which are user friendly and safe such as Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010. Also, it is providing other
companies a platform for developing their accessible technologies and unique products. Altogether, Accessible
technology is redefining the workplace by improving the functional capabilities and productivity of the
organizations.
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he world has entered a critical period for human
Tresources in healthcare. The scarcity of qualified
health personnel, including nurses, is being
highlighted as one of the biggest obstacles in achieving
health system effectiveness. A nursing shortage is not just
an organizational challenge or a topic for economic
analysis; it has a major negative impact on healthcare.
Because of the surge in demand for nurses, finding a
capable one is not easy for any healthcare organization, and
it’s even harder when the requirement is for specialty
nurses. So, if you find yourself in the position of need for
healthcare professionals, specialty nurses, travel nurses, or
travel allied candidates, the best solution provider to your
problem is LiquidAgents Healthcare. Based out of Plano,
Texas, the company provides clinical staffing solutions to
public and private healthcare facilities across the United
States.
Work Work-culture
The principal belief of LiquidAgents is well-reflected in
their quote which says, “We see beyond your scrubs and
stethoscopes. We see the gardener, the world traveler, the
grandparent, the mother, the daughter.” When you work
with LiquidAgents Healthcare, you are considered more
than just a number. You are a real person and an integral
part of their family.
LiquidAgents Healthcare invests in its employees. From
company events to office lunches, a fun team environment
is fostered and each part of the team has proven to be
instrumental to the company’s success. An employees’
contribution is always recognized and rewarded to make
them feel like they are making a real difference.
LiquidAgents Healthcare removes the obstacles that prevent
employees from doing their best work. The company
provides creative and interesting incentives to boost the
employee’s work engagement. Additionally, one-on-one
time with upper management and C-level executives is
encouraged and expected. Recognition is the key to the
LiquidAgents’ culture and they are always quick in
recognizing and rewarding great performance.
This year, INC magazine released their ‘Best Places To
Work’Awards, wherein Goggle took the #1 spot among
large businesses and LiquidAgents was #1 in the midsize
category. The company strives to continually provide the
best workplace for its employees, exceeding industry
standards and expectations.
About the Persistent Serial Entrepreneur
Sheldon Arora serves as the Founder Chief Executive
Officer of LiquidAgents Healthcare. Sheldon is responsible
for providing strategic direction, operational expertise,
vision, and leadership. Initiative and utmost dedication are
just few among many of the leadership attributes that
Sheldon possesses. He was first bitten by the
entrepreneurial bug in 1997, when he founded IT staffing
firm esoftsolutions Inc. After leading esoftsolutions Inc. to
become the 52nd Fastest-Growing Company in America on
the Inc. 500 list, Arora was ready to start a new venture –
this time in healthcare staffing industry. Up until now, Arora
has launched and invested in nearly a dozen different
healthcare industry businesses. Under his guidance and
leadership, LiquidAgents Healthcare has won more than 50
awards on the national, regional and local levels. His vision
to change the entire healthcare staffing industry for the
better is based on his passion for finding creative solutions
to improve quality, reduce cost, and deliver to the bottom
line.
Prior to his entrepreneurial plunge, Sheldon has worked for
about eight years at Perot Systems Corporation. As the
Senior Leader, he played an integral role in Perot Systems’
business development efforts in North America and Europe.
Academically, Sheldon holds a BS in Computer Science
from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
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Engaged Employees Propels the Company’s Success
LiquidAgents attributes its success to their ambitious
employees, who work hard to establish a meaningful
relationship with their clients. While healthcare staffing
firms are fast-paced, LiquidAgents takes care in
understanding each client and moving their career forward
intentionally. This yields the most beneficial employee
partnership within LiquidAgents. There is formal training,
tools, and support at every level to ensure that every
employee is successful and, in turn, LiquidAgents
maintains a continued success.
“The growth we’ve experienced over the past several years
is more than just being in the right place at the right time,”
said Sheldon Arora, CEO and Founder of LiquidAgents
Healthcare. He continues by saying, “We’ve built a team of
smart, motivated and passionate people who come to work
every day with a determination to exceed the goals we set
for ourselves. It’s an inspiring environment to be immersed
in.”
Bridging the Quality Gap with Diligent Employees
LiquidAgents Healthcare sought to fill a quality gap in the
industry; fostering this intent diligently, the company has
grown exponentially ever since its launch in 2003.
Traveling healthcare professionals need a structure to direct
the next steps of their career and LiquidAgents provides
that clear, organized path that facilitates each new turn.
Traveling nurses lead exciting careers with new adventures
all over the country and to be a part of that is an exciting
experience. In addition, travelers develop relationships
with LiquidAgent’s recruiters that span over the lifetime of
their career. The company possesses a truly collaborative
team with years of history together that provides the
support system to be the very best.
Envisioning Innovation and Improvement
LiquidAgents Healthcare was established with one mission
in mind: to place dedicated healthcare professionals into
the highest paying jobs available. More than a decade later,
that same mission forms the foundation of everything that
the company does. The company believes in transparency.
“You’ll never have to guess what we’re doing or how we’re
doing it. At the end of the day, your satisfaction is our top
priority,” asserts the team at LiquidAgents.
Innovation within the industry and a consistent quality of
employees both internally and externally, as they staff
nurses nationally and even internationally, is their
wholesome vision. As the company’s growth continues to
propel forward, Sheldon plans to improve and reinvent his
existing tools and technologies already in place, making
them more efficient and streamlined than ever before.
Our clients know that
when they work with us,
we are fully invested in
their future
Sheldon Arora
Founder CEO
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In this relentlessly expanding world, swarmed with
people and their ideas, there is an acute need for
effective visual communications. The use of visual
communication technologies can help your business go
beyond geographical limits, empowering effective
communications. Today, distance is no longer an
obstruction in the thoroughfare of international business.
Technological advancements have allowed the proliferation
of truly amazing experiences. These advancements allow
businesses to take collaboration to a new echelon.
One emerging visual communication tool that’s gaining
immense popularity is digital signage. Digital signage is a
specialized form of content broadcast in which multimedia
content including video, animations, images and interactive
content is displayed for to inform, educate, socialize with or
sell to the targeted audience.
One of the best companies in the industry and a leading
provider of content-rich digital signage is Mvix, whose
solutions create memorable onsite digital experiences in
verticals ranging from corporate offices and healthcare
facilities to school campuses and restaurants. Their focus is
on feature-rich, cloud-hosted solutions that, when coupled
with their engineers and creative team, build
communication networks that turn browsers into customers
and employees into brand ambassadors, all the while
enhancing market awareness.
The Stepping Stone to Success
In its initial stages, Mvix had always been interested in how
technology combined with compelling content influences
the purchasing behavior of customers. They first developed
a product for the foodservice market ─ digital menu boards.
The idea was to offer customers dynamic visual aids that
would appeal to them and speed up the ordering process,
while enabling restaurant owners to nimbly and easily
manage their menus and make changes on the fly.
Following their success with digital menu boards, Mvix
expanded their solutions to serve additional industries like
education, healthcare, hospitality, and retail, manufacturing,
religious venues and financial institutions.
Content-driven Digital Signage
Digital signage has a significant impact on a brand’s image.
Marketers have long toiled over communications that keeps
people, both customers and employees, engaged. Mvix
understands that people engage with the content on the
screens, not the screens themselves.
To ensure that engagement with content is a seamless
experience for customers, Mvix develops digital signage
software, XhibitSignage, that has native integrations with
third-party data and dynamic content APIs such as
calendars for event listings, emergency and CAP alerts to
display alerts and safety instructions, social media to
display Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, enterprise
HTML5, metrics dashboards, workplace and OSHA
posters, among others.
The integrations and content apps in the software are
designed to expand the functionality of digital signage
solutions by allowing businesses to easily create and update
live content on on digital signs, touchscreen displays, video
walls and 4K displays.
For their innovation in content-driven solutions, Mvix’s
software, XhibitSignage, won the 2017 InfoComm Best of
Show Award and the 2017 DIGI Award for Best Digital
Signage Software.
An Adroit and Empowering Leader with Directional
Specificity
Mike Kilian, the Senior Director of Business
Development at Mvix, is a veteran business development
professional in the IT landscape. He currently leads the
revenue capture and project management teams at Mvix.
Kilian is a proactive leader who maintains a sharp focus on
exceeding client expectations while guiding teams towards
the company objectives.
He has proven to be an inspiring leader, especially when
leading the Mvix team in preparing for large trade shows
with thousands of people, and regional events hosted at the
company headquarters. He’s proud of the way his team
steps up to deliver an event successfully, even if it’s
something they have never had prior experience with.
“Watching our team, especially our junior staff, step
outside of their comfort zone and take the reins of certain
aspects of our business and leading that on to successful
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execution is really what motivates me every day,” says
Kilian.
His valuable advice for upcoming and aspiring
entrepreneurs is simply to work hard. He asserts, “There is
no successful company that doesn’t have its roots in hard
work. On top of that, take the initiative. What has made
Mvix successful, almost single handedly, is initiative, and it
will continue to make us successful as long as it is a huge
driver in our employee’s careers. It helps our company
grow, and has led employees to simultaneously update and
expand their own skills to present themselves as valuable
items on a resume.”
A Diligent Team that looks at Challenges as
Opportunities
What has also made Mvix successful is their continued
encouragement for their employees to take initiative in
discovering new solutions to problems. They have a lot of
competent employees that find a subject matter that
interests them, and they take it upon themselves, without
any direction, to go on and become experts in their areas.
That has happened across the board, from the marketing
team to the sales team, and their RD team as well.
As a company, they promote a culture of autonomy. Mvix
likes its employees to have free reign in doing what they do
best. Particularly when employees recognize an interest,
and figure out a way to incorporate that into the business in
a productive way, the result has impelled Mvix’s internal
growth and overall success.
Dynamism and Inventiveness Driving Organizational
Success
Mvix attributes their success and reputation in the industry
to their thought leadership. Some of the minds that work at
Mvix and the initiatives they’ve taken here are truly
industry leading. They have lots of competitors and end
users that are curious to know how they overcome
obstacles, and Kilian thinks that the out-of-the-box
thinking has really driven them over the last couple of
years. That kind of forward thinking influences their
product lines, directions in the marketplace and ultimately
helps them to solve some of the larger problems the
industry is facing.
Mike Kilian
Senior Director of
Business Development
What has made Mvix successful,
almost single handedly, is
employee initiative. Our
employees are empowered to
step out of their comfort zones
and look at challenges as
opportunities
for transformation and
professional growth.
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