Irina is the former CEO of CareerBuilder, a leading global, end-to-end human capital solutions company. Irina’s family came to this country as refugees from Ukraine with $270 in the 1980s, and she (and they) have built not only a wonderful life but an impressive career. We discuss her childhood as a latchkey kid, and how her independence, ownership, and willingness to fail have played integral roles in each ecosystem she has been an essential part of.
Leave something for BTO community: The combination of ignorance (or willingness to be/appear that way) and persistence is a potent combination.
Ask something of BTO community: As you are making hiring decisions, push your thinking on who has and what are the right traits for which to hire. Don’t judge a book by its cover, magic can happen with diverse teams (in the myriad of ways diversity can be interpreted).
Craig is the CEO of Buff City Soap and the former COO of TopGolf. Through his experiences both personally and professionally, we explore what...
Carl is a co-founder of the well-known private equity firm Berkshire Partners, which currently has over $16B in assets under management. Additionally, Carl is...
Dan is the Founder and President of DPO & Co, a consulting and investing firm focused on small to mid-sized private companies in the...