Executive Connections mentors

In July of 2018, John retired from Travelers, a Fortune 100, Dow 30 company based in New York City after 34 years of service, the last 15 as executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO). As CHRO, John led all talent acquisition, management development, employee relations, compensation and benefits for a 30,000-plus employee organization operating in the U.S. and selected international markets. He was responsible for roughly $3 billion in employee salaries, bonuses, equity, pension, and welfare benefits as well as staff in excess of 400.

During his career, John oversaw a number of mergers, acquisitions, and divestures, the largest of which was the merging of The St. Paul Companies and Travelers Property Casualty. At the time, it was the largest merger in the property casualty industry and formed the second-largest U.S. writer of commercial property casualty insurance.

Prior to his retirement, John served on the board of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, the Minnesota Children’s Museum, and the Minnesota Private College Council. He was a guest lecturer at the for undergraduate and graduate level courses at Cornell University’s School of Industrial Relations and the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

He holds a BA degree in economics from Carleton College and a Master of Public Policy Administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. John and his wife Lynn have three adult children who work in the investment management and technology industries. He enjoys golf, hiking, art and international travel.

Charlotte retired after a corporate career spanning technology and traditional manufacturing industries. After retirement she worked with companies to improve their strategic and operational processes and with individuals to enhance their performance and career potential. Charlotte has experience in marketing, sales, purchasing, supply chain, demand forecasting, customer service, and business P&L management. In her career at ON Semiconductor, Charlotte program-managed the spinoff from Motorola and held executive leadership positions as vice president of planning and VP of the standard components business.

As senior VP of global supply chain operations, she led ON Semiconductor to multiple awards for service and delivery excellence. She also served as senior VP and chief integration officer, managing the operational integration of acquired companies.

During a career that included experience at Intel Corp., 13 years at Ford Motor Company, and 13 years at Motorola and ON Semiconductor, Charlotte has lived in Europe, Asia, and North America. She has managed large organizations in China, Malaysia, the UK, France, Germany, and Slovakia, and has served on the board of directors for Leshan-Phoenix Semiconductor Co. based in Sichuan, China and Model United Nations of the Far West.

Presently, Charlotte is a member of the Advisory Board for The Guerrant Foundation, an organization that helps the poorest women in the world through micro-loans for businesses. Charlotte holds two bachelor’s degrees from California State University Chico and an MBA from the University of Denver. Her personal interests include spending time with her husband and family of three adult children and four grandchildren, as well as hiking, traveling, reading, gardening, and cooking healthy food.

Paul’s career spans 40+ years focused on technology, working at large software providers (i.e. Oracle, VMWare) as well as multiple venture backed startups. In that time he has risen from account manager to Chief Executive Officer. His experience spans multiple technology disciplines including applications, databases, virtualization, API’s, enterprise search, and security. In addition to gaining experience in various technology disciplines, he has also worked for or run three companies based in France and has extensive international business and travel experience.

For the past 15 years, as CEO of five different venture backed startup software companies, Paul was successful in turning around these companies and building them into successful market leaders with financially secure exits for the investors and founders.

Paul completed a degree in mechanical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology using an ROTC scholarship followed by service in the United States Marine Corps. In addition to being an Executive Connections mentor at ASU, Paul is also a Discover Volunteer for Arizona Make-a-Wish Foundation and a Board Member for 3Strands, a California based nonprofit focused on the eradication of human trafficking.

As Director of Supply Chain Management for Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Bruce is responsible for supply chain leadership for Mayo Clinic’s U.S. Southwest region including the development of strategies, operations, and implementation of key initiatives. Bruce is also a Professor of Practice in the Department of Supply Chain Management at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

Prior to his role at Mayo Clinic, Bruce served as a Director in Intel Corporation’s Global Supply Management organization, where he had responsibility for direct materials annual global spends of >$1B. The supply network spanned Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, and China supporting Intel’s assembly/test factories in Asia and in Arizona. Bruce has a broad range of experience including procurement, materials management, service management, logistics, and transportation in a global, high-technology environment. Over his career with Intel, Bruce had extensive experience with leading global teams of employees and suppliers to achieve outstanding results across Europe, Asia, and the United States.

As a leader, Bruce developed several high-performance management teams to deliver leading-edge supply chain solutions for Intel. He has a demonstrated ability to orchestrate cross-functional resources across the organization to ensure effective deployment of high-leverage programs contributing directly to the bottom line. He is also an outstanding communicator with the proven ability to influence at the highest levels internally and external to the company.

Bruce earned a BS in Business Administration/Purchasing – Arizona State University, and an MBA from the University of Arizona. He is a veteran who served in the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve. Bruce and his family live in Arizona where they enjoy volunteering at their church, hiking, and enjoying the benefits of living in Arizona.

As a marketing executive or consultant, David Greenberg has had the pleasure of growing sales and profit for some of the best-known restaurants, consumer packaged goods and hotel companies in the world -- Bristol Myers Squibb, Mondelez, Henkel, Wendy’s, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Bob Evans, Best Western Hotels, and many more. He has ideated and launched new products and brands that have delivered over $10 billion in sales, most notably Wendy’s Baconator.

Having worked for startups and private companies, he takes great pleasure in developing and executing marketing strategies to grow “underdog” brands in categories dominated by established powerhouses. He has greatly enjoyed embracing the digital revolution in marketing over the past 5 years, delivering strong restaurant sales and profit turnarounds at Huddle House, Fuddruckers and Luby’s.

David believes that there is no “one size fits all” approach to leading and growing a business. He has taken the same approach in mentoring Full-time MBA students at W.P. Carey since 2015. He understands that every student is unique and has a different set of wants and needs, which he serves to meet.

David has a Master of Management degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA in Philosophy from Haverford College. He enjoys hiking, golf, playing guitar and attending concerts, but most importantly he loves traveling with his wife Barbara to visit their daughters in Perth, Australia and Brooklyn, NY.

Briand is a seasoned executive and dynamic leader with extensive global business management experience. Growing up in the US, Europe and Asia, traveling worldwide for 25 years and living in Asia for the past 8 years, Briand deeply understands how to embrace, understand and flourish both personally and professionally cross-culturally. He is a respected speaker and media expert focusing on how US multi-national companies can bridge the east-west gap for long term success through emotionally intelligent leadership with a global mindset and strong cultural competency.

As ASEAN President, Briand established and led Honeywell’s broad portfolio of businesses across Southeast Asia in alignment with global leadership and Honeywell’s strategic imperative to transform into a software industrial fully embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Honeywell’s four Strategic Business Groups (SBGs) Aerospace & Transportation, Performance Materials & Technologies, Home & Building Technologies, and Safety & Productivity Solutions supply leading-edge technologies, products, software, services, and solutions across a wide range of industries and markets including aviation, airports, automotive, oil and gas, petrochemical, production process controls, refrigerants, building and home safety & security systems, industrial safety, and business mobility and productivity.

Briand previously served as President, Aerospace Asia-Pacific based in Shanghai, China and was responsible for all aspects of the business across the region. He has more than 25 years of experience in the aerospace industry as a senior leader in both the commercial and defense businesses. Before joining Honeywell in 2002, Briand was co-founder and President of Aerospace Hardware Exchange (AHX), the world’s first online trading marketplace for aerospace commodities. Prior to that, he held various leadership positions at Fairchild Fasteners Inc. and UNC Inc.

As an officer in the U.S. Navy, Briand was a Naval Flight Officer with VS-29 aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), a Naval Science professor at Duke University, and a Commander in the Naval Reserve.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Affairs from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, and an MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business. His academic experience includes graduate level management studies at Harvard University and the University of Tennessee.

As a professional tennis player, Anne Guerrant won an Australian Open women’s double title and ranked No. 11 in the world. She was also a successful real estate entrepreneur, starting a company in 1976 with her husband, Terry. After nearly three decades buying and selling investments in land, apartments, and “fix and flip” houses, they sold all their real estate and retired in 2005.

As president of the Guerrant Foundation Anne takes no salary, and matches donations up to $100,000 per year. The foundation raises money for programs that help the poorest of the world's poor through small loans to start businesses, and 100 percent of donations made to the Guerrant Foundation are passed through to either Opportunity International, BRAC, or Pro Mujer. Careful due diligence has been done to select these efficient organizations. Additionally, Anne manages a board of advisors and plans several fundraising events for the foundation every year. She has taught personal money management classes to all ages from adults to children in first grade.

Anne has been a feminist since age 16. She is one of the founders of the women's pro tennis tour and the Women's Tennis Association, and counts Billie Jean King among her best friends.

As an executive, Ash Gunderia is the Vice President of Supply Chain and Transformation at Cubic Corporation. In this role, he leads supply chain transformation programs which drive operational and financial improvements at Cubic Corporation.

Prior to Cubic, Ash has held leadership roles in supply chain design and optimization, world-class manufacturing operations, and logistics in global fortune 100 companies such as Honeywell, Medtronic, and DaimlerChrysler. In each of these organizations, he led large global teams, provided strategic leadership, and drove transformation initiatives. Earlier in his career, Ash amassed significant product management, finance and business planning, product design, and development experience, holding leadership positions in retail and automotive industry.

He grew up in India, earned a bachelor’s of technology in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai. He also holds a master’s in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia and an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Ash currently resides in Scottsdale with his family. His personal interests include spending time with his family and friends, and teaching math to middle school and high school students. He leads a very active lifestyle which includes training for long distance running and aerobic exercises.