Career Confidential: Lucy L. Chalmeton

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Position / Job title?: Associate Director, Mobile Innovation

1. Fast-forward several years/decades. How did you land (or create) your current position?

I’ve been a mobile and innovation evangelist since 2001 which is almost most of my career up. Working with Orange Innovation Program in both China and France in the early age of the Internet and smartphones not only helped me understand where digital innovation is heading to

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Career Confidential: Jen Appel

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Position / Job title?: CEO & Publicity Director of The Catalyst Publicity Group

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was a kid I wanted to be an Interior Designer just like my mom. I had a passion for art from a very early age. Watching my mom pick out color samples to new furniture it really made me want to do just

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Career Confidential: Shayna Leigh

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Full name?: Shayna Leigh

Position / Job title?: Singer-songwriter

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I always wanted to be an entertainer. At a point I thought I would be an actor. There was a minute where I thought I might be a scientist. And I minute I thought about becoming a lawyer. But those minutes never lasted too long. I always

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Career Confidential: Neha Gajwani

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Full name?: Neha Gajwani

Position / Job title?: CEO, SmackTom

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Early on, I found out that when you scribble a bit with a pen that’s not working, that it begins to write again. I imagined only I had this unique and magical gift, so I figured I had to use it in some way. I thought for certain I would grow up to be a pen doctor, and people would bring their pens

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Career Confidential: Tess Johnson

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Full name?: Tess Johnson

Position / Job title?: Founder & Creative Director of TessJohnsonDesign

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was young, I was a competitive figure skater. I totally had dreams of the Olympics, but I found myself caring more about my costumes than my actual skating.

Fast-forward several years/decades. How did you land (or create) your current position?

I spent a lot

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Career Confidential: Stacia Pierce

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Position / Job title?: Business and Success Coach, author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur and owner of LifeCoach2Women.com

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was a child. I used to tear pages of beautiful clothing from magazines and catalogs and put them on my vision board. I’ve always had a real passion for fashion and style.

Fast-forward several years/decades.

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Career Confidential: Jessica Ekstrom

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Full name?: Jessica Ekstrom

Position / Job title?: Founder and CEO of Headbands of Hope

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I always wanted to be a journalist. I loved writing and telling stories, so I thought journalism was perfect for me. I got really caught up in the idea of writing for a shiny NYC magazine. I was definitely more focused on the

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Career Confidential: Nadia Murdock

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Full name?: Nadia Murdock

Position / Job title?: Mind and Body Fitness Coach, Author and Media Expert

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? An Actress!

2. Fast-forward several years/decades. How did you land (or create) your current position? I love that you said “create” because that is exactly what I did! After hitting a roadblock in my career I started to take a closer

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Career Confidential: Ashley Marie Zygmunt

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Position / Job title?: CEO & Designer of ZAMRIE

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A business woman wearing suits. It was always about the clothes for me.

2. Fast-forward several years/decades. How did you land (or create) your current position?

Hard work, not taking no for an answer and surrounding myself with people who believe in my purpose and my brand ZAMRIE as

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Career Confidential: Chayya Syal

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Full name: Chayya Syal

Position / Job title: Freelance Writer, Blogger at Avid Scribbler and author of the e-book, Colour Me In

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

This question always makes me laugh because I had some rather embarrassing career aspirations. When I was around 4-5 I wanted to become a frog (don’t ask!) and from the age

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