30 Most Transformational Leaders To Follow In 2022 Exeleon Magazine Blogs
When it comes to leadership, there is a constant change in expectations and demands. In modern times, there has been an increasing focus and inclination towards transformational leadership.
These transformational leaders are the paving the pathway for new and aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs to follow. Exeleon as a platform has always been at the forefront of latest trends, and we have ascertained our list of the 30 Most Transformational Leaders to Follow in 2022.
Exeleon’s 30 Most Transformational Leaders to Follow in 2022
1. Graeme Keith
Graeme M. Keith is a third-generation leader, Development Partner at The Keith Corporation (TKC), and the Chief Operating Officer of MedChat.
Graeme is an example of a transformational leader who has gone beyond the stereotypical notions of leadership and forged a unique pathway of success in his journey.
2. Alexander Kayne
Alexander M. Kayne, Chief Legal Officer at CarepathRx, is a purpose-driven leader who is dedicated towards contributing to a mission that far-exceeds his own needs and expectations.
Since joining CarepathRx, Alexander has been executing effective strategies and penning down tactical plannings that positions the company for smooth operations. His expert guidance on everything related to acquisitions to matters related to regulations, has played a key role in the continued success of the company.
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3. Karen Mangia
Success means many things to many people. More often than not, success is equated with ‘more’. People buy into the belief that there is a pressing need to do more, have more and be more to accelerate their life. This can then seep into the hunt for more money, more recognition, and more opportunities.
But one transformational leader is on a mission to decode and inspire what it means to be more. In her WSJ Bestseller – Success from Anywhere, Karen Mangia leans into the power of abundance and redefines what success means to you.
4. Bill Sahadi
Bill Sahadi is the owner and broker of Fore Properties Realty Inc. As a pioneering example in the realty sector, he believes in doing the ‘right thing’ in every way. His hustle and intent has made a positive impact in not just his business, but his entire community.
As a Certified Residential Specialist, he shares his principles as ‘the truth’. Bill has set himself as a trendsetter in treating clients fairly, managing expectations based on curiosity and not judgment, and practicing what he preaches.
5. Raman Attri
Dr. Raman Attri is a pioneer who exhibits his passion and skills to help people cut time in their learning by half and reach their dreams faster than ever. He is a futuristic educator, corporate learning leader, inspiring speaker, prolific author, and the founder of ‘Get There Faster.‘
At the age of only six months, he contracted the polio virus and it left him permanently disabled. The unfortunate event took a mental and physical toll on his life as he felt alienated from others and lived a slow-paced life. However, Dr. Raman did not succumb to his circumstances. Instead, he rose to the challenges and turned his weakness into his strengths.
6. Gwendolyn Young
Gwendolyn Young is the Founder & CEO of Your Virtual Admin Expert, LLC — an online business management support agency for professional service providers. She helps businesses to focus on pressing matters at hand while taking on the responsibilities of managing their operations.
Gwendolyn was born to a teenage mother and had six siblings while growing up. Being the oldest, she got the taste of being a leader very early on in her life. Years later, she was married with three kids by 23 and was able to secure a place in the corporate world leading to a stable life. Then in 2013, something happened that changed her life forever.
7. Ali Scarlett
Ali Scarlett is a transformational leader who understands the importance of forming a network very well. He is a national bestselling author, entrepreneur, and avid researcher of networking sociology and is the founder of The Clever Connector. Using the wisdom and helpful information he’s gained over the years as the pathway to achieving more, Ali has embarked on a journey of helping others attain personal empowerment.
8. Dayna Altman
Dayna Altman, a mental health entrepreneur, author, and public health professional, is an example of a transformational leader who showcases the power storytelling has in healing people. Overcoming and learning from the challenges that started in her college years, Dayna embarked on a journey to help others by creating her organizations specializing in mental health advocacy.
9. Ming-Chien Chyu
Dr. Ming-Chien Chyu, Founding President of Healthcare Engineering Alliance Society (HEALS) is an erudite personality who has been at the forefront of healthcare engineering for over 15 years.
As a transformational leader, Dr. Chyu spearheads over 15,000 members and followers, in a quest to bridge the gap between healthcare and engineering, advancing the industry, and promoting collaborative and innovative exchanges between the two domains.
10. Kurt Nederveld
In 2014, a young and determined Kurt Nederveld founded Rainstar Capital Group. The name of the company was an amalgamation between a Rainmaker and Rockstar, depicting the energetic and confident approach that has made the company a success over the years.
Rainstar Capital Group is one of the premier companies because of its diversified lending platforms, its streamlined processes, educational trainings teaching investors and owners on how to access debt capital for growth, and an accomplished team that has combined completed over $1B worth of transactions.
11. Akvile DeFazio
For Akvile DeFazio landing an ecommerce marketing internship without any prior experience or degree in marketing and communications was an opportunity that changed her pathway.
She embraced this opportunity, overcame adversities, found her direction, and then leveraged this into her long-term vision. Today, she is the Founder and President of AKvertise, a leading remote advertising agency.
12. Zane Landin
Zane Landin is a transformational leader who understands the value of storytelling and is determined to leverage its power to bring forth a change in the mental health space.
A transformational leader in every right, Zane Landin through his publication PositiveVibes Magazine aims to facilitate conversations related to mental health by sharing personal stories and experiences.
13. Jordan Fischer
For Jordan Fischer, it was inevitable to enter the field of law. Growing up, she was surrounded by people who worked in law, including her father who owned a law practice firm.
She knew it was her calling to become a lawyer. Over the years, Jordan has built a unique reputation in the legal space by recognizing her opportunities and taking a leap of faith.
Today, she is the Global Privacy Team Lead at Octillo, a remote-based law firm that focuses exclusively on data privacy, cybersecurity, and technology law.
14. Vladimer Botsvadze
When we talk about transformational leaders, few names stand out as much as Vladimer Botsvadze.
A globally renowned, multi-award-winning, digital transformation and social media influencer, Vladimer has been at the forefront of business excellence for years. His list of awards and accomplishments have positioned him as a pioneer across the globe.
15. Ashok Dudhat
As a veteran of the IT industry, Ashok noted a discrepancy between the job seekers’ ability to reach a company and organizations’ failed attempts to secure a talented workforce.
To address this, Ashok went on to lay the foundation of a bridge that unites the two fronts for collective success. Thereby forming Tech Jobs Fair.
16. Alvin Fu
For over 20 years, Alvin Fu has dedicated his life to technology. A veteran in the space, Alvin recognized the sheer potential the industry carried at an early age and was determined to contribute towards its betterment.
Featuring in Exeleon Magazine as a Transformational Leader, we looked into the story of Alvin Fu, a 20-year veteran in the industry and the CTO of Bryn Mawr Communications, a medical media, live, and virtual education, and marketing services company. It particularly lays focus on vision, cardiovascular, dermatology, aesthetics, and neurology fields.
17. Fatima Hasan Callahan
A transformational leader in every sense of the word, Fatima Hasan Callahan is the Managing Director of Blue Line Security Solutions, a woman-owned and minority-owned company.
As a leader, Fatima appreciates feedback and constructive criticism and is always willing to lead her organization selflessly alongside her business partner, Jack Harris.
18. Sudharika Gogna
Featuring among Exeleon’s Trailblazing Women Leaders of the Year, Sudharika Gogna is a seasoned leader with over 20 years of experience in driving intentional transformations.
As the Director of Operational Excellence at Flexport, she is involved in leading process excellence teams, enhancing process improvements, global operations, management consulting, and program management. Moreover, her high-velocity ideas and concrete execution continue to add immense value to multi-million-dollar global companies.
19. Michael Gulotta
Knowledge is power and being a good attorney means respecting the knowledge you’ve obtained, striving to attain more, and using it to help those who do not possess the same expertise.
Michael Gulotta is an example of a dynamic, resilient, and committed attorney with the vision to help people through his law practice.
As a leading attorney, Michael has built his moral compass to guide him in a way that is consistent with his values. Moreover, he has relied on many leadership styles — being both collaborative and transformational — to build morale, motivation, and an individualistic sense of being for his team and clients.
20. Molly Downs
The qualities of an effective coach are vast, and so are the skill sets needed to support others to make significant life changes. While the definition of a coach describes the individual to be a guide, a trainer, an advisor, and much more, however, above all, they are the people who empower and pave the way for others to achieve a successful life.
Molly Downs, transformational leader, entrepreneur, and business coach, is a pioneer who works with people to create life-changing results in the areas of business and personal development.
21. Christina Flach
Christina entered into the beauty and fashion industry because she wanted to witness all the fun, excitement and glamour that comes with it, while overcoming her own challenges and struggles.
Today, with more than 20 years of experience in the business, Christina uses her knowledge to create stylish and trendy lip, eye, and face products. She is passionate to deliver one-of-a-kind high-end beauty products that are mixed and matched with natural ingredients, and other essential oils.
22. Alessandro Bertoldi
According to Alessandro Bertoldi, businesses are founded on three basic elements: People, Ideas and Capital. Among which, one of the most striking elements to ensure the success of any business is its People.
To make the most out of every individual’s untapped potential, Alessandro Bertoldi launched Elite Academy. Thus far, the transformational leader has trained and coached countless people in many small and medium-sized companies. His vision is to create a multicultural and multinational company where individuals from all walks of life — different ethnic groups, religions, and cultures — are encouraged to put their best foot forward.
23. Sima Azadegan
Sima Azadegan started her clothing label Sima Collezione at the age of 50, having no prior industry or business experience. Within just a year, her designs were showcased at 4 international events including The New York Fashion Week, The Paris Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week, and Forbes 30/50 International Women Summit.
It is a rare sight among entrepreneurs to follow the path of introspection and unconditional self-confidence. Sima’s journey is a prime example of how well this approach can materialize into growth and success. Her 15-year journey to self-introduction and improvement has proven key to her transformation.
Read our Transformational Women issue.
24. Rob May
Considered by many as a pioneer in the CyberSecurity space, Rob May is the Founder and MD of ramsac — an independent IT infrastructure consultancy. With ramsac, Rob is on a mission to deliver the best out of the technology by providing proactive management, and jargon-free IT support. Moreover, he also aspires to accelerate growth efficiently and securely.
Rob is a huge believer in life-long learning and is currently enjoying writing his next book ‘Preparing for Interruption.’
25. Martin Mobarak
Renowned as Mexico’s most popular painter – Frida Kahlo was an example of excellence whose artistry continues to have an impact in our lives and in our society.
Martin Mobarak, a global entrepreneur and visionary, aims to immortalize the legacy of Frida Kahlo with Frida.NFT, a pioneering innovative blockchain technology reforming the charity industry to increase transparency, donation frequency, and donor incentive.
26. Cynthia Ekberg Tsai
Cynthia Tsai, CEO of Tana Systems & Healthquest, stands out as a transformational global leader who believes that the road to excellent global leadership cements on forming personal connections with the people along with a personal commitment to exploration and curiosity.
In her dictionary, extraordinary global leaders are humble, recognize the contribution of others, value time, and most importantly, develop and use keen intuition.
27. Stan Samole
Stan Samole is the CEO of Family Tax Recovery Inc. and is on a mission to rightfully reclaim the wealth of Canadian Taxpayers.
Stan has consistently driven his company to great strides and is determined to scale further. He is also the six-times winner of the Profit Magazine Award for Canada’s fastest growing company and bagged several other accolades including the Winner of the Source Innovation Award and Consumer’s Digest Best Buy Award.
28. Tugrul Kararli
In our Leaders in Pharma issue of 2022, Exeleon featured an erudite personality on its cover whose knowledge and experience of over 40 years in the pharmaceutical industry has contributed to bringing a revolutionized method of making informed decisions from digital data.
Meet Dr. Tugrul Kararli, the President and Founder of PharmaCircle, a company serving commercial and emerging stage life sciences companies and suppliers from around the world with integrated data and powerful analysis tools.
29. Hana Boruchov
For Hana Boruchov, Founding Partner at Boruchov, Gabovich & Associates, her personal and professional growth helped her become the pioneer that she is today. Although she claims to be never a leader to start with, her will to lead by example on a daily basis and finding solutions to the problems at hand resulted in her leading a prominent law firm.
Nestled in the heart of Manhattan, NYC, Boruchov, Gabovich & Associates, P.C. is a full-service boutique domestic and international tax controversy, immigration, and commercial law firm. The firm is a renowned name for handling law cases related to tax litigation, FBAR compliance, trust fund recovery penalties, individual and corporate audits, voluntary disclosures, installment agreements, 1031 exchanges, contract negotiation, offers in compromise, entity formation, seizures, business immigration services, and much more.
30. Jennifer Rae Stine
For Jennifer Rae Stine, the idea of helping someone succeed has been the biggest driver throughout her journey.
It is this drive that led her into the marketing industry and to start Fortune Web Marketing, a one-of-a-kind agency focused on all aspects of marketing, with a digital focus.
Since its inception in 2008, the team at Fortune Web Marketing, spearheaded by Jennifer, have built a reputation of delivering optimal client satisfaction through their personalized branding and marketing strategies.
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