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Like a Boss from the Portland Press Herald

The Portland Press Herald presents, Like A Boss, the live Q&A business event series. Our CEO and Publisher, Lisa DeSisto, will meet one-on-one with local CEOs and business leaders for a behind the scenes look at their career paths, the ups and downs of running their businesses and the trends shaping them. Join us to hear insightful, first-hand accounts of the realities of running a business.
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ABOUT LIKE A BOSS

The Portland Press Herald presents, Like A Boss, the live Q&A business event series. Our CEO and Publisher, Lisa DeSisto, will meet one-on-one with local CEOs and business leaders for a behind the scenes look at their career paths, the ups and downs of running their businesses and the trends shaping them. Join us to hear insightful, first-hand accounts of the realities of running a business.

Visit http://likeaboss.pressherald.com for more information.

Dec 15, 2016

Portland Press Herald CEO and Publisher, Lisa DeSisto, chats with Leeann Leahy,
CEO of the VIA Agency. Leahy grew up as an account planner at big and small agencies in NYC working on clients like Coca-Cola, JPMorgan Chase, NFL, Godiva, and Johnson & Johnson, to name a few. Three years ago she moved to Portland, Maine to join The VIA Agency as President. During her tenure, she has helped the agency raise its profile and win a slew of new business, and as creator of VIA’s “Go. Do.” series, she’s led VIA to be named in the top 10 Best Places to Work in advertising. Just ask Advertising Age.

 

Get more information about the "Like a Boss" Podcast and events at likeaboss.pressherald.com

Dec 7, 2016

Portland Press Herald CEO Lisa DeSisto, chats with Bernstein Shur CEO Patrick J. Scully about what it takes to lead a 100-year-old firm of over 100 lawyers.  They discuss what the firm looks for in new talent, how the city of Portland is a great place for a law career and what keeps him up at night.

 

And there might even be some singing involved.


Links:

Portland Press Herald http://www.pressherald.com

Bernstein Shur: http://www.bernsteinshur.com

 

Sep 30, 2016

About Steve Smith

Steve began his career in 1992 at J. Walter Thompson in New York City. He moved to Maine in 1997 and rose to become the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Resort Sports Network. In 2011, he joined Walmart International where he gained general management responsibility, integrating e-commerce into the core business and improving annual sales growth. A year later, Steve became Chief Customer Officer of ASDA (part of Walmart International), a $30+ billion food, fashion and general merchandise omnichannel business in the United Kingdom.

In 2015, Steve became Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer for Yihaodian (part of Walmart Global Ecommerce) and in November of that same year, Smith was named the fourth President and CEO of L.L.Bean

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