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BUSINESS 100
CHARLENE BEGLEY
TOM BRADLEY
CONRAD BURKE
Charlene Begley is president and CEO of GE Home & Business Solutions and a senior vice president and CIO for GE. Charlene joined GE in 1988 and progressed through leadership roles including vice president, GE Corporate Audit Staff and president and CEO for several GE businesses including GE FANUC Automation, Transportation, Plastics, and Enterprise Solutions. At 32, she became the company’s youngest ever corporate officer, and she also set the record as the first woman to lead one of GE’s major business units and the first female senior vice president. Her accomplishments have been recognized on lists in Fortune, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. Charlene is a member of GE’s Corporate Executive Council and the boards of Morpho Detection, Inc. and the National Association of Manufacturers. She is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders. A fifth-generation Irish American, Charlene graduated from the University of Vermont.
Tom Bradley is chief financial officer at Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, a leading international law firm with a home base in Minneapolis. He most recently served as executive vice president and CFO of Fair Isaac Corporation. Previously, he headed North America Operations for Zurich Financial Services, a firm he joined in 2004 as CFO for North America. Before that, he was executive vice president and CFO for The St. Paul Companies. Tom joined St. Paul in 1998 when that company acquired USF&G, where he was serving as vice president of finance and corporate controller. A graduate of the University of Maryland with a bachelor's degree in accounting, Tom also holds an MBA from Loyola College of Maryland, and is a certified public accountant. He resides in St. Paul, MN with his wife Michelle and son Andrew. Tom is a third-generation Irish American. His great-grandfather, Thomas Bradley, came to Newtown, CT from the west coast of County Clare, fought in the Civil War, raised seven sons, and rose from a factory worker to become the town's selectman and postmaster.
Conrad Burke founded Innovalight in 2005 and served as the president and CEO until August 2011, when DuPont acquired the company. He now serves as general manager of DuPont Innovalight. Conrad’s career has provided him with extensive experience in research and development, product management, marketing, and sales. He has worked with leading global organizations like NEC and AT&T, and abroad, with operations in Germany, U.K., and Japan. Before founding Innovalight, Conrad was the SVP of Worldwide Sales for Oclaro and was a venture partner at Sevin Rosen Funds. He has been recognized for his work, receiving the Technology Pioneer Award for cleantech innovations from the World Economic Forum. In 2010, the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese presented him with The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Conrad, who was born in Dublin and raised in Co. Wicklow, is “very proud to have been born in Ireland.” He received his MS in physics from Trinity College Dublin and his BS in physics from University College Dublin. Conrad also attended The London Business School.
STEVE CAHILLANE
JOAN CARROLL
LIAM CASEY
With twenty years of experience in the bevererage industry, Steve Cahillane is president of the North American Group for Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE). Steve is one of four children of a New York firefighter with roots in Co. Kerry and a mother who was born and raised in Donegal and immigrated to New York City at the age of 18. He holds a BA degree in political science from Northwestern University and an MBA from Harvard University. Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Steve, who began his career as a sales representative for E&J Gallo Winery, held senior management positions with Coors Distribution Company, InBev, and Labatt USA. He entered the European beverage industry in 2003, working for two years as chief executive of Interbrew UK and Ireland. Following that, he moved to Brussels and served as chief commercial officer for InBev. In 2007, Steve was appointed president of the Europe Group for CCE, and in 2008, he was named president of CCE’s North American Group. He and his wife, Tracy, reside in Atlanta with their four children.
Joan Carroll is a director in the Personal Finance Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. For over 24 years, she has provided comprehensive tax and financial planning services to high net worth individuals, managers and investors of hedge funds and private equity funds, senior corporate executives, and owners of closely held businesses. Joan holds a BBA in accounting from Adelphi University, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Concern Worldwide US. She grew up in Wantagh, New York and now resides in nearby Long Beach. Her grandfather, Patrick McHugh, was born in County Leitrim, while the Carroll name hails from Westport, County Mayo. Joan is very proud to be of Irish descent, and is “grateful for the strong faith that was passed down to me.”
Liam Casey is the founder and CEO of PCH International, a supply chain management company focused on consumer electronics, personal computers, medical devices, telecommunication industries, and clean technologies. Liam identified the enormous potential and opportunities for growth in China in the mid1990s. PCH was founded in 1996 in Cork, Ireland, where the company is headquartered, and where Liam was born. Its operational headquarters are in Shenzhen, China. Over 1000 employees work in PCH offices in Ireland, China, USA, with a software development team in South Africa. PCH’s clients are primarily multinationals based in North America including three of the top five personal computer companies, three of the top five telecom and networking companies, and three of the top five consumer electronics companies worldwide. Liam was awarded Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year-Ireland accolade in 2007. In June 2011, he was admitted as a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.
General Electric
The Coca-Cola Company
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Dorsey & Whitney LLP
PwC
DuPont Innovalight
PCH International