Why You Need to Be Persistent in Business with CEO Fernando Gargano | C-Suite HotSeat E29

Fernando Gargano is CEO at Paras and Associates, a Bay Area company that manages language technology and quality assurance for the Health Care Interpreter Network (HCIN). He is also the founder and CEO of Valhalla Mobile Technologies, a company that builds tablet carts for healthcare organizations. Prior to his current roles, Fernando had nearly 20 years of experience in healthcare language access – first as a Portuguese medical interpreter and later as manager of more than 50 staff interpreters at Cambridge Health Alliance, an HCIN member organization and public safety-net health system affiliated with Harvard and Tufts medical schools. Fernando is a licensed private pilot and studied Aviation Administration at Utah Valley University.

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00:00 Welcome 00:41 What does your company do? 02:11 Your dream career as a kid 02:55 How do you like to spend your free time? 03:15 3 destinations you'd like to visit 03:52 What is the best advice you've ever been given? 04:44 First Breakthrough 07:33 What does success mean to you? 08:17 How to motivate your team 09:05 Advice for entrepreneurs 11:43 What makes you a great leader? 12:02 Most innovative thing you've ever done?