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Stanley Kennedy: Hawaiian Airlines Founder who dreams of expanding flights beyond the islands!

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Hawaiian Airlines is some of the best Airlines in the US that well-known as a tenth-largest commercial airline in the United States (US). As well, it is the largest airline of Hawaii that has the flag career throughout its journey. In fact, it’s the oldest airline that has never had a fatal accident since its foundation. Also, in the USA, Hawaiian airlines often top the on-time carrier list. The best part, it sets the example as the best airline that has fewest cancellations as well, minimal baggage handling issues.

Stanley Kennedy builds the foundation of airlines which took the first inter-island flight in 1929. Since then he ran Hawaiian Airlines however, he stepped down from daily operations back in 1955. After that, Kennedy served as chairman of the company until 1968. Presently, Hawaiian Holding Inc. owned the company. However, P. Ingram is handling the CEO and president’s position at one of the oldest operating airlines in the world.

Hawaiian Airlines Founder’s Life Journey – Stanley Kennedy

He was a US Naval Aviator during the first world war. As well, Kennedy was a silver star recipient who also holds the world record at that time. Most importantly, he is known as the Hawaiian Islands’ commercial aviation pioneer.

Early life

He was born on 7 July 1890 in Honolulu in Hawaii. Stanley’s father, James A. Kennedy was the president of the Inter-islands Steam Navigation company in Hawaiian island. However, the Kennedy family was an immigrant from Scotland. In 1908, Stanley completed his secondary education from Punahou School, Honolulu. After that, he went to Stanford University for graduation. Just after completing education, he joined his father at work.

Career

In 1917, the US entered World War I, thus many civilians had to join the US military force. He joined the US Navy and went for Naval Officer training at Massachusetts institute of technology. During the mission, Kennedy along the team set a world record for a sustained flight that fly for 7 hours, 59 minutes. For that, he earned a silver star.

After world war I, he returned and joined the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company. Kennedy’s experience flying seaplanes encouraged him to used seaplanes to connect Hawaii’s people. But his father was against his idea. However, he proposed this idea again after his father died.

The beginning- Inter-island Airways

The members on the company’s administration panel accepted his proposal and Inter-Island Airways started in 1929. Stanley appointed as a General manager and vice president of his dream company. However, he hired his navy companion Charles Elliot as the first chief pilot of the company. Kennedy always had a dream of starting scheduled airline service in Hawaiian Island. In 1921, on 11 November, the company scheduled the first flight that flew from Honolulu-Maui-Hilo.

Flights beyond the Hawaiian Islands

Expectation continues to rise, he aimed at expanding the flights beyond the island. With changing vision, the company changed the name as Hawaiian Airlines in 1941. To start flight beyond the islands Kennedy had to face many challenges and lots of money spent on it. For that, Kennedy teamed up with TWA which later on steps back from the deal.

In 1959, the airline route application process reattended, and it was flying DC-6s to the mainland. After that, Stanley handover the presidency of Hawaiian Airlines to Art Lewis. But the company still not got the chance to win the route for scheduled flights. However, the approval of the Airline Deregulation Act, 1978 end the wait of Hawaiian Airlines to start scheduled flights beyond the Islands.

Personal life

He married Martha, a lady he met during his return journey after completing education. At the age of 77, in 1968 Kennedy died due to cardiac arrest. Stanley served as a chairman of Hawaiian Airlines till he died.

Hawaiian Airlines other Successes

In 1966, the company started inter-island Jet service. Also, the company established inter-island passengers as well as the Air-Cargo business after the second world war. Today, it is the world’s one of the oldest and Hawaii’s largest Airlines that is operating successfully. Its main hub is at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and a secondary hub at Maui’s Kahului Airport. The dream of Stanley Kennedy to start scheduled flights is achieved. An airline operates scheduled flights to American Samoa, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Also, to Asia and other islands beyond Hawaii.

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Uipath: Daniel Dines and M. Tiraca’s Romania based RPA start-up that became Romania’s first unicorn

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UiPath is a Romania based start-up that valued at a 1 billion US dollar company. With this, it became Romania’s first-ever company to marked as Unicorn. However, to achieve this success has been not a cakewalk for the company. The company had faced many challenges and rise a leader of the Robotic Process Automation(RPA) market globally.

A Romanian start-up, UiPath’s growth in size as well as in value is massive. The company that today is known as a global leader of RPA software provider has been set up in 2015 by Daniel Dines and Marius Tiraca. Let’s see the journey of Uipath to thrive as a global player from Romania based start-up. 

Uipath Establishment’s History

In 2012, Daniel and Marius, who are software developers began to work in training as well as arranging software robots. However, they initiated Robotic Process Automation with the establishment of UiPath in 2015 in Bucharest. The company is set up on the foundation of the DeskOver. As a matter of fact, Uipath’s RPA journey began with Dell and Sutherland. After that, the company builds a network with many IT consultancies and a global BPO firm. Includes, Cognizant, Symphony, Genfour, Capgemini, etc. Uipath started thriving impeccably since 2017.

In the same year, the company open new locations around the world as well as scaling up the team. Presently, Uipath has several offices across the continents including Tokyo, Australia, Paris, Singapore, etc. Also, the firm started UiPath Academy that allows thousands of trainers globally to train with its RPA platform.

About the Company

Uipath is a Romania based start-up that turns out as a leading RPA (Robotic Process Automation platform) in a short duration. Today, it’s significantly known on the international level for its best enterprise RPA solution. The firm basically had built for business as well as IT.

However, Uipath acquired 1800 plus customers that use its RPA platform. In addition, government agencies also prefer Uipath solution to deploy software robots. It’s a solution to deploy software robots that match and execute monotonous processes perfectly offer many benefits. Such as business productivity can be boosted, ensure compliance, as well as improvised customer experience. 

All know that RPA is future as well, has great potential to change the business. Thus, Uipath directing this potential with programs and innovative technology. 

Other Social works

Uipath based on the belief that in the digital era, all must have the skills to survive in the future especially, children. Children who are living in poverty are struggling to get a basic education. In such a case, they are definitely not prepared for the future without digital education. So, as an adult, these children would be way back to fulfill the requirements of society in the digital era. Thus, the firm is on a mission to nurturing the potential of children who belongs to underprivileged families. 

Founders in Limelight

Daniel Dines- UiPath’s CEO & Founder 

He is an excellent developer and the main owner of SQL Agent for the SQL Server 2005 release. Also, he personally designed and implemented several key component features. In 2015, he co-founded an RPA venture known as Uipath. Presently, he is serving as the CEO of the company. However, he worked earlier with Microsoft, Crinsoft, etc. 

Daniel attended Universitatea din Bucuresti for studying Mathematics and Computer science from 1990 to 1997.

Marius Tiraca

He is working as a CTO at the global leader of RPA software provider well-known as Uipath. In 2015, he set up the company along with Daniel. Also, he is the co-founded Deskover in 2012. As well, he served as a head of Engineering at BizSpark Startup. Before jumping into entrepreneurship, Marius worked as a software engineer at Progression Technologies. Coming to Tiraca’s education, he attended Politehnica University, Bucharest for studying computer science.

Triumph of Uipath

The firm has honored many titles which include a Global Leader and Star Performer in RPA as per the Everest Group. Also, Forrester honored it as an RPA Industry Leader. In 2018, the Everest group again named the firm as a Global Leader and Star Performer. Hence, the firm became first to receive the title two years consecutively. Apart from that, being a 1 billion US dollar company, it became Romania’s first Unicorn.

Later Successes 

Currently, UiPath has a global RPA developer network of 250,000+ members. However, the firm is all set to democratize RPA to support the digital revolution in business.

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Father-Son Duo Orion And David Hindawi That Set Up Endpoint Security Firm Tanium!

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Orion Hindawi and David Hindawi, a father-son duo recognized that IT management issues and increasing cybercrimes could not be solved by technology alone. Thus, the duo took the next step and set up a company called Tanium. In 2007, Orion Hindawi set up Tanium with his father in partnership. Presently, Tanium stands out differently than the other competitors McAfee, Symantec, etc. Because the company uses a novel approach to cybersecurity that is unique.

All this achieved under the guidance of father-son duo. However, Orion is playing a crucial role in exploring the business of the company. Currently, he leads product strategy and development of the Tanium platform. Also, responsible for all customer-facing technical operations as well as management functions.

Tanium’s co-founder and CEO- Orion Hindawi

American businessman Orion Hindawi is the present CEO of the Tanium. Earlier, he worked at VP technology for more than 8 years. Orion is a technology executive with deep technical experience in enterprise management software. Let’s see the details of personal as well as the professional life of Orion Hindawi.

Personal Life

He was born in 1980 in an Iraqi Jewish family. However, he spent most of his childhood in Berkeley, California. As his father David Hindawi was shifted to California from Israel to earn a Ph. D. at UC Berkeley. Following father’s path, he also admitted to the same college. But he dropped out before graduation to help his father at work.

Career achievements of Orion Hindawi

Before setting up Tanium, Orion co-founded another security management platform called BigFix. He served more than 17 years in the firm where he led the development of endpoint security and management platform. This firm later on acquired by IBM in 2010. Also, he had a great contribution to what the Tanium is today. As well, he works with Tanium costumers daily so that the Tanium platform would find out new approaches for solving the significant challenges of securing and managing large enterprise environments. Presently, he is one of the board of directors at Tanium. In 2016, he succeeded his father and became the new CEO of the company.

The Tanium foundation Backstory

The vision of the founders behind the Tanium establishment was to empower the largest organizations of the world to manage and secure their networks. Tanium is a resultant of this idea that solves the biggest security issues of the firms. Especially, focusing on the IT sector. With this vision, Orion and David Hindawi established Tanium in 2007. In a short duration, the company managed to provide a new way to manage and secure the networks against cyber threats. Today, it has a team of smartest people with the deepest expertise in the market. In fact, the duo spent almost five years to develop a cybersecurity platform so that the technology would scale across the largest global networks.

About Tanium

It is American system management and endpoint security firm. It headquartered at Emeryville in California. However, the firm managed to understand the security issues the IT industry faced and enable the best cybersecurity solution. Tanium uses advance technology along with a deep understanding of the processes and people. Thus, enabling the best service to keep the client’s most precious data secure.

Under Orion and his father’s guidance, several largest and most respected firms in the world re-platformed endpoint security as well as management with Tanium. Includes, AutoNation, Barclays, GoDaddy, Whirlpool, Sutter Health as well as U. S. Navy.

Bottom Line

The firm Orion and his father David Hindawi established in 2007 raised 120 million dollars in funding in the past. However, the company successfully raised many fundings that valued Tanium at 3.5 billion dollars firm. In return, the father-son duo became a billionaire. Presently, it is one of the leading endpoint security companies that ensures the client’s sensitive data security.

Presently, 1,000+ experts worked at Tanium to make its platform more advanced. The company is unstoppable and consistently working to transform IT management. Also, aims to solve unsolvable problems of IT management and cybersecurity.

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Gong Hongjia – Co-founder and Second largest shareholder of Hikvision Digital Technology

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Video surveillance is one of the best ways to secure place, then it may be a living place or workplace. To secure place with video surveillance, world-class surveillance products are a must. However, when it comes to video surveillance products, Hikvision Digital technology is a leading name in the video surveillance products’ market. It uses modern technology to develop world-class surveillance products and enabled the perfect security solution. The China-based company Hikvision has acquired a huge market of surveillance products globally. It is established in 2001 and it’s a partial state-own company having a 51% stake of the Chinese government. Yet, its 49% stake is of Chinese billionaire businessman Gong Hongjia.

About the Founder of Hikvision Digital Technology

Gong Hongjia also is known as Kung Hung Ka is a billionaire businessman of China. Presently, he is serving as a vice-chairman of Hikvision a well-known security equipment supplier firm in China. In 2017, Forbes China Rich list Gong was ranked 15. As well, he ranked 137th in Forbes billionaires list in 2018. At that time, his net worth was US$11.2 billion.

Gong Hongjia
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Personal Life

He was born in 1965 in mainland China. However, Gong attended Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Presently, he lives in Hong Kong.

Career

After completing graduation, he worked as an electronics goods trader in Guangzhou and British Hong Kong of China. In 1992, he migrated to Hong Kong to explore the business world. Earlier, he owned Tecsun a radio manufacturing unit and also a smart card company called Watchdata. Thereafter, he invested in Hikvision in 2001. That time, he owned a 49% stake of the company; Gong sold a part of stake after it became a listed company. As per the various reports, the disposal of shares he did make him a billionaire and raised his rank in the list of Billionaire.

Apart from that, he also owned Wealth Strategy Holding. As well, he had invested in Hong Kong’s property market.

Hikvision Digital Technology

It is a China-based company that manufactures as well as supply world-class video surveillance products. In 2001, Zhejiang HIK Information Technology set up the company. Since then Hikvision is a trusted name in video surveillance products market globally. To supply these products worldwide, it built a strong network in more than 155 countries. However, more than 2400 partners of the company are spread across several regions. In fact, the firm has its presence in around 18 locations across the continents. Also, since 2010, its listed-on Shenzhen stock exchange.

The Backstory

China Electronics Technology Group’s subsidiary known as China Electronics Technology HIK Group co. Ltd owns the company since 2017. Basically, it’s a state-own company however, Gong Hongjia is the second-largest shareholder of the company. As well, he is one of the founders of this Chinese firm. As a matter of fact, Fidelity International is one of the major investors of the company.

Services offer

The company features highly skilled as well as an extensive R&D workforce. Also, it manufactures comprehensive products’ full suit. As well provides solutions for a broad range of vertical markets. Apart from that, the company extends its reach to industrial automation, smart home tech as well as automotive electronics industries so that it can achieve its long-term vision. Furthermore, the products of Hikvision enabled powerful business intelligence for end users. That way, it can enable more efficient operations as well as greater commercial success.

Recognition of the Company

Recently, the firm was ranked 800th in the list of ‘Forbes Global 2000’ in 2019. Also, Hikvision was an SZSE 100 Index’s constituent in 2016. Rather than this, the company made it become a constituent of many other indexes. For example, Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s blue-chip index, CSI 300 Index, Pan-China indexes, FTSE China A50 index, Hang Seng China 50 Index, etc.

Bottom Line

As a state-own company, Hikvision’s uttermost priority is to serve society as well as creating a better future for all. Also, the company aims to promote the sustainable development of society. Hikvision consistently serving to build a smart ecosystem and create more goodness to the world through technological innovation.

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Amdocs: Started As A Phone Directory Company Which Is Providing Multiple Miscellaneous Services

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There are many companies that deliver more than one service. Perhaps, only a few of them meet customer satisfaction as well as provides miscellaneous services. In such a case, one of the names come into mind is Amdocs. A company providing multiple ranges of services since 1982. Amdocs represents a great example that small ideas with great potential tend to grow into something bigger. Also, the company showed that with great execution everything is possible to stand out in the corporate world.

About Amdocs

A company that was originally set up in Israel and thereafter shifted its headquarter in Missouri. Also, its development centres are in all corners of the earth. Includes, Israel, India, Ireland, Austria, Brazil, and Canada. Morris Kahn an Israeli businessman set up the company in 1982.

Amdocs is expertise in providing software solutions and services. Like media, communications as well as financial services. Additionally, it offers mobile financial services, big data analytics solutions, media products and many more. However, the organisation doing its business in more than 90 countries. In fact, 250+ companies all over the world are satisfied and regular customers of Amdocs.

The Backstory- How Amdocs Founded?

It will be interesting to know that Amdocs start the journey as a phone directory company as a Golden Pages offshoot. It is founded in 1982 by Morris Kahn. After that, the company developed a billing software program so that they can fulfill the demand of phone directory companies. Previously, the company called Aurec information.

However, after southwestern Bell corp. acquired a 50 percent stake of the company, it renamed Amdocs in 1985. The period between 1990-1995 was the golden time for the company. Amdocs started diversification and expand the service into communications. Initially, it started wireline telephone service and then step up into mobile phones. Since then Amdocs is providing new services and products as per the changing technology.

Over the period, it acquired many other firms like Cramer, Clarify, Celcite, Comverse BSS assets and many more. In 1998, Amdocs made it public as well as in 2014 it entered NASDAQ.

What makes Amdocs Unique?

As said earlier, many firms offer multiple services as this company offers. But Amdocs stand unique in between all of them due to its unique features. First of all, Amdocs is providing superior execution since its foundation. Later, Amdocs’ consistent delivery, software, other implementation services are world-class. And most importantly, the business model of the company is unique. Also, customer satisfaction must be considered. However, it will be an injustice to the company if its superior customer experience is neglected.

Other Special Features of the Company

Amdocs is well-known for its superior customer experience. Also, the smart operations at the company successfully speed-up the procedures and time to revenue. Additionally, it offers services and software solutions that are adaptable to new technology. Thus, ensures the client’s business growth. These are some special services clients can experience with Amdocs however the company does more than this.

Amdocs knows Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

The firm has taken a proactive approach to CSR with several materiality assessments’ conduction. With these assessments, the company identifies the Corporate social responsibility issues which are matters to the company and its collaborations. Also, it considers customers and shareholders. For this purpose, four core CSR heads are established. As well, high-level goals formulated within each of them.

Glimpse to Founder’s Life- Morris Kahn

He was born in 1930 in South Africa to a Jewish family. Today, he is known as a billionaire entrepreneur of Israel. Apart from Amdocs, he founded Golden Pages, Coral world, and several other companies. In fact, he did a great contribution to the foundation of various marine parks across the continents. Apparently, being a diver inspire him to do so. Furthermore, he also founded Coral World International in Eliet. Also, Kahn is a principal investor in Aurum ventures as well as in Atlantium.

Bottom Line

Since the foundation, Amdocs delivering miscellaneous services across the world. The company set an example of how to satisfy the customers with superior service. Also, it showed the world that no matter how small the idea, with great execution everything is possible!

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Citrix Systems: Architectural Designer And Virtualization Pioneer Ed Lacobucci’s Dream Company

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A multinational software company well-known as Citrix Systems enabled the best service in cloud computing, networking, and SaaS. Also, it offers services like desktop virtualization, networking, and many more. Ed Lacobucci is known as the virtualization pioneer set up the firm back in 1989. Today, 40000+ clients all over the world use Citrix System’s solutions. However, almost 99 percent of clients of the fortune 100, and 98 percent of fortune 500. Let’s see how the company acquired huge success in the IT world.

The Backstory

In 1989, Ed lacobucci a former developer at IBM set up Critix with USD 3 Million investment. Previously, the company headquartered in Texas. However, later on, he shifted the company to Coral Springs in Florida. Only five IBM teammates of Ed joined the company initially. As a matter of fact, earlier it recognized as Citrus. But it renamed Citrix after another firm with the same name as Citrus claimed trademark rights. In the starting days of the company, Roger Roberts served as CEO. After that, Ed Iacobucci took the position and served until he diminished.

Citrix Boomed as an Industrial leader

Basically, the company started production with a remote access product for Microsoft OS. Citrix Multiuser an OS/2 extension was its the first product. Since then Microsoft had a partnership with Citrix System. Soon, the company started building purpose-built devices and remarked the beginning as an industrial leader in thin client technology.

Thereafter, the firm acquired Sequoia Corporation as well as ExpertCity in 2001 and 2003 respectively. In fact, in a short period, it acquired several other companies. These acquisitions benefit the firm to expand the services further. Growth continues further and the result into a multi-user operating system launch called WinFrame. It is based on Microsoft’s Windows NT and it was the first thin client for Windows. 

Also read: Story of Lee Byung-Chul- Founder of Samsung

Ed Iacobucci- Citrix’s Founder

He was born in Argentina on 26 September 1953. However, Ed went to Georgia Tech to study systems engineering. In 1979, he started his career at IBM. At the start, he worked in architecture and design-related posts where most of the work is involved with PC OS/2. In short duration, Ed became CTO of a networking job there. Very few know that Ed shares a great contribution to IBM’s development systems’ Network Architecture. Also, he was highly involved in the NetView net management technology. 

The journey to start Citrix

Ed worked with IBM for a long time. After serving almost ten years at the same firm, he also got a job offer from Microsoft. Yes, in 1989, Ed had the chance to become a chief technical officer at Microsoft’s networking group. But as per his belief that every person has own belief about the future, Ed also had some different ideas. So, he left the job as well as refused a job proposal and plunged into entrepreneurship to start Citrix.  

Initially, it was a little bit difficult to start the actual working of the company. It took almost two years two create its first product. After that, under Ed Lacobucci’s guidance, the company never looked back. In 1997, Microsoft-Citrix signed a joint agreement related to multi-user capabilities in Microsoft’s Windows NT server. 

Awards and Recognition

He received the Ernst & Young “International Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 1998. Also, Ed served as a technology judge at the state and national level for the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year Awards”.

Later Life

Ed Iacobucci had a great contribution to building the strong foundation of Citrix. Apart from that, he assisted in the DayJet Corporation’s establishment in 2002. DayJet was known for on-demand optimization technology to make jet travel affordable and accessible. Unfortunately, in 2008, the company had folded due to some reasons. Thereafter, Ed also helped in the VirtualWorks foundation in 2009. But due to the degrading health situation, he had to resign his position at VirtualWorks.

Iacobucci died on 21 June 2013 due to cancer at his home in Florida.