There’s something to be said about a spirit for adventure. And for those living in or hailing from the Azores, that spirit is not in short supply. To paraphrase an article from The New York Times, “roughly one million North Americans were either born in the Azores or are of Azorean descent”. That means roughly…
On June 14, 2017, Flag Day in the United States, the ProActive Risk Management (PARM) Advisory Board held its first meeting. The board is comprised of key defense and intelligence technology leaders with successful commercial experience who understand the arduous process and challenges of risk management and security. They represent the “Five Eyes,” which refers…
Return To School “I always told my children to continue their studies, that if I ever had the opportunity to go back to school I would do so.” In January of 2015 at the age of 48, Gina Savoie finally returned to school. She did not make it easy on herself. She chose The Anderson…
Portuguese Roots The husband of her mother, whom she had believed to be her father, was killed in an accident at work in a foundry in Joliette when she was barely three months old. “I always thought that I was father-orphaned“. In 2010 after the death of her mother, Gina learned that a friend of…
The Dynamic Duo Gina Savoie and Benoit Grenier, this is a story of an improbable meeting between two people who become a dynamic duo! She, introverted, intuitive, artistic, a rebel rocker, dressed in black and wearing Dockers shoes, who lived in a modest house in the center of Joliette. He, extroverted, structured, intellectual, nerdy, who…
From Joliette to Los Angeles (L.A.) On the 30th floor of a condo in downtown Los Angeles, Gina Savoie has a breathtaking view of the city of angels, incarnation of the American Dream. Her mind’s eye views the long road traveled, and the thousand and one experiences it took to get to where she is,…
Every morning I wake up and say to myself: I am a problem solver. I see a problem and I fix it with class and creativity. I engage to keep in mind: What needs to happen for the person in front of me to succeed (personal win) and for his company (business win) to succeed?…
