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While it's the leaders who move the company, it's the innovators, thinkers and risk takers who shape and push it.
Let's take a look at some next-generation movers and shakers who are changing the face of business.
Source: Forbes
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
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Craig Federighi
Designation: Senior Vice-President, Software Engineering
Company: Apple
Although part of Steve Jobs's original team, Federighi stayed with Apple for just four years before being lured back in 2009. He is the brain behind iPhone, iPad and Mac OS software.
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
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Tasso Argyros and Mayank Bawa
Designation: Co-Presidents
Company: Teradata Aster
Argyros leads product and market strategy for Teradata's Big Data products. Before founding Aster Data, he was in the PhD programme at Stanford University, according to the company's website. Bawa, meanwhile, leads the Aster Center of Innovation's Research and Development and Customer Support organisation devoted to building and supporting Aster Data’s product portfolio. He co-founded Aster Data in 2005 and led it as its CEO from 2005 to 2010, it says.
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
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Oliver Beck
Designation: Vice President, Global Head of Development Landscape Management
Company: SAP
By combining four teams into one, Beck has reduced the rate of SAP software release from 70 days to just 20. He has also increased the morale of his team by holding free and frank discussions with managers and staff.
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
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Billy Biggs
Designation: Software Engineer
Company: Google
His work at Google has helped YouTube reach six billion hours of video per month and an audience of a billion. He has been part of YouTube's every big projects since 2006, according to Forbes.
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
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Catherine Courage
Designation: Senior Vice-President, Customer Experience
Company: Citrix
She is the driving force behind innovation at Citrix, a company that provides server and desktop virtualisation, networking, software-as-a-service and cloud computing technologies. Prior to Citrix, she was working at Salesforce and Oracle.
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
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Alex Bard
Designation: Vice-President and General Manager, Salesforce Desk.com
Company: Salesforce.com
Alex was the CEO of Assistly, which was acquired by Salesforce.com in September of 2011. Currently he is the VP & GM of Desk.com, a Salesforce.com company, which provides social and mobile CRM services for SMB businesses, according to the company's website.
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
Timothy Young
Designation: Vice-President, Mobile Computing
Company: VMware
He was the Founder of Socialcast (acquired by VMware, May 2011) and also a co-founder of About.me (bought by AOL in December 2010), according to his bio.
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
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Amy Padour
Designation: Lead Product Development Scientist, Advanced Innovation Team
Company: Kellogg
Padour is the one who spots latest food fads and tastes creating waves around the world.
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
Tiffany Sepanski
Designation: Lead product developer
Company: Mondelez International
She is the one who not only introduced biscuits to the United States market in 2012, but also made it a hit.
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10 innovators who are moving and shaking their companies
Phoong Tang
Designation: Global Cotton and Specialty Crop Technology Lead
Company: Monsanto
Tang, who manages $1.5 billion in R&D, plans to double Monsanto's crop yields by 2030, according to Forbes.
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