Hola amigos les saluda Herbert Monterrosa...me encontre este articulo tan ispirador de Richard Montanez que vale la pena compartirlo con ustedes. Richard Montanez despues de ser Janitor o encargado de limpieza de la Corporacion Frito-Lay Pepsico North America se convirtio en Vice-Presidente de Ventas Multiculturales y Activacion de Comunidades. A sus 55 anos de edad ahora viaja en Jet Privado, nacido en Mexico, nunca completo la Universidad, mucho menos la prepa o plan basico, y ahora ensena liderazgo a estudiantes de Maestria en Negocios en las Universidades Estatales de California. Regresando a los 70s Montanez era el encargado de la limpieza en la planta de Frito-Lay en Rancho Cucamonga, California . Durante su tiempo libre invento una receta de especies que incluia chile para los fanmosos Cheetos, tuvo la oportunidad de reunirse con el jef maximo de la compania y le mostro la idea, despues de tres decadas la linea de cheetos con chile es una de las marcas de mejor venta a lo largo y ancho de tiendas emn esta Nacion. Me encanta la propia version de PH.D (Doctorado) que Richard Montez tiene....Poor, Hungry and Determined (Pobre, Hambriento y Determinado).....Creo que todos deberiamo de aplicar ese Doctorado en nuestras vidas! How A Frito-Lay Janitor Rose To Corporate Executive Pursued his version of the Ph.D: poor, hungry and determined Every once in a while the American Dream of a worker climbing the ladder to the top turns into a reality. One worker who can speak of such a life is Richard Montañez, who is currently the Executive Vice President of Multicultural Sales and Community Activation for Pepsico North America. The 55-year old, who was born in Mexico, didnt take a traditional route to the executive suite of corporate America. Montañez has never completed college, nor high school, though he now teaches leadership to MBA students at a California state university. Not too shabby for an immigrant who started his American professional career as a janitor. How did he do it? Back in the 1970s, Montañez was working as a custodian for Frito-Lays plant in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. And in his spare time he came up with a spicy recipe including chili powder for the companys famous Cheetos, thus creating Flamin Hot Cheetos, according to a report by the Kansas City Star. He was able to get a meeting with the company CEO to pitch the idea, and nearly three decades later the line is consistently a best-selling brand at convenience stores throughout the country. As the Kansas City Star also reported, Montañez spoke this past week to the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerces annual Power of Diversity event about his ascent. And he credited his success to his own personal version of the Ph.D. -- poor, hungry and determined. Crucially, he said, he was able to rise because he always believed in his potential. Theres no such thing as just a janitor, he said during his address, if you act like an owner. Montañez also said his entrepreneurial drive stretches back to his grade school days. Back when he was in elementary school he was initially ashamed of bringing burritos to school when all his classmates had bologna sandwiches, he said. But when his mother wouldnt allow him to change his lunch, and forced him to bring a second burrito to share with his classmates, he responded by launching a small business -- he began selling the burritos for 25 cents a piece, as the Kansas City Star piece reported. That same spirit drove him to his current success, and in addition to a family with three children, Montañez can boast of meeting with U.S. presidents, speaking at the United Nations, and traveling across the world in corporate jets during his career, as the Daily Mail reported. Indeed, hes been recognized by Hispanic Lifestyle magazine as one of the most influential Hispanics in corporate America. AOL Jobs regularly features such success stories. Of particular note is the story of Farrah Gray, who went from a childhood in the inner-city of Chicago to becoming a millionaire at the age of 14. How did he do it? A tireless entrepreneurial spirit, starting with selling rocks at the age of six to be used for doorstops and bookends. After the rocks, Gray moved onto homemade body lotions and eventually his bigger enterprises, which included prepaid phone cards. Hes become known for his story, told in his book Reallionaire, among other venues. For his part, Montañez emphasized in his recent speech how important it is for business leaders to give workers of all backgrounds a chance. If youre leading a company and you dont have diversity, you dont have inclusion. I dont know how youre going to survive, he said.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 06:31:23 +0000
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