I’m Marilyn Weinstein,
Q&A:
CEO
10 Years at Vivo | 20 Years in the Industry
What’s the one app you can’t live without?
TripIt.
What YouTube dance do you wish would die?
Two words: Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae). But if the Dab died, I would not cry.
What do you think in the best quality you bring to Vivo?
My sunny disposition is the definite value add that I bring to Vivo.
What is your most memorable travel experience?
My most memorable travel experience has got to be the time I was paged at Oakland Airport, and not allowed to board my plane until I spoke to airport security. It turned out that somehow my infant’s Pack ‘n Play (portable crib/playpen) had caught fire on the tarmac. Security was drilling me about whether I had had matches in the Pack n’ Play (I did not). After telling me that they were confiscating the crib, they allowed me to board my plane, baby in arms.
Is there anything else we should know about you?
Random facts: I have never eaten Taco Bell, watched an entire TV series on Netflix, or eaten Chef Boyardee. I know all 50 state capitals and cannot hold a tune, even with a gun to my head.
About
Bio:
Marilyn Weinstein is Vivo’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, responsible for overall strategy and business growth and development.
Prior to starting iTalent Solutions in 2006—the successful effort which paved the way for Vivo’s launch in 2009—Marilyn was Vice President and General Counsel for AlphaSoft Services Corp., where she served on the company’s Executive Team for over seven years. She helped AlphaSoft grow from a start up to a $50 million per year, multi-office success story.
Marilyn’s background also includes advisement and counsel service to mid and enterprise-level organizations. As an employment law expert, Marilyn focused her pre-IT experience in the areas of organizational development and corporate compliance. As a mother to three young boys, and a lawyer by trade, Marilyn claims all she really needed to learn about business she learned during her years as a bartender.