BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1956@newportbeach.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230809T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230809T133000 DTSTAMP:20230726T165504Z URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/august-inspire-women-in-business-b reak-the-rules-with-heather-falcone/ SUMMARY:August INSPIRE: Women in Business - Break the Rules with Heather Fa lcone DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_ single_image image="153670" img_size="medium" alignment="center"][vc_colum n_text]\nNetworking Luncheon + A 20-Minute Expert Presentation\nVery limit ed space available.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator style="shadow" border_ width="2"][vc_single_image image="619180" img_size="full" alignment="cente r" onclick="img_link_large" img_link_target="_blank"][/vc_column][/vc_row] [vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Make you r reservation to receive an eMail with information on how to join the webi nar." font_container="tag:p|font_size:18|text_align:center" use_theme_font s="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="RESERVATIONS REQUIRED" font_container="ta g:p|font_size:18|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][/vc_column][/vc _row][vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nThis month \, rather than having an educational speaker\, we will spend the entire me eting networking with everyone in the room.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inne r][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="394353" img_size="full" alignme nt="center"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row] [vc_column][gravityform id="207" title="false" description="false" ajax="f alse"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] \n\nHeather Falcone\nC.E.O.\nThermal Vac Technologies\n[/vc_column_text][/ vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Heather’s passion lies in breaking things. Whether its revenue goals\, glass ceilings\, or tired rhetoric\, her 20-year track record in one of the world’s most exacting industries shows a dedication to destroying the status quo.\n\nA staunch b eliever in fair chance hiring\, she champions employment opportunities for some of our most vulnerable citizens\; those experiencing homelessness\, extreme poverty\, addiction\, or justice system-impact.\n\nSteadfast in lo yalty and principle\, her belief in harnessing the genius of a diverse and inclusive team has led to breakthroughs that put the company on the map.\ n\nAs an experienced servant leader with a demonstrated history of working in the heat treating\, brazing\, and chemical processing industry\, she i s a strong executive professional skilled in Operations and Financial Mana gement\, Continual Improvement\, Lean Strategies\, Growth of High Potentia ls\, Family Office Management\, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Initiatives and Implementation\, ESG Stewardship\, Root Cause Analysis\, and AS/ISO Stand ards.\n\nRecognition:\n\n- 2022 OC 500\, Services Category\n- 2022 Metal T reating Institute Emerging Leader\n- 2022 Transformational Woman in Family Business - Excellence in ESG (Social)\n- Heat Treat Today’s 40 Under 40 \n- 2021 OC 500\, Technology Category\n- OCBJ 2021 Family-Owned Business A wards Winner\, Small Business\n- OCBJ 2020 and 2021 Companies That Care No minee\n- Family Business Magazine 2020 CEO’s to Watch and 2021 At the He lm CEO full-feature\n- 2019 and 2020 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company\n- Family Business Hall of Fame 2019 Nominee\n- Orange County Register Top Wo rkplace in 2018\n\nHeather’s professional associations include:\n\n Cha ir\, Orange County Advisory Council\; Chrysalis\n Secretary\, Executive D irector of the Board\, Chrysalis\n Pacific Coast Chapter Representative\, Metal Treating Institute Board of Trustees\n Advisory Board Member\, WLI FE (Women Leaders in Family Enterprises)\n Voting member of NADCAP heat t reat task group\n Member\, Aerospace Metals and Engineering Committee (AM EC)\n Society for Human Resource Professionals (certified Senior Professi onal in Human Resources)\n\nFounded in 1985 by Steve Driscol and based in Orange\, CA\, Thermal-Vac is a family-owned business specializing in heat treating and brazing of highly technical\, exacting\, and high-profile pro jects in missile defense\, deep space exploration\, commercial and space h eavy payload launch vehicles\, medical devices\, oil exploration\, and man y others.  Company events are legendary\, the swag is enviable\, the peer -to-peer recognition systems on point. The team works hard to stay at the top of their game\, and they celebrate success like rock stars.\n\nThe bus iness has been led by second generation family members since 2012\, with H eather assuming the CEO role in 2019. The daughter of Steve Driscol\, Heat her spent most of her formative years living and breathing heat treating a nd brazing. After attending college at Fullerton College and California St ate University\, Fullerton\, Heather joined the business in 2003 and worke d many of the company’s operational and administrative roles.\n\nHeather is an Ironman triathlete\, Seven Summits enthusiast that has summitted Mt . Kilimanjaro\, wife\, and mother. She seeks to promote growth and opportu nity outside of people’s comfort zones with an invitation to be “Green and Growing”\, to reject mediocrity\, and embrace their unique talents to create meaningful and lasting legacy impact.[/vc_column_text][/vc_colum n][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newportbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/07/InSpire.August2023.Falcone.Mortons.300-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured LOCATION:Morton's the Steakhouse\, 1641 West Sunflower Ave\, Santa Ana\, C alifornia\, 92704\, United States GEO:33.6946396;-117.8906313 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 1641 West Sunflower Ave\, Santa Ana\, California\, 92704\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE= Morton's the Steakhouse:geo:33.6946396,-117.8906313 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR