APEK.AI

Leading innovative tech company. APEK is a Virginia-based AI engineering and automation firm, specializing in the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI agents and enterprise automation solutions. With over 20 years of expertise, APEK empowers organizations and government agencies to transform operations, streamline workflows, and achieve measurable impact through custom AI systems and strategic advisory services.

CEO, Managing Partner

Voice2Me.ai

Voice2Me - owned by APEK.AI. Leading enterprise-grade AI voice technology innovation to transform customer experiences at scale. Pioneering multi-model AI architecture that delivers human-like conversations while handling thousands of concurrent interactions. Helping organizations reduce operational costs while enhancing customer satisfaction through voice intelligence solutions that bridge technology and humanity.

CEO, Chief AI Officer

Vector7.ai

As a founding council member of Vector7, I help shape an elite executive network uniting global leaders in AI, business, and policy. Vector7 provides a private, trusted arena where decision-makers exchange foresight, build influence, and remain relevant in the AI era.

Founding Council (Board Member)

The One 23 Group

Led post-M&A transformation and restructuring of government services platform company. Orchestrated migration to new ERP system in under 5 months while establishing GAAP and DCAA compliant business practices. Directed M&A due diligence activities and financial operations oversight.

Executive Vice President

Virtana Corp.

Driving operational transformation and strategic growth initiatives that resulted in 30% OPEX and 120% EBITDA improvement. Leading cross-functional teams to streamline business processes, establish corporate KPIs, and implement go-to-market strategies that improved ARR by 20%.

Executive Vice President of Operations

Siemens Government Technologies

Oversaw operational health of $500M+ federal IT portfolio serving USAF, DOD & DOE. Led execution excellence and compliance while building high-performing teams and establishing strategic partnerships.

Executive Director of Operations

General Dynamics Information Technology

Managed performance of $400M+ international portfolio across 50+ countries for USCIS. Built effective customer relationships while ensuring operational excellence and compliance in complex global environments.

Senior Director of Revenue Operations

Global Linguist Solutions, LLC

Led business account managers and program analysts overseeing $4.9 billion INSCOM international projects portfolio in the Middle East. Managed CONUS and OCONUS program functions and reporting.

Senior Operations & Strategy Advisor

Deltek

Led global SaaS software sales operations, driving team performance and quarterly target achievement through effective coaching and mentoring while growing company reputation through industry events.

Director of Sales Operations

Managed financial planning, compliance, and operational oversight for government contracting programs. Ensured contract compliance with federal regulations while optimizing program financial performance. Developed standardized reporting processes and implemented financial controls that improved program visibility and accountability across international operations.

International Program Coordinator

At 19, I left home and moved to another country with no money, no safety net, and no plan - just the belief that I was meant for more.

Since then, I’ve walked through fire more than once: divorces, parenting alone, financial struggles, personal losses, and making bold moves of leaving a successful corporate career, to rebuild my life totally from scratch…

Each chapter of this journey was not easy and sometimes terrifying, yet it became important stepping stones of who I am today.

It is what allows me to do what I do best - 
help leaders and organizations evolve through change with clarity, courage, and connection.

⭐️ Who I Am

I help organizations bridge human intelligence and artificial intelligence through agentic voice technologies, leadership enablement, and transformation strategy.

My mission: make AI adoption feel human, effortless, and profitable.

I’m CEO of APEK.ai, leading teams that build secure Agentic AI & Voice Solutions for Enterprise - helping organizations modernize operations and humanize their communication through intelligent automation.

With over 20 years in enterprise transformation, leadership strategy, and reinvention, I blend AI innovation with human insight to help people and businesses grow from the inside out.


⁉️Who I Help

	•	Enterprises ready to evolve beyond legacy systems and embrace secure, human-centric AI.
	•	Executives and founders navigating reinvention, burnout, or uncertainty about their next chapter.
	•	Leaders in transition who look successful on paper but quietly ask, “What’s next for me?”

When People Come to Me (and my team)

They come when success feels heavy, change feels impossible, or they’ve outgrown the version of themselves they used to be.
They come when transformation stops being a concept - and becomes personal.

💡 My Belief

True reinvention happens when technology and humanity evolve together.

That’s why my mission is to help people and organizations:
	•	Adopt AI intelligently.
	•	Reinvent fearlessly.
	•	Lead with voice, not noise.


Eva Karnaukh

Torch

I believe every leader has their own story, and I’m here to help you write yours. If you're looking for a one-size-fits-all approach, I’m not your coach. But if you’re ready to dig deep, grow, and lead with confidence, then we’re on the same page. As an executive coach, I offer personalized coaching experiences that meet you where you are and push you toward where you want to be. Together, we’ll unlock your leadership potential and create the impact you’ve always envisioned. Ready to start your journey? Let’s connect and make it happen.

Executive Coach

Harvard Business Review

Part of a community of business leaders who contribute to research studies, engage in online discussion forums, provide strategic feedback and advice to HBR editors and the community, and shape new content and products focused on leadership, technology, and innovation.

Harvard Business Review Advisory Council Member

EQ Community ™

EQ community is an invite-only members network accelerating diversity & inclusion through connections, careers, and information.

Member

Cultura, Inc.

Executive Coaching for High-Performing Leadership Teams

Senior executives manage teams while driving business results. But as organizations scale, leadership complexity increases. Whether domestically or internationally, cross-functional, diverse, and global teams require more than traditional management skills.

I help organizations develop high-impact leaders who can:

→Strengthen executive presence to lead with confidence in high-stakes environments.
→Navigate complex leadership dynamics in fast-growing, global organizations.
→Align diverse teams to drive business performance and innovation.
→Make strategic, high-impact decisions with clarity and conviction.
→Cultivate a leadership culture that attracts and retains top talent.

Our coaching is designed for C-suite executives, senior leaders, and high-potential teams who need to optimize leadership effectiveness and create measurable business impact.

If your organization is investing in leadership development, let’s connect. I work with companies that want to build high-performing, results-driven leadership teams.

📩 Contact me to discuss how executive coaching can elevate your leaders and transform your organization.

Chief Executive Coach

Cultural Intelligence Center

CQ Fellows is an exclusive, year-long certification program in cultural intelligence led by Cultural Intelligence expert David Livermore. This elite experience included monthly Masterminds, one-on-one coaching sessions, and two immersive in-person retreats designed to master cultural intelligence (CQ). Developed a cutting-edge CQ resource empowering leaders worldwide.

CQ Fellow

Loroma Solutions, Inc. 

A fully bi-lingual Human Resource consulting firm delivering a complete range of integrated HR services that help our clients manage their Human Resources processes.

Business Consultant 

Claro Enterprise Solutions

Within America Movil, I lead a global team across five companies, orchestrating all things people, including human capital strategy, organizational training/development, change management, compensation, employee relations/compliance, benefits, workforce and succession planning, talent acquisition and diversity.  

It began with transforming Telvista's organizational culture as VP of Human Resources from 2017 to 2021, then growing Claro Enterprise Solutions (formerly TelmexUSA). Strategic in all activities, I apply a systems thinking approach to HR, which led to a promotion to Chief People Officer in 2021. 

We built a performance management and organizational development practice, complete with KPIs, a leadership competency model and career pathing. We also implemented a cross-functional onboarding program which yielded a 10% reduction in new hire attrition. 

Improvements to administrative processes (benefit invoice reconciliation, terminations, onboarding, performance management), led to a 60% combined productivity improvement across all shared services companies.

Chief People Officer

DLA, Inc.

The CEO brought me on in a consulting capacity, hired to lead cultural transformation. Based on performance leading a major cultural transformation, I was offered a full-time role. DLA had offices across Argentina, Brazil, and Miami. I joined them during a period of accelerated growth due to acquisition, tasked with developing global organizational design and workforce planning strategy to integrate 350 employees in four international locations.

Culture had never really been articulated before and tends to deteriorate when a company experiences rapid growth and change. This was my first time playing the role of catalyst and change agent, which has now become front and center in my career.

Our efforts leading change and cultural integration led to improved engagement ratings by 20% and lowered overall turnover by 18% the first year. We focused on establishing a culture of inclusiveness with a diversity strategy that led to a 13% increase in diversity representation across all product development employees.

Senior Vice President, People & Culture

Seccion Amarilla USA, L.L.C.

As a Board member and officer of the company, my role involved leading a workforce expansion from 100 to nearly 1,000 employees, growing the HR department from the ground up. I led the organizational design and all aspects of Human Resources programs. As a member and advisor to the C-suite, I led process improvement initiatives and due diligence efforts for mergers and acquisitions of other subsidiaries.

My team implemented an HRIS system to automate critical administrative functions, including time tracking, COBRA and 401K administration, benefit enrollment and an applicant tracking system. Total cost saving of 40% with these programs! 

I also developed a sales training practice tailored to meet the national sales organization's training and development needs, resulting in a 20% increase in post-training revenue.

Director of Human Resources and Organizational Processes

TradeStation Group Inc.

Trade Station Group develops transformational tools for day traders to help them make research-based investments. They’re a progressive, disruptive group whose thinking matched mine. The highlight of my time with this company was opening their UK office, partnering with the team overseas, learning all about English HR culture, employment law, benefits and labor laws. 

I also managed a $5M corporate payroll budget and HR management, health and benefits budget of $500K annually.

Senior HR Generalist

Chief People Scientist | Writer | Philanthropist ► Driving business performance through cultural intelligence

You don’t rise by doing more. You rise by becoming undeniable.

For years, I believed leadership was about proving myself. Outperforming expectations. Over-functioning to earn a seat at the table.

But no matter how hard I worked, something stayed stuck. I was burning out in a better outfit.

Here’s what shifted:

Leadership isn’t about grinding harder. It’s about activating your Edge™,  the unique way you create visibility, influence, and impact without losing yourself in the process.

The parts I was told to tone down — my empathy, my culture, my voice — were actually my advantage. My Edge™.

Now, I coach ambitious executives who are ready to go from overlooked to undeniable with The C.H.O.I.C.E.® Playbook.

Because executive presence without self-presence is just performance.
And performance without alignment is burnout in disguise.

This work is for leaders who:
✔ Want to be seen as strategic, not just tactical
✔ Are tired of overworking to prove they belong
✔ Want influence and social capital that stick, without being fake
✔ Are ready to step into promotions, bigger scope, and impact that lasts

This isn’t just coaching.
It’s activating the Edge™ that makes you bold, visible, and impossible to ignore.

What I help leaders achieve:
✔ Clarify and activate your Edge™
✔ Influence at every level without over-functioning
✔ Lead with presence, confidence, and clarity
✔ Align leadership growth with personal truth
✔ Position yourself for career-defining promotions and impact

Want a fast, focused breakthrough?
Book your Elevate Express,  a 1-hour session designed to:
→ Pinpoint your Edge™
→ Apply it to a real-time leadership challenge
→ Walk away with a customized action framework you can use immediately

👉 https://cal.com/lorenrosario/1hr-elevate-coaching 

You’ve done the work.
Now it’s time to lead from your Edge™.

Fully seen. Fully strategic. Fully human.

Loren Rosario - Maldonado, PCC

I used to think courage was one thing: The big, bold kind.
But I’ve learned every stage of your career demands a different kind of courage.
Each one builds the next.

In the early stage, courage is about trying.
The courage to start before you’re ready.
To raise your hand when your voice shakes.
To volunteer for something you’ve never done.
📌Action: Do one small thing today that makes you uncomfortable,  it’s how you build Try Courage.

In the mid-career stage, courage is about trusting.
The courage to let go.
To delegate instead of doing it all yourself.
To have hard conversations that keep relationships honest.
📌Action: Hand off one task today without checking in, that’s how you grow Trust Courage.

In the senior leadership stage, courage becomes transparent.
It’s no longer about proving yourself.
It’s about saying, “I was wrong.”
Asking for feedback.
Owning mistakes and making them lessons.
📌Action: Ask one person, “What’s one thing I could do that would make it easier to work with me?” that’s how you practice Relational Courage.

Courage isn’t a single act.
It’s a progression, from try, to trust, to truth.
And just like a muscle, the more you practice, the stronger it gets.

So wherever you are in your career, start with the courage that fits your stage.
Because the moment you stretch it, you grow.

♻️ Share this if you’re building a new kind of courage.
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Executive Leadership Coach for Ambitious Leaders | Creator of The Edge™ & C.H.O.I.C.E.™ | Executive Presence • Influence • Career Mobility

I used to think authenticity was my career advantage.

It was actually my blind spot.

Early in my leadership journey, I believed authenticity meant saying what I felt, showing all my emotions, and bringing my whole self to work.
It felt honest. Liberating. “Real.”
But it quietly cost me influence.

Because here’s the truth I wish someone told me sooner:
People don’t judge authenticity by how you feel.
They judge it by how your behavior lands.

A new Harvard Business Review article by Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, “When Authentic Leadership Backfires” (Oct 2025), found that across 55 independent studies, it’s impression management—not self-perceived authenticity—that predicts leadership effectiveness, trust, and career advancement.

In other words:
Leaders who adapt their behavior- who know when to filter, flex, and frame - are seen as more authentic by others.

That’s not manipulation.
That’s maturity.

It took me years to understand that authenticity isn’t about transparency, it’s about intentionality.
Because leadership isn’t about broadcasting your whole self.
It’s about bringing your best self, in service of others.

Here’s what that looks like in practice:

1. Feel deeply. Filter wisely.
 → Before you speak, ask: “Is this helpful or just honest?” If it’s the latter, pause.

2. Lead with self-awareness.
 → Record a meeting or presentation and watch it back, not to judge, but to study your impact.

3. Balance honesty with restraint.
 → Name the issue, not the emotion: “We missed a target,” not “I’m furious.”

4. Evolve your expression.
 → Each new role requires a language upgrade. Observe the leaders two levels up, what do they emphasize that you don’t yet? Caveat: don’t copy toxic behavior. Use it as a “what not to do” instead.

5. Protect your integrity, but adjust your delivery.
 → Translate conviction into curiosity: replace “Here’s what I think” with “Here’s what I’m seeing, how does that connect for you?”

I’ve learned that impression management isn’t pretending.
It’s precision in motion.
And the leaders who master it?
They’re not less authentic.
They’re just more self-aware.

💬Where in your career might “being real” be holding you back from being effective?
🔖Tag someone who leads with authenticity and intention.
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What if we’ve been measuring success backwards?

The numbers look good.
But the people don’t stay.

So ask yourself:
If performance is high but people feel unseen…
is that really success?

I’ll never forget when a colleague stopped mid-conversation and said:
“Hey, I see how much you’ve been holding this together.”

That one sentence?
I finally exhaled.

Because the things that keep us connected, engaged, and willing to stretch aren’t the promotions.
They’re not the bonuses.
They’re the moments someone reminds us we matter.

That’s what:
✔️ Keeps your name in the room
✔️ Turns managers into mentors
✔️ Turns jobs into impactful careers

The best leaders I know don’t just manage performance.
They honor people.

Here are 3 simple ways to do that next week:

1️⃣ In your next 1:1, start with “What’s been hardest for you this week?” → Presence over pressure.

2️⃣ At the end of a meeting, spotlight one person’s unseen effort. → Empathy over ego.

3️⃣ Send one genuine thank-you note this week. → Consistency builds culture.

And the data backs it: Teams led with kindness see 50% higher engagement (Gallup, 2024).

Because careers don’t last on speed.
They last on connection.

Kindness is the edge that outperforms.

🔖 Tag the leader who showed you this.
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In your career, blending in can feel safer.
But it’s also how brilliance gets buried.

We’re taught to adapt.
To read the room.
To play it safe so we don’t seem “too much.”

That works, until it doesn’t.
Because the more you blend,
the less anyone can see you.

I learned this the hard way.
A mentor once told me:

“You do everything beautifully.
But why do you keep hiding the parts that make you you?”

That line cracked something open.
Because she was right.
I was performing, not showing up.

That’s when I discovered my Edge,
the intersection of who you are, how you think,
and the value you bring that no one else can replicate.

Your Edge is your color.
Some rooms will prefer neutrals: safe, familiar, predictable.
But your color was never meant to fit every palette.
It’s meant to complete the right one.

When you lead from your Edge, you stop chasing approval and start curating alignment.

You begin asking:
Where does my color belong?
Where does it elevate the picture instead of fading into it?

Because alignment isn’t about changing who you are.
It’s about finding the canvas that finally makes sense of your hue.

The picture isn’t complete without you.
Your authenticity is the missing color someone’s been waiting for.

So, if you’ve ever felt “too bright” for a room,
maybe it’s time to paint somewhere new.

Before you move on ask yourself: What if the color you keep hiding
is the one the world actually needs?

♻️ Share this if you’ve ever dimmed your brilliance to belong.
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