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Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · St. Paul, MN
Marcus manages the day-to-day editorial workflow across all brands, coordinating coverage assignments and ensuring editorial standards are met. He previously served as city editor at the Pioneer Press and holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton College.
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We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Daniel Pell takes us through his career in tech, from Microsoft to Salesforce and now Workday in Square Mile and Me CV Name: Daniel Pell Job title: Vice president and country manager for UK Ireland at Workday Previous roles: General manager, Tableau EMEA at Salesforce; enterprise sales manager at Avid Technology; BBC account director at Microsoft UK Age: 53 Born: London Lives: Chiswick, London Studied: Law at the University of Manchester Talents: Wing foiling Motto: “Manners maketh man” Biggest perk of the job? Meeting really inspiring and interesting people, including Anthony Joshua and Jimmy Carr Coffee order: Green tea Cocktail order: Moscow Mule Favourite book: Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas What was your first job? I started cleaning cars at a local car hire company when I was 16, working weekends. Then I moved o
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