Archive for April, 2010

As a Qivana IBO success is on everyone’s mind. Recently I was fortunate to interview fellow Qivana IBO Diane Drawdy while she was in Mississippi. I have known Diane since I relocated to Florida in 1970 shortly after Hurricane Camille devastated my home town of Long Beach, Mississippi. Diane and I first met as employees of St. Lucie County Bank in Fort Pierce, Florida. Through the ensuing years we have remained good friends. We have always kept in touch. We visit each other regularly either in her home state of Florida or my home in Mississippi. The Qivana opportunity was first presented to me by Diane. My Qivana Success interview began when I asked Diane how she heard about Qivana. Chris Steele, Diane’s son, was the first to tell her about Qivana, she said. Chris learned about Qivana and how big is was going to be from Stephen Douglas who was a friend of his. At that time no one knew anything about Qivana, not even the name of the company or what the products were. But by all accounts it was going to be huge when the announcement was made. This is the point where my Qivana Success story begins. I was visiting Diane in February of 2009 when she told me of this new network marketing company that she was excited about. None of us knew much at the time, but I have known and admired Diane for over 30 years, so I put my misqivings aside and waited for all to be revealed. We found out the company’s name during a conference call in the middle of February. The name was QIVANA. The name Qivana is derived from combining Qi or Chi which is the Chinese word used to describe “the natural energy of the Universe and Vana from Nirvana, the perfect peace o the state of mind. Later that week we were introduced to the Corporate officers of Qivana during a weekly conference call. My Qivana Success story gets really exciting at this point. The corporate officers read like a who’s who in network marketing and business. The CEO of Qivana, Derek Hall was formerly CEO of McKesson Pharmaceutical Company. He was also the President and CEO for Nature’s Way, Botanticals International, Integrative Therapeutics, Unigen USA and Univera. Earlier Mr. Hall also served as Vice President and CEO of Econet, Inc. Devin Glazier serves as the Chief Financial Officer. Previously Mr Glazier was the Sr. Financial Analyst at Novell and Sr. Director of Finance at XanGo. In addition to a B. S. in accounting, Mr Glazier holds an MBA from Utah State University. Justin Banner is the Chief Strategic Officer at Qivana. Formerly Justin held the position of VP of Strategy and Development at XanGo. He holds a a B. S. in finance from Brigham Young University and an MBA in Strategy and Marketing from Purdue University. Qivana’s Chief Sales Officer is Rodney James. Mr. James was the formerDirector of Product Marketing at XanGo, Director of Marketing at VM Direct, and Director of Sales at NuSkin. Rodney holds a BS in Finance from the University of Utah. Craig Johanson is the Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Johanson was the former VP of Marketing at XanGo and Senior Brand Manager at Tahitian Noni International. Craig holds a B. S. in Marketing from Boise State University and an MBA from Utah State University. After I found out about these outstanding leaders, I was even more excited than before. My Qivana Success dream became a reality when I attended the pre-launch of Qivana in Atlanta. What energy and dedication this corporate team possessed! The presentation, the products, and the company leaders just blew us away. I left Atlanta knowing that I had found a business with the leadership and products I had been searching for. Diane was able to attend the official launch of Qivana in Orlando this September. In the interview I asked her what her impression had been. She agreed with my impression regarding the excellent leadership. Although she had been involved in network marketing before, she told me she had never felt such a sense of integrity in the corporate leaders or in the business owners themselves. People helping people is the idealogy that drives Qivana. Both Diane and I have grown our downline rapidly. The first products were shipped in April and my team already number over 50 IBO’s. Now that’s what I call a Qivana Success story!