创新的种子-Phytobiodermie d.b.a PHYTO5 CEO JON CANAS 专访.pdf

Seeds of Interview with Jon Canas, President CEO Innovation: of Phytobiodermie® Winter 2008 Healing Arts Guide magazine By Karen Kim, Editor of Healing Arts Guide In 1997, Jon Canas and a few friends acquired Laboratoire Gibro S.A. a Swiss company making and distributing the PHYTO 5™ full skincare line of natural and energetic products. This decision was based on a fascination for the Traditional Chinese Medicine concepts that are the base for the formulation and application of PHYTO 5™. In 1998 the company received a Prize for Innovation in Paris for its novel and advanced use of light-therapy. As a result, the same year, they launched Phyto Distribution Inc, a Florida based company with the exclusive right to distribute the products in the US. Jon is president of both companies. Jon has had a couple of career switches. He was following his father’s foot steps as an MD, when he went from being a pre-med in France, to studying hotel management at Cornell University, and on to an MBA at Northeastern University, and later on to attend the AMP program at Harvard Business School. After an early retirement as a senior executive of an international hotel company, Jon opted for the life of an entrepreneur in the skincare and spa industry. He lives in Central Florida with his wife Gina who is an aesthetician and LMT. She runs the Phyto Institute in Eustis/Mount Dora where the Phytobiodermie® Jon Canas at Gibro’s laboratory in Switzerland. Training Center is located. APPENDIx 153 Questions Answers: What inspired you to