Reuters
Envoy's Chief Executive Larry Gadea poses in an undated photo. Courtesy Envoy via REUTERS
When the pandemic hit, Larry Gadea, CEO of the San Francisco-based office-services startup Envoy, saw a chance to pivot.
Gadea, who was born in Romania and raised in Canada, founded the firm in 2013 to create tech-smart ways for offices to run more smoothly, from booking meeting rooms to handling mail. Within two months, the company began focusing on building tools to help workplaces reopen safely, such as mobile apps that handle a health check questionnaire, contact tracing, capacity management and more.
âCovid has given us an even stronger sense of purpose,â said Gadea, 33, whose firm works with more than 2,000 companies globally. âHelping people with health and safety has been more rewarding than ever.â