Her Story
About Dominique
Dominique Evangelista serves as logistics manager at Valor PayTech, where she oversees supply chain operations amid company growth and new product launches. With more than 16 years in the logistics industry, she began her career after pursuing studies in advertising at the School of Visual Arts and interior design at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, eventually taking a temporary logistics role that led to a lasting path in the field. She learned supply chain management from the ground up through practical experience and values the constant problem-solving and variety the role provides. Dominique attributes her professional success to the work ethic modeled by her parents, including her father who immigrated from Italy and built businesses from nothing. She prioritizes honesty and integrity in her work, focuses on team development by helping colleagues advance their careers, and advises women entering the male-populated industry to support one another and strive to improve the environment for those who follow.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Dominique
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would say the work ethic that was instilled in me by my parents. My father is an immigrant, he's from Italy. He came here with nothing, and he built up successful businesses over the course of my life. I've watched him build up a business, sell it, start all over again. And my mother is also parents, and she was instilled with those same hard-working European values that my father came here with.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
I think it would be to really trust my instincts. And to remember that everybody has imposter syndrome at some point in their life, and the only thing you can do is to really, like, stay true to your morals, to your values, and to operate with integrity.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
To not be intimidated by the fact that it is a very, male-populated industry, but also to always lift each other up. It's very important that women who come first hold the door open for the women who are coming behind them. And to remember your beginnings, and how difficult it was for you does not mean it has to be that difficult for the next person. Strive to make it a better environment and not keep the status quo, always push to be better.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I think a lot of the challenges that the industry is facing are just industry-wide challenges that have a lot to do with the laws that are being passed as far as international trade laws, rising tensions in the socio-economic climate of the world, material for production, just stuff that I think everybody in the industry is facing that will eventually affect manufacturing companies for years to come. That's probably the biggest challenge, is figuring out how to work around something that is completely out of your control.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Honesty. I think honesty is one of the biggest things, and it's one of the things that is lacking in corporate America at this point in time. I think that if people were a little bit more clear with their intentions that there would be less conflict in the office space, and I think that people would be happier on an overall basis. I try to always come from a place of honesty and openness, and integrity, and I believe that integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.
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