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June 2013
- 6/20/2013: Global Reach Coming Soon
- 6/13/2013: The Arrogance of Institutions: Is it Time for a New Era of Accountability? Listen Now
- 6/6/2013: The Real Future of Finance: Millennials and Money Listen Now
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Peter B. Alois
Peter B. Alois is President of Alois Global Trade Strategies, LLC based in West Chester, PA, During his 25-year career as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Peter worked on four continents. He created and led interagency teams in Embassies and Consulates that helped American companies to increase their overseas business through direct marketing, customized advocacy and information management. Peter was qualified in Spanish, German and Italian. Now as an international business consultant outside of Philadelphia since 2006, his company has performed due diligence, marketing at trade fairs, global targeting, diplomatic liaison and identification of international partners, agents and distributors. Clients have been in the manufacturing sector as well as in services, including education and engineering. Peter is a firm believer in the KISS principle and that Smart planning + good execution = new business. palois@aloisglobal.com; www.aloisglobal.com; tel. 202-386-0602 View Guest page
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Albert F. (Al) Appleton Appleton
Albert F. (Al) Appleton is an international environmental consultant with interlocking expertise in water resource and utility management, watershed protection, and infrastructure and public finance. His consulting work on water resource management and sustainable development spans six continents. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Cooper Union (NYC), teaching the economics of sustainability and focusing on developing investment strategies for green energy, green jobs and regional environmental restoration. He is also a Director of Revett Minerals Inc., a western mining company that is profitably reorganizing its operations around green mining practices. During the early 1990s, he pioneered groundbreaking and cost saving innovations in water resource management such as the internationally acclaimed Catskill watershed protection program, while serving as Commissioner of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection and Director of the NYC Water and Sewer System. View Guest page
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Brian Bailard
Brian Bailard is HootSuite’s VP of Global Strategic Accounts. Passionate about customer success and building great teams, he brings more than 20 years of experience in sales leadership and executive management at firms focused on collaboration, digital marketing, cloud computing and SaaS. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, Brian has founded his own start-up and been involved in a number of high-growth technology businesses. Currently, Brian lives near San Francisco with his wife and kids where he is an active volleyball coach, foodie and amateur historian. Twitter: @bbailard; Linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brian-bailard/0/734/900 View Guest page
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Deborah Baxley
Deborah Baxley is a Principal at Capgemini. An international payments consultant with 25 years of consulting experience, she has in-depth experience in mobile payments & credit cards. The former leader of IBM’s 400-person global credit card practice, she defined its credit card strategy for China. She performed strategy work in 14 countries, advising on product direction & competitive positioning, delivering up to $20M in new revenue & $50M in cost savings, for clients including MasterCard, Bank of America, Visa, & American Express. Widely recognized for retail payments insights, she is an officer of the Smart Card Alliance Payments Council, on the Advisory Board at Brighter Planet, vice-chair of W.Net Women in Payments networking, co-founder of One Million Acts of Payment Innovation and CFO of NY PAY. Deborah is a prolific author and frequent keynote speaker on mobile payments innovation, most recently at the 2011 NFC World Congress in Nice, France: www.deborahbaxley.com. View Guest page
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William B. Bierce
William B. Bierce is the President and founder of Bierce & Kenerson, PC, an award winning business and technology law firm. He has been assisting innovative ventures, entrepreneurs and global enterprises in achieving their business goals for over thirty years. He advises on all aspects of U.S. corporate law (including startups, alliances, mergers, acquisitions and private equity investment); technology contracts (software, licensing, legal and regulatory issues); business process management (including GRC controls) and management of human resources. Bill represents both U.S.-based businesses and many foreign-owned companies in their U.S. business operations and speaks French. A prolific author in legal and regulatory issues, publisher of the website, www.outsourcing-law.com, and his own “devil’s dictionary” humor book, Bill has been recognized by Chambers USA and SuperLawyers. He holds law degrees from New York University and University of Grenoble. wbierce@biercekenerson.com View Guest page
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Dave Birch
Dave is a founding Director of Consult Hyperion. Here he provides specialist consultancy support to clients around the world, including all of the leading payment brands, major telecommunications providers, governments and international organisations including the OECD. Before helping to found Consult Hyperion in 1986, he spent several years working as a consultant in Europe, the Far East and North America. He graduated from the University of Southampton with a B.Sc (Hons.) in Physics. Described by The Telegraph as “one of the world’s leading experts on digital money”, by The Independent as a "grade-A geek", by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation as "one of the most user-friendly of the UK's uber-techies" and by Financial World as "mad", Dave is a member of the editorial board of the E-Finance & Payments Law and Policy Journal, a columnist for SPEED and well-known for his blogs on Digital Money and Digital Identity. He has lectured to MBA level on the impact of new information and communications technologies, contributed to publications ranging from the Parliamentary IT Review to Prospect and wrote a Guardian column for many years. He is a media commentator on electronic business issues and has appeared on BBC television and radio, Sky and other channels around the world. View Guest page
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Timothy C. Brightbill
Mr. Brightbill, a partner at Wiley Rein LLC, represents clients on all aspects of international trade law and policy including import trade remedies (such as antidumping and countervailing duty law), global trade policy and trade negotiations, international arbitration, export controls, climate change policy, customs matters and international e-commerce. He represents SolarWorld Industries America Inc. and the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing, which in October 2011 filed the first U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty cases involving renewable energy products. As a member of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Services and Finance Industries, he provides the Office of the US Trade Representative and the State Department with advice on negotiations with major U.S. trading partners. Chambers USA has named Mr. Brightbill one of the nation’s “Up and Coming” practitioners in international trade law. Contact: tbrightbill@wileyrein.com View Guest page
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Jon Schuyler Brooks
Mr. Brooks is a partner at Phillips Nizer LLP, co-chair of the firm’s Environmental Law Practice and a member of its Litigation Practice. Individual and business clients rely upon him as their advocate in environmental and complex commercial litigation matters and as their advisor on environmental aspects of real estate, corporate and financial transactions. His involvement in environmental legal matters began over 25 years ago, first as a policy maker, then as a practitioner and visiting professor. Earlier he worked on environmental policy and legislation both in Washington, D.C. as Legislative Staff Assistant to the late US Senator Daniel P. Moynihan. His colleagues twice selected him as Chair of the International Environmental Law Committee of the NYS Bar Association and as a "Super Lawyer" in Environmental law in the Metro Y area. He was recently selected to be Chair of the American Bar Association’s Environmental Transactions and Brownfield Committee: jbrooks@phillipsnizer.com View Guest page
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Tim Brouwer
Based in Heidelberg, Germany, Tim Brouwer is the CEO and co-owner of SVP Deutschland AG, Germany’s leading market intelligence service. He studied physics and national economics at the University of Heidelberg and Pace, New York. In 1999 he started working for SVP, doing research projects for the clients in the consulting area like McKinsey and BCG. He later established a practice group for larger research projects and took over part of the company assets in 2002 when the founder of SVP retired and he became CEO. Since then he has been developing the company towards more and more industry specialization and made his own experiences with American company culture when SVP acquired the patent research practice from the American company Sopheon plc. SVP Deutschland specialized in covering cross-country research in all of Europe together with an expert-network. View Guest page
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Marco Chan
Marco Chan co-founded AmAsia3 with partner Michael Harton in May, 2010. AmAsia3 is an international consulting firm engaging in Trans-Pacific commercial ventures, and providing business leaders and companies with the service support, solutions, expertise, and insight necessary for global success. A former FedEx senior executive of more than 20 years, Marco is a savvy global supply chain and logistics professional. As the first Manager in China, he established operations in 13 cities within 18 months, opened 3 call centers, and automated customs clearance. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Wings Cancer Foundation and the Association of Chinese Culture in the Mid-South. He sits on the Executive Committee of the Confucius Institute and holds a MBA degree from Rivier College and a BBA degree from the University of Hawaii. He is a native of Hong Kong and speaks Cantonese and Mandarin. For more information go to: http://www.amasia3.com/ or contact mchan@amasia3.net. View Guest page
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Paul Christopher
Paul is the Chief International Strategist for Wells Fargo Advisors. He focuses on the international economic outlook and offers investment advice on currencies and commodities. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Advisors, he developed economic strategies to trade in global financial and commodity futures markets for Eclipse Capital Management. In previous positions, Paul supplied international economic perspectives for A.G. Edwards (a predecessor company of Wells Fargo Advisors), and advised institutional clients of Istanbul-based Global Securities on the oil-based economies of the Caucasus and Central Asia. In addition, he consulted with the governments of Hong Kong, Egypt, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic on monetary policy issues. Paul serves on the firm’s Investment Strategy Committee and is a CFA charterholder. View Guest page
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Guillaume Corpart
Managing Director and co-founder of Americas Market Intelligence–Mexico, Guillaume Corpart has 10+ years in consulting experience in Latin America. With expertise in market research, market sizing and segmentation, market and market strategy, he has handled more than 400 consulting engagements, including over 200 competitive intelligence assignments. His top areas of focus are healthcare, consumer goods, financial services, electronics, and heavy industry. Prior to AMI, he was a partner of InfoAmericas (2003) until it was sold to Kroll (2007), a global consultancy. Guillaume is recognized regional thought leader and published more than 60 business articles. Fluent in Spanish, English and French, Guillaume is an active member of SCIP and ESOMAR. In 2011, Guillaume became laureate of the “Prix Releve Excellence” by HEC, Canada’s leading business school in 2011. Contact: gc@americasmi.com. View Guest page
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Robert H Dugger
Robert H Dugger Robert Dugger is a venture capital investor, a retired partner in the hedge fund Tudor Investment Corporation, and advocate for the business case for investing in early childhood development. Rob’s main interest is early child development and organizing strong business coalitions in states to support high-return investment spending in children prenatal to five. He co-founded ReadyNation to do this work -- www.readynation.org -- and in recognition was the first recipient of Zero to Three’s Reiner Award for Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of Very Young Children. This award was presented to him for work that "has engaged and inspired a multitude of uncommon champions for babies and broadened the scope and possibility for positive action on behalf of young children." Rob received his BA from Davidson College and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information please visit www.ReadyNation.org View Guest page
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Robin Eves
Robin Eves Director, President & CEO of Clean Coal Technologies, Robin brings over 30 years of global experience in all aspects of the energy markets. He has held senior management positions in London, Geneva and the US. Robin has conducted business in the US, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, South America and, recently, in Asia. He has extensive experience in India (his birth country) and has strong industry & political contacts worldwide. During his career, He has specialized in joining small teams of professionals and has successfully built them into global companies or divisions within larger organizations. He has strong banking contacts in the US and Europe and brings the confidence of the investment community and the interest from large funds. He is an expert at extracting value throughout the energy value chain & has extensive knowledge of global business cultures and ethics. Robin has held senior positions in companies such as Cargill and UBS where he was a Managing Director. View Guest page
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Frank Faeth
With more than 33 years of experience as a senior manager at the intersection of business and technology, executive coach Frank Faeth works with executives to support behaviors that improve technological innovation and overall implementation success. The primary benefit of coaching is helping leaders identify challenges, work through them, and transform learning into organizational results. Coaching fosters self-awareness and the motivation to change behavior that may be standing in the way of career advancement. New technologies are at the heart of most organizational change, so it is essential that executives within the business, operations and technical units learn how to work together. Frank coaches executives where business and technology meet to adopt the personal traits that will help them work successfully with each other. Few coaches offer such a deep understanding of the dynamics of these relationships. Frank blogs weekly on these topics at http://faethconsulting.com/ View Guest page
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Bruce F. Freed
Bruce F. Freed is President and a founder of the Center for Political Accountability (http://www.politicalaccountability.net). Additionally, he is on the advisory board of the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Mr. Freed brings over 30 years of experience in politics, strategic public affairs and journalism. As the business and politics columnist from 1998 to 2003 for The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress, he was the first to explore the implications of the absence of transparency and accountability in corporate soft money giving. Mr. Freed also commented on business and politics on Public Radio International's Marketplace. He spent a decade on Capitol Hill as chief investigator for the Senate Banking Committee, staff director of a House subcommittee, and a senior aide to two members of the House leadership. Mr. Freed began as a journalist with the Baltimore Sun Papers, Congressional Quarterly and Wall Street Journal. View Guest page
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David J. Freschman
Known as the voice of emerging business, David J. Freschman is one of the most highly regarded and influential venture capitalists and early-stage experts in the nation. With over 20 years of expertise in the venture and early stage businesses, David's work ranges from leadership positions to guiding 30+ portfolio companies to investment funding, financial stability, growth and exit opportunities. Presently, Freschman is the Managing Principal of Innovation Capital Advisors, LLC, (ICA), a management company for two leading Mid Atlantic based venture capital firms, Innovation Ventures LP and The Delaware innovation Fund. In addition, he is the founder and chairman of Early Stage East (www.earlystageeast.org), Arc Angel (arcangel.com), and FashInvest (fashinvest.com). Some of David's portfolio companies: Foxfire Printing, Business Intelligence International, Skill Survey, Sidecar, Careerminds, Magnify.net, and Weather Trends 360, among others. Contact: djf@innovationcapital.com. View Guest page
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Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau is the author of “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies – and What It Means to Be Human,” published in 2005 by Doubleday. A long-time reporter and editor for The Washington Post, he is now a Senior Future Tense Fellow of The New America Foundation, and is the Lincoln Professor of Law, Culture and Values at Arizona State University, where he heads The Prevail Project: Wise Governance for Challenging Futures. He has served as a fellow at the University of Cambridge, the University of California at Berkeley and George Mason University, and is an affiliate of the University of Oxford's James Martin 21st Century School. He is a member of Global Business Network, the pioneering scenario-planning organization, and is the troll of a small forest in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge. Full bio available www.garreau.com View Guest page
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Anup Ghosh
Darcie Goodwin
Darcie Goodwin currently works as an international marketing / communications consultant for clients including FedEx and the Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Competition. Her previous experience includes serving as Communications Manager for FedEx in China and traveling the globe with ORBIS International, where she handled media relations and communications. She has also held positions at the Oklahoma Department of Commerce; US Asia Commercial Development; the Taipei YMCA; and, for former US Congressman Buddy MacKay. Darcie earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Political Science from Drew University in New Jersey and a Master of Business Administration in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona. She is proficient in Mandarin Chinese. Linked In: www.linkedin.com/pub/darcie-goodwin/0/327/99b/; Email: darciegoodwin@gmail.com View Guest page
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Paul Grill
Paul Grill is a Partner at First Annapolis Consulting, Inc. He manages the firm’s Mobile Commerce & Alternative Payments team and also co-manages the firm’s Card Issuing practice area. For nearly 15 years, Paul has leveraged his expertise in application of new technologies to support clients in developing successful products and business strategies. In the areas of Mobile Commerce & Alternative Payments, Paul works with financial institutions, MNOs, wallet providers, processors, and networks seeking to develop new product offerings in the rapidly growing mobile commerce arena. His subject matter expertise spans mobile use cases such as payments, offers, coupons, shopping, location-based services, banking, personal financial management, and P2P, as well as “traditional” e-commerce payments. In particular, Paul has provided advice on the launch of a national mobile payments initiative, the strategy for a shopping & offers oriented mobile wallet, and the market opportunity for TSM and related mobile infrastructure services. Paul’s expertise in the Card Issuing market includes de novo market entry analyses, account acquisition and portfolio optimization, outsourcing evaluation and negotiation, and strategic partnership formation (such as co-branding, affinity, and agent bank relationships). His issuing clients represent a variety of financial institutions (e.g., regional banks, multi-nationals), non-financial organizations seeking to develop card issuing capabilities, and card issuers in international markets. Paul is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and client executive forums, and has been featured in the media and events such as American Public Media’s Marketplace, the Chicago Federal Reserve’s Symposium on Immediate Funds Transfer for General Purpose Payments, the ETA’s Inaugural Mobile Payments Summit, and the American Banker. Prior to joining First Annapolis, Paul earned a MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. 410-88-8539 paul.grill@firstannapolis.co View Guest page
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Maya Grinberg
Maya Grinberg is the voice of Wildfire. Her specialty is educating brands and businesses about the best practices and winning strategies of social media marketing. She has organically grown Wildfire's social properties into the most engaged fan communities within the industry, with 145,000 fans on Facebook and 25,000 on Twitter, and counting. Maya is the producer of Wildfire's popular monthly webinar series, which has drawn over 40,000 registrations in 2012. In addition to writing the Wildfire blog, Maya's writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, Social Media Examiner, Social Media Today, and Business2Community. Maya has presented at the Clinton Foundation, the American Marketing Association (AMA), Social Media Camp, and the Social Media Strategies Summit. Prior to Wildfire, Maya worked at IBM in the Strategy and Transformation group, and at TechCrunch, on the CrunchBase property. She is a graduate of Cornell University. She can be reached at maya@wildfireapp.com. View Guest page
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Lisa Halpern
Lisa Halpern is the founder and CEO of Kiboo (www.kiboo.com), a social banking and financial literacy start-up focused on bringing young people closer to their money. Kiboo’s Know Your Money™ platform creates and builds community around money management with original content, a financial analytics engine and social features and functionality that engage young people to save, spend and give their money smarter. Prior to becoming a full-time entrepreneur, Lisa practiced law specializing in tax and estate planning. It became clear to her that there was a need for people (especially young people) to have a real-world, engaging and relevant service to teach them about personal finance. And, just like that the idea of Kiboo was born. Lisa holds a B.A. from Clark University, J.D. from Cardozo School of Law, LL.M. from University of Miami. View Guest page
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Stephen A. Hammer
Dr. Hammer teaches energy policy and planning courses at MIT. His research focuses on the urban energy planning process; the economic, technical, and regulatory viability of different energy technologies in cities; the impacts of climate change on urban energy systems; and the modeling of energy demand at the city scale. Dr. Hammer also regularly consults to different government, non-profit, corporate, and NGO clients. Recent clients include Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, the World Bank, and the OECD. In 2009-2010, Dr. Hammer led the JUCCCE Energy Smart Cities Initiative, a China-based program providing energy and climate policy training to local government officials. Dr. Hammer holds degrees from the London School of Economics, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and the University of California at Davis. View Guest page
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Farzad Henareh
As Director Business Development at Stericycle ExpertSolutions Farzad heads up the company’s international offices and looks into the international expansion and business alignment to ultimately provide the same level of high quality brand solutions globally. Farzad has a background in healthcare and economics, has extensive experience in managing large Pan-European projects and currently resides in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Email: fhenareh@srcl.com; URL: www.mysteryshops.com View Guest page
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John Hlinko
As a youngster, John Hlinko never dreamed he would one day record a Grammy-winning duet with country music legend Willie Nelson. And indeed, it never happened. But he has been long recognized as an innovator and “Buzz Czar” on the grassroots marketing front, using a combination of emerging technology and creative communications to achieve maximum results within extremely constrained budgets. Hlinko has worked with some of the biggest breakout viral success stories, starting with MoveOn.org in its earliest days, and continuing up to a “draft Obama” effort to build support for Barack Obama in advance of his presidential run. He is the founder of “Left Action,” a network of more than a million progressive activists (LeftAction.com). Hlinko is also the author of the forthcoming book, Share, Retweet, Repeat: Get Your Message Read and Spread, to be published in early 2012 (Prentice Hall Press). Contact: John@BuzzCzar.com; cell: 202-744-6525. View Guest page
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Stathis Karaplios
Stathis Karaplios is the Cofounder and Managing Director at EMBS Group (www.embs-group.com), a market intelligence company specializing in emerging markets. Successful, independent and result oriented, Stathis has spent over a decade working in an international business environment – the past five, leading a team of business consultants working on business development, strategic advisory and M&A projects in more than 20 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS. His areas of expertise include market entry and business development, strategic advisory, sourcing and purchasing, M&A, competitive intelligence (CI). A native of Poland with Greek roots, Stathis had developed a deep understanding of local cultures and diversity that compliments a high level of business awareness and strong interpersonal skills. Contact: info@embs-group.com; tel. +48 12 376 8740. View Guest page
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Austin Khan
Austin Khan, Chief Investment Officer, has completed over $2B in real estate transactions in both principal and advisory roles. His experience in multiple commercial sectors has positioned him as an expert in the industry. He is responsible for sourcing and managing opportunities for Ethika as well as overseeing the underwriting process for all investments. Prior to Ethika, he was VP of Acquisitions for the real estate hospitality investment platform for TRT Holdings that manages approx. $5B in assets on behalf of Robert Rowling (66th ranked individual in the Forbes 400). He was a key player in landmark transactions such as, the acquisition of the Amelia Island Company, the development of the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel and the recapitalization of the Champions Gate Resort Orlando. Mr. Khan received a MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.S. from the McIntire School at University of Virginia. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. Email him @ akhan@ethikainvestments.com View Guest page
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Richard Kirsch
Richard Kirsch is the author of “Fighting for Our Health: The Epic Battle to Make Health Care a Right in the United States,” www.fightingforourhealth.com,-Twitter @ffohbook. Kirsch is an Institute Fellow at the Nelson Rockefeller Institute and a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. From 2008 to 2010 he was National Campaign Manager for Health Care for America Now (HCAN). Kirsch has appeared on PBS's The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, ABC's World News Tonight and Good Morning America, the Fox News Network, C-SPAN and The Colbert Report, and was frequently quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and other national newspapers. Kirsch was honored with the Progressive Leadership Award by USAction and the New York Progressive Leadership Award by Citizen Action of New York, both in 2010. In 2001, Families USA named him Health Care Consumer Advocate of the Year. He received the New York Statewide Senior Action Council Human Services Advocacy Award in June 1995. View Guest page
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Alan L. Klein
Alan L. Klein is founding partner of The Marketing Agency Paris New York, an insight and research consultancy that helps marketers, retailers, and emerging media to optimize domestic and global strategies. His clients have included Johnson & Johnson, Clairol, Hershey Foods, Walmart, Premier Retail Networks, Find/SVP, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Marketing Corporation of America. He is currently supporting new product development for NGM Media & Marketing, an innovator of online pay per performance advertising. In addition to pioneering new research methodologies, he helps American firms to evaluate and optimize opportunities in Europe, while helping EU-based companies enter the U.S. market. Earlier in his career, Alan was a senior management officer for advertising, strategy and market research at The Interpublic Group and Grey Advertising. He began his career in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble. View Guest page
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Charlie Kolb
Former White House advisor Charles Kolb is President of French-American Foundation-United States, the principal non-governmental organization linking France and the US. Before July 2012, he served as President of the Committee for Economic Development, a leading, nonpartisan, business-led research and policy organization that promotes sound macroeconomic policy affecting the US economy. From 1992-to-1997, Kolb served as General Counsel of United Way of America. During the George H. Bush administration he served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (1990-1992). From 1983 to 1990, he held positions at the Office of Management and Budget and US Department of Education. Prior to government service, he practiced law in Washington, DC. He also was a law clerk to US District Court Judge Joseph H. Young. He also authored a book on policymaking in the first Bush White House as well as numerous law review and op-ed articles. Contact: ckolb@frenchamerican.org. View Guest page
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- A Question of Competition: the Business Case for Investment in in Child Care and Early Education
- Corporate Campaign Spending: the Fallout on Competitiveness, Corruption, Corporate Governance and Political Accountability
- A World Awash In Debt: What the U.S., Europe and their Chinese Enablers Need to Do to Refloat their Economies
- Prescription for Long-term, Sustainable Growth (Part 2): Policy Recommendations for Shared Prosperity versus Austerity Economics
- Prescription for Long-term Sustainable Growth (Part One) : Shared Prosperity versus Austerity Economics
- Part 1: Gaining an Insider’s Understanding in Foreign Markets; Part 2: The Disconnect between K Street and the C-suite
Nate Loewentheil
Nate Loewentheil is founder and executive director of the Roosevelt Institution, a national student organization with 75 campus chapters and 7,000 members. He founded the Roosevelt Institution as a sophomore at Yale, from which he graduated in 2007. Nate sits on the Board of Directors of the College Democrats of America Alumni Association and of the Elmseed Enterprise Fund, as well as on the advisory boards of the New Leaders Council and the Drum Major Institute. He's published with the Center for American Progress and in the Review of Policy Research, and contributes to the Huffington Post. He recently co-edited "Thinking Big: Progressive Ideas for a New Era." In addition, Nate serves as a special advisor to the Bolivian municipality of Pasorapa. He has submitted testimony to Congress on topics like Social Security, published with the Center for American Progress and the Review of Policy Research and contributes to The Huffington Post. Contact: http://www.prosperityforamerica.org/ View Guest page
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Ron Mazursky
Ron, a Managing Director at Market Innovations, has over 25 years of global corporate and consulting experience in product development, marketing and strategy. An expert in consumer financial services marketing in payments, he has specialized in product and business development, segmentation, and profitability improvement. His client work emphasizes product development and innovation, with extensive work in loyalty programs. Earlier, Ron founded and managed Card Associates, and served as a Director at Edgar, Dunn & Co. and Novantas LLC. This followed corporate experience at MasterCard and JP Morgan Chase. Ron has written articles, spoken at conferences, taught market segmentation in N/S America. He's been quoted frequently in various publications and reports. Ron has a BA in Experimental Psychology from Binghamton University and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon. Contact Ron a rmazursky@marketinnovationsinc.com or (917) 862-3239. View Guest page
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Greg Mills
Dr. Greg Mills directs the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation (South Africa). He holds a BA Hons from the University of Cape Town, and MA and PhD from the University of Lancaster. From 1996-2005 he was National Director of the South African Institute of International Affairs. He founded and headed up the Prism strategic analysis group for General David Richards in Kabul in 2006, was seconded as Strategy Adviser to the President of Rwanda in 2008, served as a member of the Danish Africa Commission from 2008, and during 2010 deployed twice to regional command (South) in Afghanistan in an advisory capacity, based in Kandahar. He is the author/editor of numerous books; in 2012 "On the Fault-Line" (Profile, with J. Herbst & T. McNamee)and "Africa’s Third Liberation: The New Search for Prosperity and Jobs" (Penguin, with J. Herbst). He is on the visiting faculty of the NATO Higher Defense College in Rome, and the Royal College of Defense Studies in the United Kingdom. View Guest page
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Geoff Minter
Geoff is the founder and Managing Director of The Minter Group, a full service market research agency based in Sydney, Australia; He brings together experience at global companies in marketing (General Foods and Cadbury-Schweppes), advertising (McCann Erickson) and market research (Interpublic Group). The winner four national marketing awards for consumer goods strategies (and a registered psychologist), Geoff understands how quality market research design can provide strategies to build business, identify opportunities and add value to brands. He moderates focus groups and individual interviews with healthcare professionals, and Minter is on the market research panel for the Health Insurance Commission that administers Australia's Medicare program. He is a long term member of the Australian Market & Social Research Society and ESOMAR (World Association of Research Professionals) and presents research papers at their conferences and educational courses. Contact: gminter@minter.com.au View Guest page
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Kirk J. Nahra
Kirk J. Nahra, a partner with Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C., specializes in healthcare, privacy, information security and overall compliance litigation and counseling. He is chair of the firm’s Privacy Practice and co-chair of its Health Care Practice. A member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, he is the editor of IAPP's Privacy Advisor. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and serves on the Advisory Board for the Health Law Reporter. He served as the Co-Chair of the Confidentiality, Privacy and Security Workgroup, a public/private panel of experts advising the American Health Information Community on privacy and security issues arising from health information technology. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School, cum laude and his undergraduate degree from Georgetown Univ, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Contact: knahra@wileyrein.com; 202.719.7335. View Guest page
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Lynne Patterson
Based in New York City, Lynne serves as a Pro Mujer Ambassador throughout the US and UK and is a key member of the organization’s Development and Communications team. In 1990, Lynne moved with her family to Bolivia where she met and partnered with Carmen Velasco to develop training programs for women receiving donated food. These programs, in business and child development, and health and family planning, would later become the foundation for Pro Mujer. From 1996 to 2005, Lynne led Pro Mujer’s expansion efforts in Nicaragua, Peru, Mexico and Argentina. She also opened the organization’s international headquarters in New York in 1997. Lynne was a finalist for The Guardian’s 2010 “International Development Achievement Award.” In 2009, she was honored by the International Development Bank as a “Woman Microfinance Pioneer in Latin America.” In 2007, Lynne and Carmen were recognized as “Community Crusaders” at the “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” ceremony: communications@promujer.org View Guest page
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Bryan Pearson
With more than two decades experience developing meaningful customer relationships for some of the world’s leading companies, Bryan Pearson is an internationally recognized expert and author in the fields of enterprise loyalty and coalition marketing. As President of LoyaltyOne, a pioneer in loyalty strategies and measured marketing, he heads six global enterprises, leveraging the knowledge of 120 million customer relationships over 20 years to create relevant communications and enhanced shopper experiences. A sought-after speaker and author of the forthcoming book The Loyalty Leap: Turning Customer Information into Customer Intimacy, Bryan has presented in North and South America, Europe and Asia at such well-known events as Loyalty World, Card Forum and the Economic Club of Canada. He also is a frequent speaker at conferences hosted by the Direct Marketing Association and the Canadian Marketing Association. View Guest page
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Nick Pechet
Nick Pechet has been living and working in Greater China for 11 years. As Managing Director and Head of China for a global management consulting firm with offices in 10 countries, he has advised over one hundred of the Fortune 500 companies on how to compete and grow more successfully in China. Nick holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and a bachelor’s in Finance and International Business from McGill University, Canada. View Guest page
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Ignacio Ponce de Leon
Ignacio Ponce de Leon Ignacio Ponce de Leon, Director and Chief Operating Officer brings over 30 years of professional experience to Clean Coal Technologies, including over 25 years in Wall Street. He began his professional life in 1979 at the National Planning Department, Presidency of the Republic of Colombia, where he worked on the Carbocol/Exxon joint venture to develop Cerrejon Zona Norte, one of the largest coal mines in the world. He also worked with the team that oversaw the preparation of the National Energy Study, one of Latin America’s most ambitious econometric descriptions of a national energy economy. In 1995, he joined JP Morgan where he formed what became Wall Street’s leading fixed income research team covering corporations globally in Emerging Markets. Ignacio graduated from the London School of Economics (BSc. Econ.) and from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy (Tufts-Harvard) with an M.A.L.D. degree. View Guest page
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John Price
John Price, Founder, Americas Market Intelligence John Price has practiced market intelligence in emerging markets, most notably Latin America, for the last twenty years. As Managing Director of Americas Market Intelligence, LLC with offices in Miami and Mexico, John serves as a strategic advisor to clients, providing advice on competitive intelligence, market entry strategy, transactional market due diligence, and business risk analysis. http://www.americasmi.com/ John is a recognized regional thought leader in the areas of Latin American business climate and business strategy best practices, has published more than 100 articles and speaks to business audiences around the world about the challenges of competing in emerging markets. In 2007, Mr. Price co-authored and co-edited the book “Can Latin America compete?” published by Palgrave. John is an adjunct professor of international marketing at Florida International University and serves on multiple organizational boards. View Guest page
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Pete Read
Pete Read is an entrepreneur and business consultant specializing in China and the Asia Pacific region. He has lived and worked in Asia for 18 years, and has led hundreds of research and consulting assignments for some of the most successful multinational and Chinese companies, including American Express, China Mobile, Haier, Intel, Samsung and Walt Disney. Pete studied the history, geography and economics of China at the University of London's School of Oriental & African Studies and the London School of Economics. View Guest page
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Victor Hugo Rodriguez
Victor Hugo Rodriguez is the Founder, President and CEO of LatAm Alternatives. Mr. Rodriguez has over 17 years of experience in Management, Sales, Marketing and Business Development within the securities industry in the US-LatAm region. He was Partner and Head of Latin American Prime Brokerage for Merlin Securities (Mid Tier Prime Broker) and Director of Global Institutional Sales at Trade Station Securities (publicly held Corporation: TRAD). Before he worked as Director of Latin America for Terra Nova Trading (now LightSpeed Trading) and in the late 90’s he was the Founder President & CEO of Pristine.com Latin America. He has been a live TV Economics News Anchor and currently serves as the Founding Director of The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) – LatAm Chapter. He lives between NYC, South Florida and Latin America. He is married with two children. View Guest page
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Jim Ruszala
As senior director of marketing for Maritz Travel, Jim Ruszala leads the company’s development of new and innovative strategies to help organizations achieve better business value through their meeting, event and incentive travel efforts. A recognized thought leader, advocate and voice for the industry; Mr. Ruszala has contributed and been featured in numerous publications and papers, presented at many industry events, moderated cross-industry panels and supports various business event and incentive travel association groups. View Guest page
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Roger Schagrin
Roger Schagrin is President of Schagrin Associates, an international trade law and lobby firm located in Washington, DC. For over two decades, Mr. Schagrin has represented an array of US manufacturers with a concentration in the metals industry on matters related to trade and competition. He has successfully obtained relief for clients who were impacted by unfair trade practices. In addition, Schagrin Associates has successfully advocated for clients before federal agencies and the US Congress, resulting in the enactment of trade legislation. Mr. Schagrin obtained his Bachelor's of Arts degree from Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with special honors in History, and he obtained his J.D. with a concentration in international law in 1981 from the University of Virginia. View Guest page
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Ralph Schonenbach
Ralph is the CEO of Trestle Group (Switzerland) and on the Board of Trestle Group Foundation. He has held senior positions with the firms Andersen and Ernst & Young. Over the span of his career, he has established several successful consulting practices with a primary focus in the financial services industry and has advised high-level executives around the world on how to transform the way they manage and deliver services, as well as how to tackle the pressures brought about by resource constraints. Through Trestle Group Foundation, he is passionately involved with providing support to both women and emerging entrepreneurs in developing countries. Ralph frequently speaks at conferences and has authored a variety of publications. Ralph earned a degree in Business Management from Goucher College. Contact: r.schonenbach@trestlegroup.com; T: +41 43 500 1743 View Guest page
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Ashutosh Sheshabalaya
Ashutosh Sheshabalaya is the founder of IBSAWorld. He specializes in geopolitical change, risk and opportunity. His clients have included Dow, Shell, BMW, Cypress, UBS and Michelin, as well as banks, VC funds, law firms and official bodies in Europe, the US and India. Sheshabalaya began his career as a journalist, after which he worked for Frost & Sullivan, PwC and the European pharmaceutical industry federation. "Rising Elephant," his bestseller about India, was published in the US, India and Europe in 2004. His subsequent writings, on issues as varied as America's jobless recovery, the impending demise of the Euro and the mirage of BRICS, have been cited widely. Routledge includes Sheshabalaya as an original thinker on the sociology of conflict, in a list of 80 writers beginning with Aristotle. McGraw Hill's 'Exploring Globalization' has a chapter dedicated to his works while an Accenture-sponsored book lists him as one of the 50 Gurus of the 21st century. View Guest page
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Roy Stephenson
The founder and owner of Strategic Planning and Marketing (www.roystephenson.co.uk), Roy has more than 25 years in the payment card industry. While at American Express Roy launched its highly successful global commercial card business and currently advises both associations and issuers on developing business, corporate and fleet card programs. As consultant to MasterCard, Visa, Diners Club and AmEx, he works with issuers worldwide on Personal, Business, and Corporate card assignments, strategy reviews, profitability improvement, and strengthening their relationships with retail banking networks. Loyalty initiatives have included feasibility studies and business start-ups for Air Miles coalition programs and audits of rewards programs for issuers across the globe. He also advises airlines on their FF programs. Roy is the author of Marketing Planning for Financial Services (Gower Publishing). He has an MA in Management Studies and is a Director of Pepper Consultants Ltd. View Guest page
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Paula Stern
A former chairwoman of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), the Honorable Paula Stern leads The Stern Group, Inc.’s practice serving national and multinational companies and organizations on business, political and technological issues that affect their competitiveness in a global economy (The Stern Group, Inc). Dr. Stern is a member of the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, the Department of Commerce’s Advisory Committee on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council, the Boards of the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She serves on the Boards of Avon Products, Inc. and RAC, Inc., and the International Advisory Boards of Lafarge. Dr. Stern counseled the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TBD) at its inception; she also was the working chair of the TBD's Transatlantic Advisory Committee on Standards, Certification, and Regulatory Policy. View Guest page
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Massimo Sterpi
Massimo Sterpi Massimo is specialized in intellectual property and has substantial experience in transactional matters and litigation on trademarks, designs, copyright and patents. He advises on complex issues involving IP rights, new technologies and media. He has litigated 100s of infringement cases, most involving famous brands, designs, patents and copyrights, before national and international courts. A passionate art collector, he has also developed a renowned art law practice, representing world famous artists, institutions and collectors. In 2011 he was voted "Italian IP lawyer of the Year" by the renowned legal magazine, Top Legal. He is a contributor to many publications and a frequent speaker at international conferences. Massimo is included in WIPO's lists of IP Arbitration & Mediation and Art & Cultural Heritage neutrals. He is a Council Member of Marques (Assn of European Trade Mark Owners) and President of the Internat'l Bar Assn’s Committee on Art, Heritage Law & Cultural Institutions. View Guest page
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Nate Suppaiah
Nate Suppaiah is the managing director of Alternative Latin Investor which is expanding to become Alternative Emerging Investor, www.aeinvestor.com. Since its launch in 2009, ALI’s become the top source for information on alternative investments in LatAm. He is also a partner in Capricorn Research Group (CapRG), focusing on consulting for strategic entry, fund establishment, capital introduction, PR & marketing. He began his career as a wilderness paramedic. He turned to economics after covering China's acceptance into the WTO for The Economist (Beijing). In 2004 he joined Oppenheimer’s Chicago office as an associate broker, then returned to China as a management consultant for a German firm specializing in strategic entry analysis & due diligence. In 2007 he moved to Buenos Aires, launching CapRG. He has a degree in finance from Univ of Loyola(Chicago)& Masters from the Univ of Buenos Aires (Int'l Econ Relations)and the Univ of Bologna (Development, Innovation & Change)-nate@caprg.com View Guest page
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Alan Tonelson
ALAN TONELSON is a Research Fellow at the U.S. Business & Industrial Council Educational Foundation, a Washington research organization studying U.S. economic, technology, and national security policy. His new book, The Race to the Bottom: Why A Global Worker Surplus and Uncontrolled Free Trade are Sinking American Living Standards, was recently published by Westview Press. Tonelson's articles on American politics, foreign policy, globalization, and technology policy have appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The New Republic, Foreign Policy, The Harvard Business Review, The Los Angeles Times, The National Interest, and Issues in Science and Technology, as well as in several anthologies. In addition, Tonelson appears often on radio and television networks and programs, including The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, The Diane Rehm Show, The Nightly Business Report, CNN, TalkAmerica, and Global Economic Media. He is co-editor of Powernomics: Economics and Strategy after the Cold War (Economic Strategy Institute and Madison Books), and author of "Made in China? America's Failed Trade Policies towards the People's Republic" and "Giving America the Business: The Business Roundtable's Shoddy Case for Corporate-Driven Trade Policies," both published by the USBIC Educational Foundation. Tonelson has testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, the Congressional Trade Deficit Review Commission, and the Congressional China Security Review Commission. And he has lectured at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute, The National Defense University, the Woodrow Wilson Center, Columbia University, Harvard University, The University of Virginia, the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Georgetown University, The College of William & Mary, the University of Southern California, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California at San Diego, the University of San Francisco, the University of Oregon, the University of Washington, Boston University, the David Sarnoff Research Center, George Washington University, The American University, the World Affairs Councils of Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Hampton Roads (Va.), the Universities of East Anglia, Sussex, and Kent, and Bonn, and many other fora. His previous positions include Fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute and Associate Editor of Foreign Policy. Tonelson received a B.A. in history with highest honors from Princeton University in 1975. A native of New York City, he currently resides in Washington, D.C. View Guest page
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David True
David True is the Managing Director. Broadly Curious Advisors and President of NYPAY. In addition to leading a payment networking group and his own consulting firm, David is an EVP at MCAworks, a marketing consultancy. Most of his current work involves projects in prepaid, loyalty, and mobile areas. He has over 20 years of experience in payments comprising marketing, new product, sales, operations and finance. He has worked with both large and small firms, domestically and internationally. He has a passion for new technologies and their commercial application as well as connecting dots to unlock value in an organization. In addition to consulting, David has worked at MasterCard Worldwide, American Express, and Neu Europa, a German investment firm. David received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his BA from Binghamton University. He has done coursework at the Universities of Copenhagen, Denmark and Grenoble, France. Contact: david@broadlycurious.com View Guest page
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Sanford J. Ungar
Sanford J. Ungar became President of Goucher College in 2001. Goucher is a liberal arts college in Baltimore and the only US college that requires study abroad. Prior to Goucher, Ungar was Director of the Voice of America for two years. From 1986 to 1999, he was Dean of American University’s School of Communication. He wrote Fresh Blood: The New American Immigrants. His The Papers & The Papers: An Account of the Legal and Political Battle over the Pentagon Papers, won the George Polk Award in 1973, and Africa: The People and Politics of an Emerging Continent was a best seller in the 1980s. From 1980 to 1983, he hosted several NPR programs, including "All Things Considered." He was Washington editor of The Atlantic, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, and staff writer for The Washington Post. He was a correspondent for UPI in Paris and Newsweek in Nairobi. Ungar earned a B.A. in Government from Harvard and a M.A. in International History from the London School of Economics. View Guest page
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Randy Vanderhoof
Randy Vanderhoof, Executive Directory, Smart Card Alliance Randy Vanderhoof is the Executive Director of the Smart Card Alliance, a not-for-profit, multi-industry association of over 180 firms working to accelerate the widespread acceptance of smart card technology in the Americas. Under his leadership the Alliance has become an international, multi-industry organization that helps stimulate the rapid adoption of all forms of smart cards and devices for electronic payments and digital security applications. In 2008, Security Magazine named him one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in the Security Industry. Prior to joining the Alliance, he was with IBM Global Smart Card Solutions. Before that was VP of Business Development with First Access, Inc. a developer of contactless smart card technology for network access security and authentication. From 1995 to 2000, he was at Schlumberger (now Gemalto) as Market Segment Manager, Campus Solutions supporting smart card–based ID and payment systems. Contact: rvanderhoof@smartcardalliance.org View Guest page
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David Vletas
David Vletas, Founder, President, and CEO 9 (www.eagleproductionfund.com ) was born in Abilene, Texas, into an Oil family: his grandfather was a renowned Oil man who made his name in the late 40s, while his father was a lawyer and his mother an operator in the industry. He went on to study geology in college, attending the Colorado School of Mines and graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, where he focused on high-level petroleum engineering, specializing in well drilling and completion. In the meantime, as a 19-year-old, he also got his first experience in the field as a “roughneck” in Colorado. Upon graduating David worked for the family business in Abilene for three years and, in 1988, set out on his own as an independent consultant and operator. Since then, he has operated hundreds of wells, received farmouts from the likes of Texaco and Exxon, and consulted numerous clients on every aspect of E&P, including prospecting, acquisitions, financing, drilling and well completion, and divestiture. View Guest page
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Barry Wauldron
Barry Wauldron holds degrees in earth science and urban planning from Eastern Michigan University and is a faculty member at University of Michigan-Dearborn, teaching courses in urban and cultural geography. Areas of interest include energy, transportation and infrastructure, and rebuilding local food systems. Mr. Wauldron is working to build an incubator farm project as a place where new farmers can access affordable land to practice and establish their businesses. He also serves on the Board of the Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy, working to protect farmland and wildlife habitat in the region. Contact: wauldron@umd.umich.edu View Guest page
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John West
With 18 years of global management consulting experience, John is currently a member of the AmAsia3 Consortium. He works with organizations to objectively assess needs for improvement in leadership, strategic planning, customer focus and overall organization results. He uses his expertise to help implement agreed upon improvement solutions. His specialties include continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, improvement teams, measurement systems, and workshop facilitation. He has worked with Buckman Laboratories, MashreqBank (UAE), and US VP Gore's National Performance Review Committee. Other clients have included Swissair, AB Electrolux (Italy), KPMG Peat Marwick, Memphis City Schools, and the Dubai Port Authority. Prior to consulting, John was Assistant to the COO at FedEx where he planned, organized, and controlled the corporate-wide quality improvement process that won it the USA Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. View Guest page
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Ian Williams
Liverpool born, New York based author & broadcaster Ian Williams has been covering international politics, business and finance for more than two decades and has reported from around fifty countries, ranging from Kazakhstan to Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and the Caribbean. His books include “Rum: A Social & Sociable History” and he is currently working on “A Global History of Tequila & Mezcal,” hence a continuing interest in spirits branding that has led to other premium brands. His Speculator column, in Investor Relations magazine takes an offbeat look at economics and business and he has also been a regular contributor to FTSE Global Markets and Emerging Markets Report, China Economic Review and the Asia Times, covering macroeconomic and development issues and business. His bylines range from the Baptist Times to Penthouse and Hustler, taking in the Financial Times and others on the way with TV credits including Good Morning America, O’Reilly, Cavuto, & Velshi. Tweet: #deadlinepundit View Guest page
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Scott Wren
Scott is the Senior Equity Strategist for Wells Fargo Advisors. He is part of a collaborative effort by representatives of a number of the firm's research departments to analyze the current situation and outlook for the economy and financial markets. As an Equity Strategist, his responsibilities include overall equity strategy and guidance recommendations to retail and institutional clients, as well as analysis and selection of stocks in the Focus Portfolio. Scott also serves on the firm’s Asset Allocation Committee. Scott has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and serves on the firm's Investment Strategy Committee. Prior to joining A.G. Edwards (a processor firm of Wells Fargo Advisors) in 1998, he was employed by The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis as a Senior Foreign Exchange Dealer. Scott began his career in the financial services industry working on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1980. View Guest page
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Casey Xiao-Morris
Casey Xiao-Morris, founder and owner of Leverage China, LLC, was born and raised in the city of Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. She came to the US 15 years ago and completed her MBA at California State University. With 21 years of experience in connecting the Chinese and American markets, Casey understands how business works in China and in the U.S. She’s knows how to close gaps to build strong, lasting partnerships between companies. Casey focuses her effort to ensure her customer’s market entry is expedited, seamless and successful. As a China business strategist, Ms. Xiao-Morris has helps organizations as follows: IMPORT: global sourcing, sales management, JIT delivery, supply chain/logistics and QA; EXPORT: market entry strategies, local partnership development. Past customers have included Disney, Sonos, Costco, Sam’s Club, Sharper Image and Best Buy. Contact: casey@xiao-morris.com; http://leveragechina.com/. View Guest page
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Taimour Zaman
As Chief Viral Office of The Access Group, co-author of "Thinking Outside the Bowl: Accelerating Your Business Genius," and co-founder of One Million Acts of Innovation, Taimour is a leader who understands how to create and build innovation movements across multiple-geographies, industries and companies. Passionate for innovation, leadership and empowerment, Taimour works with leaders to cause step changes in performance in teams and firms across the world and has developed insights into key international markets. He has held senior positions at BCE, Dell Computer and NEC. An expert in innovation and social media, he has received numerous CEO awards and is an in-demand key-note speaker at executive CEO conferences for organizations such as Schulich School of Business and York University. Taimour is also a director for strategic organizations such as CATA Alliance, 3D On The Net and Knowledge Media. Tel: 1+416+489+9541; taimour@access-group.ca View Guest page
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The Arrogance of Institutions: Is it Time for a New Era of Accountability?
June 13, 2013
Hosted by Té Revesz
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This week, thought-leader Charles Kolb talks about the growing disconnect between our institutions & people they are supposed to serve. Kolb, President of the French-American Foundation-US, maintains that leaders too often seem to be running government, companies, schools, even churches, more for their own benefit then for that of their stakeholders, while ducking responsibility for failures of governance from fiduciary & fiscal integrity to safety, security, law making & literacy. When shareholders, customers, citizens, employees, or parents challenge institutions for not responding to their needs, they are met with arrogance: How dare you? So we are losing faith in institutions we used to take for granted. How do we turn the tide? How do we balance security with civil rights? Profits with performance? How do we control ownership of our information? Mend corporate governance? Tame money in politics? Join us for a provocative discussion on restoring accountability to our institutions.
Global Reach
Thursday at 11 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel
We are all operating in a global marketplace. Whether your business is a start-up or one of the Global 500, we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas—or we find ourselves facing international competitors at home.
It’s tough enough to compete when you know the market and speak the language. Now think about working in multiple countries and cultures, where languages, attitudes, religions, laws and market structures are all different.
Global Reach will provide you with information, tools and techniques to help you understand business environments and consumers around the world—and use that knowledge to create solid strategies.
We will talk with successful executives, market research pros and cutting edge thinkers from every continent. We will draw on their knowledge and experience to give you best practices and takeaways that you can use to drive your business. Global Reach airs live Thursdays at 11 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business.
Té Revesz
Té Revesz is known for her ability to conduct strategic research on a global basis and for her creativity in handling complex business challenges.
As principal of GlobalReach-SBI, a research and consulting firm with a network spanning over 60 countries, Té provides clients with strategic intelligence on market opportunities and threats. She covers such diverse areas as global branding, new product development, payment cards, clinical trials, and political risk. An expert in primary research, Té has interviewed business, government and labor leaders, doctors and technical experts—and managed focus groups—around the world. She was profiled in Super Searchers Go to the Source as one of the top US interviewers.
Prior to founding her own firm, Té headed the Industrial & Healthcare Practices of FIND's Strategic Consulting & Research Group and taught at the Zicklin School of Business (Baruch/CUNY). She was the Editor of Business International’s flagship newsletter and helped create its country risk service.
An NYC native, Té is active with Citizen Action, the URJ’s Commission on Social Action, and NY Neighbors for American Values (defending religious freedom, diversity and equality). She holds a Masters from Columbia’s School of International & Public Affairs and a BA from Goucher College. She’s an avid bike rider, theater buff and farmers market supporter—and the bemused owner of 2 demanding felines.
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