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Renie McClay is a learning consultant that trains globally. She is passionate about developing people. She spent 20 years at Kraft Foods in sales, account management, and sales training. She has managed training for 3 different Fortune 500 companies, including Kraft, Gerber, and Pactiv (makers of Hefty).
Renie has facilitated training for corporate, non-profit, and university audiences in Ghana, Europe, and Asia. She has trained Kanbay Technical Leads from Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, India, and North America via webcasts. She hosted a bi-monthly talk show for North America, Latin America, and Asian audiences. She managed the translation of sales and marketing materials for Asia and Latin America.
She is the co-author of The Essential Guide to Training Global Audiences. This is a resource designed to help presenters and trainers when they are facilitating to a new audience for the first time. It has over 60 contributors and covers 30 countries. She is also the editor of Sales Training Solutions, a resource written by 11 different sales trainers to help develop and implement successful sales training. She has spent 20 years in sales, sales management and sales training. www.inspiredtolearn.net
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Extensive knowledge in IT outsourcing especially in Vietnam where he founded a company, grew it to fifteen employees and then sold the company to another entity.
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Christine Molinare is a Senior Director of Quality and Operations at Motorola. She has held various positions in the telecommunications industry in the areas of Quality, Information Technology and Development of Wireless Networks products. Christine has developed and implemented Quality Systems focused on supporting the ongoing evolution of business and the organizational environment with an emphasis on the integration of quality management standards with information systems. She holds a BS in Mathematics/Computer Science, MS in Computer Science and is Motorola Certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
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Mr. Pamintuan, of Chicago, Illinois, is a senior consultant with Sherman Consulting, Inc, a communications and strategic solutions consulting firm. His practice specializes in identifying and implementing initiatives in highly regulated industries with various governments on behalf of firm clients. Mr. Pamintuan serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the US Asian Business Council and is an active board member of the National Center for Community Development. He is a member of the Executives’ Club of Chicago and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. In 2004, Mr. Pamintuan was appointed to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian and Pacific Islands. President George W. Bush designated him Chair of the Commission in 2006. He attended Loyola University.
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is an award winning toy industry business leader who, as President and CEO of Rehtmeyer, Inc., (a toy development and manufacturing company with offices in Illinois and Hong Kong); previous president of a wireless internet appliance company for the Teen and Tween market; and President and founder of the "Toy & Game Industry Foundation" (TGIF), has been at the forefront of the toy and game industry for over eighteen years.
An author, ballerina, 1st degree Tae Kwon Do black belt holder, award-winning competitive dog trainer, one-time professional ice-skater, and a wife and mother of a seven year old daughter, Carol has brought her boundless energy and passion for innovation to nearly every facet of the toy business.
She has produced and licensed products for an astonishing array of major toy and entertainment concerns including: Mattel, Hasbro, Parker Brothers, Fisher Price, Milton Bradley, Tyco Toys, CAP Toys, Procter & Gamble, Pressman Toy, Warren Industries, Blockbuster Video, Hallmark, Ringling Brothers, and the National Geographic Society. Her work has been noted by virtually every important toy industry publication as well as in such consumer venues as The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune.Carol has additionally written articles for numerious publications including: "The Licensing Journal", "Licensing Update", "Toy Box Magazine" as well as appearing on CLTV and being featured on the cover of "Working Mother" magazine. For all her high-profile success, Ms. Rehtmeyer, ever the believer that all innovation begins with individuals, insists that it is the smaller and independent inventor clients who are her pride and joy. "That's why the TGIF forums are such an important part of what I do," says Ms. Rehtmeyer. "Creativity is the life's blood of the toy and game- business. Nurturing that imagination and energy is the best way I know to ensure that our industry continues to thrive.
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Jim has vast experience in global manufacturing and supply chain. Proficient in cross functional / cross cultural matrix organizations with roots in highly entrepreneurial business growth. Easily work across many industries and global locations with keen general management skills.
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- Global Procurement
- Electronic products design, developement, and assembly
- Significant experience in all aspects of printed circuit board manufacturing technologies
- Experienced and proficient in multiple manufacturing environments and ERP systems
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Mr. Spence has taught law in China and lectured to government agencies about various aspects of American law. He was appointed as one of two foreign advisors to the State Pharmaceutical Administration of China in 1995 and legal advisor to the Dalian High Tech Industrial Zone in 1998. Additionally, he has been Co-Chairman, Chicago Sister Cities China Committee appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley and a Member of the Sister Cities Executive Committee. He has served both as an arbitrator and litigant before arbitration panels in a wide variety of contract disputes and is a member, Board of Directors of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
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As the Senior Vice President of Cellular Networks Engineering, Stone is responsible for product development, systems integration, and deployment of compelling solutions to key carrier customers worldwide. Prior to assuming his current position in 2001, Stone held key positions in various organizations at Motorola inclusive of developing high-speed Internet and telephony networks over cable systems, public safety and trunked radio products, two-way consumer products and systems for North America, Europe, Middle East, and Latin America. Stone held international assignments for 10 years of his career with Motorola.
Stone holds a BSEE degree from the University of Tennessee.
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For the past 30-some years, Kent has been deeply involved in the technology and practice of technical/corporate information development, management, production, translation, and distribution. Over the years, he has watched many companies ‘go global’ … with varying degrees of success. Successful US companies fail miserably in their attempts to penetrate international markets; and many ‘average’ US companies do very well overseas. In many cases, the quality of the information that supported their products made the difference between success and very expensive ‘learning experience.’
Translation/localization of product-related information (marketing/sales, manuals and handbooks, customer support information, websites, etc.) should obviously be a significant component of any new market penetration plan, but important aspects of this component are often overlooked. Specifically, the quantity and quality (and therefore translatability) of the English source content is often unknown or trivialized; the budget and timeline for the initial translation is generally inadequate; and little or no consideration is given to keeping translated information up-to-date beyond the initial translation.
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Promoting local Thought Leaders by creating a highly visible knowledge sharing environment to facilitate achieving greater success and recognition for their contributions specifically targeting Chicagoland Learning Leaders with limited time through high-impact collaboration with peers through networking and sharing best practices.
He is a co-founder of RightStart4Kids.org, which is a non-profit organization with projects helping local and international kids start life out right from the womb.
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