Archive for the ‘Featured Board Members, Speakers, Sponsors’

  • Tim Tangredi of Dais Analytic
    Dr. Huijun Yang, of the Chinese American Chamber of Commerce, meets with Tim Tangredi, president and CEO of Dais Analytic. Dais Analytic Corp.’s nanotechnology-based heating, cooling, ventilation and water filtration products are the cornerstone of a five-year, $200 million agreement with a Chinese government that could create as many as 1000 jobs for the Tampa...
    by Marc Vitorillo at July 29th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
  • We Can Do It
    Inspirational Words from Glynis Ross-Munro, Executive Director: Secretary of International Business Summit We Can Do It Too often, it seems, this attitude is missing from teams, organizations or the community. It’s missing because people are quick to opt out of the ‘we’ part. “What do you mean, we?” they ask. It’s so easy to not be part...
    by Marc Vitorillo at March 19th, 2010 at 08:03 am
  • 2010 International Trade Certificate Program
    2010 International Trade Certificate Program Includes Preparation for the NASBITE Certified Global Business Professional Exam This 7 Part Series is Presented by experts who work in the Export industry If you are a small, domestically-owned business interested in exploring potential international markets or are an exporter with limited international market experience, then...
    by Marc Vitorillo at March 19th, 2010 at 08:03 am
  • Jean-Marc Schwarz of FRAMCO
    Jean-Marc Schwarz is a Director of the International Business Summit. He is the Board representative for FRAMCO, the French-American Business Council of West Florida. Jean-Marc was born in Algiers in North Africa. He completed his schooling and moved to Toulouse in France, where he attended the University of Toulouse, obtaining a degree in law. Jean-Marc has worked in...
    by Marc Vitorillo at February 2nd, 2010 at 04:02 pm
  • Malik Ali
    Malik Ali was born in Harlem in 1947. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1979 with an MBA and also has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Pratt Institute. Among other positions, Malik worked for the Walt Disney Company from 1983 until 1997, becoming Director of MBE programs for the corporation. He left Disney to take up a full time appointment at the Florida...
    by Marc Vitorillo at January 30th, 2010 at 04:01 pm
  • Michael Vorel: Marketing Workshop Presenter
    Michael Vorel: Marketing Workshop Presenter The Marketing breakout session is a very popular workshop at IBS. The Board thought long and hard about how to focus this session and what aspects of marketing are most important to our participants in 2010. We concluded that you all know about Linked-In and Twitter, the basics of search engine optimization and email campaigns....
    by Marc Vitorillo at January 24th, 2010 at 03:01 pm
  • Welcome Dr. Rengen Li of Coca-Cola
    Dr. Rengen Li is coming to Tampa Bay, to the International Business Summit on 11 March 2010. He will to teach the Tampa Bay, SunCoast and Lakeland business communities how to do business with large businesses, including the biggest corporations in the world. Rengen is well-known as a highly entertaining speaker, as well as a specialist on how small and medium sized companies...
    by Marc Vitorillo at January 17th, 2010 at 01:01 pm
  • National Small Business Contracting Summit, Jan 26-27
    Contracting Summit Connects Small Businesses to $55 Billion in Federal Contracts in the Southeast, January 26 – 27, 2010 — Orlando, FL The National Small Business Contracting Summit – Southeast (Jaunary 26-27, 2010 in Orlando, FL) opens the doors to $55 billion in federal contracts for small businesses seeking growth, new markets, and economic recovery. >>Learn...
    by Marc Vitorillo at January 17th, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • Featured Member: Grant Petersen, President of IBS
    Grant Petersen is the President of IBS. 2010 is the second year that he has led the Board, with the ever-present support of Joanne Cornell, his International Para-Legal. Grant is a Shareholder Partner in Ogletree Deakins, and is a specialist in the area of international labor and employment law. He has vast experience in keeping his clients on the right side of the law...
    by Marc Vitorillo at January 16th, 2010 at 02:01 pm