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SUMMARY:International Concierge - May 21
DESCRIPTION:Selling and customer service at a distance during and post COVID-19\n\n\n\nFeaturing:\n\nDon Clark\, President\, Summit Consulting\, LLC\n\nAlejandro Nieto\, President\,NGE/Global Partner\, Simitri International Group \n\nSamantha Soffici\, Online Development Manager\,  IBT Online\n\nJohn Worthington\, CEO/President\, IBT Online\n\n\n\nDon Clark is an experienced executive with demonstrated success leading B2B technology and service companies.  His diverse experience includes startup companies\, small to mid-size private companies and large publicly traded companies with annual sales exceeding $2B.  He has held leadership roles in general management\, sales\, operations\, service and product management. Prior to starting Summit Consulting\, Don was VP & GM of Services for Legrand Building Controls Systems.  Legrand is a leading worldwide manufacturer of power\, light and data devices and infrastructure.  The Building Controls Systems division focuses on lighting controls products\, systems and services.  In his role\, Don established a service center of excellence based in Richardson\, TX that added over 100 employees to the area providing services such as: application engineering\, technical support\, customer service\, field service and a remote operations center to support the company?s IoT connected products.  As a result of the COVI-19 challenges\, Don and the Legrand senior leadership team have had to develop and implement contingency plans to insure business continuity in light of product backorders due to international manufacturing and supply chain issues\, travel restrictions for sales and field service\, work from home mandates and overall employee health and safety. \n\nLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dclark18\n\n\n\nAlejandro Nieto is a C Level Executive\, Board Member Global Advisor and Educator with an extensive career in Global Sales\, Global Channels and Alliances Management\, International General Management\, Supply Chain\, Information and Technology Services\, and Global Trade. Alejandro is a publicly recognized business leader\, published author and trusted advisor worldwide. He is a Fellow and Advisory Board Member of International Affairs at SMU. Alejandro is currently President of Nieto Global Enterprises\, LLC\, a USA based company focused on providing integrated business solutions for Industry 4.0 (Tecnogam) and Supply Chain Management 4.0 (Anylogistix)\, with emphasis on Cybersecurity Initiatives (RKL & Nozomi Networks). He also provides Business Consulting and Executive Training and Education services for Global corporations\, as part of Simitri Group.Prior to this\, Alejandro served as Senior Vice President Global Alliance with GE Digital/IIoT Global Sales at Softtek\, where he led the acquisition of IoT Energy Management company BlauLabs in Barcelona\, Spain. Before joining Softtek\, Alejandro led the international growth of Llamasoft\, Inc.\, as Senior Vice President of International Sales in which he was responsible for direct sales and resellers in Europe\, Asia and the Latin America. Prior to Llamasoft\, Alejandro held global and regional senior management positions at JDA Software Group\, Infor Global Solutions and Prologis Trust. \n\nLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alejandro-nieto-baa926\n\n\n\nSamantha Soffici is the Online Business Development Manager for IBT Online\; a private business development company helping exporters grow in their target markets through a localized online presence and international online marketing. In this role\, Samantha evaluates companies? international goals and expectations and proposes an online solution to help them grow their sales\, brand\, and business online and globally.  Prior to joining IBT Online\, Samantha was involved in the non-profit sector working with organizations such as the United Nations World Food Program (in the Republic of Panama)\, Prospera (formally known as HBIF)\, and FAVACA working on their online marketing and logistics.  With a Bachelor?s in International Affairs and a Masters in Latin American Studies\, she is an internationally-minded\, digitally-savvy\, and ready to help Florida companies be successful in their international target markets. \n\nLinked In: linkedin.com/in/samantha-soffici\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Worthington is a founding partner at IBT Online and brings decades of successful international business development experience to clients. Being deeply involved in international online operations\, digital marketing and sales management programs\, John is a frequent keynote speaker at export and international business events. IBT Online has successfully helped hundreds of companies to expand globally through website localization and international online marketing - from strategic planning\, through content localization\, design customization and technical implementation of localized websites\, to country specific search engine optimization and social media marketing.  John started his professional career in London qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. Today\, he is an acknowledged expert in the field of international online business develop. John sits on the board of several international companies on both sides of the Atlantic.\n\nLinked In: linkedin.com/in/worthingtonjohn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsorship opportunities are available. Email Shannon Skripka or call (214) 620-3186.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet=""><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 205)\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;">Selling and customer service at a distance during and post COVID-19</span></span><br />\n<br />\nFeaturing:</strong><br style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" />\n<strong>Don Clark\,</strong>&nbsp\;President\,&nbsp\;<strong>Summit Consulting\, LLC</strong><br style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" />\n<strong style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">Alejandro Nieto\,</strong><span inline="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">&nbsp\;President\,<strong>NGE/</strong>Global Partner\, <strong>Simitri International Group</strong></span><strong style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet=""><strong>&nbsp\;</strong><br />\n<strong trebuchet="">Samantha Soffici\, Online Development Manager\,</strong></strong><strong style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet=""><strong trebuchet="">&nbsp\;</strong><strong trebuchet=""> IBT Online</strong></strong><br />\n<strong>John Worthington\, </strong>CEO/President\,<strong> IBT Online</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet=""><a href="https://linkedin.com/in/dclark18"><img alt="" height="125" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1719/Image/Speaker_Photos/HeadshotClark.jpg" style="border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px\; width: 125px\; height: 125px\; cursor: default\; float: left\;" width="125" /></a><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/dclark18"><span style="color:#000080\;">Don Clark</span></a><span style="color:#000080\;"> </span></strong>is an experienced executive with demonstrated success leading B2B technology and service companies.&nbsp\; His diverse experience includes startup companies\, small to mid-size private companies and large publicly traded companies with annual sales exceeding $2B.&nbsp\; He has held leadership roles in general management\, sales\, operations\, service and product management. Prior to starting Summit Consulting\, Don was VP &amp\; GM of Services for Legrand Building Controls Systems.&nbsp\; Legrand is a leading worldwide manufacturer of power\, light and data devices and infrastructure.&nbsp\; The Building Controls Systems division focuses on lighting controls products\, systems and services.&nbsp\; In his role\, Don established a service center of excellence based in Richardson\, TX that added over 100 employees to the area providing services such as: application engineering\, technical support\, customer service\, field service and a remote operations center to support the company?s IoT connected products.&nbsp\; As a result of the COVI-19 challenges\, Don and the Legrand senior leadership team have had to develop and implement contingency plans to insure business continuity in light of product backorders due to international manufacturing and supply chain issues\, travel restrictions for sales and field service\, work from home mandates and overall employee health and safety.&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dclark18?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3B5Y2AWeM1QgyKN%2Foi1ZA3ig%3D%3D"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt\;padding:0in\;background:white\;"><span style="color:#4034B0\;">linkedin.com/in/dclark18</span></span></a></span><br />\n<br style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" />\n<strong style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet=""><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-nieto-baa926/" style="color: rgb(7\, 130\, 193)\;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000080\;"><img alt="" height="125" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1719/Image/Speaker_Photos/HeadshotNieto.jpg" style="cursor: default\; width: 125px\; height: 125px\; border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px\; float: left\;" width="125" /></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-nieto-baa926/"><span style="color:#000080\;">Alejandro Nieto</span></a></strong><span inline="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet=""><span>&nbsp\;</span>is a C Level Executive\, Board Member Global Advisor and Educator with an extensive career in Global Sales\, Global Channels and Alliances Management\, International General Management\, Supply Chain\, Information and Technology Services\, and Global Trade. Alejandro is a publicly recognized business leader\, published author and trusted advisor worldwide. He is a Fellow and Advisory Board Member of International Affairs at SMU. Alejandro is currently President of Nieto Global Enterprises\, LLC\, a USA based company focused on providing integrated business solutions for Industry 4.0 (Tecnogam) and Supply Chain Management 4.0 (Anylogistix)\, with emphasis on Cybersecurity Initiatives (RKL &amp\; Nozomi Networks). He also provides Business Consulting and Executive Training and Education services for Global corporations\, as part of Simitri Group.Prior to this\, Alejandro served as Senior Vice President Global Alliance with GE Digital/IIoT Global Sales at Softtek\, where he led the acquisition of IoT Energy Management company BlauLabs in Barcelona\, Spain. Before joining Softtek\, Alejandro led the international growth of Llamasoft\, Inc.\, as Senior Vice President of International Sales in which he was responsible for direct sales and resellers in Europe\, Asia and the Latin America. Prior to Llamasoft\, Alejandro held global and regional senior management positions at JDA Software Group\, Infor Global Solutions and Prologis Trust.&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-nieto-baa926?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BU2eoWpcOQuyFS1%2Ft57wj%2Bw%3D%3D"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt\;padding:0in\;background:white\;"><span style="color:#4034B0\;">linkedin.com/in/alejandro-nieto-baa926</span></span></a></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><a href="linkedin.com/in/samantha-soffici" style="color: rgb(7\, 130\, 193)\;"><span style="color:#000080\;"><img alt="" height="125" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9090/Image/SamanthaSoffici002.jpg" style="border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px\; width: 125px\; height: 125px\; float: left\;" width="125" /></span></a></span></span></span><strong><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/samantha-soffici"><span style="color:#000080\;">Samantha Soffici</span></a></strong><span style="color:#000080\;"> </span>is the Online Business Development Manager for IBT Online\; a private business development company helping exporters grow in their target markets through a localized online presence and international online marketing. In this role\, Samantha evaluates companies? international goals and expectations and proposes an online solution to help them grow their sales\, brand\, and business online and globally.&nbsp\; Prior to joining IBT Online\, Samantha was involved in the non-profit sector working with organizations such as the United Nations World Food Program (in the Republic of Panama)\, Prospera (formally known as HBIF)\, and FAVACA working on their online marketing and logistics.&nbsp\; With a Bachelor?s in International Affairs and a Masters in Latin American Studies\, she is an internationally-minded\, digitally-savvy\, and ready to help Florida companies be successful in their international target markets.<span style="font-family:tahoma\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">&nbsp\;<br />\nLinked In: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-soffici?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3Bt11yCrrFQqiHXbOJ8HGkHw%3D%3D"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt\;padding:0in\;background:white\;">linkedin.com/in/samantha-soffici</span></span></a></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span inline="" trebuchet=""><a href="linkedin.com/in/worthingtonjohn"><span style="color:#000080\;"><img alt="" height="125" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9090/Image/Speakers/HeadshotWorthington.png" style="border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px\; width: 125px\; height: 125px\; float: left\;" width="125" /></span></a></span><span inline="" trebuchet=""><strong><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/worthingtonjohn"><span style="color:#000080\;">John Worthington</span></a></strong><span style="color:#000080\;"> </span></span><span inline="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">is a</span> founding partner at IBT Online and brings decades of successful international business development experience to clients. Being deeply involved in international online operations\, digital marketing and sales management programs\, John is a frequent keynote speaker at export and international business events. IBT Online has successfully helped hundreds of companies to expand globally through website localization and international online marketing - from strategic planning\, through content localization\, design customization and technical implementation of localized websites\, to country specific search engine optimization and social media marketing.&nbsp\; John started his professional career in London qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. Today\, he is an acknowledged expert in the field of international online business develop. John sits on the board of several international companies on both sides of the Atlantic.<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;">Linked In: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/worthingtonjohn?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3B%2FCqxASRkTcCWCqzJ2L52Ag%3D%3D"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt\;padding:0in\;background:white\;"><span style="color:#4034B0\;">linkedin.com/in/worthingtonjohn</span></span></a></span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 13px\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; white-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><span style="font-size: 12px\;">Sponsorship opportunities are available. Email&nbsp\;<strong><a href="mailto:shannon@richardsonchamber.com?subject=International%20Concierge%20Sponsorships&amp\;body=Yes%2C%20I'd%20like%20more%20information.">Shannon Skripka</a></strong>&nbsp\;or call (214) 620-3186.</span></em>
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