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About The Company
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Having worked together for four years, the World Trade Services.com Management Team brings considerable business experience in international trade and business development. In conjunction with the development of the Company management has increased awareness in the new disciplines of the Internet, staying abreast of the recurrent changes taking place almost daily as the eCommerce marketplace evolves.
Gary R. Snyder, President and CEO, has over 27 years of international business experience, most recently as the Executive Director of the California Central Coast World Trade Center. In this capacity, he was responsible for overseeing the entire business operation and functionality of the organization and insuring its mission of fostering economic development in the region through the promotion of international trade. Prior to his term at the World Trade Center, Mr. Snyder was President and CEO of Bridge International, a consulting and business development firm doing business in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Mr. Snyder assisted such companies as Motorola Europe, Raytheon and Litton Aero Products in a consulting capacity and as a liaison to the Ukraine government. He capitalized and engaged Bridge International in several Ukrainian joint ventures, including manufacturing, import - export, software engineering and the construction and operation of a cement bagging plant. He worked closely with the U.S. Executive Service Corp., in country, assisting them in their efforts to open western markets for Ukrainian goods. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Snyder has been a principal in several successful businesses ventures and has extensive experience in business development and marketing. Click here for e-mail contact.
Diana Hadjes, Vice President - Operations, was formerly the Director of Operations for the California Central Coast World Trade Center where she oversaw the day-to-day business operations of the Association. Ms. Hadjes is accomplished in international trade development having worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Service Export Assistance Office and further enhancing those skills during her tenure with the World Trade Center. Ms. Hadjes is experienced in investment banking and strategic project acquisition. While employed by Private Merchant Banking Group, Diana researched numerous resort projects for purchase and placement with several investment fund-holding groups. Diana is the former President of the UCSB chapter of AIESEC, an international student exchange organization. She is a graduate of UCSB holding a BS degree in Business Economics and speaks several languages. Subsequent to her interest in high-tech applications and her accomplished use of several leading graphics and web development software programs, Diana actively participates in several Internet business awareness groups. Click here for e-mail contact.
Bibiana de Marquez, Vice President - Information Services, served as Director of Information Services for the California Central Coast World Trade Center and is a specialist in trade information research and international market analyses. Bibiana provided strategic planning for international market development and provided hands on transactional assistance to World Trade Center member companies. Prior to coming to the U.S., Bibiana was senior manager of the Goiana branche of Benetton International. Ms. Marquez is a graduate of the Catholic University of Goias, San Paulo, Brazil in Business Administration and holds a Masters Degree in Organizational Development from Antioch University. Click here for e-mail contact.
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John W. Barnes Legal Advisors Public Relations and Marketing
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The Management Team is assisted by a hand picked Board of Advisors who bring a broad array of credentials and expertise to the Company with specializations in information technology, Internet product development and marketing, software development, communications, international trade and market tactics, strategic planning and engineering.
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John W. Barnes, a co-founder of EzPal, a Washington D.C. based software development company, was the Vice President, East Coast for AMSTAR Communications where he provided executive direction for all Amstar Operations in the Mid-Atlantic States including the development of BLIS. Prior to joining AMSTAR John served as a Signal Officer retiring as an Army Colonel. In addition to command and operations assignments, John was the Army's lead project manager for the transition from ARPANET to MILNET and the Army's transition to Internet protocols. He also served as the program manager for engineering and installation of the Southwest Asia Telecommunications System during DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM. His team engineered and installed over $140 Million worth of telecommunications system in 7 months including extending the Military Internet to Southwest Asia and the deployed combat units. In 1992 John was selected as the Program Manager for the Information Management and Telecommunications Renovation of the Pentagon. John provided the vision for the renovated Pentagon, developed the program plan, and obtained funding for the $870 Million total renovation of all telecommunications and information systems in the Pentagon. Prior to retiring John was selected as a Strategic Fellow by the Chief of Staff, Army to study and recommend the introduction of better business practices into the corporate army. John is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in both Physics and History and has an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. |
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| Scott R. de Ruyter | With over twenty years experience providing international business development, strategic planning, and corporate training services, Scott de Ruyter has worked with a number of clients developing strategies for domestic and international market expansion, new product launchings, and alternative channel management. His management consulting practice has focused on primarily small to mid-market companies, who are in rapid stages of development. He has also assisted Fortune 1000 clients with strategic alignment, rapid deployment, and market development issues. Scott is currently serving as the Chief Marketing Officer of learning.net, a provider of online professional development and continuing education communities for real estate, legal, finance, and health, and business professionals. Scott has operations responsibility for the company and is involved with its sales and marketing, business development, and rapid deployment strategies. A frequent guest speaker on topics in strategic planning, market development, and international business, Scott is an Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management at Pepperdine University and has enjoyed teaching business strategy, organizational development, and critical thinking courses in the Graziadio Graduate School of Business Management for eight years. He has developed and produced several seminars and workshops including international business strategies, essentials of exporting, and cross-cultural communications for the World Trade Center. Scott holds a Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University where he focused on marketing and international business. He received a BA in Asian Studies from Brigham Young University and earned a certificate from Yon Sei University in Seoul Korea. He speaks conversational Korean and has traveled extensively living and working abroad.
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| Davis Goodman | Davis Goodman is the Editor in Chief and Publisher of World Trade Magazine, as well as the Editor in Chief and Publisher of International Trade & Business, a bi-weekly executive report. Davis is an international attorney and trade expert who has developed scores of complex trade agreements in many industries and countries. He consults on legal and business strategies for market-leading firms and emerging companies; has owned and operated a thriving international manufacturing company where he developed expansion strategies, market tactics and operational solutions. Davis has a BA, Harvard College; LLM, Cambridge University; JD, Stanford Law School and MBA Stanford Graduate School of Business. Click here for e-mail contact.
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| Randy Ide | Randy Ide, Principal, Custom Branded Networks, Inc. a provider of custom branded (private labeled) Internet and e-commerce solutions, has over 15 years of sales and marketing experience, most recently as Marketing Director at Netcom On-line Communications. In that capacity, he was responsible for developing and cultivating new and existing channels of distribution for 'Internet Solutions' as well as for the creation of new products. During his tenure at Netcom, he created products and programs for the educational, small business, OEM and private label markets. Prior to his term at Netcom, Randy spent seven years at Texas Instruments, where he assisted the marketing team in the creation of national reseller programs for clients including Computerland, Inmac, Fry's et al, and was responsible for sales to Fortune 1000 customers including Pacific Bell, Intel and Cirrus Logic. He is also a partner in Strategic Internet Consulting, a consulting organization that assists clients in developing strategic plans for the use of the Internet to achieve their business goals. Randy has his BS in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. Click here for e-mail contact.
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| Hussein (Hans) Maadi |
Since 1966, Dr. Maadi has been involved in activities overseeing the economic development of developing countries, including industrial management, investment promotion related activities, private sector development, development of financial and private sector related institutions (Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Investment Promotion Centers, Development Banks, etc.), pre-investment studies and subjects connected with privatizations. Most recently, Dr. Maadi has assisted Eastern European companies in privatizing their institutions. From 1992-1999, he was Managing-Director of Industrial Promotion and Services (IPS) Vienna, Austria, which was set up to help companies in Ukraine and Poland establish banks, obtain new technology, renovate machinery, identify markets, and find joint venture partners. From 1981-1991, Dr. Maadi was the Head of Investment Promotion Section for Africa in the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and was responsible for investment promotion activities bringing investment financing, technology, and marketing to Africa. During the 10 years he was in charge of this section, over 185 export oriented and import substitute industrial projects were developed in African countries, from textile factories to food processing facilities, both privately owned and those with government involvement. From 1966-1979, Dr. Maadi held positions in the economic, housing, agricultural and trade sectors in Iran. Dr. Maadi first served in the Ministry of Economy of Iran, as the Head of Industrial Policies and Strategies, Managing Director of Investment Promotion Section, and Director-General of Planning and Programming. As President of the Housing Organization of Iran, Dr. Maadi brought low-income housing and apartments to Iran, building 60-70,000 low-cost units per year. Dr. Maadi was then President of the Agricultural Development Bank of Iran, the largest development bank in the Middle East at the time. And Dr. Maadi held the position of Minister of Trade of Iran, with oversight of total import/exports of more than $50 billion per year. Dr. Maadi currently holds the position of Chairman of Easter Cotton (Tehran, Iran/Liverpool, England), a joint venture with Meredith Jones Co. of Britain. Dr. Maadi completed his early education in California, receiving an A.A. degree in Industrial Engineering, San Bernardino Valley College, 1957, and a B.A. degree in Economics, Whittier University, CA, 1963. He then earned an M.B.A. in Advanced Industrial Management, Lausanne and Harvard Universities Joint Center (IMEDE), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1969. In 1965, Dr. Maadi earned a Diploma in Advanced Economic Planning from the U.N. Asian Institute for Economic Planning, Bangkok, Thailand. In 1972, he received an Advanced degree in Economic and Industrial Development from the World Bank Economic Development Institute; Washington, D.C. Dr. Maadi earned a Ph.D. in Economics and Finance from Tehran University in 1974. Click here for e-mail contact.
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| Robert Pastorino |
Ambassador Pastorino served in various roles as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State from 1967-1994, including U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. While Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy, Mexico City, in 1989, Ambassador Pastorino assisted in developing the first conceptual paper for the future NAFTA. He participated in the beginning of the NAFTA negotiations, and was a public government advocate for NAFTA during the congressional ratifications. Prior to that, he was involved in U.S.-Mexican negotiations for many years, including intellectual property rights agreements, subsidy agreements, dumping agreements, and commodity agreements. He has received several Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards, including the Department of State Superior Award for Assistance during the 1989 Mexico City Earthquake. Ambassador Pastorino held positions as the Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Latin America, National Security Council, The White House; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Latin American Affairs, Department of Defense; Charge’ D’Affaires, U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Political/Economic Counselor, American Embassy, Mexico City; International Trade Negotiator, Department of State, Washington; Commercial Attache, U.S. Embassy, Bogota, Colombia; Commercial Attache, U.S. Embassy, Lisbon, Portugal; Financial Officer, Bureau of Latin American Affairs, Depart of State; Economic/Comm. Officer, American Consualte, Hermosillo, Mexico; and Political Officer, American Embassy, Caracas, Venezuala. Since 1995, Ambassador Pastorino has been a Professor/Lecturer at the International Relations Department, San Francisco State University (International Negotiations, Diplomacy). He is a frequent TV panelist on current affairs. From 1994-1998, he held the position of President, Bay Area World Trade Center, San Francisco. He is a member of the Board of Directors, Bay Area World Trade Center; San Francisco Advisory Committee; St. Mary’s College Business School; Moraga Board of Directors; International Diplomacy Council; San Francisco; Who’s Who in America; and the San Francisco Hall of Fame. Prior to his career with the U.S. Department of State, Ambassador Pastorino was in international and domestic banking from 1958-1967. He received a B.A., International Relations, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, 1964, and a Master Degree (equiv) in Economics, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, 1971. Click here for e-mail contact.
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| Baman Rusby | Baman Rusby, a co-founder of EzPal, was a principal of Millennium Intermarket Group, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based company specializing in assisting US and foreign corporations and government agencies in project development, trade development and structured finance. Baman began his international career with the US State Department where he served as Special Assistant in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, involved with foreign military sales, regional security, strategic nuclear policy, counter-terrorism policy and technology transfer licensing. After leaving the State Department, Baman spent three years at the law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker where he helped develop the firm's international practice and focused on advising foreign and domestic clients on US government trade policy, international trade matters, and export licensing. In 1990, Baman joined Global House International Trading & Investment Co., first as an associate and later as managing director. With geographic expertise in the Far East, Middle East, Eastern and central Europe, the company developed new international markets for its clients through establishing in-country distribution arrangements, joint ventures, and structuring direct foreign investment. In 1993, the company was purchased by Phillips Investments and re-named Trans Global Trading, Inc. In 1995, Baman became President of Trans Global Trading and in 1996, Trans Global Trading became a founding Member of Millennium Intermarket Group, LLC. Baman received his BA from Colgate University. Click here for e-mail contact.
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| Cantwell Walsh | Cantwell Walsh, President and CEO of the San Francisco Bay Area World Trade Center (BAWTC), brings to this organization his solid experience and expertise in assisting U.S. companies in conducting international business. Mr. Walsh has significantly raised the profile and enhanced the credibility of the BAWTC overseeing completion of export actions valued at more than $5.8 million. Cantwell began building a vast network of contacts among Japanese business and industry leaders and government officials while working in Japan for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Monitoring Japan's implementation of trade agreements, he created educational and counseling programs designed to assist U.S. firms' penetration into the Japanese market. As a Commercial Attaché at the United States Embassy in Tokyo, he concentrated on advancing the commercial interests of U.S. firms and expanding trade between the two countries. When directing the Tokyo Trade Development Office for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Cantwell assisted thirty-five U.S. client firms to establish a profitable and sustained presence in the Japanese market. Subsequently, he created and directed the Japan Export Information Center for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Cantwell has worked as a Commercial Attaché at the United States Embassy in London advancing and solidifying the Northern Ireland peace process through U.S. commercial engagement and economic development. He also served as the U.S. Liaison to the Asian Development Bank and coordinated U.S. interagency policy positions and initiatives for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Cantwell Walsh graduated from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. with a BSFS, MSFS and PH.D. (ABD). Click here for e-mail contact.
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| Andrew Woods | Andrew Woods, also a co-founder of EzPal, was the co-founder of Dynatech Integrated Systems and the Vice President of Engineering for AMSTAR Communications. During his tenure with both organizations he has provided executive sponsorship for several Internet applications that support State and local governments. Two Web sites developed under his leadership that share a level of synergy with NewPortal.com are the State of Maryland Business License Information System, URL http://www.blis.state.md.us/, and the State of Maryland Comptroller's tax registration Web site, also available at the above URL. Andrew Woods has a diverse technology background and over 27 years of engineering and information technology experience spanning organizations such as General Motors, Westinghouse and IBM. His educational background augments his professional career and includes a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Click here for e-mail contact.
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| Legal Advisors: Hatch and Parent Josef Houska |
Hatch & Parent is a growing and dynamic law firm with offices in three strategic locations serving clients throughout the State of California. Formed in 1968 by Stanley C. Hatch and Gerald B. Parent, the firm now employs 33 lawyers practicing in seven strategic areas of law. H&P is considered a leading business law firm on California’s Central Coast and has established a solid reputation in assisting high technology companies. Josef D. Houska, the Company’s lead attorney with Hatch & Parent, has a practice emphasis on “Emerging Growth and Business." Mr. Houska has focused his legal career on copyright, patent, trademark, general business and estate planning law. He draws upon a solid business and technical background to develop effective strategies for his clients’ opportunities and challenges in a wide range of intellectual property, business and estate planning issues. Josef Houska has a B.A., Economics and Geography from UCLA, an MBA, University of California at Berkeley and a J.D., from Loyola Law School. Click here for e-mail contact. |
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Relations and Marketing
Stoorza Communications |
Gail Stoorza-Gill founded the firm in 1974. Today, it is California's largest independent full service communications firm and the nation's 19th largest independent public relations agency, according to the profession's official ranking service. The company achieved this leading position by developing a staff of professionals who are experts in all the many facets of communication. Click here for e-mail contact.
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