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Louise Egan - New York Chapter Member

by: IERG
Category: Introduction
Mar
03
Louise Egan  New York member

Louise is the  President and Founder of the Soho Language Group, a private, English-language consulting firm focused on foreign professionals from multinational companies.
Louise has taught English, edited speeches and presentations, and coached public speaking at international banks, including Crédit Suisse, UBS, BBVA, Société Générale, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Clients also come from luxury industries, like Tiffany, LVMH, Chanel, and L’Oréal; and diplomat officials, with the Argentine Consulate, Brazilian and French missions to the United Nations; and from AIG and Liberty Insurance to CapGemini, IBM, Philip Morris, and New York dining institutions including Daniel and the Paris based-restaurant, Laduree.

Louise would appreciate fellow IERG Members who can provide leads to companies/expats needing English language skills, including practicing a speech, TV interview, editing and coaching on pronunciation and pacing to better perform in the US market.

Babs Ryan - Boston Chapter Member

by: IERG
Category: Introduction
Mar
03
Babs Ryan 

Babs has been added to Workers Credit Union Board of Directors. The credit union is one of the largest in Massachusetts with $2 billion assets and a Net Promoter Score of 91 vs. the industry average of 58. Babs was chief innovation officer at GE Capital's largest division, P&L lead for several business lines at Citi UK, Forrester retail and consumer consulting head, and chief marketing officer at Kawasaki UK.
She is also open to board positions at retail and consumer public companies, and communications agencies.

Member of the Month - Venugopal Chepur

by: IERG
Category: Highlight
Mar
03

Venugopal Chepur (Venu) ‘reimagines’ exponential growth for business by presenting possibilities with emerging technologies and innovation, with commitment to business value and customer-centricity. Venu has been a senior Executive, Consultant and Entrepreneur with an outstanding record of hands-on business building.
Venu is the Founder of Samprad, a growth strategy advisory firm.

Additionally, he has conceived and created  TrainedArrow™ an innovative Learning & Development Platform for imparting 'employability' for graduates and ‘change enablement’ for workforce.  Click here for more info on TrainedArrow™

He has coached and mentored over 700 professionals and supported 5 Start-ups (pro-bono).

A foremost believer in continued learning, Venu has completed leadership courses from Cornell University and IBM Institute for Business Value. He has diverse education with an MBA in Marketing & Finance and MS in Biology & Economics. He has been a certified technology professional in IBM and Microsoft.

Chicago Chapter – “Reshoring”

by: IERG
Category: Webinar
Mar
03

Betty Flash  

On February 9th, the IERG Chicago Chapter welcomed Harry Moser, reshoring expert and Founder and President of the Reshoring Initiative. Harry’s presentation and excellent insights, based on his long experience in the field, kicked off with an overview of why we have offshored so much and the impact that has had, followed by the extent of reshoring progress made to date and Illinois-based examples. Harry concluded by engaging IERG members with sound strategies and practical ‘how-to’ steps for companies to move the needle on reshoring and restore balance.  For more information, members may view the entire presentation posted on the IERG website, “Key Documents: Webinars”.

Watch for Harry’s article in an upcoming issue of Industry Week on the previous and current administrations’ approach to reshoring, as viewed through a ‘reshoring lens’.

For further information, please contact Harry Moser.   Related  links: Total Cost of Ownership Estimator™;  Skilled Workforce; Import Substitution Program; Supply Chain Gaps

Bill Tung - Boston Chapter Member

by: IERG
Category: Introduction
Mar
03
Bill Tung 

Greetings from Boston.  I've managed international sales divisions of various companies such as  Reebok, Columbia Sportswear, New Balance, and most recently Fanatics.  I've had the good fortune to have lived in Hong Kong, Tokyo and London...and now Boston.
The past year has been devastating for many American brands but some categories have thrived:  running footwear, home fitness equipment, golf, bicycles, and yoga/athleisure apparel.  I am currently a Managing Partner at Peaks Consulting where we engage w/ brands to help them expand into new international markets.  The lack of international business understanding across many different sized companies has been eye-opening; the opportunity is immense for those with vision beyond our shores.

Covid and Flu

by: IERG
Category: Thought Leadership
Mar
02
Simon Turner
Simon Turner

I thought I would share some discussions that we have been having internally regarding Covid and flu. With so much media focus on Covid, it has slipped under the radar how flu has almost completely disappeared in the 2020/21 season.
Reported cases for the US are usually around the 5 million mark but for this season to date the total is 1,387. And no, that number isn’t missing zeros on the end. Flu numbers have completely collapsed.

There is now concern that the 2021/22 flu season could be especially bad due to lower resistance from an absence of exposure this year and difficulty in projecting dominant strains for vaccines. So the question we have started asking ourselves is this – We have been thinking that, in time, we will think of Covid like flu – but what if we should be thinking that flu will be like Covid?

IERG President's Message - Q4 2020

by: IERG
Category: Chairman's Message
Dec
17
Waseem Naqvi
What a journey 2020 has been so far!

As part of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy was "shut-down", we have all been locked down and practicing social/physical distancing. Now we all must wear masks to prevent asymptomatic contamination. We have started to open up the economy, noting that we may experience a second wave of the virus. IERG members are naturally social and enjoy getting together to discuss important topics. For the time being, we are all having to engage virtually.

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