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Wrote books and speeches for C-suite executives to explain their companies to other industry leaders.Produced video, audio, and written articles to represent client companies to stakeholders.Improved communication between departments to speed project completion.Designed PowerPoint and Google Slides presentations so executives could illustrate company initiatives to investors and financial institutions.Reworded explanation of arcane technical subjects for mass consumption in order to broaden support for client organizations.

Improved clients’ communication skills by helping them anticipate the needs of their audience, focus their thinking, and squeeze better results from their existing language levels. Clients included leaders at multinational FMCG, financial, and manufacturing companies in the United States and SE Europe.

Ran a startup ecommerce retail business selling Turkish jewelry to North American customers. Found ways to shorten and stabilize the retail fulfillment process, and grew sales with online ads and offline word-of-mouth marketing tools.

Planned monthly payroll expense (average of $10 million per month) for 550 individual retail stores, taking into account store-level factors like product assortment, square footage, security needs, etc. Found ways to make more efficient use of the labor expense money, to maintain as much staffing in the stores as possible given shrinking budgets brought on by steep drops in sales.

Transferred purchasing and import logistics functions from USA headquarters to a Hong Kong subsidiary. Managed the company's supply chain integration during the acquisition of a California-based competitor with $6,000,000 in annual sales. Led the transition teams for the merchandising and purchasing departments throughout the installation of a new ERP system.

Managed inventory turns and service level for wholesale import company ($50,000,000 in annual sales, purchases of $25,000,000 per year). Forecasted demand at sku level for product line of 1200 finished goods.Worked closely with sales force to supply goods for special promotions and new distribution roll outs, including new distribution to major retail chains like Wal-Mart and Target.

Sourced new Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China vendors for the following: Plastic Injection Molding; Printed Circuit Boards; SMT and Through-hole PCB Assembly; Wire Assemblies; Hardware (screws, light bulbs, etc.); Speakers; Printing and Packaging (brochures, corrugated color boxes, etc.); Electronic Components; CD Duplication.Using component-level sourcing and true-cost analysis, trimmed fat from margins of overseas OEM vendors.

Taught conversational English to university Ph.D. and undergraduate students.Learned Mandarin to reading at newspaper level and speaking/listening in sustained conversation.