Bill Anton has worked as a diversity facilitator for Citigroup Japan and Nikko AM, and as a leadership and team building trainer for Sanyo and Hamamatsu Photonics. He has experience coaching executives focusing on presentations in international settings and negotiation, and has worked with CEOs of prominent multinational corporations in the Tokai region, including General Motors Asia Pacific, Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha and SONY. Bill Anton is Professor Emeritus at Hamamatsu Gakuin University where he continues to research and teach cross-cultural and intercultural communication. He holds a BA in philosophy from the State University of New York at Binghamton, a Master of Arts in Teaching from the School for International Training, and is certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Educational Hypnosis. He is co-author of English Expressions for Business. Bill is bilingual in English and Japanese. A permanent resident of Japan since 1975, in his leisure time he pursues chess and Latin Percussion.Specialties: Bilingual Facilitating, Training, Coaching and Consulting