Ron Monark

Ronald J Monark, based in San Diego, is a private investor active as a Board member of several technology corporations, and teaches at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).  Ron was the President/CEO of Mitchell International (then the automotive information subsidiary of The Thomson Corporation). He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Goodwin: "Ron as an active and valued Director brought a rare combination of vision and practical common sense, when I was Chairman and CEO of a public technology company. He is an seasoned market-based business builder working at the Board level. We are a strong combination when focused on the right opportunity.”

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Genia Blanchard

Genia Blanchard, an Austin TX based consultant (Strategic Positioning), is a rare talent in working with management teams seeking to improve their working relationships and productivity.  Added to her well-developed understanding of people and the importance of strategic focus, she works with clients using the Birkman Method of personality and team profiles.

Goodwin: "As a corporate strategy consultant working with a dysfunctional management group in a money-losing operation, I got them to agree that action was needed. This enabled me to introduce Genia. Her competency in dealing with complex personalities, her style, her strength, her sensitivity, her experience, her humor and her enthusiasm had a substantial impact. The management group changed its operational style, its language, and the business become profitable. This could not have been a more difficult assignment and the results could not have been more rewarding.

Jim Maynard

Jim Maynard is a Vancouver-based business development strategist with 20 years of exceptional performance in a variety of demanding sales and marketing roles. He is one of few individuals able to bring to bear a strong, balanced, and successful track record in both sales and marketing with Canadian, American and International corporations. As President of Sapient Technologies, he has focused on creating ideas and solutions that accelerate revenue growth and enhance strategic positioning for small and medium-sized technology companies.  He is adept at effectively aligning sales and marketing processes to maximize traction in the marketplace and shorten “time to revenue”.

Goodwin: "Jim is most creative in connecting people through strategic alliances to meet their mutual objectives, including coming to market faster.  He is  market and results-oriented, with a strong grasp of technology and how it can be harnessed to meet customer needs.  He is also experienced in developing sales organizations that are empowered for success, and is doing more and more work in achieving value in the geo-spatial area.”

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email: jim at effective-business-strategies.com 

Vithal Rajan

Dr Vithal Rajan is a Canadian citizen living primarily in Hyderabad, India and sometimes Vancouver, Canada.  Having lived and worked in Montreal, London, Belfast and Geneva as well as Hyderabad, he has an unique background in building effective organizations that sustain social impact over time.  Vithal has increasingly focused upon using his considerable contacts around the world to link business interests, particularly information technology, to opportunities with substantial potential for social, economic and financial benefits.

Goodwin: "Vithal is an effective communicator and man of action who has the rare ability to interpret India to Americans, Canadians and Europeans; and us, to them.  He is connected with an amazingly wide range of business and government people at the highest levels in many countries.  I trust his judgment and the people who I have met through him.”

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email: vithal at effective-business-strategies.com