AN INTRODUCTION
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*** The Founder: ILEANA KALEZIC' ***
Ileana Kalezic' is a respected national and international lecturer, corporate leader, and educator. She has been recognized as an authority on global business management, international marketing, personnel administration, training and development, and business-related cultural issues.
Her knowledge and experience in the national and international arena is a valuable resource for any business with growth objectives, or any professional with an assertive desire to excel professionally. Demonstrating exemplary scholastic credentials, she holds two MBA degrees Summa cum Laude, in business and information technology. During her extensive corporate career with multinational organizations, spanning over twenty years, she has demonstrated extraordinary success driving financial and operational initiatives.
A recognized expert on global strategic planning, market and product development, personnel management, and international issues, Ms. Kalezic' has written numerous studies, documents and praised articles on these subjects. Her experience has resulted in increased efficiencies and improved margins for prominent corporations. Her ability to define business opportunities for start-ups and established organizations has been equally rewarding for individual professionals who needed to enhance their professional competencies and skills. Additionally, Ms. Kalezic' has demonstrated her expertise in personal coaching through successful development sessions for sales, marketing and other professionals.
An awarded educator for leading European and American universities for over a decade, Ms. Kalezic' has been instructor for undergraduate and graduate-level international business and information technology programs, where she has been able to optimize the knowledge and skills of future business and nation leaders. Most of her past students praise her guidance and transfer of knowledge as the foundation of their career success in their respective countries and worldwide. Known to most of her students affectionately as Professor K, her presentations in the classroom, board room, or consular meetings, are both interesting and enjoyable, as they open a world of knowledge and experience to the audiences.
Ms. Kalezic' has been recognized as a skilled international trade negotiator, appointed by State and city governments as Special Envoy, and for successive terms as board member of trade organizations and international representative to conferences, symposiums and consular events. She was an official representative to Mexico for the US Trade Zone, to promote its services. A long-term active member of the International Trade Fair Advisory Board and co-founder of the International Protocol Committee of West Central FL, Ms. Kalezic' has been recognized for her dedication to the community and expertise in international affairs. She is well known by her international relations expertise when working with consuls and other foreign dignitaries, official representatives from G-8 and developing countries, and as corporate representative to meetings with President Ronald Reagan. She was recently invited to join the University of Oxford's Round Table discussions on globalization, a prestigious honor extended to only forty international trade experts worldwide. In addition to consulting services, Ms. Kalezic' is available as a lecturer for business and educational organizations.
