Business, Management Expert
Rodney is an experienced generalist with a diverse level of experience in the following areas: Teaching, Lecturing and Training; Hospitality and Restaurant; Property Management and Development; Staff Recruitment; Health-care; Translation and Interpretation; Consumer Beverages; Logistics; Retail; Political Process and System; Precision Optics; Pulp, Paper, and Board; Process and Manufacturing Automotive and Heavy Machinery; Business Start-Ups. His experience has been in major industrialized and emerging markets of North America, Europe and Asia. He has worked from basic positions into management, leadership and as owner of businesses. In addition, Rodney knows business planning and strategy, human resources, marketing, sales and promotion, product and service research, development and procurement; financial management and project costing while also being skilled at process modeling and formulation of COPs (corporate operational policies) SOPs (standard operating procedures) for various operations. He is a cross-cultural expert, trainer, top communicator and motivational speaker in select working environments. His education has been in both US and European educational systems holding an AS (Marketing), BBA (Business Administration) and Masters (Business and Economics) Degrees. He is a certified international trainer of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), which provides him with key knowledge and understanding of language, psychology and physiology giving him greater depth to a variety of complex subjects.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013 – present ETC NET, XDF, WEB INTERNATIONAL, Others Nanjing, China
Corporate Trainer, Teacher, Business Consultant
Providing professional services to employer offices as well as client locations in the Nanjing area, which cover private and business coaching, teaching, training as well as business development to select clients. Responsible for course development, research, topic implementation, IELTS training, teaching, testing, evaluation, and documentation. Age range of clients from 12-65 years; from middle school, commercial college, university, to private students and businesses.
2011 to 2013 ANDALE ENERGY DRINK CO Bakersfield Ca, Denver, Co
Director of Development, Co-Owner
Director with responsibility for marketing and sales, strategic planning, development, formulation, management and leadership of all personnel and activities associated with development and evaluation of operations and programs for beverage manufacturer. Challenged to identify, collect, analyze and report data critical to business test market by establishing retail locations numbering more than 600 while analyzing distribution networks; total responsibility for marketing and sales, branding and promotional activities; key responsibility of HR, training and educating sales and promotional teams as well as the supply chain. In addition, established and continued to maintain collaborative working relationships with federal, state and county officials in planning, budgeting, business and beverage content/formulation.
2009 to 2011 NBC NEW BUSINESS COACH Barre, Massachusetts
Director, Coach and Trainer
Director with responsibilities or coaching and training individuals and businesses in communication skills such as cross-cultural and sales. Assisted political candidates with media and materials during campaigns as well as formulation of those strategies for implementation through training and coaching one to one and in seminar formats.
1994 to 1998 BWP Ou, Tallinn, Estonia
Director, Trainer
Director responsible for multiple business units in real-estate, construction, hospitality and food and beverage sectors. Led and managed HR and staff training and development in addition to all associated strategic planning and decision making to improve operational effectiveness. Implemented cross functional training programs to bridge multicultural and economic challenges in former eastern-block countries – specifically internationalization related topics.
1994 to 2007 ETC NET OY, Lahti, Finland
Director, Trainer, Coach
Directed and managed extensive network of teachers, trainers, and translators as well as taught and trained extensively in private, public, and corporate environments. Lectured in business and economics as well as taught English subjects at schools and colleges across Finland. Researched, created and implemented 100s of courses covering communication skills, sales, soft skills, business, language-based, psychological and sociological based on NLP methods. In addition trained trainers and teachers specific skills and techniques in communication to improve the training environment.
Marketed, sold, promoted and built a national network of experts and companies.
Trained more than 4000 students/clients ranging from youth to top corporate personnel and leaders;
Led national and international projects in training, communication and hiring projects;
Designed and sold 100s of courses worth millions of Euros during my tenure;
Created and implemented more than 100 seminars related to communication skills and NLP based techniques; one-to-one, group, instructor led, structured on-the-job training, distant learning, lecturing, in-house and platform training.
Managed teams of trainers and participants from small to large groups; prepared 100s of participant needs analysis' and developed programs based on those facts - provided evaluations and detailed constructive feedback for continuous development; responsible for program and facilities arrangements as well as documentation; project costing and budgeting responsibilities;
Recruited, interviewed, selected, trained and subcontracted staff for industry leaders.
Experience: Paper and board manufactures, paper machinery manufacturers, research and development centers, process industries, petrochemical, IT, software, plastics, Government agencies, automation sectors, chemical industry, service sector businesses, colleges and public schools.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Masters Degree – Columbia Pacific University 2000 (CCWU, non credit), Management and Economics.
Bachelor of Business Admin. –Mikkeli Polytechnic 1998, International Business Administration.
Associates – Kotka Commercial College 1994, Marketing Management.
Certified NLP Trainer in Business Applications.
Multiple certifications in business related fields.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Former member of CLERAB (Civilian Law Enforcement Review Board). GOP Candidate for Massachusetts State Representative 2010; Former Board Member of the Financial Committee of the Town of Barre, Ma. Past President of the International Lions Club; Lions Youth Exchange Chairman of 107D; Rotary International Board Member and Youth Exchange.
LANGUAGE, CULTURE SKILLS
Good Finnish, satisfactory German, basic Estonian, Swedish, Spanish and Russian, learning Chinese. Expert knowledge of the Baltic and Scandinavian markets, and good understanding of northern European and western Russian regions.
CONFERENCES, LECTURES, CLUBS
TEDx Wenhuri Rd, Shanghai Education “Big Bang” speaking on LIC Learning In Context. Founder of iMMc international Mastermind club of Nanjing.