Showing posts with label phoenix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phoenix. Show all posts

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Looking for a Few Good Folks for the Global Chamber


We're looking for some talented movers and shakers at both the Global Chamber and Growth Nation. Please review the latest open positions here: Join us.

Learn more about the Global Chamber here: www.globalchamber.org

Learn more about Growth Nation here: www.growthnation.com

Thank you. Doug Bruhnke

Saturday, December 21, 2013

AZIGG Three Global Business Leaders Feb 3


Three Global Business Heroes
Arizona Leaders, Making it Happen Globally

Monday, February 3, 2014
7:30am – 9:00am

SkySong 1475 N Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, Ingenuity Room (3rd Floor)
$20 in advance ($25 @ the door) Doors open at 7:15am

Three Arizona-based business leaders, discussing success, challenges and opportunities of growing globally. Enjoy global business discussions, networking, coffee, juice, water, fruit, breakfast pastries and free parking!

Who should attend: Arizona leaders looking to grow globally and network with the international business community.

What to Expect: The three leaders will provide their perspective on growing globally. Join us for global business networking, information and resources.
Welcome internationalists!

Questions? Contact Yvonne @ 480-595-5000 (yvonne@growthnation.com)

Sunday, August 18, 2013

AZIGG Grow Globally PHX 2013 October 7th


Grow Globally PHX 2013
 
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"All of Metro Phoenix's Global Resources, All in One Place, All at One Time"
Who's Who and What's What of Global Business
5th Annual Grow Globally Phoenix Fair

Grow Globally
Monday, October 7, 2013
3:00pm – 5:00pm

SkySong 1475 N Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, Convergence Auditorium
$30 in advance ($40 @ the door)
Exhibitor tables are available.
Includes international walking dinner and beverages. Free parking.

Who should attend: Arizona business leaders looking to export and grow globally. This is your annual best chance to connect to the global business community. Growing globally truly is 'the road less traveled'. Come with us on the journey!

Grow Globally Phoenix Fair is a signature event for AZIGG. Pictures from previous events are shown here for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012

Welcome internationalists!
Questions? Contact Yvonne @ 480-595-5000 (info@azigg.com)

Exhibitors and Sponsors
 
Asia Arizona Business Council
Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Arizona Commerce Authority
Arizona Consular Corps
Arizona Council for International Visitors (AZCIV)
Arizona District Export Council (ADEC)
Arizona International Growth Group (AZIGG)
Arizona State University and ASU SkySong
Arizona Technology Council
Canada Arizona Business Council
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
City of Scottsdale
Galbut & Galbut PC
Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)
Juras Law Firm
Korean Chamber of Commerce of Arizona
Lamson Consulting
Mesa Community College Study Abroad Program
Mojo Video Marketing
Organization of Women in Trade - Phoenix (OWIT-Phoenix)
PCFR International State of the State
Phoenix Business Journal
Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations (PCFR)
Phoenix Sister Cities
RUSTEC - Russian Science Technology & Education Consortia
Scottsdale Sister Cities
Small Business Administration (SBA)
The Great Canadian Picnic
Thunderbird Executive Education
Thunderbird Online
US Commercial Service
US Export Assistance Centers (USEAC)
Valley of the Sun Clean Cities Coalition
Vistage International
Welcome to America Project
World Trade Forum January (2014)

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Green, Global and Greek 2012 - August 6th


Green, Global and Greek 2012
Expert Update on Arizona's Sustainability Opportunities


Glenn Hamer - Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry


Roger Downey - GlobalMed Telemedicine


Patrick O'Grady - Phoenix Business Journal


Monday, August 6, 2012
11:00am - 1:00pm

Click Here to RSVP


$38 includes an Extraordinary Greek Lunch with Beverage
Networking 11:00am / Food 11:30am / Program 12:00noon

Greekfest Restaurant
1940 East Camelback, Phoenix (NW Corner Camelback/20th)
Reservation Required; Park Behind the Building, Please

4th Annual AZIGG summer lunch at Greekfest. Learn about the current state and forecast for cleantech, solar and sustainability in AZ. Come in from the Phoenix heat and enjoy the best Greek food in Phoenix, expert information and international networking. 
More on AZIGG Here: AZIGG Events.  Welcome Internationalists!



Thank You Greekfest Restaurant and AZIGG Sponsors...
CQ Coach, Growth Nation, Polsinelli Shughart, Snell & Wilmer, All the King's Flags, Aussie World Travel and Human Capital Strategies

RSVP or contact us at info@azigg.com


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Arizona-Canada Discussion at AZIGG March 1st: Speaker Bio's

We're pleased to present a distinguished trio of speakers on trade between Canada and Arizona at the next Arizona International Growth Group (AZIGG) event. For more information on the March 1st morning event, please visit www.azigg.com.

Rick Stephenson
Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner of Consulate of Canada

Rick Stephenson was appointed on June 1, 2008 as the Consul & Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian Consulate in Phoenix, Arizona.

Prior to this assignment, Rick has served as Trade Commissioner in Kingston, Jamaica, Dallas, Texas, Oslo, Norway, Los Angeles, California and Tucson, Arizona.

Rick's Canadian home is Vancouver where he holds a mortgage brokers’ license and served on the Curriculum Advisory Board of the British Columbia Institute of Technology where he was also a lecturer in international business development.

Rick has also held positions with the Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, the Canadian International Development Agency and the Treasury Board of Canada.

Rick has extensive experience in investment and export promotion through his experience abroad as well as through previous positions held at the International Trade Center in Vancouver.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Rick Stephenson graduated with degrees in Business Administration (with Honors) in Marketing and Finance from Concordia University. He is married with 3 adult sons all living in Vancouver, Canada.


Glenn Williamson
CEO of NestVentures, & Founder/CEO of The Canada Arizona Business Council


Glenn Williamson is founder and CEO of The Canada Arizona Business Council, a private sector group sanctioned by the Canadian Government and the State of Arizona to work on increasing bilateral trade between Canada and Arizona. He is also Chairman of the Board of Kinetx, a 100-person aerospace firm, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Big Sky Group, an international travel industry company with over 150 associates in 38 countries around the world that handles the international operations of Helms Briscoe, the words largest conference resource company.

Since 2000 Mr. Williamson has been CEO of Nest Ventures L.L.C., a private equity firm with offices in Montreal Canada and Phoenix Arizona. He has also held series 7 and 63 NASD securities licenses and acted in the capacity of an international Investment Banker in NYC and LA. He is also an active registered member of the National association of Corporate Directors, trained in U.S. and Canadian Corporate Governance.

Mr. Williamson has more than 28 years of entrepreneurial executive level experience, primarily in the financial and operation aspects of companies. During the last four years, he has been involved in dozens of business engagements ranging from a world-class fractional yacht ownership program in the Cayman Islands to a world-class film animation production company based in Montreal, Quebec Canada.

Mr. Williamson has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Inexus Biotechnology, a public life sciences company and was President and on the Board of Directors of Sweet Success, a publicly traded consumer beverage company.

Mr. Williamson’s extraordinary career can be further tracked here. You will be amazed: http://www.nestventures.com/index.asp?from=glenn_williamson

Mr. Williamson has received six coveted gold and silver National Telly awards for executive production of non-broadcast video and film productions, and is an avid skier, scuba diver and video gamer. He also was an Honorary Commander at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona home to the 56th Fighter Wing of the U.S. Air Force, which is comprised of some 220 F-16 fighter aircraft.

Mr. Williamson, was born in Montreal and is fluent it French, a graduate of Rothsey Collegiate Military Academy in New Brunswick, Canada, he currently resides in Phoenix with his wife and three children.


Chantal Ramsay
Consul at the Ontario Int’l Marketing Centre in the Canadian Consulate General

Chantal Ramsay is the Consul (Economic Affairs - Ontario) at the Ontario International Marketing Centre (OIMC) in the Canadian Consulate General in Los Angeles. The International Marketing Centre’s territory includes California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Hawaii. The role of the OIMC is to work with Ontario based companies wishing to do business in the territory, to attract investment from US and multinational companies into Ontario and to raise awareness of the Province in the region.

Prior to this posting, Ms Ramsay was a Senior Manager with the Investment Branch of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario.

Ms Ramsay is a graduate of the Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario - Honours Bachelor of Science in Language with a minor in Economics. She speaks Spanish, French and Italian.

Thank you! Doug Bruhnke - AZIGG