Council Members in this Study Group: 2542
Executive expertise from large companies ($500M+ in sales) across all industry areas
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Principal
Marc Balmuth LLC ![]()
Marc Balmuth is an independent consultant to the retail industry. He most recently served as the CEO of Bobs Stores from 1997-1999. Prior, he was President of Caldor, a $2.8B upscale discount store based in the Northeast. He served in this capacity from 1987-1996 and led the company as a division of...
Consultant
Dennis Fagerstone ![]()
Dennis Fagerstone is an independent consultant in the oil and gas industry. Prior, Mr. Fagerstone was an Executive Vice President of International Operations at Pioneer Natural Resources. He began as Executive Vice President following the August 1997 merger of Parker & Parsley with Mesa to form Pioneer....
David WorkmanExecutive Director
PRO Buying Group ![]()
David Workman is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of PRO Buying Group, where he has worked since 2006. PRO Buying Group serves to coordinate merchandising, marketing and other business services for a group of independent retailers representing over $2.0 billion in consumer electronics...
Jack SayerManaging Partner
Sayer Partners LLC ![]()
Jack Sayer is the Managing Partner of Sayer Partners, an automotive consultancy with auto dealer and investment clients in the NYC Metro, Chicago and Southern California areas focused on development and management processes for the retail and wholesale auto sectors since 2002. The firm provides analysis...
Hong JiangPresident and Chief Executive Officer
HJ Solutions, LLC ![]()
Hong Jiang, PhD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of HJ Solutions, a technology consulting firm. Dr. Jiang is an expert on LTE, WiMax and China 3G. Dr. Jiang has over 10 years of experience in wireless technologies including LTE and WiMax. Previously, she was the Founder and Chief Technology...
CIO & Sr. VP - IT
CRYE-LEIKE AFFILIATES ![]()
Gurtej Sodhi is the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at The Crye Leike Group of Companies (a $5B enterprise). He has over 14 years of increasingly responsible positions in design, development, and management of IT operations. His industry experience spans manufacturing, professional...
Director of Operations
StrataScale, Inc. ![]()
Paul Massie is the Director of Operations at StrataScale, a cloud or managed hosting provider. He is responsible for the customer facing IT infrastructure and applications, as well as customer support. Previously, he was the CIO of Genesis Microchip, responsible for all IT functions including infrastructure...
President
HSA Consulting, Inc ![]()
Howard Jackson is the President of HSA Consulting Inc., the world's premier warehouse club, discount & food retail consulting firm, since 1993. He is the leading expert on the Mexican retail market. HSA provides retail strategy, productivity/cost improvement, marketing, licensing & acquisition services....
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Hardball 11/20/09/13:00 GMT: NSN Likely for NT’s Optical Assets– Infinera Entry?
November 20, 2009
Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics
One at a time, please: Nortel delays one auction because of another | localtechwire.com
Nokia Siemens Networks desperately needs to establish a sizable public network presence in North America. Even if Ericsson places a bid, NSN appears to be the favorite to get Nortel’s optical assets. There has been speculation about Infinera entering the fray.
Network and Tower Operations Center (NTOC) – An Optimizer for Network Opex
November 19, 2009
Mahesh Khera, Principal Consultant, Telecom Media Technology, M SQUARED CONSULTING, INC.
The Operations of Telecom Networks and Data Centers Need a Paradigm Shift to Become Green, Reduce Global Warming and Optimize Total Cost of Operations (TCO) | /councils.glgroup.com/news/Analyses.mvc/Details/29290
Telecom network operations are most opex intensive. Some innovative steps taken to optimize these costs are to share network infrastructure between multiple operators and managed services of network operations. However, with the emergence of tower companies who create and maintain the passive infrastructure...
November 18, 2009
Is the Recovery Real? | www.margolisadvisory.com
Investment managers are still not operating as if this recovery has legs. What can we expect going forward and what will change that behavior?
Japanese Carmakers Had Better Watch Out; South Korea Is Charging Ahead
November 17, 2009
Jack Sayer, Managing Partner, Sayer Partners LLC
Honda Targets Return To Pre-Crisis Profitability | online.wsj.com
Anybody who dismisses Hyundai and Kia's recent success as a "Cash For Clunkers" aberration is in for a rude surprise in 2010.
Vendor Selection Has No Surprises
November 16, 2009
Telefonica unveils LTE partners shortlist | www.telecompaper.com
Telefonica selecting almost every major vendor available as part of their LTE trial in Europe and Latin America has no real surprises. Additionally there is no real conclusion about who will ultimately benefit from this trial in terms of revenue other than the absence of some suppliers such as Motorola....
Leading Experts in Former C-level Executives at Large Companies ($500M+ in Sales) Who Are in Member Programs Study Group have not participated in any upcoming seminars.
Teleconference: Residential Mortgages and Mortgage-Backed Securities in Europe (10:00 AM EST)
November 3, 2009
GLGi: Wireless Industry Update
July 24, 2007
GLGi: Semiconductor Capital Equipment Trends
November 16, 2006