Council Members in this Study Group: 2221
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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...
Robert HinkelChief Operating Officer
Elang Energy ![]()
Robert Hinkel is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Elang Energy, a two-year old start-up exploration and production company with operations in the Asia-Pacific region, South America and US. Previously, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enventure Global Technology, a Shell-Halliburton...
Fred Aminzadeh, PhDOwner and Senior Advisor
dGB-USA ![]()
Fred Aminzadeh is the Owner and Senior Advisor of dGB-USA, a geophysical contracting firm. Previously, Dr. Aminzadeh was the President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Prior to that, he was a Manager at Unocal Corporation. Dr. Aminzadeh has consulted on risk, reserves and other investment...
Senior Director IT
OSI SYSTEMS, INC. ![]()
Ralph Behar is the Sr. Director IT of OSI Systems, Inc, a vertically integrated, worldwide provider of security and inspection systems, medical monitoring and anesthesia systems, and optoelectronic devices and value-added subsystems. He is an acknowledged authority on mini-computers, security, data...
Clarence GabrielFormerPresident and Chief Executive Officer
MOVIE GALLERY, INC. ![]()
Clarence Gabriel has over 30 years of experience in consumer retail sectors and has contributed as Chief Executive Officer, President, and EVP for world-class companies. He is a retail sector leader with expertise in “Big Box”, “Small Box”, CPG and Supply Chain Management. Previously, Mr. Gabriel was...
Andreas KurzOwner
Akari Enterprises LLC ![]()
Andreas Kurz was Chief Executive Officer of 7 For All Mankind, the US leader in premium denim, until December 2005. Mr. Kurz is currently the Owner of Akari Enterprises, a retail consultancy, where he has worked since April 2006. At Akari Enterprises, Mr. Kurz specializes in international distribution,...
William GardnerPresident
Digital Entertainment Insights, LLC ![]()
William Gardner is the President of Digital Entertainment Insights and was most recently (05/08) the President and Chief Executive Officer at Eidos, Inc, a major videogame publisher, until the takeover of USA Sales by Time Warner. There he was responsible for rebuilding the business from finance, sales,...
George DorkhomPresident and Managing Partner
AD&A Worldwide ![]()
George Dorkhom is the President and Managing Partner of AD&A Worldwide, a corporate restructuring group. He was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingersoll International, a global company that manufactures large machine and cutting tools and specialized equipment for aerospace and...
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Pharma Outsourcing: Where Will it End?
November 3, 2009
Quintiles inks pharma deals | www.outsourcing-pharma.com
A major supplier of clinical development services has just been awarded all of Astra Zeneca's clinical pharmacology work. Such work was traditionally performed internally but is now one of many stages of development being outsourced. This follows similar trends in research, where pharma companies are...
As Orange launches iPhone in UK, Apple requests marketing assistance
November 3, 2009
Peter Curnow-Ford, Chairman, Eisar Ltd.
Orange to sell iPhone in UK from 10 Nov | www.totaltele.com
As Apple expands beyond exclusivity in markets it is using additional means to ensure it delivers high levels of service to its end customers.France Telecom - Orange UK, along with Vodafone are now selling iPhone in competition with O2 and some of the Orange dealers are looking at the detail of the...
Healthy if You're Wealthy: Ghana offers Choices
November 2, 2009
Ghana targets health tourism boom | news.bbc.co.uk
Article provides a spa in Ghana as an example of a boom in health tourism to that country. Medical tourism is popular already but many of those seeking care come from countries with less well developed services and tend to visit Western hospitals, rather than the reverse. There remains a need for basic...
Samsung handset shipments up 15pc and aims to take 20pc market share
November 2, 2009
Peter Curnow-Ford, Chairman, Eisar Ltd.
Samsung shipments up 16pc | www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk
Samsung continues to dominate in sales growth in the key low to mid-end markets and in developing markets where it shows how to build channel strength.Samsung is also a leader in fashion touch handsets, ie devices in the mid-sector that sell on looks and touch screens to a mainly younger audience.Growing...
Shares That Go Bump In The Night
October 30, 2009
Transcept Pharma sleep drug denied approval, shrs sink | www.reuters.com
Transcept is developing Intermezzo for Middle of Night Insomnia. Intermezzo is low dose zolpidem (same chemical as Ambien). FDA's questions delay access to the $7 billion US sleep disorder market. Transcept's shares dropped dramatically on the news
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