Don Smith is a nationally known marketing & sales expert. 40 years as a (1) Fortune 1000 hands-on executive, (2) Consultant with world-class companies, (3) Faculty at Cornell Graduate School of Business, (4) Marketing & sales seminar leader. His expert witness references are outstanding. His 50+ expert engagements include jury trials, arbitration hearings, depositions and numerous expert reports.

Areas of Expertise

Business economic loss: Define lost sales, share and profits.

IP: Patents copyrights, trademarks, trade names & trade secrets.

Sales channels: Distributors, dealers & reps.

Market research: Define market size, growth, share, pricing, trends & customary practice.

Marketing & sales effectiveness:My expertise and research quantify this common contract dispute.

He is a nationally known public speaker in the development of new products, revitalizing existing products & managing distributors. He has in-depth, practical business experience and excels at explaining complex business issues.

Clients range from family owned businesses to Fortune 1000 companies including AT&T, Borax, DuPont, ITT, Lockheed-Martin, Lutron, Motorola (Moscow), Rubbermaid, Snap-on Tools, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai), Toshiba & West.

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Biz Virutoso is the premiere Business Development company for startup, small and medium-sized companies. Their professionals excel in the field of business development and marketing. Biz Virtuoso's experts have decades of experience in the various fields of Business Development, Process Improvement, Branding, Marketing and Executive Coaching.

Virtuoso Business Plans:

Plans with detailed information to obtain loans or lines of credit

Plans to attract private investors or new partnerships

Plans for businesses looking for operational or expansion funds

Virutoso Consulting:

Brand development

Logo & website creation

Marketing collateral development

Marketing strategy development

Sales and marketing consulting & training

Turn key marketing execution

Formal business launch & re-launch incentives

Executive coaching & training

Human resource, labor and employment consulting

Sales and development training

Business assessments

Strategy review and development processes

Virtuoso Assistants:

Day to day business assistance

Event planning and execution

Executive office assistance

Account management

Appointment setting

Database management

Travel arrangements

Blog administration & HTML coding

Bookkeeping

Bulk mailings

Dr. Elliot Schreiber is an Expert in Brand and Reputation Management and Marketing. He has held executive management positions in three global corporations for over 20-years. Dr. Schreiber earned his Ph.D. from Penn State University and has taught marketing, brand management and reputation management at the MBA and Executive MBA-levels at leading business schools in the U.S. and Canada.

Dr. Schreiber has consulted to a variety of international firms, including Novartis, Society of Hosptial Medicine, AstraZeneca, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, RBC Financial Corporation, General Motors, Procter & Gamble, among many others. He is widely sought as a speaker at international business and academic conferences and has written numerous articles that have been published in academic and business journals.

Services Provided:

Expert Witness Testimony

Traditional Consulting Engagements

Connect Marketing and Brand Strategy, Engage Employees, Create Partnerships of Value

Speaking Engagements at Business Meetings and Conferences

Executive education workshops (1-2 days)

In-House Education for the Organization in Brand and Reputation

Development and Leading of "Stakeholder Relations" Councils

Leadership Training Programs

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Robert C. Brackett's background includes ten years of general Business Consulting, five years as an Operating Nuclear Engineer and an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering. Mr. Brackett has served as President of Crandall & Brackett, Ltd. since 1991. As a respected member of the profession, Bob has been active in the professional organizations which provide Training and Standard Setting for Certified Public Accountants who perform Business Valuations.

Mr. Brackett has authored and taught courses in Business Valuation theory and practice through the Illinois CPA Foundation, the American Institute of CPAs and NACVA. Bob's professional credentials include a Certificate of Educational Achievement in Business Valuations from the Illinois CPA Society and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Certified Valuation Analyst designation awarded by NACVA.

Services Offered:

Charitable Contribution Filings

Estate and Gift Taxation

Income Tax Allocation

Stock Options

Family Limited Partnerships

Litigation Support

Estate and Gift Tax Planning

Equity Restructuring

Establishing Buy-Sell Formulas

Mediation Support

World leader in E-Commerce Management (E-Business) thought leadership, speaking, consulting and training.

Mitchell Levy, is President and CEO of ECnow.com (http://ecnow.com), an e-commerce management consulting company helping start-up, medium and large enterprises transition its employees, partners and customers to the Internet age through strategy, marketing, and off-the-shelf and customized on-line and on-ground training.

He is the author of E-Volve-or-Die.com (http://e-volve-or-die.com), Executive Producer of ECMgt.com (http://ecmgt.com), an on-line E-Commerce Management (ECM) e-zine, Chair of comdex.biz at Comdex Fall and the Founder and Program Consultant of the premier San Jose State E-Commerce Management Certificate Program (http://ecmtraining.com/sjsu), and the Chairman of the Pay-per-Performance PR Agency Media Attention Now TM (http://ecnow.com/mediaattention) and the on-line learning content production company Transition Learning (http://transitionlearning.com). Mitchell was at Sun Microsystems for 9 years, the last 4 of which he managed the e-commerce component of Sun's $3.5 billion supply chain. Mitchell is a popular speaker, lecturing on ECM issues throughout the U.S. and around the world.



He is available for strategic business consulting and speaking engagements on the following topics:

• E-Commerce Management/E-Business
• Management trends in the business world
• Short-term predictions for the future (http://ecnow.com/top10trends2002.htm)
• Long-term predictions for the future (2025)
• Why companies aren't making the transition to the Internet age
• Strategic ECM Planning - Evolutionary tactics (http://e-volve-or-die.com/evolutionary_tactics.html)
• Customer Service and Touch Points
• New Business Models - Change Management
• Internet Marketing (http://ecnow.com/Internet_Marketing.htm)
• Deployment, evolution & management of e-commerce within companies
  
  

Expertise: Internationally recognized expert on the benefits of Crisis Management etc. Currently engaged by 7th largest organisation in the USA. Author of the new UK Government guide Preventing Chaos in a Crisis. Primary author of present UK Police command methodology Gold, Silver & Bronze. Senior Scotland Yard background, including setting up the multi agency operational management structure at the London Kings Cross major subway fire, secondment to the Anti Terrorist Branch. University lecturer. Highly entertaining / humorous global facilitator & presenter. Key motivator able to stimulate and focus wide audiences. Outstanding authoritative & skilled public speaker. Occasional TV appearances. Much quoted elsewhere. Member of the Guild of Freeman of the City of London.

Seminars & Speaking Topics:

• Crisis Management: Preventing Chaos in a Crisis.
• Avoiding Catastrophe: Human Behavior – Good or Bad.
• The People Factor: Factoring in How People Will React.
• Business Continuity (BC): No Longer a "Grudge Purchase" - More Profit!
• Understanding Risk: Knitting with Fog, or Drawing the Strands Together?
• Best Practice from the UK Govt: Why the UK & Europe Have Changed Focus.
• Don’t Make a Drama out of a Crisis: The Benefits of Effective Incident Management.
• Regulations 600 Years Old: Why Be a Freeman of the City of London?
• New Scotland Yard: A Behind the Curtain Look at Current Issues.

Company Background: Visor Consultants specializes in helping domestic and global organizations get the very best from their staff in times of possible disaster. We quantify your various risks and hazards; advise you on which pose the greatest threats; assist you to eliminate or contain them; and help develop your Crisis Management skills. We can then guide you in Risk Mitigation, in resolving any security issues, and in designing Crisis & Business Continuity Management strategies.

See Visor website for more information.

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