Diane Sanchez is the president of Telefonica USA, a subsidiary of the one of the world’s two- or third-largest fixed-line and mobile telecommunications company in the world, a global company… Read More
WorldCity
Who's Here CEO Spotlight
Mark Templeton
President, CEO Citrix SystemsWhen Mark Templeton signed on as vice president of marketing of Citrix in 1995, he was barely out of his 30s. The company, with revenues of $95 million, wasn’t yet 10 years old and was largely unheard-of outside the confines… Read More
CEO Club
Trade Connections Sponsored by Seaboard Marine
With trade in retreat, efforts to boost it matter more than ever
June 18th, 2009South Florida’s trade with the world might not be falling as rapidly as the rest of the nation’s but it is falling fast nonethless. (See earlier story.) Each of the… Read More
Government Affairs Connections Sponsored by Chevron
Cuba: Like 'Alice in Wonderland'
June 12th, 2009“Everything in Cuba, it’s like Alice in Wonderland,” said Jay Brickman, vice president of Government Services for Crowley, during WorldCity’s Government Affairs Connections meeting on Thursday. “Nothing is as it… Read More
Global Connections Sponsored by FIU Chapman Graduate School of Business
Citrix plans to profit from rather than be streamrolled by seismic tech changes
June 25th, 2009Window seats on planes are normally reserved for wide-eyed, first-time-flying children and, as it turns out, the CEO of Citrix on occassion. When he has made a mistake or is… Read More
South Florida Business News
For GM LatAm, 'business as usual,' president says
June 8th, 2009General Motor’s Latin America operation is not part of the GM Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last week, and its top leader is planning a series of face-to-face meetings in the… Read More
TradeNumbers
South Florida's trade off 18% in April, still among best performers in U.S.
June 10th, 2009South Florida’s trade with the world fell 18.35 percent in April, when compared to the previous April, according to the U.S. Census data released today and analyzed by WorldCity. But… Read More
Marketing Connections Sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Latin America
Making dollars while making friends
May 22nd, 2009If you have a successful global brand, you have instant recognition and almost certainly many friends. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you probably also have many… Read More
HR Connections Sponsored by UM School of Business
Engagement: 'Do you have a best friend at work?'
May 13th, 2009“Do you have a best friend at work?” When Diane Vento, the director of Human Resources for Olympus Latin America, read this question on an engagement survey that was going… Read More
Sky Warrior
Ospina is CFO for British firm G4S, formerly Wackenhut
November 28th, 2008The Sky Warrior: G4S Chief Financial Officer Eric Ospina Eric Ospina was in Buenos Aires and planning his next trip, to Costa Rica, where he was born, at the time… Read More
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HR Connections
- Date:
- July 15th, 2009
- Time:
- 8-9:30am
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WorldCity’s HR Connections, sponsored by the University of Miami, School of Business This is a bi-monthly invitation-only event series, exclusively for the top HR Directors of multinational companies in South…
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Marketing Connections
- Date:
- July 24th, 2009
- Time:
- 8-9:30am
- Location:
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networking event series, exclusively for the top marketing officials of multinational companies in South Florida.
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