AZIGG Events
March Event – Monday, March
1st, 7:30 –
9:00am
“O Canada! Trade Successes
and Opportunities with
Arizona”
Glenn Williamson, CEO of
NestVentures, and
Founder/CEO of The Canada
Arizona Business Council
Rick Stephenson, Consul and
Senior Trade Commissioner of
Consulate of Canada
ASU SkySong, Auditorium 150
in Scottsdale. Doors open at
7:00am for networking
1475 N Scottsdale Road,
Scottsdale
Investment $15 includes
coffee and pastries
On March 1st at ASU-SkySong in Scottsdale, fellow Canadians Glenn Williamson and Rick Stephenson will discuss the progress made in Arizona-Canada trade, and the near and long-term opportunities still available. Business owners with a connection or potential connection in Canada will appreciate hearing more about how Arizona businesses can and will succeed moving forward. Those with connections into other countries and regions will enjoy hearing about ways they can improve trade with some best practices already implemented.
Previous AZIGG Events
February 1, 2010 – “Education in Arizona Can Compete Globally If…”
Don Burton, President of Dunlap-Stone and Int’l Import-Export Institute
Special Update on AZ Education by Suzanne Taylor, Sr VP Public Policy, AZ
Chamber
Special Update on Thunderbird School of Global Management by Erin Wilson
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January 11, 2010 – “Manufacturing in Arizona Can Compete Globally If…”
Phil Clouse, President and Stanton Knight, Director of Manufacturing
MTD Products and MTD Southwest, Chandler, Arizona
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December 7,
2009 – “Hola Arizona: Technology Business Accelerator (TechBA)”
Haru Yamasaki, CEO of TechBA,
Hector Correa of
Orinoco Systems. Leonardo Hernandez (Grupo Hergo), Arturo Freydig (ECN
Automation) and Maryanne Weiss (Gustare Ltd and Greater Phoenix SCORE)
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Here for Story and Pictures
November 2, 2009 – “Finding and Serving Clients from Arizona”
Jon Enwiller, Executive Director of The AIT Group, Shashi Jasthi, President
of Solugenix Corporation and Susan Cordts, CEO of Adaptive Technologies, Inc
(ATi)
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October 5, 2009 - "Raising Arizona: Growing Globally - A Status Report"
Rod Miller, CEO at The Jiao Group
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September 17-18, 2009 – US-Asia Expo Arizona. Presented at the Camelback
Inn in Scottsdale, Arizona.
August 3, 2009 – Nurturing Sustainability in Arizona: a Panel Discussion
with Bob Shatz, Ron Richman and Rich McKinney (ITDC), Dee Harris (Arizona
Angels) and Chet S. Ross (SCORE).
At Greekfest in Phoenix
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June 26, 2009 – Homerun Networking Event: w/ Phoenix CEO-CFO Group and ACG
Arizona; Featuring Cullen Maxey, SVP of the Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks versus Anaheim Angels
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June 1, 2009 - Panel Discussion: Omar Sayed, CEO of Succeed Corporation; Lon
Safko, Author of The Social Media Bible; Vijay Kapoor, CEO of TCC247; Robert
Wilkinson, CEO of Abacus 247
“Growing Globally on the Internet”
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May, 2009 - Panel Discussion: John Balfour, President of Perfect Power;
Patrick O’Grady, Technology Reporter for the Phoenix Business Journal; Chris
Camacho, VP of Business Development for Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)
“Global Solar in Arizona: The Future’s So Bright, If…”
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April, 2009 - Panel Discussion: Norman E. Clarke, Sr. Managing Partner of
Windstone Capital; Carlos Emmermann, International Banking at Sonoran Bank
NA; Chet S. Ross, Director of SCORE Arizona and Chair, Greater Phoenix
SCORE; and Sy Rotter, Founder and President of Washington Liason Office
“Funding Your Global Growth”
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March, 2009 - Jeff Morhet, Chairman and CEO of InNexus Biotechnology
“Building Biotech: The Science of Doing Business Internationally”
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February, 2009 - Colin Christie, CEO of MxSecure
”Doing Business in Asia: Crossing the Cultural Divide”
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January, 2009 - “AZIGG Global Business Fair”
A unique walking tour of local government and business resources that help
companies grow globally. Hosted by Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P.
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December, 2008 - Panel discussion featuring 5 top executives: Dave Rice, CEO
of TrueCloud, Abhay Jajoo, Managing Director of Eupath, Cliff Schertz,
President and CEO of Tiempo Development, Sharad Mankapure, Director of
BizLogic Technologies and Sarit Kommineni, CEO of SLK Holdings
”Scaling Your Business Internationally”
November, 2008 - Panel Discussion: Jon Hobgood (Honeywell) and faculty and
management from Thunderbird School of Global Management
“Education Supports International Growth”
Joint Program with the Phoenix Alumni Chapter of the Thunderbird
October, 2008 - Rod Miller, Vice President of International Economic
Development
Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)
“Annual State of the State – How Are We Doing Internationally"”
Click here for Rod’s Presentation.
August, 2008 - Panel Discussion: Gunnar Light (Melbourne IT), Oystein Konsmo
(The York Group) and Joe Gold, Global Sales Exec
“Growing
Sales Globally – The Ins, Outs and In-Betweens”
Location: Headquarters of Kahala Corporation, Scottsdale
July, 2008 - Derrick Hall, President of the Arizona Diamondbacks
Networking with the Diamondbacks at Chase Field
June, 2008 - Panel Discussion: Omar Sayed (Succeed), Steve Hill (Kyocera
Solar) and Niels Chris Jorgensen (Center for Modern Design)
“Going Global: Risks and Rewards”
Joint Program with the Scottsdale Chamber
May, 2008 - John Barry, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
“Here’s How Arizona Can Win Globally”
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April, 2008 - Roger Philips, Concordia University
Author of Guide to Software Export: A Handbook for International Sales
“Growing Your Business Internationally: Where Do I Start"”
March, 2008 - Panel Discussion on Creating Cross-Cultural Success
Lisa Koss, International Advantage
Dr. Jean McFarland, Fifth Dimension Strategies
Cory Kahabka, Absotively
“Establishing a Great Company Culture for International Success”
February, 2008 - Susan Shultz, Global Practice Leader – Board of Directors
Practice, Partner,Oakbridge inc./SSA Executive Search International Ltd
Board Chair, Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations
CEO, The Board Institute
“Creating Global Connections for Success”
January, 2008 - Omar Sayed, Founder and CEO
Succeed Corporation (#50 fastest-growing US company in Inc.500)
”You Can Succeed in Arizona – A Global Story”
December, 2007 - Donna Kent, Senior Vice President of Global Services
Televerde
”Growing Beyond Our Borders”
Click here for Donna Kent’s Presentation
November, 2007 - Lee Knowlton, President of International
Kahala Corp
”The Why and How of Going International”
October, 2007 - Rod Miller, Vice President of International Economic
Development
Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)
”Prospects for Future Growth”
Click here for Rod Miller’s Presentation
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