Topics: International Speakers Bureau, Inc. |
Fee Range: $20,001 to $30,000 (fee note) |
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 Biography: Mr. John A. Caslione is the founder and President & CEO of GCS Business Capital LLC (GCS), with offices in Chicago, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Milan. Founded in 2005, GCS is a mergers and acquisitions(M&A) advisor to US, European, Chinese and other Asian middle market companies seeking to globalize their businesses through mergers, acquisitions and strategic equity joint ventures. Prior to his founding of GCS, Mr. Caslione founded (1991) and served as President and CEO of Andrew-Ward International, Inc., an international management consulting firm specializing on assisting many US and Europe firms to globalize their businesses. Mr. Caslione has personally executed business development strategies in 87 countries on six continents including the US, Europe, China, India, Russia and CIS, Central Asia, the Middle East, Australia, SE Asia, South America and Africa for many companies, including ABB, Becton-Dickenson Biosciences, Caltex Lubricants, ExxonMobil Chemical Films, GE, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Philips N.V., RJ Reynolds Nabisco, Sandoz, and many more large and middle market firms. Mr. Caslione has serves as director and advisor for companies in the US, Europe and China, to assist companies of all sizes (including a special focus on small and medium size enterprises) to globalize their business, to provide financial investment advisory assistance to US and European firms seeking to develop their business in China, and to assist Chinese firms to grow and develop their businesses in the US and Europe. Mr. Caslione is highly sought after as an expert on the new global economy and global business development and speaks in many globally influential business forums. As an expert on business globalization and a leading emerging markets expert, Mr. Caslione frequently appears as a guest expert for CNBC Europe on its "Squawk Box" and "Morning Exchange" programs where he speaks on critical issues in developing global business, including in key emerging markets such as China and other markets in Asia. Mr. Caslione is a frequent keynote speaker, including as chairman of conferences, where he speaks on the new global economy and global business development in many forums including; the annual China Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference for the past three consecutive years, the Dubai Global Strategy Conference, and many private company events in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Mr. Caslione is a frequent guest lecturer at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, where he speaks to business executive in Kellogg's Global Initiatives in Management Program (GIM) on global marketing and business development, including in China, India and other markets in Asia. Mr. Caslione is also guest lecturer at many executive management events notable venues including the Institute for Management Development's (IMD) Program for Executive Development (Lausanne, Switzerland), IAE in Aix-en-Provence (France) and many others. Mr. Caslione has authored many articles on globalization and developing business globally. Mr. Caslione has written a monthly global business column for Chinese businesses in Expression Magazine, the in-flight passenger magazine (with readership of 20 million people each month) for Hainan Airlines, one of the largest airlines in China. Mr. Caslione has authored "Growing Your Business in Emerging Markets: Promise and Perils," (Greenwood Publishing), is considered to be a leading authoritative book on the globalization of business with a special focus on developing sales and distribution strategies in emerging markets. His book, "Global Manifest Destiny: Growing Your Business in a Borderless Economy," (Dearborn Publishing), is a practical how-to book for small and medium size firms with the desire to become true global companies and provides critical insights and a competencies roadmap for middle market companies to successfully compete in the global business environment. Mr. Caslione also has two books top-rated books published in China, "Going Global - How to Globalize Your Business" and "Developing Successful Global Sales and Distribution Channel Strategies" (Economy & Management Publishing House). These two practical how-to books focus upon critical issues for China's emerging global businesses seeking to develop successful business growth strategies to globalize their businesses. Mr. Caslione has earned his Bachelors of Science and MBA from the University of New York (Buffalo, USA) and his J.D. (Juris Doctor) from Chicago-Kent College of Law (Chicago, USA). Mr. Caslione is a founding member of Rotary International's first English-speaking international member club in Frankfurt, Germany in 2006. |
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Programs: Compete Against Price In The New Discount-Driven Global Marketplace-Regardless of Company Size. Create real Value-Added Strategies to sell your companies total organizational value versus just competing against price. Learn how to design your Companies Total Value Proposition. Complete Globally-Globalize Your Company or Expand Your Global Presence-Regardless of Company Size. Understand the road map needed to successfully globalize your company-to gain competitive advantage and successful top-line as well as bottom-line results. China and Chinese Competition-The NEW Opportunity. Create a road map on how US and European companies can capitalize on this very large opportunity. Learn what some forward-thinking leaders are now embracing-and that is, how to go global with China. New Topic: The Next Wave In Business Globalization: China Give Back-US Jobs and US Capital. Understand this new and growing trend, as China becomes Friend versus Foe in the eye of forward-thinking business leaders and politicians. A friendly China is now giving back US jobs and US capital by forming beneficial joint ventures, partnerships acquisitions with small and medium size enterprises. Compete Against Price In The New Disocunt-Driven Global Marketplace-Regarless of Company Size. Create real Value-Added Strategies to sell your companys total orgaizational value versus just competing against price. Learn how to design your Companys Total Value Propostition. |
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