Going Global-international interviews

interview with Terry Tierney, who spent 8 months investigating business opportunities in Iraq

interview with David Laverty, Managing Principal of International Counsel on legalities of overseas expansion

interview with Dr. Edward Hamburg, former CFO of SPSS on taking SPSS global

interview with Dr. Kai Lucks, formerly of Siemens AG, & currently the president of the German Federal M&A Association and the CEO of the Merger Management Institute on German & European mergers & acquisitions

interview with Minister Ahmed Omar Gagale on the state of business in the transitional government in Somalia, their free-market economy, inputs to help rebuild infrastructure.

interview with Modularis founder and president A.J. Singh on going global, working with Microsoft, case studies.

Interview with Chief Executive Tom Stern & Executive Vice President Rumi Kuli of optionsXpress International on entering different markets, regulatory hurdles, servicing customers internationally

Interview with Kevin Gingerich, Director of Marketing Services for Bosch Rexroth on world-wide lean manufacturing

Interview with Tom Levesque, Vice President of NanoInk’s NanoFabrication Division on working with global distributors

Interview with C. Perry Yeatman, author of the book Get Ahead by Going Abroad on living/working abroad

Interview with Lih-Tah Wong, Pres. of Computer Mail Serivces on whether or not we should filter e-mail coming into the US

Interview with World Trade Center Illinois (WTCI) Chairman Neil F. Hartigan along with World Trade Center Illinois director of trade services Bilal Ozer to discuss how they’re helping small to medium-sized businesses and encouraging trade.

Interview with Cor Hersbach, deputy consul general of the kingdom of the Netherlands on helping Dutch firms in the US

Interview with Richard Longworth, the author of Caught in the Middle, the former lead foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and is now a fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Interview with Geoffrey Kasselman founder & president of Op2mize on security advancements & technology durability in Asia

Interview with Geoffrey Kasselman founder & president of Op2mize on research findings from his National Assn. of Realtors sponsored trip to Asia

Interview with John Kamperschroer Vice President of Marketing Opportunity International on international partnerships

Interview with John Kamperschroer Vice President of Marketing Opportunity International on microfinancing & technology

Interview with Jim Bergamini, Pres/CEO of Daitan Labs on working with Brazilians

Interview with Jim Bergamini, Pres/CEO of Daitan Labs on current & next-generation telecom

interview with Ralph Strozza, Pres/CEO of Interpro Translation Solutions on translation tools, changes in localization, & translations costs-part 2

interview with Ralph Strozza, Pres/CEO of Interpro Translation Solutions on intercultural translation issues-part 1

interview with Tom Mitoraj, Director of Wimax business development @ Motorola on wimax worldwide

interview with Bob Meltzer, Pres/CEO of VisaNow (www.visanow.com) on high-tech worker immigration

interview with Tom Bartkoski, International Director @ World Business Chicago (www.worldbusinesschicago.com) on economic development/attracting foreign direct investment to Chicago

interview with George Filley, VP of Product Management @ Navteq (www.navetq.com) on internationalizing digital mapping

interview with Christos Fotiadis, Pres/CEO of ProtoGroup (www.protogroup.net) on expanding his technology business in Japan

interview with Mike Jakob, COO of Sportvision (www.sportvision.com) on new technologies for world sports broadcasting

interview with Scott Lang, Managing Director of City Capital Advisors on international mergers & acquisitions of small & medium-sized businesses

interview with Steve Pazol, President & CEO of nPhase, www.nphase.com, (which has since been aqcuired by Qualcomm) on m2m technologies in India & throughout the world

interview with David Weinstein, President, & Kapil Chaudhary, Director, of Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center on outsourcing software development to Russia

interview with Adarsh Arora, President & CEO of Lisle Technology Parnters (www.lisletech.com) on outsourcing software development to India

interview with George Deeb, Pres./CEO of iExplore.com on international adventure travel

interview with John Janowiak, Managing Director of the International Engineering Consortium (www.iec.org) on telecom trade association expanding internationally

interview with Steve Miller, principal @ Origin Ventures www.originventures.com & former owner/manager of Quill office products on distribution in Canada

interview with Bob Okabe, founder & managing director of the RPX Group www.rpxgroup.com on international finance

interview with Doug Cogswell, CEO of Advizor Solutions www.advizorsolutions.com on international expansion

interview with Alex Golod, VP-Biz Dev @ www.intetics.com about outsourcing software development to Minsk Belarus & Kharkiv, Ukraine.