Successfully achieved the establishment of international education programs between

Alberta�s learning institutions and China.

Extensive Chinese marketing knowledge, and business network on strategic planning.

Karen Cumming is a veteran communications professional and former TV reporter with Canwest Global in Canada. She has nearly 20 years of national media experience (both broadcast and print), and is also a certified teacher with years of solid facilitation experience. Her international work includes teaching in Qingdao, China, and volunteering in Calcutta, India with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, as well as with healthcare professionals in Central America. She has reported for TV, written and produced television newscasts and talk shows, reported, anchored and produced for radio, and has written for such national magazines as More, Oxygen, MoneySense, and Costco Connection. Her career in the media has helped her to develop a wealth of presentation skills so vital to the training field.
She also points to her experience as a successful financial consultant with Investors Group as a critical piece of the puzzle. Building her practice, she brought 1.2 million dollars in new business into the company in less than one year. As a result, she posseses a clear understanding of the importance of professional training in the corporate world.
Above all, Karen is a critical thinker capable of motivating others to achieve their very best.

15+ Years Industry Based Skills

Sales/General Management

Successful business development
Effective communication, customer relations; both internal and external
Logistics and transportation training; facilitation, sales and marketing training
Corporate financial statements and bank relations
Research, implementation and utilization of computer software programs
Proven business acumen with strong entrepreneurial spirit
Strategic customer database development

Operational and Logistics Management

Detailed Inventory audits, development and implementation of procedures
Quality Control Protocols
Corporate safety programs with WCB and OHSA COR compliance
Negotiate, monitor, and refine contracts; effective product sourcing
Procurement and system monitoring; ongoing vendor management
Development and implementation of operational and logistics strategies
Scheduling, staging and routing of equipment and personnel
Results driven a Activity Based Costingâ programs
Timely meeting of Provincial, Federal Legislative requirements
Define and deliver facility and fleet preventive maintenance programs
Effective equipment management including heavy and off road

Management and Supervisory

Direct supervision of cross-dock, expediting and forwarding
Overseeing and maintaining employee standards (100 employees)
Developing corporate and departmental policy and procedures
Beneficial carrier and vender negotiations
Continuous reporting with method improvement studies
Accurate cash flow and expenditure reporting
Feasibility studies and business analysis
Recruitment, investigation, hiring and termination of employees
Managed distribution centers
Sustainable project management

Industry Training: Allison, CAT, Cummins, Dupont, Freightliner, GM/Detroit, GMICT, Great Dane Trailers, Grote, Haldex, Hendrickson, Lode King Trailers, Meritor, Raymond, Volvo Trucks
Software Training Microsoft, Oracle, Seibel, Solomon, Syspro, Vertabase

Marwan Alkarout has over 10 years of experience in the Education field both as an Instructor and administrator. He lived and worked in Asia for a number of years in addition to travelling extensively throughout the region. He has a great deal of experience teaching international students both in an educational institution and company setting. Marwan Alkarout has attained B.Ed and M.A degrees, a CITP designation for International trade, a DACUM Certificate-Levels 1&2, a Business certificate and he is a published author of 2 English language books for the Korean and Chinese markets. He worked at NAIT as coordinator of Student Life managing Student Services, Students Residences and The Recreation Centre. Most recently, he was part of a business start-up importing and selling health products, on-line.

I am working in different area of business for the last 12 years. I have also worked in teaching and learning, which includes training the staff. My previous assignment with a not for profit organization provided me opportunities to work in teachers’ training, curriculum designing, school management, and other relevant areas. I have also worked as an education consultant & counsellor and taught and trained the students of English language including ESL and business administration.

Dr. Palza has more than 15 years of experience as a Consultant, Professor and Researcher. He has extensive experience in areas such as Business Management, Operations Management, MIS and Statistical Analysis.

As a consultant Dr. Palza has implemented Business and IT solutions for organisations as Nokia, Ericsson Research Canada, John Hancock (USA), NASA IV&V, World Bank, Bombardier (Canada), Cirque du Soleil (Canada), CGI Inc. (Canada), etc. Dr. Palza has taken in different roles and responsibilities: Director, Manager, Business Architect, and others.

He is Associate Professor at the Department of Software Engineering and Information Technology at « Université du Québec â�� Ã�cole de technologie supérieure ». Since 2009 Dr. Palza is working as Part Time professor at Telfer School of Management â�� University of Ottawa. Dr. Palza was also working as Part Time professor at « Ã�cole des sciences de la gestion â�� UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) », « Faculté d’Administration – Université de Sherbrooke ». Dr. Palza currently is imparting online courses at «University of New Brunswick (Canada) ».

Dr. Palza current research activities covers Artificial Intelligence applied to Management (Health, Finance, and Marketing), Business Intelligence (Data-Mining/Data-Warehouse), Statistics in Management, Performance Management, Project Management, IT Governance and Business Strategies. He has published several Books, Book Chapters and Articles in Journals and International Conferences. He is Editor Board in the Journal �International Journal of Information, Business and Management� , reviewer and Chair for International Conferences in Business Management and IT (CITSA , CCCT , RMCI , etc).

Actually Dr. Palza is conducting a Multidisciplinary Research Project in Health Informatics/Health Management. It is an International Project composed by Researchers and Students from Canada and Peru. The project interest is to predict diseases in newborns based on Pregnant Woman behaviours patterns applying Artificial Intelligence Models.

Dr. Palza is also a member of the ISO committee Working Group 24 of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7-ISO 29110 � Software Lifecycle Profiles for Very Small Enterprises. He is leading projects relating of IT best practices for Small Enterprises in Canada and South America: Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Puerto Rico.

Dr. Palza completed his PhD Degree with a concentration in IT Operations Management from U. du Québec – Ã�cole de technologie supérieure – Ã�TS (Canada), he earned a Master Degree in Software Engineering with a concentration in Performance Management from UQAM-Ã�TS (Canada), a Bachelor Degree in Computer Information Systems. Dr. Palza has certifications in Finance, Human Resources, Operations Management, as well as studies in Innovation Management, Procurement, Project Management, Marketing and E-Business.