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The directory below links to personal GUIDE Biographic
Profiles for participants in our Network such as service providers or
economic development organization
representatives.
We may also identify corporate executives (with their prior
consent as explained below) and other contacts of potential interest to the
executives we serve on a very selective basis.
There is a
further explanation below the listings
about this section.
Service providers are sorted by specialty,
followed by economic development officials sorted by geographic region. As this
directory grows, it will be divided into multiple pages and indexed by
specialty or location in the same manner as our other directories.
Suggestions are welcome.
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The Biographic Profiles will generally follow a standard
Template
for consistency, but we can also link to published biographies maintained on
the websites of their companies so that they can be updated easily at any
time.
The presence, absence, or position of any
individual on these lists does not
imply any endorsement or opinion about their services, nor by them about our
own.
The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives
or advisors who may be
unaware of such contacts, or how to reach them or their companies quickly.
We maintain thousands of contacts through our internal knowledgebase, and
can quickly find others through our research capabilities or contact
networks.
These are just the ones for which we can
openly share GUIDE Biographic Profiles at this time to highlight their
specialized capabilities for
convenient reference. |
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We specialize in personal, independent introductions to
relevant professional service providers such as business location strategy
consultants and our many economic development contacts according to the
project interests of the executives we serve.
Please
contact us to discuss such services or introductory referrals. |
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| Name (link to Biographic
Profile) |
Professional specialty |
Location |
Organization (link to Area or Service
Profile) |
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Solutions |
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Bruce Donnelly |
Relationship development, global
direct investment project support for executives (CRM, B2B) |
Chicago IL suburbs |
Global Direct Investment Solutions |
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Phil Eadon |
Technology business partnering.
InterTech
events Relationship
development among corporate investors and investment promotion agencies in
Europe |
Durham, Northern England |
service to Global Direct
Investment Solutions
previously Director of Marketing for the
County Durham
Development Co. in England. |
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Karen Donn |
Relationship development
among economic development agencies in the eastern USA and Canada, and corporate
market research work |
Boston, MA |
service to Global Direct
Investment Solutions |
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Credits and Incentives |
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Paul Marttila |
US and international
business location strategy and site selection, investment tax credits, and
incentives negotiations |
New York, NY |
Service
Profile - BDO Seidman - Business Location Incentives and Site Selection
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David Mayer |
Specializes in federal and state R&D tax credits, typically for companies
with over 100 employees up to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues.
The savings often range from several hundred thousand to millions of dollars
which can be obtained within a few months. |
New York, NY |
Service
Profile - alliantgroup |
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Location Consultants |
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Rene Buck |
Global location & incentives consulting
as an independent service,
with an emphasis on Europe (west and east) and Asia |
The Netherlands |
Buck
Consultants International |
| Ed McCallum |
Primarily US location
selection and incentives negotiation, with particular focus on southeast US
manufacturing projects |
Greeneville, SC |
McCallum Sweeney Consulting
www.mccallumsweeney.com |
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Dennis Donovan |
Global location &
incentives consulting, with an emphasis largely on the North American market |
New York metro area
(Bridgewater, NJ) |
WDG Consulting, LLC |
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Marcel De
Meirleir |
Global location &
incentives consulting as an independent professional service; formerly with
Ernst & Young and founder of Plant Location International |
Brussels suburbs |
Business Location
International, Belgium
www.businesslocationinternational.be/
see also
2006 book on
site selection |
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Bob Hess |
Location strategy, site
selection and incentives negotiation, economic development consulting; now
at Cushman & Wakefield. |
Rosemont, IL (Chicago
O'Hare airport area) |
Cushman & Wakefield -
Consulting Group |
| Jerry Szatan |
Site selection consulting
for industrial, office, R&D and other facilities |
Chicago, IL |
Szatan &
Associates
www.szatanassociates.com
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Robert Ady |
Site selection and
incentives negotiation, economic development consulting, public speaking on
above |
Chicago, IL |
Ady
International Company |
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Don Schjeldahl |
Global location & incentives consulting,
with an emphasis on the North American market, with optional engineering,
design, construction, and project implementation services, including factory
relocations, production processes, supply chain |
Cleveland, OH |
The Austin Company Facilities Location Services |
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Rhett Weiss |
Business location selection
and incentives negotiation, mainly in the US, with numerous clients from
Asia Pacific region. Financial modeling. |
Los Altos, CA |
DEALTEK,
Ltd. |
| Ron Ruberg |
Labor market analysis and
site selection such as for regional HQ's, call centers, R&D, data centers,
and other industrial, distribution, or office projects. |
West Long Branch, NJ |
Location Advisory Services |
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Project Management |
including
design, engineering, construction |
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| David Fite |
US full service design
build construction, particularly for distribution and industrial projects,
including architect, engineer, construction, project management and process
installation |
Jackson, Tennessee |
H+M Company,
Inc. - Survey |
| Trade
Promotion |
including
economic development services |
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| Russ Froneberger |
Services to economic development agencies
interested in ( 1) domestic and
international economic development (2) trade development, and (3) marketing
training and planning. |
Columbia, SC |
Global Consulting and
Affiliates |
| Economic
Development |
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Korea |
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Development |
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Australia |
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Development |
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Europe |
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| Economic
Development |
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US Northeast |
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John R. DiNapoli |
Business Development
Manager, Business Resource Center - supports new business and expansion
projects |
State of New Hampshire |
Division of Economic
Development - Article : Why NH? |
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Stephen Heavener |
Executive Director |
Concord, NH |
Capital Regional Development Council |
| Economic
Development |
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US Mid-Atlantic |
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| Phyllis M. Owens,
CEcD |
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Fayetteville, North
Carolina |
Cumberland County Business
Council -
Survey
Profile |
| Economic
Development |
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US Southeast |
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| Economic
Development |
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US Great Lakes |
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Mayor Charles Crowder |
Pro-business mayor in a
small southeastern Illinois community with international business
connections |
Flora, IL |
Flora Industrial Commission
- Survey |
| Terry Denison |
Two southern Illinois
counties near Springfield IL and St. Louis MO |
Jacksonville, Illinois |
Jacksonville
Regional EDC - Survey
Profile |
| Economic
Development |
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US North Central |
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Jonathan Krebs
(Jon) |
Executive Director |
Kearney, NE |
Buffalo County EDC |
| Economic
Development |
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US South Central |
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Development |
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US Mountain |
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| Economic
Development |
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US West
Coast |
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Development |
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Canada |
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Development |
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Mexico |
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Corporate Real Estate |
see also
professional associations |
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| Nick Criss |
Director, Industrial
Services, Mexico |
San Diego, California |
Cushman & Wakefield |
| Paul Caine |
Managing Director for Latin
America & Caribbean |
San Diego, California |
NAI Latin America &
Caribbean |
| Bob Hess |
Strategic location advisory
and supply chain services |
Rosemont, Illinois (Chicago) |
Cushman & Wakefield |
| Brian French |
Managing Director, for
corporate real estate services |
Toronto, Ontario |
NAI Canada |
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tax advisors,
bankers, M&A, insurance |
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Corporate Executives |
see
explanation below - most will remain unlisted |
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Corporate executives may also choose to be listed Executives who have
agreed to disclose their participation in the use of the services of
GDI Solutions, whether or not they are currently engaged in the planning
of any major projects, may also be listed here for free. Once
again, this can facilitate appropriate introductions and networking.
It isn't a resume listing service. |
B2B
Networking opportunities - open or private A listing may also facilitate networking
with peers at other firms, such as to share knowledge of "proven
solutions" or "lessons learned"
more directly, with links to any published feedback as may be appropriate.
It may identify areas of special interest to help peers recognize common
interests, as in
B2B partnering services. |
| Executives may
wish to make it easier for economic development professionals or service
providers to contact the most appropriate individuals at their firms, and
understand their respective roles and experience, or explain their expected
needs in general (or lack of them). This can include the highlighting
of potential areas of interest, even if no investment project in such areas
is foreseen at this time, as well as guidance about areas which are known to
be of no interest. For example, an executive may wish to clarify the
investment decision process and relevant contacts at the company to minimize inappropriate
approaches to that executive or other colleagues, which wastes time on both sides.
A Company Profile can instead
encourage contact from individuals whose capabilities may be relevant. |
If desired,
executives may also identify existing links, such as preferred service
providers (well-established relationships, outsourcing, etc.), as well as
the types of services which may be of interest in the future, such as to
invite enquiries from suitably qualified professionals for needs which may
be difficult to address. This is distinct from an
open request for
project support, as the needs may be more general in nature, and
unrelated to a specific investment project. For example, an executive
may be looking to identify professionals with market entry knowledge and
relevant contacts in China, even if no direct investment project is foreseen
yet. In effect, this can be a simple "wish list" feature to identify
unmet current or prospective needs for which relevant enquiries might
actually be welcome. |
| Note that as part of our GUIDE
Network research we may be familiar with the capabilities of many
individuals who will not choose to become active participants in our
services, or to be listed here. We should become more familiar with
the active participants in our GUIDE and SICR services through closer working
relationships. The Biographic Profiles mainly
introduce corporate executives or advisors to those contacts who support our
services, but we maintain many more contacts than these. Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional
contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish. |
The directory reflects only a sample of the
contacts we maintain or can quickly find through our networks or research.
These summaries of professional capabilities and experience by leading
specialists facilitate personal
introductory referrals to relevant firms and individuals among the executives
and advisors we serve.
As the lists grow, we will divide them into multiple pages for convenience,
while still making easy to browse through the list by specialty or location, rather than searching
a database
for a company or personal name - easily done by [Ctrl][f} - to find them. |
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The Biographic Profile content is provided by the
participants, and GDI Solutions does not accept liability for accuracy or
reliance on such information provided to us, although we try to maintain the
quality and consistency of the Profiles and expect all participant to
provide us with accurate information for this purpose. |
Please
contact us directly if interested in participating in this service,
or for details about other ways to share timely and actionable knowledge of capabilities to serve investors well
that we may prepare and
maintain an effective Biographic Profile and other GUIDE services. We don't need to know lots of details - just enough to identify
opportunities to make relevant and valuable introductions among our many
contacts. |
| Better knowledge of past experience makes it easier to
recognize relevant business opportunities, or to identify more opportunities
by asking the right questions on the basis of knowledge about project
planning issues or ways to add value for clients which might not have been
anticipated otherwise. Such detailed knowledge of capabilities and
experience, however, is generally of a more proprietary and confidential
nature, and is therefore not shared openly in this Biographic Profile. |
The minimal cost involved to
participate in this service supports the professional time and effort
required to maintain a closer working relationship and greater familiarity
with participant's capabilities (beyond the published summary in the Profile) so
that we will have better knowledge to determine when the introduction
of participants may be appropriate to the specific needs of a corporate
executive or business advisor. It also supports our work to prepare, publish, and maintain
such website content. |
| This is not a listing service for the resumes of
job-seekers. Knowledge of personal capabilities shared through this
section complements the knowledge we share of
organizational capabilities through GUIDE Service Profiles or Area Profiles. |
The GUIDE
Network Biographic Profiles and the separate but related GUIDE Area
Profiles or GUIDE Service Profiles are not free listings for participants,
but are free to users (corporate executives and advisors who may refer to
them here).
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illustrative examples above show how this directory will work.
Participants in our other GUIDE or SICR services may choose not to
participate in this voluntary service to make Biographic Profiles readily
available.
When applicable, there are links to related GUIDE Area
Profiles or Service Profiles, which describe organizational rather than
personal capabilities and experience. |
This is
intended to be a selective list for the convenience of the executives we
serve, so we will not agree to include a listing for anyone who is willing
to pay the fee. This is not an advertising service or professional
association directory. As it grows, we may restructure the list to
make it easier for executives and advisors to search for relevant contacts
quickly, as we do through our internal databases, but our focus is to make
relevant introductions privately, rather than through such a directory
listing. |
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