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ICCI is the only international, non-profit, independent certifying body for the career services industry. It ensures that the expertise and experience of those who provide career services to the buying public meet appropriate standards, as evaluated and verified by recognized leaders of the profession.
Global Ambassadors are selected by acclamation of the Board of Governors and include recognized leaders in business, government and academia, as well as career services, who share insights and information, discuss issues and provide input related to the global marketplace to enhance the work of the Institute.
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 Kathy H Blanton, CMFBrentwood, TN USA 615 837 2897 kathyhblanton@regencycg.com |
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 Ismael Ajzenszlos, BBABuenos Aries, Cap. Fed. Argentina +5411 4702 5636 careerscoaching@gmail.com |
 Robin BallHong Kong China 852 2817 6807 rball@oipartners.net |
 John Fitzgerald, CMFDublin Ireland +353 (0)1 894 2616 john@harmonics.ie |
 Hans FiedlerBrucknerstrasse 4/3 A-1040 Wien Austria +43 (0)1 236 6538 Hans.Fiedler@placementgroup.at |
China Gorman, CMF Las Vegas, NV USA 720 232 9935 chinagorman@hotmail.com |
 Bruce Gregory, CMFMelbourne Australia 1 300 133 812 bruce@cfscm.com |
 Jutta König, CMFLoosdrecht The Netherlands 00 31 35 577 9975 j.konig@vanede.nl |
Spencer Liles, CMF Cincinnati, OH USA 1 513 768 6500 liles@promarkoi.com |
 Bruncha M Milaszewski, MA, CMFAbu Dhabi UAE 971 50 561 5497 brncha@hotmail.com |
 Ashok NarainNew Delhi India +91 9810530099 connectwithashok@gmail.com |
Dave Opton Norwalk, CT USA 1 800 637 3126 dopton@execunet.com |
Maribeth D. Renne, CMF Medford, NJ USA 1 609 953 8853 Maribeth@MaribethDRenneCMF.com |
 John TaylorMexico City Mexico 011 52 55 5661 2664 Jtaylor@transitionandchange.com |
Jean Erickson Walker, CMF Portland, OR USA 503 221 8747 jeanwalker@aol.com |
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Ismael Ajzenszlos, BBA
Buenos Aires, Cap. Fed. Argentina
+5411 4702-5636
careerscoaching@gmail.com
Ismael Ajzenszlos is the Partner Director of Ajzenszlos & Associates an Argentine consultancy firm founded in 2008 (www.careercounseling.com.ar), devoted to Careers Planning, Coaching and Outplacement programs. He personally sponsored almost 300 Outplacement or executive and professionals Coaching programs in Argentina, Bolivia, Equator and Uruguay. In 2003 introduced in Bolivia the Outplacement practices.
He began to work on the Outplacement and Career Planning fields in 1990, as Senior Consultant at CM Cristina Mej as, who introduced the Outplacement programs in Argentina (then as representative of DBM).
Ismael is a former Director of Schein Transitions Advisors, a leading Argentina consultancy firm, he helped to found in 2001, having previously held for almost 18 years, directorial or managerial positions in Human Resources, at Revlon, Sherwin Williams, Levi Strauss, Exxon, Castelar, and Listas Argentinas, all local branches.
Updated his training in Outplacement and Career Planning techniques, as member of Career Net International, at SKP (www.skp-ag.com), a leading German Outplacement and Coaching consultancy firm in 2001 and 2005.
Being a former oilman he performed as Communications and Training Director at the IAPG (Argentine Oil and Gas Institute (www.iapg.org.ar) the leading technical forum supported by most of the oil and gas companies.
Has teaching experience as Associate Professor to the career of Industrial Relations at the Argentine University of Enterprises (UADE), and as head of Esso SAPA (Exxon) Training department. Also held many seminaries and workshops at official and private Argentine professional institutions.
Member of the Association of Career Professionals International since 1990, he served as member of its World Council member from 2001 to 2007, and as President of its Argentina Chapter from 2002 to 2008.
Ismael has traveled extensively - throughout Argentina and Latin America - addressing business, professional and corporate groups on topics related to leadership, successful career management through change, performing also at different panels of ACP Int l Conferences in the US and Canada. In 2009 he become an International Member of the Association for Coaching (UK) (www.associationforcoaching.com).
A native of Argentina, Ismael earns a GBA (Graduated in Business Administration) from the Pontifical Catholic University in Argentina. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, authored several articles on Argentina newspapers and magazines, and an Outplacement manual (in Spanish) Manual de Reubicaci n Laboral , private edition, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995, planning its reediting in 2012.
Robin Ball
Hong Kong CHINA
Managing Partner, MDS OI Partners
852 2817 6807 Hong Kong Office
86 10 6463 0800 Beijing Office
Skype ID: robinball1
Robin Ball has over 30 years experience of both managing operations and developing people. Following a first career in the Royal Navy, he specialised in Human Resource Development and worked in a range of industries from oil services to travel. He founded MDS in Hong Kong in 1995, followed by MDS OI Partners (part of the world's largest career consulting partnership) in 1998.
In the last 10 years MDS has grown into a specialist supplier of leadership training and executive coaching programmes. Robin is the MBTI lead trainer for the region and MDS became the Representative Office for Consulting Psychologists Press (Asia Pacific) in 2000. The company opened its Beijing office in 2002, became a centre of excellence for the LEA 360 in 2005, and the China distributor for the Miller Heiman sales training programmes in 2009. The company now has leadership trainers and executive coaches in more than 12 cities in the region.
Robin is a specialist trainer and coach for senior management teams. He has a particular focus on leadership and teambuilding for top teams and is an expert in cross-cultural management. He is also an experienced facilitator of strategy retreats and conferences and a skilled facilitator of experiential learning exercises.
Robin works with global companies operating in Greater China. His clients include Deloitte, Microsoft, DHL Logistics, HSBC and many others.
Robin has a first degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Leeds and has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Beijing. He has a Post-graduate Diploma in HRD from South Bank University (London) and a Master of Management degree in HRM from Macquarie University (Sydney). He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK) and the Institute of Human Resource Management (HK). Robin is a certified practitioner of the following instruments:
Kathy H Blanton, CMF
Brentwood, TN USA
Chair, Global Ambassadors
The Regency Group, a CPI firm
615 837 2897
kathyblanton@regencycg.com
Skype ID: kathy.blanton
Whether coaching individuals and groups, or consulting with Fortune 500 companies, Kathy Blanton inspires her clients to optimal performance through her conviction that empowered, career self-direction not only lengthens the employee life-cycle but significantly impacts total life/career satisfaction.
With more than 15 years in the career management field, Kathy has held positions that encompass key membership of the executive leadership team with Spherion Human Resource Consulting as well as Regional and Managing Consultant roles with Spherion and Enterchange. As Principal of Regency Consulting Group, she continues to carry out her passion by influencing individuals and organizations through life, career and workplace effectiveness strategies.
Kathy has served on the ICCI Board of Governors since 2005, holds an M.Ed in Human Development Counseling from Vanderbilt University and a BA in Psychology from the University of South Carolina. She and her husband, Steven live in Brentwood, Tennessee, adjacent to Nashville.
Hans Fiedler
Brucknerstrasse 4/3
A-1040 Wien Austria
office: +43 (0)1 236 6538
mobil: +43 (0)676 616 9207
Hans.Fiedler@placementgroup.at
www.placementgroup.at
During and immediately after university Hans Fiedler spent some years in Hungary where he worked as an interpreter and sociologist and as a consultant in reorganizational projects. Following a first career in retail in Hamburg, Hans specialised in Human Resources Development in 1989 and has been in the Career Services Industry ever since. He started as a researcher and later became a consultant with Boyden, one of the leading international executive search firms. In 1992 he relocated with his family to Austria where he set up and ran the Partner Relations Department and a Training Academy for a German mineral oil company in Vienna. Part of his role was Organizational Consulting for the headquarters of his company. Since 1999 Hans is self-employed. As a trainer his topics are Sales Training, Assessment Centers, Communication and Recruiter Training. In 2000 he started to work as consultant and coach in Career Transition and Executive Coaching. Since 2004 he is a "Global Partner" of LEE HECHT HARRISON in Austria. His company -placementgroup-operates as an outplacement and executive coaching boutique for middle and upper management.
Hans has a degree in Social Sciences ( Diplom-Sozialwirt ) from the University of G ttingen. He lived and worked in Germany, Hungary and Austria. Hans is trained in Human Resources by the DGFP (German Society for Human Resources Leadership). He is a certified practitioner of the Management Research Group`s Leadership Effectiveness Analysis . Hans is currently a Member of the Board of ACP International.
John Fitzgerald, CMF
Dublin Ireland
Director, Harmonics Dublin
+353 (0)1 894 2616
john@harmonics.ie
John is one of Ireland s leading career coaches and specializes in working with professionals being made redundant from corporate Ireland. www.harmonics.ie
John Fitzgerald set up Harmonics in 2006, but comes with 10 years experience as a career coach. Harmonics help individuals within organizations and private individuals to grow and develop their careers. The business now has 7 full time people and 14 associate career coaches nationwide. John has facilitated hundreds of career workshops and coached over 300 people on one to one programmes through career change in the last 10 years when they were faced with redundancy or unemployment. His work has consistently shown him that each individual has the ability and talent to transition their careers but few have the belief. John s view is that for Ireland to recover we all have to develop a self employed mindset . We have to become Leaders of our own career direction whatever the circumstances and build new futures even if we see little hope on the horizon.
John's company Harmonics work with corporate clients such as O2, Diageo, Musgrave, Superquinn, Jacob Fruitfield, Danone, Tyco ,Mercer and Carphone Warehouse when they make people redundant. John s has written Managing Your own Career and Self Marketing for Success which are used by participants on Harmonics Career Transition Programmes . John is a passionate public speaker and his work on career change is regularly featured in the media and he has contributed to The Tubridy Show, The Pat Kenny Show, Matt Coopers Show The Last Word and Gareth O Callaghan on 4 FM. He recently featured on The Afternoon Show s Career Clinic series over a series of weeks. John has just finished filming an observational documentary series where he career coaches 6 unemployed people over a six month period. The programme Rising after Redundancy will air in early May 2010 and will be shown on RTE One as a 6 week series. John feels this programme will show the viewing Irish public, there is hope but that career change is not an instant quick fix and needs huge determination. John has recently been commissioned to write his first book on career change which will be published in October 2010.
China Gorman, CMF
Las Vegas, NV USA
720 232 9935
chinagorman@hotmail.com
China Miner Gorman is the Chief Global Member Engagement Officer of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world s largest association devoted to human resource management.
SHRM s mission is to serve the needs of human resource (HR) professionals by providing the most current and comprehensive resources, and to advance the profession by promoting HR s essential, strategic role in business success. The Society, which was founded in 1948, represents more than 250,000 individual members in over 140 countries, and has a network of more than 575 affiliated chapters in the Untied States, as well as offices in China and India.
For more than 25 years, China has held strategic leadership roles in the human capital services industry. Her expertise in business strategy, market-share growth and new business development has enabled her to successfully lead organizations through turnarounds and rapid growth cycles, as well as through business slowdowns, with exceptional results.
Prior to joining SHRM, China was president of DBM North America and had overall management responsibility for selling and delivering human capital transition services to DBM clients and customers in the United States and Canada.
Before DBM North America, China served as Chief Operating Officer and then president of Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), a global leader in providing career transition, leadership development and career management consulting services. China led the global operations for this $250 million division of Adecco, which became the performance leader in its industry. During her tenure, China established LHH s first global strategy leading to the expansion of its European operations, and led the establishment of the industry s first virtual delivery capability.
China has traveled extensively throughout the United States and abroad addressing business, professional and corporate groups on topics related to leadership, successful career management and leading organizations through change. She currently serves on the boards of the Chicago-based Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), Jobs for America s Graduates (JAG), and the SHRM Foundation.
A native Midwesterner, China earned a bachelor s degree from Principia College in Elsah, Ill. She has completed significant post-graduate work in Organizational Development.
Bruce Gregory CMF, MAICD, FAITT (Life)
Melbourne Australia
Chairman, Human Capital Holdings Pty Ltd
1 300 133 812
bruce@cfscm.com
Founder and CEO of C-F-S Career Management, recently appointed a Career Management Fellow, CMF by the Institute of Career Certification International, ICC. A pioneer in the career management field, Bruce's interest in mentoring and career planning developed from his association with The Australian Institute of Travel & Tourism (A.I.T.T.) as President during the late 1980's and early 1990's. During this time he was the senior marketing and sales executive at P&O Cruises and Resorts in Australia.
In 2005, he was appointed Australian President of the Global Association of Career Professionals International (ACPI), the World's Voice on Career Issues www.acpinternational.org.
A long serving National Chairman, Australian Institute of Travel & Tourism, a peak professional body, Bruce was the driving force behind licensing and training standards, together with The Australian Federation of Travel Agents. This was later formalised as the Australia Travel Training Review Council, of which Bruce was a director. In 2000 he was elevated to Life Member.
Bruce became a Trustee of CEDA (Committee on Economic Development of Australia) in 2004. He is a past member of the NSW State Ministerial Advisory Task Force and was an active board member of NSW Division of Tourism's peak body, Tourism Council of Australia, from the mid 1980's. Bruce pursued a training and mentoring career path on retiring from his senior executive role in a multinational company in 1993, to commence a new career path in Shipping, Telecommunications and finally Human Resources where he specialises in Headhunting, Executive Coaching and Career Management and Career Restructuring.
He spent two years in "Communications" learning about IT and Telco, and also enhancing his mentoring skills at the beginning of Telco deregulation. In 1998 he joined another career management company in Sydney, prior to creating Careers First Step. Careers First Step the forerunner to C-F-S Career Management was created in late 2000, principally to assist graduates find their career paths and actually achieve their goals. Bruce acknowledges the competitive nature of the Global job markets by launching a series of E-Career Training Programs to cater to those who require complete discretion and full support to make a transition. This service has been expanded to provide assistance to new arrivals who want to prepare before departing their homeland, individuals who are remote to local office and expatriates who want to make a seamless transition into the Australian job market.
Jutta König, CMF
Loosdrecht The Netherlands
Clinical Psychologist
Oud Loosdrechtsedijk 274A,
1231NK Loosdrecht,
The Netherlands
00-31-35-577-9975
movingexperience@planet.nl
j.konig@vanede.nl
Jutta König was born in Washington DC, has a German passport and lived as a child in France, Australia, Zimbabwe, Germany and the Netherlands. She studied clinical psychology at Leiden university in the Netherlands and did her postgraduate psychotherapy training in Germany.
She started her career developing a four year doctor patient communication curriculum at the University of Maastricht. Then developed a two year postgraduate curriculum for health managers and a four year curriculum in the upcoming field of organisation and information technology. In 1985 she started her own company, Moving Experience , living and working as a psychotherapist, coach and consultant in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Singapore.
On returning from Asia she started working as a psychologist and coach with van Ede and Partners, the oldest career consultancy company in the Netherlands and is currently finishing her PhD on bicultural identity.
Van Ede and Partners published her bilingual (English/Dutch) book of case studies called Birds of Passage/Trekvogels in 2008, in which career coaches describe their growing awareness of intercultural complexity while coaching clients from different cultural backgrounds. She is married and has three children, of which the youngest has just started at university and the older two are starting their own careers.
Spencer Liles, CMF
Cincinnati, OH USA
Promark/Ol Partners
1 513 768 6500
liles@promarkoi.com
Career History
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Certifications
Education
MBA, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Univ. of South Carolina
Bruncha M Milaszewski, MA, CMF
Abu Dhabi UAE
Training and Workforce Development Consultant
Certified Level A and B Workplace Assessor
Capita -Global FZE
971 50 561 5497
brncha@hotmail.com
Bruncha Milaszewski holds the position of General Manager, Consulting and Training for Capita-Global FZE, and serves as a Senior Consultant, Assessor and Trainer for the organization.
Bruncha has 15 years of workforce development experience at tertiary level educational institutions both in the USA and the UAE. She has designed and delivered specialized training in leadership capacity building, soft skills, job search, resume writing and interviewing skills.
Previous to her time in the higher education sector, Ms Milaszewski was the owner of CareerCrafters, a career management consulting firm the USA and provided her service to 2 major outplacement firms in Texas, USA. Not only has she has designed and managed career centers for major organizations, she specialized in offering personalized attention to fresh graduates and career changers to help find then find both success and satisfaction in the world of work. Bruncha is a Fellow Practitioner of the Institute of Career Certification International in the USA.
She holds a master degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis on how people and organizations cope with the changing nature of work globally. She holds a certification as a Level A and B Workplace Assessor from the British Psychological Society and has been providing psychometrics assessments leadership development programs and career education and job search assistance to both the government and private sectors in the both GCC and the MENA regions.
Ashok Narain
New Delhi India
+91 9810530099
connectwithashok@gmail.com
Ashok Narain has over 30 years of business management, human resources and consulting experiences. His corporate experiences have included a mix of progressive family run businesses as well as bluechip multi-nationals such as DCM, India Today, Bandag, Nestle and PepsiCo. His last corporate assignment was with PepsiCo as Executive Vice President – Human Resources, South Asia Business Unit operations. He is currently a Career Coach.
Ashok has worked closely with premium organizations such as Nestle and PepsiCo in the areas of Talent Search, HR Strategy, People Processes and Capability Development. He has been an integral member of several global task forces, whose initiatives led to remarkable results at the organizational, process and individual levels. He is recognized as a influential thought leader, skilled in defining the big picture and inspiring action at the tactical level.
He has been an accredited global trainer on HR Best Practices with PepsiCo and was nominated on several global PepsiCo HR Task Force Committees for design and delivery of Best Practice Tools and Programs.
As a Coach, he provides career and personal development coaching to help professionals clarify their directions and be more successful at work and in their personal lives. His clients include, students, executives and senior professionals who are seeking more effective career and life strategies. Ashok speaks to audiences about personal and professional development, business growth, and inspires people with new approaches to today's challenges. As a facilitator, he leads sessions that are designed to address career and life direction issues, as well as motivate members to make lasting changes, take immediate action and increase their effectiveness. Specialties include coaching professionals in transitioning to new career opportunities, leadership skills development and executive search.
David B. Opton
Norwalk, CT USA
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, ExecuNet
1 800-637-3126
Skype ID: Dave41039
David Opton is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of ExecuNet (www.execunet.com), the leading Internet-based center for executive career management.
Since founding ExecuNet in 1988, Mr. Opton has used his 40+ years of experience in Human Resources to develop and grow what has become the nation's premier career and business network for executives and senior managers with salaries above $150,000.
Headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, ExecuNet has served more than 450,000 executives from around the world. Currently, more than 15,000 companies and executive recruiters use ExecuNet to list over 25,000 executive job postings annually. In addition to these postings, ExecuNet also provides the latest information on salaries and market trends; and publishes three newsletters covering the latest tips, tactics, strategies, and resources for executive career management, and member networking.
Prior to founding ExecuNet, Mr. Opton served as Vice President of Personnel for Sterling Drug International, an operating unit of 14,000 employees and over $1 billion in revenue.
From 1971 to 1983, Mr. Opton held several executive positions in Xerox Corporation s domestic, international, and corporate operating units.
A widely recognized executive career management expert, Mr. Opton is regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Fast Company, and other leading business publications.
Mr. Opton received his BA from Indiana University. He is a former President of the New Haven Jaycees and has served on the Board of Trustees for the Hopkins School in New Haven.
Maribeth D. Renne, CMF
Medford, NJ USA
1 609 953 8853
Maribeth@MaribethDRenneCMF.com
Maribeth D. Renne, C.M.F., a Leadership Coach and internationally certified Career Management Fellow, brings more than 15 years experience coaching and empowering individuals on paths to greater career and leadership success.
With 25 years of accomplishment in the corporate and non-profit sectors, Maribeth has collaboratively directed professional teams in providing coaching and counseling services and in ensuring effective operations and quality standards, and has developed and led various career development seminars, meeting the varied needs of individuals as they move up to next levels in their careers.
She is Past-President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Career Professionals International (ACP International), and Chairman of the Career Management Committee for Tri-State Human Resource Management Association (Tri-State HR). She is a 2009 Delaware Valley HR Person of the Year Nominee. Her practice is headquartered in Medford, NJ, and she serves the Greater Philadelphia, Manhattan, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware regions.
John Taylor
Mexico City Mexico
Director, Transition and Career Management SA de CV
011 52 55 5661 2664
jtaylor@transitionandchange.com
John Taylor is a successful business executive with broad experience in strategic and hands-on management and consulting in different countries and industries, always focused on profitable business results achieved through team and colleague development.
He established two consultancy and training firms, Transition and Change Management and Transition and Career Management, jointly TCM , where he acts as President and Sr. Coach. TCM is a proud member of OI Partners, Inc. and exclusively represents The Innis Company, experts in Transition and Career trends.
John is a bilingual and seasoned bicultural coach and currently heads the TCM team in developing and implementing practical coaching solutions. He also works with executives and companies facing difficult transitions. He has worked with many executives in transition and is well versed in the corporate environment and can readily link coaching initiatives to specific business needs. Coaching assignments have included Avaya ,Cadbury ,Coca Cola, Fedex, Nutrilite Inc, Pfizer, Grupo Kuo S.A. de C.V and the University of Monterrey (ITESM) among others.
At Warner Lambert Co. John had a successfully extensive career, where he dramatically improved the level of Financial and IS/IT business support in various country assignments, relocated and fully integrated two previously stand-alone consumer businesses, supported various business initiatives namely the launching of new products, and the expansion of confectionery distribution using third party brand distribution.
John was appointed WL integration coordinator for the Pfizer acquisition taskforce in Italy, he was selected and trained as part of the WL leadership initiative working in a multinational and discipline group on major global Pharmaceutical business issues, and he successfully promoted colleague development in Finance and IT in Italy through targeted hiring, talent identification, and early in role business experience.
At the start up WL office in Prague, he set up financial and legal activities for the Adams confectionery business in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and later Russia and facilitated the business start-up and major confectionery brand launches.
While working for WL in Mexico, John was in charge of marketing all Adams brands in Mexico, launching new products, devising and working on successful brand strategies, and was a key participant in a USA/Mexico product harmonization project.
John is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has a B.A. in Economics, Hons . Manchester University (Owens).
Jean Erickson Walker, CMF
Portland, OR USA
Past Co Chair, Global Ambassadors
503 221 8747
jeanwalker@aol.com
Skype ID: Jeangwalker
Jean Erickson Walker, Ed.D., CMF, has extensive experience in career management services gained over twenty years in Career Counseling, Leadership Development, Management Consulting and Outplacement. Her practice is focused on Executive Coaching and Leadership Team Development.
Jean has been internationally certified as a Career Management Fellow (CMF) since 1996 by ICCI and a past Co-Chair for the Institute's Global Ambassadors.
A featured presenter and keynote speaker providing insights and innovative strategies for turning today s workplace challenges into tomorrow's opportunities, she is also the author of The Age Advantage: Making the Most of Your Midlife Career Transition (Putnam/Penguin, Sept. 2000).
