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Thursday, April 21 - Friday, April 22
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Thursday, April 21, 2005:8:00 – 10:00 a.m. 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. 10:15 – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. 1:15 – 2:30 p.m. 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. 5:00 – 6:00 Dinner on your own in the RiverMarket District Friday, April 22, 2005:
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. W. Valdy Eichmann was born in Pyzdry, Poland and has also lived in Germany and Belgium. He currently resides in outside Conway. Valdy earned degrees at Harding University (BA in Biblical Studies) and the University of Arkansas (MA in French, MA in German and PhD in Comparative Literature). He speaks 5 languages and has taught several colleges and universities, including the University of Arkansas, Hendrix College, UCA, and Abilene Christian University, where he was Department Chair and Professor of French. He has extensive experience in foreign language translation and international business. Highlights of this experience include establishing and leading the Export Development Department at the European Office of the State of Arkansas in Brussels, Belgium; Serving as Director of Foreign Investments for the State of Arkansas; and has attended various seminars on import export, international investments, and shipping.
I. Barry Goldberg comes to leadership and executive coaching through years of strategic consulting and change leadership. With early exposure to global 2000 clients as Director, Business Development for The Naisbitt Group (chaired by bestselling Author of Megatrends and ReInventing the Corporation), Barry recognizes the importance of both organizational alignment and individual effectiveness. Barry has held top line revenue accountability for a global division of Hachette and the P/L for a global CRM solutions and strategy business unit for Alltel Information Services. Barry’s client assignments center on strategic alignment, sales effectiveness and leadership of complex multicultural change initiatives, including M&A, cultural change, strategic redirection, restructuring and major technology rollout.
Anthony McAdoo serves as the Director of Alumni Programs at the Arkansas Alumni Association. Anthony joined the Association in 2001 as the Assistant Director for Chapters & Communications after working four years in student recruitment and retention. In January 2003, he was promoted to Director of Alumni Programs. In this role, Anthony oversees all alumni and student programming and works with a team of seven staff members on chapters, constituent societies, special events, reunions, scholarships, student programming, young alumni, alumni career services, online community, alumni ambassadors and volunteer management. In 2002, he received the Jerry F. Tardy New Professional Award from the Council of Alumni Association Executives.
Renee McMillen is a graduate of UCA with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing. She has worked for Acxiom for the past 16 years in a variety of roles including accounts services, sales support, recruiting and human resources. Her current responsibilities include: immigration, expatriation, relocation and child care facilities liaison. Renee is active in the community: she is a graduate of the Faulkner County Leadership Institute, where she received the Dan Nabholz Leadership Award; she is a board member for HAVEN House, where she was volunteer coordinator for Toad Jam – one of HAVEN House's annual fund raisers; she is a board member and past president of the board for Big Brothers/ Big Sisters; she served as the United Way Campaign Chair for Acxiom Corporation; and she has served as the Faulkner County Youth Leadership Director.
R. David “Dave” Massery of Little Rock is an attorney and director of International Human Resources for Fidelity Information Services, Inc. Dave has performed human resources related work in numerous countries on six continents. He has spent the last eight years as the director of international human resources for Fidelity and it’s predecessor, Alltel Information Services, Inc. He also served for two years as the director of Human Resources for Winrock International, overseeing Winrock’s worldwide human resource operations. From 2000 to 2002, he served on the International Assignment Advisory Board of Deloitte Touche. Dave began his full time professional career at Systematics, Inc. twenty two years ago as a personnel specialist. He also previously worked in labor and employment relations for Pacific Gas and Electric Company in California and the US Department of Labor in San Francisco. He spent five years as the staff manager of employee relations at Alltel Corporation. During his free time, while working for Systematics and Alltel, Dave spent more than ten years as a volunteer, serving unemployed and underemployed workers and at-risk youth in Central Arkansas. He has served as chairman of the Little Rock Private Industry Council and as president of the Arkansas Territorial Restoration Foundation. Dave attended Boston College and the University of Hawaii before graduating from the University of San Francisco. He earned a master’s degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University and studied the Swedish employment and industrial relations system in Stockholm, Sweden during his graduate program. Dave attended night classes and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law while working for Systematics as a personnel specialist, computer programmer and supervisor. In his current role, he manages and directs an HR staff located on three continents. His staff is responsible for all of the organization’s international human resources activities, including the development of policies, procedures, training, benefits, compensation, payroll and staff retention.
John R. Yates is a native of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Arkansas in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 1997. While earning his law degree, he studied international law in Madrid, Spain with William and Mary College of Law and he is fluent in Spanish. He was a member of a Rotary International Foundation Group Study Exchange to Brazil in 2001 and is proficient in Portuguese. He is licensed to practice before the Arkansas Supreme Court and the Federal District Courts in Arkansas. Mr. Yates served as Chairman of the International and Immigration Law Section of the Arkansas Bar Association for four years. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law and is also a member of the Pulaski County Bar Association. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Yates worked for eight and a half years in politics and government. He positions included District Director for U.S. Congressman Vic Snyder and Executive Assistant to Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. He has also been active in community activities, including work with Volunteers in Public Schools and the Little Rock Sister Cities Commission. His wife, Charlotte, is an Instructor in the Physical Therapy Department at the University of Central Arkansas. His practice includes international and immigration law and general corporate matters.
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Doubletree Hotel PLEASE NOTE: Conference Room Rate is $91/night (ask for AACE Conference Rate). They are holding 10 rooms for Wednesday night (4/20) and 10 rooms for Thursday night (4/21). Conference rates are good if rooms are reserved by Wednesday, April 13th. Questions? Contact Allison Nicholas at Allison.Nicholas@acxiom.com. |