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The Team Ed Trost Ed Trost is Vice President of Business Development at Cultural Synergies. He has recently been involved in developing the e-learning division. He has a total of thirty years of professional experience, spanning sales, marketing, executive coaching, account management and sales/customer service training systems. He has consulted with a variety of companies, primarily in the hospitality, golf and health/fitness arenas, over the past two and a half years. Ed holds a Ph.D. in Education from UC Berkeley. He taught Sociology of Sport at San Jose State University as an Assistant Professor before leaving academia in 1980 to pursue a career in business. Previously, Ed was Regional Sales Manager for Learning International (formerly Xerox Learning Systems, now Achieve Global). He consulted with Fortune 500 companies to assist them in enhancing their sales and customer service organizations. From 1994-1996, Ed managed the Melbourne Australia operation for the Australian distributor of Learning International. He has also previously been VP of Sales for American Golf Corporation. He is now based in California. Vince Amato Vince Amato assists with program design and is also involved in developing the e-learning division at Cultural Synergies. He is an international business consultant in the fields of diversity training, corporate communications, professional development, writing, program design, case-based and experiential learning, multimedia and e-learning. He has developed proprietary developmental programs in the areas of Negotiation & Sales Skills, Coaching, Customer Service, Telemarketing and Personnel Evaluation, using unique immersion experience methodology and real life case studies. Vince has worked with a wide range of industries, including petrochemicals/utilities, technology, education, banking, automotive and media/communication. He is currently based in the US. Lisa Taliga Lisa is originally from London and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia in 1998. She assists with all facets of business support for Cultural Synergies. She has over eleven years of corporate experience in the UK, Germany and Australia as a Senior Executive Assistant in Investment Banking, Executive Recruitment and International Sales. She holds a BA (Hons) Degree in European Business Administration with German, having studied in London and Germany. Lisa has also travelled and worked in the Middle East, Asia and the US. Fiona Williams Fiona looks after all financial aspects of Cultural Synergies. She has worked as an accountant for the past 25 years and has extensive experience in private industry and public practice. She is currently studying for her CPA and Diploma in Financial Planning. Yoshie Nishimura-Weaver Yoshie, originally from Osaka, has lived in Australia since 1989 and has worked extensively in Japanese-Australian environments. She spent three years at Cable Beach Resort in Broome, Western Australia, where she was the Japanese liaison officer involved in training staff in Japanese culture and language for tourists. Yoshie ran the Melbourne Kumon Study Centre, a Japanese education program for two years. The program helps people of all ages master skills in English, Japanese and maths. Yoshie currently works as a Japanese/English translator and tutor and is based in Melbourne. |
