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Background & Overview

International: resided in Hong Kong & Malaysia

    • Worked throughout Asia/ ASEAN Region
      (Hong Kong; China; Singapore; Indonesia; Philippines; Malaysia)

    • Successfully managed, trained, led, & marketed 
      within diverse multi-cultural-international environments


Strategic / Entrepreneurial: 
Business Start-up; consultative; strategic management expertise 

    • Started, then managed 2 successful 
      Distance Education/ Management Training businesses

    • Started: Designed --> Marketed-sold a Franchise/ Licensing system

    • Business Owner


Leadership / Branch Management
Education/ Training

    • Spearheaded Business Growth

      • Strategic Planning

      • Sales & Marketing Management

      • HRM: screening, hiring, training

    • Steward of resources
      • Finance/ Budgeting

    • Responsibilities: 
      • top line (Sales)
      • bottom line (Profit)
      • everything in between


Management:
Systems / Procedures / Standards/ Metrics
to ISO 9000 International S
tandards 
 Operations General Management
 Wrote Quality Manual & documentation for all 
  • Job descriptions/ positions

  • Systems

  • Procedures
    • Functions
    • Processes

    • Standards/ Metrics
      • Quality audit & non-compliance procedures

    • QMS (Quality Management Systems)

    Innovation

    Organizational Design & Development

    alliances/ strategic partners

    Licensee / Strategic Alliance Development:

    Academic Partners in China

      • institutional alliances
        • organizations conducting licensed university programs
          • articulation agreements

      • agency / recruiter alliance
      • student recruiting for licensees in China, 
        or recruitment to Malaysia, Australia, UK


    Montessori Preschool Franchisees/ Licensees 
    Marketed (sold; developed; designed) 
      • Business Operations systems & procedures

      • Academic programming curricula, syllabi, 


    Marketing strategies
    public speaker series -- contemporary topics
          • corporate/ organisational talks
            within 
              • government bodies
              • organizations
              • public



    Intellectual Capital / Instructional System Design:

    Foci: Productivity Enhancement

      • Developed courseware, syllabi, manuals, & materials
        for Academic and Management Training Programs

      • Business Models utilized:
        • Learning Organization
        • ISO 9000
        • Total Quality Management (TQM)
        • MBNQA
        • BPR
        • Training & Human Resource Development

      • Lecturer; trainer; instructor; facilitator; speaker; 
        and organizer
        • classroom
        • public seminars/ conferences
        • in-house training; workshops

    •   MBA: West Virginia University 
      B.S. in Business Administration, Youngstown State University

    §    American born passport holder


     

     'good Marketing makes Sales Superfluous'

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    Professional


    Faculty Positions(full time & adjunct)

    Bachelors through MBA lecturer/ facilitator, adult distance-learning; 
    organizations include:

        • Point Park University (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
        • University of Ballarat (Australia)
        •         University of New England (Australia) 
        • Cambridge International (UK) 
        • Newport University (USA)
        • Duff's Business Institute (USA)
        • Central Pennsylvania Business School (USA)
        • Community College Allegheny College (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
        • University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia)

    Freelance Writer/ Journalist
    sample of publications

    articles listed are available uponrequest  
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    Retail Asia

    ·       Sincere re-enters Shanghai to revive the past 
       (
    cover story)

    ·       McDonalds shows the way ahead – import substitution

    ·       Goldlion got itself ‘pulled’ into China

    ·       More opportunities await retailers in China

    ·       Shui Hing to set up shop in Shanghai

    ·       Re-inventing silk for the 21st century

    ·       Times Square: the Times are a’changing

    ·       On the MTR tracks: Human traffic a huge market to tap

    ·       Building a city within a city – to make room for a mall

    ·       Developers urged to plan and design for the future

    ·       Pleasure related shopping to increase

    ·       DCIL mounts an aggressive expansion trial in China

    ·       Hong Kong Vocational Training Council provides free 
      training for ‘serious students’

    ·       Bar Coding Makes Progress in China

    ·       Joyce-DKNY to Make Mark in China

    ·       Developers Urged to Design and Plan for the Future

    ·       Pleasure Related Shopping to Increase

    ·       China Opening up its retail Market – with conditions

    ·       Hong Kong Trade Development Council spearheads 
      Marketing Opportunities in China

    ·       ReJOYCEing the Success of Human Potential Training  
      (Special Feature)


    Asian Architect & Construction:

        • Computers and Construction, the Way Ahead

        • The Building of Intelligence


    Asian Hotels and Catering

    ·    Food Chains in China: to Open or Not to Open


    Other types of writing-journalism
      • Business Events
        • trends
        • reports: markets; marketing research

      • Training Programs & Manuals
        • Academic
        • Management Training

      • Procedures/ Operations Manuals

      • Marketing Brochures / flyers

      • Press Releases

      • Newsletters, etc



    Howard J Mlakar: 
    Change Agent  | Differentiator

    Where is your organization now ??

    Where would you 
    like it to be?

     How may we help ??

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    SEG International Bhd (Malaysia):. www.segi.edu.my; (3 positions)

    1) Senior Manager International Affairs: liaise with student recruitment agents, and academic partner program providers in China – twinning articulation with Chinese, Australian, & UK universities

    2) Business Development Manager, Montessori Child Enrichment Centres; 
    Start-up project, preschool licensing (franchising) program. 

    Developed licensing format, foundation, and training programs, operating systems.  
    www.montessori-edu.org


    3) University Sunshine Coast (Australia), Lecturer -- MBA program: 
    Entreneurship & Innovation, Utilized Capstone simulation www.capsim.com, & Blackboard


    LEO (Learning Exchange Organization) Training & Consulting Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)

    Start-up project; Adult distance education & Management Training. Branch Manager; & Program Director:  academic, management, marketing, staff, lecturer, trainer recruitment, etc.

    Training design & development: modules, goals; objectives; projects, assignments, assessment criteria; develop student resources

    Branch Management:  budgeting; marketing: brochures; database; e-marketing; newspaper ads;  marketing staff; conduct previews; lead management; PR releases.


     

    Institut Klasik, (Malaysia);

    Designed job-skill & academic programs that rural students would find useful;
     ie foundation pathways -- work skills leading to academic credit


    Conducted career day & motivational talks in high schools & village halls, with support from headmasters, local Penghulus (village chief), & UMNO youth group leaders. 


    Future Structure Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) 

    Start-up project; Branch Manager: Program Director.

    Courseware Focus: TQM; ISO 9000; Training; Human Resource Development; OD. 

    Adult distance education & management training; in-house-training provider; brought to Human Resources Development Ministry Approved Training Provider (ATP) status. 

    Responsibilities: HRM; Marketing; Operations Management – administrative & courseware



    Freelance writer, lecturer, trainer, conference organizer (Hong Kong); journalism & freelance activities spanned industries 


    Foodservice Consultant & Equipment Specialist


    Start-up project; General, Sales, & Marketing Manager; Foodservice equipment: design; consulting. 
     
    Designed Marketing campaigns; purchasing, vendor-alliances; delivery scheduling; contractors-installation; trade-show exhibitions. Consulting, training, & seminars on: layout, design; health codes; trade styles; location; lease negotiation

    Business Broker concurrently, spin-off business from foodservice equipment: negotiate sales, leases, source businesses, location; transfer business titles.

    Millwork, fabrication shop: General Manager; 30 staff; Coordinate: production, manufacturing; marketing, sales, ordering, scheduling; quotes, etc.  Worked with architects, contractors, suppliers. Redesigned factory, processes; Started D-I-Y Home Improvement Centre 

    Central Pennsylvania Business School
    EDP Academic Chairman; Lecturer in EDP; 
    EDP Administrative Manager;  general business lecturer 


    Merged Accounting & EDP courses to create MIS program. Determine courses that students would require; schedule offerings: room, lecturer

    Burroughs (UNISYS)

    Sales & Territory Manager; Marketing research; 

    Computerized Management Information & Accounting Systems; Sale; write, modify, debug programs; installation.  Job-costing programs; General Ledger


    Trane Heating & Air Conditioning: 

    Sales, marketing; system design; worked with contractors; architects; builders; developers; designers

     Conference speaker, sample: TQM; ISO 9000; Marketing; BPR; OD; Leadership
    Conference organizer: TQM; ISO 9000; Franchising; China business and tax strategies; etc

     


    Accreditations/ Qualifications
    :

    ·          MBA, West Virginia University, West Virginia, USA  

    ·          B.S. Business Administration, Youngstown State University, Ohio, USA

    ·          California Community College Instructors Credential 

    ·          Pennsylvania Real Estate Agents License

    ·          Passed ISO 9000 Lead Auditor exam 

    ·          Malaysia Ministry of Education approval: Lecturer

    Listed are samplings of topics or programs I have designed, co-designed, or presented either independently, with a team. I have worked in technical areas with subject matter experts:

    ·         Marketing:

    • Marketing Management
    • Services Marketing / Customer Service
    • International Marketing
    • Strategic Marketing
    • Consumer Behaviour
    • e-Commerce/ e-Marketing/ e-Business
    • Communications
    • Sales
    • Relationship Marketing / CRM
    • Marketing Research 
    • Advertising
    • Train-the-trainer
    • Strategic Management
    • HRM / New Hire/ Orientation
    • International (Global) Business
    • Business Organisation
    • Business Administration
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Organisational Behaviour: Development
    • Management
    • TQM / Business Process Re-engineering
    • Operations Management
    • Leadership
    • ISO 9000

     

    Thank you for these considerations.

    Sincerely

    Howard James Mlakar

    CRM Trainer

     


     

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