05-22-09 Revitalizing Your Career

REVITALIZING YOUR CAREER

In this tough economy, many are looking to revitalize their careers. What is the best way to do this? What hints do you need to keep your career vibrant during the economic downturn? Are you a bilingual professional in the US on a visa and just lost your job? What are your options? Have you considered starting your own company?

Krista Henley will speak about how to market yourself in this economy, which requires job skills,leadership, and emotional intelligence. Alan Tafapolsky will speak to the situation of bilingual professionals who have been laid off and are in danger of losing their visa status in the US, and to those who may be thinking of starting their own company. Matt Schlegel will share some experiences about becoming a consultant, both challenges and successes, and he will provide information to help those deciding whether they have what it takes to be a successful consultant.

Join us for this evening of unique perspectives on the situation from our valuable panelists. The 2009 theme of Keizai Society is “Revitalization – Finding the real economy” and we want to influence economic recovery from Silicon Valley. New ideas were generated in tough times in the past, and some of you may be considering to start new businesses or change the career paths. Please bring many business cards in order to exchange with attendees and panelists, since it is important to network and help each other in these tough times. Please forward this message to your friends and colleagues to expand the power of Silicon Valley.

Krista Henley

Krista is a founder and principal of Corporate Wisdom (www.Corporate-Wisdom.com). She is a dynamic leader to various industries providing personal transformation and organizational effectiveness. With proven skills as a coach to CEO’s and executives, Krista maintains an even style while negotiating differences toward effective decision making and excellence in any organization she works within. She has proven expertise in design and delivery of leadership and management training, needs assessment and evaluation, team building, coaching and business consulting. Krista Henley received her master’s degree in 1989 in counseling psychology and has spent the last 20 years applying theoretical learning to real-life problems. With experience as a licensed therapist, project manager, group facilitator, speaker and seminar leader, she has learned from many angles the themes that drive human interaction. In 1994 her focus shifted to organizational psychology. Her clients have high value to their company and at times lack the interpersonal and management skills required to motivate a team and get along with co-workers. Krista’s experience spans companies that include HP, Cisco, Silicon Graphics, Intel, Nortel, Boston Scientific, Novartis, LSI Logic, S3, Sun, Kodak, Amgen, Apple, Natus Medical, Rockwood Capital, Stanford University, and UCSC Extension. Krista is Director of the South Bay Organizational Development Network (www.SBODN.com), and a recent author of Awakening Social Responsibility – A Call to Action (www.CSRAction.com).

Alan Tafapolsky

Mr. Tafapolsky is the Managing Partner of Tafapolsky & Smith’s San Francisco office (www.tandslaw.com). He co-founded the Firm after more than seven years of specializing in business immigration law. Prior to establishing Tafapolsky & Smith, Mr. Tafapolsky was a member of the law firm of Cooley Godward LLP in San Francisco for a period of five years, where he represented emerging growth companies and multinational corporations. Before relocating to California, Mr. Tafapolsky practiced immigration law at the firm of Carliner & Remes LLP in Washington, D.C. Mr. Tafapolsky is a graduate of Connecticut College, with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Tafapolsky was awarded a Master’s degree in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law, and a Master’s degree in Employment and Labor Law from Georgetown University. He also earned a Certification in Dispute Resolution from the Harvard University Program on Negotiation. Mr. Tafapolsky is admitted to practice in California, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. He is a noted author and editor in the field of business immigration law and is a frequent contributor to Immigration Briefings. Mr. Tafapolsky spends a majority of his practice counseling clients on the immigration consequences of mergers and acquisitions, and he guides due diligence for proposed deals. He also manages immigration processes for extensive restructuring of companies and provides strategic counseling to multinational corporations and start-up businesses. Mr. Tafapolsky lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family and is a long-time fan of the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland A’s

Matt Schlegel

Matt Schlegel founded Sakino Consulting (mschlegel@sakinoconsulting.com) to help companies in joint development relationships with Japanese partners bring new products to market. With over 20 years experience working with Japanese companies, Matt brings a unique combination of Japanese language capability, technical expertise and cultural understanding to the development teams, allowing for quick problem identification and resolution during the product development process. Matt has worked with companies to develop a number of different products including: CATV set top boxes, WLAN terminals, point-to-point microwave communication systems, digital video recorders, liquid crystal displays, and fan motors for thermal management. Matt has worked with a number of different Japanese companies including Toshiba, Fujikura, Sanyo, Sharp, NEC, Seiko Epson, Optrex, Toshiba Matsushita Display, Nidec Sankyo and Panasonic. As a bridge for both technical and cultural issues, Matt enables teams to work together more effectively and deliver products to market more quickly. After graduating in engineering with a BS Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and an MSEE from UC San Diego, Matt received a Mombusho Scholarship and studied engineering at the University of Tokyo. He lived in Japan for 3 years.

• Posted May 02, 2009
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