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Dr. Fred Rosen
DENTIST
His story begins with a look at his years during college, what he majored in, his choice of undergraduate classes, and how he made a conscious decision to take the necessary courses that would prepare him to be accepted and enter dental school immediately after fulfilling his undergraduate degree. Dr. Rosen, realized early on in his teenage years that working in the field of medicine was something of great interest to him. But as we learn at the very end, one of the primary reasons he chose to become a dentist, as opposed to a traditional medical doctor or surgeon, was simply that although he loves the field of medicine, dealing with life or death medical situations made him uneasy and I can certainly understand his concern. Dr. Rosen loves helping people and working as a dentist allows him to do this every day.
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Ignaty Dyakov
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE TRAINER
I am an entrepreneur, working as a Russian language and business trainer, from the United Kingdom. I run a linguistic consultancy helping international companies expand in Russia or deal with Russian clients. I also teach the Russian language and train people on how to do business in Russia and how to sell to Russian customers.
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Dr. George Seretis
(GENERAL PRACTITIONER) FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Upon completion of his undergraduate studies at New York University, he earned his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He then went on to serve as a family medicine resident at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. During his residency he served as chief resident from 1996 to 1997. Dr. Seretis joined Christiana Care in 1997, where he provided comprehensive care for families of Salem and Gloucester Counties.
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Steve Lowy
TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEB AND BRANDING MARKETING FIRM
Established my service-led hotel brand (the umi London hotel to begin with) aged 26. I then opened umi Brighton, then partnered with investors to bring the Petrovka Loft Hotel in Moscow into the umi Hotels group. In 2010 I set up umi Marketing, a hospitality industry design and marketing agency and this is now part of umi Digital which also includes a booking software brand Book it With. I have had over 150 students working at umi on work experience or internship placements, from many different countries and host a minimum of two students at any one time. I also speak regularly at academic institutions and I am a Board Director for BETA (British Educational Travel Association) and STAYWYSE which I earned because of my work supporting young people. In 2010 I was proudly awarded the Hotel & Caterer Magazine Acorn Award which is given to the most promising 30 under 30 within the hospitality industry.
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Brian Smith
AUTHOR, COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT, MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Brian Smith - Author, Communications Expert and Management Consultant is a leading authority on soft-skills training and leadership development. Brian - a behaviorist by training - works with people who want to learn how to communicate and interact more effectively; and who want to discover how to get the best out of themselves and others. He is the author of two books "Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak - The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them" and "Managing for Results - The Art of Managing and Leading in the 21st Century". Brian is a former member of the faculty and professor at Algonquin College's School of Business where he taught entrepreneurship, skills for success and professional selling. He is CEO / President of Power Link Dynamics and travels throughout North America delivering keynote speeches and facilitating workshops to address the challenges facing managers and business leaders today.
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Larry Oskin
FINE ARTS PHOTOGRAPHER
Larry Oskin studied graphic design, photography, journalism and fine art at the State University College of New York at Buffalo. Larry Oskin has exhibited his works in private galleries and public art museums as well as at art festivals inclusive of the world-famous Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Earlier in his career, Larry Oskin was also Director of Marketing for Circle Fine Art, which was respected as the world’s largest fine art publisher and private art gallery chain, where he provided marketing for Peter Max, Erté, Agam, Rockwell, Neiman, Mouley, Hoffman, Calder, Walt Disney Studios and many internationally respected artists. Larry Oskin launched Art Beautique, dedicated to celebrating inspirations of beauty. Larry Oskin notes, “My Art Beautique work is very stylized as abstract photo impressionism. I believe that photography remains one of our best artistic forms of creative media and visual expression. Through the fine art of photography, we are able to share what we can see, sense and feel, yet not touch!” The Art Beautique collection celebrates the beauty of women, glamour, nature, flowers, animals, cityscapes, world capitals, the Washington, DC monuments and Judaica art.
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Sheyla Paz Hicks
ACTRESS, MODEL, TV PRODUCER, SINGER, WRITER, ENTERTAINER
Sheila has a wonderful story that she tells about how she came to the United States in 2000 and shortly thereafter, began studying the piano and taking voice lessons, and within just a couple years, she took a shot and pursued working as a model and actress. She "took the bull by the horns" (as I like to say) and went off into various, yet specific directions, but all within the field of entertainment (if you had to categorize it under one umbrella). Her story is very uplifting and will give you a great understanding of the potential that lies within us all, if you just look at what you have (within you) and keep moving in a direction that allows you to use and implement the things you love most and keep learning more and more .. so you can keep improving and growing.
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Antonie Potgieter
WORDPRESS (WEBSITE) PLUGIN DEVELOPER
When Antonie was in school, he did well academically but he wasn't sure what he wanted to be when he got older. He had some ideas of becoming an attorney, studying medicine, etc. but never had his head set on it. In just a short time, through his efforts, he created "Tribulant Software" which is a software development company which specializes in premium WordPress plugins. His company develops, markets, sells and supports useful and purposeful WordPress plugins to the community of WordPress users. If you are interested in programming and the thought of developing software (such as Wordpress plugins) for use by website developers and website builders, you too can start your own company. Listen to Antonie Potgieter of Tribulant talk about how he began with very little capital and all within a relatively short period of time.
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Christine Horner
AUTHOR AND OWNER OF AN INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING COMPANY
As a published author and owner of an independent publishing company, Christine Horner focuses on the advancement of human consciousness. Listen to Christine Horner as she explains what she does and what she writes about, how and why she selected this very special topic, where she came from, and how she got to where she is today.