GM Strategic

John Mihaiu, Freelance Graphics & Web Design

Mr. Mihaiu began his career as a credit manager with Westinghouse Electric Supply Company (WESCO) headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. He was immediately indoctrinated to the automotive industry and given responsibility for all of the Big Three Automotive accounts. Ironically, his first day on the job at WESCO (1980) saw Chrysler's filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy when Lee Iacocca had just taken the helm. In the mid-nineties Fife Electric was purchased by WESCO, where Mr. Mihaiu used both his credit and IT experience to help co-lead the computer conversion from Fife's computer system to WESCO's.

Mr. Mark Yonge, Managing Member, Maritime Transport & Logistics Associates, LLC (MARITIME ADVISORS)

Mr. Yonge's maritime transportation experience includes a broad cross-section of stevedoring, terminal operations, cargo handling of every kind, ship chartering, ship owning, shipyard contracting, labor relations and contract negotiations, as well as government relations & contracting. His maritime career commenced in the ship agency, terminal operating and stevedoring industry sectors before moving on to operating chartered specialized mobile home ships & project cargo vessels with a division of Sea-Land Service, Inc. After leaving Sea-Land, Mr. Yonge founded his own company operating foreign flag chartered vessels and later included purchasing and operating U.S. Flag break-bulk/container vessels.

Mr. Yonge has served as a consultant to the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Short Sea Shipping Initiative and he currently serves as secretary of the Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program (SCOOP) - a U.S. national public/private cooperative. He is also an associate member of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and a participant in the AAPA Professional Port Managers program (PPM), as well as a member of three (AAPA) working committees. He is also a member of a number of other industry committees and boards, including the Coastwise Coalition in Washington, D.C., the Gulf of Mexico States Accord (GOMSA), the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council (MTSNAC) - Intermodal Infrastructure and Capacity committee, the MTSNAC - Waterways Committee, and a number of other maritime transportation organizations and associations.

Mr. Paul Scott Abbott, APRP, Freelance Communicator

Throughout a professional communications career spanning more than 35 years, Mr. Abbott has earned a reputation for excellence while performing a diverse range of assignments for numerous entities, both within and outside the port industry. He earned his designation as an accredited public relations professional (APRP) in 1994.

Mark Snead - Information Technolgoy and Web Site Consultant

Mark retired in 2002 after 20 successful years with Accenture.  He served in numerous leadership roles, co-chaired a key committee for Accenture’s 10 year strategic planning effort – Horizon 2010, lead several large systems projects, managed key executive relationships with clients and alliance partners and provided mentoring to consultants and clients.

In his most recent role, Managing Partner – Solutions Engineering Capability Development, Mr. Snead developed and executed Accenture’s alliance partner strategy.  In this role, he worked with key executives at alliance partner companies such as IBM and Entrust to develop joint go-to-market initiatives and drive their implementation throughout the global organization.  During this period Mr. Snead was also responsible for revamping the Knowledge Management and Curriculum Strategies for the 30,000 consultants in Accenture’s Systems Building practice.  Leveraging his experiences, he provided further advice and guidance to the rest of the firm through serving on Global Leadership Committees for Alliances, Professional Development and Solutions Engineering.

Margaret Kempel, Executive Director, Port Everglades Association - Organizational Consultant

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