International Business Advisory Council

International Business Advisory Council (IBAC) Members

IBAC photoThe International Business Advisory Board (IBAC) is comprised of a dynamic group of more than a two dozen international executives and entrepreneurs. Members play a vital role as the CIBER's and the Darla Moore School of Business's link to the global business community and as sources of expertise and resources for our academic programs and activities, to include our Strategic Planning, International Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, and Global Activities and Partnerships.

Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
As of November 2009

 

Dr. Manuel Gaetan, Chair
President & CEO
MGR Enterprises, Inc.
PO Box 290130
Columbia, South Carolina 29229-0130
USA
Phone: +1.803.788.5000
Fax: +1.803.788.5000
mgaetan@sc.rr.com
Mr. Tal Albertson
Omni International, Ltd.
106 East Kirke Street  
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
USA
Phone: +1.301.718.8881
Fax: +1.301.718.8882
omniusa@msn.com
Mr. Luis Roberto Anastacio
Executive Vice President of Personnel
Michelin North America, Inc.
One Parkway South
PO Box 19001
Greenville, South Carolina 29602-9001
USA
Phone: +1.864.458.5000
luis.anastacio@us.michelin.com
Mr. Mario Bernardis
Director of Finance
IBM Global Financing
1 New Square, Bedfont Lakes
Feltham, Middlesex TW14 8HB
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 2088185784
Fax: +44 (0) 2088185275
mariob@us.ibm.com
Mr. Merrill T. Boyce
CSL Limited 
7 Wilkins Court 
Tiburon, California 94920
USA
Phone: +1.415.789.0339
Fax: +1.415.789.0342
mtboyce@ix.netcom.com
Mr. Dennis Braasch
President
Global Performance
7003 Pelham Road, Suite C
Greenville, South Carolina 29615
USA
Phone: +1.864.288.3009
Fax: +1.864.286.1679
dennis.braasch@globalperformance.net
Mr. Pablo M. Cairoli 
President
Capital Markets Argentina S.A.
Esmerelda 130, Piso 10
1035 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phone: +54.13201900
Fax: +54.13201935
pablo@capitalmarkets.com.ar
Mr. Reimer Clausen 
Managing Director 
U.I. LAPP GmbH 
Schulze-Delitzsch-Straße 25
D-70565 Stuttgart
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 711.783.8252
Fax: +49 (0) 711.783.8482
reimer.clausen@lappgroup.com
Mr. Steven Droll 
Vice President, Financial Operations 
BellSouth International 
1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4599
USA
Phone: +1.404.249.0242
Fax: +1.404.249.5169
stevendroll@bellsouth.net 
Dr. William R. Folks, Jr. 
CIBER Director & Distinguished Professor 
    of International Business
Darla Moore School of Business
University of South Carolina
1705 College Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
USA
Phone: +1.803.777.3600 
Fax: +1.803.777.3609
rfolks@moore.sc.edu
Mr. Robert Free
Controller, Infrastructure SBU 
Fluor Corporation
100 Fluor Daniel Drive / MC C602B
Greenville, South Carolina 29607-2762
USA
Phone: +1.864.281.6845
Fax: +1.864.281.8818
robert.free@fluor.com
Mr. Bernard Groseclose, Jr. 
President and CEO 
South Carolina State Ports Authority
PO Box 22287
Charleston, South Carolina 29413-2287
USA
Phone: +1.843.577.8600
Fax: +1.843.577.8626
bgroseclose@scspa.com
Mr. Thomas O. Klimpke 
Managing Director
CONSART Management 
Consultants GmbH
Liebfrauenberg 39
D-60313 Frankfurt / Main
Germany
Phone: +49.69.913.0290
Fax: +49.69.913.02910
klimpke@consart.de  
Mr. Louis Kopsa 
Senior Vice President, HR
Pirelli Cables North America
246 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 400
Columbia, South Carolina 29210
USA
Phone: +1.803.951.1000
Fax: +1.803.951.1035
lou.kopsa@us.pirelli.com
Mr. Will Lacy
Director
Business Solutions
SC Department of Commerce
1201 Main St. Suite 1600
Columbia, South Carolina 29201-3200
USA
Phone: +1.803.737.0437
Fax: +1.803.737.0418
Mr. Martin Petersen
Managing Director – Gowan Co. 
President – Gowan Comércio e Serviço Internacional 
370 S. Main Street, PO Box 5569
Yuma, Arizona 85366
USA
Phone: +1.928.819.1537
Cell: +1.928.502.0140
Mpetersen59@aol.com  
Mr. William Reynolds
Chairman and CEO
Laser Print Services, Inc.
3038 McNaughton Drive
Columbia, South Carolina 29233
USA
Phone: +1.803.788.6442
Fax: +1.803.788.2669
Bill@laserprint.net  
Dr. Kendall Roth
Chair, Sonoco International Business Department
Darla Moore School of Business 
1705 College Street
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
USA
Phone: +1.803.777.3604
Fax: +1.803.777.3609
kroth@moore.sc.edu
Mr. Jose Salibi-Neto 
Director
HSM do Brasil 
Alameda Mamore 989
Andar 13, Alphaville
Barueri, SP, Brazil 06454-0405
Phone: +55.11.4689.6666
jsalibi@uol.com.br
Mr. Barry Saunders
Corporate Controller and Staff Vice President 
    Corporate Finance/Accounting
Sonoco
North Second Street
Hartsville, South Carolina 29550
USA
Phone: +1.843.383.7004
Fax: +1.843.339.6120
Barry.saunders@sonoco.com
Mr. Shigeru Sekine
President
Nikko Chemicals Co., Ltd.
1-4-8 Nihonbashi Bakurocho
Cho-ku, Tokyo 103-0002
Japan
inter@nikkol.co.jp
Mr. Gordon Smith
Director 
The Richard L. Walker Institute of International 
    & Area Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
440 Gambrell Hall
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
USA
Phone: +1.803.777.8180
Fax: +1.803.777.9308
smithg@sc.edu
Dr. Hildy Teegen
Dean
Darla Moore School of Business
1705 College Street
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 292086
USA
Phone: +1.803.777.3178
Fax: +1.803.777.9123
teegen@moore.sc.edu

Mr. Philip Truesdale 
Senior VP, Business Development
Genpact
6 Rum Row
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina  29928
USA

Phone: +1.803.730.2495
Fax: +1.843.785.2889
phil.truesdale@moore.sc.edu
Mr. Patrick Valtin 
President 
M2-Tec USA, Inc.
423 Cleveland Street
Clearwater, Florida 33755
USA
patrickvaltin@hotmail.com
Mr. Chris P. Vasiloff
President, Portable Power 
Ingersoll-Rand Company 
800-C Beaty Street
PO Box 1600
Davidson, North Carolina 28036-1600
USA
Phone: +1.704.896.4546
Fax: +1.704.896.4633
Chris_vasiloff@irco.com