Since 1991 John A. Caslione has assisted companies to develop and implement global marketing and business alliance strategies.
Mr. Caslione personally has implemented business strategies in 87 countries on six continents including the US, Canada, Europe, Russia and CIS, Central Asia, the Middle East, China, India, Australia, SE Asia, Africa and South America for many companies, large, medium and small, including ABB, BDBiosciences, ChevronTexaco Lubricants, ExxonMobil Chemical Films, GE, HewlettPackard, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Philips, etc.
John Caslione is also the founder and President and CEO of GCS Business Capital, Inc. (GCS), with offices in Chicago (USA), Frankfurt (Germany), and Nanjing (China). GCS assists middle market companies to globalize their business with a special focus on the US and Europe globalizing with China.
Mr. Caslione is recognized by many in China as a “global business guru”. As China’s business leaders desire to “go global” with the US and Europe’s middle market manufacturers, GCS’s team of experienced global business professionals, led by John Caslione, assists them by establishing new business in the US and in Europe via joint ventures, investments and acquisitions. GCS also assists US and European business leaders with their search for the best business investors from China.
John Caslione is highly sought after by business leaders and CEO’s worldwide as an expert on the new global economy and global business development. As his schedule permits, he delivers dynamic, and insightful keynote speeches in many globally influential business forums.
Caslione’s bestselling book entitled, "Global Manifest Destiny: Growing Your Business In A Borderless Economy” (DearbornKaplan Publishing), provides critical insights and a competencies roadmap for companies to become true “global organizations” to successfully compete in the new global business environment. Global Manifest Destiny is a featured book recommendation and has been chosen as one of the top business book selections for five consecutive years (2002 2006) by Harvard Business School’s “HBS Working Knowledge” (HBSWK).
Caslione’s first book, “Growing Your Business in Emerging Markets: Promise and Perils” (Quorum Publishing), is considered a leading authoritative book on developing sales and distribution strategies in emerging and global markets. John Caslione has earned his Bachelors of Science and MBA from the University of New York (Buffalo, NY) and his Doctorate of Law (Juris Doctor) from Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) ChicagoKent College of Law.
Presentation Topics
- Compete Against Price In The New Discount Driven Global Marketplace
Regardless of Company Size. Create real Value Added Strategies™ to sell your company’s total organizational value versus just competing against price – learn how to design your Company’s Total Value Proposition™.
Regardless of Company Size. Understand the road map needed to successfully globalize your company – to gain competitive advantage and successful topline as well as bottomline results.
Create a road map on how US and European companies can capitalize on this very large opportunity. Learn what some forwardthinking leaders are now embracing – and that is, how to go global with China.
Understand this new and growing trend, as China becomes “friend versus foe” in the eyes of forwardthinking business leaders and politicians. A “friendly” China is now giving back US jobs and US capital by forming beneficial joint ventures, partnerships and acquisitions with small and medium size enterprises.
Caslione also provides customized engagements designed to meet an audience’s specific business goals.
Testimonials
"An excellent foundation of very insightful and practical strategies to create successful global and strategic supplier distribution strategies. John's workshops and guidance have provided a comprehensive and thoroughly researched guide for anyone who does or needs to develop global business activities."
ExxonMobil Chemical Films, Europe
"Phenomenal speaker! Content was excellent. John gave superb insight into Clarke and ideas on how to achieve true strategic supplier partnerships!"
Clark American
"If you want to win big, John Caslione's guidance and his strategies are nothing short of required if you want to be successful. Bottom-line, they work!"
R.J. Reynolds International
Past Clients
BASF
Bausch & Lomb
Caterpillar, Inc.
Ford Motor Company
IBM
Memorex
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Pfizer
Polaroid Corporation
Potash Company of America
Scott Paper Company
Texaco
Thomson Information/Publishing
Timex Company
