Ivo Pezzuto's Keynote Speech at the ICTF Krakow Symposium 2017
Peter Foss is a Business Executive (002)
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Peter Foss
is a
Results Focused
Business Executive,
Business Consultant and Professor
with experience in:
Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Leadership,
Management Consulting and International Business.
Results as Business Executive:
Director/ Fogh Sails Europe a manufacturerof sailstoracing sailboats.TurnedCompany aroundin10
monthand thenboughtlargestcompetitor (ElvstromSails) the followingyear.
CEO/ PASSAP USA a subsidiaryof MADAGSwitzerlandsellingcomputerizedknittingmachines.
Increasedmarketshare from3% to 36% over12 years.
VP/Sr. Consultant/ FranklinCovey.Generatedconsistentlyanadditional$25 millionayearinrevenue.
Executive Director International/USANA HealthSciences.Grew yearlyrevenue fromthe international
marketsfrom$89 millionto$158 millioninfouryears.
Sr. VP/ Melaleuca.Increasedyearlygrowthbya record350% withoutopeninganynew markets.Then
had company’smostsuccessful countrylaunchwhenopeningMalaysia.
Area President/Max International.In Australia/New Zealand,generatedunityamongleaders,created
trust inleadership,establishedclearexpectationsandguidelines.Result:hitrevenue targetof overNZ$
1 millionamontheverymonthforthe last8 monthandbestnet income of anyinternational marketin
the company.
Entrepreneurship/NetworkMarketing:
Petergrewupon a textilefactoryinDenmarkand startedhisfirstcompanywhenhe was12 yearsold.
He has enjoyed businessandespecially entrepreneurshipeversince.In the last10+ yearshe hasbeen
involvedincorporate NetworkMarketingwherehe hasbeenGMinKorea,Japan andtwice in
Australia/NewZealand. He hasalsobeenExecutiveDirectorof International forUSANA.AsSr.VPat
Melaleucahe wasresponsibleforthe nine international subsidiaries inEurope,Japan,Korea,China,
Taiwan,Hong Kong,Singapore,Malaysia, andAustralia/New Zealand withover900 employees,
hundredsof millionsof dollars inrevenue andveryattractive netincome.
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Peterhasspokenat more than 200 NetworkMarketingevents,includingDirectSalesAssociationevents,
to audiencesof 50 to 13,000 attendeesandbeenfeaturedinmultiple NetworkMarketingMagazinesin
Korea,Japanand Australia.
Strategic Leadership:
Peterhasa passionfor“generatingresults,byignitingthe powerwithin”.He enjoyworkingwithateam
of people andtogetherconfrontthe brutal facts,create aclear direction,executewithpassion,drive
accountabilityandalignleadershipforresults. He call thisprocess,StrategicLeadership.
Management Consulting:
Peter’sinterestforconsultingbeganwhenhe duringhisMBA studiesstartedMarconi (Marketing
ConsultingInternational) whichresultedinthe largestconsultingfirminDenmark,T.BakJensen
ManagementConsultinghiringhim.Since then Peterhas worked sevenyears forStephenCovey,at
CoveyLeadershipCenter,whichbecameFranklinCovey.In2002 an international management
consultingfirm,StrategicLeadershipPartnerswasfoundedand Peteris one of the partners.Asa
consultant,Peterhasworkedformore than100 organizationsincludingstartupsandmanyFortune 500
companies. Peterhasbeenonthe Board or memberof the executive committeeof 16 organizations.
International Business:
For the last 10+ years Peterhas beenresponsible formultipleinternational companiesatatime. He
grewup inEurope and has livedinthe USA for more than 25 years.He has alsolivedinKorea,Japanand
Australia. Duringhiscareer,Peterhastravelledover3millionmiles,whichisequivalentof 120 times
aroundthe world. He speak5.5 languages.
Professor:
PeterreceivedhisBSandMBA at Odense UniversityinDenmark.He enjoyteachingabouthispassion,
businessandgivingbacktothe nextgeneration.He hasbeenAdj.ProfessoratOdense Universityand
WestminsterCollege.He ispresentlyAdj.ProfessoratJohnM. HuntsmanSchool of BusinessatUtah
State Universitywhere he teachesEntrepreneurshipandAdvancedStrategytoExecutive MBA students.
In 2014 he was recognizedasProfessorof the year.
Other:
Peterismarried,have fourchildren,7grandchildrenandlive inSaltLake City,Utah.He likestoski,sail,
and run marathons.