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Ron Bates - Expert in Mission Critical Retained Executive Search. A recognized expert in personal branding and building a personal Internet presence, Ron has been an invited speaker at venues such as the Marketing Executive Networking Group, British America Business Council, Expert Connections, and is a regular guest on Netshare's "Ask the Coach".

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With +28,000 direct contacts on on-line professional networking platforms, Ron has been referred to as "the most connected man on Earth". View his detailed networking profile Ecademy. Feel free to invite Ron to connect with you on the on-line networking platforms you use.

Ron is a Managing Principal with the retained executive search firm Executive Advantage Group, Inc. His search practice focuses on mission critical retained searches for pre-IPO Venture Capital backed start-ups to Fortune500 clients. He has delivered personal executive coaching projects to former SAP, E&Y, Oracle, and WorldCom Exec's responsible for multi-billion dollar business units, and co-founded CV-Advantage a self guided job search oriented executive coaching process.

Prior to having been a Partner with the retained executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, half Ron's career has been in sales. He's trained in Conceptual, Strategic, Consultative, SPIN, PowerBased, Target Account, ValueBased, and Executive Level Selling, to Competing on Value.

Ron has also taught SPIN, and an executive level sales course he created called Critical Path Selling at HP, Mentor Graphics, Computer Vision, Schlumberger, et al.

Ron has led the execution of Tech. Industry deals ranging from $.1M - $50M while managing consulting sales at Mentor Graphics, Computer Vision, and Hewlett-Packard.

Ron also has a Physics degree and a decade of wireless terrestrial and space borne communications engineering experience.

Business > Business Strategy Business networking and the value of Internet organizations

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In many ways, the keys to your success in business are right at your fingertips-literally. They are the keys on your computer keyboard. Many people join Groups and Organizations in hopes affiliation will somehow help their careers, create a more visible Internet presence, or help them gain access to knowledge or people who can facilitate their success. The problem with joining a Group or Organization is you'll never get anything out of it if you don't participate. Even though a Group or Organization might have a large member population, it is an unfortunate reality that many Groups and Org...

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