Commercial Partner | Angelo Lo Certo
Angelo Lo Certo is an experienced business leader with 20 years of extensive sales, marketing and operational success at multinational enterprises 3M Company, Apple Computer and Intel Corporation. This is coupled with strong investment experience throughout Asia Pacific with private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
As Vice President of The Carlyle Group — Asia Venture Fund, based in Hong Kong, Angelo invested in deals in China, India, Korea, Singapore and Australia with a total value over US$100m, managed the growth of the investments and successfully exited several portfolio investments through trade sale and/or public listings.
Prior to joining The Carlyle Group, Angelo was Worldwide Marketing Programs Director at Intel, based in San Francisco, creating and executing sales and marketing programs for use in over 45 countries around the world. Other roles include Marketing Director for Intel Australia & New Zealand; Marketing Manager for Apple Computer Australia; six years at 3M in sales and marketing roles. All of which have built strong foundations of business growth, customer acquisition and sales promotion skills.
Angelo holds a Master in Business Administration from TRIUM — New York University’s Stern Business School + London School of Economics + HEC, Paris; and a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) from the University of New South Wales.
Angelo is Australian and has also lived and worked in Hong Kong, San Francisco and London, before returning home to Sydney with his wife and two young children.
Creative Thinking Partner | Dr Ken Hudson
Founder and Chief Starter, The Speed Thinking Zone
Dr Ken Hudson is the best selling author of The Idea Generator: Tools for business growth (Allen & Unwin, 2007).
Ken has worked with organizations as diverse as DuPont, Heinz, Citibank, Network Ten, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Dell Computers, PayPal and The Benevolent Society. He has been interviewed by Business Review Weekly, The Australian Financial Review, Boss Magazine and contributed articles for Marketing magazine, HR Monthly and Fast Thinking.
His latest book The Idea Accelerator: How to solve problems faster using Speed Thinking (Allen & Unwin, July 2008) describes in his typical practical and accessible style his new concept, Speed Thinking.
Through The Speed Thinking Zone he is at the forefront of helping business people thrive in a time-poor world. His eventual goal is to take his theories and practice to the world of education.
Dr Hudson is a compelling speaker, trainer, consultant and facilitator. If you want someone who can have an immediate impact, then the tools and techniques of Speed Thinking are ideal. These can be learned and applied with great effect by any leader, manager or business owner.
