Resume

• 2005

  Health Direct

  Health Direct

• 2001

  The Jockeys' Guild

  The Jockeys' Guild

• 1996

  Various Corporate Seminars

  California Philharmonic Orchestra

  \"A Sea of Change in Islamic Economics\"\n\"Faith-Based Leadership\"\n\"Sino-American Negotiations\"\n\"Responsibility of a Student Leader on Today's College Campus\"\n\"Does Today's Technology Allow for Yesterday's Values - 'Innocent Until Proven Guilty'?\"\n\"Leadership Derived Values - Going Back to the Old Country\"\n\"US Policy in China\"\n\"Responsibility of a Student Leader\"\n\"Economics of US Policy in the Middle East\"\n\"Everything's Negotiable\"\n\"How American Businessmen and Women can Support the Country in its War on Terrorism\"\n\"The Role of the Magna Carta in the American Political System\"\n\"Russia at the Crossroads\"\n\"The Magna Carta in Crisis\"\n“Teaching Free Market Principles to Post-Soviet Russians”\n\"Only One Superpower\"\n“Excellence in Teaching”

  Various Corporate Seminars

  California Philharmonic Orchestra

  Charles Luckman Award

  Pepperdine University

  Outstanding Educator

  Knights of Vartan Los Angeles County Tri-Lodge Committee

  Honorary Doctorate

  Qufu University

  China

  Sigma Chi Hall of Fame

  Sigma Chi International Fraternity

  Honorary Doctorate

  Shanghai University

  Charles Luckman Award

  Pepperdine University

  Eagle Scout

  Boy Scouts of America

  Honorary Doctorate

  Moscow Aerospace Institute

  Honorary Citizen of China

  Chinese Government

  Business

  MS

  International Diplomacy

  BA

  Economics

  PhD

  Dissertation: “The Economics of Education in the Urban Ghetto”

• 1995

  AmRus Life Insurance

  Insurance company based in Russia.

  AmRus Life Insurance

• 1992

  Market Economy Fundamentals Seminar (Moscow

  Russia)

  Developed upon the request of Russian Government leaders to provide leading business professionals

  government leaders

  academic leaders

  and select students with the knowledge necessary to lead their country in a free market world. Each seminar is geared to the particular audience and involves 100 contact hours.

  Market Economy Fundamentals Seminar (Moscow

  Russia)

• 1988

  China with Dr. G Traveling Seminar

  • Highlights: Tibet

  Giant Panda Reserve

  the Great Wall

  Forbidden City

  Terra-Cotta Warriors

  Tiananmen Square

  and Temple of Confucius \n• Cities: Shanghai

  Beijing

  Lhasa

  Xi’an

  Chengdu

  Qufu

  and Tai’an\n• Traveling Seminar: A distinguished Pepperdine professor and former Chief Détente Negotiator for Presidents Nixon and Ford will guide this adventure whose friends in the Chinese government have arranged meetings with officials

  business executives

  scholars

  students

  and villagers.

  China with Dr. G Traveling Seminar

• 1986

  Matrix Capital Associates

  Everything Is Negotiable Seminars

  Everything Is Negotiable Seminars

  Matrix Capital Associates

• 1982

  Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management

  Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management

• Strategic Planning

  Leadership

  Management Consulting

  Econometrics

  Financial Analysis

  Management

  Employment Law

  Data Analysis

  Negotiation

  Economics

  Financial Modeling

  Public Speaking

  Market Research

  Politics

  Marketing

  Collective Bargaining

  International Negotiations

  Program Management

  Business Strategy

  Strategy

  Impact of Islam on Middle Eastern Economics

  The

  Terry Young

  Linnea McCord

  As mega-economists search for clues to explain the comings and goings of civilizations

  cultures

  and empires

  they are confronted by a multiplicity of variables and complexity of coefficients that

  at once

  both entice and confound. The Middle East is engulfed in just such a remarkable era of change. As of yet

  this era has no universally recognized title

  but the parameters of time and space are becoming vaguely apparent. Nearly a century in the making

  with many a decade yet to unfold

  and nominally bound by salt water and sand

  the Middle East is in the midst of a metamorphosis so profound that the entire community of nations is incarcerated in harm's way. At the core of this upheaval

  the dominant variable in the equation of change is faith

  the faith of Islam.

  Impact of Islam on Middle Eastern Economics

  The

  Knowing how to determine the credit-worthiness of your customers may help save your business. In 2002

  191 public companies went bankrupt. If one or more of your key customers were among them

  how badly would you be hurt? How do you weed them out of your accounts-receivable ledger before it’s too late?

  Predicting Bankruptcy in the WorldCom Age: How to determine when it is safe to grant credit

  You have heard the siren call of business in China. The President’s recent trip

  with all the associated stories

  raised your awareness of opportunities there. The photographs show modern cities with high-rise buildings

  busy airports

  golf courses

  and beautiful scenery. There are logos of well-known American companies juxtaposed with just enough of the ancient and “different” to lend some sense of the exotic. There are even lists of Chinese companies that have projects for which they are seeking outside partners.

  Cultural Insights on Doing Business in China: Concepts of \"face\" and \"trust\" are just the beginning

  When Russia defaulted on her debts and devalued the ruble last August

  Americans felt the effects as well. Investors were concerned that this might signal another round of attacks on the currencies of emerging economies. Russia may account for only one-half of one percent of American exports

  but investors feared that if speculators were successful there

  they would move on to Latin America. The impact of speculation in those currencies would have a much greater impact on American businesses. This fear helped trigger a dramatic downturn in the American stock market.

  Russia at the Crossroads: Devaluation of Ruble reflects need for further economic reforms

  T. Young

  L. McCord

  The rise of China over the past three decades is more than astonishing. Some have considered it to be nothing short of an economic miracle. China has transformed itself from a rural backward economy in 1978 to a thoroughly modern-looking economy and society today. While it took the United States almost 50 years (from 1839-86) to double its per capita GDP

  China has done it twice in less than twenty years –from 1978-87 and again from 1987-96. The Chinese economy has improved at such a dramatic rate that many commentators have presumed China’s imminent global economic dominance in the 21st century. Many now consider geopolitics a bi-polar affair

  where only America and China matter. In 2008

  for the first time

  serious cracks are beginning to surface in the foundations of China’s economy

  prompting a reconsideration of whether China’s future success is as guaranteed and inevitable as first thought. China is facing its most difficult year in this new century. With millions of unemployed workers and a slowing economic growth

  China is facing tens of thousands of protests each year. Since the legitimacy of the Chinese government is based on its economic success

  China’s continued success in the 21st century will depend on whether the Communist Party is able to maintain trust in its economy

  political system and society. China’s economic sustainability rests on whether it can cope successfully with its new- found economic power. The question that has yet to be decided is whether China will adopt a type of fiduciary culture like the ones prevalent in common law countries

  such as the U.S. and Britain and its former colony Hong Kong

  or will China resort to the use of force to maintain its political and economic power?

  Fiduciary or Force in the 21st Century?

  Once upon a time

  two economists were walking together when one of them saw something that caught his attention. “Look

  ” he exclaimed

  “here’s a great research topic!” “Nonsense

  ” the other one said

  “If it were

  someone would have written a paper on it by now.” For a long time this attitude governed the view of academics toward the stock market. They simply believed that the stock market was not a proper subject for serious study. That attitude has long since changed. The amount of research information available today is overwhelming. The problem has become how to interpret it so that it becomes useful for decision-making

  whether from the point of view of a financial services firm or that of an investor.

  Does Market Efficiency Trump Behavioral Bias in Finance Decisions? Understanding the effect of each can improve decision making

  Dr. Gertmenian served the Nixon and Ford administrations as a Chief Détente Negotiator in Moscow for the Chairman of the National Security Council

  as an emissary to Tehran for the Secretary of Commerce

  and as Special Assistant to the Secretary of HUD. His corporate experience includes five years as COO of Ready Pac

  a leading food processor

  and four years as CEO of the Jockeys' Guild

  a sports union. \n\nDr. Gertmenian has been honored by Pepperdine University as the first recipient of the Charles Luckman Teaching Fellowship

  and is the only professor to receive the award twice. His seminars on economic restructuring

  presented several times a year in Russia

  are critically acclaimed

  and his protégés have reached the highest levels of business and government including the President Vladimir Putin’s director of administration. He is the author of a mathematics primer for the study of economics and the nationally marketed audio series

  Everything Is Negotiable.\n\nDr. Gertmenian is an honorary citizen of China

  and a Distinguished Professor of Pacific Rim Negotiations at two universities in Shandong Province. Each year

  by special invitation from the Chinese government

  he shepherds a group of graduate students

  alumni

  and friends on a springtime study tour of China and Tibet.\n\nFor three years

  Dr. Gertmenian hosted an AM radio talk show in Los Angeles

  a call-in program featuring commentary on the social

  economic

  and geopolitical factors that influence global events. His eclectic guest list featured many of the great entertainers

  athletes

  politicians

  judicial authorities

  and business leaders of the world. He has appeared as a guest expert on many local and national news productions and has been quoted in publications throughout the world.\n\nDr. Gertmenian is an Eagle Scout

  the youngest ever to receive the award. He and his wife Cynthia

  an architect

  have reared nine children and provide a sanctuary for numerous abandoned animals.\n\nSpecialties: Economics

  econometrics

  international negotiations

  labor law

  collective bargaining

  management consulting

  executive coach

  L Wayne \"Dr. G\"

  Gertmenian