The Wharton Club of South Florida
presents a Cocktail Reception and Program on


   Managing corporate Growth: a contrast of
two successful Companies

with
 

 
on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010
6:00 PM - Reception
7:00 PM - Program

Sponsored By
Sabadell United Bank

and Moderated By
Kevin Gale
Editor
South Florida Business Journal

at
Sabadell United Bank
(formerly known as Mellon United National Bank)
1111 Brickell Avenue, 30th Floor
Miami, FL 33131
Click here for directions

Parking is available at the JW Marriott (valet) and at the Mellon Financial Center self-parking garage (4th floor and above).  Both are located on 12th Street. Parking and valet tickets will be validated at the front desk on the 30th floor.

Cost for this event:
Wharton Club of S. FL Members (plus 1 guest): No Charge
Guests/Non-Members: $25 per person

You must register for this event no later than Monday, March 15, 2010.  If you have any questions or encounter any difficulties registering, please contact Gabriela Sanchez, Club Administrator at (786) 206-4867 or admin@whartonsouthfla.com.  



Click here to register

 

EMBRAER AIRCRAFT HOLDING, INC.
Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A) is the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial jets up to 120 seats, one of Brazil’s leading exporters and Florida's main trade partner. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells aircraft for the commercial aviation, executive aviation, and defense segments, also providing after sales support and services to customers worldwide.

The Company's headquarters are located in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, and it has offices, industrial operations and customer service facilities in Brazil, China, France, Portugal, Singapore. On December 31, 2009, Embraer had a workforce of 16,853 employees – not counting the employees of its partly owned subsidiaries – and its firm order backlog totaled US $16.6 billion.

In the United States Embraer celebrated 30 years of presence in 2009. Its main offices are located in Fort Lauderdale, FL in the vicinity of the Hollywood International Airport where sales, marketing and after sales support is provided for the North America region. The company plays an important economic role in Florida, where in 2011 it will open its first U.S. aircraft assembly plant and customer center in Melbourne, dedicated to Embraer's executive jet business.

Other U.S. facilities include a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, EAMS, in Nashville, Tenn., as well as the Embraer Executive Jets Service Centers in Mesa, AZ and Windsor Locks, CT.


Guest Speaker: Gary Spulak, President, Embraer Aircraft Holdings, Inc.
Gary J. Spulak, President of Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc. (Embraer's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary), began his career with Embraer in 1983 as Vice President of Product Support and Information Technology developing and directing the infrastructure to support the successful Bandeirante and Brasilia commercial aircraft in North America.

Mr. Spulak previously worked with Federated Department Stores developing cross division IT solutions. He later joined the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse as a management consultant specializing in manufacturing, industrial engineering, retailing, distribution and real estate.

He is a graduate of the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Barry University.
 
Mr. Spulak also serves as a member of the board for various organizations including the Aerospace Industries Association, Enterprise Florida, and the Wings Club and recently served as Vice Chairman for Space Florida.


MOTIONPOINT CORPORATION
MotionPoint is the leader in the website translation and globalization space.

Companies today are positioned at the convergence of two significant and history-changing business trends:  accelerating globalization and the increasing importance of companies’ websites.  MotionPoint empowers clients to leverage these trends by providing a comprehensive solution that translates websites -- and then transcends translation by also increasing clients’ multi-lingual site traffic and revenue.

Hundreds of the world’s top brands including Delta Airlines, Verizon, Akamai and Best Buy trust MotionPoint to serve their customers across the globe, every day. MotionPoint’s unique service, featuring proven and patented technologies, delivers professionally-translated and optimized in-language user experiences.

In 2008 and 2009, the Coconut Creek-based company was listed on Inc. magazine’s Inc. 500, which features the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States.  MotionPoint’s revenue growth for the past three years is more than 550%.

To learn more about MotionPoint, visit www.MotionPoint.com.


Guest Speaker: Will Fleming, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MotionPoint Corporation
Mr. Fleming has nearly 20 years of experience introducing technology-based multi-lingual services to the retail and government sectors. His expertise includes identifying and understanding consumer trends, and building and managing growth companies.

Mr. Fleming previously co-founded Convenience Products Corporation ("CPC"), creating a market for new technology-based products -- prepaid calling cards and prepaid wireless. He built CPC into a nation-wide leader and then sold it to ConQuest Telecommunications, which was ultimately acquired by AT&T. While in the prepaid industry, Mr. Fleming and his sales team built relationships with, and gained distribution, into national and regional retail chains representing 100,000+ combined storefronts.

Mr. Fleming holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Carleton College and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business.


SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL
The South Florida Business Journal is a weekly publication covering business throughout the tri-county area. It is part of American City Business Journals, whose more than 40 newspapers make it the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers.

American City is part of the Newhouse family's Advance Publications Inc., which also includes Conde Nast Magazines and Newhouse Newspapers.


Moderator:  Kevin Gale, Editor, South Florida Business Journal
Kevin Gale is editor of the South Florida Business Journal, overseeing the news operations in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Kevin joined The Business Journal as editor in 1998 after 14 years with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel where he was business editor for five years. Kevin grew up in Freeport, Ill. and is a graduate of Northwestern University.


ABOUT OUR SPONSOR:

Sabadell United Bank
In mid-January, Mellon United National Bank became part of Banco Sabadell. The legal name of the bank has changed to Sabadell United Bank. This new name combines the strength and innovation of Banco Sabadell, a leading international financial group, with the tradition and experience of Mellon United National Bank. This powerful combination will create one of the strongest and soundest banks in Florida. The bank's internal and external signage and branding will be replaced during the second quarter 2010.

Sabadell United Bank also underscores Banco Sabadell's commitment to maintaining local leadership — counting on Mellon United National Bank's highly talented and qualified group of professionals and their dedication to the bank. Customers will see the same banking center and relationship managers and have the same excellent customer service they have come to expect from Mellon United National Bank.

With the acquisition of Mellon United National Bank, one of the finest and prestigious financial institutions in South Florida, Sabadell United Bank becomes the sixth largest local bank in Florida, in total deposits. You can trust on receiving continued personalized approach, along with the resources and capabilities an international group can offer.

As part of Banco Sabadell, Sabadell United Bank is part of an international banking leader. Banco Sabadell (IBEX:SAB) is Spain's fourth-largest bank and has more than 125 years of experience in corporate and personal banking. It has over 1,200 branches throughout Spain and a presence in another 19 countries through branches, representative offices, subsidiaries and affiliates, notably in China, India, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

Banco Sabadell's capital ratios are among the highest in the European banking sector. It has assets totaling more than 118 billion dollars and close to 10,000 employees worldwide. Banco Sabadell is the only Spanish bank with ISO 9001 certification for all its global processes and the Gold Seal from the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM).

Since 1993, Banco Sabadell has had a full international branch license for its Miami office (the first Spanish bank in Florida), from where it coordinates all of its operations in America and provide private and corporate banking services for individuals and businesses in the US and Latin America. More about Sabadell United Bank is available at www.bnymellon.com.