GLOBIANA - Key Persons
After over two decades of international living in the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, Carol is finally back home in the USA. With a background in Human Resources (B.A. Human Resources and Business), Carol has been trained and led multiple seminars and coaching sessions on interpersonal relationships. "Been there, done that" is a well-worn phrase, but it communicates the reason I can relate to you as an expat and walk alongside you as you face many of the same challenges."
Experienced global practice leader, with strong record of guiding innovative, full-service employee benefits and insurance consulting firms. Extensive knowledge of Benefit Sales, Risk Management, Client Service and Global solutions.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Founder
Founder and CEO of Globiana, Elena Mosko was born in Moscow, Russia, and came to the USA in 1990 to join a graduate business program at Babson University. Having experienced international relocation as a very young person, she never forgot the challenges of adjustment to an unfamiliar culture and the importance of the empathic support she received from locals and the other expats. Receiving the advice and the critical information for those early steps on the American soil, made it possible for Elena to succeed in her new home country. For over 20 years she continued her involvement in the Silicon Valley international community by developing support and guidance programs for newcomers to the US. More recently as a consultant to Fortune 500 clients, she also ran projects building and managing a variety of professional and educational online communities. In 2012, her vision of a high-touch cloud-based training solution supporting the mobile workforce produced Globiana. Elena holds an international MBA from Santa Clara University. Outside of running Globiana she is acting as a chief life officer of her husband and three sons. She can also be found tending to her flock of urban chickens, pruning the backyard vineyard, or oil painting.
Job Titles:
- Content Strategist
- Corporate Communications & Content Strategy
Felicia grew up in Sweden and moved to the SF Bay area in 1994. She has a BA in Communication Technology and has worked in the marketing departments of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Gothenburg City Library. After she relocated to the Bay Area, she earned a technical writing diploma and started working as a technical writer and software tester for a small start-up. She has three children. Favorite activities include playing tennis and hiking, traveling, reading, photography and music.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager, Global Operations
Job Titles:
- Coach
- Executive
- Member and Ex - Board Member With the ICF
Ketaki is an awarded Executive Coach and Facilitator with over 29 years of work experience. She leverages her experience as both an HR and Organization Development practitioner, as well as a consultant and advisor, to help clients design targeted leadership development interventions, such as executive and leadership coaching, group coaching, and group facilitation.
Ketaki is a governing body member and ex-board member with the ICF - Delhi NCR chapter. She is also on the panel of leading international executive coaching companies.
Job Titles:
- Culture Transition Lead
- Talent Consultant and Expat Career Coach
Lisa La Valle-Finan is an American global talent consultant and expat career coach from New York, now based in Paris. With decades of international work-life experience, she's sought for her ability to minimize relocation assignment impact for employees and their families in global transition. Lisa also specializes in coach high-potential global executives for leading organizations into the future.
Job Titles:
- Career & Personal Development Lead
A global citizen who has lived and worked in Europe, Canada and the US. Combine her international moving experiences with challenging her career direction many times. Marlies has been an elementary school teacher, worked in biotech as well as the financial industry and is known as a career transition expert - all the while seeking her own destiny. After graduating with a masters in Career Development, she has been busy working with individuals and guiding them through the maze of job search and career development.
Job Titles:
- Global Product Development Lead
Melinda's wide and varied background includes the financial, administrative and legal aspects of grants management, database management, product development, web development and design, graphic design, writing, blogging, community management and media commentary. While at The David & Lucile Packard Foundation she grew the Grants Management team from a single person to a full department that awarded and paid out over $3B during her tenure. She also founded the West Coast chapter of the Grants Manager Network and served on the GMN board of directors. Later, her unique take on family life led her to found one of the first Mommy Blogs and become a highly a sought-after consultant for fortune 500 companies and the online parenting community. She is a technophile, a published parenting author and expert and tries her best to use her powers for good. Melinda has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Davis and lives with her blended family of eight in the Seattle Area.
Experience in strategic consulting services to a variety of high tech, companies on patent, licensing, trademark, copyright, data protection and privacy matters. General legal advisory services for entrepreneurial companies in high growth and expansion markets.
Job Titles:
- Technology Specialist
- Web Developer
- Technology & Web Development
Roman‘s dedication to improving technology is helping Globiana build a solid web platform to consistently modernize and streamline the delivery of our services to the clients. His professional interests range from being a full-stack web developer, mobile application developer and technology tinkerer to dabbling in process automation, computer vision, machine learning and e-learning. Having more than 20 years experience working in computer industry in various development positions, his credentials include receiving West Valley College web development certificate, then earning a B.Sc. in Computer Science from University of Computer and Information Science in Ljubljana and he's currently studying to become a M.Sc. in Computer Science.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operations Officer
- Co - Founder
- Chief Operations Officer, Managing Director of Crossculture Academy GmbH
Steffen specialises on linking classroom training with the possibilities of online learning on a professional scale. He has been a member of the advisory board of AFS and a member of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research SIETAR Germany where he held several positions in the board. Therefore, Steffen is deeply involved in an extensive network of facilitators, trainers and coaches in the intercultural field.
Steffen holds a degree in International Business, Culture and Language Studies with a focus on Southeast Asia from Passau University/Germany and IKIP Bandung/Indonesia. He has been engaged in intercultural communication and cooperation since 1997. As a project manager Steffen was responsible for intercultural management and training at the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, a German cultural institute under the supervision of the Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Germany.
Job Titles:
- Business Executive
- Strategic Advisor
Tawni L. Nazario-Cranz is a global business executive with more than two decades of experience working for some of the world's most innovative companies. As a leading business strategist and culture transformer, she drove Netflix, Bausch & Lomb, FedEx Kinko's and other top companies to record-breaking success.
Job Titles:
- Head of Coaching Services
With many years experience in marketing, product development and sales for businesses of any scale, Trixi loves the challenge of multi-cultural teams and international business. After moving to India in 2010, Trixi went back to school to become a coach and focus her energy on the thing she loves most - developing people. Her clients are encouraged to identify and leverage their strengths rather than worry about weaknesses, and thus have a huge impact on their potential. Back in California, Trixi and her team are coaching our members to find and pursue their own greatness. Trixi holds a Master in International Business from the University of Vienna, Austria. Her coaching credentials include Erickson Certified Professional Coach (ECPC) and PCC- ICF (International Coaching Federation).