CFE program launches in Singapore and Thailand: after a delegation of franchising-community leaders visited Southeast Asia late last year, plans were drawn to finalize the launch of the Institute of Certified Franchise Executives programming in Singapore and Thailand.The delegation appeared before a conference organized by the Franchising and Licensing Association of Singapore and met with Thai franchise executives and government officials in Bangkok. Institute of Certified Franchise Executives Chairwoman Melanie Bergeron, CFE CFE Conventional Forces in Europe (treaty) CFE Cash Flow to Equity (finance/accounting) CFE Comisión Federal de Electricidad (México) CFE Certified Fraud Examiner , and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Two Men and A Truck International Two Men and a Truck was founded in the early 1980s by brothers Brig and Jon Sorber in Lansing, Michigan. Using an old pickup truck, they performed moves in their spare time. The brothers asked their mother, Mary Ellen Sheets, to create a logo for the new company. ; William Edwards, CFE, CEO and president, Edwards Global Services; and John Reynolds, president of the IFA Immunofluorescent assay (IFA) A blood test sometimes used to confirm ELISA results instead of using the Western blotting. In an IFA test, HIV antigen is mixed with a fluorescent compound and then with a sample of the patient's blood. Educational Foundation, presented a CFE program on international development and growth strategies during the FLAsia conference conducted in Singapore in October. The conference, presented by the Franchising and Licensing Association of Singapore and BizLink Premium Services, featured an expo and educational programs on a wide range of franchising topics. Reynolds also served as a judge for the international awards competition during the conference. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bergeron, Edwards, and Reynolds met with Douglas Foo, FLAS FLAS Foreign Language and Area Studies FLAS Flight Level Allocation Scheme FLAS Fuels Logistic Area Summary chairman, and CEO, Apex-Pal International; General Manager Terry Wong and other FLAS members to finalize plans for the launch of the CFE program regionally in early 2009. Following the conference, Reynolds met with faculty members at Sripatum University, Bangkok, Thai franchise executives, and government officials during a CFE seminar program conducted at the university. The CFE program at Sripatum University is being spearheaded by Peerapong Kitiveshpokawat, director of the International Retail and Franchise Business Research and Development Center. Faculty members are working with Cheryl Babcock, CFE, director of the International Institute for Franchise Education, Nova Southeastern University History Originally named Nova University of Advanced Technology,[7] the university was chartered by the state of Florida in 1964[8][9] as a graduate institution in the physical and social sciences. , to develop franchise educational programs. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] |
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