Rhona Lopez   Premium Member

Having lived and worked in 3 continents (Asia, Europe, and North America) adapting my Sociology & Economics background to the dynamic Marketing/Market Research and Operations Management discipline, my work experience has transcended everything from handling Commodities (ex. food and beverage distribution through 24seven, the world's leading vending technologies firm; office supplies & printer cartridge supplies for the government and other entities through OfficeXpress) to Fine Art (ex. my continuing involvement in the special events and program planning of Pacific Asia Museum, one of only four/4 North American institutions devoted primarily to Asian/Pacific Islander art & culture; working on live TV and Webcast art retail through the Fine Art Network) to Education (ex. helping North American teachers find fulfilling assignments in the post-Communist and Muslim world through TeachOverseas.Org; running a community-based Tutorial and After-School Program in San Fernando Valley).
 
Since the 1st quarter of 2007 I have been working closely with various partners including those from the minority Hispanic and Asian business communities of San Fernando Valley, California on Residential & Commercial Real Estate and Mortgage Brokerages, as well as Information Technology/IT Consultancy, and Construction Management as the Vice-President for Operations of the 16 year-old firm Universal Management Inc., helping many California homeowners & business owners adapt even in the challenging & ongoing US real estate & credit crunch.
 
By Summer 2007 I also resumed my TV Production vocation through the Las Vegas-based sustainable living-themed weekday lifestyle television series Living Additions seen nationwide on Ion Media Networks (formerly PaxTV) and owned by the Telly, Clio, and Addy-award winning media production team of Media Underground, serving as Living Additions' Executive Producer for Brand Development.
 
With the formation of the multi-disciplinary & multi-cultural management consultancy services organization Universal Connections Inc. in the international business-friendly city of Las Vegas, Nevada, starting this March 2008, I now also flexibly provide Marketing and Media Management/Development services as Vice-President for Marketing & Media, for client groups that either want to go Local-To-Global (ex. established & emerging client local/regional TV series growing into long-term national/global TV/Web/Mobile programming) or Global-To-Local (ex. innovative overseas- and/or- nationally developed products & services in finance, telecommunications, consumer goods, etc. seeking customized multi-lingual local/regional Marketing programs towards Sustainable Business and Community Development growth).
 
For a time I also trained and served in the US Army National Guard (2008-09), and now that I am back full-time in the civilian business world, I am also actively helping more businesses remain liquid & competitive through Attorney Recovery Systems, Inc. (http://www.legalcollection.com), where there is strength in our number or national & global Commercial Collection law firms, and impact in action making sure that no commercial claim is ever left behind, and no creditor or debtor ever has to be in bad shape :)