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Toshi Shibano, PhD, has been delivering financial literacy and value creation programs for the last 23 years world-wide at GE, Longs Drug, and other Fortune 500 companies. He has served 22 years on business school faculties at Stanford, Berkeley, Chicago and Columbia. He believes that, when executives fully understand and connect their efforts to their CEO’s financial and value creation objectives, they will make better decisions and create more value.
Toshi Shibano, PhD, has been delivering financial literacy and value creation programs for the last 23 years world-wide at GE, Longs Drug, and other Fortune 500 companies. He has served 22 years on business school faculties at Stanford, Berkeley, Chicago and Columbia. He believes that, when executives fully understand and connect their efforts to their CEO’s financial and value creation objectives, they will make better decisions and create more value.
Strategic Advisor
Steve McCann believes aligning executives with the company’s long term value objectives may be the most effective and important task of corporate leadership. He served as EVP and CFO of Longs Drugs, a $5 billion Fortune 500 company, from 2000 until it was acquired by CVS Caremark in 2008. He was responsible for strategy, M&A, finance, real estate, administration, investor relations and public relations. Prior to Longs, Mr. McCann served as SVP of Finance at Service Merchandise, a 400-store specialty catalog showroom retailer, and as VP and Controller of Robinsons-May, a 60 store, $1.6 billion division of the May Department Stores. Steve currently serves on the Board of Directors of Delta Dental, Vapore, LLC and FairShare, LLP.
Senior Associate
Phil Drake, PhD, is an expert in financial accounting and financial management. He is a Clinical Professor, Arizona State University andserves as the Faculty Director for the Masters of Accountancy and Masters of Taxation Programs. Phil is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Financial Planner. He has served as Chief Financial Officer for Nature’s One and Chief Investment Officer for Inspired Capitalworks. Phil has consulted for US and International companies such as Honeywell, Textron, Technicolor, Meridian Bank, Terex, Fujisawa, and SK-Korea. He earned his PhD and MA from Ohio State and a BS in Accounting from Alabama. He has served on the business school faculty at SMU, University of Illinois, and Thunderbird.
Strategic Partner
Peter Wilton, PhD, teaches strategy, marketing, and International management at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. He was recognized by Business Week magazine as one of the country’s leading business instructors. His consulting company, ORBIS Associates, provides strategic management and executive development services, specializing in strengthening customer loyalty and profitability through the design and deployment of integrated customer experience architectures. His global clients include Cisco, Apple, Oracle, HP, J&J, Merck, Genentech, IBM, and Coca Cola. Dr. Wilton holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales and a PhD in Management from Purdue.
Strategic Partner
Travis Carson, JD/MBA, is the Founder of Market Force Global, an organization that develops and trains tactics for implementing high-performance by individuals, teams, and organizations. He works to be his clients’ “Chief of Staff.” The combination of operations experience and graduate degrees in law and business provide Travis a unique perspective on solving difficult business issues. In addition to practicing law, Travis co-founded a real estate investment firm and was a Chief Operating Officer for a national lighting retrofit firm specializing in upgrading health care facilities throughout the US. Travis holds a JD and MBA from University of Arizona.
VP Business Development
Christian is Vice President of Business Development at Executive Financial Literacy and Managing Partner at Equinox Technology Partners. He has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington. Christian was, over a 25 year career, Director of Strategic Outsourcing at HP and EDS, closing hundreds of millions of dollars in IT outsourcing contracts. Christian believes that companies enjoy greater prosperity when they make the hard choices that align their organizations with their core business purpose – increasing shareholder value.
Director of Programs
Jodi Hendry is Director of Programs for Executive Financial Literacy, Inc. (EFL). Prior to coming to EFL, she was Senior Program Manager and Manager of Program Coordination at UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education. In addition, she has served as Marketing and Events Coordinator for SmartCEO Magazine, Event Planning and Project Manager at Moana Events, and Hospitality Director for Student Entertainment Events at the University of Maryland. Ms. Hendry holds a B.A. in Communications from University of Maryland, College Park.
