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January 8, 2001 Global Nomads Group appoints new director of Operations New York (January 8, 2001) -- interactive educational broadcasting organization Global Nomads Group (GNG) is ramping up its operations to meet a growing demand for international learning programs. Based out of Dallas and New York, the non-profit recently appointed entrepreneur and consultant Kamal El-Wattar as new Director of Operations. El-Wattar previously served as a Business Analyst and Globalization Specialist at Bowne Global Solutions and as West Coast Manager of the Webstream and Interactive Division of International Communications, Inc. As a consultant, he specializes in assisting organizations to align their social missions with market forces to have more impact while being self-sustaining. He recently assisted in the launch of DigitalDivide.org. "We realize that to successfully meet our social goals as a non-profit we need to run our organization like any other business venture: professionally" said Jonathan Giesen, a founder of GNG. "Having Kamal on board right now is extremely crucial to our growth as he brings us invaluable knowledge of successful management skills that can be applied to a non-profit". About Global Nomads Group Founded in 1998 by Mark Von Sponeck, Jonathan Giesen and Christopher Plutte, GNG conducts point-to-point educational videoconferences between students of different nationalities and cultures, and multipoint video broadcasts from remote regions of the world. It offers its services to organizations dedicated to providing youth with unique international education opportunities such as schools, museums, and online educational communities. |
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