Leon Kaye
With 15 years in sales training, business development, and overseas experience, Leon Kaye has developed sustainability strategies and training programs for corporations, non-profits, and government agencies. After living and working in South Korea in the mid-1990s, Mr. Kaye moved back to his native California, where he led IT and sales training projects, sold business services to large corporations, and consulted companies on creating more sustainable business solutions. A Silicon Valley native, he currently lives in Los Angeles, where he is editor of greengopost.com and leads GGP Media. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business, and is also a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.Organizations with which Mr. Kaye has worked include:
- Artilient
- Corporate Executive Board
- County of Los Angeles
- DoubleClick
- Hyundai
- Internal Revenue Service
- ITOCHU
- Parkman Triangle Improvement Project
Mr. Kaye has traveled to over 50 countries for business and his number one passion, travel. He has a particular affection for South America, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.
His inspiration is his maternal grandmother, Ovsanna, who lost her family during the 1915 Armenian Genocide and after years in Lebanon and Cuba, moved to the USA in the 1930s. He's a fan of The Atlantic Monthly, The Economist, and Foreign Policy magazines, which he reads voraciously. When he still has some free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, and weightlifting.
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