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Dennis
(Deniz) McGee - Brief Bio
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Originally from California, Dennis is a
maverick entrepreneur and idealist who has been living and working in Turkey
since 1997. His core business has been marketing healthy Turkish food
and agricultural products. His company was responsible for the
supply of 20% of the bottled Turkish extra virgin olive oil to the US in
it’s best year, through 7,000 points-of-sale in 30 US states. He also
consulted for the largest importer of Turkish hazelnuts into China. |
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In addition to his trade
business he has been offering consulting services for new and potential
foreign investors in Turkey. He negotiated a contract with a Fortune 500
company in the area of renewable energy. He has consulted for over 100
foreign firms and individual investors. |
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Dennis has spoken in
several countries* to leaders and business people from over 70 nations of
his esteem for the extraordinary people of Turkey. He has hosted business
conferences in Turkey with business leaders from 30 nations in attendance,
including some of the top executives of Fortune 500 companies. In 2004 he
participated in an international business think-tank relating to social
entrepreneurship. |
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*Austria,
Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Spain, Thailand, UK and US. |
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He
was the only Turkish speaking foreigner to
address the
First Turkish Olive Oil & Table Olive Symposium (Türkiye
I. Zeytinyağı ve Sofralık Zeytin Sempozyumu’nu) held in Izmir in 2003,
and the
First Eastern Mediterranean Olive and Olive Oil Summit
(1. Doğu Akdeniz Zeytin ve Zeytinyağı Zirvesi)
held in Adana in 2008. He has been
written about
multiple times in
Dünya Gazetesi
(the largest daily business newspaper in Turkey) and has spoken on
Turkish television. He served two terms as secretary of the
Turkish American Association of Izmir (Türk-Amerikan
Derneği). He is a founding member and assists in international
relations of the largest Turkish olive industry association Olive
Friends Association (Zeytin
Dostu - Zeytin ve Zeytinyağı Derneği). |
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Other Pursuits and Interests: |
• Communication through
Media & the Arts
• Ethics, Integrity and Honor
• Fathers’ role in society
• Global balance (environment, wealth, technology, healthcare, food & water)
• Healthy lifestyle – preventative care
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Intercultural communication
• Learning theory (learning styles)
• Marketing: "love your customer as yourself"
• Music Composition |
• Personal balance of
private & public life (family, business, social responsibility,
spirituality)
• Rule of Law
• Sustainable development on a micro & macro scale
• Think-tanking (collaborative strategic planning)
• Turkish world image (public relations)
• Turkish management styles & leadership development |
