PAUL
BERETZ, CICE
(Certified
International Credit Executive)
Paul
Beretz, CICE (Certified International Credit
Executive), is Managing Director of Pacific
Business Solutions, a company he created in
1999. In addition, he is a founding partner
of Q2C (Quote to Cash) Solutions. He brings
over 30 years of global, corporate experience
in finance and management with industries
such as telecommunications, semi-conductors,
forest products, chemicals, plastics and consumer
products among others. His expertise includes
analyzing opportunities and providing resolutions
in the order-through-collect cycle for manufacturers,
distributors and service companies located
worldwide.
Additionally, Paul is a faculty member at
St. Mary's College (CA) in the BA in Management
and MA in Leadership programs. His adjunct
faculty postings also include UC Berkeley,
Michigan State University and the University
of Phoenix.
In 2003, under the combined sponsorship of
the FCIB association (Finance, Credit &
International Business), Michigan State University
and the U.S. Department of Commerce, he created
a course in international credit and risk
management. Paul is the project manager and
lead instructor in this online certificate
program that was developed for professionals
in countries wishing to export their products
or services. Topics addressed cover financing
and treasury, risk mitigation techniques,
cross-cultural influences, ethics, negotiations,
country and currency risk assessment, international
trade law among others. Over 600 professionals
from 30 countries have successfully completed
the program.
Paul will be an instructor at the Graduate
School of Credit and Financial Management
at Dartmouth College in June 2007. Also, at
the request of CMA (the California credit
association), he created and now instructs
in a six-week online certificate course, "Understanding
Financial Statement Analysis," that was
approved by NACM (the National Association
of Credit Management) as a Certification course
requirement equivalent.
Mr. Beretz has given over 150 presentations
and in-house training programs to Fortune
500 companies, associations and professional
groups including NACM, FCIB, Credit Research
Foundation and Dun and Bradstreet. He has
been an expert witness, written articles for
trade publications such as Business Credit
and IOMA, edited books on financial management
and authored a book for the American Management
Association on credit management.
Paul received his BBA from the University
of Notre Dame, an MBA from Golden Gate University
and the Executive Award at the NACM Graduate
School of Credit and Financial Management
held on the campus of Stanford University.
Paul Beretz brings over thirty years experience
in providing solutions for global management
and finance within low and high tech industries
- chemicals, forest products, semi-conductors
and telecommunications among others.
