Dr. Ralph Jagodka

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Personal

I am a husband and a father – the two most important roles in my life. I love to spend time with my family hiking various trails and traveling. Explore and experience some of my favorite trails.

Professional

I teach entrepreneurship from direct experience in exporting, importing, licensing, and running small businesses, and I build interactive online career-exploration tools.

As Professor Emeritus (Business Management) at Mt. San Antonio College, I continue to teach Small Business Management (Entrepreneurship), and I have also taught International Business and Exporting & Importing. I served for multiple years as Department Co-Chair of the Accounting & Management Department, and I am the former President of the Citrus College Management Team. I co-developed:

Three step-laddered International Business certificates
Three step-laddered Small Business Management certificates
An International Business A.S. degree
A Small Business Management A.S. degree
A Supply Chain Management Certificate program

Professional Associations and Service

Vice Chairman, United Abacus Arithmetic Association (UAAA), since 2016
Appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to the District Export Council of Southern California (SOCAL DEC), four-year term (2014–2017)
Member, Industry Manufacturers Council, 27 years (1990–2017), and Chairman of its Management & Operations Committee for 14 years
Export trainer, Export Training Assistance Partnership (ETAP), four years
Member, Foreign Trade Association (FTA), seven years
Board member, Valley International Trade Association (VITA), two years
Advancing International Trade Award, California 2019, presented by NASBITE International

Private-Sector Experience

My private-sector background includes:

General Manager and International Marketing Manager, Taiwanese consumer electronics manufacturer and trader: international marketing, sales, procurement, and trading.
Far East licensing, through Japan, for the manufacture and distribution of Disney product lines in Taiwan.
Trader of Engineering Products, German industrial machinery trading company: supplier intelligence, product development, Asian sourcing, and marketing.
General Manager, rental-retail operation with multiple locations in Los Angeles: top-management responsibility.
Director and Lead Consultant, Center for International Trade Development (CITD): value-added international marketing research and consulting.
Interim Director, East Los Angeles County Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
Web developer specializing in interactive tools, including custom search, data-mining, and retrieval interfaces for content-managed knowledge bases, with database search and reporting systems.
Principal investor, owner, and manager of residential rental properties.
Developer, coder, and webmaster of ConsultaPedia.com, a free career, business, investing, and global trade resource platform.

Education

Ed.D. (Leadership): University of La Verne
Executive M.B.A.: Pepperdine University
Chinese Studies: Soochow University, Taiwan

Author

Books and research
Skills Needed For Effective International Marketing: Training Implications (UMI)
International Business Careers: Explore, Prepare & Take Action (Amazon)

Harvard Business articles
What to Do When Students Ask You for Career Advice (Harvard Business)
What Career-Focused Curriculum Looks Like (Harvard Business)

Online career guides
What Can I do With a Degree in International Business? (All Business Schools)
How to Pursue a Career in International Business (All Business Schools)
Business Plan Templates (Mt. San Antonio College)

Self-published
A Practical Guide to Cultural Behavior & Communication
How To Organize, Start and Manage a Small Business
Importing & Exporting at a Glance

Contact

Email: ralph@consultapedia.com

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