Episode #53: Personal and Professional Development for Success|Army Veteran Gerald Paulsen CEO of Paulsen Productions

Gerald Paulsen, U.S. Army Veteran and Retired Law Enforcement, has been an entrepreneur in the corporate world for over 20 years. Founding Paulsen Productions, Inc. in 1994, he has grown his professional development business into an international corporation.

http://www.paulsenproductionsinc.com/

Paulsen Productions boasts 3 divisions; Presentation Skills DynamicsTM, Motivation ConceptsSM, Education ImpressionsSM, owning two trademarks and 19 service marks for their products and services, and currently has 50 employees with four offices around the world. Based in the Chicago area, and with offices currently in Brazil, Guam and China, plans are in place to open a fifth office in Germany in 2014.

Since the company began Paulsen Productions has worked with companies, organizations, and agencies of all sizes, from start-ups to Fortune 5 companies, coaching and consulting over 400,000 business professionals and 1,000,000 young people in over 250 cities and 26 countries.

A published author, Jerry is an internationally recognized expert in the field of communication and professional development across the United States and overseas. Jerry assists companies to grow and prosper through the company’s unique approach and a methodology that is copyrighted with the U.S. Library of Congress in working with business professionals at all levels – from new hire to CEO.

Paulsen Productions is a veteran owned small business (VOSB), and a recognized voice in the veteran’s business community. Jerry has co-authored publications related to government contracting, and has been a featured Subject Matter Expert on issues of communications and business development, both within, and external to, the Veteran community.

As a subject matter expert he has keynoted and presented at conferences across the country including: United States Small Business Administration Small Business Week, United States Department of Justice, the National Association of Small Business Development Centers, National Association of Procurement and Technical Assistance Centers, Society of American Military Engineers, International D.A.R.E. Conference, United States Defense Supply Command, Government Small Business Symposiums, countless small business conferences, is a national sought after Emcee for veteran business conferences across the country and has participated as a Subject Matter Expert at the United States Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Illinois Small Business Recovery Forum and many, many others.

He has also served as a consultant to many recognized educational institutions including Wharton School of Business, Executive Management Program, PA; Gannon University SBDC, PA; Harper College, College of Business, IL; El Paso Community College, TX; Bucknell, University SBDC, PA; Schoolcraft College SBDC, MI, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach SBDC , FL and the University of Guam SBDC, GU.

With his vast travel experience domestically and abroad coupled with Jerry’s staff of experts and his entreprenurial expertise and diversity he is regarded as a true subject matter expert and sought after around the country to assist businesses in thinking ouside the box and become more diversified.