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Olgierd Swida has combined his global expertise in marketing and business development with his international experience in television production.
A native of Poland, Swida earned a degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne in Germany. He joined Microsoft in 1989, and in the ten years that followed, Swida was responsible for many of Microsoft's licensing, marketing and business activities. After helping Microsoft launch its first products in Russia, Swida held a number of positions, including International Channel Marketing Manager and Licensing Manager at Microsoft's Corporate Headquarters in Redmond, WA. Later, at Microsoft's Latin American Headquarters in Fort Lauderdale (FL) he led teams of marketing and sales professionals from the U.S. and Latin America, ultimately managing a $100 million business sector at record growth rates. As a speaker for Microsoft, Olgierd designed and delivered presentations in continents around the world, engaging hundreds of audiences from Angarsk in Siberia, Russia to Santiago de Chile in South America.
Swida then earned a degree in video production from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. Drawing on his strengths in communications, sales, marketing, and business development, Swida opened his own video production company. Remaining in Florida, he produced TV programs at a local cable station. Subsequently, Swida joined the NBC television station in Miami, where he worked in TV news production.
Returning to Poland, Olgierd led the news production division at TVP. Responsible for the look and feel of all news broadcasts on TVP's three channels, Swida also led the initial effort to launch TVP-Info‚ a 24-hour news channel. A member of the board of directors of Digital Avenue, a Polish internet company, Swida now resides in Poland, after having spent the past 25 years in Germany, U.S., Latin America and Spain.
He is an ICC Certified Coach and a Senior Leader at Robbins Research International, an Anthony Robbins company.
Teresa Pereira joined Presentation Coaching offering her experience in the areas of graphics and fashion design.
After earning her degree in graphic design at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Pereira worked for several South Florida advertising agencies, executing numerous design projects and campaigns for her clients.
Earlier in her career, after undergraduate studies in business and advertising in her native Portugal, Pereira attended the Studio Berçot in Paris, where she received a degree in fashion design. Returning to Portugal, Pereira designed and managed her own line of apparel called‚ Estudio T.