John Caslione

John Caslione: Profile

Before GCS, Mr. Caslione was founder, President & CEO of Andrew-Ward International, Inc., a global business consultancy firm whose services include the development and implementation of global business development strategies in 87 countries for Clients seeking strategic solutions to successfully compete in the global marketplace.

Over the past 25 years, John Caslione has been a trusted advisor and counselor to many leading global corporations including: ABB Semiconductors (Europe), Becton-Dickenson Biosciences (Europe), Caltex Lubricants Ltd (China, Asia, Middle East & Africa), Hewlett-Packard (Europe), AT&T (USA), John Deere (Europe, Asia & Africa), Johnson & Johnson (Europe), IBM, IPC Information Systems (USA, Europe & Asia), ExxonMobil Chemical Films (Europe & Africa), Philips N.V. (Europe, USA, Asia), R.J. Reynolds International B.V. (Europe, Russia and CIS, Middle East, Asia & Africa), Rockwell International (USA), Telefonica (Europe), Xerox (USA) and many others.

Mr. Caslione began his career in the national account division of AT&T, where he led a group that was responsible for a number of AT&T's key account customers in the US. Later, he launched the computer staffing resources firm, Synergy Links, in Boston, which he later went on to sell. Mr. Caslione was subsequently tapped to lead the successful turnaround of a Boston-based personnel services firm, Talent Tree Personnel Services (New England Division) that was acquired by Hestair Ltd, then a division of BET Ltd (UK).

John Caslione and co-author marketing guru and thought leader, Philip Kotler, have collaborated together to write on their latest book, Chaotics: The Business of Managing and Marketing in The Age of Turbulence (AMACOM Publishing; May 2009) published in more than 60 countries and in 30 languages worldwide. Chaotics presents a new management system—and a new set of strategic behaviors—designed to help businesses navigate in the new normality, which is characterized by intermittent spurts of prosperity and downturn now created by and unpredictable and undetectable waves of turbulence, creating chaos and opportunity, as well as increased risk and uncertainty in the new global economy.

John Caslione has authored two highly acclaimed books: Growing Your Business in Emerging Markets: Promise and Perils (Greenwood Publishing, 2000), an authoritative text with a special focus on developing sales and distribution strategies in emerging markets; and Global Manifest Destiny: Growing Your Business in a Borderless Economy (Dearborn Publishing, 2001), a roadmap for all businesses to globalize – and a recommended top book selection by Harvard Business School's "HBS Working Knowledge".

John Caslione holds a JD from Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law and received an MBA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is currently a guest lecturer for the Executive MBA program at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.