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Joel D. Warady
Principal – Joel Warady Group
Joel D. Warady is Principal of Joel Warady Group, a Marketing and Business Growth consulting firm with offices in Evanston, IL. In addition to his consulting work, Mr. Warady has served as an Adjunct Professor of e-business, marketing, and finance at the University of Illinois-Chicago, in the Finance Department, MBA program as well as the Professional Development program. He has also taught in the International Business program sponsored by the State of Illinois and Bradley University. He currently is a guest Marketing instructor in the MBA program at Benedictine University.
Internationally, Mr. Warady is respected as a sales and marketing expert, speaker, and advisor. In his various businesses, he has been responsible for negotiating business relationships with companies throughout South and Central America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. He has spoken on the subject of digital business and marketing to individuals and groups from France, India, Austria, Turkey, Italy, Taiwan, China and the UK, as well as speaking to numerous groups and companies in the US. Currently he acts in an advisory capacity to numerous start-up companies, and sits on the Board of Directors of EnJoyLife Foods, LLC and ProCare, Ltd. of Helsinki, Finland.
Previously, Mr. Warady was Vice President of Milestone Scientific, Inc. (OTCBB:MS), the developer, manufacturer and marketer of The Wand™, a high technology, computer controlled dental injection system. In his role, Mr. Warady was directly responsible for all manufacturing and distribution of the product, while also managing the Customer Service team who interacted directly with dental offices. He also was instrumental in securing dental distribution partners in select European markets, Japan, South Africa, and Israel.
Prior to Milestone Scientific, Mr. Warady was Founder and President of Wisdom Toothbrush Company (North America). Having started in 1990, the business ultimately grew to over 16,000 active dental office customers purchasing oral care products to distribute to their patients. In addition, over 5000 retail outlets carried Wisdom products throughout the United States and Canada. In 7 short years, Wisdom sold over 12 million oral care products that ultimately ended up in the hands of consumers. In December 1996, Mr. Warady successfully negotiated the sale of Wisdom to Milestone Scientific.
Before embarking on the world of dental products, Mr. Warady spent eight years in the financial sector with Northwestern Mutual Life of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In addition to working with executive clients on their business and personal benefit needs, Mr. Warady acted as a field manager in both the Chicago and Dallas offices. In 1985, he was ranked as being in the top 2% of all life insurance agents in the world.
Having majored in History at the University of Illinois where he also served as editor of a daily newspaper, Mr. Warady brings 30+ years of experience in marketing, sales, and operations. |
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