June 15, 2011 – Launch of Blog

Ken Fox starts a blog with an international business focus, called “Global Galaxy” Check this link Global Galaxy Blog or the www.thesoundingsgroup.com website for access to the blog.

June 7, 2011 – Brazil addition, Charleston

Ken Fox becomes a associated with a Brazil based consulting firm called MULTIVISION Consultoria Internacional (http://multivision4.jimbo.com). The company assists Brazilian and global clients with business growth, trade and education needs.

March 9, 2011-Chengdu, China

Ken Fox presents at the U.S Consulate in Chengdu, China. His presentation is entitled: “The Rise of Digital Media.”

January 4, 2011-Chengdu, China

Ken Fox leaves for Chengdu, China to teach an MBA course in Marketing. This is through a joint program with Webster University and the University of Electronic Science & Technology of China. Ken taught Chinese working executives.

July 21, 2010-Atlanta, GA

Ken Fox is a member of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta, GA, and active on their medical committee. Ken participated on an assessment team to assist an Israeli company to optimize their sales proposition and product, as they plan to enter the U.S..The Israeli company, Nano-Retina, is developing an artificial retina, which if developed successfully can help to restore eyesight with people having lost their sight from diabetes (diabetic retinopathy) or age-related macular degeneration

November 15, 2010-Charleston, SC

The Soundings Group completes a strategy and marketing plan assignment for a client based outside the U.S.. The client wanted to increase its U.S. outsourcing business.

August-December, 2010-Charleston, SC

Ken Fox teaches an undergraduate International Business class among cadets at The Citadel.

September 4-7, 2009-Amelia Island, FL

Ken Fox attends “Barbados Comes to Amelia Island” (FL), which showcased the country as a premiere investment domicile. As part of the activities, Ken meets privately with the Honorable David Thompson, the Prime Minister of Barbados, to discuss the building of a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Barbados.

June 23-26, 2008-Barbados

Ken Fox accompanies a pharmaceutical CEO to Barbados (in the Caribbean). The purpose of the trip is to explore building a manufacturing facility to produce vaccines to prevent diseases such as dengue fever.

Ken Fox presents a paper entitled “Invisible Competition: Think Differently,” at the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) annual meeting.

Ken Fox travels to Beijing, China for business meetings from March 9-15, 2006. The trip provided valuable contacts for future China market assessments and a basis for a joint venture with a Beijing based company.

Ken Fox presents to the South Carolina Chapter of the American Marketing Association (Charleston) on Invisible Competition.

Ken Fox attends the 36th World Trade Center Association General Assembly in Shanghai, China, September 20-23, 2005. This annual conference brings together people from the 280 world trade centers around the globe. The conference included informative presentations from government officials, corporate representatives and consultants regarding foreign trade and economic conditions in China. One factoid: China consumes 45% of the world’s cement production.

“Seeing the Invisible” paper published by the University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business, April-May 2005 issue of the “Business & Economic Review