Shirley Lei is the founding partner of Zenith Advisory, a boutique consulting firm founded in 2002 specialized in helping clients to achieve their organizational strategies through their people.

Being one of the very few Chinese professionals to start multinational company career in 1988, Shirley accumulated huge experiences in partnering with international society. She has taken a road less traveled to help domestic professionals to acquire international exposure and international executives to win personally and professionally in China.

Since 1988, Shirley had worked for leading multinational companies in Shanghai including Siber Hegner (Switzerland), Siemens (Germany), Castrol (UK), Jardine Fleming (UK), and AchieveGlobal (USA) in the roles of business development, consulting and general management.

With 20+ years of professional experience, Shirley became a well connected and out-of-the-box consultant knowing how to leverage individual and corporate advantages to achieve maximum performance. Shirley is very talented in encouraging clients with different education and culture background to bring out their best in the real and complicated business world.

Richard’s professional background includes more than 25 years of experience in education, leadership, and consulting. He is an Adjunct Instructor that teaches university business courses, healthcare courses, and an International Student Mentor. He also creates content for leadership programs for future leaders and serves as an educational and business consultant.

Richard served in various types of leadership roles in the retail industry. His leadership experience consists of progressive roles of responsibility as a Regional Manager, Store Manager, Marketing Manager and Operations Manager. He also has extensive experience as an executive in customer-facing roles in a sales and leadership capacity.

Aside from educational and leadership interests, Richard has a passion for continual learning. He holds a Master of Science degree in Management with a Specialization in Change Leadership from Kaplan University and a Master of Health Administration degree from Capella University, along with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Richard also holds certifications as a Business Consultant and Business Coaching Specialist as well as Six Sigma certification.

Richard is an avid reader and writer and has published three books on the subject of coaching, training, and developing leadership skills. He resides in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States and enjoys spending time with his son and family, a baseball fan, and enjoys many types of music.

Dr. Sharlyn Moore is the President and CEO for Sterling Marketing, Management and Consulting. Previous to launching her own business, Dr. Moore directed the marketing initiatives and membership growth for the National Club Association (NCA), a non-profit lobby group established to protect the best interest of the Private Club Industry. Before NCA, she managed the global customer advocacy programs for Verizon Business Information Security Solutions. During her tenure with Verizon Business, she was responsible for leading and developing global strategic customer programs across a variety of marketing initiatives, which included the development and execution of Customer Advisory Boards, as well as leveraging customer content across a variety of channels.

Prior to Verizon Business, Dr. Moore held a variety of roles within the hospitality industry to include vice president of operations, regional director of sales and marketing, and director of operations. In addition to a specialization in all aspects of operations, sales, and marketing, she assumed the fiscal responsibilities of overseeing multi-million dollar budgets, property renovations, large project management assignments, strategic marketing plan development, and the execution through various integrated marketing and public relations initiatives. Dr. Moore has written articles and book chapters regarding hospitality operations, sales and marketing, customer service expectations, customer relationship building and leadership.

When not working, Dr. Moore enjoys reading, walking her dogs, traveling, and enjoying a good movie.

Patricia currently lives in Atlanta Georgia, after moving from Pennsylvania, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. Upon moving to Georgia, she obtained an MBA in Management Information Systems and International Business. She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP.)

Upon moving to Georgia, Patricia was employed at General Electric Computer Services. After receiving her MBA, she started Anderson Business Consulting Services. The company provides consulting services in the areas of software training, software development, web development, and project management. She enjoys being an entrepreneur because of the flexibility it allows her to work in different industries and learning new technologies.
She has taught business courses online and on campus since 2002; topics include: Project Management, Business Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Communications, Strategic Management for the Multinational Enterprise, Operations Management, Customer Relationship Management, Business Plan Writing, Critical Thinking, and Quality Assurance.

Patricia is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Transformational Leadership. She enjoys writing, travelling, international cuisine, and the arts.