Profile of Speaker    

 

Speaker:   Mr.Jussi Silventoinen
Title:   Senior Consultant
Company:   Beck Group (a famous consulting company in North America) www.beckgroupconsulting.com
    Personal profile
  Jussi (pronounced "U.C.") has more than eight years of experience in the forest products industry. Since joining The Beck Group he has participated in and managed market research projects, worked on industry benchmarking studies, sawmill optimization and financial analyses.
Prior to joining The Beck Group, he was employed by the World Forest Institute in Portland, OR as an Information Specialist for Scandinavia. His responsibilities included marketing planning and responding to diverse forestry and forest products related requests from an international clientele.

Jussi¡¯s past experience includes compiling wood based panel related data for Jaakko Pry Consulting in Helsinki, Finland; co-authoring a study "Worldwide Outlook and Structures of the Mechanical Wood Processing Industry" for a Finnish panel equipment manufacturer; and forest inventory and marketing planning of non-wood forest products.

Education M. Sc. in Forestry, University of Helsinki, Finland (1995)
with a major in Forest Product Marketing
International Business Studies University of Washington (1993)
with a major in Forest Product Marketing

Languages English, Finnish, Swedish, German, Spanish and Russian

    Company introdution
  An International Planning, Consulting and Benchmarking Firm to the Forest Products Industry. Since 1985, The Beck Group has improved the performance of forest products companies by providing practical and cost effective consulting services.
    Presentation
 
Flooring market in North America and distribution channel