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1. 1. Delegation from Chicago

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   Tom Bartkoski, World Business Chicago

2. 2. International Trade Club of Chicago

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   Tom BartkoskiITCC Director
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   Tom Bartkoski is Director of Business Development for World Business Chicago specializing in the international sector, with a focus on general business development, foreign direct investment, and international marketing.He has more than fifteen years of private and public sector experience in the economic development field.
   
   Before joining World Business Chicago, Bartkoski was Client Services Manager for the national Grubb & Ellis real estate services firm.In that capacity he managed research, markerting and financial staff for the firm's largest office, reorganizing vital research functions in adaptation to radical change in the industry.Prior to this he was a Senior Consultant with Deloitte & Touche Fantus Consulting.There he advised national, state, and local governments, utility, and educational institutions on many strategic issues involving economic development.Bartkoski has advised organizations on the creation of economic development and base closure adjustment strategies, identified target industry opportunities, organized business assistance programs, and performed real estate analyses.He was the in-house Fantus expert on custom software designed to help jurisdictions and property owners target investment to their respective locations.
   
   A partial list of Bartkoski's past economic development clients includes: the Michigan Jobs Commission; the cities of Southlake, Denton, Coppell, Garland, Richardson, and Arlington, Texas; Rancho Cucamonga, California; Investimentos, Comércio e Turismo de Portugal, several major utilities and universities, and more than 300 software clients in North America.Site location clients included First Chicago National Bank, Hewitt Associates, Sun Microsystems, and The Perot Group.
   
   In the mid-to-late ‘80s, Bartkoski served in several positions for the City of Dallas Economic Development Department.Prior to this he held land use planning positions with the City of Wichita Falls, Texas and Johnson County, Kansas.
   
   Past projects of note include successful research support for the planned Superconducting Supercollider project, North Texas, 1988, and The Boeing Company headquarters move to Chicago in 2001.
   
   Bartkoski holds a BA in Urban Affairs from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Kansas.He has received the City of Dallas Mayor and City Manager's Commitment to Excellence Award and the Computerworld/ Microsoft Award, Outstanding Custom Windows Application Development.He is a Certified Economic Developer (CED), since 1989.
   
   Mr. Bartkoski has spoken on economic development issues before numerous business association and trade groups, including international trade missions.He has contributed to articles in Economic Development Review and economic development trade magazines.He has also been featured by the CNBC television network and Consumer's Digest magazine, among others.

3. 3. World Business Chicago > Home > About Us > WBC Staff > Tom Bartkoski

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   Tom Bartkoski,Director of International Business Development
   
   As director of international business development, Bartkoski is responsible for attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI), general business development, and international marketing.He assists foreign-based firms location evaluation and site selection, and works closely with the foreign-based business community in Chicago and the local Consular and foreign economic development communities.Bartkoski introduces the area economy and business environment to foreign business and public-private delegations.He has two decades of private, public and not-for-profit sector experience in the economic development field.
   
   Before joining WBC in 1998, Bartkoski was client services manager for the national Grubb & Ellis real estate services firm.Prior to this he was a senior consultant with Deloitte & Touche Fantus Consulting.There he advised national, state, and local governments, utility, and educational institutions on many strategic issues involving economic development.Bartkoski advised organizations on the creation of economic development and base closure adjustment strategies, identified target industry opportunities, organized business assistance programs, and performed real estate analyses.At Fantus, he was the expert on software designed to help jurisdictions and property owners target investment to their respective locations.
   
   Bartkoski consulted for communities, cities and states throughout the U.S., including the City of Dallas, Texas; the City of Wichita Falls, Texas; and Johnson County, Kansas.He also consulted for several major utilities and universities, overseas governmental organizations, and more than 300 software client organizations in North America.Site location clients included First Chicago National Bank, Hewitt Associates, Sun Microsystems, and The Perot Group.
   
   Major economic development projects include successful support for the planned Superconducting Supercollider project, North Texas, 1988, and The Boeing Company headquarters move to Chicago in 2001.Recent international projects include the British School of Chicago and Swiss Trade Hub Chicago, competition for the Free Trade Area of the Americas Secretariat, and establishment in Chicago of several foreign trade and investment offices.
   
   Bartkoski received his B.A. in Urban Affairs from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and his master's degree in Urban Planning from the University of Kansas.He is a Certified Economic Developer (CecD), having been one of the youngest ever to qualify for that designation.
   
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