I'm a very creative strategic thinker, but with a solid grasp of business realities.
Areas Gavin Symanowitz is Knowledgeable in:
General business problems
Financial services
Techniques Gavin Symanowitz Uses:
Lateral thinking, brainstorming, 6 hats, root causes.
Gavin Symanowitz's Problem Solving Skills:
- Strong business skills
- Creative, out-the-box thinking
- Product Development
- Mathematical modeling (actuary)
- Statistics (PhD)
Gavin Symanowitz's Problem Solving Experience:
- Constantly coming up with new business ideas (current list contains approx 40 ideas, and growing). Some recent launches include Marketing Mayhem (www.marketingmayhem.co.za), KeepYourTalent (www.keepyourtalent.com), and Blurtzone (www.blurtzone.com).
- Headed up Product Development for Investment Products at one of the country's largest retail banks.
- Won a major Innovation Competition (prize = R700,00, or $70,000) within the Bank, for a new product that I developed.
- Submitted 3 different solutions on Innovation Exchange (www.innovationexchange.com) and have been short-listed for 2 of these (and a finalist for the third).
These challenges were very diverse, and included a suggestion for a new cheese snack, a new direct retail model, and a new promotional concept for a food manufacturer.