Whatever he does, Rody R. Klein will always come down to his main concern: Balance between Performance and Good Lifestyle. After being a Phys-Ed Teacher in France and completing his MSc – Sports Sciences in Montreal, he’ll become a Corporate Wellness Consultant and Ergonomist in Canada. He always kept active in research and never really stop being also a student. He was than to understand that a good intercultural communication is a key factor to good business management and corporate lifestyle in North America. After International Trade MBA studies in the Indian Ocean, his consulting activities took him to ethnic marketing for Post Apartheid Southern Africa market. He will than travel the world for a global survey of ethnic marketing practices in the cosmetic industry (15 countries).

Soon, Rody will notice that ethics in business can pay more than unfair trade. Linking scientific research and business practice in a pragmatic way, he decided to focus on Computer Supported Collaborative Work and groupware HCI. His Ph.D in Communication Sciences and Information Systems in the field of social marketing in the Advertainment industry is to be applied to corporate Wellness campaign and Social Justice. His deep interest for interdisciplinary and intercultural questions takes him to Metis: a broad IT-R&D project between China and a few Western countries. One has to reach an exceptional maturity between theory and practice, before being able to face the challenge of such a project.

Highlights of qualifications:

• Web Information and Communication Design – HCI – Human Factors
• Groupware Management and New Media Interface R&D
• Innovation, creativity and ideas management
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and new media
• Ability to demonstrate diplomacy, tact and poise
• Sales and marketing with private and public sector in the Wellness and Sports Industries
• Recognized for being reliable
• Creative and good team collaborative skills

• ASFO (MEDEF Branch /French Guyana, Association of Business CEOs) 2000.
• IFSL Intercultural communication : FSL for Saramacas & N’Jukas, Suriname 1993
• Sustainable development: with Natives from French Guyana/Brazil. Contact IRD 2000
• Peres Center for Peace (privatization of the Peace Process) 2000. Israel
• Wheat for Peace (Barilla).

• Collaboration with Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design – Vancouver – Canada – 2004
• Collaboration with the Research Center for Innovation and Development, Zhejiang University, China.
• Collaboration with CPROST D. Lam Center for International Communication SFU, Vancouver- 2004
• L'Oreal Group World Ethnic Marketing Survey (15 countries) Africa, Europe, Americas - 1995-1997