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About NetworkingPhoenix.com:
NetworkingPhoenix.com is the Valley's leading online resource for professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners looking to find networking events, professional mixers and useful business seminars. The site posts a free consolidated calendar publicizing events hosted by various local groups and organizations as well as a wealth of training seminars, workshops, and other educational opportunities to help individuals develop their networking skills and expand their businesses.

About Our Website:
The social media capabilities of the site allow users to create a free professional profile, connect with other members and post their own business networking events, which has caused many to refer to NetworkingPhoenix.com as a 'local LinkedIn.'

In our first 17 months, over 8,000 members have signed up, we have grown to the most visited local non-publication or government website in Arizona and are in the top 1% of most visited global websites (source: alexa.com).

About Our Events:
NetworkingPhoenix.com's Signature Event occurs 4 times a year and is one of the best attended networking events in Phoenix - with more than 1,000 professionals in attendance. The event format is a big open mix & mingle with sponsor tables placed around the room. We have a limited amount of sponsor tables available and sell out at each event.

For more information on any of our services, or to list an event, please contact mitra@networkingphoenix.com.

Gelie Akhenblit \| Founder & CEO \| gelie@networkingphoenix.com
Gelie is the Founder of www.NetworkingPhoenix.com. NetworkingPhoenix.com is Phoenix's one-stop-shop for professionals, entrepreneurs, small business owners and anyone else looking to find networking events, chamber of commerce mixers, useful business seminars and leads clubs. The site posts a free consolidated calendar publicizing events hosted by various groups and organizations all over the city. The social media capabilities of the site also allow users to create a free business profile, connect with other members and post their own networking events, which make this calendar extremely unique and resourceful. Prior to establishing NetworkingPhoenix.com, Gelie spent 8 years building relationships and developing her communication skills in Arizona's academic, small-business, and corporate arenas. As a student, she served as president of ASU's Pi Sigma Epsilon organization – a nationwide professional marketing group. Upon graduating magna cum laude, she spent 2 years as a publicist at a local start-up and later took on developmental responsibilities. Next, Gelie spent 2 years improving and streamlining internal employee communications across continents and multiple lines-of-business in JPMorgan's global IT infrastructure group. It was during her time at the investment bank that Gelie decided to cut her corporate career short and venture out on her own. In January 2008, she launched her website and began contracting independently for various local and national companies. Chief among them were the business incubator startup Lucky Napkin LLC (www.luckynapkin.com) and consumer oriented www.amilya.com. At that time, Gelie worked directly with the companies' founders and ultimately forged close relationships with two of them: Amilya Antonetti and Anthony Tesoriero – both extremely successful self-made entrepreneurs. They became her mentors, teaching her invaluable lessons and guiding Gelie through the critical early stages of her own entrepreneurship. In October of 2008 Gelie decided to re-brand and re-launch her website as NetworkingPhoenix.com – this time the main focus would be on the already popular events calendar. Since that re-launch, her company's membership has grown by more than 13,000% and has become Arizona's de facto one-stop-shop for professionals, entrepreneurs and small business owners looking to network. In addition to her website business, Gelie trains others on how to network strategically, create a personal following, and effectively and deliberately employ the latest social media tools. She also does speaking engagements on the importance of having a strategy when engaging in face-to-face networking and the power of building and maintaining strategic relationships. Recently, AZ magazine selected Gelie to be included on its 2009 list of 35 women entrepreneurs under 35 who are helping elevate Arizona's business community; She was elected to the Suns Nite Hoops charity organization board; And became a SCORE counselor. Because of her all-out addiction to networking, Gelie has quite literally attended thousands of networking functions and built professional relationships with thousands of people who are now part of her personal network. It's not just her job to get to know you, it's her passion and she's looking forward to it!

Gelie Akhenblit | Founder & CEO | gelie@networkingphoenix.com

Gelie is the Founder of www.NetworkingPhoenix.com.

NetworkingPhoenix.com is Phoenix's one-stop-shop for professionals, entrepreneurs, small business owners and anyone else looking to find networking events, chamber of commerce mixers, useful business seminars and leads clubs. The site posts a free consolidated calendar publicizing events hosted by various groups and organizations all over the city. The social media capabilities of the site also allow users to create a free business profile, connect with other members and post their own networking events, which make this calendar extremely unique and resourceful.

Prior to establishing NetworkingPhoenix.com, Gelie spent 8 years building relationships and developing her communication skills in Arizona's academic, small-business, and corporate arenas. As a student, she served as president of ASU's Pi Sigma Epsilon organization – a nationwide professional marketing group. Upon graduating magna cum laude, she spent 2 years as a publicist at a local start-up and later took on developmental responsibilities. Next, Gelie spent 2 years improving and streamlining internal employee communications across continents and multiple lines-of-business in JPMorgan's global IT infrastructure group.

It was during her time at the investment bank that Gelie decided to cut her corporate career short and venture out on her own. In January 2008, she launched her website and began contracting independently for various local and national companies. Chief among them were the business incubator startup Lucky Napkin LLC (www.luckynapkin.com) and consumer oriented www.amilya.com. At that time, Gelie worked directly with the companies' founders and ultimately forged close relationships with two of them: Amilya Antonetti and Anthony Tesoriero – both extremely successful self-made entrepreneurs. They became her mentors, teaching her invaluable lessons and guiding Gelie through the critical early stages of her own entrepreneurship.

In October of 2008 Gelie decided to re-brand and re-launch her website as NetworkingPhoenix.com – this time the main focus would be on the already popular events calendar. Since that re-launch, her company's membership has grown by more than 13,000% and has become Arizona's de facto one-stop-shop for professionals, entrepreneurs and small business owners looking to network.

In addition to her website business, Gelie trains others on how to network strategically, create a personal following, and effectively and deliberately employ the latest social media tools. She also does speaking engagements on the importance of having a strategy when engaging in face-to-face networking and the power of building and maintaining strategic relationships.

Recently, AZ magazine selected Gelie to be included on its 2009 list of 35 women entrepreneurs under 35 who are helping elevate Arizona's business community; She was elected to the Suns Nite Hoops charity organization board; And became a SCORE counselor.

Because of her all-out addiction to networking, Gelie has quite literally attended thousands of networking functions and built professional relationships with thousands of people who are now part of her personal network. It's not just her job to get to know you, it's her passion and she's looking forward to it!

Mitra Khamedoost \| Director of Operations \| Mitra@NetworkingPhoenix.com
Mitra comes to us with extensive experience in sales and management. After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Communications, Mitra began a career in retail management. In this position, she was able to develop her skills as an effective communicator, motivator and manager. Due to her proven success in producing positive sales results with her team, Mitra rose to a position as the West Region Management Trainer for the same company. As a trainer, Mitra was responsible for teaching sales and business strategies to aid in store profitability and the development of company management. Having demonstrated her leadership abilities once again, Mitra accepted a District Director position in which she ran the Arizona and Nevada markets. It was at this point in her career that she truly learned the importance of networking. Building professional relationships within these markets was instrumental in recruiting and staffing efforts. Continuing on her journey of expanding her skills, Mitra decided to switch gears and try her hand in a different working environment. Realizing that networking is a crucial piece of building out any career, Mitra decided to find a position within a networking company/organization to truly learn the ins and outs of this highly explosive industry. Today, as part of the NetworkingPhoenix.com team, Mitra is looking forward to meeting you as she continues to build an ever expanding network!

Mitra Khamedoost | Director of Operations | Mitra@NetworkingPhoenix.com

Mitra comes to us with extensive experience in sales and management. After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Communications, Mitra began a career in retail management. In this position, she was able to develop her skills as an effective communicator, motivator and manager. Due to her proven success in producing positive sales results with her team, Mitra rose to a position as the West Region Management Trainer for the same company.

As a trainer, Mitra was responsible for teaching sales and business strategies to aid in store profitability and the development of company management. Having demonstrated her leadership abilities once again, Mitra accepted a District Director position in which she ran the Arizona and Nevada markets. It was at this point in her career that she truly learned the importance of networking. Building professional relationships within these markets was instrumental in recruiting and staffing efforts.

Continuing on her journey of expanding her skills, Mitra decided to switch gears and try her hand in a different working environment. Realizing that networking is a crucial piece of building out any career, Mitra decided to find a position within a networking company/organization to truly learn the ins and outs of this highly explosive industry.

Today, as part of the NetworkingPhoenix.com team, Mitra is looking forward to meeting you as she continues to build an ever expanding network!

Hannah Baker \| Intern \| Hannah@NetworkingPhoenix.com
Welcome our latest addition, Hannah! Hannah is currently a Marketing Student at Arizona State University. She is a junior and a member of the Arizona State University chapter of the American Marketing Association. She hopes to learn a lot from her time at Networkingphoenix.com that will help her be successful. Before joining networkingphoenix, Hannah held internship positions with various companies. She worked at Monster.com as a business to business intern where she learned about sales and sales management. After that summer internship Hannah took one with Massage Envy where she worked directly with the CMO and learned more of the number side of marketing. During the most recent summer Hannah held an internship at Spirit Advertising, a local ad agency in London, England. While there Hannah was able to experience not just marketing but public relations as well as international business. Hannah currently belongs to the Tennis Club, and the Italian Club even though she is just beginning to speak the language. Hannah also speaks Spanish quite fluently and hopes to learn more languages in the years to come. During her internship at NetworkingPhoenix.com, Hannah’s responsibilities will be to network, network and network! You’ll probably see her out and about at events, so make sure to say hello.

Hannah Baker | Intern | Hannah@NetworkingPhoenix.com

Welcome our latest addition, Hannah!

Hannah is currently a Marketing Student at Arizona State University. She is a junior and a member of the Arizona State University chapter of the American Marketing Association. She hopes to learn a lot from her time at Networkingphoenix.com that will help her be successful.

Before joining networkingphoenix, Hannah held internship positions with various companies. She worked at Monster.com as a business to business intern where she learned about sales and sales management. After that summer internship Hannah took one with Massage Envy where she worked directly with the CMO and learned more of the number side of marketing.

During the most recent summer Hannah held an internship at Spirit Advertising, a local ad agency in London, England. While there Hannah was able to experience not just marketing but public relations as well as international business. Hannah currently belongs to the Tennis Club, and the Italian Club even though she is just beginning to speak the language. Hannah also speaks Spanish quite fluently and hopes to learn more languages in the years to come.

During her internship at NetworkingPhoenix.com, Hannah’s responsibilities will be to network, network and network! You’ll probably see her out and about at events, so make sure to say hello.

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