Carole M. Boyer - President/CEO

Carole M. Boyer, President, Global Trading Partners NA, Inc. was employed in various management positions in Corporate Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing Divisions and Departments with major Fortune 100 companies such as the E. I. Du Pont Company, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and Novartis Consumer Health. Carole was responsible for both direct and indirect spend. Her areas of expertise include strategic sourcing, project management, material analysis, organization planning, team building and leadership, new product launches, contract negotiation and management, staff development, e-commerce, Internet negotiations and supplier relations. Carole holds a BS in Business Administration.

During her corporate career, Carole was responsible for major contract negotiations for millions of dollars. Her leadership abilities enabled her to lead synergistic strategic sourcing projects for Gerber and other business units within these organizations. These projects were worldwide and commodity specific. Her knowledge and utilization of quality tools combined together with project management, problem solving techniques and leadership skills influenced the bottom line effectively and positively.

The range of experience and qualifications acquired during this time enabled Carole to reposition and redirect this knowledge to the Export/Import business. Global Trading Partners NA, Inc. was co-founded by Carole and her partner Bill Boyer.

Carole has presented to CODECS, Bucharest, Romania, many Romanian Businesses, and the U.S. Small Business Administration at the U.S. Export Assistance Center, Philadelphia and Rutgers University. These presentations have addressed: American Business Culture, teamwork, leadership, purchasing, marketing, and quality, customer service, business re-engineering and a myriad of other topics pertaining to business.  

H. William Boyer - Chief Financial Officer/CFO

Bill is Co-founder of Global Trading Partners and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  He has extensive experience in Equipment Design and Development, Project Management and Equipment Industrial Engineering with Fortune 100 companies. He was Plant Manager for several Printing Ink Manufacturing companies.   He also held the position as Director of Business Development with an International Patent Development Company.