
He has held numerous roles in global business development with companies both large and small--most recently with Johnson Controls in Brazil, where he assisted with the distribution and commercialization of a line of consumer products. Jeff has has lived in several countries and has conducted business in more than a dozen. Over the course of his career he has visited over 40 countries in Latin America, Asia, and Europe.
Jeff has an MBA from the prestigious Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona, regarded by many as the world's leading institution in the education of global business managers. He completed part of his MBA at Brazil's renouned Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ - COPPEAD). He earned his bachelor's degree in International Business from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jeff is fluent in Portuguese with basic Spanish skills. He currently resides in Miami, but frequently travels to Brazil and throughout Latin America. software, legal, business start-up, political, government, business, how to grow abroad, how to start your business abroad, mergers and acquisitions abroad, licensing abroad, franchising, distributor, partner, overseas, international operations, culture, language, taking your business global, Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, WOFE, off-shore, offshore, currency, transfer pricing, tax treaty, ex-patriot tax equalization,
Jeff Sobel is a multi-lingual global business specialist who has developed an expertise in managing global projects and assisting companies of all sizes to create, execute and integrate their international growth strategies.