The
International Reciprocal Trade Association�s executive director Ron
Whitney has announced that Alan Elkin, CEO of Active International,
will deliver the keynote address during the 2010 IRTA convention to
be held October 28 - 30 at the Pittsburg Hilton in
Pennsylvania. �Alan Elkin is charismatic and an incredible speaker,
his keynote address will definitely be a highpoint of the
convention,� offered Whitney.
Active International, a corporate barter company, is the world�s
largest barter company with a gross trading volume of more that $1.4
billion and 400 employees manning offices in eleven global
locations.
�Members of the barter industry will come from all over the world to
listen and learn from directly from Alan,� said IRTA president David
Wallach. �His expertise in the corporate barter arena will provide
invaluable information and education to those who attend the 2010
ITRA Convention.�
Alan Elkin began his career in the media industry at Kaiser
Broadcast, which, under his direction as Senior Vice President of
Sales, later became Field Communications and then Katz Media Group �
the largest media representation firm in the United States. (A
native of New York, Alan received his B.A. degree from Brooklyn
College.)
He
is a member of the Barter Hall of Fame and has been awarded the
Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Ernst & Young, and has received
the Averell Harriman International Trade Award and the British
American Business Inc. (BABI) Award in recognition of Active�s
global accomplishments. He also served as president of the Corporate
Barter Council for the International Reciprocal Trade Association,
and served on the IRTA Global Board of Directors for 10 years.
Elkin has made community involvement a priority. Active Cares, the
company�s charitable activity created in 1997, has provided
contributions to over 600 charities. In 2005, he received the Medal
of Honor from Good Samaritan Hospital for this work, and in 2006 the
company acquired the naming rights for the Active International
Cardiovascular Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Originally founded as a corporate trading company more than 25 years
ago, Active International acquires underperforming assets, such as
inventory, real estate and capital equipment. Thus helping its
clients use these assets to fund normal business expenditures and
create cash savings and economic benefits that otherwise would not
have been achieved.
The
International Reciprocal Trade Association is a non-profit
organization committed to promoting just and equitable standards of
practice and operation along with alternative capital systems within
the modern trade and barter industry, and raising the awareness and
value of these processes to the worldwide community.
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