Elena Chapa
San Antonio, Texas | North America
Manager-Global Business Development at Season Group

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About me ...

Elena Chapa has over 20+ years experience in Global Business Development. Key strength is relationship building in a multicultural setting. With both public and private sector experience. My expertise is in international trade in various industries; plastics, steel & electronics. I am always looking for the win-win situation for all parties involved.


My thoughts on ...
EMS companies I have worked with
Season Group

The skills I often see lacking in the EMS industry today
Quality Standards

What I think about some of the emerging EMS markets or regions
All are viable options to stay competitive

What I think about low-cost manufacturing
Globalization is here to stay-OEM's must stay competitive and EMS must provide other regions for service

My thoughts on what makes a good program manager
Attention to detail, multicultural communication skill, adaptability, staying on task,persistance

A book I recommend to others or am currently reading
Making Globalization Work by Joseph E. Stiglitz

If I could travel back in time and witness any event one would be
Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before he revolutionized the world by inventing and patenting the incandescent light bulb. Because of his desire to create the incandescent light, he was one of the most persistent people in history. The invention in which Edison had the most failures, the incandescent light, was one of his most famous inventions.

One of my favorite quotes
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have vertiue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act but a habit"
Aristotle (384 BC -322 BC0

Someone I would most like to sit next to at a dinner party
Ghanghi, Martin Luther King, Benito Juarez, Car Jung, Thomas Jefferson,

Some of the countries I have visited for work or play
Kenya,Canada,Spain,Switzerland,Germany, England, Spain,Italy,India,China,Sychelles,Bahamas,Mexico,Peru

A helpful travel tip I often use
Travel with patience

The ultimate consumer electronics product I would still like to see developed
Behind the ear, phone and data information.

A favorite electronics gadget
Iphone

One of my favorite toys as a child
Barbies