About Us

   
 

Mark J. Spoon has nearly 30 years of experience in the energy and aerospace industries. He spent over ten years overseas developing new business in Asia Pacific, China and Japan. Mark is committing his wealth of international management, marketing and technical experience to help international companies attain their business goals.

International Management
Served as Vice President of Petco Enterprises Ltd and Petrocokes Ltd. in Tokyo. Marketing and manufacturing joint ventures with two major Japanese companies. President of Conoco Petcoke Far East Ltd., a Conoco representative office in Tokyo. Also served as Asia Pacific Business Manager for ConocoPhillips based in Singapore.

International Business Development
Opened new markets for ConocoPhillips specialty products in China, Japan and Southeast Asia.

International Negotiations
Restructured three tripartite joint ventures in Japan over an eight year period.

Inventor/Developer
Holds the US patent for development of Ti-Coke TM.
Introduced W. E. Deming’s statistical quality/management improvement system into specialty product manufacturing at a major corporation.

Author
Renew Your Strategy!, Parts I, II, III, Silver SageSMAdvisor Series, Houston 2006
English Expressions for Japanese, Nikkei Bunko Press, Tokyo 2005
Nikkei Bunko Meeting English Expressions, Nikkei Bunko Press, Tokyo 2006
Screenplays: Navy Cross , 1992; The Consultants , 1995
Teleplays: Baer Country , 2005

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry, University of Northern Colorado
Master of Science, Chemistry, University of Colorado
Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado
Graduate, “Mediator Alternative Dispute Resolution - Harvard Negotiation Project” – South Texas College of Law

Affiliations
Institute of Management Consultants (IMC)
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)



“Mark possesses a unique set of skills that helped us identify the key driving forces in complex issues and guided us to creative and powerful solutions.”

M. S. Johnson
Manager, Specialty Coke-Americas
ConocoPhillips
Houston, Texas