Kay Sandberg is an international management consultant, course leader, and certified personal mastery coach. Kay brings over 20 years of experience in business and education to her work with corporations. Ms. Sandberg has worked with many levels of client organizations, from top executives to support personnel. Focus areas include communication, collaboration, diversity, management & leadership development, and global & interpersonal effectiveness, with a specialization in Asia/Pacific.

Kay is a consultant for Syntax Communication Modeling Corporation. She is also the principal of Kay Sandberg Abe Consulting and Training, which specializes in cultural diversity and communication issues in the workplace. She has coached many Asian and American executives to be successful in multicultural environments.

Ms. Sandberg's recent work with Syntax includes co-leading of programs for Hewlett-Packard Company on "Syntax for Collaboration: Implementing Successful Partnerships" and a leadership development course with telephone coaching for the Americas Account Support Organization (ASO).

Kay has worked with or for a variety of high-tech corporations, as well as Stanford University and SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute). As a senior consultant at SRI for five years, Ms. Sandberg consulted with global corporations on intercultural effectiveness, and organizational development initiatives. She was a cultural interpreter for and managed the Engineering Group's relationship with several major
Japanese clients. She also led a variety of management training courses.

Since leaving SRI, client companies have included Hewlet-Packard Company, Cadence Design Systems, Hitachi, IBM Japan, National Semiconductor, Nike, Raychem, Silicon Graphics, Space Systems/Loral, and Toshiba.

Ms. Sandberg's formal training includes a Master's Degree from Stanford
University and extensive coursework in communication and marketing. She is
fluent in Japanese and conversant in Spanish.