| Sophia began her career working for multinational institutions in large financial/banking companies in Corporate America such as Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi/Union Bank of California, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, to mention but a few; as well as building various start-ups with international business portfolios. | | Sophia began her career working for multinational institutions in large financial/banking companies in Corporate America such as Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi/Union Bank of California, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, to mention but a few; as well as building various start-ups with international business portfolios. |
− | Ms. Bekele founded [[CBS International]]; a private Corporation with the goal of supporting technology in organizations working in emerging markets. Their self-described mission is to: "Utilize our experience in consulting services in sales, software training , and provide our clients with a total systems solutions to help lower their cost and maximize efficiency in the delivery of quality products and services". It is based near Silicon Valley, California. | + | Ms. Bekele founded [[CBS International]]; a private Corporation with the goal of supporting technology in organizations working in emerging markets. Their self-described mission is to: "Utilize our experience in consulting services in sales, software training, and provide our clients with a total systems solutions to help lower their cost and maximize efficiency in the delivery of quality products and services". CBS also consults on Business Process Engineering, implementation of Corporate Strategy & Governance & Sarbane Oxley compliance initiatives. It is based near Silicon Valley, California. |
| Currently, Ms. Bekele and her company assist various Clients in public/private markets, primarily in corporate risk governance, including the recent Sarbanes-Oxley , GAAP & PCAOB and IT governance. Internationally, Sophia also consults on Milennium Challenge issues including anti-corruption, democratic governance, free market economics, and the development of internet and ICT infrastruture and regulatory policy. <ref>[http://cbsegroup.com/main.html?src=%2F85001%2F88022.html#1,0 CBS International]</ref> | | Currently, Ms. Bekele and her company assist various Clients in public/private markets, primarily in corporate risk governance, including the recent Sarbanes-Oxley , GAAP & PCAOB and IT governance. Internationally, Sophia also consults on Milennium Challenge issues including anti-corruption, democratic governance, free market economics, and the development of internet and ICT infrastruture and regulatory policy. <ref>[http://cbsegroup.com/main.html?src=%2F85001%2F88022.html#1,0 CBS International]</ref> |