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Strategy and Results for Small Business. Qualifications of Elisa Oksner Shostak and Compass Rose Strategic Consulting. Serving a broad range of clients, Elisa Shostak has a demonstrated track record leading strategic initiatives and providing insightful competitive intelligence. Never content with the status quo of the corporate workplace, Elisa activated change and demonstrated consistent results from 1984 to 1991 for a Boston based property management firm. Moving the firm toward computerized operations and cyclical reporting allowed the growing company to better serve its tenants and to evolve and thrive as a business. In 1991 Elisa moved to the Pacific Northwest where she worked in the fields of condominium law, affordable housing policy, contract administration and secondary research. Elisa brings to each of her engagements an understanding of sound management practices, dynamic personal computer skills and the ability to adapt to change. All of Elisa's work is based on setting a strategy, implementing an action plan and achieving measurable results. Elisa's expertise gathering market research and scrutinizing the research findings of others brings a strategic advantage to her clients. Elisa has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Northeastern University, where her studies concentrated in marketing. Elisa founded Compass Rose to help clients with: * Internal Communications: electronic and paper filing, Intranet and website development * Marketing: secondary market research and competitive intelligence gathering * Training & Documentation: MS office applications and Internet searching Engagements typically are short-term, project specific events. The length and scope is tailored for each client after an initial consultation. Many clients are assisted virtually.