LeBlanc Global Welcomes Kristen Bodurtha
Kristen Bodurtha, who joined recently joined the company, has been moved up to head the customer care department for Futon Planet. Her roles will include helping new customers and ensuring the efficient fulfillment of the orders of current customers.
When asked about her new role in customer service she said, “It has been a challenge, but [at the same time] it’s been worth it. Every day is a different day and that’s a big part of what I like about it.”
With high levels of energy and a spunky personality, Kristen is one of the most lively and dynamic personalities in the group. This makes her the perfect candidate to suite our customer care department. Customers and co-workers alike will enjoy the fun-loving personal touch Kristen Bodurtha brings to the company.
Farewell Jen Spear
LeBlanc Global bids Jennifer Spear farewell as she moves onto new endeavers. A full time student at University of Central Florida, Jen has accepted a research position there. Her contributions include writings for various blogs and product pages within the LeBlanc Global fold. We wish you the best Jen and look forward to learning about your future developments.
LeBlanc Global People
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President CEO
Looking for new ways to diversify and gain retail market share, Gabe LeBlanc moved the company from a straight brick and mortar operation to arrive online 2005. Riding the wave of “early adoption”, Gabe sought new methods of providing service and conjuring a customer base through many avenues of web marketing initiatives and a technology-based infrastructure. The result is a rising network of web-based retail stores backed by physical retail outlets.

Executive VP
Bright, cheerful and no-nonsense, Rima LeBlanc is an integral part of the team and a dedicated leader. Striving to improve management systems to better streamline the company, Rima also works diligently to bolster LeBlanc Global’s public reputation here and abroad. Demanding nothing less than excellence in service, our customers and suppliers alike enjoy the timeliness and efficiency our operations and customer service departments provide through Rima’s leadership.

Customer Service
Fun, spirited and hardworking, Amy Babiez is one of LeBlanc Global’s longest standing team members. From the very start, Amy displayed a willingness and ability to multitask well in a busy environment. Excelling in customer service and customer order fulfillment, Amy continues to play an important role in the company and performs various executive assistant duties for the desk of the Executive Vice President. Amy Babiez is well liked by all at LeBlanc Global.

Project Manager
Smart, thoughtful and efficient, Nate Kharrl moved through the ranks quickly to become LeBlanc Global’s second Project Manager. Currently, Nate performs a myriad of duties for the company and helps to guide a team of copy writers through the daily crunch of web page publication. Nate also serves to provide further assistance in other areas while managing to maintain focus on in his overall obligations as a project manager.

Editor / Writer
Jennifer Spear joined the company in 2008 and has played a major role in editing and contributing to the content requirements of the LeBlanc Global website network. Acute to issues of waste, she prefers to find methods that help to streamline work-flows for higher efficiency. Among other interests, Jen is currently a major contributor on the ecoFactory project.

Writer & SEM
Aaron Weiss began working with LeBlanc Global in 2008 and has contributed a lot of writing to product pages, blogs, and marketing as well. Enthusiastic and inquisitive, Aaron is slated to take a larger role in upcoming projects including film related work. Hardworking and unafraid of new challenges, Aaron is likely to make major creative contributions while straddling to complete necessary more concrete requirements for the organization.

Writer/Contributor
Jeff Gore brings a deeper sense of social awareness from his dealings with ethics on various preceding projects for other organizations. A well equipped writer, Jeff is certain to offer meaningful work as the company continues to evolve. The limits for Jeff are only those he sets upon himself otherwise it is expected that Jeff will become a major long-term contributor.

Customer Service
Kristen Bodurtha is both charming and down to earth in her approach and dealings with people. Both likable and willing to please, Kristen is expected to have a major impact on the evolution of customer service at LeBlanc Global. Her obligations also include helping to manage the company over the weekends and ensure customer questions are answered to generate additional sales.

Logistics & Shipping
Originally an employee of the company, Adrien now performs logistical duties for Leblanc Global via his own company CDS. Nonetheless, it is difficult to conceive of a better friend of the company than Adrien Welte. Hardworking, patient and dedicated, Adrien probably has helped the company through more situations than the rest combined. CDS is an Orlando based entity and performs duties almost exclusively for the LeBlanc Global network.

Design Consultant
Subcontracting via Bleu Lemon, Renzo provides critical assistance in guiding the company through web design projects. A professional photographer, Renzo and his wife launched their own company to perform subcontract work for companies and individuals in need of technical expertise in digital and print media. Currently, Bleu Lemon provides a much needed anchor and helps to implement and consult on various web media matters.

Contract Editor
Jenn Eller was one of the first editors onboard who has helped to improve content quality. She has also contributed to a series of content-related projects while working full time as a teacher in Maryland. Jenn Eller is also a Ballroom Dancer which keeps her on her toes in more ways than one. Devoted and hardworking, Jenn is a major contributor.

Digital Media
Currently forming the reserves wing of the company, Galen Welte was nonetheless the primary web designer for the company from between 2005 and 2007. His talents and eye for commercial grade work helped to define the look LeBlanc Global would continue to seek. Acting predominantly as a consultant, Galen still provides professional criticism that helps propel design concepts in the right direction.

Web Consultant
Amon Focus offers advice on a myriad of topics related to LeBlanc Global projects. His chief contributions include sharing his expertise on the use of social web mediums. His interests and knowledge base vary widely from motion film editing to photography to art to music. He has contributed to MTV and other major productions including this Rihanna video remix. Click here to learn more about Amon Focus and his various works and websites.
LeBlanc Global People
LeBlanc Global
LeBlanc Global has taken a winning team and a tried-and-true strategy to embark on one of its largest endeavors yet. With the advent of new and stable software technologies and our exceptional gains in 2007, we are moving to add new people to the team in 2008. Our goal is to triple the size of our a network of sites over the next 18 months to access new markets. While profits are expected to slow with added weight of re-investment and a sluggish economy, we expect sales to exceed 2007 by 15 percent.
New Team Members
New additions to the company include Nathan Kharrl (Assistant Project Manager and Lead Editor), Renzo Johnson (Lead Web Design & Professional Photographer), Jennifer Spear (Assistant Editor), Aaron Weiss (Copy Writer), and Jamie Miller (Assistant Designer and Copy Writer). These people show great promise to help facilitate our strategies and push LeBlanc Global forward through the rest of 2008.
Projections suggest that we will have added an additional seven to ten people to the main project by the end of the 18 month sprint. However, this will depend heavily on any further downturns in the economy. If the downward cycle continues to hurt the retail sector we may move laterally along the project base to focus more strongly on the “greener” markets.
Plans to Re-facilitate
Currently, we have paused on our plans to purchase a new facility. While a definite timeframe has not been issued, it is likely we will not be looking to buy a new property for the next 10-24 months. This precautionary measure will allows us to better redeploy our earnings to marketing and personnel during these trying months.
Travel Site: “Project-T”
While the name and concepts of the first travel site company are very much under wraps, it is expected that phase one will commence late sometime in June. This site is expected to add a significant source of revenue within 12 months of launching. More will become public as phase two is rolled out.
Trustfield Internet Solutions Consulting
The decision was solidified this April, to roll back the public consultation services of Trustfield Internet Solutions. Due to a slow in prospects and the profits of LeBlanc Global in 2007 and those expect this year as well, it has been decided the Trustfield Internet Solutions will only provide services to the group. This decision was made in part because of added start-up costs likely to draw from the core company set to properly place TIS in a winning position to bring in a viable level of clientele. The full scale impact on TIS has not yet been assessed, but at this time only nominal services are being offered to current clients.
TrusteCart Retained
TrusteCart will continue to be maintained for the websites currently depending on this technology. However, with the roll back of the new release, we have decided to employ two new PHP based software packages in the launch of our next several websites. We are hopeful the development of TrusteCart will exceed our expectations, but believe the new cart version will not be ready until late August.



