Through expert strategies in defining, designing, and implementing improved work processes, we elevate businesses to new levels of excellence and clarity in their operations.

Our
Services

  • C- Level Coaching

    C-LEVEL COACHING

    Achieve your vision with C-level coaching.

    We provide personalized coaching to help C-level executives achieve their goals. We'll work with you at every step of the process, from developing your vision to creating and executing your plan

  • Family Business and Succession

    FAMILY BUSINESS & SUCCESSION

    Secure your family business's future.

    Succession planning is essential for ensuring your family business passes smoothly to the next generation. We can help you create a plan that meets the unique needs of your business and family.

  • Governance Models

    GOVERNANCE MODELS

    Stay ahead of the curve with our governance services.

    We help you create a governance model that is flexible enough to adapt to rapid change. Our team of experts has decades of experience helping organizations solve complex challenges and make strategic decisions that drive ROI.

  • Strategy Development and Implementation

    STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

    We help you develop and execute a winning strategy.

    We know that strategy is essential to success, but it's not enough to have a good strategy - you need to be able to execute it effectively. We can help you identify and maximize your strategic opportunities, develop a plan to achieve your goals and create a culture that supports your strategy.

  • FAMILY PROTOCOL/ CONSTITUTION

    To avoid the effects of expansion and generational change, family businesses need tools to help plan, manage operations, and deal with unexpected and complex situations. Especially, when the founder is not there anymore.

  • Operational process efficiency improvement

    Operational Process Efficiency Improvement focuses on streamlining and enhancing your business's operational workflows. Through meticulous analysis and strategic implementation, this service aims to optimize resource utilization, reduce waste, and increase productivity, ultimately driving better performance and profitability. goes here

  • Business Models

    By evaluating and reimagining your existing business model, we aim to unlock new revenue streams, improve customer engagement, and enhance competitive advantage, ensuring your organization's growth and sustainability in the ever-evolving market landscape.

  • Joint Ventures and acquisitions

    We guide businesses through the complexities of forming strategic partnerships and navigating acquisition processes. Focused on creating synergies and enhancing market position, we identify compatible partners, negotiate terms, and integrate operations, while aiming to maximize value, accelerate growth, and expand capabilities in a strategic, seamless manner.

GET IN TOUCH

OUR CEO

Accomplished professor dedicated to the learning experience of his students.

He is a business developer with a keen knowledge of emerging markets and experience in the US and Western Europe. His focus is on strategy, change management, optimization, initializing global competitiveness, innovation, and educational entrepreneurship.

Dr. Kastner is a top-level executive and world-class consultant recognized for transforming business practices to exploit global opportunities.  Authoritative strategic management expertise; Business-builder with a commitment to growing long-term relationships; Strong leader who can galvanize teams to achieve stretch targets. Expert in driving exponential business growth in emerging markets, specifically for constrained Latin American and Eastern European operations. Dr. Kastner accumulated deep experience with the service sector (financial, telecom, public and educational institutions).  Strong skills in developing and sustaining content-based client relations and developing creative and committed management teams. He is an influential business educator and speaker with the cultural sensitivities to function in foreign markets.

Dr. Kastner serves on several boards in Caracas, Bogota, and Boston. He also acts as a strategic advisor to several technology start-ups.

Dr. Kastner is fluent in several languages (English, Spanish, Hebrew, Hungarian, and has a working knowledge of Rumanian, French, and German). He has lived in six different countries worked in 25 and has traveled extensively all over the world.

 

What Our Clients Say

  • "Dr. George T. Kastner is a seasoned executive who has become a sounding board to ideas and initiatives for my organization and for me. I have access to George at any point to discuss specific projects, answer the difficult questions or create what-if scenarios that make my decision making process more effective. This ultimately leads to delivering higher results for my team, my company and myself. "

    Rafael Garzon, VP Customer Growth

  • "timely and clearly focused guidance has allowed us to clarify priorities towards the most important factors to address, as well as to consider urgencies and adaptations that made it possible for us to produce indispensable changes for our functional success and even in the process of ongoing improvements."

    Luis González del Castillo,Ph.D. CEO

  • " First GTK has collaborated ad honorem with our organization, as an advisor to it, doing so very efficiently for the development of strategies, in the fulfillment of our objectives and organizational transformation, to achieve greater effectiveness in our work plans."

    Paciano Padrón, President

  • "I worked with First GTK for several years while I was chairman of the Michael Ann Russell JCC. George helped us embark in a strategic planning process that yielded important results for the institution, and he was also instrumental in introducing us to people he knew well who were in high executive positions in leading multinationals. George is very resourceful and has a vast experience over many sectors and geographies. He is a very valuable advisor."

    Ariel Bentata

  • "You have been a great mentor to me and an inspired energy that you brought to the table during the time at the companies. I am grateful for all that I have learned from you and First GTK. It has been a tremendous help and and you should know that everything is being put into practice. You should feel very proud of what you accomplished with us."

    Michelle Haim, CEO and Creative Director

  • "Your guide and wise criteria were a foothold in the consolidation of our PRISMA Business Group and in the successful exploration of International Markets."

    Ricardo A. Tinoco, Prisma Holding