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Dennis (Deniz) McGee - Brief Bio

Originally from California, Dennis is a entrepreneur and idealist who has been living and working in Turkey since 1997. His core business has been marketing healthy Turkish food and agricultural products. His company was responsible for the supply of 20% of the bottled Turkish extra virgin olive oil to the US in it’s best year, through 7,000 points-of-sale in 30 US states. He also consulted for the largest importer of Turkish hazelnuts into China.


In addition to his trade business he has offered consulting services for new and potential foreign investors in Turkey. He negotiated a contract with a Fortune 500 company in the area of renewable energy. He has consulted for over 100 foreign firms and individual investors.


Dennis has spoken in several countries* to leaders and business people from over 70 nations of his esteem for the extraordinary people of Turkey. He has hosted business conferences in Turkey with business leaders from 30 nations in attendance, including some of the top executives of Fortune 500 companies. He participated in an international business think-tank relating to social entrepreneurship. 

*Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Spain, Thailand, UK and US.


He was the only Turkish speaking foreigner to address the First Turkish Olive Oil & Table Olive Symposium (Türkiye I. Zeytinyağı ve Sofralık Zeytin Sempozyumu’nu) held in Izmir in 2003, and the First Eastern Mediterranean Olive and Olive Oil Summit (1. Doğu Akdeniz Zeytin ve Zeytinyağı Zirvesi) held in Adana in 2008. He has been written about multiple times in Dünya Gazetesi (the largest daily business newspaper in Turkey) and has spoken on Turkish television. He served two terms as secretary of the Turkish American Association of Izmir (Türk-Amerikan Derneği). He is a founding member of the largest Turkish olive industry association Olive Friends Association (Zeytin Dostu - Zeytin ve Zeytinyağı Derneği). 

 

Other Pursuits and Interests:

• Communication
• Economic Theory 

• Fatherhood

• Good & Evil Theory

• Innovation & Entrepreneurship

• Learning Theory
• Marketing: "love your customer as yourself"

• Music Composition, Piano

• Pantomime Arts

• Physics Theory

• Reconciliation & Forgiveness

• Real Love in Relationships

• Storytelling & Movies

• Theories of Everything

• Think-tanking (collaborative strategic planning)
• Turkish leadership development

• Turkish world image and self image

• Writing

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