The Articulate Professional

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About V.J. Singal

V. J. Singal is a Houston-based communication consultant, coach, trainer, and speaker, and the author of The Articulate_® Professional (3rd Edition, 2008). His Words of the Month--an Internet feature--was, until June '09 when AvantGo changed its business model, that Sybase company's most popular educational channel, boasting over 176,000 subscribers comprising execs, managers, educators, attorneys, MDs, engineers, and other professionals. His recently launched blog Juicy and readily applicable communication tips on how to communicate with impact can be viewed at www.thearticulateprofessional.blogspot.com. Educated at Welham Preparatory School and The Doon School, he has a B.Tech. in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and an MBA with Distinction from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. His opinions have been published in The Wall Street Journal and The Economist, and aired on the BBC, CNN Headline News, KTRK-TV (Houston's ABC affiliate), and KIAH-TV (Houston's Channel 39).

V. J. spent over 20 years with Fortune 100 corporations, most recently with Texas Instruments. He has presented workshops on How to Emphasize Your Point in Just Three Sentences, The Five Techniques of Highly Effective Communicators, Advanced Public Speaking, and related topics to, among others, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, MD Anderson Cancer Center, ExxonMobil, Shell, Transocean, Mustang Engineering, Alcon Manufacturing, Energy Transfer, CenterPoint Energy, City of Houston, department heads at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, Aldine and Houston school districts, students at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and he has spoken at conventions / conferences in several cities, including Anaheim, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland (Oregon), Reno, San Antonio, San Francisco, and Santa Fe.

with his Labrador retriever Buddy

V. J. is also a speech writer, evaluator, and speech coach and has won several contests. In 1997, he won a major trophy at the annual Toastmasters Speech Evaluation Contest for the Houston-Austin-San Antonio district.

Among those whose communications V. J. has invigorated through one-on-one coaching: a Fortune 100 company's Senior VP facing a hostile panel on CBS's Face the Nation; the CEO and other executives of a publicly-traded independent oil & gas exploration and production company; executives / senior managers of ExxonMobil, Shell Oil, the EPA, General Electric, IBM, Deloitte, Turner Construction, Fugro, Mustang Engineering, Waste Management, J. Ray McDermott, BMC Software, owners of emerging high-tech and other firms; engineers of Chinese origin, a "Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser" panelist.

V.J.'s No.1 avocation is watching critically acclaimed films. He regards High Noon, the 1952 Western starring Gary Cooper, to be the most important movie ever made. "In the one hundred-plus years of cinema we have now had, there is no movie that is a finer testament to character, integrity, and personal responsibility. Indeed, the film's central character--that small-town sheriff--is a Mahatma Gandhi of the Wild West!" says V. J.

A self-described "health, fitness, and nutrition nut," V.J. enjoys running and other outdoor activities, especially walks in nature preserves. His other interests include nature photography, observing wildlife, and listening to classical music. For over 30 years, his favorite composer has been Beethoven whose music he believes was divinely inspired. A regular blood donor, V.J. is a silver-level member of the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center's Commit for Life.

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Phone: 281-463-2500, P.O. Box 841155, Houston, TX 77284-1155