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Our Test Success Hawaii Executive Team

Toni Shortsleeve President Toni Shortsleeve owned a small event planning company in Austin, Texas for almost 10 years. Until 2003, when she moved to Oahu, her company: produced leadership seminars, directed customer service and team building workshops, coordinated employee appreciation celebrations, decorated on-site according to client needs; created exhibit booth designs according to conference theme and client vision; and promoted and directed professional entertainment artists, event alliance partners and vendors. Mrs. Shortsleeve opened her event planning company, Mystical Events, in Honolulu – following the same guideline structure that she used for her company in Texas. She is the author of the following Mystical Events guidebooks: Conference Planning Guide, Exhibit Room Planning Guide, Exhibit Booth Design Guide, and Exhibit Booth Staffing Guide (seen in the June 2007 issue of the SHRM-Hawaii Newsletter). In 2007, Mrs. Shortsleeve joined with Raymond Karelitz to create Test Success Hawaii, Inc. Using her skills and the experiences of her previous company, Toni has helped build the corporation from a three-man team with two instructors to a valuable corporation of over 10 instructors and 1,600 satisfied students in only two years. As President of Test Success Hawaii, Mrs. Shortsleeve oversees all the administration to: negotiate with counselors and instructors, maintain student registrations, communicate with parents and counselors to ensure satisfaction, prepare programs and marketing materials, provide follow-up of each program, create and submit all reports; and monitors the on-line webinar classes to assist students with technical troubleshooting. She also maintains the Test Success Hawaii website at www.testsuccesshawaii.com. Doreen Sugita-Tsutsui Executive Assistant Department of Administration Doreen originally joined Test Success Hawaii as part-time office administrative assistant. As Executive Assistant of Test Success Hawaii -- Doreen helps with student and counselor reports, follow-up surveys, all in-office matters, and provides invaluable assistance to the president.

Alex Shortsleeve Executive Vice President Alexander Shortsleeve is an MBA graduate with Distinction from Hawaii Pacific University. He received his Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Travel & Hospitality Management from the University of Hawaii. Mr. Shortsleeve received his Associates Applied Science degree in Marketing from Austin Community College. Recently, Mr. Shortsleeve conducted teacher training workshops for a local college using Neil Fleming’s VARK learning system. He received certification as Administrator for Certified Customer Service Specialist (CSS) and is currently teaching Customer Service at Hawaii Medical Institute. Mr. Shortsleeve was the Hospitality and Business Instructor at Hawaii Business College for eighteen months. The courses he taught included Introduction to Hospitality, Front Office Management, Food & Beverage Management, Destination Geography, Sales & Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Shortsleeve was Accounts Director and partner of a small event planning company in Austin, Texas. As the Accounts Director, he maintained the budgetary and financial aspects of the company while managing sales and sub-contractors and providing on-site direction during more than 300 events. As Executive Vice President for Test Success Hawaii, Mr. Shortsleeve’s primary focus is on school partnerships, grants and proposals, contracts and all aspects of accounts. With more than 3 years of personal instruction and several years of public speaking, he guides our instructors to bring professionalism and quality to the classroom. Mr. Shortsleeve also steps in to motivate our High School SAT Skill-Building and Middle School Study Skills and Test-Taking programs as needed. Mr. Shortsleeve is also the main instructor for Test Success Hawaii’s Interactive On-line SAT & College prep classes. As part of a recent project, Mr. Shortsleeve prepared a research paper on the Difference of In-Class and On-Line Programs.