Gail Trugman Nikol started her career in the field of Broadcast Advertising, where she was a buyer of radio and television time for Fortune 500 companies and managed a staff of buyers. Ms. Nikol sold programming to TV stations, and soon became the General Sales Manager for WMKW Channel 30 in Memphis, Tennessee.
In the mid 1980's, Gail turned her career focus to the computer industry, then in its infancy. She founded GLTN Computer Consultants on Long Island, growing the company over a nine year period to two offices and a staff of twenty. During the expansion of GLTN, Gail's ability to form and solidify relationships flourished as her client list grew to include North Shore Health Care System, Olsten (Adecco), Roslyn Savings Bank and others. In 1997 she merged GLTN with a large NYC firm and successfully sold the company.
Gail remained in the computer training and consulting field until after 9.11, when she realized that there was a tremendous need for documenting and preserving a company's vital information, thereby ensuring a business' continuity and stability. In 2005 Gail established Unique Business Solutions, providing business owners with tools to protect the "tribal knowledge" of their companies.
Upon completion of her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication, Gail continued to educate herself becoming a certified instructor for several software programs while in the computer field.
Gail is a board member of the Institute of Management Accountants and a committed member of a number of Long Island Networking Groups. Ms. Nikol is a published writer with articles in The New York Enterprise Report, Moore Stephens N.A. Newsletter and other publications. She has given seminars for many groups including Vistage International, The Alternative Board and the National Association of Women Business Owners.
Gail Trugman Nikol's business passion extends into her entire life through her support of numerous animal shelters and organizations. On a personal note, Gail is married to her best friend, Peter and credits her healthy lifestyle of diet and daily exercise for changing her life, attitude and vision.
"Since you and the staff of Unique Business Solutions helped us create our new training "Bible", our integration and training of new staff was cut to a fraction. Our other staff members spent less time training and more time helping out clients. Our new staff now has a greater sense of self confidence in learning..."
Arthur M. Katz
President
Knockout Pest Control, Inc.
"When you first introduced the concept of Unique Business Solutions documenting our company's procedures, the concept was intriguing. I will say that I was somewhat skeptical about how thoroughly this could be done...From the beginning, your approach to undertaking the challenge of documenting our HR/Office Manager operations was nothing short of brilliant. You and your staff patiently sat with our personnel, observing how they "really" did things and then, working with them..."
Jim Hoffman
President
Opinion Access Corp.
"Although doing procedure manuals was part of our company goals (we had tried on our own, failed, and then just forgot about them) we were not positive that we wanted to devote our time and effort to coming up with manuals company wide. One look at the finished manual convinced us. We could not afford NOT to proceed."
Steve Goldfeder
Dir. of Operations
Wolf-Gordon
"many companies, from the biggest to the smallest, face an unseen danger by not properly documenting key business processes in advance of an unexpected event. Lose one person whose job is unique, having no one cross trained for that job and you will immediately see the value of Unique Business Solutions.
Unique Business Solutions helps companies, big or small, to protect and preserve its most valuable asset - "the knowledge of its employees".
Larry Siedlick
Chief Executive Officer
Sunrise Medical Labs
"We got a quick return on our investment from Unique Business Solutions. Our administrative assistant took a family medical leave less than 1 month after her job was documented by Gail and her team. Unique's documentation allowed us to seamlessly continue operations until her return. Thanks Gail.."
Larry Siedlick
Chief Executive Officer
Sunrise Medical Labs
P.O. Box 7777
Hicksville, NY 11802-7777
(P) (516) 935-5641
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