Maria Rufina is a thriving businesswoman and founder of Q~Performance Consultant, a training provider in Malaysia. It caters for both Multinationals and SMIs in the area of HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT.
Maria Rufina’s humble career began as a QA Engineer in an electronics factory. By sheer hardwork, she was promoted to a QA cum Training Manager. In her tenure here, she successfully led her team towards acquiring the coveted ISO 9002 certification for 2 branches. She also led several QCC teams towards becoming gold medalists in one of the QCC Conventions held by NPC. Besides, she also assisted in preparing the HQ for the Prime Minister’s Excellence Award. Her career came to a turning point when she joined a Consultant firm as the General Manager. This was where she pursued a career as a trainer and consultant at the same time.
Currently, Maria Rufina is a trainer, facilitator and coach. To date, she has conducted over 400 training, facilitation and consultation both locally and internationally. Some of the companies that have benefited from her expertise are Golden Trust (Bahrain), EK Kanoo (Bahrain), Islamic Development Bank (Jeddah, Arab Saudi), Polwell (Singapore), ExxonMobil, Esso Refinery, Aker Kvaerner, KWSP, Institut Pengajian Tinggi (IPTS) and UIA to name a few. Maria’s 9 best selling programs are:
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9 “HOW”s of a Supervisor
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Analytical Trouble Shooting
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Dynamic Teambuilding
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How to be a Catalyst for Excellent Work Culture
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Magic of “WOW”ing Customers
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Professional Office Management Practices
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Presenting With Confidence & Substance!
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Time Management Is Your Image
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Train The Trainer
“Strategies that work, Solutions that matter, Results that last” make up key words which define Maria Rufina’s dedication into her scope of work. She merges the divergent and convergent aspects of a topic to create a training flow that facilitates effective and interesting impart of knowledge and skills. Participants of various levels are operators, clerks, executives or senior managers, find her training inspiring, thus creating a conviction in them to implement what they have learnt.
Her credentials in training & consultancy are Certified Trainer for Workplace Training & Assessment (Australian Standards); Certified Professional Facilitator by The International Association of Facilitators, US; Faculty Member (Malaysia) & Certified Trainer of Oxford Center of Learning , UK (OXCEL) and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Management.
A graduate from University Malaya, Maria Rufina holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and MBA in Finance to her credit. To add to her credibility, she is also often invited to share her views and expertise in the area of Entrepreneurs Development and Human Capital Development on Astro Channel 4 (Berita Astro) and Channel 6 (Business News).
Maria Rufina is the Chairperson of the Women Entrepreneurs of the KL & Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and is also one of the advisors for MIWSDF, a Social & Welfare Foundation in
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