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George Koo’s insight and experience on US-China Consulting, and bring awareness to Chinese American espionage
George Koo came to the U.S. as a child from China, grew up in Seattle and educated at MIT, Stevens Institute and Santa Clara Univ. Dr. Koo has recently retired from a world leading advisory services firm where he advised clients on their China strategies and business operations. He is founder and former managing director [...] Continue reading
Steve Mushero ’88, founder of ChinaNetCloud, advices on entrepreneurship and life after RPI
Steve Mushero is an executive and senior technologist with an exceptionally broad and deep background in both business and technology, spanning from early-stage to multi-national companies and the United Nations. Also a serial entrepreneur at over a dozen startups, focused on building technology, products, and companies. Also an author of “Off-Shoring the Middle-Class” about Globalization. [...] Continue reading
Mark Samitt ’84, an operation management expert, shares insights on topics from the watch industry and supply chain management in China to how to pivot your career
Mark Samitt ’84 is an expert in operations management. He has a strong cross industry background in building, improving, and structuring business operations. His engineering training is from RPI and his business education is from HBS. He served as President of Steuben Glass, was the former Chief Operating Officer of North America and Global Supply [...] Continue reading
Andrew Hupert, a master in Chinese Guanxi relationship, discusses aspects of negotiation in China and other important skills to succeed in China
Andrew Hupert has spent the last 9 years as a corporate trainer, writer, and lecturer in Shanghai and New York, working with both local and multinational businesses, focusing on improving their deal-making and negotiation skills. Andrew also regularly lectures about international negotiation and business strategy at top Shanghai business schools and universities, such as New [...] Continue reading
Jason Inch, author of China’s Economic Supertrends, discusses China economic trends and future of Green Technology in China
Book’s website: www.ChinaSupertrends.com Print edition: http://amzn.to/ces-print Kindle edition: http://amzn.to/ces-kindle Gary: What inspired you to write your first book, Supertrends of Future China? Why did you designate China to be your main focus? Jason: My China business mentor, Dr. James K. Yuann, and I met at Honeywell Specialty Materials in Shanghai where he was the [...] Continue reading
Fons Tuinstra, President of the Chinese Speakers Bureau, talks about the pitfalls of Foreign Companies entering China and the future of Chinese middle-class
Fons Tuinstra is a global citizen, spending his time in Belgium and Switzerland. He is the current Principal at the China Speakers Bureau, China’s premier speakers’ bureau, which organize great speakers for great events. He also has a weblog, China Herald, with daily updates of the news on a modern, harmonious, and creative high-income society. [...] Continue reading
Gustav Astrom, CEO of SXL Group, talks about how he brings brilliant people together and makes things happen in China.
Gustav Astrom, CEO and co-founder of SXL Group ,the first student consulting firm in China, talks about how he brings brilliant people together and makes things happen in China. Gustav Astrom is a native of Sweden and has been active in China as entrepreneur and Manager of foreign startups for more than 7 years. He is also an [...] Continue reading
Sheldon Dorenfest shares insights on the future of healthcare in China
Sheldon I. Dorenfest, C.P.A., M.B.A., President of the Dorenfest Group, is one of the world’s foremost experts in health care systems improvement. Mr. Dorenfest has consulted with the governments of the USA, France, England, Australia, Canada and China on health care issues. As President and CEO of Sheldon I. Dorenfest & Associates, Ltd. from 1976 [...] Continue reading
Richard Brubaker, Founder of HandsOn China, and Corporate Responsibility
Richard Brubaker is the writer of All Roads Lead to China, a blog that provides accurate, up-to-date information on China’s current trends, macroeconomic development, regional differences and consumer preferences, to enhance the business intelligence of executives entering China who require a sophisticated, informed China strategy. During his first arrival to China, Richard provided market-entry and supply [...] Continue reading
Mr. David Levy, Modern, ethical and highly effective leadership for western manufacturing companies in China
CHINA MANUFACTURING Ethical & Effective Manufacturing Leadership RiC: You can share with us your story of how you got into the manufacturing industry in China? David: In 2000, while I was living in Taiwan, I took a job with an electronics company in Irvine, CA, to act as their Sourcing Manager in Taiwan. I was a one-man sourcing [...] Continue reading
