Golden Asia Ventures LLC
Founded this consultancy fostering strategic business, technology, and investment partnerships between Asian and North American businesses. Built a distributed team of trusted & vetted consultants, financial advisers and lawyers while establishing an extensive network of government and business contacts in China. Worked with American clients such as the CDMA Development Group, Secure Computing, and Critical Path; and engaged with Chinese corporations such as China Unicom, Maipu Telecommunications, and Wuhan Research Institute. Annual retainer fees/service billing of approximately $180K.
- Conceived business model and negotiated partnerships with five Chinese firms, giving a start-up company access to OEM and distribute networking, VOIP, and call center technologies outside of China in markets such as South America and the Middle East. Managed an international team of Chinese engineers & sales reps, as well as, Argentinean sales reps & Middle Eastern distributors.
- Evaluated a variety of Asian wireless equipment vendors, service providers, and system integrators for potential technical and business partnerships with three North American corporate clients.
- Extensive travel in China between 2002 – 2005 (~ 50% of time), including extended trips to Beijing, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Hailar, Guangzhou, Dalian, Yantai, and Harbin. Participated in a number of highly visible telecommunications & technology conferences across China and conducted presentations on behalf of a number of clients.