Oliva, Paul CHAIR
Oliva Global Communications
388 Market St., Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94111
Email: paul@olivaglobal.com
Areas of Expertise: How-to-export basics, electronic payment
instruments and business finance, economic development aspects of
international trade, trade statistics, trade policy,
international trade organizations. 17 years
worldwide/cross-industry.
Jaramillo, Jorge VICE CHAIR
Open Markets Company, LLC
63 Bovet Road, #239
San Mateo, California 94402
email: jaramillo@openmarketsco.com
Areas of Expertise: Export Management in the high technology,
security, and renewable energy industries. Expertise in
business development, product marketing, and advertising.
10 Years experience in international business. Advisory
role in corporate social responsibility and sustainable business
practices. Speak Spanish and French.
Hansen, Candy TREASURER
Center for International Trade Development/SCCCD, Fresno
550 E. Shaw Avenue
Fresno, CA 93710
E-Mail: gageag@hotmail.com
Areas of Expertise: Candy Hansen has served as the Center for
International Trade Development Director since its inception and
has been instrumental in the continued success, expansion and
recognition of the program. Ms. Hansen has received a number of
awards in international trade and international business,
including the prestigious President's E-Award for Excellence in
Exporting in 2001. She has experience in exporting citrus,
pharmaceuticals, and educational services.
Clark, Michael
Atlantic Pacific Technologies
Valley Springs, CA 95252
Email: apt@caltel.com
Areas of Expertise: Environmental engineering, solid waste
management, 15 years.
Butler, Barry
International Wine Initiative, Ltd.
475 Gate Five Road, Suite 218
Sausalito, CA 94965
Email: iwilwines@earthlink.net
Areas of Expertise: Wine exporting business, International Wine
Initiatiative, based in Sausalito, Ca. Also worked in an earlier
"corporate" existence in the areas of International General
Management, Marketing and Sales in both the pharmaceutical and
the cosmetics/ fragrance industry with extensive travel and
residence abroad from 1971 to the present. 6 years
Pharmaceuticals, 13 years Cosmetics, 14 years wine. Speaks
Spanish, Portuguese, some French.
Clawson, Daniel
California State University, Fresno
5370 N. Chestnut Ave
Fresno, CA 93740
Email: dclawson@csufresno.edu
Areas of Expertise: Water and related technology, exporting and
engineering, 22 years of experience.
Soyombo, Richard
Bay Area Center for International Trade Development
40 Chestnut Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94080
Email: soyombo@bayareacitd.com
Areas of Expertise: 20 years of experience, hi-tech, Food
Products, Telecom, Agriculture, Construction materials/prods,
services sector, business development.
Levine, Jerry
Mentor International
442 Post Street Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94102
Email: mentor@well.edu
Areas of Expertise: Global
Lucio, Cesar
American River - PackageOne
401 S. Granada
Madera, CA 93639
Email: clucio@arpk1.com
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Sales, Logistics, and Operations
Management. 16 years of experience providing corrugated
packaging, and inventory management to local and national
exporters.
Sengupta, Deep
FedEx Trade Networks
220 Montgomery St, Suite 448
San Francisco, CA 94104
Email: csengupta@fedex.com
Areas of Expertise: Legal training, over 10 years expertise in
export, e-import for international trade.
Potash, Jeremy
Potash & Company
1050 Marina Village Parkway
Alameda, CA 94501
Email: jwpotash@potashco.com
Areas of Expertise: Broad knowledge and awareness of business
issues and conditions in developing East Asia and Japan, and the
US customs broker and forwarder industry. Awarded Northern Cal
Dec/Department of Commerce Export Citizen of the Year Award in
1998 for work in promoting U.S.-Asia trade.
Qureshi, Jamal
JQ American Corp.
28306 Industrial Blvd., #G
Hayward, CA 94545
Email: jamal@jqamerican.com
Areas of Expertise: Exporting Business in Industrial Oilfield,
Medical supplies. Recipient of the President’s E Award from the
Secretary of Commerce also received SBA’s Regional Exporter
Award, MBDA’s Regional Exporter of the Year Award along with
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition. 15 years of
International Experience in International Trade covering United
Nations
funded Projects, USAID, along with Major Oil & Gas and
Petrochemical Industries in Middle East and Africa.
Torres, Eduardo
Exec Sec, NorCal Export Council
US Department of Commerce
550 E. Shaw Avenue
E-mail: eduardo.torres@mail.doc.gov
Areas of Expertise: Served at the U.S. Embassy in the Mexico
during temporary duty assignments and most recently in Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic, as the Acting Senior Commercial
Officer for the Caribbean and as the Principle Commercial Officer
in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Eduardo served as the Deputy team
leader of the Agribussines Team, marketing U.S. agricultural
products throughout the world. Torres was the Director of
Research and International Marketing for a company in the valley
generating sales and projects in several countries in both the
environmental and agricultural sectors.
Randolph, Sean
Bay Area Economic Forum
200 Pine Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94104
E-mail: sean@bayeconfor.org
Areas of Expertise: Extensive experience in the U.S. Government,
including the U.S. Congress staff (1976- 80), and the White House
staff (1980–81). He served as Special Adviser for Policy in the
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Deputy/Ambassador-at
Large for Pacific Basin affairs (1981–85, and as Deputy Assistant
Secretary for International Affairs. Dr. Randolph speaks
frequently before business and government audiences, and writes
for U.S. and international media on global, national, state and
regional economic and policy issues.
Cooper, Janice
Pacific Resources
P.O. Box 332
Walnut Grove, CA 95690
email: janice.cooper@frontiernet.net
Areas of Expertise: Involved in trade policy and promotion for
25+ years.
Rollo, Joseph
Wine Institute
425 Market St, Suite 1000
San Franciso, CA 94105
email: jrollo@wineinstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Wine products, trade barriers and
distribution, 16 years of experience in developing export
markets. General Marketing - MBA, taught graduate level courses.
Herrick, Stephen
Bank of the West
601 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
email: stephen.herrick@bankofthewest.com
Areas of Expertise: Latin America and Asia. Provide pre-export
finance service to processors and marketers. 25 years of
experience. Speaks Spanish.
Andersen, Erik
Remedy Interactive
480 Gate Five Road, Suite 130
Sausalito, CA 94965
email: eandersen@remedyinteractive.com
Areas of Expertise: Computer software, hardware, and services. 15
years experience in international business development,
alliances, sales, distribution channels, technology licensing,
manufacturing, sourcing, and transportation. At PeopleSoft,
FedEx, and HP prior to joining Remedy Interactive in 2003
Johnson, Carol
Monterey Institute of International Studies
460 Pierce St.
Monterey, California 93940
email: carol.johnson@miis.edu
Areas of Expertise: International Education recruiting and
marketing. Knowledge on Taiwan, Turkey, France, Germany and
Italian markets. Speaks French.
Sciupac, Louis
LaserCard Corporation
1875 North Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, California 99043
email: lsciupac@lasercard.com
Areas of Expertise: Latin America, Europe, Middle & Far
East. Speaks Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, and French.
Avila, Jerry (Associate Member)
Senior Intentional Trade Specialist
Office of International Trade - U.S. Small Business
Administration
6501 Sylvan Road
Citrus Heights, Ca 95610
Email: Jerry.Avila@sba.gov
Areas of Expertise: Years of experience in both the Public &
Private sectors of international trade. First as a commercial
banker engaged in international trade finance establishing and
managing two trade groups an EDGE corporation for two major
international banks. He has traveled extensively throughout Asia
for the purpose of both Trade Missions and negotiating various
trade transactions. Under Governor Davis appointed and served as
the Director of the California Export Finance Office (CEFO) and
subsequently given the added responsibility as the acting
Director of the Office of Small Business