CalAsian Invite Small Business to Join Export 101 San Jose Workshop on July 20th

SACRAMENTO, California - July 17, 2017 – The CalAsian Chamber of Commerce is partnered with U.S. Department of Commerce and DHL to host the Export 101 Workshop on July 20th at Almaden Winery Community Center in San Jose. The workshop is designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in California on how to leverage federal, state and local export assistance programs, financial and logistic resources, e-commerce platform, business development and marketing tools to expand business overseas.

Meet with International trade experts and our speakers from various background to help your business to success in overseas (Last name alphabet order):

Richard Berwick, Co-Founder, Machinables, Inc. DBA Twindom

Ann Bierbower, Director of Business Development, China Skinny

Jeff Deiss, Regional Export Finance Manager, SBA

Sam Driggers, CEcD, Director of Global Initiatives, California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce

Sheryl Hitomi, International Trade Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration

David Josephson, Western Region Managing Director, Exim Bank       

Carl Miller, Co-founder of the GRIN Labs

Phillip Poland, Director, Customs and Regulatory Affairs, DHL Express

BJ Sims, Business Services Manager, City of San Jose

Raymond Au Yeong, Project Director of San Jose MBDA Business Center

John Yung, Partner, Lewis Brisbois

Export is central to California, which is one of the ten largest economies in the world, with much of our state benefiting from international trade, tourism and investment. California firms export to more than 220 foreign markets. In this workshop, current exporters will also share their export experience and challenges with new exporters.

Free Register link: https://www.regonline.com/export101Series_SanJose.

For more information, contact Henan Li, Project manager of Global Initiatives at the CalAsian Chamber of Commerce at hli@calasiancc.org or call 916.389.7478.