Expert Details
Asia Pacific Trade and Business
ID: 732759
North Carolina, USA
He is also an expert in the newly signed (to-be-ratified) Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, and author of the upcoming book, 'A Naked View of the Trans-Pacific Partnership - An unbiased educational review in Plain English'
His experience is specific to the Asia and Pacific Rim geographies
Trans-Pacific Partnership ExpertAsia Pacific Supply ChainOutsourcing & Offshoring into AsiaUnified Communication and Contact Centre
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2006 | Degree: Masters | Subject: Business Administration | Institution: State University of New York |
| Year: 1998 | Degree: Bachlors | Subject: Business | Institution: University of Technology, Sydney Australia |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2015 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Expert's Asia Pacific consultancy supports American companies in their Asia Pacific endeavors. The firm provides expert advice and support on key initiatives and strategic development, and can project manage or facilitate projects that involve Asia. Areas of focus include regulatory hurdles, local customs, hiring requirements, supply chain efficiencies and trade advice. The firm also leverages expert insight in the significant business changes put in place by the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2014 to 2015 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:(Undisclosed) acquired three technology companies over the past few years, and have a requirement to consolidate the operations teams into one team, across all three businesses. Expert re-negotiated all transportation contracts, re-organized warehouse locations based on customer needs, and reduced the overall supply chain costs by over 50%. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2014 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:He assumed full ownership and management of the order to cash process across Asia Pacific (inc Japan). This includes order processing and verification, supply chain management (warehouse and transportation), billing and collections.There are currently 45 direct reports based in Asia supporting the $500m Asia Pacific business. A key output of the team is to provide regular visibility of the revenue, backlog and risk associated with the sales commitment, and action items to close the gap. More recently, a key achievement has been the successful integration of the acquired Nortel business into the current Avaya business, with zero impact on business revenue. Key achievements have included the implementation of an APAC wide supply chain model, reducing accounts receivable overdue by 90%, heavily reduce the turnaround time of product from 4 weeks to 1 week, reduction in quality claims and implementing a number of automated applications to ensure efficiency and visibility. In addition, the role helps to align sales, finance and other support organizations to focus on business growth, revenue management and cost reduction within the organization. To create the vision and architecture for the business in supporting the sales strategy in regards to supply chain, customer care and all other back office responsibilities. Primary focus is creating unsurpassed quality which leads to a reduction in overall costs. Challenges include supply chain efficiencies, customer communication efficiencies, integration of web based applications with legacy systems, creating visibility of our supply chain to our customers. Other challenges include supply chain cost reviews, warehouse placement decisions, freight forwarder decisions, and relationship development with over 80 business partners and distributors in APAC. In addition to the every day strategic development of the role, there are many other policy and audit requirements, including SOX compliance, revenue recognition policy adherence, export compliance, local law and import restrictions and all other internal and external audit requirements. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1998 to 2002 | Country / Region: Sydney, Australia | Summary: South Pacific Operations Manager for Avaya |
| Years: 1998 to 2002 | Country / Region: Singapore | Summary: Director, Asia Pacific Operations for Avaya |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| English | 100% (native) |
Fields of Expertise
international organization, telecommunications industry, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, North American Free Trade Agreement, international trade, supply chain management, trade agreement, outsourcing, international sourcing, China contract manufacturing, China business research, Far East sourcing