
Business-to-Business Relationship Building for Logistics Companies!
Thailand

Business-to-Business Relationship Building for Logistics Companies!
Thailand
I have a long background working in logistics in Los Angeles, Seoul, HCM City, and Hanoi in the freight industry and international trade promotion. I have been involved in the World Wide Project Consortium (WWPC), the International Freight Association (IFA), the World Cargo Alliance (WCA), the Advanced Professional Logistics Network (APLN), the Global Perishable Logistics Group (GPLG), Globalink and am a member of the Council for Logistics Management (CLM).
I manage Aeroceanetwork (AON), Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN; note this is not the perishables network), and International Professional Logistics Network (IPLN). I have held international business-to-business networking conferences and events in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
I am a member of the US Libertarian Party and in organize Libertarians Abroad to enlist support from American expatriates globally.
From Prescott, Arkansas, I joined the United States Navy early on. I have worked in the freight / trade industries for the following: ClearFreight, Japan Freight Consolidators (now known as Hankyu Express International), Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA), Danzas, and Andhika Logistics Vietnam (Formerly known as International Logistics Management, or ILM Vietnam Transport)
I also founded Libertarians Abroad:
http://www.LibertariansAbroad.org
I also organized the first international darts league in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, called the Saigon International Darts League and served as the league's first chairman for two years. Currently I am the vice chairman, the standards officer and the public relations officer. Please see:
http://www.vietnamdarts.net
I also am a writer for magazines and newspapers. If you are interested in this please contact me directly!
Manage public relations activities for a variety of customers but especially strong in logisitics. I write magazine and news articles as well. Industry related articles are normally about logistics, oil and gas, construction, tourism and data management. Specialties include project logistics, aviation/airlines, and maritime subjects. But I have also written general interest subjects.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
March 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)
I manage networking meetings and conferences for several logistics and construction networks as well as handling public relations and marketing functions.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
March 1996 — February 2004 (8 years )
Managing Director, Chairman of the Board of Management. (This company's British Virgin Islands, BVI, holding company was originally called International Logistics Management Ltd. and its trade name was ILM Vietnam Transport. Later, after I sold my shares, the company name was changed to Altus Logistics.)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Package/Freight Delivery industry)
June 1995 — March 1996 (10 months)
Set up and ran the Hanoi, Vietnam, office for this company.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
May 1993 — June 1995 (2 years 2 months)
I sold international freight and logistics services to and from Vietnam. My sectors were United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa.
Master of Public Administration , International Public Policy , 1992 — 1994
Master's project (thesis): Bureaucratic Resistance to Opening Rice Import Market in the Republic of Korea
Bachelor of Science , Major: Sociology, Minor: International Business , 1990 — 1992
I graduated from the University of the State of New York, also known as USNY. This school is now known as Excelsior College. Excelsior was founded in 1971 by the Board of Regents of The University of the State of New York as The Regents External Degree Program, a publicly-funded external-degree-granting unit of the New York State Education Department. In 1984, the unit was renamed Regents College. In 1998, Regents College severed its relationship with the Board of Regents to become a private college. The school adopted the name Excelsior College in 2001 (Excelsior is Latin for "ever upward" and is also the motto of the State of New York).
Diploma , International Trade Certificate , 1990 — 1990
Did not complete the full diploma requirements but took coursework in international trade fields, mainly having to do with import and export documentation.
Associate of Science , Liberal Arts - Languages , 1988 — 1990
Focus on Humanities, Social Sciences and Languages - Spanish.
Undergraduate work , International Business , 1988 — 1990
Took courses in general business and liberal arts but the majority of the coursework was specific to international business studies.
None , Literature , 1987 — 1988
Studied Comparative Literature and English Literature by distance learning methods.
Diploma , Vietnamese , 1985 — 1986
Studied Hanoi Vietnamese at the well known school, DLI, for 47 weeks with Saigon Vietnam for a two month tag on course on the end of it. After that some months of more technical Vietnamese at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas, as well as intelligence training.
High School Diploma , Univeristy Preparation , 1981 — 1985
Represented our school at the FBLA state conference in Little Rock. Got to participate in the FBLA March of Dimes walkathon with University of Arkansas football star, Billy Ray Smith, and Sam Walton of Walmart fame. Met Bill Clinton. Also, at the foreign language festival held in the spring at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock I competed and placed in Spanish, German, French, Greek and Latin. Up until that time I was the only person in Arkansas history to do so. (Maybe still?) I also was a clarinet, bass clarinet, and tenor saxophone player with our school's concert band. I attended Henderson State University's band camp four times and auditioned and won a spot on the All State Band (entire state of Arkansas) as a bass clarinetist.
Esperanto, darts, blues music, outlaw music, blue grass, history, business to business networking, public relations
Libertarian Party, Council of Logistics Management (CLM), Tower of Babel
Most networked member at the World Cargo Alliance (WCA) annual general meeting.