Stephen Turner

Current

Manager, International Business Development at KOTRA-Dallas

Past

Consultant at Bing Fa Consulting
Business Development and Sourcing Manager at EDUCA Trading
General Manager at Sybra

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Education

Wichita State University
Wichita State University

Recommended

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Connections

209 connections

Industry

International Trade and Development

Websites

Stephen Turner’s Summary

Manager with international project experience involving Fortune 50 companies with various offices around the globe and with Entrepreneurs expanding into new international markets.

As a Socio-Cultural/Economic Anthropologist with an emphasis in Psychological Anthropology and Business Administration, I'm skilled in international market development. For a copy of my Whitepaper on "How to Successfully Conduct Business Internationally", e-mail me: stephenpturner@yahoo.com.

Stephen Turner’s Specialties:

International Market Entry Strategies
Project Management
Team Building
Negotiation Preparation & Execution
Research and Analysis
International Team Development and Management
Foreign Government Liaison
International Purchasing
P&L Responsibilities
Writing Business Plans
Product Development and Placement

Stephen Turner’s Experience

Manager, International Business Development

KOTRA-Dallas

(Non-Profit; International Trade and Development industry)

September 2004 — Present (4 years 11 months)

Investment Team Leader and member of the Sr. Staff. Promote FDI opportunities to a wide range of US companies from Fortune 500 companies to SMEs. Lead presentations on the various FDI opportunities in Korea to senior management. Prepare RFIs and field a wide range of questions on Korea. Hold tele-meeting with companies offices around the world. I also coach Managers on international market entry strategies and negotiation strategies and tactics. Work closely with Korean federal and regional governmental officials. Todate, I've worked on over $3 Billion in projects.
Consultant

Bing Fa Consulting

(International Affairs industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year)

Consulted clients on domestic and Chinese negotiating strategies and tactics. Primarily I worked with companies and organization on how to do business in China including a 2 major international accounts on Chinese market entry strategies, negotiation strategies and tactics, and how to overcome the cultural conflicts. Also wrote a Cultural and Business Etiquette report for the City of Fort Worth International Center’s for their trade delegation to China. On the domestic side, I consulted a US company on various business strategies to use in dealing with the 18% minority owned enterprise requirement on a multi-million dollar multi-year contract. Also coached a small retail chain on negotiation strategies and tactics when dealing with very large vendors.
Business Development and Sourcing Manager

EDUCA Trading

(Import and Export industry)

2001 — 2003 (2 years)

Partner in the Import and Wholesale business. We imported bath produts from Europe and China and sold them to national and local retail outlets. Created our own brand of bath and gardening equipment that we sourced out of China and sold to national retail outlets. Also managed 2 sales representatives—New York and Montréal, Canada. Developed major accounts—Linens-N-Things; Collections, Etc. and Chiasso into sales.
General Manager

Sybra

(Restaurants industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years)

General Manager of a $1 Million store where I turned the store around and increased sales by 12%. Created and implemented 2 programs for labor management and inventory control that resulted in cutting my store's labor cost by 18%. Also achieved the highest employee moral scores at 3 different stores, while also increasing sale via special promotions and selling techniques.

Stephen Turner’s Education

Wichita State University

Anthropology 1995 — 2002
Wichita State University

M. A. , Antrhopology , 1996 — 2001

Additional Information

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Stephen Turner’s Interests:

Re-engineering of Processes, Oragnizational Development, Professional Networking, Technology, International Travel, Internaitonal Negotiations, International Business Cooking

Stephen Turner’s Groups:

Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Richardson Chamber and the MTBC, International Center of Fort Worth, International Center of Austin, International Business Professional Group (IBPG), World Trade Council of Wichita, Oakmont Country Club, Dallas Arboretum, KERA-National Public Radio