GORDON PACIFIC - Key Persons
Ms. Hai Yan Zhang was born, raised, and educated in Beijing, China, where her family still resides. She worked for the Chinese government as a computer scientist before coming to the United States in 1987 to earn a Masters of Science degree in Satellite Meteorology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Afterwards, she worked as a scientist for Colorado State University. Since 1992, she has been a business partner with Dr. Gordon working as an international business consultant to Fortune 500 companies & SMEs in the United States and Asia. Recently, Ms. Zhang worked in China as Senior Corporate Adviser to a Fortune 200 company helping them work through an acquisition deal, handling Government relations, facilitating and participating in most of the negotiations with land developers, business partner companies, and Chinese government entities.
She was Colorado Governor Bill Owens' China consultant and interpreter during Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit to Denver. In 2001, Ms. Zhang accompanied Denver Mayor Wellington Webb to China for the opening of Denver's Chinese Trade Office where she served as his Special Consultant and interpreter. Furthermore, she was featured in Newsweek (Select) Magazine (March 2007), the Chinese version of Newsweek Magazine, as one of China's outstanding business women. Hai Yan was recently interviewed in China about her background, keys to her success, and her role in Gordon Pacific, by China Radio International (CRI) on a program called ‘Face-to-Face', which interviews exceptionally successful overseas Chinese (August, 2016).
Previously, she was featured along with Dr. George Renwick, in the video titled "Chinese Cultural Values: The other Pole of the Human Mind" produced by the Intercultural Press. She has also been the subject of an article in Emerging Markets magazine. She has appeared on television in the USA and China, and has been featured or quoted in a variety of different popular press articles appearing in such newspapers as the New York Times, the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, the Boulder Daily Camera, and the "In The Know" series of intercultural business books.
To keep pace with the rapidly changing conditions in China, Ms. Zhang spends approximately five months a year in China, working closely with the Chinese business community, corporate clients, government contacts, and expatriates living and working in China. Her functional areas of expertise are: Asian business strategy, new business development, negotiations, government relations, & international management. She is a Certified Executive Leadership Coach (LPI). In both China and the USA, she has consulted and participated in large-scale Chinese negotiations, designed management strategies, conducted executive coaching, training, and research. Ms. Zhang has also been a keynote speaker at several large business conferences.
As our business continued to expand globally, particularly in Asia, Gordon Pacific, LLC provided us with a very high level of expertise in many areas including international consulting with senior executives, in-country consulting for our business development activities, and cultural education and coaching for both expatriates and cross-cultural teams. We chose Gordon Pacific over similar organizations based on their depth of experience in global business issues and their customized approach to helping us successfully compete in new, diverse locations. Their guidance and expertise allowed us to avoid numerous, common pitfalls related to culture, government, and business issues in multiple locations. As a result, our partnership with GP greatly reduced our overall costs and enabled us to build deeper relationships with both internal and external business partners. In my twenty plus years in international human resources work, I would give GP the highest recommendation out of the numerous firms I have used for international consulting.
Jim Wilson is responsible for designing and delivering consulting projects ranging from Supply Chain Risk and Opportunity Quantifications to start-up assistance for new businesses. His prior experience includes: Executive Director for Trade Management consulting for J.P. Morgan Chase; Vice President of Operations Management and International Trade Management for Vastera, Inc. prior to its acquisition by J.P. Morgan; CEO of Quantum International a global supply chain and regulatory compliance consulting and services company prior to its purchase by Vastera, Inc., a software and services company.
Over the last 15 years Jim designed, started, staffed, trained and mentored 12 consulting operations globally. Jim held numerous positions as an IBM Executive over 25 years: Global Practice Leader for the IBM Consulting Group's International Trade Management Consulting Practice; Manager of IBM Corporate Logistics Strategy; Controller for IBM World Trade Corporation's US operations; Financial Planning Manager for Printing Systems R&D and Manufacturing; World Wide IBM Pricing Manager for Intermediate 370 Systems. As the Controller for IBM's World Trade Corporation's International Purchasing Office and Distribution Center, Jim managed all the financial affairs associated with multi-billion dollar annual US import and export transactions, inventory control, inter-company billings, letters of credit and audit/control activities.
Jim has led numerous successful consulting engagements in global supply chain management ranging from global strategies to complex import and export regulatory compliance engagements saving clients hundreds of millions of dollars. Prior clients include companies from aerospace, retail, consumer goods, automotive, computer, telecommunications, industrial machinery, heavy equipment, oil service and petroleum industries. Jim has conducted over 400 trade compliance and supply chain engagements ranging from big box retailers to global aerospace and defense companies.
As our business continued to expand globally, particularly in Asia, Gordon Pacific, LLC provided us with a very high level of expertise in many areas including international consulting with senior executives, in-country consulting for our business development activities, and cultural education and coaching for both expatriates and cross-cultural teams. We chose Gordon Pacific over similar organizations based on their depth of experience in global business issues and their customized approach to helping us successfully compete in new, diverse locations. Their guidance and expertise allowed us to avoid numerous, common pitfalls related to culture, government, and business issues in multiple locations. As a result, our partnership with GP greatly reduced our overall costs and enabled us to build deeper relationships with both internal and external business partners. In my twenty plus years in international human resources work, I would give GP the highest recommendation out of the numerous firms I have used for international consulting.
Job Titles:
- Operations Manager for Manufacturing
- Partner / International Manufacturing, Operations
Joe Steinberg spent 25 years of his career with Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS), which later became Freescale Semiconductor. His experience encompasses all aspects of manufacturing and supply chain operations. As Vice President of SPS China, Joe was responsible as General Manager for the startup and operation the first 200mm wafer fabrication factory in China, G.M of the Assembly and Test operation, and served as the Senior Executive for the Motorola SPS China as well as Managing Director for the XiQing Integrated Manufacturing Site. Joe joined Motorola as a process engineer after graduating from The University of Colorado in Boulder with a BS Electrical Engineering and quickly gained experience in semiconductor manufacturing through a series increasingly responsible management positions.
In 1993 Joe was promoted to Operations Manager for Manufacturing in Austin, TX where he drove capacity and technology expansions and was promoted to Vice President of Operations. Joe was selected by Motorola to startup a new, high technology, and manufacturing complex in 1997 in Tianjin China. This facility was designed as an integrated manufacturing site, combining the 200mm wafer fabrication with assembly and final test, the first high volume, integrated operation of its kind. This facility was the first 200mm wafer fabrication facility to be built in China. Joe spent 8 years in China and during this time served as Vice President and GM of the all the Motorola XiQing Operations as well as being the GM of China for Motorola SPS.
During his time there he participated in many negotiations with the government including leading the spin-off of Freescale Semiconductor from Motorola and was the senior executive for Motorola SPS and Freescale in China. While in China Joe was active in the American Chamber of Commerce in Tianjin and served as the head of the International School of Tianjin Board of Governors. He was active with the local Chinese government officials with many influential party contacts in the Tianjin Municipal government. Since retiring from Motorola, Joe has been a consulting partner at Gordon Pacific. His functional areas of expertise are: international manufacturing, operations management & supply chain management:
As our business continued to expand globally, particularly in Asia, Gordon Pacific, LLC provided us with a very high level of expertise in many areas including international consulting with senior executives, in-country consulting for our business development activities, and cultural education and coaching for both expatriates and cross-cultural teams. We chose Gordon Pacific over similar organizations based on their depth of experience in global business issues and their customized approach to helping us successfully compete in new, diverse locations. Their guidance and expertise allowed us to avoid numerous, common pitfalls related to culture, government, and business issues in multiple locations. As a result, our partnership with GP greatly reduced our overall costs and enabled us to build deeper relationships with both internal and external business partners. In my twenty plus years in international human resources work, I would give GP the highest recommendation out of the numerous firms I have used for international consulting.
David Knipping
Director, International Human Resources, ConAgra Foods
Gordon Pacific's consulting and executive coaching really made a positive impact to our sourcing operations and overall team effectiveness. Their global expertise, perspective and engagement with my team really added value to the bottom line by allowing us to understand how to address issues of concern now and how to be on the lookout for new challenges that were about to present themselves. Gordon Pacific brings real-life experiences and perspective to their consulting roles. The reality of ‘it could happen to you too' really had my team thinking about how to protect their business.
Scott Jenkins, VP, Global Sourcing
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
"Ken and Hai Yan of Gordon Pacific are simply brilliant consultants when assessing market and customer needs on behalf of SME and larger enterprises seeking to enter or improve their position in the China market. These are thoughtful and highly experienced professionals you can count on to be engaged, committed and pragmatic in any situation including protracted negotiations. Both will quickly grasp the big picture but will not hesitate to work through the details to assure a successful long term outcome. From mid management to the C suite, no doors stay closed to Ken and Hai Yan."
J Bors, Vice President
ChemCo Systems
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Vice President
Ken Chaplin was previously Vice President and General Manager of Crocs Global Marketing, Licensed Products, and vertical businesses. Ken joined Crocs in October 2007 from Disney Consumer Products and Home Entertainment Greater China. He has worked with all of the major US leagues and film/TV studios. Prior to that, Ken was Vice President of Greater China's Marketing, international licensing, and Branding. In that capacity, he was responsible for Disney's retail businesses in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Ken Gordon, Ph.D., has over 45 years of experience in consulting, executive coaching, research, and education in international business, spanning over 75 countries - with over 30 years in East, Southeast, and South Asia. In his role as an international business consultant, he has provided services to numerous Fortune 500 companies & SMEs. His primary functional areas of expertise are: global strategic planning, new business development, negotiations, international management, leadership development, & operations management.
He is a Certified Executive Leadership Coach (LPI). His key geographic areas of expertise are: China, most of Southeast Asia, India, Japan, and Korea. He has lived and worked in China, Singapore, Germany, India, Denmark, and France. Prior to Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit to Denver, Colorado, Dr. Gordon provided the business and cultural briefing for the Colorado Governor's Office, the Colorado International Trade Office, and the Denver Mayor's Office of Economic Development & International Trade. He has been a special advisor to the Denver Mayor's Office and the World Trade Center on the creation of a China Trade Representative Office in Shanghai, China, and served as a member of the Mayor's China Advisory Committee (CAC) that provides ongoing support, information, and advice to the Mayor's Office with regards to Denver's continuing efforts in China.
Dr. Gordon also served on the Colorado-China Advisory Council through the City of Denver's Mayor's Office of Economic Development & International Trade (MOED/IT) and the Colorado Environmental Business Alliance (CEBA), and has served on the Colorado-Malaysia Council as well. Dr. Gordon earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Business from Northwestern University and his B.A. from the University of Iowa.
As our business continued to expand globally, particularly in Asia, Gordon Pacific, LLC provided us with a very high level of expertise in many areas including international consulting with senior executives, in-country consulting for our business development activities, and cultural education and coaching for both expatriates and cross-cultural teams. We chose Gordon Pacific over similar organizations based on their depth of experience in global business issues and their customized approach to helping us successfully compete in new, diverse locations. Their guidance and expertise allowed us to avoid numerous, common pitfalls related to culture, government, and business issues in multiple locations. As a result, our partnership with GP greatly reduced our overall costs and enabled us to build deeper relationships with both internal and external business partners. In my twenty plus years in international human resources work, I would give GP the highest recommendation out of the numerous firms I have used for international consulting.
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