IERG Webinar: Globalizing US Business

Oct. 31, 2011 - PRLog -- Exports drove half of all U.S. GDP growth last year—$1.8 trillion worth of activity—and the number is projected to double by 2015.  Meet the man who is helping U.S. companies reach the 95% of the world’s consumers who live outside of the US, Suresh Kumar, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General US & Foreign Commercial Service.

Assistant Secretary Kumar will discuss the National Export Initiative signed into law by President Obama in 2010 and its implications for international business.  Join this talk to find out how the free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and Korea will increase U.S. exports, which are the priority export markets for the US, in which sectors are US companies the most competitive, and more.

TOPIC: Globalizing US Business: Unparalleled Program of Market Expansion Underway
DATE: November 9, 2011
TIME: 3 PM Eastern (7pm GMT)

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SPEAKER BIO:

SURESH  KUMAR was nominated by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General for the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service at the U.S. Department of Commerce. As Assistant Secretary and Director General, Mr. Kumar leads the U.S & Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS). The extensive worldwide network of the USFCS extends to 109 offices across the U.S and 127 offices overseas in 77 countries. USFCS is the trade promotion arm of the US Government that supports and provides customized solutions to U.S. businesses so that they can compete and win in the global marketplace.

Most recently Mr. Kumar was President & Managing Partner of KaiZen Innovation®, a Management Consulting firm he founded in 2004 to “improve lives and livelihoods”. The firm specializes in developing global commerce: establishing public-private collaborations that spur development, helping businesses extend their global footprint, and installing global marketing processes and programs.

Mr. Kumar has published on global management and served as adjunct faculty member at the Schulich School of Business at Toronto’s York University, Bombay University, India and has been appointed Professor of International Business at Rutgers University EMBA program.

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