Community Conversation: Taking Your Business Global Presented by Virginia Partners Bank

 Community Conversation: Taking Your Business Global
 
October 27, 2020, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM,
Hosted on the Zoom platform

The COVID-19 crisis has created recession-like downturns for many businesses.
 
Prior to COVID-19, markets were at an all-time-high, and businesses were expecting record levels of consumer demand.

How can your business find new markets and new revenue? 

Could your business be eligible for grants and funding to go global? 

 
This is a must-see opportunity for businesses to increase their revenue and expand to new markets. 

Keynote presentations by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership
 
Keynote Speakers:


Ellen Meinhart
International Trade Manager - Northern Region

Ellen Meinhart is an international trade manager for the Northern Virginia office, where her mission is to assist companies with increasing their sales revenue through exporting.
Ellen’s career and education has focused on international sales, business development and marketing. She has lived, worked and/or studied in Germany, France, Australia and Brazil, in addition to successfully completing projects involving China, Egypt, Chile, England and Canada. Ellen has an M.B.A. in marketing and international business fromWright State University and a B.S. in marketing fromMiami University.
For the past five years, Ellen ran Starting Gate Global, an outsourced business development company that increased sales for international companies entering the U.S. market. Prior to that, she lived in Australia for three years and launched a Microsoft/ Australian Capital Territory-funded information industry initiative called Canberra.NET. She has also worked in the exporting departments of two manufacturers, Krauss Metalworks and Sonax, located in Germany, as well as for IBM and NCR.
 

Bryan K. Moody
Defense Program Manager

Bryan Moody serves as Defense Program Manager for VEDP’s Global Defense Program (GDP), supporting Virginia defense companies in the pursuit of global trade opportunities from his office in Fredericksburg, VA.
Experience
Prior to joining VEDP, Moody served as International Business Developer and Compliance Officer for two Virginia defense companies, shepherding them through VEDP’s Global Defense and VALET Programs. Moody served 25 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and speaks multiple languages, including Arabic, Hebrew and Spanish.
Education
B.S., Strategic Intelligence – Joint Military Intelligence College
M.A., Church Ministries and Biblical Counseling – Veritas Bible College
 

Sponsorships available, please contact Kyle Allwine for more details.