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SUMMARY:Community Conversation: Taking Your Business Global Presented by Virginia Partners Bank
DESCRIPTION:Community Conversation: Taking Your Business Global\n\n \n\nOctober 27\, 2020\, 9:00 AM   10:00 AM\, \n\nHosted on the Zoom platform\n\n\n\nThe COVID-19 crisis has created recession-like downturns for many businesses. \n\n \n\nPrior to COVID-19\, markets were at an all-time-high\, and businesses were expecting record levels of consumer demand.\n\n\n\nHow can your business find new markets and new revenue? \n\n\n\nCould your business be eligible for grants and funding to go global? \n\n\n\n \n\nThis is a must-see opportunity for businesses to increase their revenue and expand to new markets. \n\n\n\nKeynote presentations by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership\n\n \n\nKeynote Speakers:\n\n\n\n\n\nEllen Meinhart\n\nInternational Trade Manager - Northern Region\n\n\n\nEllen 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.\n\nEllen'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.\n\nFor 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.\n\n \n\n\n\nBryan K. Moody\n\nDefense Program Manager\n\n\n\nBryan 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.\n\nExperience\n\nPrior 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.\n\nEducation\n\nB.S.\, Strategic Intelligence   Joint Military Intelligence College\n\nM.A.\, Church Ministries and Biblical Counseling   Veritas Bible College\n\n \n\n\n\nSponsorships available\, please contact Kyle Allwine for more details.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div data-block="true" data-editor="3sbj7" data-offset-key="cb6r4-0-0">\n<div data-offset-key="cb6r4-0-0">\n<h3 data-unsp-sanitized="clean"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><big><small><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;"><img alt="" height="239" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/492/Image/LovforAll1.png" style="width: 425px\; height: 239px\;" width="425" /><br />\n<br />\n<span id="cke_bm_116S" style="display: none\;">&nbsp\;</span>Community Conversation: Taking Your Business Global</span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong>October 27\, 2020\, 9:00 AM &ndash\; 10:00 AM\, </strong><br />\n<strong>Hosted on the Zoom platform</strong><br />\n<br />\n<span style="background:white\;"><span style="color:#1D2129\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">The COVID-19 crisis has created recession-like downturns for many businesses. </span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="background:white\;"><span style="color:#1D2129\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Prior to COVID-19\, markets were at an all-time-high\, and businesses were expecting record levels of consumer demand.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#1D2129\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><span style="background:white\;">How can your business find new markets and new revenue?&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nCould your business be eligible for grants and funding to go global?&nbsp\;</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<em><span style="background:white\;"><span style="color:#1D2129\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">This is a must-see opportunity for businesses to increase their revenue and expand to new markets.&nbsp\;</span></span></span></em><br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Keynote presentations by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership</span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">Keynote Speakers:</span></u></strong></small></big></span><br />\n<br />\n<img src="https://exportvirginia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Ellen_Meinhart-web.jpg" /><br />\n<strong>Ellen Meinhart<br />\nInternational Trade Manager <span style="font-family:tahoma\,sans-serif\;">-</span> Northern Region</strong><br />\n<br />\nEllen 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.<br />\nEllen&rsquo\;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.<br />\nFor 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.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<img src="http://exportvirginia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BMoody.jpg" /><br />\n<strong>Bryan K. Moody</strong><br />\n<strong>Defense Program Manager</strong><br />\n<br />\nBryan Moody serves as Defense Program Manager for VEDP&rsquo\;s Global Defense Program (GDP)\, supporting Virginia defense companies in the pursuit of global trade opportunities from his office in Fredericksburg\, VA.<br />\nExperience<br />\nPrior to joining VEDP\, Moody served as International Business Developer and Compliance Officer for two Virginia defense companies\, shepherding them through VEDP&rsquo\;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.<br />\nEducation<br />\nB.S.\, Strategic Intelligence &ndash\; Joint Military Intelligence College<br />\nM.A.\, Church Ministries and Biblical Counseling &ndash\; Veritas Bible College<br />\n&nbsp\;</h3>\n\n<p><br />\n<big><small>Sponsorships available\, please contact Kyle Allwine for more details.<span id="cke_bm_116E" style="display: none\;">&nbsp\;</span></small></big></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n
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