The following is a selective list of participants from across the U.S. and around Asia/Pacific who attended the APBO 2008 Conference.

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NameTitleCompanyState/Country
Pouria Abbassi General Manager & CEOLos Angeles Convention CenterCalifornia
Paul Abe Vice PresidentUNION BANK OF CALIFORNIACalifornia
Annibal Abreu_Technological Institute of Aeronautics Brazil
James Adams Director of Business Development and Project SvcsAWS Truewind, LLC New York
Ned Ahdoot ScientistExpedient EnergyCalifornia
William Allen President & CEOLos Angeles County Economic Development CorporationCalifornia
Ronald Altoon Founding PartnerAltoon + Porter ArchitectsCalifornia
Leticia Arias International Trade SpecialistU.S. Commercial ServiceCalifornia
Norman Arikawa Chief AccountantPort of Los AngelesCalifornia
Steve Arnold Regional International Sales ManagerFedExCalifornia
Caitlin Ashley International Trade RepresentativeWest Virginia Development Office West Virginia
Serif Avcibasioglo Sales DirectorFEECORPCalifornia
Ann Bacher Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Thailand Thailand
Gunjan Bagla MDAmrittCalifornia
Stewart Ballard Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Hong Kong Hong Kong
Steven Bash Executive VP, Global CorrespondentWells FargoCalifornia
Terri Batch International Trade SpecialistDepartment of CommerceCalifornia
Mike Bautch Managing DirectorFedExCalifornia
Jonathan Beautler Vice PresidentSunrider InternationalCalifornia
Sunny Beutler Regional Operations DirectorSunrider InternationalCalifornia
Arvind Bhambri Associate ProfessorUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Walter Blocker CEOGANNON - Vietnam Limited Vietnam
Gene Bohatch CITD DirectorCitrus CollegeCalifornia
Maryavis Bokal Senior Trade SpecialistU.S. Commercial ServiceCalifornia
Stefan Bolowich Marketing ManagerNokia Siemens Networks Germany
Acyr Borges Vice President - International SalesHercules Sealing ProductsCalifornia
John Bors Vice PresidentChemCo Systems Inc.California
Jared Bradley VPMicrobial-Vac Systems Utah
William Brekke Commercial CounselorU.S. Commercial Service China
Thomas Brown Vice President of International Acq. & OperCSI Leasing Missouri
Thomas Burr Senior Vice PresidentCity National BankCalifornia
Jane Carbonaro Director, Collaborative ServicesFCI - Four Corners InternationalCalifornia
Ivonne Castillo Student ServicesUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Victor Castillo CITD DirectorSouthwestern CollegeCalifornia
Dana Chaves Government LiaisonVista International Colorado
Chetan Chawla ManagerIndia Trust India
Candace Chen PresidentWhole Earth Essentials, LLCCalifornia
Jian She Chen Deputy MayorCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Kuan-Fu (Jacky) Chen Research ScientistUni-President Enterprises Corp. Taiwan
QiWei Chen Chairman and CEOAsian Business Consulting Co. China
Yuh-Chen Chiou Project ManagerChung Sun & Associates Certified Public Accountants Taiwan
Lianne Chua Trade ManagerWorld Trade Center Association, Los Angeles-Long BeachCalifornia
Dorothy Chuang Vice PresidentCB Richard Ellis New Jersey
William Corcoran Business DevelopmentAuburn Systems, LLC Massachusetts
Robert Corona CITD DirectorRiverside Community CollegeCalifornia
Lew Cramer Managing DirectorSunrider InternationalCalifornia
Yair Crane Founder & Managing DirectorNext Global Stage, LLC California
Ricardo Cristancho DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL SALES OPERATIONSDATASCOPE CORP. Florida
David Currey Senior VPGlobal Scrap Management, Inc.California
Michael Dadjou_Expedient EnergyCalifornia
Carmine D'Aloisio Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, India India
Bryan Davis Exec VP International RelationsXanGo LLC Utah
Alain de Sarran Deputy DirectorUS & FCS Office of International Operations Washington DC
Bob Deane International Trade SpecialistDepartment of Commerce Washington
Daniel Degravel LecturerUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Prakash Dheeriya Professor of FinanceCalifornia State University - Dominguez HillsCalifornia
Richard Drobnick Director of CIBERUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia
George Drysdale ChairmanMarsman Drysdale Group, Inc. Philippines
Sherry Dutzy Business Development ManagerL-1 Identity Solutions - Viisage Secure Credential New Hampshire
Brad Dwan Managing DirectorInternational Energy SalesCalifornia
William Edwards CEOEdwards Global Services, Inc.California
Shannon Edwards ManagerGeneral MonitorsCalifornia
Glynn Elizabeth Export AdvisorRaytheon CompanyCalifornia
James Ellis DeanUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Manzur Falah Director of SalesCH PowellCalifornia
John Fogarasi Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Korea Korea
Roberta Ford International Trade SpecialistU.S. Commercial Service Ohio
Paul Fraley General ManagerDimensional Insight Asia Hong Kong
Miles Free Director Industry ResearchPMPA Ohio
Barry Friedman Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, China China
Tammy Fu Senior Key Account ExecutiveAvery Dennison, HK Hong Kong
Nataly Gabra-Mariam International Programs ManagerInfoComm International Virginia
Alex Galinsky Senior Account ExecutiveFedExCalifornia
Lanore Galvin CoordinatorLos Angeles Unified School DistrictCalifornia
Geoffrey Gan Senior Engineering ConsultantKBKG Inc.California
Laurie Goldman Senior Manager, Government Affairs & Public PolicyLevi Strauss & Co.California
Dan Gollahon Director International SalesUpsite Technologies, Inc Oklahoma
Eugenio Gomez-Lobo_Distribucion y Servicio D&S Chile
Jesus Gonzalez Porte Operations ManagerDon Colchon Group Mexico
Christopher Goode PresidentWhite China Drive Products Co. Ltd. China
David Gralnik Vice PresidentIntegrated Solar NewsCalifornia
Amy Grat Vice PresidentLos Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (formerly)California
Joe Greco Director - CSEMCal State FullertonCalifornia
Nancy Griffin PresidentRamadasa International Massachusetts
Clark Griffith Senior Vice PresidentGE Commercial FinanceCalifornia
Levoy Haight COOSorenson Medical Products, Inc Utah
Jeffrey Hamilton International Trade SpecialistDepartment of Commerce Utah
James Hany Sales DirectorFeecorpCalifornia
Sania Hashempour_Expedient EnergyCalifornia
Darr Hashempour President & CEOExpedient EnergyCalifornia
Ryo Hatanaka Director of Corporate PlanningMarubo Co., Ltd. Japan
Brett Heimburger Director, AsiaUtah Governor's Office of Economic Development Utah
Julieanne Hennessey International Trade SpecialistExport Assistance CenterCalifornia
Harry Hill PresidentOak Lawn Marketing, Inc. Japan
Bobby Hines International Trade SpecialistExport Assistance CenterCalifornia
Bill Hinkley ManagerKorean AirCalifornia
Kevin Hobgood-Brown PartnerDeacons Australia
John Holman International Trade SpecialistU.S. Commercial Service Washington DC
Debbie Howard PresidentJapan Market Resource Network (JMRN) Japan
Jonathan Huang Senior ConsultantIBM CorporationCalifornia
Jeff Hurst Globalization Strategy AnalystBoeing Missouri
Masao Igarashi Senior Equity Sales ManagerNikko Securities Japan
Shelley James Trade SpecialistState of Alaska, Office of the Governor Arkansas
Rosie Jen Senior Vice PresidentCity National BankCalifornia
Cory Jenson Director-Intl Bus DevTRS-Rentelco Arizona
Whitney Jessee Sales CoordinatorCallidus Technologies, LLC Oklahoma
Kim Johnson Vice ChairwomanThe American Chamber of Commerce in Macau Macau
Deborah Jordan Executive DirectorAsia SocietyCalifornia
Joseph Kaesshaefer Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Malaysia Malaysia
Scott Kaiser Business Development OfficerWells Fargo HSBC Trade BankCalifornia
Yayoi Kato Doctoral StudentUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia
Kathy Kelly International Trade SpecialistU.S. and Foreign Commercial ServiceCalifornia
Ki Hong Kim JournalistChosun Daily Korea
Kaylynn Kim Harbor CommissionerPort of Los AngelesCalifornia
Shin Kim Senior Research FellowSamsung Life Insurance Company Korea
Christopher Knight CEOEverett Knight Ltd. Thailand
Jennifer Kocs International Trade RepresentativeMinnesota Trade Office Minnesota
Maurice Kogon CITD DirectorEl Camino CollegeCalifornia
Nicholas Kovacic Sales and Marketing ManagerThe Dickson Company Illinois
Newt Kuo AdminitrationZoeller Pump Company Kentucky
Diana Kurdian Business/Budget AnalystUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Michael Lally Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Mexico Mexico
Brandon Lam Associate CounselSunrider InternationalCalifornia
Tuyet Le Vice PresidentHellmuth, Obata & KassabaumCalifornia
Yong Sung Lee_Hitachi-LG Data Storage Japan
Alex Leeson Director of OperationsUpsite Technologies, Inc. New Mexico
Jack Lewis Associate DeanUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Yuan Li Ph.D CandidateUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Jian Li DirectorSichuan Provincial Investment Promotional Bureau China
Gang Li Co-founderInsightAcc Software Technologies China
Ya (Faith) Li Co-founderZhejiang Liyi Vehicles China
Ping Li Deputy Director of Zhenjiang Personnel BureauCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Genevieve Liang_Monteleone & McCrory, LLPCalifornia
Jia-Yang Lin Project ManagerIBM Corporation Taiwan
Thomas Lin ProfessorUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Colleen Litkenhaus Deputy Assistant Secretary for Office of Domestic OperationsU.S. Commercial Service Washington DC
Li-Chun Liu_Ernst & Young Taiwan
Randall Long VP International DevelopmentSir Speedy, Inc.California
Scott Lopez Greater China DeskCB Richard EllisCalifornia
Daniel Lu Financial DirectorValue Media Advertisement Shanghai, Co. Ltd. China
Hong Ming Luo Director of Administration Committee of Zhenjiang New AreaCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Jim MacLellan Director of Trade ServicesPort of Los AngelesCalifornia
Bronwen Madden CITD Deputy DirectorEl Camino CollegeCalifornia
Rich Maddux CEOPropulsys Kentucky
Amy Magat International Trade SpecialistU.S. Commercial ServiceCalifornia
Jay Mahajan Regional Sales ManagerWells Fargo BankCalifornia
Burke Mahler V.P. SalesBlue Cross LaboratoriesCalifornia
George Mansho VP, Business DevelopmentQualcomm, Inc.California
Jeff Martin Financial AnalystWells Fargo HSBC Trade BankCalifornia
Andrew Martin PresidentSenSource Ohio
John Matson PrincipleKPMG LLPCalifornia
Go Matsuura ArchitectFujita Corporation Japan
Kevin McAuliffe PresidentNewport Ltd. Japan
Paul McCabe Senior Legal CounselSunrider InternationalCalifornia
Robert McCann Associate ProgessorUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
John McCarthy_The China Business ReviewCalifornia
Gary McClain VP Asia Pacific RegionNorthrop Grumman ESI Malaysia
James McClain Adjunct Professor of ManagementCalifornia State University - FullertonCalifornia
Kevin McClave APAC ManagerVerari Systems China
Tony Michalski International Trade SpecialistExport Assistance Center Nevada
Michael Mitchell Managing DirectorCarus Corporation Illinois
Robert Modarelli Policy DirectorNational Center for APEC Washington
Michael Monroe Chief Financial OfficerD. Canale & Co Tennessee
Greg Moore Senior Trade ManagerWorld Trade Center Association, Los Angeles-Long BeachCalifornia
Perry Moreth Regional Vice PresidentWells Fargo HSBC Trade BankCalifornia
Dan Ping Mu Executive DirectorWorld Heritage FoundationCalifornia
David Murphy Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Sydney Australia
Alan Nachby Director of International SalesZoeller Corp. Kentucky
Donald Nay Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Vietnam Vietnam
Jason Nelsen Senior Business Development ManagerITT CorporationCalifornia
Beverly Nelson Executive DirectorFCI - Four Corners InternationalCalifornia
Kully Nelson International Trade SpecialistDepartment of CommerceCalifornia
Carol Newinn Relationship ManagerWells Fargo HSBC Trade BankCalifornia
Steven Nogy Global Development ManagerDesignetics, Inc.California
Sang-Gak Noh ManagerLG Electronics Inc. Korea
Thomas Norman Professor of ManagementCalifornia State University - Dominguez HillsCalifornia
Ivy Ocampo Senior International Account ExecutiveFedExCalifornia
Lori Odom Director of Asian InvestmentTN Economic & Community Develo Tennessee
Tami Overby President & CEOAmerican Chamber of Commerce, Korea Korea
William Overholt Asia Policy ChairRAND Corp.California
Hong Pang Doctoral StudentUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia
Kristin Paulson President, South Asia PacificUnited Technologies International Operations Singapore
David Peck OwnerPeck Marine Terminal Virginia
Gabe Pellathy Chief of Staff, Office of the Director GeneralU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service Washington DC
Claudia Pena Trade Finance ManagerMeridian Finance GroupCalifornia
John Peters Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Japan Japan
Ed Petrone Chief Financial OfficerNetwork Global LogisticsCalifornia
Scott Pierce Regional Sales Executive - AsiaSikorsky Aircraft Connecticut
Ted Plafker Author and Correspondent, Beijing BureauThe Economist China
Tom Plate Syndicated Columnist and FounderAsia Pacific Media NetworkCalifornia
John Pomfret Editor, OutlookWashington Post Washington DC
John Powell Department ManagerPro-Tec Equipment, Inc. Michigan
Cindy Qian International Trade SpecialistDepartment of Commerce Washington DC
Matthew Quigley International Trade SpecialistDepartment of Commerce Washington DC
Judy Reinke Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Philippines Philippines
Dan Reitz CEOInteractive Medical SystemsCalifornia
Dick Richards_Sunrider InternationalCalifornia
Alan Richel International Trade SpecialistDepartment of Commerce Texas
Ernesto Riestra Chief of the Division of Continuing EducationUNAM Mexico
Yulin Rittenberg_Rittenberg and Associates, Inc. Washington
Sidney Rittenberg PresidentRittenberg and Associates, Inc. Washington
Phillip Robbibaro PresidentGeneral MonitorsCalifornia
Dan Robertson CEODynamic Medical SystemsCalifornia
Michael Robinson ProfessorIndiana University Indiana
Michael Robinson CEO and PresidentD. Canale & Co. Tennessee
Christopher Roche CEOAmerican Instants Inc. New Jersey
Dave Rockwood PresidentPacific Rim Consulting Group Utah
James Rooney PresidentJ.P. Rooney and Associates, Ltd. Thailand
Stan Rosen Professor, Political ScienceUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia
Richard Rothman Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Indonesia Indonesia
Diana Rowland PresidentRowland and AssociatesCalifornia
Joe Ruland International Trade SpecialistDepartment of Commerce Washington DC
Joseph Ryan Vice President of MarketingTop Oil Co., Jakarta Indonesia
Koichi Sakamoto MarketingJapan Energy Corporation Japan
Greg Sandler PublisherCommercial News USA Massachusetts
Greg Sandler PublisherCommercial News USA Massachusetts
Sally Savage CEOAmerican Sisters Trading Company Texas
Rachid Sayouty International Trade SpecialistExport Assistance CenterCalifornia
Laurie Schechter Director of Global MarketingCincinnati Sub-Zero Massachusetts
Samantha Scherr Account ExecutiveCountrywide Financial CorporationCalifornia
Dennis Schorr Assistant ProfessorUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Robert Sencer Legal CounselSunrider InternationalCalifornia
Robert Shaw Chief Development OfficerEdwards Global Services, Inc.California
Monte W Shaw Manager, Investment ControlCessna Finance Corporation Kansas
Helen Shen Global Sourcing ManagerPropulsys Kentucky
Eleanor Sked Senior Policy AnalystUS Department of Commerce Washington DC
Jack Smith_Vista International, Inc Colorado
Johan Smith CEOVista International, Inc Colorado
Ron Somers PresidentUS India Business Council Washington DC
Jie Song Vice Director of Zhenjiang New Area Investment Promotion BureauCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Jason Sproule International Trade SpecialistDepartment of CommerceCalifornia
Traci St.Geme-Schmidt Marketing DirectorAMETEK HCC IndustriesCalifornia
Tim Stack Global Sourcing ManagerSpringfield Remanufacturing Corporation Missouri
Richard Strauss Director, International DivisionOatey SCS Ohio
Dong Hou Sun Director of Zhenjiang Runzhou Planning BureauCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Xue Bin Sun Director of Zhenjiang RunZhou Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation BureauCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Kevin Sutantyo International Sales & MarketingBio-Green Planet, Inc. Arizona
John Sutton Director of Customer ServiceDartware, LLC New Hampshire
Richard Swanson International Trade SpecialistExport Assistance CenterCalifornia
Paul Tambakis International Trade SpecialistExport Assistance Center Hawaii
Vincent Tangkilisan DirectorLTH LogisticsCalifornia
Nazik Tatavousian_Expedient EnergyCalifornia
David Taylor Vice PresidentPeerless Mfg. Co. Texas
Fujiko Terayama DirectorUSC Marshall School of BusinessCalifornia
Daniel Thompson Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Singapore Singapore
Mike Thurgood Application Engineer InternationalCampbell Scientific Inc Utah
Giacomo Tormene President & Managing Director, InternationalLil' Drug Store Product Inc. Iowa
Cynthia Torres International Trade SpecialistU.S. Commercial ServiceCalifornia
Piritta Törrö Manager, International MarketingInternational Housewares Association Illinois
Sunil Trivedi CITD DirectorOxnard CollegeCalifornia
Caleo Tsai Senior EngineerChina Motor Corporation Taiwan
Ann Tull International Franchise ConsultantHomewatch CareGivers Colorado
Lynn Turk National Center for APECSenior AdvisorCalifornia
Lynn Turk Senior AdvisorNational Center for APECCalifornia
Donald Tuttle Chief Marketing OfficerKarlsberger Ohio
Javier Usseglio VPInkabor Peru
Delia Valdivia International Trade SpecialistU.S. Commercial ServiceCalifornia
Ricardo Vidal PresidentClemex USA, Inc. Mexico
Van Villanueva Project ManagerPublic Works, Inc.California
John Vincent Assistant ManagerKorean AirCalifornia
Annie Vonheim International ManagerMetagenics, Inc.California
Timothy Wandell PresidentWandell Industries Inc. Washington
John Watson Director, Trade DevelopmentKS Department of Commerce Kansas
Kathryn Weiner Manager, Intl ComplianceE. & J. Gallo WineryCalifornia
Kimberley Welsh Immigration SpecialistLabertew & Associates, LLC Utah
Terry Williams FounderGlobal Learning Centers Nevada
Jason Wiltshire Director of Sales, Far EastCallidus Technologies Oklahoma
John Windler PrincipalAsset Recovery and ManagementCalifornia
Gregory Wong Senior Commercial OfficerAmerican Embassy, Taiwan Taiwan
Cecilia Xia Director of LogisticsNetwork Global LogisticsCalifornia
Bao Qing Xu Director of Zhenjiang Overseas Chinese Affairs OfficeCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Shang-Shien (Allen) Yang_China Youth Corps. China
Sina Zadeh Financial AdvisorCredit Suisse BankCalifornia
William Zarit Regional Director, East Asia PacificU.S. Department of Commerce Washington DC
Fang Zhang Sales DirectorEMC Corporation China
Zhong Hua Zhang Director of Zhengjiang Foreign Affairs Office, InterpreterCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Xia (Stella) Zhao Marketing SupervisorSony China China
Jing Zhao QA ManagerUnbounded Learning Inc. China
Bao Heng Zhao Director of Zhenjiang Runzhou Planning BureauCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Zhao Lin Zhuang Director of Zhenjiang RunZhou District GovernmentCity of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province China
Grey Zimmerman PresidentPacific Rim Strategic ConsultingCalifornia
James Zimmerman ChairmanAmerican Chamber of Commerce, China China