Robert S. Adamsky
Vice President, Global Trade Sales
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
106 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, NY 10604
Tel:   (914) 993-7969
Fax:  (914) 993-7938
Email: robert.adamsky@jpmorgan.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the United States, with $1.2 trillion in assets and operations in more than 50 countries.  The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and businesses, financial transaction processing, investment management, private banking and private equity.  JPMorgan Chase serves more than 90 million customers, including consumers nationwide and many of the world’s most prominent wholesale clients.

Amy Allen
Managing Director – Advocacy and
International Business
The Westchester County Association 707 Westchester Avenue, Suite 213
White Plains, NY 10604
Tel:  (914) 948-1168
Fax:  (914) 948-6913
Email: aallen@westchester.org

As the primary link between the US Department of Commerce and Empire State Development’s International Division, The Westchester County Association, through its World Trade Council, is uniquely positioned to respond to the needs of the Westchester business community as they relate to growing their global presence. The World Trade Council accomplishes this mission by hosting seminars on a wide range of international issues, providing networking opportunities, and maintaining a database of international business resources in both the public and private sector.

Steven P. Bryde, J.D.
Tax Principal
ERE LLP
40 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
Tel:  (212) 931-9206
Fax:  (212) 931-9207
Email: sbryde@ere-cpa.com

ERE is an independent, full-service, public accounting and advisory firm that offers a range of tax, accounting, and consulting services. The firm is a recognized authority on various U.S. cross-border issues, and acts on behalf of international clients and their financial advisors. ERE’s expertise includes U.S. tax laws governing foreign trusts and estates and their underlying structures, international wealth transfer planning, and U.S. taxation of international closely held business activities. ERE is experienced with U.S. international tax laws that affect affluent individuals, families, and closely held businesses as well as the taxation of foreign trusts, estates, and their underlying structure, and also has extensive experience with state and local tax minimization strategies. Other services include business valuation, litigation support, and forensic/fraud examination. ERE is a member of CPAmerica International, a global network of independent accounting firms. It serves its clients from offices in New York City and Westchester County.

 

Scott Fernqvist
Special Asst to the CIO for Global Strategy & Economic Development
Westchester County Government
148 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Tel: (914)-995-3078 
Email: sef1@westchestergov.com

Westchester County’s global business initiative was established to further economic, educational and cultural cooperation with strategic regions throughout the world. The County recognizes globalization’s impact on the local economy and helps companies and educational institutions become more competitive and get their fair share of global trade. For more information on the County’s global efforts, visit: www.westchestergov.com/globalbusiness.

 

Robert I. Goodman, Esq.
(WTC Vice President)
Principal Attorney
Goodman Law
Affiliate Firm Director
C-G Immigration & Commercial Law
Affiliates
Legendary Circle
Rye Brook, NY 10573
Tel:  (914) 935-0015
Fax:  (914) 935-1061
Email:  rig@rigoodmanlaw.com
Websites: www.rigoodmanlaw.com
                 www.cglawaffiliates.com

Goodman Law provides legal counsel to small to mid-sized businesses, start-up enterprises, and individuals in the areas of domestic and international litigation, business immigration law, litigation risk management, employment law, corporate law and international trade law (Export Law) Goodman Law participates in C-G Immigration and Commercial Law Affiliates, a law firm affiliation concentrating in providing immigration law services to businesses and entrepreneurs, including in the areas of Non-Immigrant and Immigrant Business and Investor Visa Processing and Immigration Law Compliance.

George Gottlieb Esq.
Senior Partner
Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman
270 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY  10016
Tel:  (212) 684-3900
Fax:  (212) 684-3999
Email:  ggottlieb@grr.com

Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman is an intellectual property boutique law firm specializing in all types of intellectual property matters, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and unfair competition. The firm, more specifically, files patent applications and trademark applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, registers copyrights with the Copyright Office, gives legal opinions on the validity of patents and trademarks and whether or not these are being infringed, and conducts litigation in the intellectual property area in federal courts throughout the United States. It also provides registration and enforcement services throughout the world, via a specialized network of associates. The firm specializes in all types of consumer products, such as eyeglasses, clothing, sneakers, furniture and toys and in highly technical areas such as medical devices, business methods on the internet and electronics. The firm’s office has been established in White Plains, New York for several years to service the Westchester and Connecticut activities of clients.

Lew Hoff
President
Bartizan Corporation
217 Riverside Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10705
Tel:  (914) 965-7977
Fax:  (914) 965-7746
Email:  lew@bartizan.com

Bartizan Data Systems manufactures hardware and develops software used to collect data encoded in the form of barcode, magnetic stripe, integrated chip or RFID on badges, cards and driver’s licenses. Addressograph Bartizan manufactures point-of-sale data recorders.

Norm Jacknis
Director, IBSG Public Sector
Cisco Systems
Email:  njacknis@cisco.com

As former CIO of Westchester County, Norm continues to serve in an advisory role to the County of Westchester, and is also the Chairman, Fairfield Westchester Chapter, Society for Information Management.

Joan Kanlian
Director, Westchester Export Assistance Ctr.
U.S. Department of Commerce
707 Westchester Avenue, Suite 209
White Plains, NY 10604
Tel:  (914) 682-6712
Fax:  (914) 682-6698
Email: joan.kanlian@mail.doc.gov

The United States Department of Commerce’s Commercial Service has helped thousands of U.S. companies successfully export to markets around the world. With a network of offices throughout the United States and in over 100 other countries, the Commercial Service provides up to the minute information aimed at getting U.S. companies into new markets. Services for exporters include free market research from its overseas offices, finding overseas agents and distributors, arranging appointments for an overseas visit, investigation of potential international partners, and arranging financing for export sales.

Erica L. Martinson, CIC, CRM
(WTC President)
Director of Risk Management Services
The Rollins Agency, Inc.
800 Westchester Ave Suite N-311
Rye Brook, NY 10573
Tel: (914) 406-8313
Fax: (914) 337-1596
Email: emartinson@rollinsinsurance.com

The Rollins Agency is one of the largest privately held full service insurance and risk management firms in the tri-state metropolitan region. Founded in 1910, Rollins offers services though its Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, Personal Premiere and Risk Management divisions. In their role as Trusted Advisors, Rollins' staff of dedicated professionals and their worldwide network of partners seek to truly understand their valued clients' needs, and respond with innovative risk management solutions. Rollins is distinguished from other firms by a proactive approach to reducing clients' overall long term cost of risk and easing their administrative burden. The focus is on creating long-term meaningful relationships through a century-old tradition of exceptional professionalism and respectful regard for both clients and partners.

Charles Radier
Director of Business Development, Dutchess & Rockland Counties
Mid-Hudson Area Dir., International Trade
Empire State Development
33 Airport Center Drive, Suite 201
New Windsor, NY 12553
Tel:  (845) 567-4882
Fax:  (845) 567-6085
Email:  cradier@empire.state.ny.us

Empire State Development offers New York companies assistance towards access to markets and services, as well as expertise about starting and expanding in international sales.

Andrea Ratay
Regional Trade Manager
HSBC Bank USA
534 Broadhollow Road
Melville, NY  11747
Tel:  (631) 752-4366
Fax:  (631)-752-4397
Email:  andrea.ratay@us.hsbc.com

A trusted business partner and dedicated consultant, HSBC offers innovative, tailored financing solutions and a wealth of knowledge and advice to companies worldwide. With full service centers in 63
countries and territories, HSBC Trade and Supply Chain covers the entire spectrum of possible solutions; from traditional paper based Documentary Credits (DCs), to sophisticated upstream supply chain financing. With an unmatched global footprint, relationship orientated service and innovative, tailor-made solutions, it’s no wonder HSBC is known not only as the world’s local bank, but the world’s trade and supply chain bank.

Richard Stern
Sr. Vice President
Bank of America
Bank of America,
244 WestchesterAve.
White Plains, NY  10604
Tel:  (888) 852-5000 x1045
Fax:  (800) 566-1544
Email: Richard.stern@bankofamerica.com

Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving more than 55 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,700 retail banking offices, through more than 17,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than 21 million active users. Bank of America is the No. 1 overall Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in the United States and the No. 1 SBA lender to minority-owned small businesses. The company serves clients in 175 countries and has relationships with 98 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 80 percent of the Global Fortune 500. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Lew Tischler
Chief Financial Officer
Symbio Technologies
134 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY  10801
Tel:  (914) 576-1205
Fax:  (914) 576-0944
Email:  tischler@symbio-technologies.com

Symbio Technologies is a leading developer and marketer of security-centric "stateless" computing. Symbio’s innovative hardware, software and services reduce the time, complexity and cost of deploying and maintaining computer networks. Symbio's secure, simple and environmentally friendly solution consists of Symbiont Certified™ Network Terminals -- also called "diskless thin clients" -- that connect to a network in place of expensive PCs, Symbiont Boot Appliances, which power, connect and manage up to 250 terminals, and value-add subscription services. Users can connect to a variety of environments, including Microsoft® Windows Terminal Services, VMware® VDI, Citrix® Presentation Server, Linux/Unix®, NX Server, IBM® iSeries and zSeries, and virtually any midrange, mainframe or other legacy system. Symbio products are available worldwide through a growing network of distributors, value-added resellers and integrators in Australia, Canada, Chile, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, and the U.K., as well as throughout the U.S.

Louise Martin-Valiquette
Attorney at Law
1 Rockledge Avenue
Ossining, NY 10562
Tel:  (914) 944-0960
Fax:  (914) 941-7245
Email:  lmvaliquette@worldnet.att.net

Louise Martin-Valiquette is a business lawyer with international experience. She regularly advises clients in the U.S., Canada, and Europe on agency, distribution, and licensing agreements, and other legal issues related to cross-border transactions. She is a member of the New York and Quebec Bars, and also practiced law in Europe for several years. Ms. Valiquette is the legal advisor for the Westchester Export Legal Assistance Network (ELAN), a federal trade assistance program.

John L. Vilardo
Vice President, International Trade Finance
M&T Bank
One Fountain Plaza, 12th Floor
Buffalo, NY  14203
Tel:  (716) 848-7344
Fax:  (716) 848-7318
Email:  jvilardo@mandtbank.com

M&T Bank is the 17th largest bank in the United States and one of the country’s most respected regional banks. We were founded over 150 years ago in Western New York and are still headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y. We now serve communities across New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, West Virginia and Washington D. C., with more than 650 branch offices. From the beginning, we have pursued a course of well-managed growth building our business through a tradition of reliability, consistency and responsiveness to the needs of our customers. M&T Bank has consistently been one of the top 20 international trade banks in the United States. We were awarded the Presidents E-Award for “Excellence in International Trade” in 2005. With over 50 dedicated trade specialist with an average of 19 years of experience M&T Bank has been a leading lender for Ex-Im medium-term loans – most frequent lender of Ex-Im-backed medium-term loans in 2003 and 2004. M&T loans currently extended to companies in over 30 countries, across a spectrum of industries - from shrimp farms to power plants (550 such loans made since 1997). At M&T Bank we pledge to work hard to earn your trust and your business.