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Experienced Entrepreneurs Applying Real World Experiences to Companies Globally

Our comprehensive team covers the agricultural spectrum including individuals with expertise in entrepreneurship (concept developers), development and agricultural economics (quantifiers), technical experts (food processing engineers and scientists) and marketing experts with diverse global experience. Working as a team, 20/20DC capitalizes upon the proficiencies of individuals with different disciplines which allow us to have a panoramic view of the challenge while still having the know-how on the ground to improve production and teach these skills to a diverse audience. This results in successful businesses utilizing existing and enhanced resources.

CEO – 2020 Development Company  
Economic Development
Product marketing
Agribusiness
Entrepreneurship
Transportation 
Short-term
Product development
International Trade and Marketing
Training
Entrepreneurship
Business linkages
Food logistics

Areas of Expertise – strategic planning, business management, market development, product development, entrepreneurship training, export training Extensive international business and marketing experience in meeting the needs of businesses in the global economy. Practical and functional experience in bringing products to markets and achieving market success. Success combining the aid industry together with businesses to achieve mutual objectives. Proven ability motivating businesses to cooperate with development programs through business integration into a project at the early stages of business development. Able to assimilate concepts relating to markets, consumer trends, product acceptance, pricing, and competitive and comparative advantage. As consultant has successfully integrated businesses into several development projects in Central and Southern America, MENA, Asia, Central Asia and Europe. Instructed businesses and local producers in export market development through the creation of business courses designed to bring local businesses into the global marketplace. Conducted buyer and seller missions to and from markets and production regions.
Experienced entrepreneur and business leader. President and owner of international trading company that was able to turn a $15,000 investment in 1990 into a $25 million dollar company in 1995 with branch offices in Tokyo Japan, Rio de Janeiro Brazil and joint ventures in Hong Kong and Peru.
Applied marketing concepts, skills and procedures to successfully market products and services ranging from RFID technology to High-End fashion. Taught marketing skills and concepts to groups as diverse as wood products and wine.

20/20 DC Consultant
Agri-Businessman
Farm operations
Processing plant operations
International Trade  
Short-term
Food products marketing
Agri-business management
Value chain assessment
Market linkages

Area of Expertise – Agricultural Value Chain Augusto is an agribusiness professional with a proven track record of successful development and management of agribusinesses with global sales. Augusto understands agricultural production and marketing from soil to shelf and has strong relationships with global buyers. Augusto’s work in the Middle East (Egypt and Tunisia) and Central Europe have applied his agribusiness expertise, market contacts and complete understanding of the international trade. Resident Entrepreneur - Peru

20/20DC Resident Entrepreneur – Oceana and SE Asia
Agriculture marketing
Value Chain Assessment and Improvement
Commodity marketing
Economic Development
Export Agency Management
Short-term
Economic strategy
Business systems improvement
Economic development
Agricultural trade
Business planning
Market linkages

Area of Expertise — Agriculture Marketing and Economic Development As a leader and key advisor to the Expertise Mauritius (government export promotion agency) and the private sector in Mauritius Ashween applies his knowledge of agriculture and strategic industry development to support 20/20DC as the Resident Entrepreneur for Southeast Asia and Oceana. Ashween has participated in multiple trade development efforts including tradeshows, seller and buyer missions, and direct sales efforts with a strong network of buyers in the Middle East region and importers in Europe, Asia, Asian sub-continent and Oceana.

20/20DC Regional Manager
Food engineer
Food Processing Engineer
HACCP
African Agriculture
Production farming
Short-Long term
Plant design and commissioning
Food Processing

Area of Expertise – Food processing, food engineer, plant design, processing plant operations and develop of policy and operational procedures, HACCP and standards.
As an agriculturalist Olivier has experience as a producer of crops in South Africa and extensive experience in designing and commissioning process plants in Africa, Brazil, Peru, Ethiopia, Pakistan and other developing agricultural economies. Olivier can convert complex food standards and practices into standard operating procedures at plants designed and commissioned by him and other members of the 20/20DC team. Fluent in several languages.

20/20DC Consultant
Tokyo based development expert
Business management
SE Asia business culture and trade
Central Asia  
Short-term
Tokyo based

Areas of Expertise – Development project management.Tetsuo Fukuyama is a Tokyo based international development consultant with extensive experience in business development and training in SE Asia including currently supports with onsite consulting include Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Kyrgyz, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, and Palestine.

20/20DC Consultant
Tokyo based development expert
Business management
SE Asia business culture and trade
Central Asia  
Short-term
Tokyo based

Areas of Expertise – Japan market business consultant. From Tokyo Mr. Hirakawa works with 20/20DC to integrate product from 20/20DC projects into the Japanese market. Utilizing his network of Japanese buyers and thorough understanding of Japanese culture and the import/distribution system opens doors for 20/20DC projects that would otherwise remain closed to outsiders without the existing network and understanding.

20/20DC consultant  
Toxicology (Spec. in Pesticides and Risk Assessment
Food innovation
Consumer research
Short-term
Food standards
Product development

Areas of Expertise – USA PhD in Toxicology (Spec. in Pesticides and Risk Assessment) As the Director of the Director and Associate Professor for the Food Innovation Center, Dept. Food Science & Technol., in the state of Oregon and working for Oregon State University in Portland, OR. Doctor Stone works with 20/20DC by providing training and food processing support for businesses to move from ideas to shelf.

PhD. Food Science (Spec. in Food Microbiology)
Short-term
Sanitation standards
FSPCA trainer certified
Vice President 20/20 Institute of Trade and Entrepreneurship
Corporate Management
Retail marketing and distribution
Training – Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Export 101, Tradeshow and Sales Missions
Pet products
Short-term
Corporate Management
Product development
International Trade and Marketing
Pet and feed industry
Entrepreneurship
Training
Business linkages
International Logistics

Area of Expertise – consumer goods, retail goods, corporate management, training, business leadership. Shawn is a proven executive in the global consumer goods packaged industry. As the past President of a leading consumer goods company Shawn has worked with the supply global supply chain for competitive consumer goods. Shawn applies his leadership experience as CEO with his education with degrees in Agriculture Economics and Agriculture Education to lead the 20/20DC Institute of Trade and Entrepreneurship which leads the 20/20DC training programs for education of rural farmers and SME business owners around the world.

20/20 US Market Developer
Trainer
US Specialty Food sector
Product Development
Manufacturing
Distribution
Marketing communication
Government relations

Area of Expertise – Ron Tanner will be a 20/20DC Team Member available to assist 20/20DC clients to develop their sales network in the US market for import and specialty foods. With 33 years of work with the US Specialty Food Association, Ron is well informed, with an extensive network across the specialty food sector. As an accomplished specialty food leader with expertise in product development, manufacturing, distribution, marketing communication, and government relations. Ron Tanner will provide his valuable experience and vision to support the product development execution of a USA food marketing strategy through one-on-one market support and client-wide training. Ron joins other 20/20DC Team Members with varied expertise in the food industry from around the world, including Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, South Africa, India, Mauritius, Japan, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Tajikistan, and multiple countries in Europe.

20/20DC Consultant
Fresh produce trade
Global trade of product from MENA
Food process sanitation
Asian produce markets
Short-term
Fresh market development
Product standards training
Market linkages
Trade missions

Area of Expertise – Agricultural Value Chain As a resident of Egypt Heike utilizes her European education and experience in the Middle East and India with trade relationships across Asia and Europe. Heike works with companies globally to source and supply product from the Middle East to their markets. With multiple certifications in food sanitation and production. Resident Entrepreneur – Cairo.

Resident Entrepreneur Latin America  
Development Economist
Business Management (MBA)
Agriculture Development
Livestock production
Project Management
Short and long-term
Economic strategy
Business systems improvement
Economic development
Agricultural trade
Business planning
Market linkages

Areas of Expertise — Agriculture Development Economist and Project Management Reinaldo is an experienced development professional with a successful record of accomplishment as COP of multiple development projects in LAC, the owner of a Micro-Finance organization and rancher. An economist with an M.B.A. from the, European University, The Hague, Netherlands, and an M.A., in Development Economics, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Mr. Penner has academics coupled with private sector and Development agency work to achieve success in developing businesses globally. Resident Entrepreneur – Paraguay.

20/20DC Resident Entrepreneur 
Indian market
Food products India
International food trade
Short-long term
Sub-continent markets
Business linkages

Area of Expertise – Global trade and the Indian market. Based out of India Raj and his family have been involved in the India food industry, including representing the US Wheat Associates (past) and High Bush Blueberries (currently) for year. His network across India and the region is extensive and well respected. Raj has worked with 20/20DC on projects in Central Asia and MENA where his contacts add value to market linkages and business integration. Raj provides 20/20DC with presence in the large and growing Indian market.

20/20DC Product development
Food processing
Market linkages
Brand development
Value -added food products
Processed foods
Value Chain
Food safety
Middle East and North Africa market
Nutrition
Areas of expertise - Hill is a hands-on food professional who has worked with food processors in a safety and process role and in the development industry in converting market data to product development and commercial success. As the Resident Entrepreneur in Lebanon Hill adds to the 20/20DC MENA capacity and network while providing 20/20DC with a globally experienced food professional.
20/20DC Regional Manager
Livestock industry
Quality control/HACCP
Plant engineer  
Short – medium term
Livestock industry
Food process design
Product development
Meat exports

Areas of Expertise – Food processing, Meat processing, Quality control, plant engineering, food service. A proven food process engineer with trade and marketing experience. Extensive experience in Europe and Latin America in the food processing industry. Federico leverages his experience in the European markets and South America to bridge the gap between these regions. With sales and marketing experience working with some of the largest food processors in the world Federico also understand the business systems for decision making, product development and marketing. With fluency in several languages Federico is comfortable in business activities negotiated in different languages.

20/20DC Consultant 
International trade – food products
Japan market  
Short-term
Advisory on Japan
Japan market linkages
Product development

Areas of Expertise — Japan food market, Trading company management, import and export trade, brand development. Nagashima-san is a leading Japanese businessperson with global experience in food production, procurement, and trade. Thirty plus years of global food processing and trade executive. Ide’s understanding of global trade opens the doors for involvement of development projects in the Asian markets. Ide and his team have been instrumental in the introduction of Sacha Inchi from Peru and Mongolian Blueberries into the Japanese market. It was Ide-san and his team that trained the Mongolians to produce blueberry jam to Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS).

20/20DC Consultant
Food marketing professional
Ingredient marketing
Foodservice and retail food products
Short-term
Global food market
US food market

Areas of Expertise — US Market and international trade.From his USA base, Barry Westfall has worked 25 years in the food and food ingredient export and import business. During this time, he imported food products from Europe, Asia and South America to the US and exported food products from the US, Canada, South America and Europe to Japan, Korea, France, Italy, UK, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and Canada. Barry is a prime example of 20/20DC team members as his career has been driven by success in marketing agricultural products which includes product development, costing, supply management and customer development and retention. There are few global trade events which Barry has not participated in as a buyer or seller.

PhD. Food Science (Spec. in Food Microbiology)
Short-term
Sanitation standards
FSPCA trainer certified
Abdul – ITC Pakistan
Jorge – Textiles Brazil
Charles – Food industry Europe
Irene – Food marketing Europe
Susan – Fashion/ design USA
Scott – Building materials USA
Jennifer Krigbaum – Entrepreneurship
Amanda Bantle – Marketing /importing
Kaylee Ridgeway – Project Management

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Commercial Rates

20/20DC works on commercial rates for our team members that are fully loaded and set utilizing a pricing formula which takes into consideration the team members skills, experience, tenure, formal education, opportunity costs, benefits, and the company overhead and profit objectives.
Our Team Members are experienced business executives with years of experience in understanding the time required to complete a task and the costs associated with an assignment. We work as a team with many eyes reviewing most opportunities, challenges, courses, product and plant design.

Our Address

Our Address 23515 NE Novelty Hill Rd,

Suite B221-340,

Redmond, WA 98053

Our Resident Entrepreneurs:

USA, Europe, Lebanon, Peru,
Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Ethiopia,
India, Egypt, Tunisia