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Tom Galey

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Tom Galey has been working with Asia in product development for over 25 years. He has made hundreds of new products in Greater China, has exported and sourced thousands, and has set up dozens of new businesses in Asia. Known as The Import Pro ™ Tom teaches and consults on a wide range of topics in international trade with Asia and the West.

He started his career early in the Telescope industry developing scientific equipment for a Ball Aerospace engineer. In the 80's he moved to Taipei to study Mandarin Chinese and develop new products. He ran the buying office for a large Canadian novelty gift chain store, producing hundreds of goods manufactured throughout Asia.

While living in China and Taiwan, this gave Tom the opportunity to travel thr Tom Galey has been working with Asia in product development for over 25 years. He has made hundreds of new products in Greater China, has exported and sourced thousands, and has set up dozens of new businesses in Asia. Known as The Import Pro ™ Tom teaches and consults on a wide range of topics in international trade with Asia and the West.

He started his career early in the Telescope industry developing scientific equipment for a Ball Aerospace engineer. In the 80's he moved to Taipei to study Mandarin Chinese and develop new products. He ran the buying office for a large Canadian novelty gift chain store, producing hundreds of goods manufactured throughout Asia.

While living in China and Taiwan, this gave Tom the opportunity to travel throughout the region learning production and export issues first-hand. Later, he was instrumental in coordinating a joint-venture factory in Mainland China for a Taiwanese firm. This was in the ‘80s when such cooperative ventures were rare and uncharted territory.

In the 1990's, Mr. Galey worked in the US territory of Guam with Esso Eastern Singapore, Exxon as a marketing executive. He later joined Budweiser Micronesia and managed the overseas production of Budweiser branded promotional products. As director of Marketing in the Pacific Rim, he pioneered factory-direct Asian purchasing for overseas divisions. Anheuser-Busch used these newly developed policies and adopted this model of purchasing for A-B’s global procurement division.

At the start of the 21st century, Tom developed an import company specializing in Asian development of promotional products for the advertising specialties industry. Subsequent projects included Project Management for the production of sublimated apparel, which involved new printing technologies in China. Other projects included a line of simulated stone wall panels with production facilities in Mexico and China, and R&D in Taiwan.

The consulting firm of “Three Chinas" was established in 2005 to assist in the development of new and complex products in Asia. Further development included guided trips to China and Asia to learn hands-on skills in product development in Asia. He instructs seminars on doing business with China and the Pacific Rim.

Now a professor of business and economics in Colorado, Tom continues to consult on market entry into Greater China as well as advisor to trade ventures with Asia.

Tom graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Economics and has an MBA with an emphasis in Global Management from the University of Phoenix. He remains fluent in Mandarin Chinese and speaks enough Taiwanese go get into trouble! Tom Lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife Lauren (whom he met in Taiwan … and who also attended the same high school as he did) and their 12 year old son, Ty.
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Making the China Connection

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“1. Stop blaming China We taught them how to do what they are doing
2. Take responsibility – purchase consciously, purchase less, don’t go for lowest possible price
3. Follow good business ethics, it’s a two way street
4. Create global partnerships in a global village, create a true Win-Win situation with your supplier, consider the supplier a partner (what a concept!)
5. End the Price Pressure: Boycott Walmart & Club-buying stores, not China. Stop buying what you don’t need!”
― Tom Galey

tags: business, china, economics, international, politics

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