- co-founding editor of the first English language newspaper in Western China, owned by the Chengdu Media Group (Chengdu Daily) banner, a state owned publishing and media corporation, daily circulation 365,000 + - wrote the internal government white paper for the Chengdu government outlining a multi-step plan for the internationalization of the city of Chengdu, all aspects of which were adopted and subsequently implemented - hosted or co-hosted numerous international trade conferences including those co-sponsored by the WTO, the government of Canada, the Sichuan Government, the Chengdu government, as well as the Sichuan cities of Neijiang, Bazhong, Yibin and Deyang - a keynote or conference speaker at over 50 international trade and investment events covering the areas of tourism and leisure, entertainment, IT, gaming, agriculture, mining, franchising, animation and film - founder or co-founder of startup entities in the fields of distance education, mobile games, messaging apps, machine based language translation and language learning, with 2 successful exits and counting - IP developer and writer whose first screenplay trilogy has been optioned by two of the largest studios in the world and made the cover of the Hollywood Reporter Cannes Daily Number One - creator of the number 3 expat website in China, using the popular platform vBulletin and customizing it, while populating the site with content - successfully published 5 books and graphic novels and over 400 newspaper and magazine articles in China, with strong ties to the publishing industry - completed over 30,000 hours of in-class corporate training and University education programs as an instructor/teacher/lecturer including for dozens of Fortune 500 multi-national companies and 12 Tier 1 Universities in China - graduated over 30,000 students from 12 Tier 1 Universities in China