Brian B. Su, Founder & Principal
Mr. Brian Su has extensive experience in
international trade, business development,
marketing
management, and strategic planning. Prior to founding Artisan
Business Group, Mr. Su served Illinois governor Jim Edgar
and assisted him in his trade mission to China in 1996 and
helped him host a numbers of Chinese government and trade
delegations.
Before coming to the U.S. in 1989, Mr. Su worked as a marketing manager for China
Non-Ferrous Metals Import and Export Corporation. He has a MPA degree from the University of Illinois at Springfield in the U.S., and a Bachelor degree in English from Guizhou University in China.
He is fluent in Chinese Mandarin and English. His extensive
network of Chinese government and business connections,
together with the amalgam of his Chinese background, U.S.
education and multinational work experience, leave him well
placed to bridge the business knowledge gap between the two
cultures. Mr. Su is able to give his clients a unique
inside view of what is happening in China found nowhere else.
Mr. Su is also a public speaker, speaking on a wide range of
China/Asia-related business and culture topics.
Mr. Su has facilitated many business and trade
missions to China, and also assisted Chinese trade missions and
government delegations to the U.S. He has won the trust
and appreciation from clients both in China and the U.S.
Mr. Su's clients include Armbruster Manufacturing Co., SSJ Law
Firm, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade,
the Ministry of Commerce PRC., The Morgans Hotel Group, American
Airlines, the State of South Dakota, Illinois Soybean
Association, the City of Hangzhou, the City of Chongqing,
Nami Enterprises LLC., Midstates Enterprises Corp., The Public Safety Specialists
Group, and various small business enterprises in both China and
the U.S.
Mr. Su is an invited seminar speaker for the
28th Annual Conference of the Association of Small Business
Development Centers in September 2008.
Mr. Su also owns an international online
marketing and promotion operation.
Mr. Su lives with his wife and two young
daughters in Springfield, Illinois. In his spare time, Mr.
Su enjoys country music, hunting, camping, hiking, and having fun with his
daughters Claire and Anna.
Mr. Brian Su's speaking engagements:
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"Doing Business with China" with the Board of
Directors of Illinois Soybean Association, August 12, 2008
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"A Road Map for Exporting to China" seminar
at the 28th Annual Conference of the Association of Small
Business Development Centers, Chicago, September 2-3, 2008
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"Attracting Asian Investors to EB5 Projects"
seminar, Florida, October 24-25, 2008
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"New Markets for Korean Companies via the
U.S.-Korea FTA" seminar, South Korea, March 24, 2009
If you need advice and assistance on your China mission or any China related business projects, please feel free to email
Mr. Brian Su
