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Mr. Joseph Robinson has 34 years experience in international commerce. He lived abroad four times, has traveled to 60 countries, and conducted business in 46 countries.

He is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a BS in Economics; Master of International Management at American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird), and also a Japanese government scholarship at Tokyo's Keio University in Industrial Marketing Research. Postgraduate studies include West Point, St. Josephs and Sophia University.

Joe is the International Trade Manager for Virginia Economic Development Partnership, formerly the Governor's office. He provides export counseling to many large and small firms. He created and is the trainer of the highly successful Export Documentation, Procedures and Compliance workshop utilizing the nation's #1 shipping software program. In the past 18 months he has trained more than 300 individuals in 150 companies.

He has held international managerial positions at a leading Fortune 500 chemical company, was Country Manager for a major American pharmaceutical firm in Japan, and was Vice President of a leading American-Japanese joint venture. He was President and owner of his own import business: Robinson Engineering Products Company.

One highlight of his career is providing White House Executive Briefing to the President of the United States on NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Association.

Joe was president of three International Trade Associations, one of which he founded. He has served on many charitable organizations; chaired the United Way and educational committees and advisory boards, including Virginia Tech and Radford University.

Joe's hobbies are wilderness camping and whitewater rafting including the Grand Canyon, the Saudi Arabian desert, the Yukon, Alaska and, of course, Virginia's Appalachian Trail.

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