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Michael A. Zakkour

U.S.

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Expertise

I can answer questions about manufacturing and sourcing products in China, including design, engineering, quality control, factory auditing, packaging, shipping and customs clearance. I can also answer questions about Chinese culture, cross-cultural training and understanding, China business culture and etiquette. I can also answer questions about developing branding and marketing and sales plans for your off the shelf or OEM products.

Experience in the area

President of China BrightStar, LLC a Sino-American manufacturing, sourcing and consulting company. Offices and factories in Beijing, Guangzhou, Ningbo and New York.

Organizations

China Institute Asia Scoiety

Publications

National magazines and newspapers.

Education/Credentials

B.A. in Communications B.A. in Marketing Seton Hall University, South Orange New Jersey

Awards and Honors

Guest lecturer at Wharton School of Business at UPENN, Broad School of Business at Michigan State University, New York University's Stern School of Business

Past/Present Clients

JC Penney, Philip Morris, Wal-Mart and a host of small, mid size and Fortune 1000 companies.

Average Ratings

Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
Chanda	03/19/09	10	10	10	10	Thanks Michael! You have helped me tremendously .....
Harold	06/11/08	10	10	10	10	Perfect
Jackie	10/30/07	10	10	10	10	THANK YOU! You always give me great .....
Jackie	10/25/07	10	10	10	10	Thank you!
Mark	10/16/07	10	10	10	10	Michael, Thanks for the information! Regards .....

Recent Answers from Michael A. Zakkour

2009-10-24 Starting a product line:

Hi Shana. The success or failure of your new venture will depend entitely on the suppliers your work with in China. China can provide you with prices on products that will give you a great profit margin

2009-07-29 finding an overseas furniture manufacturer:

Hi Melissa. In all seriousness, your only real shot at success here is hiring an experienced sourcing and manufacturing company to help you with this. Feel free to write me at michael@chinabrightstar

2009-07-27 overseas violation of NDA:

Hello William. This is a good question. With the NDA alone you have almost no recourse at all. In order to safeguard your designs and IP you need to: 1. Copyright your designs. Your best recourse

2009-03-18 Outsourcing Manufacturing to China:

Hello and thank you for writing. Before you even start worrying about the patents and IP infringement I hope you are not simply conducting business with these Chinese companies via phone and email.

2008-12-05 confidentiality agreement:

Hello and thanks for writing. This is a very good question. The truth is that there is no way to guarentee intellectual property rights for most products being made overseas, this is especially true

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