About Tom Galey

Tom Galey, President, MBA Global Management

Tom Galey is a professional import broker with over 25 years experience in China import/exports. Fluid in Mandarin Chinese, Tom Galey thoroughly understands the Chinese culture and has a huge network of asian manufacturers who he’s done business with.

Tom Galey’s History with China:
Tom Galey started his career early in the Telescope industry developing scientific equipment for a Ball Aerospace engineer. In the 80’s he moved to Taipei and began studying Mandarin Chinese and developed the Star Tracker, a telescope device designed by Ball.

The opportunity to develop novelty consumer gifts arose and he ran the buying office for a large Canadian chain store, producing hundreds of goods made in a range of Asian nations. 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.

In the 1990’s, Mr. Galey worked in Pacific Island US territory of Guam with Esso Eastern/Exxon as a marketing executive. He later joined Budweiser Micronesia and managed the overseas production of Budweiser promotional products. As director of Marketing in the Pacific Rim, he pioneered factory-direct Asian purchasing for overseas divisions.

At the start of the 21st century, Tom developed and sold an import company specializing in Asian development of promotional products for the ad specialties industry. Subsequent projects inlcuded Project Management for the production of sublimated apparel, which involved innovative printing technologies in China.

Other projects included a line of simulated stone wall panels. The research concluded that the”three Chinas” was the most optimal route to take in developing complex new items for the consumer and wholesale market. This prompted Tom to further develop his skills and contacts in product development in Asia.

He has guided many trips for business professionals through Asia and China. Current trips include Student Study Exploration trips to China, Spiritual Journeys to western China, water programs in Shanghai and Beijing, and renewable product evaluations in Taiwan.

Tom graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Economics and has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. He remains fluent in Mandarin Chinese and speaks enough Taiwanese to go get into trouble!

Tom is also the leading author on how to import products from Asia in “Making the China Connection”

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