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Bio

Mr. Josh Halpern 江宏, aka The VanBassador, 范儿大使 has a varied career ranging from professional actor to diplomat to gang violence prevention community leader and serial entrepreneur, having launched companies in Europe, North America and Hong Kong.

He currently heads Omnichannel International Strategic Partnerships for the ecommerce platform BigCommerce. Formerly he served as Chief Strategy Officer for the California International Trade Center (CITC) leading their digital trade strategy with a mission to aggregate cutting-edge industry tools, expert training facilitation and government resources to empower California businesses to sell online, overseas. That’s where he first took to #VanLife and launched his YouTube channel and website on www.VanBassador.com

Josh served as a U.S. Commercial Diplomat (Foreign Service Officer) in China prior to being asked to return to Silicon Valley to launch the Obama Administration’s national eCommerce Innovation Lab for the U.S. Department of Commerce. His work inspired the creation of the Getting to Global Initiative with financial sponsorship from Facebook, Google, eBay, Pitney Bowes and USPS to support small business economic growth through ecommerce.

He is the creator of the www.CultureAgents.com, an interactive education program promoting cross-cultural understanding among youth.

Mr. Halpern is a commissioned and tenured Foreign Service Officer. He holds a B.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts an MBA from INSEAD and an EMBA from Tsinghua University. He speaks Spanish and Chinese.

Connect with Josh on LinkedIn here.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jshalpern