GlobalSF : So Future

In this episode of the Global:SF podcast, the sixth in a series on the New Economy, we speak with Wolfgang Lehmacher, former Director of Supply Chain and Transport Industries at the World Economic Forum, and Hans Galland, CEO of Haulistix. Wolfgang and Hans share their thoughts on California’s role in developing more efficient and sustainable supply chains and how such linkages might effect incomes and cost of living in California.

Wolfgang Lehmacher

Supply Chain and Technology Strategist, Operating Partner, Industrial Innovation Partners, Anchor Group

Wolfgang Lehmacher is a board member, executive advisor, and business angel. Operating Partner, Industrial Innovation Partners, Anchor Group, and Lead Global Expansion and Growth Strategy, Topan, Switzerland. He was Director, Head of Supply Chain and Transport industries for the World Economic Forum, New York and Geneva, Partner and Managing Director, China and India, CVA, Hong Kong, President and CEO, GeoPost Intercontinental, Paris, and Head of Eastern European and Mediterranean Regions, as well as Country General Manager Switzerland, at TNT. He is a member of the Logistikweisen, a logistics expert committee under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry BMVI, advisory board member of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society, and founding member of the think tank NEXST, Singapore. The prolific writer and frequent public speaker is a serial book author and FT, Forbes Fortune, BI, and Nikkei contributor.

Hans Galland, CEO of Haulistix

Hans serves as Co-Chair of GlobalSF.

Hans is an entrepreneur who loves building businesses “zero to one” in rapidly changing markets and industries. He is founder and CEO of Haulistix, a digital-first trucking company. Prior, Hans was Senior Vice President with Pacific Eagle where he grew the company’s real estate development portfolio to $1.2 bn assets-under-development and served on various portfolio company boards. Hans also was in China for ten years building and running the hospitality investment advisory business for JLL in Beijing during a time which arguably saw the country’s most dramatic economic transformation.

Fluent in Mandarin, English, French and German, Hans graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and EHL at the University of Applied Sciences in Western Switzerland. As a tenacious student of surfing and improvisational theater, he is learning to deal with frequent failures and occasional successes. Hans lives in San Francisco with his partner Hantian and two dogs, Noe and Caselli.

In this episode of the Global:SF podcast, the fifth in a series on the New Economy, we speak with Stephen Cheung, Chief Operating Officer of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation.  Stephen shares his thoughts on the impact of Covid-19 on the Southern California economy and suggests growth areas for statewide cooperation.

In this episode of the Global:SF podcast, the fourth in a series on the New Economy, we speak with Wenli Wang, Partner at MossAdams, and Jennifer Choo, Associate Director of the Stanford China Program. Wenli and Jennifer share their thoughts on trends and developments surrounding the complex and multifaceted relationship between China and the United States and California’s role therein.

In this episode of the Global:SF podcast, the third in a series on the New Economy, we speak with Mark Chandler, Director of Global Engagement for the City of San Francisco, on the evolving role of subnational actors in international trade and diplomacy. Mark discusses opportunities for a deepening of economic, cultural, and social ties among the world’s leading cities in the aftermath of the pandemic and isolationist foreign policy of the previous administration.

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About our speaker: Mark J. Chandler

Mark Chandler is the Director of the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of International Trade and Commerce (Global Engagement).  Mark has been part of the City and County government for over thirty-two years and has served eight mayors. Mark is responsible for managing the international programs of the City of San Francisco including innovation and technology exchange, international aviation development, Smart City dialogue, trade missions, investment and trade promotion, sister city partnerships, diplomatic relations for trade and investment and global trade/investment policy formation.  Mark has assisted with and been part of over thirty overseas missions to locations diverse as Mexico, China, India, France, Israel, Vietnam, Ireland, Australia, The Philippines, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada and Japan. He has a BA in Economics from U.C. Davis and an MBA in International Marketing from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and studied at the Tokyo Academy of Japanese.

In this episode of the Global:SF podcast, the second in a series on the New Economy, we speak with David Nieh, co-founder and managing director of Clear Peak Development, on Chinese investment in California. David discusses the micro and macroeconomic effects of the pandemic on Chinese investment strategies in California. From changes to urban and suburban living to decisions in Beijing, Chinese investors are navigating an increasingly complex environment with implications both globally and locally here in California.

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Visit clearpeakgroup.com to check out Clear Peak Development.

About our guest:

David Nieh brings vast cross-border commerce with property development experience in the US and China as a platform for building sustainable communities, attracting companies, integrating technologies and utilizing capital.

He is Founding Partner and Managing Director of the Clear Peak Group, responsible for growing the company’s property footprint in the US and China, introducing sustainable development models, and leading property services spanning the entire property value chain including investment, development, project management, construction and asset management. David previously served as Head of China for international developer Lendlease and General Manager for Shui On Land in Shanghai, where he worked for Vincent Lo, Chairman of Shui On Land and the Yangtze River Council. In the capacity of serving the latter, he helped form accords with the Bay Area Council, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, China SF and others. He also serves on key committees for the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai and Beijing, including advising its recent establishment in San Francisco and Los Angeles. 

A registered architect and certified planner, as well as an accredited professional in sustainable design, David was founding studio head for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill’s Shanghai office and was the chief architect for the City of San Jose and Redevelopment Agency. He has taught architecture, urban design, and urban studies at Stanford University where he was also an adjunct faculty member of the Graduate School of Business.

David is an appointed member of the California-China Trade Committee, a Board Member of Bay Area regional land use and urban policy think tank SPUR, emergency relief non-profit Operation USA, Swiss-funded Asia Green Real Estate, the Energy Foundation China and Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy and an Executive Committee Member of the Urban Land Institute. He is also an appointed advisor to China Development Bank Capital, China Nobel Forum, and the US-China Clean Energy Forum. He was previously a Director of the Pacific Basin Economic Council, Global Reporting Initiative and Stanford Program on Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

David earned a Masters in Urban Design from Harvard University, a Masters of Architecture from the University of California-Berkeley and an Executive Certificate from INSEAD.

In this episode of the Global:SF podcast, the first in a series on the New Economy, we speak with Micah Weinberg, CEO of California Forward, on the challenges and opportunities related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Micah Weinberg is CEO of California Forward, a statewide nonprofit leading a movement to improve government and create inclusive, sustainable growth for everyone in all of the state’s regions. Micah shares his thoughts on reimagining and reforming an economy that promotes equity while reducing red tape. He’ll also tell us what he considers the biggest problem California must fix before it can adequately address other important issues.

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In this episode, you will hear about the exodus from the San Francisco Bay Area and from California — and how California has always transformed itself in the face of challenges, from the gold rush, to Hollywood, to Silicon Valley. What made us "Silicon" Valley - companies like Oracle and HP - might decide to leave, but a new generation of innovative companies - the Twitter and the Salesforce out there - is here to stay. More importantly, the entrepreneurial spirit of the city — the 7 by 7 square miles of innovation hub — is here to stay with the founders, the investors, and community.

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On Feb 12 2021, we march into a new Lunar Year, the year of the Ox. GlobalSF executive director Darlene Chiu Bryant sends warm wishes in both English and Mandarin.

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GlobalSF is launching our So: Future podcast! We are so excited to have George Panagiotakopoulos, Director of Global Innovation & Partnerships at Berkeley SkyDeck with us to talk about the opportunities SkyDeck provides for startups and the unique Global Innovation Program (GIP) under the GlobalSF-SkyDeck partnership. 

Check out our podcast as Laura Jenkins, Director of Partnerships at GlobalSF talked to George about: 

02:00 "Global First" Growth with SkyDeck 

04:25 Specialized Tracks at SkyDeck for Niche Technologies 

06:09 The Gravitational Pull of Silicon Valley on Funding and Scaling 

08:24 The "Giving Back" Mentorship of the Bay Area Ecosystem 

10:33 Why San Francisco? From Global Resources to Global Applications  

Contact us at [email protected] and join us at the Spring 2021 cohort of GlobalSF-Berkeley SkyDeck Global Innovation Program!