Daniel Rubenstein Email & Phone Number

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• (also 1996-2000)
• Advise firms involved with China on political and economic trends and risks, strategy, partnerships, licensing, intellectual property, and human resources, primarily in the investment, energy, automotive, and IT sectors
• Authored English-language conference reports of the 2014 and 2015 Boao Forum for Asia, a prime minister-CEO-level global conference on economic, political, and cultural trends across Asia
• Partner on projects with Senior Advisor (China), Deloitte

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Co-founded and managed the U-M-Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation (BICI) Collaboratory, an international technology commercialization program between U-M and an offshoot of Peking University's (PKU).
• Identified, sponsored, and brought to market research from Michigan Engineering and Michigan Medicine, in close collaboration with U-M's Innovation Partnerships (Tech Transfer) group
• Coordinated development of and authored UM-PKU-BICI Masters' degree program agreement that included study abroad and international capstone projects

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Managed the Defense Manufacturing Assistance Program, a technical assistance program for manufacturers affected by draw-downs in defense spending, sponsored by the Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment
• Coordinated with government agencies on marketing and represented program in Washington D.C.
• Created and managed company capacity-building projects involving external vendors and U-M students

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Drove strategic planning and development of educational nonprofit with mission of closing the achievement gap
• Built capacity, partnerships, and brand, and grew grants (public and foundation), individual and corporate gifts, and events

Dearborn, Michigan

• Co-founded Emerging Markets Sourcing (EMS) group, an internal consulting and shared services center that facilitated parts imports from suppliers in China and other emerging markets
• Led cross-functional team (Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, Logistics, and Finance) to analyze EMS suppliers and country-specific risks
• Chaired sourcing meetings of global cross-functional vice presidents and ensured with commodity-specific Purchasing directors that EMS suppliers were effectively and safely integrated into evolving global supply.

• Taught international, comparative, and American politics at U-M-Dearborn, Eastern Michigan University, and Oakland University, while presenting conference papers and publishing on Chinese contract law and political.

Tianjin City, China

M.B.A., Strategy, Finance & Operations

Ph.D., Political Science

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Advisor; Teaching and Research Fellow; Consortium for Institutional Cooperation Traveling Scholar.

B.A., Political Science & Philosophy