Mark Nguyen Email & Phone Number

Brooklyn, New York, US

Co-Founder of The Well Network LLC, established in 2024 in New York City as a membership-based organization committed to empowering the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and wellness community. Our mission is to engage with CPG and wellness companies to enhance the growth stages of their brand lifecycle, leveraging our network of members to connect them with.

Washington, DC, US

• Teaching classes on the "Modern World" at NewU, the first 3-year Bachelor’s degree college in the US, a nonprofit and licensed institution in Washington D.C.

Long Beach, CA, US

• Management Department at California State University Fullerton teaching International Business, Business Ethics and Law for International Business.
• Marketing Department at California State University Los Angeles teaching International Marketing and Global Business.
• Visiting professor at the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Established brand partnerships aligning music artists with leading consumer brands including Whole Foods Market, Gibson Guitar, Bose Audio, Caesars Entertainment, Chivas Regal, ALO Drinks, Health-Ade, Teas' Tea.
• Featured leading artists as the record label for Indian icon Bappi Lahiri since 2010 and in collaboration with Grammy-winning producer Tony Maserati. Showcased platinum-selling artists The Lumineers, Imagine Dragons.
• Organized showcases at Gibson Guitar showrooms in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York City and annually at the SXSW festival.
• Produced Pre-Grammy parties, in-store events at Whole Foods Markets and online events since the pandemic in support of the Whole Planet Foundation and its global micro-lending programs since 2012.
• Facilitated communications between artists and brands for endorsements and digital and social media promotion.

Provo, Utah, US

Elavare LLC is a team of trusted advisors that provides go-to-market services to individuals, corporations, family-owned enterprises, and others in strategic, cross-border transactions that focus on today’s dynamic Asia-Pacific and North American market sectors.

US

• Managed market research and strategies for a leading partner and supplier to airlines, hotels and hospitality industry clients and global lifestyle brands.
• Guided the launch of a new website and creative brand identity.
• Supported the launch of a partnership with modern design icon Philippe Starck for airline items in April 2015.

Seoul, Seoul, KR

• Managed cross-marketing partnerships with leading brands including Verizon Wireless, LG, Hulu and others who aim to reach the Millenial generation and youth fans of Asian pop culture, e.g., K-pop concerts, the K-CON.
• Facilitated marketing activations and advertising sales on MNET America's cable networks, digital and social media and other CJ entertainment platforms.

• Assisted firm clients on international trade regulation and policy, negotiation and compliance with WTO/GATT Agreements and U.S. bilateral trade agreements.
• Represented hi-tech, government and other clients including Epson in industry trade associations, e.g., Information Technology Industry Council, Consumer Electronics Association, Tech America, U.S.-China Business.
• Generated new client work and supported firm's business development efforts at Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) annual meetings and other conferences.
• Regular contributor to Bernan Publications' WTO Dispute Settlement Decisions.

New York, New York, US

• Advised firm's multinational, industry association and government clients including Alticor, ASCAP, FedEx, New York Life, Sony, Toyota Motor and others on negotiation and compliance with WTO and U.S. international.
• Supported firm clients on WTO trade disputes involving U.S. broadcast royalties and Philippine investment incentives; China and Vietnam's WTO accessions; and representation in trade associations (e.g., Coalition of.
• Managed global network of trade advisors, attorneys and consultants to support client retainers and projects in Asia, Europe and Latin America.
• Key role in establishing firm's office in Geneva, and made over fifty trips to Geneva to support client work.

Geneva, Geneva, CH

• Assisted the WTO Development Division efforts to improve market access for developing countries' exports.
• Analyzed consistency of Regional Trade Agreements (e.g., NAFTA and MERCOSUR) with WTO rules.
• Supported USTR Office to the WTO on trade disputes including on Local Area Network (LAN) equipment, intellectual property rights, agriculture and environment issues.

Washington, DC, US

• Assisted diplomatic efforts at the Foreign Service Institute and the Office for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in Washington D.C.
• Supported U.S. diplomatic efforts abroad at the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane, Laos.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Masters Of Arts Program, Law And Diplomacy

Fulbright Fellow, Southeast Asian Studies

B.A., Political Science And History