Whitwell C. Kelly
Director of Global Sales
Whit has over 20 years of experience in quality and lead-time intensive markets like the North American automotive industry.  Formerly CEO of Salem Vent International, Inc. (SVI), which long ago was PassageMaker’s first customer. Whit received his BA from Roanoke College in International Relations and his MBA at the University of South Carolina’s  Moore School of Business, where he focused on operations. Whit has been working in Asia since 1994, including periods living in Singapore and Taiwan. He makes regular trips to the People’s Republic of China. Whit now heads PassageMaker North America (PMNA) and is responsible for PassageMaker’s global sales. At the time of writing we have sales teams servicing China, USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia/NZ, Brazil and India.  Whit is dedicated to promoting the PassageMaker Model of Trust & Transparency. He speaks Mandarin and is based in Salem, VA, USA.
David Denny
David Denny has over 27 years of working with companies on evaluating needs, setting goals and implementing solutions. David has worked across enterprise sizes from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. He has over 18 years of international experience and is currently a key principal in a developing global network of organizations working with entrepreneurs, emerging and small businesses.
David has experience in industrial development, economic development and industrial applications. He has been involved with quality measurement and QA/QC in and out of the industrial sector through participation in standards committees of ASTM (American Society of Testing Materials) and through his current work with CMM (coordinate measuring machine) simulation software in industrial settings. David currently is active in assisting industrial customers in the automotive, aerospace and energy sectors with offline, robotic and work cell simulation software as a means to gain efficiencies, reduce development time/costs and to improve quality. David is also well versed on international logistics and the benefits of utilizing foreign trade zones and customs bonded warehouses to move goods internationally.
Andrea Martins
Andrea Martins is a Brazilian national with 25 years of living and working experience in China. From 1994-2004, she worked for in Beijing for Odebrecht, the Brazilian Embassy, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting Services and SOHOCHINA. Currently, Andrea is based in Brazil and serves as both executive director to OverChina Consulting Services and exclusive Service Representative for PassageMaker.
Andrea had led numerous successful projects for many Brazilian companies in China and Asia. Her experience varies from the garment industry, to scientific instruments and consumer goods. Andrea graduated from Wellesley College and majored in Political Science and China Studies.
Ignacio Guerrico
(serving Spanish Latin America)
Ignacio, a native of Argentina, has decades of sales, management, and engineering expertise. After graduating from the University of Buenos Aires, he rose quickly through the ranks as a sales manager for oil giant Esso. Experienced in fields as diverse as telecommunications, agriculture, governmental consulting, and consumer products, Ignacio founded an international sourcing company in October 2009. He has now partnered with PassageMaker to provide China sourcing solutions to the southern South American community.
Marc René Brzezinka
Marc joined the PassageMaker Team in October 2009. He is currently finishing his bachelors degree in International Business Administration with concentration in Marketing and Finance in Germany and France. In 2006, he started his first retail company, selling outdoor brands imported from Latin America. In late 2008, he began a second company dealing mainly with online shop management and online distribution. At university, he is chairman of the student business consulting group and co-founder of the investment club. Marc speaks English, German, and French. Based in Germany with frequent travels to the North America, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Julien Roger
(serving France and Belgium)
julien.roger@asiaqualityfocus.com
Co-founder & Co-owner, Asia Quality Focus
Before moving to China and focusing on the China Inspection and Factory Auditing business in 2005, Julien was engaged in business development on behalf of a European distributor of IP (Intellectual Property / IP core) & semiconductor design tools servicing European blue-chip clients such as Schneider, Samsung, Philips, Airbus and Renault. Earlier work experience was with IBM in Paris. Â While working with these world class clients and employers, he gained a strong sense of accountability and a philosophy about quality.
In 2007, sensing an opportunity in the China market to provide world class Quality and Auditing services to demanding global buyers, Julien gathered some investors and started China Quality Focus with few clients and a handful of employees in Shenzhen China. Today the operation is growing rapidly and has inspectors on-the-ground in all major China production centers and is servicing clients from every major country and industry. In October 2010, the company name changed to Asia Quality Focus to mark the opening of the new office in Bangladesh to serve the South Asian market. Supply chains serviced include Auchan, Microsoft, L’oreal, Shiseido, Walt Disney, Peugeot, Black & Decker, Leroy Merlin, Agatha, Yves Rocher, Coca-Cola etc. Julien has a master’s degree from CERAM, European Graduate School of Business in Nice, France as well as a MBA from the Asian Institute of Technology at Thamasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. Based in Paris, he is a speaks French, English, Chinese, Thai and German and enjoys soccer, tennis, ping pong and badminton.
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