About Us
TradeFlow21 seeks to promote commerce between U.S. commercial firms and partners abroad through the aggregation of business news and sponsorship of special events. We are also offer custom business and market research services to companies interested in accessing new markets abroad. It is our belief that the confluence of robust communications and mutual financial interests is the most sustainable way to ensure global equity, security, and economic growth for all. Currently we are engaged in broadening the relationship between Connecticut-based businesses and the Middle East, one of the strongest emerging markets in the world. On April 24, 2009 TradeFlow21 hosted an export summit in New Haven, Connecticut to educate industry leaders, municipal development officers, state representatives and others on potential Middle East trade opportunities.
Founding Partners
Lewis J. Nescott, Jr. is a senior research analyst at Yale University with over 20 years of experience in business intelligence analysis and international finance research. Having received certified peacekeeping and peace-enforcement training through the United Nations, including the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia, he has a proven track record in field-based economic development and international relief operations. In 2003 he launched and coordinated For the Peace of the World, a humanitarian relief mission in collaboration with hospitals in Connecticut to provide medical equipment and life-saving supplies to hospitals, infirmaries and orphanages in Iraq. Lew has worked as a writer and his media credentials include the production of the PBS documentary on Awakening and Enlightenment hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. He is an avid high-altitude mountain climber and has scaled peaks around the world, including the Middle East. He holds advanced degrees (M.Div./M.A.R.) from Yale.
Steven Towns is a senior research analyst at Yale University. He specializes in research of capital markets. A former contributing editor and Japan analyst at Seeking Alpha, he has published over 2,000 articles on investing, many of which have been syndicated on Yahoo! Finance and other prominent financial news websites. Fluent in Japanese, Steven previously worked in economic and commercial affairs with the Japanese government and was a former ESL instructor and Japanese-to-English translator in Japan and China. He has also worked in M&A and antitrust analysis, including high profile deals in the mobile telecom, and resort and casino industries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies and a Master of International Management (Finance) from the University of Maryland University College.
Richard C. Horne is an assistant director for research at Yale University specializing in corporations and foundations and he serves as Editor-at-Large of the Yale Economic Review, which he co-founded. Previously he was a project manager with the law offices of Freilicher & Hoffman, P.C., where he handled top-level sensitive cases involving major international firms, universities and research institutions and served as the principal liaison to a multilateral monetary policy organization. He is a decorated Marine who has held a number of key assignments, including intelligence analysis, civil affairs, criminal investigations, and legal administration. During his military career he has served on deployments and missions in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Independent Advisors
Mohammad Elahee, Ph.D. is Professor of International Business at the Quinnipiac University Lender School of Business. A specialist in international negotiations, he also currently serves as chair of the faculty senate. Professor Elahee’s most recent course offerings include international marketing, marketing research, and financial reporting and analysis. (Professor Elahee’s faculty profile at Quinnipiac’s Lender School of Business).
Tag Mendillo is an accomplished movie producer and screenwriter. After graduating with honors from UCLA, Tag worked in various production capacities at Paramount, MGM and Universal. In 1994, he and Andrew Form (currently a partner at Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes) founded Mendillo/Form Productions (see link to comprehensive list of Tag’s entertainment credits). Tag’s longstanding commitment to creating a more sustainable, green-friendly planet is also the reason he now serves as an independent energy consultant assisting companies in reducing costs in deregulated energy markets. (For more information about how Tag may be able to help your company realize significant savings on utility costs, please write to the contact email address below.)
Contact Us
We appreciate any feedback or inquiries you may have. Please feel free to contact us via email: partners [at] tradeflow21.com or you can send correspondence via post to:
TradeFlow21
Box 205547
New Haven, CT 06520
United States
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Disclaimer: TradeFlow21 is not an affiliate of Yale University.
