For the last twelve years, Mark has been responsible for the international business programs of the City of San Francisco, including Sister City ties, trade and investment projects, trade missions, import and export promotion and international business attraction. Mark has coordinated over twenty-five overseas missions to locations diverse as Mexico, China, Vietnam, Ireland, Australia, The Philippines, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

Mark focuses on projects that require close business-community-government cooperation in order to assure that our city expands its role as an international gateway and commercial center. His efforts for the SF Sister City program include having the program named the Best Sister City program in 1990 and both the Manila and Shanghai Committees have given Mark commendations for his long time support of their activities. Mark was instrumental in the founding of the SF-Ho Chi Minh Sister City program, the first US-Vietnam relationship.

Mark is a member of the Golden Gate National Parks Association and Coyote Point Museum Association. He is a member of the Executive Advisory Board for the San Francisco Global Trade Council and the International Advisory Board of Sail SF. Previously he served on the Asian Business Association advisory board and the Britain Meets the Bay Board of Directors.

Prior to working for the Mayor's Office, Mark spent seven years in the private sector as a Corporate Marketing Manager for U.S. Sprint and Pacific Intermountain Express

He has a BA in Economics from U.C. Davis and an MBA in International Marketing from UC Berkeley. Mark also studied Japanese Language at the Tokyo Academy of Japanese for 1 ½ years while living in Tokyo. Originally from San Luis Obispo, California, Mark has lived in the Bay Area for over twenty years and is married to Carolyn with a young daughter, Lea. He, his wife and daughter enjoy travel, gardening and are avid San Francisco Giants fans.

Bio:
Mr. Cai practices corporate and intellectual property (patent and licensing transaction) law with Fortune Law Group of which he is a founder. A majority of his clients are high technology emerging growth companies in the areas of e-commerce software, integrated circuit design, medical device, network and wireless communication technology.

Prior to starting his own practice, Mr. Cai was an attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP, one of the largest law firm in California, where he counseled clients on public security offerings (both issuer and underwriter sides), venture financing, general corporate matters, intellectual property licensing, and international joint ventures. As a registered patent attorney, Mr. Cai also prosecuted patent applications and provided patent counseling in areas of medical devices and semiconductor manufacturing processes.

Mr. Cai also practiced law at another prestigious Silicon Valley law firm Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, where he represented various high technology start-ups and S&P500 companies in intellectual property licensing transactions. One of his clients, a wireless software infrastructure company, delivered the best IPO performance in 1999 according to Barron’s.

Mr. Cai holds a Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia. He also holds engineering degrees from Tong Ji University (B.S.) and Villanova University (M.S.). He is admitted to practice in California and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Martin Eng
President of American Chinese Republican Club
Owner of White Snow Corporation
Founder of www.asians.com

Saul Yeung
CEO & Founder of Central Computer

Robert Kirk
VP & Founder of EWI Inc Custom House Broker

Mark Chandler
Director of San Francisco Mayor's Office of International Trade and Commerce

Martin Eng
Martin Eng has been a successful real estate investor and developer in residual and commercial buildings in SF for almost 30 years. Mr. Eng is the owner of White Snow Corporation, a name brand soy manufacturer that produces soy-based beverage and tofu products in Asian market. Mr. Eng is the founder and owner of www.asians.com and many other website portals. Mr. Eng is re-elected and currently serving the Chinese American Republican Club as President for his second term in SF Chinatown. He was elected Vice Chairman in Republican Central Committee in SF for two years. He was invited to attend Ronald Regan inauguration as recognition for his political contribution. He was Vice President of the Chinese Real Estate Association. Mr. Eng has traveled over 70 countries and enjoys his single life.

Saul Yeung
Saul Yeung founded Central Computer in 1986, during the computer boom of the Silicon Valley. Almost all major corporations in the Valley have been his customers. Under his leadership, Central Computer has evolved into Central Group, with diversified lines of business in computer software and hardware, real estate, flooring, automobile import/export/retailing and executive training. During both dot.com and dot.bomb eras, Saul has stuck to his basic business principles of value, service and evolution. This corporate strategy has led Central Group to a sustained growth and become an icon of successful Chinese immigrant stories in the Silicon Valley. Saul has a PhD degree in Political Science from the University of California in Berkeley.