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Roger S. Cohen
Biography
For
Release January 1, 2015
Roger S. Cohen, is
president of Cohen
International,
a consulting firm that specializes in business development among
international companies, small business start-ups, and market research
and competitive analysis. The firm also provides government contracting
and proposal
consulting services, and has expertise in the area of SBIR (Small
Business Innovation Research) awards.
Mr. Cohen
established his
consulting firm in 1991. He
provides assistance to companies on marketing and strategy, export and
import, joint ventures, market and sales development, strategic
relationships, product sourcing and government contracting. He consults
for private and public companies, and for government organizations.
Mr. Cohen is the Lead International Trade Consultant for the New
Jersey Small Business Development Centers,
which is affiliated with the Rutgers
University Business School. He provides consultations and classroom
training to over 200 clients every year.
In 1981, Roger Cohen
joined the Japanese trading house
Nichimen, where he developed international business in a wide range of
products and services. Mr. Cohen is credited with initiating the United
States Postal Service project that resulted in the popular
"self-sticking" postage stamps. Learning about a long-dormant proposal
to put self-adhesive backing on postage stamps, Roger helped make the
complex financial and technological arrangements that jump-started the
project after years of delay. Millions of tongues are now being spared
the aftertaste of glue, thanks to Roger's efforts.
Roger managed
construction
of a factory in Canada for
Coke, Pepsi and 7-Up; represented the Japanese Ministry of Finance to
the United States Department of Treasury; and developed the first
export markets of United States specialty paper to Japan.
In 1987, Mr. Cohen
joined
the leading Japanese printing
press manufacturer Komori. There he handled market development of
Komori's currency printing presses, and established their East Coast
office. Later, Roger Cohen was responsible for Komori's mergers and
acquisitions program in the United States. Mr. Cohen then led Komori's
green field factory project, selecting the locale for the
billion-dollar plant.
Mr.
Cohen was
educated at
Cornell University, where he
studied planning and policy development. He is a Certified Master of
International Business from
Tokyo University; and also
holds an Executive Business
Management Certificate from New York University. Roger is a member of
the New Jersey District Export Council of the US Department of
Commerce. He is a
founding member and director of the European American Chamber of
Commerce of NJ. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence at the NJIT
Enterprise Development Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology --
NJIT, Newark, NJ.
Locally, Roger S.
Cohen is a member of the Nyack, NY Zoning Board of Appeals, is Vice
President and director of the Nyack Chamber of Commerce, and is
Treasurer of Nyack First, a New York State-registered political
organization.
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