Int'l museum / fine art logistics specialist, bi-lingual mandarin

Resume

Name: Henry Tang

Nationality: USA

Cell / E-mail: +1-714-***-**** / *************@***.***

WORKING EXPERIENCE

**** ~ 2019 Huaxie international Fine Art.

Command Duty Officer (a.k.a. General Manager)

Overall Company Management

Oversee staff hiring

Establish basic training programs for new employees

Established on-going training polices for longer term employees

Designing and oversee employee performance evaluations

Routine Desk job

Formulating + executing Standard operating procedures

Preparing + tailoring estimates based on client’s specific requirement and feedback

Drafting Operation Order, custom-made for each individual project

Outlining Truck routing + Security Plan for Touring exhibition travelling in China

Communicating with museums, Customs, shipping agents and all parties involved before / during /after the project to ensure the mission is carried out professionally and objectively

P & L Screening

Field Agent

Assisting museum couriers (*Chinese or Foreign) during condition checking (* in China or overseas), i.e. interpreting, coordinating, negotiating, etc.

Supervising art handlers during packing at the museum, ensuring proper procedures are followed

Overseeing the airport operation, i.e. palletization + de-palletization, truck loading / off-loading,

Accompanying museum couriers during inland trucking in China, making sure the convoy mission is carried out safely

Attending Int’l agent and museum meetings

Acting as international and domestic couriers on behalf of the museum whenever requested

Problem Eliminator

Preventing shipment’s delay in / out China by explaining Chinese Custom’s / government’s regulation to overseas museums / shipping agents in advance

Development of back up plans in advance should there be last minute changes or problems

Resolving billing disputes between company and clients

Int’l and Chinese experience

Born in Beijing, China

Raised and educated in Orange County, CA. USA +

The love of American lifestyle + a deep passion for American Dream

Familiar with import and export procedures, Customs / government regulations in both USA and China

Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English

Studied and performed Chinese story-telling on stage for the past 10 years, that not only trained my speeching skills, but the understanding of Traditional Chinese culture + the mentality of Chinese people as well, which comes handy when explaining / analyzing situations in China for my American / European clients, giving them a much clearer picture how things work when dealing with Chinese museums / institutions / government agencies.

Regular clients

Metropolitan Museum New York / Bowers Museum of Art / LACMA / The British Museum / The Louvre / Museum Centre Vapriikki / Taipei National Museum of History / Taipei Palace Museum / Forbidden City / The National Museum of China / National Art Museum of China / Art Exhibition China / Shaanxi Culture Heritage Promotion Center.

2003 -2006 Coppersmith Int’l (Los Angeles, CA)

Logistics Analyst

Duties: Daily shipping operation / P & L / documentation, etc.

PAST SPEECHES

American Registrar / Collection Specialist Symposium / New Orleans, USA 2015

Topic: 55 Days at Peking - Slipping from/to China

Australian Registrars Conference / Sydney, Australia 2008

Topic Focus on China

(Note: article published in ARC Journal)

Int’l Registrars Symposium / Chicago, IL. USA 2007

Topic Borrowing from Chinese Museums

Certificate of US Congressional Recognition

EXTRA

Performing Chinese story-telling live on stage

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