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Don Hackney is the Export Assistance Advisor for the 51ĀŅĀ× Small Business Development Center (SBDC).  He provides trade advice and expertise to SBDC clients in a 15-county region of southeast Ohio.  Before arriving at the SBDC, Hackney gained expertise in logistics and international trade compliance at a heavy machinery manufacturer in Northeast Ohio.  

Donald has over 15 years of experience working for global freight forwarders, and was a trade consultant for the Korean governmentā€™s Trade and Investment Promotion Agency in Los Angeles and Seoul, where he was also a writer for Korea Trade & Investment Magazine.  He is a licensed customs broker and has degrees from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (BBA) and Arizona State Universityā€™s Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management (MIM).  Hackney has lived in Norway, Korea and Japan for short stints and has traveled extensively ā€“ mainly in Asia and Europe ā€“ but is always looking for the next big adventure.