Bernd Hess is a international business leader with extensive global consulting experience. His accomplishments include launch and management of entrepreneurial businesses as well as working within Fortune 500 companies around the world. Bernd was born and raised in Frankfurt, Germany and started his career at a major global marketing firm, servicing U.S. customers. After moving to the U.S. he operated various start up ventures. Bernd recently consulted for the fastest growing company on the planet and lead their goods division build out from zero to several hundred million in under 12 month. Bernd has now started his own sales, marketing & brand consultancy in California to help German "Mittelstand" companies gain a competitive global advantage and assist with the re-shoring of U.S. manufacturing facilities to the America's.