U.S. Management Team

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Ben zhang

Ben Zhang is founder of several businesses, most notably Greater Pacific Industries, Inc. headquartered in Issaquah, Washington. Ben brings decades of international trade and business expertise to Greater Pacific and the company continues to be a top 50 supplier and “Best Places to Work” in the Advertising Specialty Industry. Greater Pacific has additional sales offices in Philadelphia, PA and San Diego, CA., and a sourcing office in Shanghai, China.

Ben has earned many awards during his career, including both the University of Washington Foster School of Business “Asian Business Leadership” Award as well as City University’s Global Innovator Award for multi-cultural businesses. Most recently the Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council recognized Greater Pacific as “Supplier of the Year” and Ben was awarded the prestigious John A. Gilmore award for minority business advocacy. He serves as a member of the US-China Business Council and is a valued board member of the Washington State China Relations Council.

He supports many philanthropical endeavors both with his time and financial resources in communities crossing both sides of the Pacific.

Originally from Jiangsu China, Ben holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Washington, an MBA from Cornell University, and OPM from the Harvard Business School.

In his spare time, he enjoys a casual round of golf, his favorite sport and is a member of Aldarra Golf Club in Washington where he carries a 6 handicap.

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Mel cutter

Mel is Greater Pacific’s Human Resource Manager. He has been with Greater Pacific since 1996 and was its first employee. Mel has filled many management positions within Greater Pacific during the company's history. He has extensive experience on both the import and production side of operations to compliment his sales background. Mel is a graduate of the University of Washington TMP Management Program, where he also received his BA in Human Resource Management.

Reed Hunt

Reed Hunt, Greater Pacific’s CFO, has more than twenty years’ of finance and accounting experience in industries including financial services, gaming, real estate, and technology. 

Reed has a B.A. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from Washington State University and has an MBA with an emphasis in Finance and International Business from the University of Washington.

Hanson Chong

Hanson Chong is the V.P. Import Operations of Greater Pacific. He oversees the import department in both US and Asia with responsibilities for sourcing, production, quality control, testing, and compliance. With 25+ years of experience in international trade and manufacturing, 10 years of experience in international sales channel management in tech industry of Fortune 500 company, and wealthy experiences in creating & investing new businesses, Hanson brings abroad industry knowledge and technical expertise to the teams and plays a very important role.

Hanson holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University and an MBA from Murdoch University in Australia. He lives in Issaquah, Washington with wife and two daughters, enjoys fishing and boating in the summer.