Doctor and Business Development/Contracts Management Executive, Raymond Hopkins is the author of Grow Your Global Markets and several articles in refereed marketing journals. Working in the fields of international procurement and contract administration, he has purchased aircraft parts and structures from South Korea and Japan and negotiated the execution and administration of contracts for the sale of rotorcraft, upgrades, structures, and parts to the U. S. Government and customers in Southeast Asia (Japan, South Korea), South America (Colombia) and Europe (Denmark, United Kingdom).

He began his career in sales with U.S. Steel Corporation moving into subcontract management with Fluor Engineers Inc., C. F. Braun Co. procuring petrochemical plant control systems, contract manufacturing for U.S. Borax & Chemical Corporation. For Hughes Helicopters Inc. (later McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co. and The Boeing Company), he initially procured military aircraft components and light helicopter fuselages ($6.5 million annually) from South Korea and other aircraft components from Japan.

Raymond is a graduate of California State University at Fullerton with a B.A. in political science, California State University at Los Angeles with an M.S. in public administration, and Nova Southeastern University with a Doctorate in Business Administration. He has completed additional graduate work in law, international Business, and U.S. Government Contracts. He was awarded the 2010 Emerald Literati Network Outstanding Paper Award and has delivered graduate and undergraduate college courses in marketing and international business. In his spare time, he enjoys teaching marketing and international business as MBA adjunct faculty.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in a family of four boys and one girl, Raymond lives with his wife of 44 years, Madeleine, in Chandler, Arizona. Learn more at https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-a-hopkins .