Josh Halpern

Josh Halpern launched the U.S. Department of Commerce’s eCommerce Innovation Lab, based in Silicon Valley, California in 2016.  Mr. Halpern’s role includes leveraging private sector solutions and the International Trade Administration’s global reach to drive U.S. exports of goods and services through ecommerce channels.

From 2011 through 2015, Joshua Halpern led the eCommerce, Retail, Franchise and Logistics portfolios for the U.S. Embassy in China where he and his team provided market-entry consulting for U.S. companies entering China. He speaks regularly at industry conferences across the U.S. and China and has won U.S. State Department and Department of Commerce awards for his innovation in management and public-private ecommerce solutions.

Mr. Halpern is a commissioned and tenured Foreign Service Officer, holds a B.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, an MBA from INSEAD and an EMBA from Tsinghua University, where he served as class President.