Joseph G. Englert
President, Export Assist Inc.
Get More $ Out of Your Exports

Utilizing his extensive experience in banking, finance and international reinsurance, Mr. Englert founded Export Assist, Inc. in 1992. Export Assist is a leader in export finance management, specializing in export tax benefit services including IC-DISC and Virgin Islands Export Corporation (VIEXCO) incorporation, implementation, compliance and management. Export Assist was the largest foreign sales corporation (FSC) management company in the United States. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Nevada, St. Thomas (USVI), Bermuda and Barbados, the company has assisted more than 2,500 exporters nationwide, ranging from small and medium-sized companies to 20 percent of the Fortune 500 and one-third of the Dow Jones Industrials. In addition to speaking at numerous financial conferences, Mr. Englert has worked with the U.S. Department of Commerce since 1993 and teaches trade finance seminars for the Foreign Commercial Service Division, International Trade Administration and the Office of Import Administration, plus he has been an advisor to the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of International Trade. In 1999, Mr. Englert negotiated the first public-private partnership with The Export-Import Bank of the United States to teach Export Assist’s Export Lender Course to U.S. financial institutions nationwide. He has also authored the Exporter Finance Guidebook to help exporters understand and obtain export financing. Currently, he is on the Advisory Board of the School of Business and Management for Notre Dame de Namur University.