About us

Northern California MBEC^TM

Northern California Minority Business Enterprise Center MBEC^TM is funded by the Minority Business Development Agency MBDA^TM under the U.S. Department of Commerce and the operation has been entrusted to ASIAN, Inc. of San Francisco.

The MBDA^TM mission is to actively promote the growth and competitiveness of the Minority Business Enterprises of all sizes (see eligibility) and is the only federal agency that specifically fosters the growth and establishment of Minority Businesses in the U.S. more…

Asian Inc. is a non-profit technical assistance and research organization that works to strengthen the infrastructure of the Asian American Community and other minorities in Northern California. They aim to eliminate systemic dependencies through physical, economic, and social development. more…

Strategic Partnerships

Northern California MBEC^TM is actively building strategic partnership to accomplish its critical mission of helping MBE business growth in its geographic area coverage.

Our partners are well-known organizations in their industries. More important they understand and are committed to work with us, to foster the growth of minority owned businesses.

Following this ling you will find more information about our partners …more. We thank each of them for their valuable support to the Center and to the Minority Community.

If your company or organization is interested on becoming a partner please contact us ...more.

Our team

Alejandro Serrudo

Alejandro holds a bachelors on Industrial Engineering, a MBA and a major on Finance, he has been a consultant to large and small companies in a wide variety of industries, including retail, services, and construction. He has worked on public and private projects nationally and internationally, with an emphasis on assisting the Hispanic market.

As part of the MBEC^TM team, Alejandro is committed to offering his consulting expertise in finance and management to help minority businesses compete and thrive in mainstream markets.

Yanhua Li

Ms. Yanhua Li started her career in international trade and business development working for the Australian Trade Commission in North East Asia. She joined the team after gaining experience in business consulting and project management in public, private, and non-profit sectors.

With her passion of serving the underprivileged population, Ms. Li is committed to her job in Northern California MBEC^TM to nurture the growth of minority businesses in her community.

Raymond Au Yeong

Raymond Au Yeong has over 15 years of domestic and international experience in accounting, auditing and finance in the private and public sectors. During his time as a business consultant for the Central California Business Development Center, he assisted more than 1,000 clients to develop working business plans, obtain loans, and analyze financial statements to improve profitability of his clients. In addition to being a bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank in Malaysia, he has worked in corporations including Comcast and Viacom. Raymond’s primary focus at the Northern California MBEC is financial consulting, and management assistance to minority business owners for their business expansion and retention.

Le Hong

Le holds a B.A. Computer Sciences degree and an MBA with focus in marketing and management. She has more than 15 years of experience at Hewlett-Packard in enterprise software solution development, strategic planning, partner relationship, budgeting, people and project management. She has successfully managed many large and complex software development projects in a global environment. As a volunteer, she has assisted small business and non-profit organizations with business plan and fund raising.

She joined NorCal MBEC as a project manager for the ARRA Project. She found this project to be an opportunity to leverage her skills to create awareness of ARRA opportunities and provide MBEs with better support in accessing and competing for ARRA opportunities.

Victor Tetteh

Victor holds a Bachelor degree with major in Accounting and minor in French language. He was a Staff Accountant in a major Mortgage company for eight years, then a Contract/Procurement manager for a major corporation for nine years. He has strong experience in accounting, issuing RFPs, and managing purchase orders. He contributed to the success of the Small Business Initiative (SBI) project in the Western part of the U.S...Through his leadership and his influence, he got major private companies and public sector to consider small businesses.

As a procurement outreach officer with the NorCal MBEC, Victor is committed to find opportunities for MBEs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.