James Higgins
Founder
James brings more than 25 years of international commercial, operational and business development experience, with extensive experience working between China, Asia and international markets.
His career has included senior leadership and commercial roles involving manufacturing, international business development, sourcing, supplier development and cross-border customer relationships across industrial, technology and energy-related sectors.
Having worked directly with both manufacturers and international customers, James brings an understanding of the requirements on both sides of the relationship — what global companies need from manufacturing partners and what manufacturers must do to successfully develop international business.
JES Connect was built around that perspective: combine local presence, international commercial experience, structured methodologies and the right specialist resources to turn opportunity into execution.
Terry Wei
Partner
Terry is a bilingual business development and international sales professional with over 15 years of experience working across China and international markets.
He has extensive expertise in B2B sales, strategic partnerships, market development and cross-border business, with a strong background in renewable energy, industrial technology and advanced manufacturing.
With a deep understanding of both Chinese and Western business cultures, Terry brings a practical, relationship-driven approach to international business development, technology commercialization and cross-border partnerships.
Dragon Ding 丁金龙
Partner – Supplier Development & Quality
Dragon brings more than 30 years of experience in project management, quality management, supplier development and commercial operations, with extensive experience supporting both international customers and Chinese manufacturers.
His career has covered a broad range of industries including automotive and new energy vehicles, robotics, solar and energy storage, engineering machinery, offshore equipment, semiconductor equipment and rail transportation.
With deep manufacturing experience across injection molding, stamping, aluminum and magnesium die casting, machining, welding and assembly, Dragon brings a practical understanding of manufacturing capability, process control, quality requirements and supplier development.
His technical background includes IATF 16949 internal auditing, VDA 6.3 process auditing and PMP project management, supported by a Master of Engineering in Project Management.
At JES Connect, Dragon brings the manufacturing and supplier-side expertise needed to assess capability, identify risk and help develop suppliers that can meet the quality, technical and operational expectations of international customers.
