Jacqueline Torcellini is a Senior International Trade Specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s, U.S. Commercial Service, Middletown, CT office. She has been providing international business support for over a decade and has assisted scores of businesses to either start exporting or expand their existing international business. Jacqueline holds a master’s degree in political science, International Relations from Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU). Her years of experience in business development, financial management, operations, training, and communications, assists companies with successful international expansion. Jacqueline believes U.S. companies can strengthen their business by diversifying their client portfolio through expansion to appropriate international markets. She is excited to be able to support U.S. companies, by helping them identify top markets for their products, determine the best market entry strategy and how to harness the resources available to them on the federal and state level, so they can make exporting a part of their business growth strategy.