Eliasan Consulting - Company of the Year – Business Services

Company: Eliasan Consulting, LLC - Seattle, WA
Company Description: Eliasan Consulting is a full-service global trade marketing and market development consulting firm that helps premium food and beverage companies enter international markets and maximize their chances of success. We have over 10 years of combined experience in international trade and business within the F&B industries.
Nomination Category: Company/Organization Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Company of the Year – Business Services – 10 or Less Employees

Nomination Title: Eliasan Consulting, LLC

Eliasan Consulting, LLC is an export strategy and market development consulting firm that was born as the culmination of Founder &CEO Alyson Segawa’s successful career over the years in international trade and business. Eliasan’s purpose is to support businesses and help them spread their wings towards the competitive exportation of their premium food and beverage products all around the world. With outstanding growth during the year 2020 despite the pandemic, Alyson keeps helping her clients adapt to the continuously changing global trade landscape of 2021.

Her family’s long history in business and agriculture helped her learn the importance of these industries from a young age, as well as the value of perseverance and hard work. Alyson went from working at sales and nonprofits to dive deeply into the waters of professional services. She worked for a well-known international affairs consulting firm, and after several years of managing a multimillionaire client portfolio, and cultivating meaningful client relationships, she started Eliasan Consulting, LLC.

In just a couple of years, Eliasan Consulting has become a six-figure revenue business, experiencing a doubling in sales in the year 2020 in comparison to the year 2019. The company is a cash-positive business with a 30% net profit margin, which is exceptional for the professional services industry and reflects the company’s success in building a lean business model while delivering value to clients. Eliasan Consulting also has a notorious success rate of 95% helping their clients secure state and federal grant funding, which has resulted in millions of additional dollars for her clients. Alyson has helped her clients develop marketing strategies in over 15 different countries across the globe, resulting in an exceptional client revenue increase of $23 million to date.

Eliasan Consulting remains the only US firm that is 100% owned and run by a multiracial woman of color within its industry. It focuses on pragmatic solutions and strategies that are uniquely tailored for the specific client’s needs and priorities. One of the core values of the company is to put themselves in the shoes of their clients, to be able to give them long-lasting sustainable tools to thrive in the ever-shifting global trade market. The honesty, trust, and authenticity that is put on every strategy come to fruition and the testimonials of previous recent clients are living proof of it.

Despite the company’s success, Eliasan Consulting firmly believes in giving back to the community. Founder &CEO Alyson Segawa volunteers with the Women’s Philanthropic Collective, getting behind their cause to help women and children move toward stability and self-sufficiency. She has also been an active member of the Leadership Council for the nonpartisan National Small Business Association since 2019, advocating for diverse small businesses across industry sectors.

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Eliasan Consulting firmly supports greater diversity, representation, and inclusivity in the U.S business space, a cause aligned to Alyson’s own experience as a CEO woman of color. Every year, the company donates a portion of its profits to nonprofit organizations such as the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund that support these issues and provide support to underrepresented communities.

In regards to workplace wellbeing, the company values its team members and their contributions greatly. Company leadership believes that employee well-being directly contributes to client outcomes and success in achieving the client’s goals. To this end, Eliasan Consulting’s headquarters offers employees an array of unique amenities to boost company morale and productivity. The company offers staff breakfast, snacks, and craft coffee from local vendors throughout the day to support small businesses in the community.

Company employees are also offered the ability to work remotely and the company’s office space includes a wellness room for those working to take periodic breaks and boost team creativity and productivity. The company encourages continuing education and professional networking for their employees, hence they always offer training opportunities to help each individual achieve their professional goals. Other benefits such as transportation reimbursement have been available and will be when the current times normalize again.