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Maine International Trade Center (MITC) has chosen Dirigo Strategies as one of this year’s International Trade Award recipients

Dirigo’s MITC Press Release

“We’re very pleased to recognize this year’s award winners who demonstrate commitments to excellence, global connections, innovation, and sustainability,” said MITC President Wade Merritt. “We look forward to presenting the awards and celebrating their success with Maine’s international business community at Trade Day 2023.”

Service Provider of the Year: Dirigo Strategies (Thomaston, ME)

The Service Provider of the Year Award is presented to a service provider that has established an international presence for the export of their service.”

“We care about the safety and well-being of the people we are helping; we perform our due diligence when clients come to us with products that they wish to sell to the U.S. government,” said Brian Perkins, President of Dirigo Strategies. “We know what questions to ask and if there’s a product made in Sweden that can make a U.S. Coast Guard ship safer and more efficient, we want to help bring that product to the right people. We have established relationships around the world and are pleased to be named MITC’s Service Provider of the Year.”

ABOUT Dirigo Strategies, LLC, a marine consulting company in Thomaston, advises agencies and corporations on operations and planning, the Arctic, marketing, domestic and international sales opportunities, R&D, and advanced technologies. The company specializes in helping others understand the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and NOAA. President of Dirigo Strategies Brian Perkins (Capt. ret) has a deep understanding of the government’s seagoing needs after his 30-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard. Working with a team of professional consultants, he helps both U.S. and international companies sell products that meet the needs of these services and related agencies. Brian has traveled to trade shows in Canada and Norway with MITC and is headed to Oslo for the Nor-Shipping Exhibition this summer and Scotland in the fall.

Dirigo’s MITC Press Release

“We’re very pleased to recognize this year’s award winners who demonstrate commitments to excellence, global connections, innovation, and sustainability,” said MITC President Wade Merritt. “We look forward to presenting the awards and celebrating their success with Maine’s international business community at Trade Day 2023.”

Service Provider of the Year: Dirigo Strategies (Thomaston, ME)

The Service Provider of the Year Award is presented to a service provider that has established an international presence for the export of their service.”

“We care about the safety and well-being of the people we are helping; we perform our due diligence when clients come to us with products that they wish to sell to the U.S. government,” said Brian Perkins, President of Dirigo Strategies. “We know what questions to ask and if there’s a product made in Sweden that can make a U.S. Coast Guard ship safer and more efficient, we want to help bring that product to the right people. We have established relationships around the world and are pleased to be named MITC’s Service Provider of the Year.”

ABOUT Dirigo Strategies, LLC, a marine consulting company in Thomaston, advises agencies and corporations on operations and planning, the Arctic, marketing, domestic and international sales opportunities, R&D, and advanced technologies. The company specializes in helping others understand the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and NOAA. President of Dirigo Strategies Brian Perkins (Capt. ret) has a deep understanding of the government’s seagoing needs after his 30-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard. Working with a team of professional consultants, he helps both U.S. and international companies sell products that meet the needs of these services and related agencies. Brian has traveled to trade shows in Canada and Norway with MITC and is headed to Oslo for the Nor-Shipping Exhibition this summer and Scotland in the fall.

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