W. Gary Winget is a principal of FasTrack Global Expansion Solutions and Global Resource Associates. He served as the Assistant Director for Export Development at the Minnesota Trade Office where he received the Governor's Award for his outstanding efforts in initiating a targeted industry export marketing program. Winget is an author of a book on how companies can better succeed in the global market, titled Fast-Track Exporting, published by the American Management Association. He was honored with the U.S. Presidential E Award for his outstanding contribution to the export expansion program of the United States of America. He was awarded a Bush Mid-Career Fellowship to study public policy at Yale University. Winget received his B.S. in commerce and law from the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign.