Subanna Sulaiman

International project management and business operations professional with an M.S. in International Business, legal training, and experience coordinating cross-border product launches, external vendors, website development, market analysis, corporate due diligence, and social-commerce operations. Skilled at structuring ambiguous work, comparing alternatives, identifying risk, and translating complex information into actionable recommendations for executives, attorneys, clients, and external partners.

International Project Management Specialist at Blank Easel LLC (2026-06 – Present)

Early-stage artist IP commercialization platform connecting artists, designers, manufacturers, and consumers through individual digital storefronts and derivative product development

• Report directly to the CEO and coordinate simultaneous workstreams across product development, supplier management, artist and designer communication, website development, and international logistics in a lean startup environment.
• Took ownership of a 5,400-unit product launch during the sampling phase and advanced it through sample approval, purchase execution, production completion, packaging, and international ocean shipment.
• Managed the post-sampling launch, valued at under $50,000, across T-shirts, hoodies, and hats; coordinated specifications, sample revisions, purchase orders, quality requirements, payment, production tracking, and shipment readiness.
• Evaluated 6–7 manufacturing suppliers in China and multiple U.S.-based web development firms and independent developers; compared pricing, capabilities, and proposals, shortlisted the strongest options, and presented recommendations to the CEO.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Blank Easel and the selected external developer; define functional requirements, page architecture, creator onboarding flows, individual storefront needs, project milestones, and revision priorities.
• Translated the company's artist IP commercialization model into operational workflows spanning creator onboarding, design collaboration, product development, supply chain, and e-commerce execution.
• Prepared and verified commercial invoices and packing lists and coordinated freight forwarders, customs documentation, and import-clearance requirements for ocean freight from China to the United States.

Paralegal at Nixan Law Firm (2022-07 – 2024-04)

• Supported two attorneys across civil litigation and non-litigation matters involving contract disputes, tort claims, corporate disputes, bank financing, corporate contracts, and due diligence.
• Conducted client interviews, identified critical facts, and developed structured case timelines and relationship maps to clarify contractual rights, obligations, performance milestones, and dispute progression.
• Prepared initial complaint drafts for attorney review, legal-research summaries, evidence summaries and lists, project reports, deadline tracking, and court-process support; managed up to six concurrent matters.
• Coordinated end-to-end documentation workflows for bank financing, corporate contracts, and due diligence, including document collection, verification, checklist preparation, bank communication, report organization, signature tracking, and issue resolution.
• Identified and investigated inconsistencies across multi-year financial statements during corporate due diligence; developed an exception list, coordinated supporting records and formal explanations, independently validated available evidence, and documented unresolved discrepancies as potential record-integrity risks in the final report.

Compliance Legal Affairs Intern at Yingke Law Firm (2022-03 – 2022-07)

• Supported corporate compliance reviews by researching company ownership structures and assessing data- and contract-related compliance issues.

Judicial Assistant Intern at Urumqi Tianshan District People's Court (2020-12 – 2021-03)

• Supported civil-court proceedings through case-file organization, basic document drafting, pre-hearing preparation, and hearing records, then tracked procedural steps and documentation for non-litigation enforcement matters.

Founder & E-commerce Operator at Independent Social Commerce Business (2017 – 2020)

• Founded and operated a bilingual social-commerce business across WeChat and Douyin, managing supplier coordination, product selection, content creation, live-stream sales, customer relationships, and order fulfillment.
• Expanded the assortment from apparel into jewelry, handbags, and footwear and developed a bundled merchandising strategy that combined products into coordinated looks based on observed customer preferences.

Master of Science in International Business – Florida Atlantic University (2024-09 – 2026-05)

Juris Master – North China University of Technology (2022-09 – 2024-06)

Bachelor of Laws – China University of Political Science and Law (2017-09 – 2021-06)