About Iowa Medical PPE
We are a provider of standardized and custom personal protective equipment (PPE) solutions and work primarily in the food and medical disposable glove space.
Our Background
Iowa Medical PPE Supplies is a stand-alone spinoff company of TransChina Solutions (TCS). TCS is a new product development and supply chain management firm which specializes in creating entire supply chains for new-to-market product lines. TCS has offices in Dongguan, China and Cedar Falls, IA, USA.
Iowa Medical PPE Supplies as a stand-alone company started as a company in March 2020 with the initial goal of servicing local hospitals and nursing homes who did not have professional global sourcing teams. We initially sourced various types of PPE for our local customers. As demand grew, we started servicing regional (Midwest) customers. Today, we have customers across the US.
As we grew, we made the strategic decision to narrow our focus on one product category (gloves). Various categories of gloves now make up more than 90% of our sales volume. We now offer multiple disposable glove lines in generic packaging, private label packaging and our own branded product offering. The name of our branded product is “SafeHand” and is trademark pending with the USPTO.
As we have continued to grow, we have expanded our international presence. In addition to our headquarters in Cedar Falls, IA, we also have employees in Dongguan, China; London, England; and Mantin, Malaysia (30 minutes outside Kuala Lumpur).
Who We Are
John Anderson
John Anderson has an undergraduate degree in Supply Chain Management, a master’s degree in Management Science, and a PhD in Management. He is currently a tenured professor and John Deere Endowed Faculty Fellow at University of Northern Iowa. Dr. Anderson lived in China for 4.5 years prior to moving back to the US. He worked in FAW’s International Logistics department in northeast China, studied Mandarin Chinese full-time at Northeast University of Finance and Economics (in Dalian, China) and taught Operations and Supply Chain Management at China Agricultural University (in Beijing, China). Dr. Anderson is an owner of TransChina Solutions and other related businesses. John was recently recognized as one of the top 20 individuals under 40 years old in the region.
Yi Cheng
Yi Cheng has an undergraduate degree in Human Resource Management and a master’s degree in Knowledge Management. She previously worked for KPMG’s Beijing office in the tax department as a transfer pricing specialist. Yi is originally from Guizhou, China, but grew up in Dongguan, China. She is native in Sichuan, Cantonese, and Mandarin dialects of Chinese. After working at KPMG she started TransChina Solutions with John Anderson. Under Yi’s tutelage, TCS has grown at an average rate of 38% year-on-year since 2009. Yi specializes in strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations and quality control. Yi’s father was formerly the head surgeon at a hospital in Dongguan, China and continues to facilitate direct access to key manufacturers in the PPE industry.
Brent Dahlstrom
Brent Dahlstrom has undergraduate degrees in Finance and Real Estate. He is a serial entrepreneur with ownership of over 100 profitable companies across the Midwest. His portfolio includes everything from the Midwest’s largest non-emergent medical transport company, to yoga studios and gyms, to an online ticket resale company. One of Brent’s primary focus is, however, real estate development. He is the developer for large projects across the Midwest with total budgets of $800 million. Brent was recognized as one of the top 20 individuals under 40 years old in the region. In his role at Iowa Medical PPE Supplies, Brent specializes in sales, customer relations, financing and corporate strategy.
Tyler Afflixio
Tyler has over a decade of experience in b2b and b2c sales. The majority of his experience is in the fast-paced tech industry, where he oversaw sales management in large geographic areas of the United States.