About Alcyon

American led. Full-time Asia based.

We tell investors and executives what's really happening inside the factories they're about to bet on.

The sales deck says three hundred workers on your order. The count on the floor is sixty-one, and the line beside them is running someone else's product. The manager smiles the whole tour.

That gap is the job.

Illustrative, from our sample dossier.

The principal

Patrick McCreaPrincipal

Based in Asia since 2012. He has spent that time on the buyer's side of the table, in sourcing, costing, quality control and project management for US consumer-product companies.

Conversational Mandarin. B.A., International Relations and Comparative Religious Philosophy, University of South Carolina.

  1. 2012 ShenzhenProject manager and marketing director for an equipment manufacturer. Learned factories from the inside, not from a deck.
  2. 2016 Idea PlanetDirector of Sourcing & Purchasing. The supplier base, the costings, the factory relationships.
  3. 2018 Second Planet (Hong Kong)Chief Representative, running the Shenzhen office: the company's eyes and ears on the ground in China.
  4. 2022 A global acquirerCarried the work into a global group after the acquisition, through 2025.
  5. 2026 AlcyonIndependent factory intelligence, for the people funding the factories.
14+ years on the ground in Asia
100+ factories worked with
“Patrick has a rare ‘boots-on-the-ground’ ability to identify the right facility for the right job. He understands that a factory’s management structure must align with a project’s specific complexity.”
James Wilson
“He produced clear, decision-ready cost data that made it easy for U.S. stakeholders to act fast with confidence… often mapping multiple scenarios across cost, timing, capabilities, and design constraints before issues surfaced.”
Frank Kautzman
“Patrick… provided the US with the right amount of data in clear and easy-to-understand formats.”
Bradley Kurek

A small number of audits a year. The line is direct.

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