Senior executive with global expertise and 30-plus years of experience working with decision-makers at the most senior levels of business and government. Extensive relationships with leaders in government, business (at the Fortune Global 500 level), key international and regional media organizations, and academia. Trusted advisor and highly regarded strategist in the areas of planning, development and relationship management.

 

Additional areas of expertise include:

 

• International Business	• Acquisitions	• Relationship Management
• Corporate Governance	• New Venture Startups	• Government Relations
• Non profit Organization Development	• Strategic Planning and Development	• Marketing & Public Relations

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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, Cincinnati, Ohio

Ohio’s premier urban research university (part of the University System of Ohio), ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities by the National Science Foundation.

 Strategic Advisor – 2008-2010

• Developed and a plan for the university  for an International Business Engagement Center.
• Participated in work of team that developed the university’s International Capital Campaign including developing lists of projects totaling $53 million. Personally created “A list” of supporters and donors.
• Directly responsible for building the Corporate Engagement portion of the UCosmic database (University of Cincinnati/State University of New York Online System for Managing International Collaboration – over 600 firms screened and included. Met with senior area and  international business executives to get their perspectives on how the university could best serve their ever-increasing global needs.
• Developed  relationships with numerous international firms in the Midwest.
• Worked to organize an international education summit at the university.
• Member of the International Education Advisory Committee to provide input to the chancellor, University System of Ohio, on expanding international education at both the university and K-12 levels.
• Hosted senior-level international business and academic groups at the university.
  
• Result: agreements of cooperation with two of the university’s constituent colleges.
• Worked with recruiters in Asia to increase undergraduate student enrollment at the university.
• Developed plan for taking the university’s alumni association global
• Worked with the Ohio Department of Economic Development to encourage promotion of trade in education services by its overseas offices.
• Frequently lectured on international business topics.

PACIFIC BASIN ECONOMIC COUNCIL, Hong Kong, China

Chief Executive Officer       2006 - 2007

Leading global business advisor and tech/systems integrator with revenues of over $3B.

 

Responsible for all aspects of customer relationship management for strategic clients.

 

• Member of the executive team that developed and implemented a successful strategic plan that grew revenues in the Asia-Pacific region in excess of $400M in four years. 

• Member of team that managed the integration and acquisition of Anderson Business Consulting which doubled the revenues of the organization.

• Key Accounts Director for Fortune Global 500 clients.

• Directed the marketing and public relation efforts in Asia, with direct responsibility for rebranding from KPMG Consulting to BearingPoint, attaining the highest global brand awareness with C-Level clients.

• Consulted with key business and government leaders from organizations such as: Bank of China, Grand China Airline (formerly Hainan), China Telecom, China Unicom, Government of China and Brunei, Telekom Malasia, CP Group Thailand, LG Group Korea, Hyosung Group Korea, Air New Zealand, and Tokyo Gas.

 

Asia-Pacific's oldest and largest multinational organization of senior business executives.

 

Executive leader for a multinational board represented by 21 different nations and economies.

 

• Revitalized and firmly established organization with governments and the news media as the voice of business in the Pacific.

• Built financial strength from zero in operating budget to a surplus of nearly US $4M.

• Grew membership by over 30 percent to 1,000 major corporations including the U.S. and Japan's largest firms and many of China's key state-owned enterprises.  Organizations were represented by the CEO, chairman or other most senior-level executive.

• Increased the number of member nations from 12 to 21 and added senior business leaders in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

• Built close ties with national governments at the Prime Minister and Cabinet level.

• Developed close cooperative relationships with international organizations including Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) to advance policy issues, including the expansion of e-commerce, trade and investment liberalization, intellectual property rights protection, corporate governance, market entry, foreign direct investment, and capacity building.

 

Spin-off of the $19M international trade unit of Security Pacific Corporation.

 

 

Assisted emerging growth and large companies in establishing overseas sales channels and joint ventures in China and Russia.  Penetrated the Japanese consumer goods market and set up distribution for clients in Southeast Asia.

 

• Developed strong business ties with large corporations in Japan, Mexico, China, and Russia.

• Established a profitable joint venture with one of China’s largest electronic manufacturer.

 

Export trading and trade finance subsidiary of Security Pacific Financial Corporation (now Bank of America).

 

As a member of the executive management team, created new business venture.

 

 

 

Held various positions of increased responsibility in the areas of marketing, sales and international business development.

 

• Developed several new consumer products for international markets and turned around a business with declining sales and profits.

• Forward integrated the firm to take over distribution for all of Southeast Asia.

• Established Corning (Singapore) Ltd., and forward integrated distribution into Southeast Asia.

• Served as Asia-Pacific/Latin America Optical Lens Materials Marketing Manager for Corning's most profitable product growing profits 300%.

 

 

Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale, Arizona

Master Business Administration                         

 

Institute for International Studies and Training (IIST), a subsidiary of the Japan Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Tokyo, Japan

Certificate of Management Studies

 

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Bachelors of International Economics and International Relations, Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa