Served as a member of the board and oversaw the embassy commissary.

Inspectors General for the U.S. Government ensure that executive agencies are compliant with all laws, rules and regulations. As a management inspector made objective and independent assessments of policy implementation, resource management and management controls by U.S. Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors entities. Determined if the inspected entities were in compliance with laws, Office of Management and Budget regulations and Department of State directives and manuals.

Deputy Management officer in Financial Management and Human Resources Offices for U.S. Embassies in Zagreb, Croatia and Podgorica, Montenegro. Supervised accounting, vouchering and cashiering and monitored funds to insure that obligations and disbursements were correct and proper. Certified that funds were available for transactions and certified payments. Strengthened and enforced a system of oversight and internal controls to ensure that financial and personnel operations were safeguarded against waste, fraud and mismanagement. Administered American staff programs. Managed student intern program.

Managed the U.S. Embassy Regional Security Office.

Trained Customs and Border Protection Attaches. Facilitated the new employee orientation program which included integrity, ethics, human resources, diversity and civil rights and law enforcement programs overviews. Investigated allegations of misconduct as a fact finder for the Office of Internal Affairs. Coordinated international visitors programs to CBP Headquarters and the CBP training academies. Managed the agency tuition assistance program.

Developed an orientation program for new employees, revised the Bureau Program and Policy Handbook, developed an assessment tool to evaluated foreign border control regimes and assisted in the development of a training program for overseas INL officers.

Managed the $400 million contract for the training and equipping of the Afghan National Police as the in-country contract officer representative. Worked with police and other advisors to develop and monitor assistance programs including the development of regional police training centers. Coordinated an Office of Inspector General audit of the State Department Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs program in Afghanistan.

Managed U.S. law enforcement assistance in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan while based at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia. Assessed assistance needs, developed project proposals including budgets and outcome-based performance metrics. Chaired contract technical evaluation groups, managed multiple contracts, supervised law enforcement section staff, reported on law enforcement issues, and advised ambassadors and other managers. Managed all aspects of the $3 million annual law enforcement budget for Embassy Yerevan. Partnered with international organizations including UNDP, IOM, OSCE and others and with local and international NGOs to improve criminal justice systems. Projects helped police academies improve basic and advanced training in crime scene management, evidence collection and analyses and other areas. Worked with the Offices of Procurators General to increase capacity to prosecute crimes including money laundering and human trafficking. Built a forensic laboratory for the use of all Armenian law enforcement and law enforcement communication networks for the national police and border enforcement authorities. Arranged in-country training by the FBI and other U.S. law enforcement. Led delegations to the U.S. to observe our law enforcement training. Briefed delegations from the Departments of State and Defense and Armenian Diaspora groups.

Oversaw U.S. law enforcement assistance to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan

Represented U.S. Customs on bilateral U.S. - Mexico and U.S. - Canada Border Facilities Working Groups and managed the U.S. Customs Office of Field Operations Administrative Inquiries and Firearms and Use of Force Programs

Conducted border assessments, led training teams and conducted border law enforcement training in Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Uzbekistan, Hungary and Lithuania

Served as a member of contraband enforcement teams and made several significant drug seizures for which I received numerous awards. Interdicted the first West African heroin smugglers that helped bust a major smuggling operation. Participated in the largest seizure of heroin in U.S. history.

Taught English, Business Management and Business Law to Indochinese refugees and newly arrived immigrants from Latin America. Managed the ESL programs including supervising 13 other instructors.

Played the role of Santa Claus for the entire Christmas season including a live appearance on the local news. Sold Ralph Lauren Polo and other designer clothing as a commissioned sales associate.

Taught English for Special Purposes and basic electronics to Saudi military personnel at the Royal Saudi Arabia Signal School

Taught English as a Second Language to refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Taught at a Thai Secondary School in Chiang Rai for the first year. Served as an educational supervisor in the four southern provinces of Thailand, Yala, Pattani, Naraithiwat and Satun the second year giving demonstration classes in regional and religious schools and training teachers.