Joel Adamson Email & Phone Number

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEMr. Adamson and his company (https://www.investkaz.com/) currently assist the Kazakhstan government with supporting U.S. companies that want to do business in Kazakhstan. Mr. Adamson has over 30 years experience in the field of international project management and engineering. He has had senior coorporate leadership positions while living in Kazakhstan for 14 years, including with ExxonMobil and Chevron. His fluency in the Kazakh language and his deep understanding of Kazakhstan's culture and history make him uniquely qualified to guide and advise American companies as well as the Kazakhstan government with the goal of building lasting relationships, solving problems as they arise, and creating durable agreements between Kazakh and American partners. He has proven ability in management of people, resource allocation, budgeting and planning. He is well connected in all levels of Kazakhstan government and provides government relations services to US companies.LICENSERegistered Professional Engineer (PE) in Washington State License #45366Specialties: LANGUAGE SKILLSRussian Language Proficiency: Conversational. Foreign Service Institute proficiency (FSI) level S-2+• Studied Russian 2 years at U.C. Irvine as undergraduate.• Used the Russian language while living in Russia (1 yr) and Kazakhstan (13 years)Kazakh LanguageProficiency: Fluent. Foreign Service Institute proficiency (FSI) level S-4.• Able to present, negotiate, debate, in Kazakh without the use of a translator.

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