CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:• He managed international media relations programs in behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.• He helped create and conduct a state by state marketing program for the Education unit of The History Channel in support of its Multimedia Classroom.• He provided crisis communications counseling and implementation services to Soviet era defectors Maxim and Dmitri Shostakovich.• He provided business development services for President Eduard Shevardnadze of the Republic of Georgia and consulting services to the current president, Mikhail Saakashvili. • He created and managed the worldwide marketing support program for Eli Lilly’s first anti-arthritis drug, Oraflex. • He led the communications team that helped successfully defend Goodyear against a high profile takeover initiative led by Sir James Goldsmith. • He managed international business development efforts for the Cities of Los Angeles, CA and Glasgow, Scotland and the Kingdom of Morocco. • Developed and led a marketing support program for the commercial real estate division of Metropolitan National Bank of New York.• Led the communications team that helped successfully defend Goodyear against a high profile takeover initiative led by Sir James Goldsmith. • Managed international business development efforts for the Cities of Los Angeles, CA and Glasgow, Scotland and the Kingdom of Morocco.
Listed skills include Strategic Planning, Public Relations, Public Speaking, Business Development, and 12 others.