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Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led overall long-term, strategic planning of office operations and business development outreach.Displayed critical listening skills and discretion in fulfilling extremely diverse client requirements.Empathized with multiple foreign policy perspectives, critical to understanding great power relations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided confidential geopolitical forecasting services regarding U.S.-China relations.Articulated how the U.S.-China trade war is just the beginning of a new Cold War.Emphasized the need for more presidential unorthodoxy and pragmatism in U.S.-DPRK relations.Argued for the necessity of including China in any trade or security architecture in the Indo-Pacific.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Wrote foreign policy articles addressing the increasingly fraught, yet complex, U.S.-China relationship.Highlighted the role of increased U.S.-Taiwan relations in overall deterioration of U.S.-China ties.Compared U.S. and Japanese strategies to enlist Russia to balance China.Argued that favoring common interests over values would improve U.S.-Russian relations.Argued that economics is key factor in The Philippines' U.S.-China foreign policy balancing act.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Analyzed various policy and regulatory issues for Japanese firms looking to enter U.S. markets.Led detailed project on evolution of U.S. healthcare market using innovations in digital technology.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Edited 3-4 weekly articles on geopolitics and highlighted their relevance for political risk.Contrasted Russian security benefits to East Asia with its potential economic advantages.Examined global economic impact of increased U.S.-China hostilities in the South China Sea.Analyzed Japan's Mekong River investment as bid to counter China.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Examined Russian and Chinese flybys within context of changing global geopolitical order.Analyzed possibility of U.S. war with both Russia and China in the Asia-Pacific region.Outlined factors which severely limit possibility of U.S-China war in the South China Sea.Analyzed U.S. and Chinese military maneuvers in the South China Sea.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Conducted strategic analysis, forecasting and research in support of the Asia-Pacific Desk. Assisted scenario postulation detailing possible Russian military intervention in the Kuril Islands.Participated in analytical scenario detailing vectors in North Korean international relations.Recognized as Analyst of the Week for scenario development detailing political and economic ramifications of a possible United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Researched geopolitical issues among Russia, China, Japan, and the United States.Wrote article analyzing Japanese reaction to Russian incursion into Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.Re-edited rare earth element (REE) section of Kazakhstan economic overview book.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Performed research and analysis for the Good Judgment Project, a 5-year research geopolitical forecasting project funded through the Aggregative Contingent Estimation (ACE) program of the IARPA (the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity).

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Helped global clients develop U.S. market entry strategy, international business development contact portfolio and intellectual property strategies. Assisted domestic firms with international market entry techniques.

Moscow, Russia

Created marked entry strategy for highly segmented $800 million U.S. display market. Identified U.S. entities representing viable prospects for joint business development, business partnering & investment. Limited overall exposure to technical and intellectual property risk through assistance in global intellectual property strategy.

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Conducted market research for U.S. lithium market and recommended potential production and distribution partners.

Greater Boston Area

Achieved a seven-fold increase in revenues from $25,000 to $200,000 within 1 year through market assessment report detailing possible applications of carbon nanotubes & strategic partnerships. Entered $ 2.8 billion rechargeable battery market sooner than competitors due to strategic alliance between firm and the Mayes Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kiev, Ukraine

Achieved $45 million benchmark in financing of research projects through marketing and commercialization project through Salut Technologies West. Reached milestone of 1000 research projects totaling $145 million being initiated through technology research.

Kiev, Ukraine

Fostered economic and political stability in Ukraine through advising former Soviet weapons scientists on how to start small businesses.Leveraged small business development consulting into improved U.S.-Ukraine relations. Empowered firms to compete in a global market with quality products and services through Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) training.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Brokered Asia-Pacific sales, trading and telemarketing for B2B market exchange of commodity semiconductors and computer products for American IC Exchange (AICE), now part of Converge.Achieved highest DRAM purchasing turnover of $110,000 for November 1997.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Developed new clientele base for firm's strategic EU market research products and services.Conducted Businessweek 1000 survey to solicit feedback on market research product offerings.

Mba, U.S.-China Relations, With A Focus On Technology Transfer And Foreign Direct Investment (Fdi)

Activities and Societies: • Phi Sigma Iota Language Honor Society (Mandarin) Inductee • With Honors

B.S., Marketing

Activities and Societies: • University of Illinois at Chicago Certificate in Entrepreneurial Studies.