Strong writing skills. Prepared briefing materials including memos, briefing papers and other analyses for the senior US officials for ministerial and subministerial level meetings on trade and other bilateral agricultural issues. Strong computer presentation skills. Used presentation software to create overviews of US and Russian agriculture for visiting delegations and Russian officials. Has close working relationship with Russian and US agricultural and food traders.
Russian contacts are especially strong in the grain, oilseeds and beer sectors.
Also has contacts with non-profit industry and trade promotion groups and academia. Knowledge of Computers and Information Systems Twenty years experience with computers. Five years experience with Internet-related applications and languages including HTML 3.2, Javascript, MS Frontpage, Adobe Site Manager and Go Live, Gopher, Telnet, FTP clients, and internet phone programs. Managed Banyan Vines servers LAN and WAN-based systems, completed server LAN software updates. Also managed routers and Codex modem connections.