He has ten years of experience working in international development with a focus on information communications technologies (ICT) innovation and security as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine and subsequently with the International Republican Institute for Advancing Democracy Worldwide and a Senior Program Officer with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. He has technical experience in multiple coding languages and systems. His regional expertise/experience includes Eurasia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2011 he served as conference coordinator for Track-II talks on Peace-Building and Reintegration of the Korean Peninsula with representatives from the DPRK, ROK, and USA. Curriculum vitae