I am an energetic, goal-oriented executive with strong business development, communications and international experience. Core competencies include: • Successful entrepreneur: have founded four profitable companies and sold three of them • Strong communications and writing skills: honed through years of journalism and business marketing • Deep international experience: have worked in over thirty countries on three continents • Excellent language skills: native English, native German, and fluent Russian • Can-do spirit: knows proper response to “What do you do?” is “What do you need done?”