• Owner/President, Firstfruits International, Ltd., Montrose, CO (Business services in Marketing, Consulting, Economic and Business Development, and Professional Writing).   (2000-Present)
  

• General Manager/Vice-President, Galiso, Inc., Montrose, CO (International leader in hydrostatic testing systems).   (2005-Present)
  

• Founder/President/Headmaster, Rocky Mountain International Academy, Montrose, CO (International college-preparatory academy serving grades 6-12).   (2003-2005)
  

• Director of Business Development, Region 10 League for Economic Assistance and Planning, Inc., Montrose, CO (Regional Economic Development, Commercial Lending, Business Consulting, Marketing and Technical Assistance).    (2003-2005)
  

• Director of Sales and Marketing, Broetje Orchards, Prescott, WA (One of the world's largest grower/shipper fruit operations with over 2,000 employees).
  

• Chairman/Director, Colorado Apple Administrative Committee, Delta, CO.   (2000-2008)
  

• Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural Communication and Management, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA (1985)
  

• Master of International Management, “Thunderbird” American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, AZ.   (1991)
  

• Contributing Author, Global Perspectives on Organizational Conflict, Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT (An examination of conflict management and international negotiations from various international perspectives). (1994)
  

• Featured Poet, The International Who’s Who in Poetry, International Library of Poetry.    (2004)
  

• Contributing Poet, Colours of the Heart, Noble House Publishers, London, United Kingdom.   (2004)
  

• Teacher/Coach
  

  General Experience
  
  
  
• Husband/Father, Married 23 years (Christine) and father of 3 sons—Nathan (17), Joel (14), and Seth (8).
  
  
• 20-year executive management career in strategic business development, general management, international commerce, and human resource development with a forte in cross-cultural communications and international trade negotiations.
  
  

• Technical industry experience in economic development, conventional and organic agribusiness, residential and commercial lending, hydrostatic testing, marketing, and business consulting.
  
  

• Global economic perspective with business and foreign language experience in a wide variety of cultures, languages, industries, and nations.
  
  

• 45 years of practical living experience with ordinary American citizens in Real America, with a true understanding of the needs and concerns of The People.

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