George Simongulashvili
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Dr. Onise Alpenidze, PhD, MBA, MSc, FHEA
George is a goal-oriented manager who performs his duties carefully and professionally. He has managed the school successfully so it’s become a leading school in the country and region. George is a good team-player and always is patient to different ideas. He listens carefully to his employees and makes decisions considering team’s opinion. He puts his theoretical knowledge into practice easily. He is one of the respected persons in the university among the leadership and employees.
David Japaridze
George is brilliant consultant, whose ideas and advices could play a decisive role in your bussiness development.
Roman Tsutskiridze, CPT
George is one of the most well-organized and creative service providers with whom I have worked. He was contracted by the USAID Georgia FORECAST project two times: 1) to assist the international consultant in conducting market research and proposal development activities, aimed at contributing to the establishment of a US university branch in Georgia (in 2010), and 2) to lead a group of Georgian experts assisting the Ministry of Economic and Sustainable Development of Georgia in adoption and implementation of e-Government (in 2011). Both times George showed a very high level of professionalism and strong understanding of the subject matter – qualities that led to the successful implementation of the above mentioned activities. George has perfect managerial skills. He can efficiently lead a group of consultants, both local and international. George has tremendous networking skills, which gives him a crucial ability to recruit experts almost in any field needed for a requested tasks or activities. He is extremely result oriented. On a personal level, George is a very nice and easygoing person. It’s a great pleasure to work with him. All in all then, I sincerely recommend George Simongulashvili for any task that requires a high sense of responsibilities, willingness to be accountable, supervision of teams, as well as fast and well thought-out decisions.
Dr. Onise Alpenidze, PhD, MBA, MSc, FHEA
George is a goal-oriented manager who performs his duties carefully and professionally. He has managed the school successfully so it’s become a leading school in the country and region. George is a good team-player and always is patient to different ideas. He listens carefully to his employees and makes decisions considering team’s opinion. He puts his theoretical knowledge into practice easily. He is one of the respected persons in the university among the leadership and employees.
David Japaridze
George is brilliant consultant, whose ideas and advices could play a decisive role in your bussiness development.
Roman Tsutskiridze, CPT
George is one of the most well-organized and creative service providers with whom I have worked. He was contracted by the USAID Georgia FORECAST project two times: 1) to assist the international consultant in conducting market research and proposal development activities, aimed at contributing to the establishment of a US university branch in Georgia (in 2010), and 2) to lead a group of Georgian experts assisting the Ministry of Economic and Sustainable Development of Georgia in adoption and implementation of e-Government (in 2011). Both times George showed a very high level of professionalism and strong understanding of the subject matter – qualities that led to the successful implementation of the above mentioned activities. George has perfect managerial skills. He can efficiently lead a group of consultants, both local and international. George has tremendous networking skills, which gives him a crucial ability to recruit experts almost in any field needed for a requested tasks or activities. He is extremely result oriented. On a personal level, George is a very nice and easygoing person. It’s a great pleasure to work with him. All in all then, I sincerely recommend George Simongulashvili for any task that requires a high sense of responsibilities, willingness to be accountable, supervision of teams, as well as fast and well thought-out decisions.
Dr. Onise Alpenidze, PhD, MBA, MSc, FHEA
George is a goal-oriented manager who performs his duties carefully and professionally. He has managed the school successfully so it’s become a leading school in the country and region. George is a good team-player and always is patient to different ideas. He listens carefully to his employees and makes decisions considering team’s opinion. He puts his theoretical knowledge into practice easily. He is one of the respected persons in the university among the leadership and employees.
David Japaridze
George is brilliant consultant, whose ideas and advices could play a decisive role in your bussiness development.
Roman Tsutskiridze, CPT
George is one of the most well-organized and creative service providers with whom I have worked. He was contracted by the USAID Georgia FORECAST project two times: 1) to assist the international consultant in conducting market research and proposal development activities, aimed at contributing to the establishment of a US university branch in Georgia (in 2010), and 2) to lead a group of Georgian experts assisting the Ministry of Economic and Sustainable Development of Georgia in adoption and implementation of e-Government (in 2011). Both times George showed a very high level of professionalism and strong understanding of the subject matter – qualities that led to the successful implementation of the above mentioned activities. George has perfect managerial skills. He can efficiently lead a group of consultants, both local and international. George has tremendous networking skills, which gives him a crucial ability to recruit experts almost in any field needed for a requested tasks or activities. He is extremely result oriented. On a personal level, George is a very nice and easygoing person. It’s a great pleasure to work with him. All in all then, I sincerely recommend George Simongulashvili for any task that requires a high sense of responsibilities, willingness to be accountable, supervision of teams, as well as fast and well thought-out decisions.
Dr. Onise Alpenidze, PhD, MBA, MSc, FHEA
George is a goal-oriented manager who performs his duties carefully and professionally. He has managed the school successfully so it’s become a leading school in the country and region. George is a good team-player and always is patient to different ideas. He listens carefully to his employees and makes decisions considering team’s opinion. He puts his theoretical knowledge into practice easily. He is one of the respected persons in the university among the leadership and employees.
David Japaridze
George is brilliant consultant, whose ideas and advices could play a decisive role in your bussiness development.
Roman Tsutskiridze, CPT
George is one of the most well-organized and creative service providers with whom I have worked. He was contracted by the USAID Georgia FORECAST project two times: 1) to assist the international consultant in conducting market research and proposal development activities, aimed at contributing to the establishment of a US university branch in Georgia (in 2010), and 2) to lead a group of Georgian experts assisting the Ministry of Economic and Sustainable Development of Georgia in adoption and implementation of e-Government (in 2011). Both times George showed a very high level of professionalism and strong understanding of the subject matter – qualities that led to the successful implementation of the above mentioned activities. George has perfect managerial skills. He can efficiently lead a group of consultants, both local and international. George has tremendous networking skills, which gives him a crucial ability to recruit experts almost in any field needed for a requested tasks or activities. He is extremely result oriented. On a personal level, George is a very nice and easygoing person. It’s a great pleasure to work with him. All in all then, I sincerely recommend George Simongulashvili for any task that requires a high sense of responsibilities, willingness to be accountable, supervision of teams, as well as fast and well thought-out decisions.
Experience
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GEC Consulting
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Georgia
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partner
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Sep 2010 - Present
GEC Consulting is a boutique business consulting company, implementing systemic business solutions to large and medium enterprises and start-up companies, that need efficient business advice to grow and change. We provide consultancy in Restructuring, Advisory, and Research services. We strive to enable businesses/organizations to change and grow. Concentrating on consultancy in strategy/business development, corporate performance improvement and restructuring, business modeling… Show more GEC Consulting is a boutique business consulting company, implementing systemic business solutions to large and medium enterprises and start-up companies, that need efficient business advice to grow and change. We provide consultancy in Restructuring, Advisory, and Research services. We strive to enable businesses/organizations to change and grow. Concentrating on consultancy in strategy/business development, corporate performance improvement and restructuring, business modeling, financial modeling, analysis and structuring, and cost optimization, and business process streamlining as well as some aspects of organizational development. Providing project management and leading different scale consulting teams. Show less GEC Consulting is a boutique business consulting company, implementing systemic business solutions to large and medium enterprises and start-up companies, that need efficient business advice to grow and change. We provide consultancy in Restructuring, Advisory, and Research services. We strive to enable businesses/organizations to change and grow. Concentrating on consultancy in strategy/business development, corporate performance improvement and restructuring, business modeling… Show more GEC Consulting is a boutique business consulting company, implementing systemic business solutions to large and medium enterprises and start-up companies, that need efficient business advice to grow and change. We provide consultancy in Restructuring, Advisory, and Research services. We strive to enable businesses/organizations to change and grow. Concentrating on consultancy in strategy/business development, corporate performance improvement and restructuring, business modeling, financial modeling, analysis and structuring, and cost optimization, and business process streamlining as well as some aspects of organizational development. Providing project management and leading different scale consulting teams. Show less
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Axel - Georgian Business Angel Network
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Georgia
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Investment Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Member/Angel Investor
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Sep 2021 - Present
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Arrival
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Georgia
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder & Board Member/Interim CFO
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May 2023 - Present
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International Black Sea University
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Georgia
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1 - 100 Employee
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Visiting Associate Professor of Finance
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Aug 2009 - Jun 2020
Teach bachelor and master level courses in Finance, especially in Corporate Finance field. Teach bachelor and master level courses in Finance, especially in Corporate Finance field.
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Caucasus University
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Georgia
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder
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Aug 2005 - Aug 2018
Caucasus University is private university, with private ownership structure.
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Vice-President of Academic and International Affairs
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Aug 2005 - Apr 2009
Supervised and managed staff of about fifty administrative employees and two hundred eighty faculty members Increased annual revenues of the university to about twelve million Georgian Lari Developed company-wide operation and financial procedures Developed improvements to company-wide ICT and database management system design, and supervised development and implementation process Developed international cooperation network with about fifty universities and international… Show more Supervised and managed staff of about fifty administrative employees and two hundred eighty faculty members Increased annual revenues of the university to about twelve million Georgian Lari Developed company-wide operation and financial procedures Developed improvements to company-wide ICT and database management system design, and supervised development and implementation process Developed international cooperation network with about fifty universities and international organizations, as well as cooperation with about ten different international associations and institutions around the world, supervised international development of company Experienced working with large international donor organizations and financial institutions Participated in and supervised faculty member and administrative staff selection process Run and managed operations of the organization with six schools and five departments – developed six schools since establishment of the university, including curriculum development in business, law, media, public policy, information technology as well as establishing each school as a profitable business unit Run and developed operations of new projects including overall supervision and financial planning of the project, and implementation such as Georgian Banking Training Center, managed and supervised in-service training programs Prepare, develop and implement the programs and curriculums, supervise academic management – increased number of students from about seven hundred to one thousand five hundred Supervised pr, admission and enrolment procedures and process Maintained international recognition by earning International Quality Accreditation from CEEMAN Developed Ph.D. program in business administration
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Operation/ Institutional Capacity Assesment and Development Consultant (Expert)
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Dec 2010 - Mar 2011
ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF E-GOVERNMENT PROGRAM for Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Responsibilities: Prepare detailed mapping of existing processes around the State Assets management cycle; Analyze and measure existing operations and performance, rearrange and optimize operations (in collaboration with the Business Analysts team), as well as provide mapping of proposed processes and recommendations for improvements. Describe proposed operations and… Show more ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF E-GOVERNMENT PROGRAM for Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Responsibilities: Prepare detailed mapping of existing processes around the State Assets management cycle; Analyze and measure existing operations and performance, rearrange and optimize operations (in collaboration with the Business Analysts team), as well as provide mapping of proposed processes and recommendations for improvements. Describe proposed operations and personnel jobs. Developed Operation Manual, accompanied by the detailed job descriptions and Performance Monitoring Plan. Participated in Development of ICT Strategic Development Plan Show less ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF E-GOVERNMENT PROGRAM for Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Responsibilities: Prepare detailed mapping of existing processes around the State Assets management cycle; Analyze and measure existing operations and performance, rearrange and optimize operations (in collaboration with the Business Analysts team), as well as provide mapping of proposed processes and recommendations for improvements. Describe proposed operations and… Show more ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF E-GOVERNMENT PROGRAM for Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Responsibilities: Prepare detailed mapping of existing processes around the State Assets management cycle; Analyze and measure existing operations and performance, rearrange and optimize operations (in collaboration with the Business Analysts team), as well as provide mapping of proposed processes and recommendations for improvements. Describe proposed operations and personnel jobs. Developed Operation Manual, accompanied by the detailed job descriptions and Performance Monitoring Plan. Participated in Development of ICT Strategic Development Plan Show less
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GeoEduConsulting
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Business Consulting and Services
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Founder and Consultant
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Sep 2009 - Dec 2010
Consulting and analysis for organizational and business process efficiency development, service quality Assessment of organization, strategic and operation development and planning Provide ICT need assessment and concept development Budgeting process analysis and consulting, valuation and financial planning Defining organizational training and development needs, and training program development Consulting and analysis for organizational and business process efficiency development, service quality Assessment of organization, strategic and operation development and planning Provide ICT need assessment and concept development Budgeting process analysis and consulting, valuation and financial planning Defining organizational training and development needs, and training program development
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Consultant, Strategic Consulting Services
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Apr 2010 - Jun 2010
Strategic Consulting Services (Local Consultant) to Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia through TA project in new business and strategic development funded by World Learning/FORECAST (USAID), 2010 Strategic Consulting Services (Local Consultant) to Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia through TA project in new business and strategic development funded by World Learning/FORECAST (USAID), 2010
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Dean
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Mar 2005 - Mar 2009
Supervised staff of about forty administrative employees and hundred eighty faculty members Increased annual revenues of the school to about seven million Georgian Lari Developed improvements to company-wide ICT and database management system design, and supervised development and implementation process Experienced working with large international donor organizations and financial institutions Run and supervised academic, and overall operations and service quality management, and… Show more Supervised staff of about forty administrative employees and hundred eighty faculty members Increased annual revenues of the school to about seven million Georgian Lari Developed improvements to company-wide ICT and database management system design, and supervised development and implementation process Experienced working with large international donor organizations and financial institutions Run and supervised academic, and overall operations and service quality management, and managed of five departments Developed company-wide operation and financial procedures Run and supervised overall operations of school, as one of the business units of Caucasus University Acquired international recognition by earning International Quality Accreditation from CEEMAN Developed international cooperation network with about forty universities and international organizations, as well as cooperation with about ten different international associations and institutions around the world, including Dual-Degree MBA program with Grenoble Graduate School of Business and Dual-Degree BBA Program with Georgia State University Run and developed operations of new projects including overall supervision and financial planning of the project, and implementation such as Georgian Banking Training Center, supervised in-service training programs Prepared, developed and implemented the programs and curriculums on undergraduate and graduate levels – increased number of students to about seven hundred Managed and supervised pr, admission and enrolment procedures and process Participated in and supervised faculty member selection
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Associate Dean
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Jan 2003 - Aug 2005
Supervised staff of about forty administrative employees and hundred and twenty faculty members Increased annual revenues of the school to about five million Georgian Lari Developed company-wide ICT and database management system design, and supervised development and implementation process Run and supervised academic, operation and service quality management, and managed of four departments Developed company-wide operation and financial procedures Acquired international… Show more Supervised staff of about forty administrative employees and hundred and twenty faculty members Increased annual revenues of the school to about five million Georgian Lari Developed company-wide ICT and database management system design, and supervised development and implementation process Run and supervised academic, operation and service quality management, and managed of four departments Developed company-wide operation and financial procedures Acquired international recognition by earning International Quality Accreditation from CEEMAN Developed international cooperation network with about thirty business schools and universities, and international organizations, as well as cooperation with about ten different international associations and institutions around the world, including Dual-Degree MBA program with Grenoble Graduate School of Business Developed and supervised operations of new projects including overall supervision and financial planning of the project Prepared, developed and implemented the programs and curriculums on undergraduate and graduate levels – increased number of students to about five hundred Managed, pr, admission and enrolment procedures, participated in faculty member selection, implemented, managed and supervised in-service training programs, and donor-funded projects such as Women in Business Leadership Program
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Visiting Professor
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May 2004 - Mar 2009
Deliver MBA and MIB program courses in Corporate Finance Deliver MBA and MIB program courses in Corporate Finance
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Visiting Professor
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Aug 2006 - Dec 2006
Teaching the classes in Corporate Finance at BBA program Teaching the classes in Corporate Finance at BBA program
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Georgia State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Visiting Instructor
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Jan 2006 - May 2006
Teaching the Corporate Finance course at BBA program Teaching the Corporate Finance course at BBA program
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Associate Dean and CFO
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May 2000 - Jan 2003
Supervised staff of about thirty administrative employees and hundred faculty members, run operations of school’s four departments Increased annual revenues of the school to about three million Georgian Lari Prepared, developed and implemented the programs and curriculum, supervises academic, operations and service quality management – increased number of students from forty to about three hundred Managed admission and enrollment procedures, supervised and performed internal… Show more Supervised staff of about thirty administrative employees and hundred faculty members, run operations of school’s four departments Increased annual revenues of the school to about three million Georgian Lari Prepared, developed and implemented the programs and curriculum, supervises academic, operations and service quality management – increased number of students from forty to about three hundred Managed admission and enrollment procedures, supervised and performed internal regulation development and control Participated in faculty member selection, implemented, managed and supervised in-service training programs Supervised and performed financial planning and budgeting process Developed in-company financial ICT and database management system Supervised accounting and reporting process, set up in-company procedures and regulation for accounting and reporting Managed the relation with banking institutions, including loan project preparation Performed financial management, including receivable, payable and cash flow management and planning Performed control over the budget implementation Show less Supervised staff of about thirty administrative employees and hundred faculty members, run operations of school’s four departments Increased annual revenues of the school to about three million Georgian Lari Prepared, developed and implemented the programs and curriculum, supervises academic, operations and service quality management – increased number of students from forty to about three hundred Managed admission and enrollment procedures, supervised and performed internal… Show more Supervised staff of about thirty administrative employees and hundred faculty members, run operations of school’s four departments Increased annual revenues of the school to about three million Georgian Lari Prepared, developed and implemented the programs and curriculum, supervises academic, operations and service quality management – increased number of students from forty to about three hundred Managed admission and enrollment procedures, supervised and performed internal regulation development and control Participated in faculty member selection, implemented, managed and supervised in-service training programs Supervised and performed financial planning and budgeting process Developed in-company financial ICT and database management system Supervised accounting and reporting process, set up in-company procedures and regulation for accounting and reporting Managed the relation with banking institutions, including loan project preparation Performed financial management, including receivable, payable and cash flow management and planning Performed control over the budget implementation Show less
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General Director
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Dec 1997 - Dec 1999
Supervised organizational and operations of the company Consulting for Georgia’s securities market and legislation Analysis, implementation and consulting investment projects Managed investments and assets (valuation is included) Conducted relations with partner organizations and banks Supervised and participated in financial analysis and financial planning Supervised staff of eight Increased client base from two to about twenty large clients Increased revenues from… Show more Supervised organizational and operations of the company Consulting for Georgia’s securities market and legislation Analysis, implementation and consulting investment projects Managed investments and assets (valuation is included) Conducted relations with partner organizations and banks Supervised and participated in financial analysis and financial planning Supervised staff of eight Increased client base from two to about twenty large clients Increased revenues from fifty thousands to two hundred thousand Lari Show less Supervised organizational and operations of the company Consulting for Georgia’s securities market and legislation Analysis, implementation and consulting investment projects Managed investments and assets (valuation is included) Conducted relations with partner organizations and banks Supervised and participated in financial analysis and financial planning Supervised staff of eight Increased client base from two to about twenty large clients Increased revenues from… Show more Supervised organizational and operations of the company Consulting for Georgia’s securities market and legislation Analysis, implementation and consulting investment projects Managed investments and assets (valuation is included) Conducted relations with partner organizations and banks Supervised and participated in financial analysis and financial planning Supervised staff of eight Increased client base from two to about twenty large clients Increased revenues from fifty thousands to two hundred thousand Lari Show less
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Education
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2011 - 2011
Maastricht School of Management
Executive Certificate in Management, The Consulting Process -
2010 - 2012
I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Ph.D., Finance -
2005 - 2009
Caucasus School of Business and Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
Ph.D. (all but dissertation), Finance -
1998 - 2001
I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Posgraduate Studies, Macroeconomics and Finance -
2000 - 2000
Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
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1992 - 1997
Tbilisi Independent University
Master of Science, International Economics
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