Experience

NeedleSmart

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Chief Operations Officer

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  NeedleSmart produces needle destruction devices that prevent needle stick injuries. The devices destroy all pathogens along the path of the needle, including COVID 19. The company started in the UK and is now selling and opening markets in the US, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.



CTK Global Connections

• President

  • Jan 2005 - Present

  CTK Global Connections provides confidential links with senior level executives for companies planning international expansion. Establishing key connections early in the business development process saves client's time, reduces costs and reduces the risks of entry. Current work includes setting up a US marketing, sales and distribution network for a UK medical device company, NeedleSmart USA that substantially lowers the risk of needle infection and helps patients and practitioners monitor insulin use.Currently working on establishing university partnerships for Liverpool Hope University with universities in the United States around academic excellence in Business, Teacher Training, Theology, English, Political Science, Kinesiology, Music and Performance. Have concluded memoranda of understanding between the University of Chester and Duquesne University, Susquehanna University and the University of the South in the areas of business studies, education, Theology and Religious Studies.Established joint research and exchange between leading universities in the US and the University of Salford that resulted in signed agreements for funded research and faculty and student exchange. Universities include Carnegie Mellon, Ohio Northern, Columbia College, Chicago, Point Park, Middle Tennessee State, Humber College, Ontario. Disciplines include sustainable development, robotics, homeland security, music, and broadcasting.For a major city in the United Kingdom seeking new investment: Planned, organised and facilitated senior corporate management meetings in London, Boston, Chicago and New York resulting in over 100 contacts at the CEO, COO, President or Board level. Contacts have resulted in a leading international air carrier initiating new service to the region, and a major media company locating a new facility as part of a regional joint venture.



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Director, University of Pittsburgh Executive MBA Program Manchester UK

  • Mar 2004 - Mar 2005

  Created a cohort of European based students for the EMBA programme, recruited a Board of Governors and a permanent programme director



Allegheny Conference on Community Development

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • 2002 - 2004

  Coordinated foreign direct investment promotion for the nine member counties of Southwestern Pennsylvania.



University City Science Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President International

  • 2000 - 2002

  Directed foreign technology company recruitment to the Port of Technology Incubator. Concluded partnership development with technology incubators in the UK, France, Mexico and Argentina.



State of New Jersey

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of International Trade and Protocol

  • 1994 - 1999

  Directed export promotion and foreign direct investment activities for the New Jersey Commerce Commission. Advised the Governor on international trade policy, coordinated the Governor's participation in the World Economic Forum, Bilderburg Group, Council on Foreign Relations. Planned and directed trade and investment missions to France, the United Kingdom, Canada and Mexico



International Trade Administration

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior International Trade Specialist

  • 1990 - 1993

  Created export marketing programs for a variety of industry clients in Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania. Served temporary duty stations in the commercial attache's offices of the US Embassies in London and Paris.