Frederick H. Gerlach

SUMMARY CURRICULUM VITAE
Frederick H. Gerlach

CONTACT INFORMATION:	Dr. F.H. Gerlach & Associates 3248 S. New York Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53207, USA Tel.: +1 414 294 5887 Email: fhg@fhgerlach.com, Webpage: www.fhgerlach.com
NATIONALITY:	American
LANGUAGES:	English - native German - fluent French - working knowledge Arabic - working knowledge
EDUCATION:	University of Wisconsin (Madison), B.A. in German (1961) Bonn (Germany) University, Two semesters, 1959-60 Columbia University (New York, N.Y.), Master of International Affairs (1963); Ph. D., international relations & Middle East area studies (1968); dissertation: "The Tragic Triangle: Israel, Divided Germany and the Arabs, 1956-1965"
ADDITIONAL TRAINING:	International trade seminar, U.S. Department of Commerce (1972) Oxford Energy Seminar (1983)
SPECIALTIES & HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE:	Consulting Various assignments involving medium-size and large companies in Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, and the United States Management Long experience in senior embassy positions managing complex, multi-agency operations in countries with difficult living conditions Diplomacy Many years of experience in analyzing the economies of "Third World" (particularly oil- and gas-producing) countries and in facilitating business contacts with local companies Teaching Adjunct Instructor for "International Political Economy", "World of Islam", "Politics of the Middle East and North Africa" and "Global Dimensions in Business" at various universities Writing/Editing Co-author of Business Planning (1999) and co-editor of Franchising (1998) - books in the series "Aspects of the Market Economy", published by a division of Enterprise Plus Ltd. (Jersey/UK) Numerous articles on privatization, oil, energy and other subjects in a variety of trade and professional journals “Student or Spy: Reflections on the Perils of Field Research”, chapter of a Festschrift in honor of Prof. J. C. Hurewitz (1987)

SPECIFIC JOB
EXPERIENCE:

2003-present

Adjunct Instructor at Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI, teaching "International Political Economy" to undergraduates; at Concordia University of Wisconsin, Mequon, WI, teaching "World of Islam" and "Global Dimensions in Business" to adults; at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, teaching "Politics of the Middle East and North Africa" to advanced undergraduate and graduate students; and at the University of Wisconsin--Washington County, teaching "International Politics"

1987-present

Consultant. Specific projects: external evaluations; analytical studies; mergers and acquisitions advice and assistance; representative offices for clients seeking new markets in Germany, the Middle East and other countries; cross-cultural resource on Germany for Berlitz International

1996-2000

Director, Eastern Publishing Ltd.

1991-1994

Part-time lecturer on "International Political Economy", a master's-level course in the Boston University Overseas Program, Germany

1985-1987

Deputy Chief of Mission or Chargé d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Managed an embassy "country team" of five different agencies and a large multinational staff. Supervised the conduct of U.S.-UAE relations

1982-1985

Deputy Director, Office of Energy Affairs, State Department, Washington. Coordinated U.S. energy policy related to the oil-producing countries and represented the State Department at meetings of the International Energy Agency in Paris

1978-1982

Chief of the U.S. Embassy Liaison Office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and (1981-82) Counsellor of Embassy for Economic Affairs. Managed a multi-agency presence in the capital of Saudi Arabia before foreign embassies were allowed to locate there; supervised the Embassy's economic reporting program

1967-1978

Various State Department positions in Washington and abroad (Morocco, Zambia and Sudan)

RELEVANT MAJOR
ACHIEVEMENTS:

Management

As U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Abu Dhabi, UAE, continuously from January to October 1986, represented the U.S. Government at all official functions while overseeing major internal administrative improvements in the Embassy
In Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, hosted the visits of numerous U.S. cabinet- and sub-cabinet-level officials, U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen and other VIP's

Consulting

Evaluated the programs of, and co-authored reports on, the Development Gateway Foundation (2004-05) and the Global Development Network (2003-04)
Managed the editing, and contributed major portions, of a study for the Ford Foundation, "Poverty Alleviation through the Use of Financial Instruments"
Developed from scratch a profitable client base in Germany for the U.S. brokerage subsidiary of a major international bank
Brought Arab investors to several East German firms wishing to complement their privatization plans with the development of new markets
Prepared the feasibility study for replicable small bakeries in the St. Petersburg region of Russia
Participated ("hands-on" involvement) in the privatization of individual Polish and East German companies
Researched and co-edited a report on private sector development in Romania to serve as the EBRD’s contribution to a major donor conference
Researched and wrote energy reports on (eastern) Germany, Poland, Hungary, and the former Czechoslovakia, as well as general and sectoral reports on Zambia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
Developed marketing concepts and international venture-capital investment structures for several technical inventions

AWARDS:

Bonn-Wisconsin Exchange Fellowship
Phi Beta Kappa
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, Columbia University
Superior Honor Award, Department of State, 1979 and 1987
Inclusion in “Who’s Who in America” (1999 and subsequent editions) and other Marquis publications

OTHER:

Computer skills (incl. speadsheet analysis and Webpage construction/editing)

Updated 8-15-07

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