4-year business management studies completed in 2 years
College Park , 1971 – 1973, B – S.Supervisor; pre-trial release on personal recognizance of those arrested for minor crimes & misdemeanors
Washington, D.C. , 1973–1975Legislative Aid and Press Secretary to Congressman Bob Eckhardt, advising on foreign affairs, transport, justice, and other areas of legislation
Washington, D.C. , 1977 – 1978Postgraduate study of law and international political economics
Charlottesville , 1978 - 1982; JUDr., M – A.Two summer seminars on international private and public law
The Hague , – 1980Attorney in the world's largest international law firm
New York , 1981 – 1983Law firm co-founder and partner
New York , 1983 – 1990Advisor to US companies Anheuser-Busch and Detroit Diesel on negotiations on privatization of Czech companies
Prague , 1990 – 1993Founder of international offices of American law firm, Managing Partner of Prague & Bratislava offices
Prague, New York , 1990 – 1997Managing Director of International Investment and Industrial Restructuring Fund sponsored by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Prague , 1998 – 2001Developer of a luxury residential complex
Prague , 2002 – 2009Founder and Chairman of the board of a hi-tech park focused on renewable energy
Ústí Region , 2010 – 2016Producent of popular-educational series about life satisfaction and well-being "Toward Hapiness"
Chairman of Commercialization Committee of the Institute of Thermomechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences
Advisor on Czech or Slovak and US commercial and legal matters
Representative for Therma-Chem, Scottish manufacturer of “green” cleaning products for boilers and process heaters in energy sector
Prague , 2016 – present