Representative Publications
"NASA Space Shuttle Mismanagement." New York Times.
"Bhopal: What Really Happened." New York Times.
"Jordan: A Strategic Assessment of Market Opportunities." United Nations Conference On Trade and Development.
“Economics, Not Religion, Is Cause Of Terrorism.” Newsday (October 4, 2001).
“A Stock Market Can Cure Baseball.” Financial Times (September 2, 2002).
“Give Baseball More Bulls and Bears.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (September 4, 2002).
“A Stock Market Can Cure Baseball.” Newsday (September 5, 2002).
"A Violent War Against Terrorism is Doomed to Fail." Philadelphia Inquirer (September 23, 2002).
"Negotiations Are the Key: Right Methods in Talks Could Fuel Mideast Peace." Philadelphia Inquirer (June 24, 2002).
“Disasters Often Made Worse By Our Failings.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (September 11, 2005).
“Path To Peace: Negotiation and Incentives.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (November 1, 2006).
Education
JD, Harvard University, 1990; MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1992; BA, Rutgers College, 1970
Recent Consulting
Consultant, negotiations, marketing and strategy, emerging markets, United Nations; Consultant to Governments of Bolivia, Colombia, Nicaragua, Chile, Mexico, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Albania, Moldova, Ukraine, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Cuba, Jordan, Kuwait, Slovenia; Consultant to companies or private enterprise in above countries plus Canada, United States, South Africa, Congo, Israel, Peru, Ecuador, China, Taiwan, Korea, Russia, Spain; Entrepreneurial companies, part or full ownership in United States, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, British Virgin Islandsm; Mergers & acquisitions advisor; Sectoral clients across a range of disciplines including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, energy, consumer products, computers, medicine, insurance, banking, manufacturing, services. Consulting/training to over m50% of Global 100 companies.
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Pulitzer Prize Team, National Reporting, The New York Times, NASA Space Shuttle Mismanagement, 1987; Amos Tuck Prize (Dartmouth), National Economics Reporting; George Polk Award for National Reporting, 1980; Sigma Delta Chi Science Writing Prize, 1980; Sigma Delta Chi Features Prize, 1974; Highest rated elective course, NYU Executive MBA Program, 1997; Highest rated elective course, Wharton Executive MBA Program, 1992; Excellence in Teaching Award, Wharton Graduate Division, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008; Elective Teaching Award, Wharton Executive MBA Program, 2008; Adjunct Professor Award, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2008;
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1992-present. University of Pennsylvania: 1992-present (named Pietro and Elvira Giorgi Lecturer in Law, 2000). Previous appointments: Harvard University; University of Southern California; New York University; Columbia University
Other Positions
CEO and Chairman, Four Star Aviation, 2005-present; Board Member, Golden Band Resources, 2005-present; Chairman, Digital Theatre Group, 2002-2003; Chairman, Summus, Inc. , 2001; Chairman, i-Luxury.com, 1999-2001; President and CEO Global Strategy Group, 1991-present; President and CEO, First Manhattan Capital Group, 1996-2004; President and CEO, First Philadelphia Capital Group, 2004-present; Executive Director/Senior Advisor, Conflict Management Group, Inc., 1990-92; President, The Andean Group, 1997-2002; Vice President, MerOil, World Trade Center, 1990-92
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Sigma Delta Chi, Professional Journalism Fraternity; Bar association, NY and NJ; Wharton Women in Business; Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference
