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Turnaround Specialist for the mining industry and business in Africa. Expertise in making operational Organizational Change Management (OCM) in many different business sectors in Africa and emerging economies. Development of the "Green Minerals Certification" program that takes tracing conflict minerals to the next level and allows the existing certification systems to be audit compliant. Management Consultant and Investment Development Specialist with expertise in developing business and investment strategies in Africa that are more dynamic than the "realities on the ground". Ability to organize Corporate Social Responsibility projects that ensure diverse stakeholders are accepting of Foreign Direct Investment projects. Successfully merged theoretical and practical concepts into a new “African Business Incubation Model”. Conducted numerous analytical and topical studies of business and economics issues in the developed and developing world for multinational corporations, governmental organizations and start-up companies. Specialties Central Africa investment and business operations strategies for mining and other natural resources projects. Integration of project requirements into the new "Central Africa Investment and Business Platform". Ability to create or redesign financial successful international operations that also reduce poverty in the local communities. Experience Senior Consultant Afrika Green Mining and Consulting Ltd October 2011 – Present (3 months) Kigali, Rwanda Development and management of innovative and unique Africa investment and business projects and activities in the mining, manufacturing and renewable energy sectors. Ability to incorporate Change Management Objectives (CMO) so investments and businesses in Africa realize organizational goals and objectives. Bill has 1 recommendation (1 co-worker) including: 1st Robert Jeffers, Principle, Lindsey & Jeffers Interim Managing Director Natural Resources Development, Rwanda, Ltd. (NRD) Mining & Metals industry February 2011 – October 2011 (9 months) On an interim basis managed the largest private mining operation in Rwanda with a staff of 325 and artisanal workforce of over 3,000. Within 6 months brought the widely dispersed operation that previously had annual loses of over $1 million dollars into profitability for the first time in 5 years. Working with local government leaders identified and added organizational structures that were instrumental in identifying monthly operational cost and theft shortcomings that amounted to several hundred thousand dollars. Developed a constructive and positive relationship with Ministers, Department Directors and local government leaders. Country Manager Bay View Group LLC September 2009 – October 2011 (2 years 2 months) Mining Exploration and Research Company. Instructor of Economics, International Relations and International Business Economics University Bratislava November 2008 – September 2009 (11 months) Develop and taught University curriculum in Economics, IR and International Business subject areas. Designed a Center for Applied Economic Policy Development. Develop a Educational exchange program that will balance theoretical knowledge and applied, practical expertise for students in Central Africa, the EU an the US. Set for 2010 release - a book entitled "Zen and the Lost Art of Critical Thinking and Analysis." that will explore how the economic survival of the developing world and the developed world is intertwined and how each world can gain from a closer and more balanced cooperation.

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