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Fredericksburg, VA

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Joseph K. Merton 5506 South Branch Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 Telephone: 815-412-4845 (primary), 708-720-0198 (home), (708) 925-7838 (mobile) E-mail: merton.stratintsol@gmail.com - Agricultural economist with 16 years experience. - 7 years experience in the management and development of USDA funded and USAID funded food aid and trade programs for Africa and the Middle East. - 7 years of in-country experience in economic, community, health, and democratic development projects in Bolivia. - 5 years of senior level service at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) in: the management and maintenance of Title I and Title II food aid programs; and the development and management of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) export credit guarantee programs. Geographic regions of responsibility included Western and Northern Africa, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Southeast Balkans. Other Qualifications - Language skills include English (native-spoken and written), Spanish (fluent-spoken and written), French (basic-spoken; written-intermediate), Korean (basic-spoken and written). - Development of management information systems (MIS) and monitoring and evaluation systems (M&E) related to international food aid and trade. - Analytical skills related to economic modeling include: linear and non-linear programming and econometric modeling utilizing orthogonal and non-orthogonal functions. - Software skills: Microsoft Office (Access, Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint FrontPage, Publisher), Microsoft Windows- all versions; and Linux/Unix (KDE/X Windows).

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