Senior Advisor to Caterpillar Logistics Europe, Africa & Middle East, focusing on their automotive, aerospace, industrial (AAI) & defense business, & member of the Advisory Board of Lincoln International, Frankfurt, Germany, an international, integrated, & independent mid-market investment bank. With over 30 years government service & business experience in Europe, the Middle East & Africa, I provide independent advisory & representation services in the areas of defense procurement, automotive logistics, & supply chain solutions to a variety of logistics, industrial & technology clients through a sole proprietorship, eurbusinessadvisor.com.

Over 15 of 20 years of my Army career were spent in Europe. Assignments included command of a mechanized infantry company; strategy, plans and policy staff officer at Headquarters, U.S. Army, Europe; Secretary General Staff for the last U.S. Commander, Berlin between the fall of the Berlin Wall and German unification, & exchange instructor at the German Armed Forces Staff College. I also taught Social Sciences at U.S. Military Academy, West Point from 1979 to 1983, & was Visiting Professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, & first U.S. Army Fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC. I have lectured at the Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management, the Foreign Service Institute, the U.S. Naval Academy, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Haus Rissen, &the Konrad Adenauer Institut. My publications include: Arms for Africa: Military Assistance and Foreign Policy in the Developing World (D.C. Heath, 1982); African Security Issues: Sovereignty, Stability and Solidarity (Westview, 1983); Industrial Capacity and Defense Planning: Sustained Conflict and Surge Capability (D.C. Heath, 1983); Military Development in Africa: The Political and Economic Risks of Arms Transfers (Westview, 1984); Conventional Deterrence in NATO: Alternatives for European Defense (D.C. Heath, 1984); and African Armies: Evolution and Capabilities (Westview, 1984). I have also contributed to 6 other major works on international security & defense issues, & have presented numerous papers in the United States, Germany, Brazil & South Africa on U.S. security policy, arms transfers, & European & African politics. I was an Infantryman & Foreign Area Officer for Western Europe & Sub-Saharan Africa, & a designated Army Strategist. I am competent in German (having helped translate the memoirs of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Mann muß kein Held sein) & have a working comprehension of French, Danish and Spanish.

I was responsible for government relations and business development in the fields of public and health care logistics for one of the largest (annual sales > $2.2 billion p.a.) German global logistics and transportation companies. I also served as managing director of a five-company consortium for military transportation management services, Force Projection Logistics.

Since joining Ryder in early 1996, I held progressively responsible positions in the areas of fleet operations, transportation services, and distribution and supply chain management, including Director, Continental European Operations, European General Manager, Government Sales & Operations, General Manager, Ryder Deutschland GmbH, and Manager, Defense Logistics. In my last position, I was responsible for all Ryder logistics operations in Europe. Ryder System Inc.--the American parent company of Ryder Europe--is a Fortune 500 company with annual sales of ca. $6 billion p.a., and offers integrated logistics and transportation solutions to a wide variety of global customers.