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L.W. (BUD) BROWNE

INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS


1970's

Russian Linguist

  • Graduated from Defense Language School, Monterey, California
  • Worked as US Army Linguist in Misawa, Japan, north end of Honshu island



General Electric Company
... International General Electric, New York City - Sales Engineer

Sold Turnkey Steam and Gas Turbine Power Plants Projects

  • Egypt - North and South of Cairo and on Suez Canal
  • Nigeria - Southeast of Lagos, negotiated contracts near Zurich, Switzerland
  • Guatemala - Southwest of Guatemala City
  • Venezuela - Southwest of Caracas

Proposed Turnkey Steam and Gas Turbine Power Plants

  • Iraq - North of Baghdad
  • Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul

Supported business relationships with Gas Turbine International Manufacturing Partners

  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
  • Italy
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • Finland



Pace University, New York City

  • Masters of Business Administration – International Finance
  • Thesis on Pemex, Mexican national oil company


1980's

Groundwater Technology and Consulting Firm, Norman Oklahoma

Proposed Turnkey Facilities to International Refiners to recover Gasoline floating on Groundwater. The Gasoline had leaked from underground pipelines and settled on groundwater. Oil product was often less than 100 feet below the surface.

  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
  • Australia



Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (PERF)
http://www.perf.org

... A forum for the collection, exchange, and analysis of Petroleum Industry research for health, environment & safety, waste reduction and system security technology

  • Facilitated the creation of PERF with representatives from Unocal and Arco to solve common environmental problems in Multi-Company Studies
  • Organization started with US oil companies and today has participation from Canada, Europe and Australia

1990's

British Nuclear Industrial Forum
... The UK Trade Association for Nuclear Waste Processing Engineering Companies

  • Conducted 9-Company Trade Mission Awareness Program at three (3) Department Energy Laboratories (Oak Ridge, TN; Idaho Falls, ID & Richland, WA)
  • Designed and used Internet Demonstration System to promote Meetings
  • Established working relationship with Trade Counselors in British Embassy, Washington



Pilkington Nuclear Shielding Windows - Wales

  • Sold four (4) five (5) foot thick shielding windows for the Target Building at Oak Ridge's $1.4 B Spallation Neutron Source complex
  • Prepared Opportunity Profiles for Shielding Windows in USA.



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2000's

North America's Supercorridor Coalition (NASCO)
... USA/Canada/Mexico organization enhancing the integrated & secure, multi-modal transportation system along the International Mid-Continent Trade Corridor



Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce - International Division
http://www.dallaschamber.org/international

Participated in Trade Mission to Monterrey, Mexico

  • Developed relationship with Management in Graduate Engineering and Graduate Business Schools at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico's Premier Technical University. Tec has cooperative agreements with many universities, globally.
  • Developed relationship with President of Mexican American Chamber of Commerce, Monterrey, which led to introduction to NASCO

Member of NAFTA Task Force which is implementing a new program to develop relationships with Mexican Chambers of Commerce to promote Inward Investment into Dallas, Dallas Imports & Exports and Mexican Imports & Exports



British American Business Council Dallas / Ft. Worth (BABC DFW)
http://www.babc.org/chapters/index.php
... Affiliated with International Organization: 7 chapters in UK, 21 in USA and 1 each in Canada and Mexico

  • Current Board Member
  • Coordinate Business Communication Tools with Executive Director
  • Assessing Trade & Transaction Significant Interest Group
  • Network with other European Trade Organizations (French, Canadian, Swedish, et al)
  • Support Houston Consulate UK Trade & Industry Trade Counselors, when asked.



Southampton Photonics Inc.
... Fiber Optics Major Components Manufacturing firm, Spun out from the UK Southampton University's ElectroOptics Research Institute. Began as a UK/USA Company, now UK Company

  • Designed and Maintained Internet Site for 1st 2 years
  • Recruited Technical Members of US Management Team
  • Developed Business Graphics and Multi-Media Tools
    http://growthnetworld.com/internet/tools/simplified.html
    http://growthnetworld.com/internet/tools/multimedia.html



European Petroleum Industry Association (EUROPIA)
... Trade Organization for Downstream Components of Major European Oil companies. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium

Prepared NetTools (Internet & Extranet) Implementation Plan
http://growthnetworld.com/internet/tools/tools.html


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