VLADIMIR BAZAN

     700 Woodland Avenue, apt.A101
     Lexington, KY, 40508, USA
     Tel. (606) 323-9633
     E-mail: vladimirbazan@hotmail.com
     WWW: http://members.xoom.com/vbazan/


EDUCATION

     UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, KY, USA 
     Department of Economics
     Gatton College of Business & Economics 
     Master of Science in Economics
     August 1997 - December 1998

     ECONOMICS INSTITUTE, Boulder, CO, USA
     Professional Training in English and Economics
     June 1997 - August 1997

     BELARUSSIAN STATE ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY, Minsk, Belarus
     Department of International Economic Relations
     M.B.A., International Business and Management
     September 1991 - June 1995


TRAINING COURSES

     "Promoting Global Trade and Investment"
     Washington DC, USA, 1995
     Organized by Intrados International Management Group,
     George Washington University, U.S. Trade and Development
     Agency, the World Bank. 

     "Public Procurement"
     Stockholm, Sweden, 1996
     Organized by Advokatfirman Cederquist KB, ProjectStyrning AB,
     Swedish International Development Agency. 


EXPERIENCE 

     MINISTRY OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
     January 1995 - June 1997, Minsk, Belarus
     Foreign Credit and Investment Department
     Chief Expert for the Cooperation with
     International Financial Institution. Duties:
     - Cooperation with the World Bank and International
       Monetary Fund; 
     - Macroeconomic project development, monitoring and analysis; 
     - Public Procurement under World Bank Projects; 
     - Promotion of programs and projects supported by American 
       financial organizations - OPIC, US Trade and Development
       Agency, US Export Import Bank.

     AMERICAN VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP Inc. (USA)
     March 1993 - September 1994
     Marketing and Project Manager. Duties:
     - Marketing Promotion of Computer Systems and Software
     - Creation and Promotion of the first belarussian business 
       newspaper in English: Minsk Business News

     MOKA Ltd., (Belarus)
     December 1991 - February 1993
     Financial Expert. Duties:
     - Broker activities on the Belarussian Stock Exchange


AWARDS

     Admission of the Graduate School of the Columbia University,
     The Program in Economic Policy Management, NYC,USA,1997-1999

     British Chevening Award - fellowship for a graduate study in 
     Great Britain awarded by the British Council, 1997 

     Muskie Fellowship for the graduate study in the USA awarded
      by USIA and administered by ACTR, 1997

     Graduation with Honor Distinction from the Minsk Suvorov
     Cadet School

     Winner of the School Mathematical Contest


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
     
     Professional computer user. Experienced with many operating
     systems, office, network, communication, graphics, 
     mathematical and statistical software, web design and
     programming using different software packages. I was Computer
     Consultant and Web Designer at the University of Kentucky.

     Fluent in English, proficient in German.
     Native Russian and Belarussian speaker.

     Like reading, computer programming, travel, soccer.

     Traveled in the United States, Sweden, Germany,
     Austria, France, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia

     References are available upon request