CARRICULUM VITAE

VALENTYN KOVALENKO

PERSONAL DATA

Age 52. Married.

WORKING HISTORY

****-**** ******* ***********, ******* Threat Reduction Office of the US Embassy in Ukraine (CTR Proliferation Prevention Program and CP2).

2008-2010 Program Management Assistant, Defense Threat Reduction Office of the US Embassy in Ukraine.

2007-2008 Senior Research Fellow, National Research Center for Defense Technologies of Ukraine.

2006-2007 Advisor to private company on science and international issues. 2003-2006

Chief of Military Cooperation Section, National Research Center for Defense Technologies and Military Security of Ukraine. 2002-2003 International Fellow at the US National Defense University. 2001-2002 Chief of Military Cooperation section, National Research Center for Defense Technologies and Military Security of Ukraine. 1999-2001 Student - Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine. 1999-1999 OSCE Field Office Director in KVM OSCE mission in Kosovo. 1998-1999 Senior Duty Officer in the UN Mission Headquarters in Tajikistan.

1997-1998 English-speaking lecturer in the Communication & Control military institute in Kyiv.

1996-1997 Team Leader at the UN military observer Mission in Tajikistan. 1994-1996 English-speaking lecturer in the Communication & Control Military Institute in Kyiv.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, military, 2003, the US National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF).

Master of Foreign Policy, Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, 2001. PhD (technical) in Electronics, 1994, Communication & Control Military Institute in Kyiv.

Other courses: Project Management - basic and advanced courses 2008, 2009 Virginia, USA; IT course 2000-2001, Georgia, USA.

Language skills: Ukrainian, Russian, English, beginning level of French. Other skills:

TOEFL, US and Ukrainian driver licenses, advanced PC (MS Office software + special applications).

References and contact information

Luke Kluchko - International Program Manager, US Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J Kingman Road Stop 6201 Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060, e-mail: acw8ws@r.postjobfree.com, 571- 314-8937 or office phone 703-***-****.

Paul Boren - Director of Partnership Building at the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Retired e-mail: acw8ws@r.postjobfree.com

Dawn Brown - International Program Manager, US Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J Kingman Road Stop 6201 Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060, e-mail: acw8ws@r.postjobfree.com Kevin Sullivan - International Program Manager, US Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the same address, e-mail: acw8ws@r.postjobfree.com

Reginald Darden - International Project Manager, US Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the same address, e-mail: acw8ws@r.postjobfree.com phone:703-***-****. Е-mail: acw8ws@r.postjobfree.com

Cellular phone: +1-571-***-****