Andrew C. Baird, Jr.

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Arlington, VA 22207

703-***-****

adr4o7@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

A leader with proven business affairs and communication skills: 7 years-refinery consultancy; 5-years, upper-level USG executive; 20 years media: writer-reporter, business correspondent, chief editor. EXPERIENCE

2014-present Refinery Search Partners LLC (RSP), Arlington VA USA 2005 to Present Managing Member

• Business/legal affairs/contracting officer for RSP consultancy. Mandates: Hess, Axeon, PBF Energy, more.

• Established performance benchmarks, completion criteria, and client satisfaction response.

• Managed RSP subcontractors as per Task Orders under Scope of Work.

• Co-founded Compliance Sea Fuels Corp, $200 M 0.5% sulfur sea fuel project planned for South Carolina.

• Led discussions with terminal operators, resulting in land-lease Letters of Intent.

• Helped direct the Compliance management team in producing Business Case, Projections, Pro Formas.

• Led successful effort to retain top legal counsel and a skilled Investment Advisory firm.

• Oversight of banking, corporate filings, and accounting functions for RSP and Compliance. 2005-2013 King St. Holdings LLC

• Investments.

2003-2005 Coalition Provisional Authority (Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance- ORHA/Dept. of Defense) Washington, Kuwait City, Baghdad Executive Director, Iraq Free Media Project

• With Director, set policy and oversaw post-war initiative to build Iraq’s radio, TV, newspapers, Internet.

•. Areas of oversight for $169MM project: contractor performance, budgets, strategic communications, personnel.

• Worked with Shi’ite, Sunna, Turkoman, and Kurdish representatives on reconciliation issues.

• Worked with offices of Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary of Defense/Policy, Office of Boards/Task Forces. Voice of America, Washington, DC 1983-2003

Counselor to Director, Chief of Staff 2002-2003

• Chief aide to VOA Director; agency’s top career employee 2002; managed day-to-day operations.

• VOA, dominant USG overseas broadcast organization; $400MM+ budget; 2000 permanent/contract personnel; largest Sat/Terrestrial transmission system; 2000 weekly broadcast hours (radio/TV); led ME/Afghan “Surge”.

• Detailed to Defense Dept.; liaison: National Security Council; liaison: U.S. Ambassadors/Iraq and Afghanistan.

• Spearheaded Afghanistan National Radio Initiative, conducted personal 2002 reconnoiter post-invasion Afghanistan.

• Awarded 2004 Distinguished Service Award by VOA for Afghanistan media mission. Earlier VOA positions

• Office of Program Review; critiqued VOA radio/TV broadcasts for the agency’s quality control office.

• Editor-in-Chief, News Specials Division; directed team of 25 senior-level reporters and producers.

• In charge of Flagship program FOCUS, named first of top 10 programs in all international broadcasting 1990.

• Editorialist; Economic/ Finance Reporter; filed daily correspondent reports. FORTUNE magazine, New York City, 1978-1982

Reporter

•. Macro-econ: Synfuels, U.S. Income policy, Fed activities; more.

•. Nat. Security: East-West trade; INF/Europe; Soviet Economy; Armand Hammer; more

•. Business/Corporate: Exxon, coal industry, richest Americans, Boise-Cascade, Adobe, Koch; more.