Ken R.

About Ken R.

Accomplished and versatile leader with more than 23 years domestic and global experience in international exchanges, crisis management, human resources management, government relations and budgets. My passion is combining people, policy, and business to transform lives and communities for the better. I am a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State with assignments in Taiwan, Nigeria, Mainland China, Guyana, Burkina Faso, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Congress, and Washington, DC. In DC, I served as a Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Country Director for Ghana and Guinea, Senior Advisor and Instructor for Asia and Africa at the Foreign Service Institute, Pandemic Crisis Response Officer, and Program Officer for East Africa. Top Secret security clearance holder. Fluent in Japanese and Mandarin. Best-selling author and international speaker. Overseas, I served in various leadership roles managing multi-million dollar projects and leading foreign national teams in fast-paced, high-stress environments. Whether traveling by boat to dedicate a pumping well to a hospital in Guyana, negotiating with the government of China to liberalize their construction and insurance markets, or leading global exchange programs, I connect people and ideas to advance peace, prosperity, and mutual understanding. Specialties: Government relations, trade and investment, public relations and media, negotiations, international business, international exchanges, commercial advocacy, cross cultural communication, political risk analysis, policy development, marketing, recruitment, and writing.Publications: Memoir on U.S-Japan cultural policy (ranked top 15 in cultural policy in Japan and within top 50 in the U.S. in that category via Amazon within 6 months of release), Children\'s books, Poetry, International Relations (North Korea and Japan). Available via Amazon, book distributors, and my website: website and projects have social justice themes. On my spare time I like to create proposals to bring business solutions to address social ills such as homelessness: See my website for a sample project: http://kenreiman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Japan-Urban-Homeless-Project.pdf

Experience

1. Foreign Service Officer

   U.S. Department Of State

   Sep 2002 — Present

Education

• Stanford University

  MA, East Asian Studies

  2000 — 2002

• Keio University

  None, Japanese Politics/History - Exchange Student

  1998 — 1999

• Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

  BSFS, International Relations, School of Foreign Service

Skills

• Policy
• Economics
• International Security
• Policy Analysis
• Human Rights
• Foreign Policy
• Research
• Political Science
• International Law
• Foreign Affairs
• Public Policy
• Strategic Communications
• National Security
• Intercultural Communication
• Business Development
• International Trade
• Government
• Public Diplomacy
• Program Management
• International Relations
• International Economics
• Public Speaking
• International Development
• Negotiation
• Politics
• Economic Development
• Mandarin
• Management
• Political Risk Analysis
• Diplomacy