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Aurelio
Azpiazu, has more than 30 years of international technology assessment and
marketing expertise. He spent more than 16 years with the US Department of
Defense, leaving that appointment as the first Director for Industrial
Cooperation with Australia.
As the incumbent, he was asked to return to the Embassy of Australia post
after nearly 20 years and develop new directions for defence technology and
industrial cooperation with Australian firms. His original pioneering work
resulted in more than $3 Billion dollars of reciprocal business
opportunities.
Mr.
Azpiazu has consulted to Fortune 50 Firms and World Class Corporations in
more than 40 countries. He has managed and has direct experience in large,
technical engineering projects, training and international program
management. He has worked in the medical field as a senior officer
directing Operations of a publicly traded firm.
Mr.
Azpiazu is also on several corporate boards, Chairs and serves on
community-based not-for-profit organizations and is a Patent Holder for
several devices including computer security techniques.
Mr.
Azpiazu is multi-lingual and bi-lingual in Spanish and English, a licensed
engineer, a graduate in Engineering of the University
of Miami, is a Navy certified
Instructor, holds a Masters from the University of the Armed Forces, Industrial College and has various other
post-graduate and management training certifications. He has been a
featured lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School,
several colleges and universities and most recently as a consultant to the
Chief of Naval Research, was the lead investigator and presented at a Naval
Science Board of the National Science Foundation Symposium on Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle Technology Development and Assessment at the University of California,
Berkeley.
He has presented at various industry conference and
seminars on numerous trips to Australia.
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