 From 1995 through 1998 he worked in Berlin as Program Development Officer for the new German Eastern states.Then, he took over the post Information Center Director in Islamabad, Pakistan for two years, before he was called to the American embassy in Quito, Ecuador, where he eventually took over the Public Affairs Division.From 2003 through 2005, he served as Consul General in Yekaterinburg, Russia, before returning to Germany to work in Frankfurt as Public Affairs Officer of the U.S. Consulate General.