 He was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand from July 2007 and was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 2004 until 2006 ("with simultaneous accreditation to Maldives").From 2010 until 2013 he was the ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.He is the U.S. ambassador to Benin Republic as of October 28, 2013.