peter byrne
journalist
kyiv, ukraine
employment
freelance journalist (1998 – present)
independent/freelance writing and editing projects include wartime sketches (192 pp, art huss, 2023), wrong door (171 pp. art huss, 2017), in the center of the cassette scandal (262 pp. isbn 80-239-3679-4), banking secrets from the orange revolution (248 pp., isbn 978-966-96898-1-1), 100 artists, modern and contemporary ukrainian art since independence (640 pp., isbn 978-966-8527-62-3).
work has appeared in various english-language media, including the kyiv post, prague post, sophia echo, krakow post, bbc, ard, radio netherlands, deutsche welle, cnn, fox news, the daily quill, national public radio, et cetera. compiled hundreds of by-lines each year from 1999 through the orange revolution, revolution of dignity, and russian invasion of ukraine (2014).
мысль
managed the selection, translation, and publication of commentary, and analysis for мысль, a monthly russian-language journal of current economic theory and business practice (36 issues, 2006 – 2009).
director, belarusian soros foundation
minsk, belarus (1994 – 1998)
directed the day-to-day operations of foundation and affiliates; supervised administration of 23 regional programs and implementation of board approved grants in support of individuals and organizations promoting freedom of speech, human rights, rule of law, education and economic reform.
manager, scientific network, merck, sharpe & dohme
moscow, zurich (1992 – 1994)
created and implemented regional sales strategies in oblasts and republics across russia and central asia; solidified long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with opinion leaders and decision-makers in moscow and st. petersburg; opened new regions for product sales throughout western and eastern siberia, the russian far east, central, and northern russia.
manager, east european journals, m.e. sharpe, inc., new york
armonk, ny (1989 – 1990)
managed the publication of 17 journals containing unabridged translations of articles reflecting current developments in soviet economic theory and practice. journals included soviet statutes & decisions, problems of economics, and soviet & east european foreign trade.
foreign service officer, u.s. state department
magnitogorsk, leningrad, minsk (1988 – 1989)
demonstrated state-of-the-art information technologies for soviet computer specialists and enthusiasts; orchestrated freewheeling debates on a wide variety of technical, social, and political issues with the one million plus visitors to information usa.
dod
nsa professionalized linguist, field station berlin (usm-5)
west berlin, east berlin (1979 – 1985)
collected and reported time-sensitive, critical information in support of theater and national-level authorities.
education
state university of new york at albany (ba/ma/tcp)
maurice thorez institute of foreign languages, moscow
university of maryland, overseas division, berlin
russian free university, aachen/koenigstein
dli/flc, monterey, ca
references furnished on request
