Our biannual "Career Tracks in Asia" will be held Tuesday, November 3.聽This semester's Career Tracks in Asia聽will feature Boli Medappa, Tyler Rauert, and Colleen Berry. After the panel discussion, there will be a networking reception. The panel discussion begins at 5:00 p.m., and both the presentation and the reception will be held in the Center for Community (C4C), Room S350, on the CU-Boulder campus.
Colleen Berry聽was bitten by the Chinese bug while attending college. She spent several years in Taiwan studying Mandarin before receiving an MA from the Jackson School at the University of Washington where she focused on modern Chinese history and politics. She then led tours in China for twelve years before and during her Ph.D. work in Chinese literature at Indiana University. She wrote her thesis while living in Japan for four years where she also studied Japanese and worked for a Japanese company. After that, she emigrated to Canada and taught Mandarin, Japanese, and Chinese literature at the University of Manitoba before moving south to the University of North Dakota where she was an Associate Professor of Chinese Studies. She鈥檚 now delighted to be here in Boulder with its mountains and milder winters and is thoroughly enjoying her work as Associate Director and Instructor of the Asian Studies Program at聽the Center for Asian Studies. During the career panel,聽she鈥檒l be talking a bit about her work as a tour guide in China and as an editor for a Japanese company.
Boli Medappa聽is the founding member and Managing Director of Hermes Consulting Group, Inc., which advises communications and IT companies on global investment and market entry strategies. She is also the founding partner of India360, which helps companies capitalize on the growing business opportunities between India and the US.聽Medappa has worked with, and in, India since the early 1990s, where she was instrumental in opening up the Indian market to private investments in infrastructure.聽As Managing Director US West India, she negotiated the first private investment for integrated broadband services, establishing operations for U S West in India. She has advised the Indian government on reform in the regulatory environment; negotiated joint venture agreements with local partners, and contracts with the Indian government.聽Medappa's educational background includes an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Denver, BA in Economics from India, and Executive Management programs at Harvard, Northwestern (Kellogg), Wharton and MIT.
As a global attorney for growing businesses, Tyler Rauert simplifies the complex world of international commerce. He is an experienced聽cross-border professional skilled in intercultural negotiation, drafting, regulatory compliance, dispute resolution, political risk, government relations, and strategy development. He is currently a partner at Polaris Law Group. From 2005 until 2014, he was an Associate Professor of International Law and Strategy at the Department of Defense - Near East South Asia Center. He received a Master of Laws in International Business Transactions from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He additionally received an M.A. in International Affairs from American University's School of International Service, a J.D. in International Law from the American University Washington College of Law, and a B.S. in Political Science from Truman State University.