Since 1997, I have been Managing Director of Lanna Consulting Co., Ltd. My company, founded in Chiang Mai, Thailand – now based in Nong Khai, Thailand – designs, manages, maintains, and promotes websites.
 
Before 1997, I was a freelance correspondent, a journalist, writer, editor, researcher, tour leader, teacher, linguist, deckhand, and student.
 
Please see my CV for finer details.

1993: Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, U.S.A.; Dissertation Title: The Sword of the Spirit: Christians,
Karens, Colonialists, and the Creation of a Nation of Burma; Stephen A.
Tyler, Chair.

1990: M.A., Cultural Anthropology, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, U.S.A.

1986: B.A., Language Studies and Psychology, University of California,
Santa Cruz; Major Language: French; Minor Languages: Latin, Vietnamese,
Thai; Honors Thesis: Baudelaire’s Poe and Meta-Translation.

1978: U.S. Air Force School of Applied Cryptological Science, Goodfellow
Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas, U.S.A.

1977: Defense Language Institute/Foreign Language Center, Presidio
of Monterey, Ca.; Intensive Vietnamese Language Training, Ten-Month
Course.

1992: Visiting Scholar/Graduate Intern, International Centre for Ethnic
Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

1990-91: Fulbright Dissertation Research Grant, Chiang Mai University,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Project Title:
Writing Orality: The Consequences of Literacy Among the Karen of Northern
Thailand.

1987-90: Graduate Fellowships, Rice University, Houston, Texas.

1986: B.A. Thesis Honors, Baudelaire’s Poe and Meta-Translation;
Fredric Jameson, Chair.

1979: U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal: Vietnam-Cambodia,
Vietnam-China Conflicts.

My primary experience is in project management, website development, and online marketing. I apply my anthropological training and ethnographic skills to developing and managing online sites.
 

My international staff is constantly evolving, sometimes on a project-by-project basis, and is non-localized.

 
Since 1997, I have designed, managed, maintained, and promoted scores of websites, a number of which are listed on my CV.
 
My specialties include:

• Project Management
• Search Engine Optimization
• Search Engine Marketing
• Social Media Marketing
• Google AdWords & Analytics
• Website Design & Development
• Copywriting
• Editing

My personal goal, and that of my company, is to exceed client expectations as a matter of course; to innovate and develop your project in unforeseen, fruitful ways; and to constantly impress you with our value-added services.