Larson Global Consulting, Inc.

dale w. larson (born 1947, U.S. Citizen)

President, Larson Global Consulting, Inc.

2824 Greenvale Street
Chevy Chase, MD  20815

TEL: (301) 613-1881
E-MAIL: DWL@LarsonGlobal.com

Education

University of Wisconsin:  Ph.D., International Economics, 1976 (M.A., Economics, 1973)

University of Minnesota:  B.A., Economics, 1969

EXPERIENCE

Larson Global Consulting, Inc., principal, 2000 to Present

    Responsibilities:

• Assisting clients of Mitsubishi Research Institute (see below).
• Managing the firm.

Mitsubishi Research Institute, Washington, D.C. Liaison Office, Deputy Manager and Senior Economist, 1993 to 2000

    Responsibilities:

• Identified and supervised subcontractors.
• Served as a liaison with U.S. clients, including development banks.
• Monitored and reported on economic and political developments in Washington.
• Gathered project-related information, e.g., interviewed and attended conferences, in support of colleagues in Japan.
• Assisted the Chief Representative with office management.

U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C., International Economist, Office of Industrial Nations and Global Analysis, 1991 to 1992

    Responsibilities:

• Analyzed financial and trade issues.
• Wrote "talking points" for Treasury officials’ meetings with foreign officials.

Bank of America, San Francisco, Vice President and Senior Economist, 1984 to 1991

    Responsibilities:

• Monitored industrial-country economies.
• Supervised two economists.
• Produced the bank’s official foreign exchange forecasts.
• Edited and wrote a bimonthly foreign exchange newsletter with a circulation of 12,000.
• Supervised preparation of country-risk reports.
• Advised customers on exchange-rate strategies.
• Briefed senior managers on the foreign exchange markets.
• Spoke to business groups, on radio and television, and to journalists on topics such as exchange rates and world trade.

San Francisco State University, Lecturer, 1986-1987

    Responsibility: Taught Principles of Economics

U.S. State Department, Foreign Service Institute, School of Professional Studies, Course Chairman, Washington, D.C., 1982-1984

    Responsibilities: Supervised a six-month program in economics for Foreign Service officers, and taught intermediate microeconomics, public finance, and international trade.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Professorial Lecturer, Washington, D.C., 1983-1984

    Responsibilities: Taught courses in International Trade.

U.S. International Trade Commission, Chief, Research Division, Washington, D.C., 1980-1982

    Responsibilities: Supervised six economists conducting research in international economics and assisting with import-injury investigations.

U.S. Treasury, Washington D.C., International Economist, 1978-1980

    Responsibility: Conducted economic research on international trade policy.

Catholic University of Louvain, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Belgium, 1976-1978

    Responsibility: Conducted economic research on international trade.

LANGUAGES

Reading knowledge of Dutch, German, and Swedish

Memberships

American Economic Association
National Association of Business Economists
Washington International Trade Association
Consumers for World Trade