Dr. Fariborz Ghadar is Senior Advisor and Distinguished Senior Scholar Center for Strategic and International Affairs in DC. Additionally, he is the William A. Schreyer Professor of Global Management, Policies and Planning and Founding Director Center for Global Business Studies, Smeal School of Business at Penn State. He is author 15 books, including Becoming American, Global Tectonics: What Every Business Needs to Know and Financing Growth in Developing Economies. He has served as an investment banker at the International Finance Corporation at the World Bank group, and was the research coordinator of the Harvard Multinational Enterprise Project. He has been a consultant for numerous multi-national corporations and governments around the globe. He is a frequent speaker on global economic topics, manufacturing and finance.