Sweet Corn market study, Central Europe - Judges the competitive threat of increased ethanol production in Europe on maize production as due diligence for acquisition of sweet corn processing plant.

Polar Quartz, Moscow – Performed strategic review and financial due diligence in support of Western investment into this Russian manufacture of especially pure quartz concentrate and quartz powder for silicon wafers and solar cells.

WestBalt Telecom,Kaliningrad - Financial advisor and structurer of $7 million trade sale of Kaliningrad regional telecoms provider to NASDAQ listed Golden Telecoms (NASDAQ: GLDN).

JX Properties, Florida - Arranged $4 million of equity along with a $6 million commercial bank loan for JX Properties, LLC, to purchase 500 acres of north-east Florida raw land and to re-permit it for development into a vacation home community.

CalPeak, California - Devised and implemented risk management and financial modeling for successful 250 MW (5 sites x 50MW) gas turbine peaking power project for United Technologies (NYSE: UTX).