MICRO-BIO

• Thaddeus Kontek, resident in Miami Beach, Florida, is currently a Lecturer in international affairs at the Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland. Prior to that, he was a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. State Department from 1999-2017. From 2015 to...More

  Thaddeus Kontek, resident in Miami Beach, Florida, is currently a Lecturer in international affairs at the Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland. Prior to that, he was a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. State Department from 1999-2017. From 2015 to 2017, he was an Intelligence Analyst covering economic issues related to Russia and Central and Eastern Europe in the State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research where he prepared assessments for the President of the United States, the Secretary of State and other senior US government officials. His diplomatic overseas postings have included the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria. He also served at the U.S. Embassies in Baghdad, Iraq; Bridgetown, Barbados; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Moroni, Comoros; and Minsk, Belarus. At the State Department in Washington, he served as Regional Labor Officer for the countries of the former Soviet Union and as Ukraine Desk Officer. Prior to his diplomatic service, he held positions at the U.S. Departments of Labor and Treasury; the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency and at the U.S. Peace Corps in Warsaw, Poland. He received a Bachelor's Degree in International Relations from the American University in Washington, DC; completed coursework for a Master's Degree in Economics (ABD) from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Falls, Church, Virginia; and received a Master's Degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC.

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EXPERIENCE

• Collegium Civitas - Warsaw, Poland

  • Instructor
  • International Relations
  • February 2018 to Present

• US Department of State

  • Economic Intelligence Analyst - Russia and Eastern Europe
  • Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • April 2015 to April 2017

• US Department of State

  • Foreign Service Office - Political Cone
  • various
  • December 1999 to April 2015

EDUCATION

• National Intelligence University

  • MSSI
  • July 2011 to August 2012

  Obtained a Masters Degree in Strategic Intelligence at the National Intelligence University, a part of the Defense Intelligence Agency at the US Department of Defense.

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • MA (ABD)
  • September 1981 to 1992

  Completed all coursework for a Master of Arts degree in Economics. All but dissertation.

• American University

  • Bachelors
  • August 1977 to June 1979

  Obtained a Bachelors degree in International Relations from the School of International Serviced.

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