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Frederick R. Andresen is an international business veteran with over thirty-five years of success in Asia, Europe, and now Russia. He founded DirectNet Telecommunications, which was recognized as a leading American company in Russia, and is now President and Chairman of Prioritel Holdings, Inc., a global IP based telecom enterprise centered in Moscow. He is President of the Los Angeles-St. Petersburg Sister City Committee and a board member of the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin. He is a Graduate of the Thunderbird School of Global Management and Colorado State University, and a recipient of the 2005 William E. Morgan Alumni Achievement Award. A published author and a recognized photographer, he currently lives in Corona del Mar, California. Within a lifetime of international business, Fred Andresen counts his years in Russia as the most challenging, enriching, and enjoyable.