Mike

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Name:
Mike
Location:
Mindanao, Philippines,
Birthday:
09/08/1932
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Married
Job / Career:
Engineering

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Retired US State Department Senior Foreign Service. Living in southern Mindanao, Philippines after a long overseas career that began in 1962. Home town USA: Seattle. Lots of experience building and managing large capital infrastructure projects in various developing countries of the world, from Africa to Vietnam and most points in between. I like to scuba dive, cook, and am interested in trading securities.

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