Frank Hagel has spent most of his 25-year professional life in New York City. From that international hub his business engagements have included numerous US and foreign corporations, NGOs, and foreign governments. Frank has extensive business experience as a founder or member of senior management in various enterprises; deep knowledge of commercial issues and market dynamics including competitive analyses, business economics, pricing models, ROI analyses, structuring of third-party agreements (resellers, distributors, channel partners, joint venture partners, equipment manufacturers, offshore contractors, licensing arrangements); corporate governance procedures, liability awareness and prevention, compliance, risk assessment; stockholder and board of directors relations; HR issues; directing audits in preparation for institutional financing; identifying, evaluating and negotiating with likely strategic partners and major investment houses, and framing capital financing packages.

Frank has often facilitated public and private partnerships requiring multi-government coordination and high-level negotiations with government agencies and officials, particularly in the context of cross-border and international deals. In complex business transactions in which intractable problems have stymied on-going progress, his extensive network of international relationships includes individuals whose influence or jurisdiction is key to the viability, timing, or consummation of transactions. Frank's sectors of business experience include:  Information & Communications Technologies, Education, Construction, International Sourcing, Software Development, Commodities, Pharmaceutical Licensing, and Factory Development. His geographic regions of capability include Canada, China, India, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and various countries on the continent of Africa.