Dick Brandt is an international consultant, advisor and accomplished public speaker. He has had over 15 years of experience in managing international business operations, while serving in various Vice President positions during a 25-year career at AT&T and Lucent Technologies. International operations for which Mr. Brandt assumed responsibility included all activities associated with sales, project implementation, technical sales support and overseeing and supporting hundreds of international staff in over 25 countries in Asia, W. Europe, E. Europe, the Middle East and Africa. These responsibilities led him to direct discussions of international business issues with world leaders such as the former President of the PLO, Yasar Arafat and Jiang Zemin, former President of PRC. Mr. Brandt also served on the Board of Directors for five international ventures in Singapore, PRC, India, Poland and Russia.

In 1970, Dick Brandt began his career as a sales manager for Ohio Bell. Ten years later as a principal consultant for AT&T International in Dublin, Ireland, his international work began with the establishment of AT&T's first international company. Mr. Brandt spent over 14 years living and working overseas, beginning in Ireland and continuing in Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands.

His personal and professional experience in marketing, team leadership, joint ventures and global business architecture and management has given him depth and perception that he brings to both the training room and his advice to corporate clients.  Mr. Brandt has developed extensive seminar materials on various aspects of international work in the global marketplace. He earned his BS Degree from Kent State University, and he is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. He also served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army.

After AT&T, Mr. Brandt has been able to devote himself to speaking and training engagements, having delivered lectures at Erasmus University in the Netherlands, Rome University in Italy, the World Economic Forum in South Africa, and Loyola University in Europe, plus training for Warner Lambert (The Sales Process in Japan), Bristol-Meyers Squibb (Doing business in Australia/New Zealand), Rohm & Hass (Asia Pacific Business Training), and Baruch College (Establishing International Joint Ventures). He is currently the Director of the Iacocca Institute in the Office of the Vice President of International Affairs, and the Director of the renowned Global Village Program for Future Leaders of Business and Industry.  He is responsible for the delivery of International Business courses at The Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University. Additionally, Mr. Brandt has taught the Business Policy course in the Executive MBA Program at The Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, and The City University of New York.  Mr. Brandt has taught executive education programs for Long Island University.  At Lehigh University’s College of Business and Economics, Mr. Brandt has taught Business One for seven years.  He currently facilitates a section on negotiations in the innovative Integrated Business and Engineering Honors Program, and conducts an ethics lab in a Masters of Accounting course.