BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
FRANK REIDY
2006
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208 Liberty Street, Warren, PA. 16365
Tel: 814 723- 3230
Fax: 814 723-4746
E-mail: frank@bioelectrics.net
515 Wilder Point, Virginia Beach, VA. 23451
Tel: 757 428- 8336
Fax: 757 428- 0146
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Villanova University, 1959 – 1963
Mu Lambda Chi, 1960 – 1962 // Pledge of the Year, 1960
St. Edmonds Orphanage Guild, 1963
Thesis: ORTHOGRAPHIC BEAM STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, 1963
Diploma, Far East Studies, University of Minnesota, 1963 – 1964
Business Administration Courses from the Universities of Maryland, Kellogg, Wharton and Harvard
AFFILIATIONS
Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Singapore Chapter, 1977 – 1991. I was elected Chapter President in 1978 and 1979.
YPO University Organization Committees: Singapore 1980, Bangkok, Thailand 1985 and New Delhi, India 1986
American Chamber of Commerce, Member, 1968 – 1986
International Tae Kwon Do Federation, 1966 – 1975. I attained 3rd Dan Black Belt in 1973 from General Choi Hong Hi.
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va. I am a Director of the Research Center for Bioelectrics.
Web Site: www.odu.edu/engr/bioelectrics
Operation Smile International, Norfolk, Va. Board of Directors, 1992 – 2000 and Chairman, Board of Trustees in 2006.
This non-profit volunteer group performs free cleft-lip and cleft palate surgery on 8,000 children each year with a staff of 84 people.
Web Site: www.operationsmile.org
Bengali and French/limited conversation
LANGUAGES
10/94 - present
YANTAI-RAFFLES SHIPYARD – Republic of Singapore and Yantai City, Shandong Province, China.
Shareholder and Company Director. Yantai-Raffles is a design and marine construction company for the offshore oil and gas industry.
The shipyard has a staff of 1200 people including a ship design center with 180 engineers and naval architects.
Annual sales are $250 million dollars.
Web Site: www. yantai-raffles.com
10/84- present
PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL ENERGY [PGE] – Warren, Pennsylvania
Web Site: www.penngeneralenergy.com
Shareholder and Director. PGE is an exploration, drilling and production company for natural gas and oil in Western Pennsylvania.
We operate 900 wells with a staff of 90 people. Annual sales are $60 million with reserves of 45 billion cubic feet of natural gas [45bcf].
Draft: PEACE & WAR, a Personal Journey from the Peace Corps in Bangladesh to the war in Vietnam completed in 1996
7/84 – present
McCLEES ASSOCIATES – Virginia Beach, Virginia
Shareholder and President. I was the factory representative and strategic planner for Epilady products in North America and Asia.
I received Marketing Awards from Mepro/Epilady Ltd. for helping their companies reach sales of $100 million dollars each year in 1988
and 1989. McClees now operates as a family real estate business purchasing and leasing apartments in the Virginia Beach area.
Published: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES DIRECTORIES for Thailand in 1985 and India in 1986 through YPO
AD-VENTURE CAPITAL, a Study of Fourteen Business Investments in Southeast Asia and the USA in 1986
9/72 – 6/84
GENERAL DIESEL SUPPLIES [GDS] – Republic of Singapore
Shareholder and Managing Director (1978-1984). GDS was a General Motors Distributorship with 290 personnel in ten branch
offices in Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Indonesia. Annual sales were US $25-30 mil. I helped to managed
investments in subsidiary companies working in industrial chrome plating and heavy equipment sales and leasing. I negotiated
and sold the General Diesel group of companies to Unilever PLC in London, England in 1984.
DETROIT DIESEL DISTRIBUTION COUNCIL, South East Asia, 1979 – 1984 // Chairman, 1979 and 1980
Published: EQUIPMENT SALES NEWSLETTER, 1973 to 1978
MAE WEST, a Strategic Plan for Diesel Distribution with Peter Rissom in 1984
CYCLE THE MEKONG, an 1800 Mile Bicycle Trip with Don Petri through Thailand and Malaysia in 1985/86
10/65 – 8/72
APPLIED TECHNICAL SERVICES [ATS] - Saigon, Vietnam
Shareholder and Manager. I supervised the finance, personnel and contract administration of a marine repair facility (1000 tons) with an
average turnover of US $1mil/year: Top-Secret security clearance, 1966. I sold this business to move operations to Singapore in 1972.
I helped to purchased and moved 3000 tons of surplus US Army equipment to Singapore for repair and resale from 1972 to 1975.
Published: VIETNAM, A PROSPECTUS with Tom Henry and Warren Blake in 1969
ASIA PACIFIC COMMENTARY with Ray Kathe the President of CitiBank in Asia in 1972
9/63 – 9/65
AMERICAN PEACE CORPS – Volunteer at Sandwip Island, Bangladesh
I worked with local government personnel implementing rural public works programs building schools and hurricane shelters.
Published: HANDBOOK OF CONSTRUCTION with Peace Corps groups Pak 7 and 8 in 1965
PERSONAL
Hobbies:
Age 65, I was born on 30 June, 1941, in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Height – 5’-10” [1.75 meters]
Scuba Diving (PADI), History, Awards for Sailing, Jogging and Tae Kwon Do
Australia New Zealand Soccer Association // Coach, 1980 – 1985
America by Bicycle, 2002, I completed a 3500 mile bicycle trip across the USA from Astoria, Oregon to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Juliette Reidy was born on 25 June, 1946, in the city of Long An in Vietnam. We were married in 1972 in Saigon, Vietnam.
Profession: Director, “The Children’s House Montessori School” in Saigon Vietnam and translator for Operation Smile, Norfolk, VA.
Languages: English, French, Vietnamese and Chinese (Cantonese)
Draft: IRON BUTTERFLIES, An account of the women in her family through four generations.
James (33) George Washington University, 1997, Magna cum Laude and Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law, 2006.
Michael (30) Hampden-Sydney College, 1999, Lacrosse NCAA Division III, midfield. He is a Sushi Chef in La Jolla, California.
Pieter (27) Drexel University’s School of Business, 2004. He is an Event Coordinator for Operation Smile in Norfolk, Virginia.
Married:
Children: