Bachelor of science in applied mathematics from University of Sydney, 1966; U.S. Citizen since 1982 hobbies: Squash, raquetball, sailing, reading; turned back to Australia in 1996; later he worked with an oceanographic firm in McMahons in Australia; currently serves on the Board of the Australian Trade Commission, is Chairman of the Australian Government’s International Space Advisory Group and is a founding member of the national advisory board of Environment Business Australia; Executive Chairman of his own high-tech consulting company Prime Solutions Pacific.