How To Build Entrepreneurship Abroad

Lorraine Hariton (pictured) has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology sector in Silicon Valley.

From 2003 to 2005, Hariton served as President and CEO of Apptera. She served as the CEO of Beatnik from 1999 to 2002. She also spent 15 years at IBM serving in a number of executive capacities. Hariton is Chairman Emeritus of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives. She has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Mathematical Sciences from Stanford University.

Hariton is Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

The mission of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (www.state.gov/e/eeb; EEB) is to promote economic security and prosperity in the United States and abroad.

Learn what Hariton’s goals are for women worldwide and the opportunities she hopes to afford them here.

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Posted by:  Laurel Delaney