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About Kazakhstan Consulting Solutions (KCS)

KCS’s purpose is to provide consulting services to Western companies interested in investing in Kazakhstan, as well as providing consulting services to the Kazakhstan Government as it looks for specific investments from Western companies.  

 

Recent geopolitical instability in the world, with the war in Ukraine, has underscored the importance of diversification of Kazakhstan's hydrocarbon delivery routes to international markets. With Kazakhstan being one of the largest landlocked countries in the world, the need for opening new transport corridors is now greater than ever. 
 

KCS stands ready to assist Kazakhstan, and assist Western companies, in this effort.  Additionally, rare earth metals are a key component in new technologies, batteries, and computer chips. Currently, China provides 90% of many of these metals to the world. The US having access to other suppliers of these elements, such as Kazakhstan, is of great strategic significance.

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The Team

Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

Kazakhstan Consulting Solutions has assembled the perfect team to reach its objectives. The team cumulatively represents over 100 years of experience in Kazakhstan, project management, engineering, negotiations, regulatory affairs, and innovative technology.

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Joel Adamson PE, MS

President & CEO

  • Licensed Prof. Engr. WA State.

  • Fluent in the Kazakh language.

  • Worked in Kazakhstan since 1990.

  • Worked for ExxonMobil, Chevron, and TCO.

  • Graduate of Caltech Graduate School.

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Dr. Ali Zhankabayev

Director of Kazakhstan Operations

  • Doctor of Transformational Leadership

  • Professor

  • Former consultant for Asian Development Bank

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John Oren

Sr. Vice President

  • A globally strategic relationship-builder with over twenty years of experience

  • Received the United States Presidential E award for excellence in exports

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Norm Alexander

Chief Financial Officer

  • Former C.P.A., State of California

  • M.B.A., University of California, Irvine.

  • 35 year experience as CFO of large corporations.

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Timothy Dean, MS

Chief Technology Officer

  • Graduate of Yale Graduate School.

  • M.S. in robotics and computer programming.  

  • Lived 9 years in Kazakhstan.

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 Marine Oil Transport (TBD)

Marine Oil Transport Lead

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