His career spanned several professions: journalism (expeditions), political science, urban planning, computer cartography, science and technology policy, management best practices consulting, and cultural philanthropy. Born in England of Romania parents and a father in the pre-communist diplomatic service and raised in Morocco, he came to the U.S. in 1956. Romanian citizenship was restored forty years later. He studied at Dartmouth College, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Harvard Business School. A grant recipient from the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he was also guest lecturer or faculty at Dartmouth College (engineering and business schools), Boston University, and the Institute for Technology and Man in France. He has been published in the National Geographic Magazine where he led four expeditions; and has been a free-lance contributor to newspapers and magazines. He lives with his family in Concord, Massachusetts.