Thomas Tesluk has more than 20 years of experience in international business, with particular expertise in developing and managing joint ventures and alliances in technology, telecommunications, and financial services.

Tesluk became an independent consultant in 1998, following the sale of his former employer. He focused on business development in the telecommunications industry, with clients including Siemens AG Austria, Max Mobile GmbH, Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc., and Western Wireless International Inc.

Prior to consulting, he was executive vice president of New York-based Cellular Communications International Inc. He directed all international business development efforts, including successful applications to win wireless licenses in Italy, India, Austria, and Haiti.

Tesluk has extensive experience in living and working overseas, including five years in Milan, Italy, where he was vice president of Shearson Lehman Brothers. During this time, he played a key role in establishing a joint venture between CCII and Olivetti, the Italian computer manufacturer. That venture, known as Omnitel SpA, went on to win Italy’s second nationwide cellular license in 1994.

In the early 1980s, Tesluk started his career at American Express Co. as manager of international corporate affairs. He focused on trade and regulatory issues and worked closely with broad coalitions of U.S. and European companies, along with the U.S. trade representative’s office in Washington, D.C.

Tesluk has a master’s degree in economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C., and Bologna, Italy. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of the Pacific and the London School of Economics. He is fluent in Italian and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center. He serves as board member and Treasurer of the Malta House of Good Counsel which operates a women’s shelter in Norwalk, Connecticut and is a board member of the Project Pierre Toussaint which operates a school for street children living in Cap Hatien, Haiti. In addition, Tesluk serves as a board member of the World Affairs Forum of Stamford, Connecticut.