Welcome to Vogel International Technology Consulting (VITC). We are a small consulting firm that works at the juncture between technological innovation and international collaboration. With extensive experience in the Americaa and Africa, VITC helps technology companies and research organizations bridge continents. We help create mutually beneficial partnerships that advance science, provide access to new markets, and leverage expertise outside of national communities. Whether you are looking south or north, just starting out or planning to expand, we can help you achieve success.
Bem-vindo à VITC – Vogel International Technology Consulting. Somos uma Consultoria que atua na junção entre a inovação tecnológica e a colaboração internacional. Com vasta experiência nas Américas e na África, a VITC facilita o acesso das empresas de tecnologia e de organização de pesquisas a estas e outras regiões. A criação destas parcerias de benefício mútuo promove a ciência, propicia a entrada em novos mercados e estabelece o mecanismo para beneficiar-se da expertise internacional. Seu objetivo pode estar voltado para o Norte ou o Sul, sua iniciativa pode estar apenas começando ou já pronta para crescer: fornecemos o suporte necessário para que ela se realize com todo o sucesso.
Bienvenido a Vogel International Technology Consulting (VITC). Somos una pequeña empresa de consultoría cuyo ámbito de acción está en la coyuntura entre la innovación tecnológica y la colaboración internacional. Con vasta experiencia en las Américas y África, VITC es el medio de conexión y acceso a otros continentes para las empresas de tecnología y organizaciones que realizan investigación. Facilitamos la creación de asociaciones mutuamente beneficiosas que tienen como meta el avance de la ciencia; ofrecemos acceso a nuevos mercados gracias a nuestra experiencia y conocimiento de otras comunidades. Ya sea que esté mirando hacia el norte o el sur, que recién esté comenzando, o que esté pensando en expandir su radio de actividades, nosotros podemos ayudarlo a tener éxito.
specializes in initiating brand-new technology programs across international boundaries. Prior to opening VITC, he worked for the U.S. Navy as a civil servant, deploying three times to Africa on maritime security partnership missions, serving as the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) liaison to Latin America in Chile, and most recently opening ONR’s mission to Brazil. He funded more than 150 grants to Latin American and African scientists researching such topics as oceanography and coastal science, quantum computing, bioluminescence, operational and environmental ocean modeling, ship tracking and sensor network technology, biofuels, marine genomics, brain-machine interfaces, modeling of poaching behavior, modeling of cracking in metals, use of plasmonic nanorods to perform as microsecond switches, and the creation of novel thin films. Augustus also helped create the ECOWAS Coastal and Marine Resources Management Centre, South Africa’s Oceans and Coastal Information Management System (OCIMS), and the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Domain Awareness partnership platform, Seavision. He received a PhD from the University of Southern California, where he studied marine population genetics, satellite ocean imaging, and the management and security implications of international fisheries, and BA in Biology from the University of Virgina. Augustus served three years in Ghana for the U.S. Peace Corps as a science teacher and regional agent for Guinea Worm eradication, beyond working with local communities to build schools and educational infrastructure.