MADISON---Department of Commerce (Commerce) Secretary Aaron Olver today announced the appointment of Darin Bielecki as Executive Assistant.

“Darin Bielecki brings to his new role a business background that includes international trade experience,” said Secretary Olver. “Darin will be a strong asset to our economic development team as we work with businesses to create jobs and investment.”

For the past year, Bielecki was a consultant for a trade association.  Prior to that, he served for a year and a half as a Fulbright Fellow in Ukraine for the US Department of State, working on both international and domestic business development projects.   From 2004-07, he was a director of Symphony Corporation, Madison, an information technology and services consulting firm.  He holds a BS in political science with a minor in business from the UW-Madison and an MA in Eastern European Studies from Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.