Grok Global Services has appointed Frank Merendino as director of business development, North America. Frank has spent the past 17 years working in international education across public universities, a non-profit professional association, and commercial organisations that focus on public-private partnerships. Frank got his start in the field as an international student advisor (DSO) at Miami University before moving to international student recruitment and partnerships at the University of Cincinnati. There he developed 2+2 programs, managed an extensive agent network, and established an overseas recruitment office in Vietnam. Frank then went on to work in business and partnership development for NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Shorelight Education, Quad Learning, INTO University Partnerships, The PIE and Oxford International Education Group.