Originally from Uzbekistan, Talgat began his professional career as a member of the first cohort of U.S.-CAEF Capstone Interns. Since then, he has built his career at Ernst & Young in Kazakhstan, working his way from a member of the assurance staff in Astana to a Senior Audit Manager in Almaty. He recently assumed a new role as Chief Financial Officer at the Republican Central Headquarters of Professional Militarized Emergency Services, LLP, an organization with 13 branches and over 3,000 employees. In addition, Talgat recently founded a startup that has partnered with American engineers from the Colorado School of Mines to develop an imaging system that detects oil sites for drilling. Most recently, Talgat won a Fulbright scholarship to pursue his MBA at Tulane University, Louisiana.