Kenneth P. Morse


Ken Morse leads the MIT effort to train leaders to bring innovative concepts and technologies to market and build successful high tech startup businesses. Based at the MIT Sloan School of Management, the MIT Entrepreneurship Center has the mandate to teach High Tech Entrepreneurship and to foster research and collaboration, Institute-wide. To know more about Kenneth P. Morse, click on the link below

Kenneth P. Morse

 

 

Ganesh Natarajan

Ganesh Natarajan is Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Zensar Technologies Limited, a Global Software Services firm that provides Consulting and Software services across eighteen countries.

Ganesh has been one of the most successful professionals in the Indian Information Technology  Industry, having earlier been part of two major success stories in IT Training and Consulting, NIIT and APTECH. In his ten year stint as CEO of Aptech, he grew the company’s revenues over fifty times and listed it on the Indian and London Stock Exchanges. Ganesh presented the Aptech success story at the Asian Productivity Organisation’s conference in Thailand and was named CEO fo the year by the Asia Pacific HR Forum in 1998. He received the Wisitex Foundation’s CEO of the Decade – Knowledge award from India’s minister of Information Technology in 1999.

A Gold Medallist in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Ganesh has had extensive experience in Manufacturing, Consulting and Training and is the author of two McGraw Hill Books on Business Process Reengineering and one on Knowledge Management. He was the Chairman of CII’s Maharashtra Council for 2002-03 . 

Ganesh is the current Chairman of CII’s National Outsourcing Conclave and Chairman of the CII Forum of IT and IT Enabled Services CEOs for Western India. He is also a Charter member of TiE, a member of NASSCOM’s Executive Council for 2003-05 and Chairman of the SME Forum of NASSCOM for Western India.

 

 

PROF. ATTA-UR-RAHMAN, NI,HI,SI,TI
COORDINATOR GENERAL COMSTECH /
CHAIRMAN (FEDERAL MINISTER) HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION
MINISTER IN CHARGE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,
PAKISTAN

Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman obtained his Ph.D. from Cambridge University (1968) and was later appointed as Don at Kings College, Cambridge (1969-1973). He was awarded the prestigious degree of Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) by the Cambridge University (UK) in 1987.

Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman has written or edited 67 books the majority of which have been published in Europe, USA and Japan. He has also published 60 chapters in books and 479 research papers in leading international scientific journals. 62 students have completed Ph.D. degrees under his supervision. The Government of Pakistan has conferred four civil awards on him, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, and the highest National Civil Award, Nishan-i-Imtiaz. He is fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamic Academy of Sciences and Third World Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman is the first scientist from the Islamic World to have received the prestigious UNESCO Science Prize (1999) in the 30-year-old history of the award. He has secured numerous other national and international prizes and awards including the Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science Prize (1988), ECO Prize (2000), ISESCO Prize (2001), the First Prize at the 6th Khwarizmi Festival by the President of Iran (1993), and the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies Award (Hiroshima, Japan, 1997).

Presently, Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman is the Editor-in-Chief / Executive Editor of five international journals: Natural Product Research (U.K), Current Medicinal Chemistry (U.S.A), Current Pharmaceutical Design (U.S.A.), Current Organic Chemistry (U.S.A.), and Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry (Netherlands). He is also the Editor of an encyclopedic series of books on natural product chemistry, “Studies in Natural Product Chemistry”, 28 volumes of which have been published under his Editorship during the last 12 years by Elsevier Science in the Netherlands. He is the Director of H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, Karachi University and the Coordinator General of COMSTECH, an OIC Ministerial Committee comprising the 57 Ministers of Science & Technology from 57 OIC member countries. 

Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Federal Minister for Science and Technology (14th March, 2000- 20 November 2002). Presently he is the Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister and Adviser to the Prime Minister on (Science and Technology) and Minister-in-Charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

 

Miles Shepherd
BSc, MAPM, MBCS, CMIPD, APMP

 

Miles Shepherd has been involved with the management of projects for more than 30 years, first with the British Army and latterly with AEA Technology where he is a Senior Project Manager. 

A long-standing member of the Association for Project Management, he was elected Chairman in 2001 and became President of the International Project Management Association in 2003. He lectures on project management for the Open University in the United Kingdom, USA and Eastern Europe. He is a research supervisor with interests centring on the project manager as a professional. He has acted as an industry specialist in project management for the validation of postgraduate programmes at Bournemouth University and is an examiner in Project Management for the British Computer Society’s Information System Examinations Board.

He has chaired conferences on many project and IT related topics such as e-project management, the development of project management as a profession, the management of Government IT Projects and project management for the Public Sector. He is an assessor for the German Project Management Association’s Excellence in Project Management Awards. His spare time interests are vintage motoring and hill walking.

 


Dr. Victoria Franchetti Haynes 


Dr. Victoria Franchetti Haynes is President of RTI International, an independent scientific organization dedicated to conducting innovative, multidisciplinary research that improves the human condition. Working for clients in government, industry, academia, and public service throughout the United States and abroad, RTI provides research and technical services in health and pharmaceuticals, survey and statistics, economic and social development, advanced technology, environmental protection and education and training. 

Prior to joining RTI, Dr. Haynes held various positions as a research administrator and executive with international companies BF Goodrich and Monsanto. She holds degrees in chemistry and teaching from the University of California at Berkeley and Boston University, and she conducted postdoctoral research at Purdue University. 

Dr. Haynes serves on the boards of two corporations, as well as a variety of economic development boards, including the Utah State University Research Foundation Board. She also serves on the evaluation committee for The National Medal of Technology.

 

 


Dr. Richard Straub


Since beginning of 2002, Dr. Richard Straub has the role of Director of e-Learning Solutions IBM Europe, Middle-East and Africa. The mission of this role is to leverage the IBM portfolio and partner offerings to provide leading edge e-learning solutions to education institutions and government bodies. In this capacity Mr. Straub's organization is working closely with the academic sector, school authorities, media companies and publishers as well as government bodies and the European Commission.

Before taking this role Mr. Straub had the global responsibility for developing and implementing a learning strategy for one of the major global IBM Units with 60,000 employees word-wide. This role of a Learning Officer included the management and optimization of the Group's investment in skills and learning. In addition he oversaw the groups management development programs.

Mr. Straub is Chairman of the European e-Learning Industry Group and founding Chairman of the Career Space Consortium. The e-Learning Industry Group is a newly formed body of major e-learning industry players such as Vivendi Universal, Nokia, Cisco, Intel, IBM and others. It's objective is to accelerate the adoption of e-learning in Europe in cooperation with the European Commission and the national Governments.

Mr. Straub is lecturing International Management, Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning on executive MBA programs and speaker on numerous international conferences.

 

 

Don Tanner 
Don Tanner joined the Covey Leadership Center – now FranklinCovey – as a lead consultant in 1992. He addresses and teaches The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, The 4 Roles of Leadership, The Organizational Effectiveness Cycle and Facilitator Certification Workshops. He is a frequent keynote speaker on topics related to leadership.

Don is highly sought-after to work with new clients and senior levels of management. He has worked with hundreds of organizations in North America, Australia, Singapore, and the Middle East, including Accenture, Hewlett-Packard, Monsanto, Amoco Oil, Citibank, Jacksonville Electric, Fluke Corporation, Compaq, NASA, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and Xerox.

Don Tanner received his bachelor's degree in business administration with a specialty in finance. After several years in the banking and insurance industry, he became a senior financial consultant with an investment advisory firm doing business in the Western United States. During this time he taught for five years at the University of Southern California and Loma Linda University in their departments of continuing education on topics related to the investment industry. He also helped establish and finance several businesses in a variety of industries, from international trade to biomedical research.

Don lives in Bountiful, Utah with his wife, Kris, and their four children. Some of his interests include golfing, skiing, reading, teaching, gardening, watching old movies, and eating airline food.

 


Nigel Banister, Executive Director


Nigel Banister is responsible for global sales and marketing for UK eUniversities which is the UK Government’s high profile initiative to deliver UK Higher Education from all UK universities on line both in the UK and internationally. Nigel joined UKeU from Informatics Holdings Ltd - a Singapore listed company and one of the world’s largest education companies outside the US. Nigel was a main Board Director and Managing Director of Informatics Europe which comprised six European based companies. He built up Informatics’ activities in Higher Education, professional training and testing with customers in 35 countries to represent around one third of Informatics global revenues.

Prior to this Nigel has over 20 years experience in the IT services industry in technical, marketing and general management positions. As a qualified stockbroker and Managing Director of fully listed NMW Computers plc Nigel was in the forefront of introducing electronic trading to the UK finance sector. He also spent a period as CEO of the UK National Computing Centre.

Nigel served as a Director of UK Government organisations including Training & Enterprise Councils, the Association of Research and Technology Organisations and as an elected Council Member of the UK Computing Software and Services Association. Nigel has also served as a Director of Salem International University (US). He is a Non-Executive Director of both Blackwell Publishers and Rapra Technology. 

 

 

 


Dr. Raymond Ravaglia, Stanford University 

Raymond Ravaglia is the Deputy Director and co-founder of the Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) at Stanford University. EPGY is an ongoing research project at Stanford developing and offering E-learning courses to advanced pre-college students through the United States and in over thirty foreign countries. Since its inception in 1992, EPGY's annual enrolment has grown from 25 students in 4 courses to over 10,000 students in over 50 courses. During this time EPGY has gained international recognition for excellence, and has been the recipient of the Centra Pioneer Award and is a Computerworld Smithsonian Innovation in Information Technology Laureate.

Raymond Ravaglia has been a regular presenter at major education and technology conferences, including SIGGRAPH and ICTCM, was a principal speaker at EDNET99, the premier conference on Educational Technology and Telecommunications Markets. He has consulted for a number of e-learning companies, he has served as an external grant reviewer for the US Department of Education, and sits on the board of directors of the North American Council for Online Learning.  He received BA and MA degrees from Stanford in Philosophy.

 
Gary P. Fazzino
Vice President, Government and Public Affairs
Hewlett-Packard Company 

Gary Fazzino was named Hewlett-Packard's Vice President of Government and Public Affairs in May 2000. In this capacity, Gary is responsible for working with HP managers worldwide and with state and federal legislators, other government officials and industry associations and non-governmental organizations on public policy and community affairs activities affecting the interests of HP. 

Gary has held a number of positions at HP since joining the company in 1977, including Northwest Public Affairs manager, State Government Affairs manager, and most recently, Director of Federal Public Policy in Washington, DC. Prior to joining HP, Gary served as Assistant to the City Manager of Palo Alto, California, and program manager at the Bay Area Council.

From 1996-1998, Gary served as the first president of the Technology Network, a national public policy and political organization representing the high-technology sector. In January 1999, Gary became Mayor of Palo Alto for the second time. He previously served as mayor in 1992. Gary has been elected to the Palo Alto City Council five times.Gary also served as chairman of the Santa Clara County Transportation Authority from 1992 to 1995. He is a former president of the Junior Statesmen Foundation and former chairman of the American Electronic Association’s State Government Affairs Committee. He has also served on the boards of the Palo Alto Area YMCA, the Palo Alto Education Foundation, and the Palo Alto Senior Coordinating Council.

Gary holds a B.A. degree in Religious Studies from Stanford University, a M.A. degree in Public Policy from Occidental College, and a M.B.A. from the University of Washington. He was also a CORO Foundation Fellow in Public Affairs and is a graduate of the American Leadership Forum/Silicon Valley.

 

 

Brian G. Lindquist, Ph.D. 

Dr. Lindquist is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Dean of the College of Graduate Business and Management for the University of Phoenix.  In this capacity he is responsible for the design and management of curriculum for the Masters in Business Administration and Master of Arts in Organizational Management programs.  He has also served as the Vice President and Campus Director of the University of Phoenix campuses in New Mexico.

Prior to his experience at the University of Phoenix, Dr. Lindquist was the Division Head of Business and Professional Studies at Santa Fe Community College where he designed and developed several programs to meet the emerging professional needs in northern New Mexico communities.  

He began his career as a corporate economist at Eastman Kodak, forecasting macroeconomic variables for both domestic and international applications.  He was also the Director of Financial Planning for the Graphic Imaging Systems Division at Eastman Kodak, then a billion-dollar multi-national business unit with manufacturing and marketing operations in dozens of countries.

Dr. Lindquist earned his Ph.D. in economics from Purdue University in 1973, his masters in economics from Purdue University in 1971, and his Bachelor of Arts in international studies from Miami University in 1969.

 

 


Curtis J. Bonk, Ph.D., CPA


Curt Bonk received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin.  He is now Professor in the Departments of Counseling and Educational Psychology as well as Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University (IU).  He is also a core member of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology at IU and is affiliated with both the Informatics and Cognitive Science Programs.  For the past four years he has been a Senior Research Fellow with the Army Research Institute.

Dr. Bonk received the Burton Gorman teaching award in 1999, the Wilbert Hites Mentoring Award in 2000 (first recipient), and the CyberStar award from the Indiana Information Technology Association in 2002. In April 2003, he received an award from the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) for the Most Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in Higher Education as well as an award from the Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education (IPSE) for Innovative Teaching in a Distance Education Program.

Dr. Bonk has extensively published journal articles and book chapters on online teaching and e-learning especially as it relates to online pedagogy, electronic collaboration, motivation, future e-learning trends, and assessment and evaluation.  Dr. Bonk has presented his ideas at hundreds of state, national, and international conferences and seminars and is in demand as a conference keynote speaker.  He founded CourseShare in 1999. 


Manoj Kutty

Manoj Kutty set-up and heads Tata Interactive Systems’ business in N. America and Asia Pacific.

Manoj completed his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering and his MBA from leading schools in India. He joined TIS in 1993 and was a core member in setting up the company. He has overseen important positions across the firm and has helped define the company’s strategy and business. He was instrumental in setting up the firm’s international operations since 1998. Tata Interactive Systems today is a leading developer of custom learning content in the USA and UK.

In 2001 he developed the concept of SimBLs (simulation based learning objects), which has been recognized as a powerful next generation e-Learning tool.

Manoj has spoken on e-Learning and simulations technology for learning at several leading forums, tradeshows, radio and television. 


Stanley B. Knight B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D.

Dr. Knight is a USQ Adjunct Faculty Member and international education consultant who designs and teaches programs related to Online Education. He is a former USQ faculty member with teaching and administrative experience at all levels in the educational enterprise.

In addition he served for several years on the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada as Assistant Deputy Chairman (Senior Immigration Judge) for the Pacific Region. His current projects include the development of the internet based Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) for UBC and Canada Immigration and follow up to the USQ / Aus Aid –Virtual Colombo Plan program on the use of Online Education programs in developing countries. He has served as an Education Consultant to 36.com in Hong Kong and with Friends in the West, an international relief and development agency (Africa).


His community work has included service as President of the Vancouver refugee Council, President of MOSAIC, a Vancouver immigrant and refugee service agency and Executive Membership on the UBC Alumni Association.  He is on the Australian Gateway Education Consulting Committee, is a Member of the B.C. College of Teachers and serves on the Senate of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.


Naveed A. Malik

 

Naveed A. Malik, Sc.D. is currently the Rector of the Virtual University of Pakistan. Dr. Malik obtained his Master’s degree in Physics from the University of the Punjab, Pakistan and later the Doctor of Science degree from M.I.T. in the field of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. 

As a staff member at the University of the Punjab, Pakistan’s largest and oldest university, Dr. Malik established the Spark Source Mass Spectroscopy laboratory at the Centre for Solid State Physics and later, became the founder chairman of the Department of Computer Science. He has been associated with the Virtual University project from inception to launch. He is a life member of the Pakistan Institute of Physics.



Dr. Akram Yosri


Dr. Akram Yosri is professor of Information Technology at New York University’s Information Technologies Institute. Dr. Yosri’s main expertise is in Innovation, Information Technology, Globalization, and Economic Development.

 He is also managing partner of 3i Capital Group, an investment management and venture capital firm with offices in the United States, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. He is also founder and former Chairman of the Board of BroadPoint Communications, a telecommunications company in the United States. He was the co-president of USAlert, a software company that pioneered Push Technology and president of Orient Computer Corporation, a systems integration firm from 1989 to 1994. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors and advisor for high-tech companies. Dr. Yosri has published numerous articles on technology and business in prominent publications. His technology innovations earned his companies nominations for the prestigious ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award for Innovation in 1996 and 1998. Dr. Yosri is former candidate for the United States Congress from the State of New Jersey. Dr. Akram Yosri advises governments and world organizations on economic and education issues and is a well-recognized speaker on technology and economic issues worldwide.

 In 2003, he chaired the 2nd Annual Economic Forum in Dubai along with former US Vice President Albert Gore and spoke at the 1st Annual Economic Forum along with former National Security Advisor, Mr. Sandy Berger. Dr. Yosri spoke at over 50 conferences and events over the past 10 years. He was recently invited to address the UN Summit on the Information Society in Beirut, Lebanon. He made TV appearances on ABC News, NBC, FOX and his companies were featured in Fortune, Time magazines, and the New York Times.