Tamer Tamer Salameh - Chief Executive Officer
Strategic Management & Strategic Information
Dr. Salameh is a practitioner of Strategic Management and Strategic Information Systems. His education embeds multicultural and multinational environments that span MENA, United Kingdom and the United States. He continues to be a student and holds; BSc. in Business Administration, MSc. in Management and Organizational Development, MBA in Management, DBA in Strategic Management (First Class Honors) plus Post Doctorate in Strategic Information from Alliant International University.
He has gained 25+ years of experience and expertise in Strategic Management and Strategic Information Systems theory and practice. During his education, he was an active participant at the University in various capacities; student, teacher, administrator and community services. He worked for and studied under Dr. H. Igor Ansoff (Father of Strategic Management). As a Strategic Management Consultant, he assisted Dr. Ansoff with seminars and consulting to some of the largest firms such as AMF, GE, KONE, IBM, Shell, Phillips, Nokia to name a few. Additionally, he assisted Dr. Ernest Dichter (Father of Motivational Research) with his milestone work “Finding out Why?”.
At the Private Department for HH Sheik Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Father of United Arab Emirates), strategic management met with the realities of practical implementation and bottom line. It was practiced in more than 50 countries, 14,000+ employees, 90+ nationalities and assets valued at over $20 billion. As the Executive Advisor, he was in charge of planning, information systems, business development, special missions and external audit conducted by Arthur Anderson then Deloitte.
Strategic Management & Strategic Information
Dr. Salameh is a practitioner of Strategic Management and Strategic Information Systems. His education embeds multicultural and multinational environments that span MENA, United Kingdom and the United States. He continues to be a student and holds; BSc. in Business Administration, MSc. in Management and Organizational Development, MBA in Management, DBA in Strategic Management (First Class Honors) plus Post Doctorate in Strategic Information from Alliant International University.
He has gained 25+ years of experience and expertise in Strategic Management and Strategic Information Systems theory and practice. During his education, he was an active participant at the University in various capacities; student, teacher, administrator and community services. He worked for and studied under Dr. H. Igor Ansoff (Father of Strategic Management). As a Strategic Management Consultant, he assisted Dr. Ansoff with seminars and consulting to some of the largest firms such as AMF, GE, KONE, IBM, Shell, Phillips, Nokia to name a few. Additionally, he assisted Dr. Ernest Dichter (Father of Motivational Research) with his milestone work “Finding out Why?”.
At the Private Department for HH Sheik Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Father of United Arab Emirates), strategic management met with the realities of practical implementation and bottom line. It was practiced in more than 50 countries, 14,000+ employees, 90+ nationalities and assets valued at over $20 billion. As the Executive Advisor, he was in charge of planning, information systems, business development, special missions and external audit conducted by Arthur Anderson then Deloitte.
Peter H. Antoniou - Chief Strategy Officer
Strategic Management
Dr. Peter H. Antoniou has been involved, since 1986, in International Venturing, Educational programs and Consulting activities. He teaches select courses in Strategic Management and International Business at California State University San Marcos and Mount St. Mary’s University. He designed a state of the art MBA program which was implemented at Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles.
In International Venturing, Dr. Antoniou identifies appropriate partners, negotiates joint venture agreements, establishes international distributorship contracts, arranges contract manufacturing and assists international companies to get listed in the US stock market. In the area of Education, he develops and implements executive training programs. In Consulting, Dr. Antoniou develops and executes Strategic Transformations in the area of Strategic Management.
Dr. Antoniou travels frequently to Europe and China to deliver seminars and consult in the areas of International Business and Strategic Management. He has worked with a wide range of companies including IBM-Brazil, IBM-Mexico, Johnson Wax, Infotec, the US Navy and the Pearl River Investment Company.
Dr. Antoniou was the founder and co-chair of the International Trade Committee of the Mid-Valley Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles. The Chamber serves an area with more than 10,000 manufacturers. He is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations, Senior Advisor of the US-China Chamber of Commerce and member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Guangzhou Sister City Association. He was awarded the titles of: Honorary Advisor of the Gansu Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Department; Special Advisor to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade; Special Consultant to the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Exchange Center; Visiting Professor at the Guangdong University of Law and Business; Senior Advisor at the Wuxi New Development District; Senior Advisor to the Korea Productivity Center, Seoul, Korea; Economic Advisor to Taicang Municipal Government, Jiangsu Province; and Special Advisor to Qingdao Economic Development Zone.
Dr. Antoniou received his Master’s in International Business Administration in England and his Doctorate in Strategic Management in the US. He has authored and co-authored 21 books published in the United States, China, Bulgaria, Greece and Korea. He has written numerous articles featured at national and international conferences and publications. He was contributing editor at the China Business Review. He worked with Dr. Ansoff as Principal of Ansoff Associates for 7 years to develop new material, partake in consulting assignments and co-author books and manuscripts.
Strategic Management
Dr. Peter H. Antoniou has been involved, since 1986, in International Venturing, Educational programs and Consulting activities. He teaches select courses in Strategic Management and International Business at California State University San Marcos and Mount St. Mary’s University. He designed a state of the art MBA program which was implemented at Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles.
In International Venturing, Dr. Antoniou identifies appropriate partners, negotiates joint venture agreements, establishes international distributorship contracts, arranges contract manufacturing and assists international companies to get listed in the US stock market. In the area of Education, he develops and implements executive training programs. In Consulting, Dr. Antoniou develops and executes Strategic Transformations in the area of Strategic Management.
Dr. Antoniou travels frequently to Europe and China to deliver seminars and consult in the areas of International Business and Strategic Management. He has worked with a wide range of companies including IBM-Brazil, IBM-Mexico, Johnson Wax, Infotec, the US Navy and the Pearl River Investment Company.
Dr. Antoniou was the founder and co-chair of the International Trade Committee of the Mid-Valley Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles. The Chamber serves an area with more than 10,000 manufacturers. He is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations, Senior Advisor of the US-China Chamber of Commerce and member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Guangzhou Sister City Association. He was awarded the titles of: Honorary Advisor of the Gansu Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Department; Special Advisor to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade; Special Consultant to the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Exchange Center; Visiting Professor at the Guangdong University of Law and Business; Senior Advisor at the Wuxi New Development District; Senior Advisor to the Korea Productivity Center, Seoul, Korea; Economic Advisor to Taicang Municipal Government, Jiangsu Province; and Special Advisor to Qingdao Economic Development Zone.
Dr. Antoniou received his Master’s in International Business Administration in England and his Doctorate in Strategic Management in the US. He has authored and co-authored 21 books published in the United States, China, Bulgaria, Greece and Korea. He has written numerous articles featured at national and international conferences and publications. He was contributing editor at the China Business Review. He worked with Dr. Ansoff as Principal of Ansoff Associates for 7 years to develop new material, partake in consulting assignments and co-author books and manuscripts.
Dong Joon Park - Chief Officer
Strategic Management
Dr. Park is the president of AIASM and Ansoff Korea, and the creator of the New SWOT Matrix Program, Strategic Issues Solution Program, Strategic Risk-Issue Solution Map and Matrix Program Management. He focuses on the meta-strategic field and develops frameworks for the Enterprise Strategy Architecture in Design and Governance Perspective.
Dr. Park holds a Master's degree in Economics from Yonsei Graduate School of Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Management Information System from Graduate School of Business Information Technology of Kookmin University in Korea. He worked at Samsung, Commercial Bank of Korea, Korea Productivity Center, POSCO ICT, etc. and was also on the board of directors at the Ansoff Institute. Dr. Park translated Professor Ansoff's books into Korean and also wrote and published over 30 books that focus on the Strategic Development and Enterprise Strategic Management in Korea. His works include among others New SWOT Stratezy, Enterprise Strategy Architecture, Strategic Risk Management. He is currently working on developing the framework and architecture of South Korea's national strategy.
Strategic Management
Dr. Park is the president of AIASM and Ansoff Korea, and the creator of the New SWOT Matrix Program, Strategic Issues Solution Program, Strategic Risk-Issue Solution Map and Matrix Program Management. He focuses on the meta-strategic field and develops frameworks for the Enterprise Strategy Architecture in Design and Governance Perspective.
Dr. Park holds a Master's degree in Economics from Yonsei Graduate School of Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Management Information System from Graduate School of Business Information Technology of Kookmin University in Korea. He worked at Samsung, Commercial Bank of Korea, Korea Productivity Center, POSCO ICT, etc. and was also on the board of directors at the Ansoff Institute. Dr. Park translated Professor Ansoff's books into Korean and also wrote and published over 30 books that focus on the Strategic Development and Enterprise Strategic Management in Korea. His works include among others New SWOT Stratezy, Enterprise Strategy Architecture, Strategic Risk Management. He is currently working on developing the framework and architecture of South Korea's national strategy.
Alfred Lewis - Chief Capability Officer
Law, Finance & Strategic Management
Professor Lewis is an award-winning instructor of finance, international business, and strategic management, receiving accolades at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. He studied under the guidance of the founding father of strategic management, Professor H. I. Ansoff. He has published numerous books (monographs and textbooks) and articles in the field of banking, entrepreneurship, human resource management, international business, law, not-for-profit management, and strategic management. He has held several academic administrative positions such as Dean, Associate Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Led numerous study-abroad programs and has been visiting professor in China, Germany, Kenya, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Vietnam.
He serves on several editorial boards and was editor of the journal Business Strategy Series published by Emerald in the United Kingdom and the Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management and Economics. He is a member of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Anti-Corruption Working Group and serves as Technical Advisor/Faculty with the U.S. AID Middle-East Education to Employment Fellows Program covering Israel, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon.
Law, Finance & Strategic Management
Professor Lewis is an award-winning instructor of finance, international business, and strategic management, receiving accolades at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. He studied under the guidance of the founding father of strategic management, Professor H. I. Ansoff. He has published numerous books (monographs and textbooks) and articles in the field of banking, entrepreneurship, human resource management, international business, law, not-for-profit management, and strategic management. He has held several academic administrative positions such as Dean, Associate Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Led numerous study-abroad programs and has been visiting professor in China, Germany, Kenya, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Vietnam.
He serves on several editorial boards and was editor of the journal Business Strategy Series published by Emerald in the United Kingdom and the Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management and Economics. He is a member of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Anti-Corruption Working Group and serves as Technical Advisor/Faculty with the U.S. AID Middle-East Education to Employment Fellows Program covering Israel, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon.
Tina Moncada - Chief Turbulence Officer
Strategic Management
With more than 20 years of professional higher education experience and 10 years of service in the United States Air Force, Dr. Moncada has always been known for her passion to serve students and ensure their success.
In her professional career; she has consistently demonstrated her dedication and applied her proven knowledge and leadership skills to support the organizations. She has been working for, particularly on providing the bridge to help civilian students learn more about Veterans, dispel misconceptions, raise awareness of the advantages that student Veterans bring to the community and, most importantly dedicated to the success of our military student population.
Her colleagues describe her as a high-energy, honest, forward-thinking, inspirational, competent, committed leader and problem solver while she sees herself as a superior organizer, mentor, open communicator, and relationship builder. She believes in courage therefore when addressing tough issues, one should take ownership and accountability for the issues.
Dr. Moncada has spent five years, building from the ground up, a Military and Veterans Affairs office focused on serving military students for Alliant International University. She positioned Alliant as a military friendly university by implementing best practices and ensuring the successful transition and professional success of military students. During her tenure as Director, Alliant was designated as a "Military Friendly School” by G.I. Jobs Magazine and "Best for Vets” school by Military Times every year these competitions have been conducted.
Strategic Management
With more than 20 years of professional higher education experience and 10 years of service in the United States Air Force, Dr. Moncada has always been known for her passion to serve students and ensure their success.
In her professional career; she has consistently demonstrated her dedication and applied her proven knowledge and leadership skills to support the organizations. She has been working for, particularly on providing the bridge to help civilian students learn more about Veterans, dispel misconceptions, raise awareness of the advantages that student Veterans bring to the community and, most importantly dedicated to the success of our military student population.
Her colleagues describe her as a high-energy, honest, forward-thinking, inspirational, competent, committed leader and problem solver while she sees herself as a superior organizer, mentor, open communicator, and relationship builder. She believes in courage therefore when addressing tough issues, one should take ownership and accountability for the issues.
Dr. Moncada has spent five years, building from the ground up, a Military and Veterans Affairs office focused on serving military students for Alliant International University. She positioned Alliant as a military friendly university by implementing best practices and ensuring the successful transition and professional success of military students. During her tenure as Director, Alliant was designated as a "Military Friendly School” by G.I. Jobs Magazine and "Best for Vets” school by Military Times every year these competitions have been conducted.
Dan Kipley - Chief Performance Officer
Strategic Management
Dr. Kipley is highly experienced in the lumber/manufacturing industry with a 25-year corporate background. His last position was that of Director of Purchasing for a global national company wherein he traveled the globe strategically sourcing raw materials for the firm's multiple manufacturing centers. He transitioned from corporate to academia in 2003, and began teaching at the School of Business and Management at Azusa Pacific University where he is currently a Professor of Strategy and the Director of the Undergraduate Business Management program.
He received his Doctorate in Business Administration in Strategic Management from Alliant International University, San Diego in 2008, receiving the Outstanding Doctoral graduate honor. His primary research interests are in For-profit and Not-for-profit Strategy and Strategic Optimization as illustrated by his extensive publications in various international scholarly journals as well as multiple academic textbooks.
He has presented extensively at numerous national and international conferences and has developed an i-Pad computer program in both English and Chinese to accurately diagnose a firm’s optimal strategic performance position.
Strategic Management
Dr. Kipley is highly experienced in the lumber/manufacturing industry with a 25-year corporate background. His last position was that of Director of Purchasing for a global national company wherein he traveled the globe strategically sourcing raw materials for the firm's multiple manufacturing centers. He transitioned from corporate to academia in 2003, and began teaching at the School of Business and Management at Azusa Pacific University where he is currently a Professor of Strategy and the Director of the Undergraduate Business Management program.
He received his Doctorate in Business Administration in Strategic Management from Alliant International University, San Diego in 2008, receiving the Outstanding Doctoral graduate honor. His primary research interests are in For-profit and Not-for-profit Strategy and Strategic Optimization as illustrated by his extensive publications in various international scholarly journals as well as multiple academic textbooks.
He has presented extensively at numerous national and international conferences and has developed an i-Pad computer program in both English and Chinese to accurately diagnose a firm’s optimal strategic performance position.
Marcela López Enríquez - Chief Development Officer
Strategic Management
Marcela López Enríquez is a researcher, academic, international consultant and she is also the President & Founder of the Ansoff Strategic Management School of Thought Institute. She counts more than 25 years of professional experience in areas such as International Higher Education and Strategic Management Consultancy. She has worked in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Germany, Sweden, Spain, France and most recently Italy, where she currently lives. As an academic and administrator, she led the internationalization process for an international university located in San Diego, California. She holds an international MBA in Strategic Management with Outstanding Honor’s Award. She is ABD for a Doctor Degree in Strategic Management. Additionally, she attended several lectures with management guru, Professor Peter F. Drucker, “Father of Modern Management”.
Marcela’s expertise in Strategic Management and her more than 9 years of working closely with mentor and friend, Professor Igor Ansoff, worldwide known as “The Father of Strategic Management”, inspired her to create the Ansoff’s Institute which aims to be “the house” and point of reference for strategists, academics, researchers, and specially students, of what she calls “the new generation of Ansoffians”.
As a Strategic Management Consultant, she assisted Dr. Ansoff with seminars and she was appointed project manager of Ansoff Associates for consulting assignments in the US and Mexico. In Sweden, Marcela was in charge of the Ansoff’s technology transfer. She was a member of the executive team, developed a hands-on approach of the methodology. The result was “The RBG Europe -Ansoff Strategic Management Technology Source book”. The consulting models have been tested in Scandinavian countries, Europe and Chile.
Marcela’s passion, in addition to her dedicated life to the Science of Strategic Management, is the novel and complex, but yet fascinating world process of internationalization of higher education. Marcela currently leads the Italian-European-based operations and strategic development process for a selected group of institutions from around world. Her 2015 publication, ITALY- ILO Milan, is the development of an in-depth analysis of what encompasses, from a strategic standpoint, for institutions to invest in markets such as Italy. All the analysis presented in the study are part of the Ansoff Strategic Management Consulting Technology.
Göran Engberg - Chief Process Officer, Sweden
Management and Engineering Sciences
Göran has been active in the Swedish and International Management Consulting Industry for 25 years. He has been working with large organizations on topics related to Strategy, Leadership Development, Process Improvement and Management, Team Development, Executive Coaching and Mentoring. He has developed consulting methodologies and tools that enabled organisation to meet their targets. He has also been working closely with Dr. Igor Ansoff in developing the Ansoff School of Thoughts and Alan Brache in developing the RBG methodology .
His management consulting experience started in ABB Management & Process Consulting AB, where he also was a member of the Executive Team. He was also co-founding the Rummler-Brache Group Europe, where he for 7 years was the CEO. In that position he started subsidiaries in several countries such as Denmark, Norway, Poland, Italy and later in Chile and US.
He has worked with clients in industries such as Life Science, Manufacturing, Telecom, Energy & Utilities, Transportation, Finance and the Public Sector. He conducted executive training for several institutions such as Champs (Chalmers Advanced Management Programs), Gothenburg Sweden, IFL Executive Education, Stockholm Sweden, Bocconi University, Milan Italy and BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo Norway. Göran has been appointed Associated Professor at Alliant International University, San Diego, US.
Prior to management consulting, Göran earned a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialty on Energy Conversion at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. After graduating he started to work for ABB Atom a nuclear engineering company. One of several projects he was involved in the creation and as Project Manager he delivered the Filtra-MVSS, which is a system for severe nuclear accidents.
Management and Engineering Sciences
Göran has been active in the Swedish and International Management Consulting Industry for 25 years. He has been working with large organizations on topics related to Strategy, Leadership Development, Process Improvement and Management, Team Development, Executive Coaching and Mentoring. He has developed consulting methodologies and tools that enabled organisation to meet their targets. He has also been working closely with Dr. Igor Ansoff in developing the Ansoff School of Thoughts and Alan Brache in developing the RBG methodology .
His management consulting experience started in ABB Management & Process Consulting AB, where he also was a member of the Executive Team. He was also co-founding the Rummler-Brache Group Europe, where he for 7 years was the CEO. In that position he started subsidiaries in several countries such as Denmark, Norway, Poland, Italy and later in Chile and US.
He has worked with clients in industries such as Life Science, Manufacturing, Telecom, Energy & Utilities, Transportation, Finance and the Public Sector. He conducted executive training for several institutions such as Champs (Chalmers Advanced Management Programs), Gothenburg Sweden, IFL Executive Education, Stockholm Sweden, Bocconi University, Milan Italy and BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo Norway. Göran has been appointed Associated Professor at Alliant International University, San Diego, US.
Prior to management consulting, Göran earned a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialty on Energy Conversion at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. After graduating he started to work for ABB Atom a nuclear engineering company. One of several projects he was involved in the creation and as Project Manager he delivered the Filtra-MVSS, which is a system for severe nuclear accidents.
Chris R. Carlson - Chief Operating Officer
Management Sciences
Dr. Carlson is an experienced healthcare and public safety professional with executive level experience in consulting, organizational development, operations, clinical, financial, information technology and strategic development in health systems, integrated healthcare, public safety, customer service, transportation and social services organizations. Thrives on the challenge of translating strategic insights into successful business enterprises. Demonstrated skills in building quality management teams by instilling corporate culture, implementing process improvements and managing to performance metrics. Versatile and accomplished in consolidations, M&As, restructures, and turnarounds. Expertise in managing and integrating finance, analytics and metrics management, process improvement, business development, clinical processes, customer retention, call centers, fleet management, government relations, contracting, and labor relations (union and non-union environments). Decisive, solutions-focused and profit oriented.
His specialties include: Development of unique strategic positioning. Leadership development and coaching; Systems and Game Theory application; Working in environments requiring cross-functional collaboration; Mobile integrated health care design and implementation; Building and executing on strategic and tactical initiatives using performance metrics; P&L / ROI accountability; Creating strategic relationships; Consolidations / M&As / Restructures; Teambuilding; Field labor deployment, logistics and capacity utilization; Performance based contracts; Government based contracting.
Management Sciences
Dr. Carlson is an experienced healthcare and public safety professional with executive level experience in consulting, organizational development, operations, clinical, financial, information technology and strategic development in health systems, integrated healthcare, public safety, customer service, transportation and social services organizations. Thrives on the challenge of translating strategic insights into successful business enterprises. Demonstrated skills in building quality management teams by instilling corporate culture, implementing process improvements and managing to performance metrics. Versatile and accomplished in consolidations, M&As, restructures, and turnarounds. Expertise in managing and integrating finance, analytics and metrics management, process improvement, business development, clinical processes, customer retention, call centers, fleet management, government relations, contracting, and labor relations (union and non-union environments). Decisive, solutions-focused and profit oriented.
His specialties include: Development of unique strategic positioning. Leadership development and coaching; Systems and Game Theory application; Working in environments requiring cross-functional collaboration; Mobile integrated health care design and implementation; Building and executing on strategic and tactical initiatives using performance metrics; P&L / ROI accountability; Creating strategic relationships; Consolidations / M&As / Restructures; Teambuilding; Field labor deployment, logistics and capacity utilization; Performance based contracts; Government based contracting.
James E. Pendleton - Chief Medical Officer
Health Care
Primary Care Physician and Nutritional Supplement Research and Design professional. Family Medicine Current DEA and Provider with most insurance including: Aetna, Cigna, First Choice, Premera, Regence. Primary care physician with direct experience in the design and international sourcing of innovative nutritional supplements and from conception and formulation to substantiation, procurement, contract manufacturing, whitepapers, and marketing. He practices integrated family medicine, teaches college, writes, and works internationally to study and source innovative medicinal plants. His passions are botanical medicine (pharmacology and ethnography) and he offers expertise as a consultant in the creation of safe, effective, and innovative nutritional supplements.
His experience is in integrated primary care medicine, international clinic establishment, international field-work, herbal material sourcing, nutritional product formulation, research and substantiation, interface with contract manufacturers. He authored multiple white-papers, fact sheets and conduct ed educational instruction.
Dr. Pendlenton is a practicing primary care physician with fourteen years clinical experience holding current licenses in several US states with current DEA. He has overseen research, material sourcing, and for-profit projects worldwide with an emphasis on Australia, Central America, South America, India, Southeast Asia and Middle East (Turkey, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar).
Past experiences include medical director of a VIP health center in Abu Dhabi, UAE and product design for a major US nutritional supplement manufacturer. He also instructs graduate and undergraduate classes in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, biology and microbiology. His post-graduate education balances conventional and alternative medicine in a primary care setting.
Health Care
Primary Care Physician and Nutritional Supplement Research and Design professional. Family Medicine Current DEA and Provider with most insurance including: Aetna, Cigna, First Choice, Premera, Regence. Primary care physician with direct experience in the design and international sourcing of innovative nutritional supplements and from conception and formulation to substantiation, procurement, contract manufacturing, whitepapers, and marketing. He practices integrated family medicine, teaches college, writes, and works internationally to study and source innovative medicinal plants. His passions are botanical medicine (pharmacology and ethnography) and he offers expertise as a consultant in the creation of safe, effective, and innovative nutritional supplements.
His experience is in integrated primary care medicine, international clinic establishment, international field-work, herbal material sourcing, nutritional product formulation, research and substantiation, interface with contract manufacturers. He authored multiple white-papers, fact sheets and conduct ed educational instruction.
Dr. Pendlenton is a practicing primary care physician with fourteen years clinical experience holding current licenses in several US states with current DEA. He has overseen research, material sourcing, and for-profit projects worldwide with an emphasis on Australia, Central America, South America, India, Southeast Asia and Middle East (Turkey, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar).
Past experiences include medical director of a VIP health center in Abu Dhabi, UAE and product design for a major US nutritional supplement manufacturer. He also instructs graduate and undergraduate classes in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, biology and microbiology. His post-graduate education balances conventional and alternative medicine in a primary care setting.
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Kenny Daniel - Chief Information Officer
Business Administration & CPA He has been working for over 20 years in the Information Technology arena. Providing ERP software consulting and IT services for small and mid-size companies. His specialties include setup, training and ongoing consulting for firms utilizing Sage MAS90/MAS200 ERP software. |
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Kamal Boiri - Chief Technology Officer
A proven professional with extensive IT leadership experience that spans software, hardware, network, technical support, system and project management. Effectively aligns technical goals with business objectives by utilizing a mixture of research, analysis, strategic planning, contract negotiations, project management, cost control, best practice implementation, and process improvement. Consistently meets and exceeds expectations and delivers solutions that drive efficiency, support operations, and positively impact the bottom line. Using a successful combination of strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills with a great ability of establishing rapport across multiple levels in an organization consistently receives approval and support for large technical projects. |
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Advisers
Ali Abu-Rahma - General Advisor
Dr. Ali Abu-Rahma is the Associate Dean for the College of Business Administration at Abu Dhabi University. He has held positions at Alliant and United States International University for 22 years where his last position was the Associate Dean for the College of Business. Dr. Abu-Rahmahas served as a project analyst for the Housing Bank in Amman, Jordan in conjunction with the World Bank.
Dr. Abu-Rahma received his Doctor of Business Administration degree form United States International University and specialized in Strategic Management under the supervision of Distinguished Professor Igor Ansoff who is internationally renowned as the "father of Strategic Management". He is currently the President of the Ansoff Strategic Management Institute.
Dr. Ali Abu-Rahmahas also received certificates from the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank and from the University of Pennsylvania. He was awarded the Best Paper Awards in 1999 and 2008 from the Academy of International Business –Midwest.
Costantino Caroppo - Marketing Advisor
Over 20 years of experience in marketing and innovation, 15 of which in the digital marketing and advertising sector. Starts his managerial career in the U.S. with Maxwell Technologies, a high tech conglomerate in San Diego. Joins Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Milan, Italy as manager in the Strategic Services practice. In 2000 joins Matrix/SeatPG in Milan, as Head of Online Marketing, where he develops the Internet yellow pages, white pages and online mapping businesses.
He becomes SeatPG's Head of Business Development in 2006, where he works on the company's entrance into new market segments and on major commercial partnerships.
In 2015 Costantino joins axélero as Chief Marketing Officer, where he contributes significantly to make it the fastest growing digital company in the country by developing marketing strategy, product line and organization. He is now Corporate Development Officer, in charge of overall development, including internationalization. Costantino is graduated in Business Administration and holds an MBA in Strategic Management (USIU, San Diego, 1995). He has been a contract professor in Strategy and Innovation at the Turin Polytechnic.
Over 20 years of experience in marketing and innovation, 15 of which in the digital marketing and advertising sector. Starts his managerial career in the U.S. with Maxwell Technologies, a high tech conglomerate in San Diego. Joins Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Milan, Italy as manager in the Strategic Services practice. In 2000 joins Matrix/SeatPG in Milan, as Head of Online Marketing, where he develops the Internet yellow pages, white pages and online mapping businesses.
He becomes SeatPG's Head of Business Development in 2006, where he works on the company's entrance into new market segments and on major commercial partnerships.
In 2015 Costantino joins axélero as Chief Marketing Officer, where he contributes significantly to make it the fastest growing digital company in the country by developing marketing strategy, product line and organization. He is now Corporate Development Officer, in charge of overall development, including internationalization. Costantino is graduated in Business Administration and holds an MBA in Strategic Management (USIU, San Diego, 1995). He has been a contract professor in Strategy and Innovation at the Turin Polytechnic.
Heinz R. Gisel - Vitality Advisor
Creator of the Vitality Express™ Predictive Health Concepts
Heinz R. Gisel is a Nutrition, Beauty Concepts and Medical Devices Innovator, based in California and Tokyo. He is the Founder of Vitality Concepts Corporation, Vitality Xpress Predictive Health Concepts and Doctors 4 Vitality Clinics, LLC. He developed a novel, non-invasive analysis system that predict health challenges before any symptoms occur. He believes that Nutrients belong into food and beverages and not capsules and pills and he has global patents on such nutritional deficiency analysis and cell-resonant nutrition delivery systems. He is an author, radio host and public speaker, his latest book is: "In Foodture We Trust" - Nutrition for Body and Soul in Times Of Troubles.
Currently, he is a Sustainability Advisor to Japanese and Philippine Governments, Sustainability Solutions Innovations, Predictive Personal Health and Environment Management. Sustainability Solutions know-how and transfer.
Creator of the Vitality Express™ Predictive Health Concepts
Heinz R. Gisel is a Nutrition, Beauty Concepts and Medical Devices Innovator, based in California and Tokyo. He is the Founder of Vitality Concepts Corporation, Vitality Xpress Predictive Health Concepts and Doctors 4 Vitality Clinics, LLC. He developed a novel, non-invasive analysis system that predict health challenges before any symptoms occur. He believes that Nutrients belong into food and beverages and not capsules and pills and he has global patents on such nutritional deficiency analysis and cell-resonant nutrition delivery systems. He is an author, radio host and public speaker, his latest book is: "In Foodture We Trust" - Nutrition for Body and Soul in Times Of Troubles.
Currently, he is a Sustainability Advisor to Japanese and Philippine Governments, Sustainability Solutions Innovations, Predictive Personal Health and Environment Management. Sustainability Solutions know-how and transfer.
John R. Walker - Hospitality Advisor
Dr. John R. Walker is a sought after consultant, advisor and Fulbright Senior Specialist and the McKibbon professor emeritus of hotel and restaurant management at the College of Hospitality and Tourism Leadership at the University of South Florida. He was the former Dean and Marshall Professor Emeritus of the School of Hospitality Management at United States International University, San Diego, California. He has received the President’s award for Scholarship and the Outstanding Teaching award. He has also received the President’s award of Merit based on teaching excellence, scholarship and service - each year from its inception in 1992 until 2003, when he moved to the University of South Florida. In 2004 he received the Patnuby Award for exemplary performance through teaching and authorship of Tourism and Hospitality publications.
Dr. Walker’s years of industry experience includes management training at the Savoy Hotel London. Followed by terms as food and beverage manager, assistant rooms division manager, catering manager, and general manager with Grand Metropolitan Hotels, Selsdon Park Hotel, Rank Hotels, Inter-Continental Hotels, and the Coral Reef Resort, Barbados, West Indies.
He is published in The Cornell Hotel Restaurant Administration Quarterly, The Hospitality Educators Journal and is a member of the editorial review board of the Journals Progress in Tourism and Hospitality Research and The Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism. He is an advisory board member for Pearson - Prentice Hall’s Hospitality and Tourism publications and has also been quoted in the New York Times and invited to teach and give seminars in a number of countries.
Dr. Walker is the leading author of hospitality and tourism textbooks. His texts are used at approximately 600 universities and colleges worldwide. He has authored many text books, four of which have been translated into Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Dr. John R. Walker is a sought after consultant, advisor and Fulbright Senior Specialist and the McKibbon professor emeritus of hotel and restaurant management at the College of Hospitality and Tourism Leadership at the University of South Florida. He was the former Dean and Marshall Professor Emeritus of the School of Hospitality Management at United States International University, San Diego, California. He has received the President’s award for Scholarship and the Outstanding Teaching award. He has also received the President’s award of Merit based on teaching excellence, scholarship and service - each year from its inception in 1992 until 2003, when he moved to the University of South Florida. In 2004 he received the Patnuby Award for exemplary performance through teaching and authorship of Tourism and Hospitality publications.
Dr. Walker’s years of industry experience includes management training at the Savoy Hotel London. Followed by terms as food and beverage manager, assistant rooms division manager, catering manager, and general manager with Grand Metropolitan Hotels, Selsdon Park Hotel, Rank Hotels, Inter-Continental Hotels, and the Coral Reef Resort, Barbados, West Indies.
He is published in The Cornell Hotel Restaurant Administration Quarterly, The Hospitality Educators Journal and is a member of the editorial review board of the Journals Progress in Tourism and Hospitality Research and The Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism. He is an advisory board member for Pearson - Prentice Hall’s Hospitality and Tourism publications and has also been quoted in the New York Times and invited to teach and give seminars in a number of countries.
Dr. Walker is the leading author of hospitality and tourism textbooks. His texts are used at approximately 600 universities and colleges worldwide. He has authored many text books, four of which have been translated into Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Jürgen Grossmann - Creative Advisor
Architect and Entrepreneur
Jürgen Grossmann is the brains and locomotive guiding the Grossman Group, which grew out of an architecture firm he founded in Bühl (Baden) in 1990. His success as an architect and entrepreneur is the result of a combination of creativity and pragmatism.
The businessman Jürgen Grossmann is a mover and doer who is at home on any construction site. His passion for building is contagious and charismatic. Grossmann's ideas have been realized all over the world such as Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Sofia, Strasbourg and Bagdad.
Practically no one else knows the real estate market in the southern part of Germany as well as he does. His unique abilities as a project developer have been demonstrated time and again with properties that most considered unmanageable: Kehl train station, the Illenau in Achern, the Villa Netter in Bühl, the conversion of the Lahr Barracks, or the Rittersbach Castle.
The architect Grossman sees aesthetics and economics as simply two sides of the same coin. His blueprints are striking, bold, and visionary, while demonstrating careful craft and artistry in each detail. Construction without architectural achievement is something that he simply cannot imagine.
Eddie Bryant - Financial/SEC Advisor
A deeply experienced financial advisor, Eddie Bryant has designed and managed global portfolios, performed due diligence and financial analysis, as well as consulted on all aspects asset management over the past 30 years. He has given hundreds of investment related lectures across the country to individual investors, financial advisors, CPAs and other professionals. He has also spoken for the Harvard Business School Annual Entrepreneurs Conference Orange County and was a featured investment expert on talk shows that reached from San Diego to Santa Barbara California.
His acumen has been recognized by some of the premier firms in the financial services industry who currently manage many tens of billions of dollars in assets. These included the North American division of Canada’s largest independent financial services firm (Assante North America, now named Loring Ward), General Electric’s GE Capital Management Division and Genworth Wealth Management (now named Asset Mark) and United Capital. In addition, he has worked with investment advisers, CPAs as well as investment bankers. Eddie is also a co-designer of the Simplified Target K©™, a revolutionary advancement in 401k plan design.
Today, in addition to providing occasional communications and business consulting to financial firms, he is the president and lead portfolio manager for Blue Dolphin Investment and Retirement Strategists, Inc., a boutique wealth management in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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Carlos Valente - (The Mentor of Champions) Physical Advisor Professor Carlos Valente is currently a 7th Degree Red and Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Robson Gracie. He was born in Rio De Janeiro and got involved in martial arts at a very young age. He met the Gracie family early on and was privileged to begin his training with the legendary Rolls Gracie. At the Rolls Gracie Academy he had the opportunity to learn from the Gracie family champion at the time and also train and compete with some of the world’s most famous jiu-jitsu fighters such as Rylion Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Carlos Gracie Jr., Royler Gracie, Crolin Gracie, Fabio Santos, Sergio “Malibu”, the Machado brothers, Romero “Jacare” Cavalcanti, Nicin Azulay, Pedro Sauer, Renan Pitangui, Rodrigo "Mazor", Marcio "Macorron", Ricardo Azoury, Talarico "Tarado", Mauricao, Alvaro Romano, Ze Beleza, Vandao, Paulo "Conde" Ruba, Tonico "Bambu" and many others. After Roll's tragic death in the early 80’s, he became Rickson Gracie's student, under whom he earned his black belt. He also helped teach at the first Rickson Academy in Los Angeles and accompanied Rickson to many of his Mixed Martial Arts Competitions. Professor Valente was one of the first instructors to arrive in the U.S., second to Rorion Gracie, founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship where Valente served as fight coordinator. Professor Valente along with friend Nelson Monteiro were the first instructors invited to teach at the Abu Dhabi Combat Club in the United Arab Emirates and lived there for two years teaching jiu-jitsu. Professor Valente along with friend Nelson Monteiro paved the way for the modern day jiu-jitsu tournaments the Abu Dhabi ADCC (no-gi) and Abu Dhabi Pro. |
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Legal Advisors
Maria (Mia) Severson is an experienced trial lawyer. With 15 years of private and public practice, she has litigated complex matters involving fraud, unfair business practices, pension and labor matters, land use and environmental matters, and matters with damages over $100 million.
Just prior to forming the partnership, Ms. Severson was the Chief Deputy City Attorney for the City of San Diego, personally litigating major cases and overseeing all litigation involving the City. She is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar, San Diego County Bar, Judicial Evaluation Committee of the San Diego Bar Association, San Diego Business Trial Lawyers, and National Association of Women Business Owners. |
Michael J. Aguirre is part of a family with a deep history in the legal community in San Diego. Both of his brothers practiced law in San Diego and Michael Aguirre has practiced law in San Diego for over 30 years. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney in San Diego after graduating from UC Berkeley School of law in 1975. He was then called to serve as an Assistant Counsel to the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Michael Aguirre began his career prosecuting fraud cases and that has remained a staple of his practice ever since. He has won judgments against law firms, accounting firms, investment advisers, a major national broker dealer, and one of the largest international accounting firms.
Mr. Aguirre took up the representation of the United Farm Workers Union in a case personally managed by Cesar Chavez. After Mr. Chavez passed away the night following the second day of his testimony, Mr. Aguirre assembled a team of lawyers and together they won the case. Mr. Aguirre has represented members of Congress, a Superior Court judge, a San Diego Mayor, thousands of fraud victims, and municipal governments. Mr. Aguirre is deeply committed to scholarship. He holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. The Los Angeles Daily Journal selected Mr. Aguirre as one of the top 100 trial attorneys in the State of California. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner. |
