Chair of the Board of Trustees

• Jan 2023 - Present

Board Trustee & Trustee Committee Chair

• Jan 2017 - Jan 2023

Excelsior University is a regionally accredited distance learning institution founded in 1971 focused on providing educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are academically and geographically, offering quality instruction and the assessment of learning.

CEO and Principal

• Jan 2019 - Present

OPS provides strategic advisory and leadership coaching to executive teams of select purpose-driven companies pursuing growth, transformation and/or turnaround to increase organizational impact, value delivery, and financial sustainability. OPS provides strategic advisory and leadership coaching to executive teams of select purpose-driven companies pursuing growth, transformation and/or turnaround to increase organizational impact, value delivery, and financial sustainability.

Fellow

• Aug 2019 - Aug 2023

Grounded in the MIT tradition of rigorous field-based research, MIT CISR helps executives meet the challenge of leading dynamic, global, and information-intensive organizations. We provide the digital executive leaders with insights on topics such as business complexity, data monetization, and the digital workplace. Through research, teaching, and events, the center stimulates interaction among scholars, students and practitioners. More than ninety firms sponsor our work and participate in our consortium. Show less

Board Advisor

• Apr 2020 - Jul 2023

CROSSWALK is the first agile API to network Construction Specifications Institute’s (CSI) MasterFormat®, Uniformat®, and OmniClass® classifications with the world’s building professionals, construction technology platforms, and data flows. CROSSWALK is the digital engine for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Owner (AECO) community, driving plans, protocols, and performance across the lifecycle of a construction project. CROSSWALK is the first agile API to network Construction Specifications Institute’s (CSI) MasterFormat®, Uniformat®, and OmniClass® classifications with the world’s building professionals, construction technology platforms, and data flows. CROSSWALK is the digital engine for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Owner (AECO) community, driving plans, protocols, and performance across the lifecycle of a construction project.

Non-Executive Chair

• Sep 2020 - Mar 2023

Bubblr’s (OTC:BBLR) mission is to bring back privacy to users, trust to content and sustainability to the digital marketplace. Bubblr’s (OTC:BBLR) mission is to bring back privacy to users, trust to content and sustainability to the digital marketplace.

Board Trustee

• May 2019 - Apr 2022

The Center for Cyber Safety and Education is a non-profit charitable trust committed to making the cyber world a safer place for everyone. We work to ensure that people across the globe have a positive and safe experience online through our educational programs, scholarships, and research. The Center for Cyber Safety and Education is a non-profit charitable trust committed to making the cyber world a safer place for everyone. We work to ensure that people across the globe have a positive and safe experience online through our educational programs, scholarships, and research.

CEO

• Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

Start-up public-private partnership focused on cyber-secure clean energy efficiency solutions aimed at increasing competitiveness of the manufacturing sector. Start-up public-private partnership focused on cyber-secure clean energy efficiency solutions aimed at increasing competitiveness of the manufacturing sector.

Executive Director and CEO

• May 2019 - Aug 2020

BMES promotes and enhances knowledge and education in biomedical engineering and bioengineering worldwide in support of its purpose of advancing human health and well-being. It actively engages in accreditation, publishing, scientific meetings, global programs, diversity initiatives, and a commitment to ethics. BMES promotes and enhances knowledge and education in biomedical engineering and bioengineering worldwide in support of its purpose of advancing human health and well-being. It actively engages in accreditation, publishing, scientific meetings, global programs, diversity initiatives, and a commitment to ethics.

Board Director (Audit Committee, Leadership Committee)

• 2017 - 2020

ASAE members are trade associations and individual membership societies that represent almost every sector of the economy and countless professions. Our 42,000 individual members—association professionals and industry partners—lead, manage, and work in or partner with organizations in more than a dozen association management disciplines, from executive management to finance to technology. Together, they represent 7,300 organizations and create a vibrant community that makes the world smarter, safer, and better every day. Show less

Board Chair

• Mar 2016 - Dec 2018

CMMI Institute is a $14M company that enables organizations to elevate and benchmark performance across a wide range of critical business capabilities, including product development, service excellence, workforce management, data management, supplier management, and cybersecurity. CMMI Institute is a $14M company that enables organizations to elevate and benchmark performance across a wide range of critical business capabilities, including product development, service excellence, workforce management, data management, supplier management, and cybersecurity.

Chief Executive Officer

• Sep 2014 - Dec 2018

Led business transformation of this 50 year old global organization resulting in revenue growth of 81% from $43M to $78M, a 30%+ increase of credentialed and member professionals (170,000+ worldwide), and the company's first acquisition to extend its value delivery to over 11,000 companies and to accelerate entry/expansion into emerging global market economies, including China, India, the EU, the UK and select countries in Africa. Envisioned, oversaw development and launched the industry’s first comprehensive, risk-based self-assessment of enterprise-wide cyber resilience (annual license fee) to provide assurance to Boards and C-Suite executives. Deployed new business development, public affairs and government relations capabilities to fuel growth through corporate sales and engagement with over 20 governments. Amid a high change environment, sustained world class employee engagement as measured by independent research. Show less

Staff Executive

• Jan 1994 - Sep 2014

Served as immediate backup to the Executive Director and as Executive Director of the IEEE Foundation, for this $425M global engineering and technology organization with over 430,000 members. Worked closely with the Board of Directors to identify and set strategic strategic priorities. Initiated IEEE’s entry into digital publishing which served as the genesis of its IEEEXplore research library product that generates $250M subscription revenue annually. Pioneered IEEE’s global expansion and growth through offices/operations in China, India, Japan, Singapore, India, the EU and sub-Sahara Africa. Rejuvenated IEEE’s capability to increase impact through program development funded by philanthropy leveraging the $46M in assets of the IEEE Foundation Show less

Manager, Quality Press

• 1991 - 1994