Experience

University of Maryland School of Public Policy

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Faculty Lecturer

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  In my current roles as innovative professor; social entrepreneur building sustainable models for low income groups in East Africa, I am able to marry two passions: Social Entrepreneurship and Teaching the current and future generation of entrepreneurs. Our Intellectual Property Business model brings life-giving trade models to hundreds of thousands via intervention in the supply chain and use of their valuable IP, much as a western business have done. Of particular joy is working with the 2 million strong Maasai tribe of Kenya/ Tanzania, holding a most valued IP assets used by nearly 1,000 companies. In teaching, I have a broad range, having taught MBA/ MPA/ Undergraduates in the People side of management: Leadership; Organizational Behavior; Ethics; Group and Team work. And, on the Project and internship basis - enabling students to. put concepts into practice, predominantly in the DC region. My second passion is social entrepreneurship in which I have worked since 2008 with Ashoka Fellows. Our work has brought sustainable income to Ethiopian coffee farmers at $100million. My teaching is interactive; pragmatic and real. I have authored 5 books ranging from power and getting things done, overcoming failures to arts management and IP for development, by Routledge Press. Hoping to live to be 100+ to continue the work in the fields of real life; empowering students; and bringing sustainable change. Thank you for reading about me:) Show less



African IP Trust (africaniptrust.com)

• Board of African IP Trust

  • Jan 2015 - Present



University of Maryland

• College Park, Maryland

• Professor, University of Maryland

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Executive Leadership, International Development, Social Entrepreneurship and Project courses. Executive Leadership, International Development, Social Entrepreneurship and Project courses.



United States Naval Academy with George Washington University

• Annapolis, Maryland and Washington, DC

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  I teach courses in Leadership and Organizational Behavior to US Naval Academy Officers in the LEAD program with George Washington University. I teach courses in Leadership and Organizational Behavior to US Naval Academy Officers in the LEAD program with George Washington University.



George Mason University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor of Management

  • Jun 2000 - May 2012

  Designed/Implemented 12 new courses to advance curriculum relevancy for both private and public sector-oriented graduate students including: Consulting mgt.; Ethics for managers; International development and Global project courses. Led program development for new master's program and implemented successfully including strategic enrollment. Created an internship program for student successful placement. Designed and implemented a full new graduate curriculum: Master of Arts Management for artists and entrepreneurs becoming managers. Textbook authored by collaborating with Faculty/Practitioners in Visual, and Performing Arts: 'The Arts managers handbook: New directions in arts management." Author 4 books, dozens of academic articles. Mentoring to several thousand students in public and private sectors. Led study abroad trips to Africa. Led diversity efforts to advance university reach to heighten inclusion/promotion of African American faculty, students and staff with civil rights leader. Tenure on teaching and curriculum excellence basis. Show less



Carnegie Mellon University - Capitol Hill https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/programs/

• Capitol Hill Campus, Washington, DC

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Aug 2008 - May 2009

  Designed and initiated a course called Apprenticeship Workshop to integrate student learning with internships on Capitol Hill, USAID, State Dept. and other DC-based locations. Taught Systems Synthesis: A Capstone project course. Designed and initiated a course called Apprenticeship Workshop to integrate student learning with internships on Capitol Hill, USAID, State Dept. and other DC-based locations. Taught Systems Synthesis: A Capstone project course.



Carnegie Mellon University Tepper Business School

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Full-time Lecturer, MBA, Executive MBA and undergraduate programs

  • May 1993 - Jun 1998

  Taught MBA, Executive MBA and undergraduate Business students Organizational Management, Organizational Power and Politics, Strategy and Change Management Authored a textbook based on collecting hundreds of managerial failures and a model for pivoting failures toward success. Initiated undergraduate business club. Taught MBA, Executive MBA and undergraduate Business students Organizational Management, Organizational Power and Politics, Strategy and Change Management Authored a textbook based on collecting hundreds of managerial failures and a model for pivoting failures toward success. Initiated undergraduate business club.