ABOUT MEEvery human being is placed on this earth for a purpose, with innate abilities; a person’s archetype. Mine is a ‘visionary’, someone who is able ‘to bring the future into the present’ by ‘sensing the changing impulses of society’. I am an Information Technology (IT) specialist with over 20 years experience working at the leading edge of IT and mobile innovation. I have worked in the Telecoms, Space, and Healthcare sectors. I have a passion for innovation and using technology to solve societal problems.
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Since 2004, I have been teaching at the University level. I teach both graduate and undergraduate students, and my courses range from introductory courses to the MBA and Doctoral level. I am responsible for curriculum development to meet the changing needs of the technology, business and healthcare environments. I teach a broad range of Information Technology courses such as Systems Analysis and design, Databases, Enterprise systems, Healthcare informatics, Business Analytic, and Data Mining. I also teach programming languages such as PLSQL, SQL, XML and Visual Basic I have published numerous peer reviewed articles in journals, and authored 3 industry reports along with 8 book chapters and 3 books. I serve on the advisory board for IGI Publishing, and I am the Associate Editor for the Journal of Information Technology Research; and editorial board member for the International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics. I am a worldwide speaker with speaking engagements in Asia, Europe, Africa, with a focus on convergence of telecommunication innovations. I have delivered over 60 presentations to fortune 100 companies in 12 countries. My consulting service are multifaceted. I have completed over 50 client consultancy engagements, with fortune 100 companies in 12 countries. Successfully assisting with IP Analysis, corporate education, technology deployments, business development, competitor analysis, portfolio analysis, and strategic technology roadmaps. I also provide services to the Health IT sector providing research and guidance on a variety of mHealth and technology adoption projects. Previous clients have included Boeing, JP Morgan, O2, CLSA, Lodestar research, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Roche Diagnostics and many more. I also participated in a working group to define procedures for sharing and maintaining knowledge generated from space activities between member Space agencies. This international group contains members from CNES, NASA, ESA, and ISRO. I have also contributed to steering committee for the United Nation, UNESCO and OECD. |
Profile
I am an author, editor, social entrepreneur, innovator and professor. My specialty is healthcare innovations, mobile health and innovation diffusion. I have a PhD in Mobile Information Systems, and I published in both the academic and professional domain.
I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of IT. Currently I am the Director for the Center for Research at Madonna University in Michigan, and Visiting Professor at McMaster University and Stanford University. |
Publications and AwardsI have published numerous articles on diverse subject matter in the scientific, industry and consumer domains. |
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BooksI have published 3 books and 8 book chapters including: * Mobile Health Solutions for Biomedical Applications * Global Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Systems IGI Publishing 2011*Mobile Health Solutions for Biomedical Applications, [Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (AHISI) Book Series] IGI Press 2009 * Space Technologies for the Benefit of Human Society and Earth, Springer Press, 2009 * Commerce in Space: Infrastructures, Technologies, and Applications, IDEA Group, July 2007 Magazine ArticlesRAFIH Magazine (Business Edition) 5 Innovations for Entrepreneurs and small business. RAFIH Magazine 10 Consumer Trends for 2014. ResearchPapers and Research Articles: Over 60 papers published in peer review journals, workshops and conference proceedings such as mHealth Summit, ICIS, AMCIS. Commercial Industry Research: Created and published 3 commercial reports for wireless technology innovation. Presented to corporate clients in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, London, Scotland, and USA . |
• Michigan Campus Compact Finalist Award for partnerships with non-profits organizations (2012) • Michigan State Governor’s Award for services to the community (2008) • Near Field Communication (NFC) Innovation competition (2008) MediPod Medical Portable information on Demand project. • Finalist New York ehealth collaborative 2012 Innovation Competition with Temporal Data Analytics solution. • Selected as a 2014 health innovation at the 2014 Connected Health Symposium innovation Awards in Boston. • PACADEMICS.COM :Created and implemented a social engagement platform called Practical Academics (pacademics) that focused on coupling community organizations with academic teams. Funded by 3M and recipient of Michigan Campus Compact Faculty Service Learning award • TOP 30 INNOVATOR : Honored as one of the Top 30 innovators of 2011 by the mHealth Alliance and Rockefeller Foundation, for mClinic; a medical mobile diagnostic system for monitoring : SPO2, blood pressure, glucose monitor and temperature for less than $150. CAID - Chairman (Interim president) 2010 - 1014 The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID) is a community-based nonprofit arts organization. CAID fosters and promotes the essential link between contemporary arts and progressive society through educational programs, exhibitions, performances, and the funding of contemporary arts and art-related activities.
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CEO & Founder
MoDiSe is a social Enterprise created to develop mHealth solutions for low resource settings. Projects focus on creating sustainable mhealth projects that address clinical, efficiency or process improvements within health systems. Examples of mHealth solutions include. mClinic and MoLab. |
Senior Adviser - Technology, Health and IP Innovation.
Lodestar is an advisory services firm that helps clients create, manage, and utilize information and intelligence of all kinds to solve complex business problems. |
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Adviser & VP of mHealth
iSTOC is a start-up that has invented a reliable, accurate and cost effective Point of Care (PoC) Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) platform. The platform allows users to use a smartphone to scan and analyze lateral flow tests to diagnose for a variety of diseases such as malaria, dengue, mono, urine track infections, prostrate cancer, and bacterial infections and drug abuse. |
Adviser
WeTech assists entrepreneurs to launch new ventures, connect with academia, provide education and networking opportunities to accelerate business growth for small-to-medium enterprises, and serve our members as advocates for the region’s thriving technology and innovation companies. |
