Facilitate and educate clients and others in inter-cultural communications and global virtual teamwork through seminars and workshops developed from experience with international business, global software development, multi-cultural teams, and extensive travel. Seminars and workshops have been presented at conferences (ICGSE, HICSS, IFLA) and for companies and universities in Canada, Cambodia, Germany, Laos, India, Ireland, Singapore and the USA.Workshop title: What Did You Say? Mindful (intercultural) communication for successful projects.Abstract: The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion it has taken place.  George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, co-founder of London School of Economics, and Nobel Prize in Literature (1925).Projects are about communication, communication, and communication.  B. Elenbass in "Staging a project: Are you setting your project up for success?"What one says to compatriots in face-to-face conversation is often misunderstood; imagine the possibilities for misunderstandings with someone from halfway around the world, natively speaking another language, and living in a different culture!  In such circumstances how can you be sure that your collocutor has understood you in face-to-face (hard), telephone (harder), and email (hardest) conversations?  Without being fully present in the conversation -- mindfully aware -- whether it's face-to-face, by Skype or phone, or through email, successful communication is difficult, even more so for intercultural communication.The ubiquity of English facilitates basic communication, but its use as a common language frequently disguises cultural differences. Furthermore, to say that English (or any other language) can be ambiguous, is an understatement.  But regardless of language, clear communication is essential for success in any collaborative undertaking whether done by a small co-located group or by a globally dispersed team. See http://www.slideshare.net/cowboyMontana

The IFLA News Media Section started its work as a Working Group on Newspapers and continued in 1989 as a Round Table under the IFLA Section on Serial Publications. According to the amendment of IFLA’s statutes the Round Table on Newspapers became an independent Section in 2003. Originally the Section’s work concentrate on projects to improve and preserve access to local, national and international newspaper collections mainly in print and on microfilm. Given the Digital Age, the today’s scope of the Section’s work is much broader, among others it comprises:Best-practice of digitisation of newspapers from print and microfilm;Metadata standards, capture and enichment, consistency and harmony for digitised historical newspapers, born digital newspapers and online newspapers and news;Web-harvesting, cataloguing and archiving of born digital newspapers (web editions, e-papers);Automated workflows for the identification, collection and preservation of digital news media;Long-term preservation of digitised and born digital newspapers;Legal deposit and copyright issues;Development of user-oriented services for digital news and newspapers;Presentation of digital resources: collaboration of libraries, archives and museums;News in multiple scripts and multiple languages: challenges in access and preservation;Marketing and promotion of news library services;Preservation and conservation of brittle newspaper originals;World-wide cooperation, sharing experiences and learning from each other;Collaboration between news producers/aggregators and libraries.For all these purposes the Section organises regularly a mid-term conference and a session at IFLA's General Conference and Assembly, please have a look at the Calendar of Events and Call for Papers. Proceedings were published within the De Gruyter Saur publication series.

The IFLA Committee on Standards coordinates standards work within and beyond IFLA and supports standards activities in IFLA professional units, principally in sections.The Committee on Standards started its activities in January 2012 and conducts most of its work virtually, with face-to-face meetings taking place during the IFLA World Library and Information Congresses. The IFLA Committee on Standards is a general IFLA committee, reporting directly to IFLA's Governing Board.

Provide technical sales and business development consultancy as well as expertise in workflow, digital conversions, and software development. New Zealand Micrographics Services wishes to leverage my extensive network of international librarians for future business opportunities.

Provide technical sales and business development consultancy as well as expertise in workflow, digital conversions, and software development. DDD wishes to leverage my extensive network of international librarians and newspapers publishers for future business opportunities.• Chaired mid-year IFLA Newspapers Section conference in New Delhi, India.• Organize joint NDNP and IFLA Newspapers Section conference August 2011 and IFLA Newspapers Section conference April 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.• Respond to NDNP tenders for 2010 awardees.• Co-chair first digital libraries mini-track at the 44th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences.• Co-author with Ed King of the British Library a digital conversion project management paper (to appear in DIGLIB).• Responded with CD Imaging (Singapore) to a 4-year Chinese, English, and Malay language newspaper digitization contract for Singapore National Library (on behalf of CCS and Digital Divide Data).

Volunteer with CONNECT as an entrepreneur in residence to mentor, coach, and advise startup company executives.CONNECT’s prestigious EIR program offers one-on-one coaching by successful CEOs who have hands-on experience as a founder, raising capital, building a company through a significant growth phase and piloting an exit. CONNECT is fortunate to draw upon a pool of highly-qualified individuals who volunteer their time to serve as Springboard EIRs and provide coaching and expert input to CONNECT’s Springboard Program, Most Innovative New Product Awards, Venture Roundtable and CONNECT’s Sport Innovator Capital Forum.See http://www.connect.org/springboard-eirs

IFLA's Governing Board (GB) is responsible for the governance and financial and professional directions of IFLA, and represents the Federation in legal and other formal proceedings.

IFLA's Divisions coordinate the professional activities of its members and ensure good communication among its Sections. The Chair of each Division serves as a member of the Professional Committee and the Governing Board.

The IFLA News Media Section started its work as a Working Group on Newspapers and continued in 1989 as a Round Table under the IFLA Section on Serial Publications. According to the amendment of IFLA’s statutes the Round Table on Newspapers became an independent Section in 2003. Originally the Section’s work concentrate on projects to improve and preserve access to local, national and international newspaper collections mainly in print and on microfilm. Given the Digital Age, the today’s scope of the Section’s work is much broader, among others it comprises:Best-practice of digitisation of newspapers from print and microfilm;Metadata standards, capture and enichment, consistency and harmony for digitised historical newspapers, born digital newspapers and online newspapers and news;Web-harvesting, cataloguing and archiving of born digital newspapers (web editions, e-papers);Automated workflows for the identification, collection and preservation of digital news media;Long-term preservation of digitised and born digital newspapers;Legal deposit and copyright issues;Development of user-oriented services for digital news and newspapers;Presentation of digital resources: collaboration of libraries, archives and museums;News in multiple scripts and multiple languages: challenges in access and preservation;Marketing and promotion of news library services;Preservation and conservation of brittle newspaper originals;World-wide cooperation, sharing experiences and learning from each other;Collaboration between news producers/aggregators and libraries.For all these purposes the Section organises regularly a mid-term conference and a session at IFLA's General Conference and Assembly, please have a look at the Calendar of Events and Call for Papers. Proceedings were published within the De Gruyter Saur publication series.

The IFLA News Media Section started its work as a Working Group on Newspapers and continued in 1989 as a Round Table under the IFLA Section on Serial Publications. According to the amendment of IFLA’s statutes the Round Table on Newspapers became an independent Section in 2003. Originally the Section’s work concentrate on projects to improve and preserve access to local, national and international newspaper collections mainly in print and on microfilm. Given the Digital Age, the today’s scope of the Section’s work is much broader, among others it comprises:Best-practice of digitisation of newspapers from print and microfilm;Metadata standards, capture and enichment, consistency and harmony for digitised historical newspapers, born digital newspapers and online newspapers and news;Web-harvesting, cataloguing and archiving of born digital newspapers (web editions, e-papers);Automated workflows for the identification, collection and preservation of digital news media;Long-term preservation of digitised and born digital newspapers;Legal deposit and copyright issues;Development of user-oriented services for digital news and newspapers;Presentation of digital resources: collaboration of libraries, archives and museums;News in multiple scripts and multiple languages: challenges in access and preservation;Marketing and promotion of news library services;Preservation and conservation of brittle newspaper originals;World-wide cooperation, sharing experiences and learning from each other;Collaboration between news producers/aggregators and libraries.For all these purposes the Section organises regularly a mid-term conference and a session at IFLA's General Conference and Assembly, please have a look at the Calendar of Events and Call for Papers. Proceedings were published within the De Gruyter Saur publication series.See http://www.ifla.org/news-media.

Employed by CCS to provide technical sales and business development consultancy as well as expertise in workflow, digital conversions, and software development. CCS wishes to leverage my extensive network of international librarians and newspapers publishers for future business opportunities.• Chaired mid-year IFLA Newspapers Section conference in New Delhi, India.• Organize joint NDNP and IFLA Newspapers Section conference August 2011 and IFLA Newspapers Section conference April 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.• Respond to NDNP tenders for 2010 awardees.• Co-chair first digital libraries mini-track at the 44th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences.• Co-author with Ed King of the British Library a digital conversion project management paper (to appear in DIGLIB).• Responded with CD Imaging (Singapore) to a 4-year Chinese, English, and Malay language newspaper digitization contract for Singapore National Library (on behalf of CCS, Digital Divide Data, and DL Consulting).

Employed by DL Consulting to provide technical sales and business development consultancy as well as expertise in workflow, digital conversions, and software development. DL Consulting wishes to leverage my extensive network of international librarians and newspapers publishers for future business opportunities.• Chaired mid-year IFLA Newspapers Section conference in New Delhi, India.• Organize joint NDNP and IFLA Newspapers Section conference August 2011 and IFLA Newspapers Section conference April 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.• Respond to NDNP tenders for 2010 awardees.• Co-chair first digital libraries mini-track at the 44th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences.• Co-author with Ed King of the British Library a digital conversion project management paper (to appear in DIGLIB).• Responded with CD Imaging (Singapore) to a 4-year Chinese, English, and Malay language newspaper digitization contract for Singapore National Library (on behalf of CCS and Digital Divide Data).

gARTbage art brings awareness of the state of the oceans through fun and humor. Its passion is working with children by introducing marine debris art and ocean science to the classroom. By bringing ocean pollution awareness to the children, they incorporate this awareness into action in their young lives ~ and then teach adults to do the same. Everything flows to the ocean eventually. Let's make our oceans healthy again! Each individual counts. Together we really can do it.

The Mission of Professional Adoption and Community Services, Inc., (PACS) is to sponsor the Hawaiian concept of "hanai" globally.To that end we facilitate and unconditionally embrace the child's needs for a healthy and secure home with a family who will provide love, nurturing and the opportunity to grow. Through education, support services and humanitarian efforts that empower, we serve to strengthen the bond between child, family and community.

Leveraged prior business relationships into the central role in forming and managing the North American business unit of Planman Consulting, New Delhi, India, offering diverse services including BPO, HR consulting, publishing, Bollywood film, and business education.- Frequent speaker at conferences on digital conversion projects and copyright.- Engineered a profitable partnership between Planman and Content Conversion Specialists, Hamburg, Germany and adoption of new technology from CCS which increased Planman's production capacity more than 10-fold.- Managed consortium of 3 companies from India, Germany, and the USA to win a prestigious contract with the National Library of New Zealand.- Managed consortium of 4 companies from India, Germany, New Zealand, and the USA to win a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with the Singapore National Library Board.- Orchestrated a long-term relationship as the Asia-Pacific service center for the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).- Write technology column for Planman’s Business and Economy magazine (circulation 100,000).

Pivotal player in building startup application service provider from ground up to $4 million annual revenue in 4 years from initial capital budget of less than $500,000. Top executive authority for technology direction, product strategy, and software development processes. Manage an annual budget of $1.3 million and as many as 11 software engineers and support staff. Aid sales staff in business development, sales, and marketing. Participate in development and deployment of workflow management, image processing, and OCR technologies.

Direct business and financial department with oversight for financial control, business development, business procedures, and regulatory compliance for this private, non-profit, K-12 school. * Built school from the ground up on a minimal budget; led growth to a peak of 80 domestic and international students, staff of 15+ accredited teachers, and revenues of nearly $450,000. * Secured elusive accreditation for the maximum term twice by both the State of Utah and the Northwest Regional Association of Schools and Universities.

Managed teams comprised of 35 engineering, security research, and product development staff in the United States and India through 4 concurrent projects. Hired and retained top-flight engineering staff. Wrote and reviewed security architectures and designs. * Project managed requirements-to-market launch of new SecureLogin (single sign-on) product in 6 months and under budget. Became one of Novell's top 10 revenue products. * Managed development and implementation of foundational security protocol (SSL/TLS) on products and services on multiple platforms. Cut costs for design, implementation, testing, and maintenance by unifying software and process across all platforms. * Senior member of company-wide project team tasked with evaluating and selecting new defect tracking and source code control systems to replace inefficient legacy systems.* Championed team training in CMU/SEI's software development processes resulting in 25% fewer defects in code developed by the team.

Lead role in architecture, design, and implementation of security services for Netware and Netware clients. Technologies included authentication, SSL/TLS, single sign-on, and controlled modular cryptographic services. Evaluated security and architecture. Developed software for security products, Netware operating system, and network management services. Mentored junior software engineers and QA engineers. * Developed tests to prove Netware's readiness for C2 security certification. Rigorous certification process resulted in heightened security awareness among core OS engineering team and remediation of several product defects. * Liaison between Novell and HP teams to port Netware from Intel to PA-RISC hardware. Resulted in processor-independent version of Netware for multiple hardware platforms. * Developed and launched client and server-side quality assurance tests and test automation tools for Netware 3.11. Contributed to the most successful release of Netware ever.