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* Managed complex faculty, researcher, and graduate student teams in a College of ten departments, 300 faculty members, 1000 graduate students, and 3000 undergraduate students with a budget of $80 million dollars * Created and managed incentive and fellowship programs for faculty members and graduate students* Fundraised and funded research and entrepreneurial initiatives that combine academic and national security and defense researchers* Designed and managed strategic initiatives for forward-looking institutional projects and grant programs in social science research with a focus on national defense, security, and international strategy* Managed interdisciplinary research projects funded by the National Science Foundation, Rolls Royce, Motorola, Kettering Foundation and others*Developed competency-driven, experiential learning Professional MS programs in Technology and Strategy* Developed competency based education programs in communication technology and social media analytics with applicability to corporate and professional training programs.* Conducted big data research on social media (Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook) using social network and classical statistics methods* Developed and managed software projects for online team moderation and VR publishing* Innovative work in training and education in collaboration with Google News Lab* Leader of international research and education network anchored in Chicago, Athens, and Paris in collaboration with leading European and American researchersPublications:Five books on socio-technical systems, social media credibility, and social structures for success in online groupsTens of scientific articles on modeling human behavior on and offline focusing on military and civilian applications published in journals such as: Foreign Policy, National Interest, Strategy Bridge, Journal of Communication, Communication Research, the Information Society, American Behavioral Scientist, etc. Skills: Large team management, budgeting, and fundraisingCompetency Drive Training Program DevelopmentQualitative and quantitative research including advanced statistical training (conventional, network and spatial), R, SPSS, natural language processing, machine learning, web design and UX research, information architecture, mental maps, GIS, big data, social media analytics, AR and VR development, publishing, media production.

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