Dr. Donald A. Marchand, Chairman

Dr. Marchand is Professor of Strategy Execution and Information Management at IMD International, one of Europe's leading business schools, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. From 1997 to 2000 he was the director of the research project, Navigating Business Success that discovered the Information Orientation metric. Professor Marchand is the author/co-author of eight books and over 140 articles, book chapters, cases, and reports. He is also an acclaimed speaker at international management conferences and seminars.

Dr. Marchand is an advisor to senior executives of leading service and manufacturing companies in Europe, North America, Middle East and the Asia Pacific and has provided consulting services to more than 80 global enterprises.

From July 1987 to June 1994, Dr. Marchand was Dean and Professor of Information Management at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. Earlier in his career, he founded and directed the Institute for Information Management, Technology and Policy in the College of Business at the University of South Carolina where he also taught in the Master's International Business Program.

Dr. Marchand received his PhD and MA at UCLA and his BA at the University of California at Berkeley where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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Joyce Prokop Marchand, Secretary

Ms. Marchand is President of Marchand Management Strategies, Inc. (MMSI), incorporated in the State of New York, USA.  Founded in 1981, MMSI provides project management and strategic planning services to business, governmental agencies and non-profit organizations.

Ms. Marchand has over forty years of planning, management and research experience. As a consultant, she has been involved in the successful management and implementation of over 150 projects.

Prior to establishing MMSI, Ms. Marchand held several high level governmental positions in the State of South Carolina, USA and in the Congress of the United States in Washington, D.C. Ms. Marchand has a degree in political science and international relations from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She also completed graduate work in urban planning and public administration at the American University, Washington, D.C., and the University of South Carolina.

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