Professor Baker is a professor of business administration at Northeastern University. He is also an adjunct professor at Hult. He has served on the boards of a number of organizations - corporate and charitable. His principle areas of interest are business policy and strategy, the business-government interface and international affairs. Professor Baker has been involved with a wide spectrum of industries, but particularly transportation/logistics, defense/national security, and health/biotechnology. Professor Baker has served as presiding director of the Millipore Corporation, on the visiting committee to Harvard's Center for International Affairs and the Board of the Associates of the Harvard Business School, on the Board of the Associates of the Harvard Business School and on the Board of the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy. A vice chairman of the New England Council, Professor Baker was a member of the Military Airlift Committee (USAF) and chaired the Military Traffic Management and Ports Committee.

Professor Christopher (Rusty) Tunnard is an independent management consultant and a visiting professor at Hult, the Leipzig Graduate School of Management and the Fletcher School of Tufts University. Until March 2001, he was a director of the Arthur D. Little (ADL) International Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality consulting practice. He worked in ADL's offices in Cambridge, Brussels and London and had responsibilities for sales and major-case leadership. He also oversaw the design and management of ADL's award-winning interactive website. Professor Tunnard has spent more than 30 years in international business. Prior to joining ADL, he directed worldwide strategy and technology partnerships for the Travel Division of American Express TRS Co. He has also run his own consulting firm and has owned and operated a hotel barge company in southern France. He is a recognized expert on innovation and technology-led change in the international communications, travel, and financial service industries. He has also successfully led board-level strategy assignments for some of the world's most respected companies and for many government ministries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States.

Dr. Daniel Deneffe is a partner with Arthur D. Little, the world's first consulting firm. Prior to joining Arthur D. Little and Hult, Dr. Deneffe was a professor in strategy at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. His main interests are strategy, customer management and evidence-based decision-making. He has widely published in economic and managerial journals and co-authored a book on market evolution.

Professor Sherman is a certified public accountant who has served as president of JNB Associates; chief financial officer of the Gloucester Company, Cypress Polymers, L. Farber Company; and corporate controller of Facemate, Freudenberg Nonwovens, and The Kendall Company. Professor Sherman is a professor of finance at Hult and a lecturer in finance at Northeastern University. He has taught at Brandeis University, Suffolk University and Simmons College. His publications include Planning and Budgeting, The Business Plan, Negotiating Debt and Equity Financing, Building Relations with Debt and Equity Partners, The Business of Project and Program Management, and Finance and the Bottom Line.

Professor Kafi has had more than 25 years of business and management experience. He is the founder and board member of Plexus Solutions, a Boston-area consulting firm. He served as CEO of Matrix Corporation, and vice president of LexCom, Inc. and Links International, Inc. Professor Kafi has delivered numerous presentations on economic development, foreign investment, international trade, economic policy and national strategies. His consulting activities have entailed cost-benefit analyses, risk assessments and strategic planning. Professor Kafi has served on the faculties of Brandeis, Suffolk, Northeastern and Boston University.

Professor Chartier has extensive experience in international banking, with 21 years of industry experience at American Express, Dresdner Bank and Bank of Boston in Paris and London. Professor Chartier has worked in a diverse cultural and geographic environment and his banking expertise ranges from credit analysis to domestic and cross-border lending, treasury sales, foreign exchange and interest risk hedging advisory services. As director of institutional treasury sales at American Express Bank in London, his geographic customer base encompassed 15 countries spanning from Europe to the Middle East and Africa. He has taught economics and finance in various colleges and universities in the Boston area, including Babson College, Boston University, Suffolk University and The New England College of Finance. Professor Chartier was the 2005 recipient of the Edward F. Shaughnessy Outstanding Faculty Award, presented by the New England College of Finance.

Dr. Kastner is the CEO and executive president of Coldwell Banker Affiliates of Latin America. He has been responsible for business development in Central and South America. Dr. Kastner is also the founding president and CEO of REDITUS International, a management consulting firm that specializes in formulating operational strategies for dealing with crises. He has served as senior vice president and global management director of Arthur D. Little, Inc., and regional managing director of Arthur D. Little Latin America. Dr. Kastner brings to Hult more than 20 years' experience in business development, marketing, consulting, manufacturing operations, crisis management and strategy.

Dr. Patel is a senior leader of the Global Innovation Practice and previous Asia and Latin American head of innovation for the Monitor Group Company. He has extensive experience in helping companies identify growth opportunities across a range of industries and across the world. He is also the author of 101 Innovation Breakthroughs, State of Innovation in Singapore, and is in the process of writing his next book called Home-runs and Base-hits. He also worked at Motorola as a senior technologist, driving emerging technologies and new products and ventures to commercialization in the mobile wireless devices space. He is the owner of six patents and has authored many technology and innovation publications. Dr. Patel has also built various venture capital financed companies in the machine-vision and specialty communication arena and is currently on their boards.

Professor Zif holds engineering degrees from Technion, Israel, and an MBA and PhD from New York University. He was a member of the faculty at Tel-Aviv University and lectured for many years in executive programs at Harvard, Wharton and Northwestern and in many programs around the world. He was elected "Professor of the Year" at Hult in December 2005. Professor Zif has extensive consulting experience in many industries and was previously the president of a start-up U.S. firm funded by venture capital.

Dr. Edmunds specializes in finance and managerial economics. A member of the faculty at Babson College, Dr. Edmunds has consulted with the Harvard Institute for International Development, the Rockefeller Foundation, Stanford Research Institute and numerous private companies. He also has extensive teaching experience in Spain, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. Dr. Edmunds's areas of interest are capital markets, international finance, derivatives and emerging markets. He is the author of more than 200 articles and cases, published both in academic and practitioner journals.

Professor Kerrick is the managing director of Hollander & Kerrick Associates, a management consulting firm that specializes in training and development. A consultant to Fortune 500 companies, he has taught executive education at Columbia University and advises clients in collaboration with the Boston Center for Executive Development. Professor Kerrick has more than 25 years’ experience in organizational behavior, change management, and training and development.

Dr. Teopaco teaches international marketing management at Hult. He has worked in consumer packaged goods marketing, bank marketing, consulting and executive education. He has taught at Babson College, Miami University of Ohio and Northeastern University. Dr. Teopaco's primary expertise is in value-based marketing strategy and services marketing management.

Professor Marks' expertise is in areas of strategy, management and finance of emerging growth and middle-market companies. He is currently the principal and managing partner of High Rock Partners, Inc., an advisory firm. He recently published the Handbook of Financing Growth: Strategies & Capital Structure. He obtained his MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and his undergraduate studies were in electrical engineering at North Carolina State University.

Dr. Rambo is an executive coach and consultant in organization development, managerial performance enhancement, boards of directors effectiveness, diversity and inclusion strategy and human resources management. For four years he served as dean and professor of human resources management and organizational behavior at INCAE, the premier business school in Central America, located on two campuses - one in Costa Rica and the other at Montefresco near Managua in Nicaragua. For more than 20 years, he was senior vice president and director of human resources at Arthur D. Little. ADL was the oldest and one of the largest management, research, and technical consulting organizations in the world. Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, Dr. Rambo held senior human resources management positions at the Ford Motor Company's World Headquarters and at General Electric's Aircraft Engine Division.

Professor Tanlu is a doctoral candidate in the accounting and management unit of Harvard Business School. He was the assistant director of budget and planning at Brandeis University and a finance and accounting manager at Procter and Gamble, Philippines. He has taught financial and managerial accounting and financial statement analysis at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Harvard College, Boston University, Brandeis University and Ateneo De Manila University (Philippines). He has published in the Academy of Management Review and conducts research on budgeting, performance measurement and conflicts of interest in accounting.

A certified public accountant, Professor Marples teaches financial, cost and managerial accounting at Hult. He has served on the faculties of Stanford, IMEDE, the University of Western Ontario, Bentley College and Northeastern University. A consultant to the Boston Security Analysts Society, he has developed and teaches accounting courses to prepare professionals for the Chartered Financial Analyst examination.

Professor Norton has also been teaching at Babson College for the past seven years and has been a management development and corporate communication consultant for the past 30 years.

An accomplished artist, Professor Boughton also teaches executive presentations in Boston University’s MBA program. With more than 13 years of academic experience, she specializes in business writing skills, oral presentations and management research methodology. Fluent in Spanish, Professor Boughton earned her degrees from Boston University, the New England School of Art and Design and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Her artistic work has been exhibited in renowned galleries in Mexico City, Grenoble and Boston.

Professor Amdur has more than 30 years of line, staff and executive policy experience in engineering, manufacturing, computer systems and education settings. He is president of Amdur Associates, an operations consulting firm that focuses on enterprise and supply-chain solutions. He has taught graduate courses in operations management at Northeastern University, Bentley College, Boston University and Simmons College.

Professor Murray has focused specifically on emerging markets in management development, financial analysis, capital budgeting, international accounting and training needs assessments. He has more than 34 years of international consulting experience with Arthur D. Little and Hult International Business School.

Dr. Courtin , a veteran CEO of hi-tech companies, has more than 30 years of international business experience in software, computers and communications. Dr. Courtin developed his strategic and leadership skills while serving in large and small companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Proteon, Comstream and Sangate. As CEO, Dr. Courtin negotiated alliances, joint ventures and partnership agreements in more than 30 countries. Educated in France, Dr. Courtin has a PhD in System Science from Columbia University in New York City and is a graduate of MIT Sloan School of Business's Senior Executive Program. Currently, Dr. Courtin serves on the boards of directors of Kashya Inc. and OpenNetwork.

Professor Harwood is a past president of Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins and Au Bon Pain. He graduated in economics and spent his early years in the U.K. in human resources, pub and restaurant management. He relocated to Boston to lead the international expansion of three of the world's best-loved consumer brands. He returned to the U.K. in 2002 and advises a number of emerging businesses in the retail and service sectors. Professor Harwood is a visiting fellow in international business at the University of Bradford, and until 2002, was a member of the North American Advisory Board of the London Business School.

Dr. Ramamurti is the Jeff Bornstein Senior Fellow and professor of international business at Northeastern University, Boston, where he has taught since 1982 (with short leaves of absence). He obtained his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, graduating at the top of his class, and his DBA from Harvard Business School. His research and consulting focus on corporate strategy and business-government relations in emerging markets. He has been a visiting professor at Wharton School (2006-07), MIT's Sloan School (1998-2000), Fletcher School (2002), IMD-Switzerland (since 1999) and Harvard Business School (1986-88). He has been a consultant to several private companies, to international organizations, such as the World Bank, USAID, and the United Nations, and to the governments of more than a dozen emerging economies. Dr. Ramamurti was elected chair (president) of the Academy of Management's International Management Division, which has 2,800 scholar-members from around the world.

Professor Levy has more than 20 years of leadership and entrepreneurship experience in the technology, Internet, retail and the consumer goods industries. Most recently, Professor Levy was the CEO of KaBloom Ltd. Professor Levy led the growth of the company from a regional player to become a national brand with more than 120 businesses and outlests in 28 states. Prior to that, Professor Levy founded and was the CEO of eSupportNow, a leading provider of online customer service, sales and marketing services and technology. eSupportNow introduced a new approach to serving customers, selling to customers and building customer loyalty. Among its customers were Sony, Maytag, Priceline, Fleet bank, Wells Fargo, MIT and more. Professor Levy teaches global marketing courses at the MBA program at Hult International Business School.

Professor Robert Anthony is a general management consultant with broad experience assisting clients in the areas of change management, capability building and strategy innovation.

Dr. Bogosian has extensive experience in financial services, information technology and training and leadership development with Fidelity Investment, State Street Corporation and Evergreen. He is currently the founder and principal consultant at RVB Associates, which offers consulting services focused on linking management and leadership development to business strategy.

Professor Kasameyer focuses on corporate strategy and restructuring, with his experience spanning managing, consulting and teaching. In addition to serving as a director of Cambridge Systematics, Professor Kasameyer serves as a director of Cambridge Applied Systems, a process instrument company. He is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board for Tufts University and has served as an elected official in his town. Professor Kasameyer's professional activities focus on strategy and finance for technology-based companies. As president, he has led several companies and a government enterprise through restructuring, turnaround, stable and growth situations in process instrumentation, advanced automotive parts, electronic enclosures, aerospace parts and water supply. Professor Kasamever has consulted for numerous companies and teaches for the World Bank Institute in corporate restructuring and strategy.

Professor Niemi was the quality management director of Investors Bank and Trust, Boston. She also served on the faculty of the National Graduate School of Quality Management (Boston), where she developed and taught IT and quality-control courses. For the past 25 years, Professor Niemi has advised senior executives on quality function deployment, measurement systems, performance management and software development. Among her clients are Fortune 500 companies within the electronics, banking, insurance and financial planning industries. Professor Niemi will design, develop and teach this new skills curriculum course exclusively at Hult.

Dr. O'Donnell is an engineer-turned-industry-analyst for the telecommunication and media industries. His research focuses on the intersection of technology, policy and economics in the development of new markets. He has studied consumer and market reactions to new communications technologies for the MIT Media Laboratory and corporate and NGO clients. He teaches courses in international communications at Tufts University's Fletcher School.

Professor Shapiro has had more than 38 years of marketing and business management experience at the home offices of both Procter & Gamble and The Gillette Company. His responsibilities have included full marketing support in many diversified personal care and household categories. He has marketing experience in nearly 100 countries globally, where he has focused on long-term international strategic business issues. Professor Shapiro's marketing and business consulting has included companies such as Black & Decker, Sony, Pepsi, Gillette, EMC, Intel, Genzyme, and Nike. In his 30 years of teaching experience, Professor Shapiro has taught graduate-level MBA programs at Xavier University, University of Cincinnati, Boston College, Harvard University, Simmons College, Bentley College, Northeastern University and Babson College

Professor Wasser is the owner and CEO of Verne Q. Powell Flutes, a leading flute maker founded in 1927. Professor Wasser has a history of entrepreneurial activity. During college he co-founded a trucking company. Before purchasing Powell, he was vice president of corporate development for a temporary services firm, Office Specialists, where his role was to convert a Boston company into a national organization by startups and acquisitions. As the owner of Powell Flutes, Professor Wasser has rebuilt the company from near bankruptcy into an industry leader. He also started Sonaré Winds, a business of partnerships involving the import and export of proprietary, hybrid-branded wind instruments. Professor Wasser has served as an overseer at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Dr. Marple specializes in subjects related to managerial finance. In addition to his courses at Hult, he is also a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, where he was also finance department chair and faculty coordinator for the Executive MBA Program. Dr. Marple has served on the faculties of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Tufts Medical School and the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to his academic accomplishments, Dr. Marple has undertaken numerous consulting assignments in the U.S., Europe, and South America. He has been a director of Scudder mutual funds, Eastern Utilities Associates, and is a director of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative and B/E Aerospace Corporation. He is chairman of the board of the Biddeford Internet Corporation of Maine.

Dr. Zif has extensive experience in leading training and development programs for managers in different cultures and environments. She has served on the faculty of the management department and Executive MBA Program of Tel-Aviv University since 1982 and at the Graduate School of Management of Boston University since 1987. Her areas of expertise are courses and workshops on leadership, organizational behavior and cross-cultural communications. A truly international educator, Dr. Zif has also been a visiting professor in a joint program between Northwestern University (Kellogg) and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. She lectured at Wharton Executive Education program, Harvard Institute of International Development, Arthur D. Little School of Management and Catholica University in Chile and Central European University in Budapest.