Strategy · Executive education · Higher-ed markets · Asia
I help leaders think clearly when every good option has a cost.
Former Vice Provost and founding business-school dean. I advise investors and firms on education markets, teach executives online, design business courses, and moderate senior-level discussions.
How I help
Short, bounded engagements, delivered remotely. Each draws on decades inside universities, business schools and executive forums.
Insight on education and Asian markets
One-hour calls for investors, consultants and corporate teams who need an insider's view.
- Online and executive education markets
- How universities budget, buy and decide
- Business-school strategy and accreditation as a market driver
- Doing business in India, Singapore, Malaysia and China
Live online sessions for leaders
Interactive sessions for business schools, corporate academies and leadership teams. Discussion, not lecture.
- Strategy under uncertainty
- Competing in and across Asia
- How leaders should direct and check AI-produced analysis
Business courses that work online
For online program providers: learning goals, case examples, assessments and recorded explanations for working professionals.
- Strategy, international business, management
- AI for managers
Sharp, candid senior panels
Chair or moderator for virtual roundtables, webinars and summit sessions. I study each panelist and design the questions that surface real disagreement.
- Talk-show format with audience polling
- Agenda design and speaker preparation
Signature sessions
Each runs 90 minutes live online, and can be extended into a half-day workshop.
Think Long, Act Short: Ten Paradoxes Every Strategist Faces
Cost versus quality, global versus local, scale versus speed. Leaders learn to name the tensions in their own business and resolve them creatively instead of splitting the difference. First tested with CEO audiences at BusinessWeek forums in Asia.
Directing AI Without Being Misled by It
A practical method for managers who now commission analysis from AI: framing the question, demanding evidence, cross-checking, and knowing when to stop.
Competing in Asia: Beyond the Hype
What it takes to manage in and across Asia's markets, drawn from years of briefing multinational CEOs and chairing regional forums.
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Track record
Three decades across universities, business media and entrepreneurship, in the US and Asia.
- 2005 – present
Entrepreneur
Founded two companies providing learning-assessment services to universities; leads technology-services businesses in the US and Asia.
- 2014 – 2016
Vice Provost, The College of New Jersey
Led graduate, continuing and professional education; member of the Provost's senior team.
- 2009 – 2014
George Washington University
Director, Assessment of Learning, leading reaccreditation work; Associate Professor of International Business.
- 2003 – 2005
Regional Director, Economist Intelligence Unit
Led the Asia editorial team and advised a peer group of 160 multinational CEOs. Regular guest on CNBC, BBC and Bloomberg.
- 2000 – 2003
Chairman and Moderator, BusinessWeek Executive Programs, Asia
Professor-in-Residence for the CEO, CFO and CIO forum series. Chaired or moderated 30+ forums with heads of government and Fortune 500 leaders in 10 Asian cities.
- 2002 – 2003
Founding Dean, Universitas 21 Global
Online business school founded by 16 research universities and Thomson Learning. Designed the MBA curriculum and led it through accreditation.
- 1993 – 2002
National University of Singapore
Founding Director of the Asia-Pacific Executive MBA; Founding Director, International Business Institute; Assistant Dean; Associate Professor of Strategy.
Executive education clients
- IBM, GE, Sun Microsystems, GlaxoSmithKline
- Samsung, Singapore Airlines, Singapore Telecom
- SwissRE, Carl Zeiss, Grundfos, TNT
- Young Presidents' Organization
- Singapore government agencies
Education
- PhD, Business Administration (Corporate Strategy), Pennsylvania State University
- MBA, Indian Institute of Management
- B.Tech (Honors), Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Let's talk
For expert calls, online sessions, course projects or moderation, email me with a line about what you need and your timing. I work remotely, from the Washington, DC area.