Ballance, Craigg:

Craigg is a partner in the e-commerce consulting and systems development company, e-Finity, located in Toronto, Canada. He and Peter have worked together for over ten years. They have co-authored three books together and have developed and delivered a wide range of executive seminars on e-commerce, financial services and e-government. Craigg is the leader of the widely successful IT Executive Leadership program. He was responsible for the Royal Bank of Canada’s e-commerce initiatives.

Craigg and Peter are collaborators in executive education programs and often give speeches together at leading conferences.

Binney, Dereck:

Dereck is the Chief Technology Officer for CSC Australia. He is the author of a number of articles on knowledge management and a leading authority on the links between knowledge management and organizational innovation and change. He is also a wine connoisseur par excellence. Peter has worked with CSC on a number of projects, as part of the firm’s commitment to thought leadership.

Carlsson, Christer:

Christer is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in the design of mobile services. He and Peter are co-authoring a new book on mobile knowledge. They work together on a number of research studies on mobile communications and also frequently speak at conferences together on mobile commerce and business and organizational innovation through mobility.

Clavir, Barry:

Barry is an entrepreneur and consultant. He founded the CIO Summit, which is Canada’s leading annual conference for IT leaders, an event where Peter Keen has been a keynote speaker for many years. He is also one of the innovators in the development of the IT Executive Leadership Program. One of his areas of expertise in the design and management of content-rich conferences.

Elliot, Steve:

Steve is a senior professor at the University of Sydney, Australia, and plays a very active role internationally in the research community and also as an adviser to senior managers. One of his areas of specialty is international financial electronic commerce. He edited one of the most highly-regarded books on electronic commerce and is the senior author for a forthcoming book where Peter is one of the collaborators.

Garcia, Alejandro:

Alejandro was head of strategic planning for the IT group of Cemex, widely known as one of the world’s exemplars in business innovation through IT. He and Peter work on many consulting and executive education projects in Mexico. He is also an adjunct professor at ITESM (“Monterrey Tech”), one of the most respected and fastest growing universities in the world. Alejandro and Peter are have developed a number of partnerships in Mexico that focus on helping companies generate profitable business growth through IT.

Qureshi, Sajda:

Sajda is a professor at the University of Nebraska. She and Peter are developing and applying approaches to knowledge activation in organizations that go well beyond traditional – and too often disappointing knowledge “management” investments. Several of their articles on the topic will appear in scholarly journals in 2005.

Sol, Henk:

Henk and Peter are collaborators in several books that will be published in 2005: Rehearsing the Future and Coordination by Design. Their association goes back for around twenty years, through their individual and joint work in the Decision Support Systems field. Henk was the dean of the Technology Policy and Management group at The Technical University of Delft, where Peter is a professor. He is now the Dean of the University of Groningen. He has built many effective joint programs with universities across the world.

Sussman Lester:

Lester is an entrepreneur who holds a number of patents for inventions in what he and Peter have named PCC – Personal Consumer Communications. He played a leading management role in positioning INTELSAT for the era of digital satellite communications and the Internet. He provides seminars and services to help individuals and small organizations learn how to patent their products and services. He and Peter are currently working on a new book on what executives must know about IT to use it to lead business change and innovation.

Tan, Margaret:

Margaret is a professor at Singapore’s NTU and runs her own company that specializes in trust mechanisms for electronic commerce. She has played a key role in the development of many international conferences and associations, with a focus on international financial services. She and Peter are working on a book and executive education programs on e-Trust.

Williams, Ron:

Ron and Peter are close partners in a wide range of activities: research, executive education and consulting. Ron was a marketing manager for IBM and headed many of its e-commerce initiatives. He is an adjunct professor at The University of North Carolina and has designed and delivered many executive ed programs. His focus is on helping business development units and middle managers take effective action to deliver results in such areas as outsourcing and product and service innovation.