Category Archives: Business Leader

Mark Rampolla, CEO and Founder, ZICO Coconut Water

Mark is the founder of ZICO coconut water, pioneering the $8 billion global coconut water market.
He is the co-founder of Power-Plant Partners, investing in plant-based food companies like Beyond Meat.

Dr Mary Cleary Lewis, Certified Psychoanalyst

Dr Mary Cleary Lewis is a psychoanalytically trained psychotherapist.
She completed postgraduate work in 2020 and was awarded a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Prof Barend Mons, Professor Emeritus, Leiden University

Professor Mons is the professor emeritus at the Leiden University.
He’s the founding director of the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science, which is the acronym for L, I, F, E, S.

Prof Ram M Vemuri, Prof & Head, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mahindra University

Dr Ram M Vemuri is the professor and head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Mahindra University in Hyderabad.
After his Ph.D. Dr. Vemuri joined LSI Logic Corporation working on the development of the then industry-leading Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools.

Rosalyn Breedy, Managing Director, Breedy Henderson Ltd

Rosalyn is a Corporate, Funds, and Financial Services lawyer specialising in Private Wealth.
She has over 25 years of experience working in private practice, investment banking, and at a multi-family office.

Jerry Luftman, Founder and Managing Director, Global Institute for IT Management (GIIM)

Dr. Jerry Luftman is the Founder, Professor, and Managing Director of the Global Institute for IT Management.
He had a distinguished 22-year career with IBM, where he was among the strategic leaders of the IBM Palisades Executive Education Center and CIO.

Dr. Clark Quinn, Executive Director, Quinnovation – Learning Experience Design Strategy

Dr. Quinn is an executive director of Quinnovation, which is a Learning Experience Design Strategy.
He’s an internationally known consultant, an author, and a keynote speaker.

Tyrome ‘Ty’ Smith, Senior Advisor, Applied Research Inst for Mathematical & Computational Science

Ty is a director of strategic partnership, a common mission project whose mission is to create an international network of entrepreneurs driven to solve the critical challenges of our time.
He has also been appointed to a three-year term on the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing Extension Partnership advisory board.