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Title	Dr. Val Samonis
Biography	Educated in USA, UK, Canada, Singapore, and Poland, Val Samonis (PhD, CPC) gained four decades of cross-functional research, business intelligence, teaching, mentoring, editing, and “blue ribbon” advisory experience combining his theoretical & “hands-on” empirical/data science approaches to education, business, technology & modern policy frontiers globally. Expert in high-tech methods of analysis, knowledge management & education, he is an eagle-eyed outside-of-the-box analyst, transformation thinker & intercultural communicator (fluent in English, German, Russian, Polish, Lithuanian; some Spanish, French) with extensive contacts esp. in emerging markets of EurAsia and Africa. A US Congress Fulbright Scholar 1982-84, Dr. Val Samonis lived globally & worked with top business & education reformers in emerging markets (e.g. 5 Nobel Laureates at The Stanford Economic Transition Group: Leontieff, Solow, Klein, Arrow, Tobin); lectured globally on ICT/knowledge economy, strategy/competitiveness, innovation management, modern education & other issues in the 21C global economy; and has been published globally. He managed and/or worked in a “hands-on” manner in international research and advisory “blue ribbon” teams/digital networks sponsored by Transnational Corporations Review, Journal of EastWest Business, Institute for New Economic Thinking, African Capacity Building Foundation, European Union (ACE, TEMPUS), World Bank, Hudson Institute, Center for European IntegrationJoint Committee on Corporate Governance (Canada), Virtual Consultation Forum for the First Inter-American Meeting of High-Level Authorities on Sustainable Development, OECD-World Bank Private Sector Advisory Group on Corporate Governance, International Baltic Economic Commission, a number of universities and governments & global financial/economic organizations. Val served as an advisor to the Czech Government, Lithuanian Parliament, Canadian Government, global organizations (e.g. UNCTAD, ITC), and multinational corporations (HungryMinds, A.Andersen, Medley Global Advisors, CARE). Dr. Samonis has been teaching online, onsite, and his DualMode(SM) comprehensive “big picture” and specialized courses in International Economics & Management, Frontiers in Emerging Markets, Corporate Governance & Finance, Knowledge Economy & Innovation Management, E-Business, Economics Macro & Micro, Strategies for Policy Reform, and supervising graduate students at the University of Toronto, Columbia University, University of Maryland, Royal Roads University (Canada), University of Tasmania (Australia), Centre for European Integration Studies, and other institutions globally. Dr. Val Samonis has also been worked and or associated with the following institutions: Academy on Computers, Toronto Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Toronto Centre for European Integration Studies (ZEI UniBonn) Economic Advisor, The Czech Government Emerging Markets Consultant, The Government of Canada European Council on Foreign Relations Gdansk University of Technology Hudson Institute, Indianapolis IFO Institute for Economic Research, Munich Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning Institute of Certified Business Consultants, Delaware Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, Virginia CFA Institute International Institute for Global BioEconomy, Toronto-Berlin-Vilnius, Founding Father & Research Math Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences,Warsaw National University of Singapore Polish Academy of Artillery & Rocket Science Polish Institute for Economic Sciences,Warsaw Polish Institute of International Affairs The African Capacity Building Foundation, London-Harare The Voice of America Global Economy Commentator UNCTAD Geneva University of Waterloo, Canada Wade Trade Consultants Institute, Swindon, UK You can also find Dr. Val Samonis at http://www.samonis.com scholar.google.com samonis.academia.edu about.me Facebook expertfile.com Amazon
Universities	CENTER FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIES, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, THE BLOCKCHAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE INSTITUTE FOR NEW ECONOMIC THINKING, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY, WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS