Prof. John Gallaugher

Associate Professor of Information Systems
Boston College’s Carroll School of Management

Keynote/Guest speech on: "Technology Opportunities for Advancing Business and Education: Experiences Leveraging Mobile, Social Media, and Entrepreneurship Competitions"

About the keynote/guest speaker:

Prof. Gallaugher has been recognized for excellence and innovation in teaching by Boston College, BusinessWeek, the Decision Sciences Institute, Beta Gamma Sigma (the business honor society), and The Heights (BC’s student newspaper).

Prof. Gallaugher’s research has been published in the Harvard Business Review, MIS Quarterly and other leading IS journals. He is also author of the widely-adopted open textbook Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology. Prof. Gallaugher has consulted to and taught executive seminars for several organizations including Accenture, Alcoa, Duke Corporate Education, ING, Partners Healthcare, Staples, State Street, the University of Ulster, and the U.S. Information Agency. His comments on business and technology have appeared in The New York Times, National Public Radio, BusinessWeek, The Boston Globe, Wired, the Associated Press, Chronicle (WCVB-TV), The Daily Yomiuri (Japan) and The Nation (Thailand), among others.

http://www.gallaugher.com/about-john/

Bob Collymore

C.E.O
Safaricom

About the keynote/guest speaker:

Bob is the CEO of Safaricom Limited, one of the leading integrated communications companies in Africa. He assumed the position on November 1st 2010. The company reported Sh18.36 billion pretax profit for the financial year ending March 31st 2011.

Prior to joining Safaricom, Bob was the Chief Officer for Corporate Affairs in Vodacom Group responsible for the Group’s Corporate Communication, Ethics and Compliance, Legal, External Relationships and Corporate Social Responsibility. Prior to that, he was Vodafone’s Governance Director for Africa where he was responsible for developing and driving Vodafone’s strategy for its investments in Africa as well as representing Vodafone as a key direct foreign investor in a number of African countries. Bob has more than 25 years of commercial experience working in the telecommunications sector.

Bob now lives in Kenya after relocating from South Africa where he has lived for the past 3 years and had spent the previous 3 years living and working in Tokyo as Vodafone’s Director, Consumer Marketing (Asia), overseeing the development and alignment of Vodafone’s Japanese business. His previous roles included Global Purchasing Director for Vodafone and Purchasing Director for the Dixons Stores Group, one of the UK’s largest electrical retailers.

Bob is also a trustee of Holding companies in Kenya and Tanzania for M-PESA, Vodafone’s pioneering money transfer service.

http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=871

Dr. Bitange Ndemo

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Information & Communications

About the keynote/guest speaker:

Dr. Bitange Ndemo is the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Prior to his appointment as Permanent Secretary, Dr. Ndemo was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi’s Business School, where he taught entrepreneurship, management and research methods. Most of his research work centres on Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya with emphasis on Social Enterprise.

Dr. Ndemo holds a PhD in Industrial Economics from the University of Sheffield in the UK, an MBA and bachelors degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Minnesota. In the early 1990s, he was a Financial Systems Analyst at Medtronic Inc., a Fortune 500 company in the USA.

His current position entails policy formulation, and overseeing implementation of ICT projects. Dr. Ndemo has been involved in initiatives to lower the cost of accessing ICTs (connectivity, hardware and software) in Kenya and the region. His priority has been to connect East Africa to the rest of the World through the under- sea fibre optic cable. He is at the forefront of developing the demand side of ICTs by actively promoting Business Process Outsourcing in both urban and rural areas.

By virtue of his current position, Dr. Ndemo sits at the Boards of the Postal Corporation of Kenya, Telkom Kenya, Kenya Film Commission, and the Kenya ICT Board.

http://www.information.go.ke

Mary Kimonye

C.E.O, Brand Kenya

About the keynote/guest speaker:

Mary Kimonye is Chief Executive Officer of Brand Kenya Board, responsible for leading the strategic positioning of Brand Kenya for investment, tourism and citizenship.

She is a seasoned scholar with special interest and a distinguished career in marketing, brand and organisational development. She brings to Brand Kenya a successful career and accomplishments in academic, consulting and advisory across the private and public sector.

Ms Kimonye holds a BCom and MBA from the University of Nairobi. Concurrent with her responsibilities for leading Brand Kenya, she’s pursuing a PhD in Business Administration at the University of Nairobi, and is an active member of and participant in all matters related to marketing, branding and nation branding.

http://www.brandkenya.co.ke/

Jonathan Ciano

C.E.O, Uchumi Supermarkets

About the keynote/guest speaker:

http://www.uchumi.com/

Julius Kipng'etich

Director,
Kenya Wildlife Service

About the keynote/guest speaker:

Julius Kangogo Kipng'etich joined KWS as the Director in December 2004. Before this, he was the Managing Director of Investment Promotion Council.

Kip, as he prefers to be called, is an ardent believer in continuous improvement. His tenure at the KWS has seen him transform the government parastatal into a serious business outfit.

In a bid to ensure World Class Parks, Kip has greatly improved the management of our parks, while giving conservation a strong scientific approach. All these measures have resulted to safer and more pleasurable experiences within our wildlife protected areas.

A Starehe Boys' Alumnus, Kip has over 17 years experience in Business Process Re-engineering and Change Management.

He was Director of the Student Welfare Authority, University of Nairobi , where he also lectured in the Department of Management Science.

He is a member of the Kenya Tourist Board, and serves on the boards of Kenya Forest Service, Equity Bank, Police Oversight Board, Moi Girls' Eldoret, Starehe Girls' School, Starehe Boys' Centre and the Kenya Red Cross Society. He is a leading member of the Mau Task Force and the Steering Committee for the Marketing of Kenya Stadia.

He is also the patron of AISEC – University of Nairobi .

Kip is the acclaimed winner of the Chief Executive Officer of the Year Award, COYA 2009 and has two Awards from the Head of State namely: EBS and CBS.

His hobbies and interests? Philanthropy, systems theory, mountain climbing (climbed to Point Lenana, Mount Kenya ), traveling, reading, golf and classical music.

http://www.kws.org

Paul Melly

Deputy Chairman & Chief Strategist,
The Standard Group

About the keynote/guest speaker:

Paul Melly is presently the Deputy Chairman and Chief Strategist of Standard Group - a leading media house. A position he has held for the last six years. Previously, he served for 9 years as a regulator at the Chief Executive level with the Capital Markets Authority. He has also held several senior management positions. He holds a Masters Degree in Accounting and Finance. He also holds three Post Graduate diplomas in Financial Management, Financial Modeling and in Marketing.

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke