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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. David L. Ralph,
Pepperdine University, CA
Dr. David L. Ralph is the Founder of
Antelope Valley Christian School and served as President & CEO for eighteen
years.
In addition, he is a tenured faculty member of Pepperdine University. In his 40
years at Pepperdine in addition to teaching marketing, Dr Ralph has an
exhaustive record of service to the University as well as the community. Dr.
Ralph has served as the Associate Dean of the Graziadio School of Business and
Management as well as the Chair of the Marketing, Economics, and Quantitative
Methods Department. Dr. Ralph has an extensive consulting record with a variety
of companies and is widely published in the field of marketing. He also has
widespread pro bono consulting work with nonprofit organizations. He is on the
board of directors for the SimulationsPlus which is publicly traded on NASDAQ.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Igor M. Paramonov,
Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology, Canada
Topic:
North American Economic Integration and Challenges of Rising Asia and Trading
with Europe: The Choice of Reason
Dr. Igor M. Paramonov
has over thirty years of research, teaching, and consulting experience in North
America and the former USSR.
His academic activities have resulted in close to forty publications and
numerous presentations covering regional economic integration, foreign direct
investment, marketing channels for industrial products, economic geography, and
business education. Dr. Paramonov
received a grant from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada to
participate in the 1991-1992 Canada-USSR Academic Exchange Program at the
University of Western Ontario. In 1996 he was selected by the Fulbright Office
in Moscow for a research and faculty development program at the University of
Montana in association with the United States Information Agency. Since 1998,
Dr. Paramonov has lived and worked in Calgary, Canada. He is a faculty member at
the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and has also been affiliated with
the University of Calgary. His consulting experience involves a variety of
projects in the fields of international business, regional economic development,
and higher education, dealing with marketing research, feasibility studies, and
market entry recommendations for small and medium-size firms and non-for profit
organizations in the U.S, Canada, Russia, and Ukraine. Dr. Paramonov teaches
traditional courses in management, marketing, and international business as well
as custom-made courses such as Business under NAFTA. He has also received
awards for teaching excellence including the Mortar Board’s Professor Award from
the University of Montana’s Pentralia Chapter.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Eric Golla,
University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Topic:
Start-ups and Innovation
Dr. Eric Golla has
over 25 years of experience managing, designing, and developing complex software
solutions and analytics for the finance, manufacturing, distribution, and
software industry. Innovations he led or developed include (1) mass media
marketing analytics; (2) a real-time, in-memory, interactive online system; (3)
a neural network analytic system for manufacturing and finance; (4) sales
incentive, analytics, and reporting system; and (5) lab automation systems. Dr. Golla currently
is a Senior Vice President for Bank of America (BAC) managing a
marketing/product testing and analytics group that use quantitative and
qualitative research methods to identify revenue and cost saving opportunities.
Previous responsibilities at Bank of America include managing Merchant Services
($400 million revenue per year) modeling, analytics, sales reporting/incentive
group; and managing data warehouse optimization. Prior to Bank of America, Dr.
Golla provided business development and sales engineering for an internet
startup, started an engineering software consulting company, provided process
control software for an engineering start-up company, and was the Chief
Technical Officer for a distribution company. Over the years he developed
relationships with leaders at Bank of America, Mead Paper, American Express,
Packaging Corporation, Hillshire Farms, IBM, Microsoft, ST Microelectronics,
Avnet, Motorola, and Hitachi. Dr. Golla’s education includes a
Doctorate of Business (DBA) from University of Phoenix, Masters of Business
(MBA) from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and Bachelors of Science (BS) –
Computer Science from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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