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Founders

Dr. Susan Duggan, CEO

Dr. R. Bruce Ricks

Mr. Mark Heyer

 
Dr. Susan Duggan
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Susan Duggan serves as the CEO for the Center.  She brings twenty years of experience in  research, policy- and program-development at an international level.  At the Silicon Valley World Internet Center, Dr. Duggan facilitates educational presentations and interactive seminars for a worldwide clientele and coordinates cooperative efforts between institutions of higher education, government and corporate sectors.

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Dr. R. Bruce Ricks

Dr. R. Bruce Ricks has a long career as a professor of Business and as an entrepreneur.  His  teaching posts include the graduate schools of business at UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University.  Dr. Ricks also brings 25 years of experience in the ownership and operation of retail shopping centers.  He is particularly interested in the relationship between physical and on-line shopping and the impact of the Internet on the the future of commerce.

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Mr. Mark Heyer

Mark Heyer, an internationally recognized  visionary of the Information Age, has for more than 20 years been a leader in the design and market development of advanced interactive information products, including the areas of Internet database servers, telecommunications, training and education, medical imaging, remote health care delivery, defense, transportation, business, presentations, and golf.

Mr. Heyer is the originator of the theory of Infonomics, which describes the human dynamics of information systems.  He is a prolific writer and speaker on the subject of the information revolution. He has lectured worldwide and has taught courses at the San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program and Lehigh University.

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