Pierre Coupet, the founder of Virtual Organization Management Institute, has a long and distinguished professional career spannning a number of disciplines over a period of more than 35 years. He is an author, prolific lecturer, speaker and trainer on Virtual Organization Management; is recognized worldwide as the founder of the modern Virtual Organization Management discipline he has pioneered since 1997 and considered the World's Foremost Expert on Virtual Organization Management.

He is also Founder, CEO & Chief Virtual Organization Architect at NetWEB Elite Solutions, Inc., an ebusiness solutions and virtual organization management consultancy with roots dating back to 1995. He formerly headed TFG, a national executive search firm, as Founder, Chairman & CEO for over 14 years, having represented blue chip clients such as then Chase Manhattan, Microsoft, Litton Industries, etc. Prior to TFG, he held a number of management consulting positions. He is a former member of the California Air National Guard and former active duty member of the 10th Aerospace Defense Squadron, United States Air Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. He is a member of Guidepoint Global Advisors and other leading professional associations.

Marlin Dolinsky is one of the world's leading Virtualization Architectural Framework experts, having delivered groundbreaking presentations at major events on such topics as "Virtualizing the City via an SOA", "Virtualizing Spatial Reality", and "Critical Thinking on GIS Virtualization." A former graduate-level professor in management psychology and technology at three California universities, Marlin'’s doctoral research included analysis of cognitive architectures of the brain. His study suggests that information technology is evolving along the same path that brain research has already covered. His work suggests IT business and technology failures are rooted in an alarming lack of understanding in how people think and make decisions. A software engineer, graphic artist, and clinical psychologist by training, his unique combination of hard skills and soft skills provide a more-informed perspective on effectively implementing virtualization architectural framework projects.

Concurrently, he is a principal of Dolinsky Consulting and adjunct professor at VOMI, having been associated with VOMI and its affiliate, NetWEB Elite Solutions, since 2006. Prior to joining VOMI, Marlin has worked with nuclear scientists at GE Medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging labs, and with programmers, software architects, team leads, and executive levels at EMC, IBM, AOL-Time Warner, Aspen Technologies, Verizon, John Deere, PacBell, Accenture, US Marines, US Army, US Navy, KPMG, Verizon, Telcordia, Abercrombie & Fitch, Moog Controls, the Pentagon, FBI, Federal Reserve Bank, SunGard, Northern Trust Bank, Harvard University, Cornell University, Loma Linda University Medical Center, and many others.

Dr. Messier has over thirty years of practical business experience in a number of different industries, including over 14 years of e-Learning experience, as well as many years of entrepreneurial experience. He is on the following boards: Editorial Board for the International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization (IJMLO), Editorial Review Board for AACE/SITE Journals; and is a peer reviewer for the published journal, Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Object.

Dr. Messier has developed online and onsite educational programs in the Middle East, China, and the United States; has had the opportunity to teach in several innovative universities and colleges around the world; has substantial teaching experience at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and has taught courses in the fields of communication, education technology, information technology, video production, media writing and desktop publishing. Dr. Messier's work draws significant inspiration from human learning and teaching.

Mr. Augustine O. Oniwon, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has over 34 years of experience in the energy sector. A visionary and optimist, he is currently spearheading an inward drive for massive investment in the Nigerian power sector in order to transform the NNPC from a cost center into a profit center, thereby making a significant contribution to uplifting the African continent as a whole. He is a member of various leading societies worldwide; and holds a B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry and a Masters, Engineering Design from Ahmadu Bello University.

A Visionary Leader | An Efficient Manager | An Accomplished Strategist | and a Role Model for Women, Julia has over 17 years of professional experience in a variety of leadership functions. As Managing Director of Executive Learning Center based in China since 2005, she has successfully managed the Rutgers International Executive MBA Program over the past four years and has been instrumental in gaining international recognition for Executive Learning Center within its first five (5) months of operation; providing executive level programs on Strategy, Executive Development Program, Business Innovation and Leadership.

As a testament to her people and relationship-building skills, her name is very familiar with executives of leading organizations such as General Motors, Motorola, Coca Cola, General Mills, BASF, Johnson & Johnson, GE, Siemens, Delphi, Bayer, Honeywell, Henkel, Dell, Tyco, Corning, Caterpillar, Nokia, Lucent Technologies, American Consulate, and Swiss Center. She is a member of various leading societies worldwide; and holds an Executive MBA from Rutgers Business School, New Jersey, USA and a Bachelor of Economics from Shanghai Foreign Trade Institute, Shanghai, CHINA.

A consummate IT, innovation-oriented, education, and training professional, Paul has over 32 years of practical business and leadership experience, as well as a strong record of social responsibility involvement, in both the private and public sector. Prior to his current position as Director-Geographic Information Systems for the entire State of Missouri, he was the Information Technology Director for the Missouri Department of Higher Education and held similar other posts during his tenure in the Missouri government over the past 15 years. An innovator and visionary, he spearheaded the development and use of social networks and virtual communities in the state's educational system, including the drafting of all policies for their use.

He also teaches and/or serves on several state agency and university advisory boards such as State Fair Community College, IT Recruiting Committee-State of Missouri, University of Missouri-College of Business | Marketing Advisory Board, University of Central Missouri (UCM)-School of Business, and Jefferson City Information Technology Coalition (JCITC); and holds a B.A., Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia and an M.S., MIS, ISIM University.

Mr. Berchtikou is a business strategy consultant with over 25 years of professional and diversified experience spanning various corners of the globe. To date he has provided more than 100 companies & organisations with consultancy services across a wide range of industries, helping them adress complex strategic issues and expand their operations on market reach to new geographic or industry areas; working with them in an advisory role in order to evaluate market attractiveness, define entry strategies, develop business models and partnerships, facilitate and implement strategic and operational plans.

He holds a B.A. in Marketing from Institut des Cadres Supérieurs de la vente (ICSV); an MBA from Paris-Sorbonne University; and a Masters in Business and Competitive Intelligence from ESIEE University.

Sohael is currently Director of Nam Nay Food & Beverage and also the Founder of Zealit Corp, a venture capital and private equity company founded in 2007.

Rameline Kamga is a tireless and effective champion of efforts to galvanize social, economic and political support for the peoples of Africa and is widely known and respected for her efforts within a number of business, NGO and political circles in both the USA and Africa. She has been a constant promoter of better relations between the USA and Africa, both directly and indirectly, through conferences designed to educate corporate and world leaders on how to do businesss in Africa. One of her crowning achievements has been the successful lobbying--over a 13-year period--for the eventual passage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in the United States Congress; which was signed into law on May 18, 2000.

A leading and groundbreaking innovator, she developed the concept of an ultra modern Agricultural and Fishing Village in the Republic of Congo--VOMI calls it "The Jewel of Africa"--that is designed to eradicate poverty and illiteracy and whose successful implementation will serve not only as a model for the rest of Africa but also anywhere else in the world where the scourge of poverty finds a resting place and breeding ground.

She is a strong advocate and pioneer of micro-credit financing in Africa. In connection thereof, she is the Founder, Chairperson of the following non-profit organizations: 1) Congo Association of Women Entrepreneurs (CASWE), 2) Cameroon Association of Women Entrepreneurs (CAWE), 3) Cofina RK LLC, and 4) Federation of United People of Africa (FUPA).

She is a recipient of several prestigious awards from numerous organizations for her humanitarian efforts, a couple of which includes "African Renaissance Ambassador" from PANAFRICA in 2002 and "Peace Ambassador" from a United Nations agency.