Date of birth: 1955

 Education:

Ph.D., University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, 1988;

Specialization: Political Science.

Ph.D., University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, 1986

Specialization: Adult Education.

Academic position

 Full Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland , since 2002,

Full Professor, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration in Lausanne, in 1995.

Associate Prof., Columbia University, New York , 1992 – 1994.

Assistant Prof.,Syracuse University, New York , 1989 – 1991.

 RESEARCH:

Transformation of the network industries in the postal, the communication, the railway, the electricity, the air transport and the water sectors

 AcadEmiC ACTIVITY

• Dean, School of Continuing Education, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,  Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2003.

• Chair, Management of Network Industries, College of Management, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2002.

• Director, Executive Masters in electronic governance, Swiss Federal Institue of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2004.

• Co-Director, Sino-Swiss Management Training Center, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, since 2003.

• Managing Partner, The Praxis Group Ltd., New York, since 1997.