Keynote Speakers

Dr. Javier Torner

Javier Torner, Ph. D.

Dr. Javier Torner is the University Information Security Officer at California State University San Bernardino. Dr. Torner is the Director of the Information Security Office which coordinates and oversees the implementation of enterprise information security initiatives and measures for the univerity's telecommunications network and computer and information systems.

Under his direction the Information Security Office provides, among others, guidance in conducting risk and vulnerability assessments for information systems, manages the intrusion detection and incident response capabilities of the campus, and conducts computer forensics investigation.

Dr. Torner periodically conduct workshops and presentations on information security topics to different groups inside and outside the university, including upper management, IT directors, and technical staff groups .

Dr. Torner is currently the President for the Information System Security Association Inland Empire Chapter. Dr. Torner is a Professor of Physics with over twenty years of teaching and working experience with data communication networks and computer systems.

Dr. Tapie Rohm

C. E. Tapie Rohm Jr., Ph.D., F.I.I.M.A.

Dr. C. E. Tapie Rohm Jr. is a very unusual person. He is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar, educator, consultant, author, entrepreneur and businessman. He has consulted for such large firms as IBM, Westinghouse, Mead, Gannett to numerous medium and small/entrepreneurial businesses. He has been a consultant to governmental agencies like the State of California-Department of Justice, the Federal Highways Department, the US Department of Defense, the Islamic Nation of Pakistan, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Tanzania (East Africa), Kuwait. He has lectured in the countries of Egypt, Turkey, England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Ecuador, and Republic of China (Taiwan). He has sat on various advisory boards for such corporations as WordPerfect, Expertillegents, Hearthstone Institute and the like. He has been a CIO, CFO and CEO for various businesses.

Dr. Rohm has taught for the past two decades at various educational institutions. He is currently a professor of Information and Decision Sciences at California State University San Bernardino. He is an Honorary Professor at the Hebei Academy for Social Sciences in the PRC. He is a former Fulbright Scholar to Tanzania, East Africa. He is one of the founding Executive co-Directors of the Inland Commerce and Security Institute and former Executive co- Director of the Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (which became ranked fourth nationally for graduate program under his leadership at California State University San Bernardino).

He is an Editor-in-Chief of two journals: Journal of International Technology and Information Management and Communications of the IIMA. He has been honored as a Fellow in the International Information Management Association. He has authored or co-authored numerous journal articles. He is one of the founders of the International Information Management Association. He has obtained many grants. He is on a number of Editorial Review Boards (ERB).

Conrad Shayo Ph.D.

Conrad Shayo is a Professor of Information Science at California State University San Bernardino. Over the last 28 years he has worked in various capacities as a university professor, consultant, and manager. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree and a Master of Science Degree in Information Science from the Claremont Graduate University. He also holds an MBA in Management Science from the University of Nairobi, Kenya; and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance from the University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania. He has consulted for the World Bank, Swiss Agency for Development Corporation, and the US Government. His research interests are in the areas of IT assimilation, performance measurement, distributed learning, end-user computing, organizational memory, instructional design, organizational learning assessment, reusable learning objects, IT strategy, and “virtual societies.” Dr. Shayo has published these and other topics in various books and journals. Currently he is involved in developing reusable learning objects and web based learning game simulations. He is also consulting in the areas of tourism promotion, joint ventures, and poverty eradication in developing countries. He is a Co-Editor (with Dr. Magid Igbaria) of the book:Strategies for Managing IS/IT Personnel.

Isaac Rutenberg Ph.D.

A strong advocate of protecting intellectual property in ways that foster African Development, Dr. Isaac Rutenberg has been involved in various conversations on the potential of intellectual property for African businesses including at the recent Barcamp Africa Conference. Currently, he is researching and writing about intellectual property issues in Kenya. He has provided information and writings to various institutions within Kenya, including the Exchange Magazine at the Nairobi Stock Exchange.

Dr. Rutenberg received a PhD in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, where he worked with Nobel Laureate Robert H. Grubbs. Currently, he is a Patent Agent in the Palo Alto offices of the law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo PC. In that capacity, he has directed the prosecution of patent applications in several African countries covering a wide range of subjects.