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Hubert Saint-Onge

Hubert Saint-Onge is the founder and Principal of SaintOnge Alliance. In addition to holding key senior management positions in leading companies over the past 25 years, he has developed and refined a model called the Knowledge Assets Framework. This model strategically integrates business plans with branding, leadership and people management in order to optimize the performance of an organization. Hubert’s client work showcases the extensive experience he accumulated as a senior executive in the oil industry as well as in financial services. Based on his work as Senior Vice President of Strategic Capabilities at Clarica, Hubert was recently featured as one of five practitioners around the world who have had the most impact on organizations according to authors Larry Prusak and Tom Davenport in "What’s the Big Idea? Creating and Capitalizing on the Best New Management Thinking." The literature in this field identifies Hubert as one of the most respected thought leaders and practitioners in transforming organizations into 21st century knowledge-based enterprises. Contact Hubert at hubert@saintongealliance.com.

Kent Greenes

Kent Greenes has worked internationally in a variety of executive, operations, technology and business renewal roles in the energy, research and engineering industries. He is known and recognized globally as a pioneer in the field of Knowledge Management (KM). Kent started his own consulting practice in January, 2006, to provide business leaders with coaching and advice in KM. He currently is Executive in Residence at George Washington University where he is initiating a new program to research the Enterprise of the Future. Kent worked in BP for 17 years where he started as a geophysicist and progressed through a variety of key leadership and management positions. He initiated and directed BP's acclaimed Knowledge Management and global Virtual Teamwork (VT) Programs. Kent joined SAIC as their CKO in 1999 and immediately established a KM consulting practice from the ground up that became highly respected in the public and private sectors. In 2005, Kent initiated SAIC's internal business transformation effort to become a high performance company. By weaving proven KM practices into Six Sigma, SAIC was able to accelerate changes in their core business processes and improve cash flow by millions of dollars. Contact Kent at kent@greenesconsulting.com.

Cindy Hubert

Cindy Hubert is Executive Director of Custom Solutions at AQPC. She is a leading practitioner and thought leader in knowledge management strategy and methods. Over the past twelve years, Hubert and her team have researched and worked with more than 350 organizations to help leaders implement innovative solutions guided by results-oriented KM strategies. Over the years, Hubert has spoken at many global conferences focused on knowledge management including APQC's annual Knowledge Management Conferences, KM World, and the Association for Manufacturing Excellence. Hubert has served as an instructor in Knowledge Management at Rice University's Executive Education Graduate School of Management. Co-author of several APQC's KM publications, Hubert has provided subject matter expertise in APQC's extensive KM research program. She can be reached at chubert@apqc.org.

Richard McDermott

Richard McDermott is one of the leading thinkers, authors and consultants on designing knowledge organizations and building communities of practice. For nearly two decades, he has worked with engineering, professional service, sales, and manufacturing firms to maximize the productivity of knowledge workers. He was the subject matter expert for two national studies of best practices in knowledge management; one on creating a knowledge-sharing culture and another on institutionalizing communities of practice. He is also a frequent speaker at international conferences. Prior to starting his consulting practice, Richard worked in the Corporate Education department at Polaroid, where he designed career development programs for technical professionals and experienced first-hand the dilemmas of being a knowledge worker. He was a Research Assistant at the Harvard Business School and a faculty member at Lesley College, teaching management, organizational behavior, and organizational change. Contact Richard at Richard@McDermottConsulting.com.

Nancy Dixon

Nancy Dixon is an author and consultant working with clients to create effective ways to share knowledge across organization boundaries. She is the author of seven books as well as over 50 articles that focus on how organizations learn. Before forming her own company, Common Knowledge, Dr. Dixon was Professor of Administrative Sciences at The George Washington University in Washington DC and earlier was a member of the Human Resource Development graduate faculty at The University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Dixon serves as an Editorial Reviewer for the Human Resource Development Quarterly and as a Member of the Editorial Board for Management Learning and for Action Learning: Research & Practice. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Workplace Learning. Contact Nancy at nancydixon@commonknowledge.org.