Danville, California – September 1  2007 – ICWFD, that is enabling the workforce of G77 Developing Countries to compete in the current and future global economy through hi-end IT and Professional Development skills is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Dennis Anderson to its Board of Directors effective immediately.

We are delighted that Dr. Anderson has decided to join the ICWFD board," said Dr. Asad U. Shah, Chairman, ICWFD. "He is a highly respected leader in the global ICT community with an extraordinary track record of success. Dr. Anderson brings a wealth of experience and a broad perspective, which will be beneficial to our long-term growth strategy and global expansion."

Dr. Dennis Anderson is Professor of Information Systems at Pace University. He has served as Associate Dean from 1999 to 2007. He also served as Director of the University's Center for Advanced Media, which conducts research, education and training in the area of multimedia technologies. The center's work focuses on e-business, web development and web design and spans the spectrum from art to high technology.  He is an information technologist who believes in the advancement of society through the application of Information and Communication Technologies.

Dr. Anderson received his Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Mathematics Education from Columbia University. He also received an Ed.M. in Instructional Technology and Media from Teachers College, Columbia University. In addition, Anderson holds an M.S. in Computer Science from New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and his B.A. in Computer Science from Fordham University. He also completed an executive-education program in E-Commerce at Columbia University's School of Business and a professional program in multimedia at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an alumnus of Harvard University's Institute for Management and Leadership in Education Program '05.

Dr. Anderson has presented at numerous international conferences in the areas of computer science, information systems, and distance and mathematics education. His research interests lie in the information and communication technology, information policy, global digital divide, human-computer interaction, new-media technologies and e-commerce. He has received numerous grants including National Science Foundation grants. He has served as a reviewer/referee for numerous grants, fellowships, and publications.  He has been named to the roster of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board's Fulbright Senior Specialist program as an expert in information technology. He has served as a member of several advisory boards of organizations and conference boards including

• Billion Minds Foundation, Senior Adviser
• NYC Department of Education, Advisory Council for Career & Technical Education
• Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology, International Advisory Council
• mouse, Adviser
• UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development, High-level Adviser
• Microsoft Faculty Advisory Board & Imagine Cup Advisory Committee
• World Summit Awards 2007 Grand Jury
• ACM Computers in Entertainment, Editorial Board
• CIO Executive Programs, CXO Media Inc.
• Fulbright Peer Review Committee
• Computerworld Strategic Programs, IDG
• ISACA Education Board
• AMCIS 2004, Program Guide Chairman
• International Conference on E-Banking and Global Marketplace 2003, Conference Chairman

He has served as a judge for the New York City Science and Engineering Fair, the 2005 & 2007 Imagine Cup, the Computerworld Honors Program, the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Review Committee, and the Advanced Media Technology Emmy Awards and a reviewer for the New York State Education Department's Institutional Accreditation.  He also belongs to professional organizations including the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE-Computer Society, and the Association for Information Systems.

In 2004, he was appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society, in Graz, Austria. Recently, he was also a Visiting Professor at the Université de Mons-Hainaut’s Waroque Business School, Belgium, where he gave lectures on e-commerce and emerging technologies.

“It is my honor to accept the invitation.  I am very excited to be part of ICWFD.  It is my belief that our collective future depends on workforce development and it is absolutely necessary in order to reduce poverty and build sustainable development around the world.  I am glad that ICWFD is taking on such an important issue.  I am looking forward to working with everyone to advance its mission,” said Dr. Anderson.