Biography: Debra M. Amidon is the founder and chief strategist for Entovation International (Lexington, Massachusetts)?a global innovation research and consulting network, linking forty-four countries throughout the world. Her specialties include knowledge management, learning networks, customer innovation, and enterprise transformation.
Known among her peers as a management pioneer, philosopher, architect, and visionary, Debra has captured the imagination of academic, government, and industrial leaders around the globe. With her seminal conference in 1987 on Managing the Knowledge Assets into the 21st Century, she set in motion what has evolved into an expansive "community of knowledge practice" comprised of theorists and practitioners from diverse functions, sectors, industries, and geographies. Her article "Momentum of Knowledge Management" has been translated into several languages and is available on the World Wide Web.
Prior to creating her company, Debra held various management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, was assistant secretary of education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, founding executive director of the Northeast Consortium of Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts, and the first female dean of Babson College.
Debra holds degrees from Boston University, Columbia University, and MIT, where she was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. She can be reached at:
E-mail: debra@entovation.com
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