Dr. Elias M. Awad is the Virginia Bankers Association Professor Emeritus of Bank Management at the University of Virginia. He has over 45 years IT experience in the academic, publishing, and consulting fields. He is one of the world’s leading IT and Management seminar and workshop presenters in the banking industry.
Dr. Awad is the CEO of International Technology Group, LTD, a management consulting group with a central office in Charlottesville, Virginia and overseas offices in Beirut, Damascus, and Geneva. His book publication record goes back to the early 1960s with best sellers in management information systems, systems analysis and design, database management, knowledge management, human resources management, expert systems, and knowledge automation systems. (See www.amazon.com). His publications have been translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, and Braille. As a senior management and IT consultant, he has delivered professional seminars and workshops internationally to major corporations and government agencies in 26 countries, including South Korea, Russia, China, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan. Contact email address: ema3z@virginia.edu