LYNN METCALF

Dr. Lynn Metcalf is a Senior Consulting Associate with Global Resources where she has designed and taught programs in high-tech marketing, international marketing, and global electronic commerce. In addition to her work with Global Resources, Dr. Metcalf has been a faculty member at California Polytechnic State University since 1986; she joined Cal Poly after completing a Ph.D. in Marketing and International Business from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Metcalf's teaching experiences include assignments as a visiting professor at the American Graduate School of International Management in Phoenix, Arizona; at the Groupe Institut de Gestion Sociale in Paris and Lyon, France; and at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration in Finland.

From 1995-1999, Dr. Metcalf was on leave from Cal Poly to serve as Director of University Alliances for Royal Philips Electronics. Based in Palo Alto, Dr. Metcalf's work focused on supporting new business development for Philips. Her responsibilities included building strategic alliances with world-class universities based in the United States, and she worked closely with Stanford, Berkeley, and MIT. Dr. Metcalf's consulting work has also included assignments with Sun Microsystems and several high-tech start-ups in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Dr. Metcalf is a member of the International Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group (IMP) - a consortium of researchers from nine universities in five European countries, Japan, and the United States. The IMP investigates cross-cultural aspects of relationships between producers and users in the three aforementioned major markets of the world. Her current research interests are focused on the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship and globalization.

In addition to her Ph.D., Dr. Metcalf has a Masters in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management and a BA from the University of Oregon. Dr. Metcalf has traveled throughout Europe and Latin America. She speaks and reads French and has capability in Spanish and German.