MICHAEL J. GERINGER

Mike Geringer is a Senior Consulting Associate with Global Resources along with his responsibilities as a Managing Partner for Geringer, Frayne & Associates, Inc., a global training and consulting firm. In these capacities, Dr. Geringer has worked with executives from organizations worldwide, including Nokia, Eastman Kodak, Caterpillar, ITT Sheraton, California Highway Patrol, Rautaruukki, Eastman Chemical, Envirotrust Technologies, Industry, Science & Technology Canada, Economic Council of Canada, CalTrans, Lucent Technologies, and NorTel. He brings more than twenty years of training and consulting experience in the areas of strategic management, international business, joint ventures and alliances, venture capital, and mergers and acquisitions to his work with Global Resources.

Dr. Geringer also serves as Professor and Chair of the Global Strategy and Law Area at California Polytechnic University. He has taught at universities in the U.S., Canada, Poland, Hungary, Finland, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, and South Africa. Dr. Geringer has earned multiple teaching awards including the "Dean's Team" Award at the University of Western Ontario, the Faculty Excellence Award from Cal Poly's College of Business in 1994, and the College's Distinguished Teacher Award in 1996. He received highest teaching evaluations from Bond University in 1996, the Korean Executive MBA Program in 1998, and Global School of Business for 1998 and 1999. He received the University Distinguished Teacher Award in 2000.

His leadership activities in professional associations includes Founding Chair for the Strategic Alliances Committee of the Licensing Executives Society, Chair for the Academy of Management's International Management Division, and Chair for both the International Business and the Strategy divisions of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of World Business, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Management, and Journal of East-West Business.He has authored or edited 8 books and monographs (another book will be published in 2001), over 95 published papers, and 35 case studies. His research has received 11 "best paper" awards, including the Decade Award for most influential article from the Journal of International Business Studies. A recent study ranked him as one of the 5 most-published authors in international strategy.

Dr. Geringer received his B.S. from Indiana University and his MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington.