Knowledge Management Training Instructors

Pavel Kraus, PhD
Partner, ah't intermediation / President, Swiss Knowledge Management Forum
Former Head of Knowledge Management at Roche Diagnostics
Active Practitioner with recent projects in development of Best Practice and Decision-making Support Systems, Document Management in Crisis Situations, an Early Warning System for Technology Innovation, and Optimisation of Information Organisation and Project Management.
Workshop Focus: Business Case, Metrics, Competencies

Beat Knechtli
Chief Knowledge Officer, Switzerland, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Experienced Practitioner in Strategic Management, KM, Change Management & Innovation Management
Former Knowledge Manager & Deputy Head of Human Resources Development with ABB Switzerland
University Lecturer at the Universities of Applied Science in Basel and Bern
Various Management positions over 13 years with Roche
Workshop Focus: KM Framework, Strategy, & Culture

Michael Wyrsch
Vice President, Credit Suisse
Leading the Knowledge Management Competence Centre at Credit Suisse
Expert Mentor, Facilitator & Moderator
Business Process Management & Design
Formerly CKO at PwC and Global Knowledge Architect for HP Consulting
Workshop Focus: Process-oriented KM, Communities of Practice

Stephan Bohr
Leader Advisory Knowledge Management Central Cluster, PricewaterhouseCoopers
14 years Business Practice in External and Internal Consulting at PwC
Leading International KM Responsibility since 2001
Expertise in Business Development and Innovation
Has led large international KM related projects with teams up to 40 persons
Workshop Focus: Expertise Location, Personal KM, Web 2.0, and Benchmarking

Barry Hardy, PhD
Director, Community of Practice & Research Activities, Douglas Connect
Many years’ experience in KM & ICT Research & Practice
Founder of InnovationWell & eCheminfo Networks
Former Hitchings-Elion Fellow, Oxford University
Leader for European Commission FP7 research projects OpenTox, SYNERGY & ToxBank
Workshop Focus: Assessment, Change, Collaboration, Networks. Principal Facilitator for class

Douglas Weidner
President, KM Institute
Pioneering KM Practitioner & Master CKM Instructor
Developed & taught CKM Program for over 10 years around the world
Former Chief Knowledge Engineer for Northrop Grumman
Consulted for the World Bank, UN and NASA and many more
Instructor for pre- and post-class eLearning