About Us
The Expert Knowledge Network was founded by a group of business consultants and subject matter experts working in digital media and technology and economic development who recognized the need to provide a better way to find real experts in a world where expertise is increasingly difficult to identify. Digital communication and information technologies are driving explosive growth in specialized knowledge and information services across every industry segment. Our vision is to provide all those who have acquired leading expertise in their specialized fields of work to have a platform where they can be heard by those who need to stay connected to the latest information in the knowledge spheres in which they operate.
Our mission is driven not just by our knowledge of digital technologies but also by a broader view of the changing economic environment as the global economy transitions from the industrial age to the digital age where knowledge is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity and information services create the new wealth. Our goal is to provide the tools required by both knowledge workers and subject matter experts to effectively find, use and contribute to the rapidly expanding knowledge base of the human race.
Bruce May, CEO
Bruce May is a recognized expert in digital media, focusing on the business aspects of broadband media solutions. Bruce has been on the cutting edge of digital media since its inception. He began his media career in video production, writing and producing marketing videos and creating corporate training content in the Houston market throughout the 1990’s. As multimedia evolved in the early nineties, Bruce became adept at using early tools and solutions, often integrating these with video centric production projects and he went on to establish himself as an industry leader in digital media in the first decade of this century, working with solution providers in broadband media markets.
As a business consultant, Bruce has helped clients better understand the digital media ecosystem, develop business strategies to monetize content, manage broadband costs, develop digital marketing plans, and improve their overall business strategies and approaches to digital media. In 2008 Bruce founded Trelios Digital Media Group to create access to integrated digital media solutions through a network of solution providers working in broadband media. Bruce has written three books, including Marketing Fundamentals, 2008 and Building a Performance Improvement System, 2009 (co-authored with Richard Laramy), and The Eighth Criteria, 2010. He is currently working on his next book focusing on digital media and the revolution in communications and information technology.
Richard Laramy, President
Richard Laramy spent his entire career, some 24 years, in higher education, publishing. and some K-12. In that time he has worked with Fortune 500 companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill. Richard is trained in the Baldrige Model and is a member of the Board of Examiners for Quality Texas ‘07 and ‘08 and is also on the Board of Advisors for University of Texas Austin Center for Performance Excellence. During the last eight years Richard has assisted over 200 schools with strategic planning in the area of assessment and accreditation.
Richard founded TTC Consulting in 2006, a network of academic consultants from higher education institutions located all over the country, forming the academic side of our core group of Premier Experts. Each consultant in the network is an evaluator/examiner for regional and/or specialized accreditation agencies. Richard continues to expand our core group of academic and performance management experts and advises the group on strategic planning in connection with the publishing industry.
David Dodd, CED, Chief Strategic Officer
David A. Dodd, CED is President of DADCO Consulting Services, a leading international consulting firm specializing in creating economic opportunity for communities, states, and countries. He has worked in 47 states in the U.S. and six foreign countries. He has advised the Australian Parliament; the Development Bank of Japan, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) based in Paris, and was lead consultant for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and International Economic Development Council- sponsored Gulf Coast Reinvestment Forum, that helped shape the Gulf Opportunity Zone Legislation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
As a Certified Economic Developer, David not only engaged in the practice of economic development, he also teaches through the Economic Development Institute (EDI) at The University of Oklahoma, offering the only internationally-accredited economic development educational program. David served as Dean of the institute from 2001 to 2003, and is one of the highest rated faculty members in its history.
David has been active in the field of digital media and has been working with Bruce May to bring the vision and potential of The Expert Knowledge Network to the rapidly expanding marketplace of knowledge and information and on other initiatives and projects that bring the power of digital communications to economic development on a global scale.
Jerald R. Harper, Senior Counsel
Jerry Harper has 25 years experience in representing businessmen and women, individually, and their businesses throughout Louisiana, East Texas and Southern Arkansas. Mr. Harper has obtained an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell representing the highest possible rating among members of the legal community for both legal ability and professional ethics. Mr. Harper’s experience is unusually well rounded in that it includes service as general counsel to a publicly owned corporation, as a seasoned litigator and business counselor. The Louisiana Secretary of State appointed Mr. Harper Chairman of the Louisiana Commission on Corporations.
Mr. Harper graduated from Harvard University, with honors, in 1974. That year Harvard nominated him for recognition as a Rhodes Scholar, for which he was a finalist. Mr. Harper was the recipient of several scholarships from Harvard and was selected to the Board of Governors at the Harvard Institute of Politics while still an undergraduate at that school.
Our Partners
The Expert Knowledge Network has several key partnerships in place with solution providers that enhance the value of our products and services. While we actively pursue strategic partnerships with a number of organizations, there are several key partnerships that deserve special credit and recognition. They include:
ITVibes
ITVibes is a Houston based web design company offering services in website solutions, social media, business apps, online marketing and custom programming. They offer services and technology tools to present viable and cost effective web solutions based on their customer’s business models and growth plans.
Lulu.com
Lulu has created a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through their open publishing platform, Lulu is helping creators make works available in multiple formats and markets and improving discovery so buyers can more easily find the content they need. Over one million creators from more than 200 countries and territories are using Lulu publishing services. You can register with Lulu on our home page.
RevX Systems
RevX Systems provides commercial grade billing and revenue management software for the eServices marketplace. Their products and services offer service providers a highly scalable, end-to-end solution for multi-service, multi-tiered networks, real time rating and billing, self care support and analytics.
MicroTek
MicroTek has built an all encompassing Virtual Learning Service that allows clients to access a sophisticated technology platform for real time, virtual learning using live teleconferencing combined with physical training facilities located in major cities around the world.
