CCI Conference on Corporate Communication 2005 Program

<strong>Conference</strong> on Corporate Communication 2005
area of organizational communication. She also holds a Master degree in communication and information
Technologies, a licentiate in social science research, and a B.A. degree in public relations.
Petelin, Roslyn teaches in and convenes the Writing, Editing, and Publishing and the Science
Communication Programs at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Dr. Petelin has also taught
corporate writing at the Queensland University of Technology and at Cornell University, U.S.A. Dr. Petelin
edits the Australian Journal of Communication and is a consultant on corporate writing and editing to many
government and private organizations. She has co-authored two writing texts.
Purushothaman, Shoba is President and Chief Executive Officer of The NewsMarket, Inc., a company
she co-founded in New York City in 2000. The NewsMarket is a pioneering broadcast news service that
brings newsmakers and journalists together via a single Web-based platform, to create a more efficient
environment for the exchange of video news content. She began her career as a business journalist
including the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in Washington, D.C., New York and London.
The NewsMarket is her second entrepreneurial venture with the same co-founder. Their first company was
successfully acquired in 2001 by a top-ten global marketing services group. In January 2005 issue of Inc.
magazine, Ms. Purushothaman was named one of six finalists for the publication’s 2004 Entrepreneur of
the Year Awards. She was recently selected as one of six emerging women entrepreneurs to be protégés in
a high-level business mentoring program administered by C200, an organization of top women
entrepreneurs and corporate executives that aims to increase the pipeline of future women business leaders.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Japanese language from Monash University,
Melbourne, a MA in Economic Communication from American University in Washington, D.C., and is a
graduate of the Owner-President Management program at Harvard Business School.
Rodrigues, Lúcia Lima is Associate Professor in the School of Economics and Management, Department
of Management at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. She is the author of several books (in
Portuguese) and has published in respected international scholarly journals covering accounting and
financial reporting, communication of companies’ social responsibilities, accounting history, selected
issues in international accounting, wine accounting, financial instruments, and Internet financial reporting
and XBRL.
Santos, Gilmar J. is Professor and Researcher at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais teaching
marketing communications, advertising, public relations, media economics, and research methods. He was
the director of the Bachelor in Social Communication Program from 1995 to 1998. Dr. Santos
independently consults in the fields of strategic communication, corporate and institutional communication,
social marketing, and marketing communication planning. His teaching and researching interests include
integrated marketing communication, corporate communication, and media economics. He earned his Ph.
D. in Administration from the Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and has an MsC in
Administration and a Bachelor in Social Communication.
Scalzo, Nicholas J. is a Doctoral Candidate in the Executive Leadership Doctoral program at The George
Washington University in Washington, D.C. His primary research interests are in the areas of
organizational change, organizational memory, and team performance. He earned his MBA at the New
York Institute of Technology (NYIT), where he is an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of
Management. He teaches courses in Organizational Behavior, Strategic Human Resources Management,
Training & Development of Human Resources, and Research Methods. Scalzo’s entire career has been in
the areas of organizational development and human resource management. He is also a Director – Senior
Human Resource Generalist for the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Prior to joining
DTCC, he was with J.P. Morgan and the Dime Savings Bank. Additionally, he leads OnTrack Training,
which provides custom training solutions and consulting expertise with a focus on improving and
supporting the performance of individuals and organizations. His expertise is in the area of group and
individual learning, conflict resolution, and managing work relationships.
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