Speakers
Roger Calantone
Roger Calantone is the Eli Broad Chaired University Professor of Business at The Eli Broad Graduate
School of Management at Michigan State University. In addition, he is Director of the Institute for
Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Dr. Calantone is also an Adjunct Professor of Management and
Economics, and has been recognized as an MSU University Distinguished Faculty. In 2009 he was
honored as a Leading Researcher by the International Association for the Management of Technology, an
award given every five years, for the second time. Dr. Calantone has authored over 378 peer reviewed
journal and proceedings articles (indexed in Google Scholar), 5 books and several book chapters. His
publications and research are mostly in the areas of product design and development processes, decision
support tools for NPD, and organization process metrics. He is the recipient of numerous research and
publication awards. In 2012 an article in JPIM analyzed the most productive innovation research scholars
worldwide for the last twenty years and placed him second. Before he was at MSU, he was associate dean
of the PhD program and research at McGill University, a visiting professor at Rutgers University while
a senior consultant at Bell Labs; Econometrician at the Dick Pope Tourism Research Inst., and Associate
Dean for Research and Graduate studies at the University of Kentucky.
Steven Chermak
Steven M. Chermak is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Dr.
Chermak is also a lead investigator affiliated with The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism
and Responses to Terror (START). Dr. Chermak’s terrorism research has focused on four general areas.
First, he studies the criminal and terrorist activities of domestic terrorists. Projects include
understanding patterns of violence of far right, far left, and al-Qaeda inspired extremists, documenting
how lone wolf attacks are different than group-inspired terrorist attacks, and examining the
characteristics of foiled terrorist plots. Second, he studies the intelligence practices of State, Local, and
Tribal law enforcement agencies. Third, he is studying the sources of funding used by terrorist
organizations, with a particular emphasis on examining their use of counterfeited products. This
research looks at what crimes terrorist organizations commit to fund their activities, how they are
networked to other organizations or individuals to commit such acts, and assesses the impacts of these
crimes. Finally, he has studied the media’s role in relation to crime and terrorism issues. Dr. Chermak’s
research has been funded by the Department of Homeland Security, National Institute of Justice, and the
Michigan State Police. He has published two books, seven edited books, and numerous research reports.
His research has appeared in a number of journals including Journal of Quantitative Criminology,
Criminology and Public Policy, Justice Quarterly, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies
and Management, Journal of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Policy Review, and the Journal of Crime,
Conflict, and the Media. Before joining the faculty at Michigan State University in 2005, Dr. Chermak
was a faculty member at Indiana University in Bloomington from 1992-2005.
Emilio Daireaux
Emilio Daireaux is the Sr. Manager of Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement at Dolby
Laboratories, Inc. He leads the protection of Dolby’s supply chain controls, enforcement activities and
the assessment of new Dolby licensees in the Americas. With over 15 year experience in the Brand
Protection arena Mr. Daireaux past roles include companies such as Microsoft Corporation and Cisco
Systems, Inc. At Cisco he help developed, organize and execute Cisco’s Brand Protection efforts in Latin
America leading investigations on gray market and anti-counterfeiting activities. While at Dolby, Mr.
Daireaux has served in different roles leading IP Protection efforts in the Americas and the management
of Global Programs.
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