A Management Consulting Company
dedicated to creating a more secure and prosperous world
Foster and Brahm, Inc. (http://www.fosterandbrahm.com) is a management consulting company based on Dr. William Foster and his associates many years of experience with global networking technology. The world is rapidly changing because of the Internet and information technology. Foster and Brahm provides strategic advice to corporations and governments on how to leverage information technology to better meet their missions.
William A. Foster
ResumePhD-University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 1996-2001.
Dissertation: The Diffusion of
the Internet in China
BA-Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.1978-1982email: wfoster8560@yahoo.com
Dr. Foster has 25 years of experience in industry, academia, and government. He specializes in the convergence of governance and information technology. For the past 10 years, Dr. Foster has been studying the Diffusion of the Internet in China. His dissertation on The Diffusion of the Internet in China was published in 2001 by Stanford University. His research team, the MOSAIC Group, has studied Internet diffusion in 40 countries (see http://mosaic.unomaha.edu/gdi.html). Dr. Foster has also conducted research in Ghana, Mexico, and India. Though the world has one Internet, the Internet is implemented in different ways in different countries. Understanding these differences is essential for corporations operating in these countries. It is also important for governments to understand the options open to them in terms of telecom policy.
Dr. Foster is one of the few researchers who has studied global production networks. Many global firms are now outsourcing manufacturing to China and software development to India. The viability of corporations depends on being able to leverage global supply chains effectively. The efficiency and effectiveness of these supply chains depends on the interaction of organizational, industry, government, and cultural factors. Dr. Foster has studied these interactions and provides advice to corporations and governments on how to benefit most from the globalization of trade.
Dr. Foster has specifically focused on the supply chain in the electronics industry and is very interested in innovation within the telecom industry. He is an expert on the evolution of Internet technologies and the adoption of next generation Internet protocols such as IPv.6, IPSec, Secure BGP and 3rd Generation Mobile. Many of these protocols are being implemented in products manufactured in China.
Dr. Foster is available to consult to governments and corporations. He can be reached at 520-440-0807.
This page was last updated on March 2, 2008
