Professor Andrew Ware, Professor of Computing, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, UK.

As Professor in Computing, Andrew is engaged in both teaching and research. He is currently supervising eight PhD students and leading on a number of initiatives with local companies.

Beyond the University, Professor Ware is currently working as external examiner in Computing for Staffordshire University, with particular responsibility for helping to oversee the development of new provision in Ghana. In terms of international work, Professor Ware is currently the USW representative on two European Funded Intensive Programmes and involved with projects in Singapore, Norway and Canada.

High Performance Computing (HPC) Wales is an innovative collaboration that gives businesses and researchers access to world-class, secure and relatively easy to use HPC technology. USW is one of the partners in the collaboration and has devolved targets in terms of industrial usage, student engagement, as well as research and curriculum development. Professor Ware is the lead academic from USW on this exciting and dynamic project.

Andrew has supervised nearly 30 PhD students and has lead on collaborative projects both within the UK and Europe. He has lectured in many parts of the World including the USA, Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong. His main research interest is the application of AI techniques to help solve real world problems.

Waldemar A. Pförtsch is Marketing Professor at Cyprus International Institute of Management, Nicosia Cyprus. He is also a part-time professor at EPOKA University, Tirana and professor emeritus for International Business at the Pforzheim University, Germany. He is also a lecturer at the Mannheim Business School, Tongji SEM, Shanghai, and TUM (Technical University Munich), Heilbronn. He also teaches at the Faculty for International Business at Tuebingen University and ITM Worldwide Foundation Lidköping, Sweden. 

Dr. Pförtsch has extensive experience in management consulting in the USA, Europe and China. In his years at UBM/Mercer Consulting Group, Arthur Andersen Operational Consulting and LEK Consulting, he worked throughout Europe, Asia and North America, assisting companies in developing international strategies. His earlier positions include sales and strategy positions at Siemens AG in Germany/USA and being an Economic Advisor to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Sierra Leone, West Africa.

His research interests have evolved around the globalization of high-tech companies and their marketing and branding efforts. Dr. Pförtsch is the author of various books and numerous articles. The most current book was published with Philip Kotler –H2H Marketing: The Genesis of Human-to- Human Marketing.