Professional (Industry and Education) Life Events of Dr. Clifford R. Kettemborough (for details see Industry and Academic Resumes)

CURRENT TOTAL

· Teaching & Tutoring - 1481 courses for 44 colleges and universities, on 3 continents, for 32 years;

· IT Industry - 46 years of IT industry experience, 5 times at the Director level on 2 continents;

· Formal Education – 1 bachelor’s, 5 master’s, and 4 doctorate degrees on 3 continents;

· 40+ Professional (Industry and Education) Certifications since 1984

· 63 visited countries on 4 continents.

2023 – 43 courses for 4 schools of which 41 were online. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough retired from his 46-year career on 2 continents, the last 35 in Senior Management, 5 times at the Director level for large, reputable, brand-name companies.

2022 – 90 courses for 5 schools of which 89 were online.

2021 – 78 courses for 4 schools, all online. Dr. Kettemborough served as a DBA Dissertation Committee Member at California Southern University (2022-2023) – 10 doctoral candidates.

2020 – 77 courses for 3 schools, all online. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough joins Nuance/Cerence Company in Montreal, Canada, as a Management Consultant.

2019 – 168 courses for 6 schools of which 163 were online. 1 of those 5 (on-premises) was a Corporate Training conducted in Los Angeles. Dr. Kettemborough is a speaker at “Ai and Big Data in Education” symposium at Shaanxi University, in Xi’an (China). in Shanghai (China).

2018 – 93 courses for 3, all online. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough joined Inland Empire Health Plans, as the EPMO Director. Dr. Kettemborough is a Speaker at the Technology Import-Export Opportunities in Shanghai (China).

2017 – 90 courses for 3 schools of which 89 were online. The other 1 was Corporate Training conducted in Los Angeles. Dr. Kettemborough started serving as VP at the American Certification Institute (China). Dr. Kettemborough is a commencement speaker at the Graduation Ceremony for American Certification Institute in Hong Beijing and Zuhai (China). Dr. Kettemborough is a Speaker at the Technology for International Trade in YangLing (China).

2016 – 60 courses for 2 schools of which 58 were online. The other 2 were Corporate Training conducted in Los Angeles. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough joined Hunter MacDonald/Net Company in UK/EU, as the US Operations Manager (consultant).

2015 – 48 courses for 2 schools of which 45 were online. The other 3 were Corporate Training conducted in Los Angeles and San Jose. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough provides IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity consultancy services at LiveNation, in Los Angeles, CA.

2014 – 36 courses for 2 schools of which 33 were online. The other 3 were Corporate Training conducted in San Diego and San Francisco. Dr. Kettemborough is a commencement speaker at the DBA Graduation Ceremony for Northern University in Hong Kong and Macau. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough joined Forever 21, as an Associate E-Commerce Director (Consulting).

2013 – 35 courses for 1 school, all online. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough provides ERP package implementation consultancy services at Johnson & Johnson, in Diamond Bar, CA. Dr. Kettemborough is a commencement speaker at the DBA Graduation Ceremony for Pacific States University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2012 – 26 courses for 1 school, all online. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough joins the L. A. County, Dept. of Public Health, as an interim IT Director (Consulting). Dr. Kettemborough is a commencement speaker at the DBA Graduation Ceremony for Pacific States University in Singapore.

2011 – 12 courses for 1 school, all online. Also, Dr. Kettemborough earned his 4^th doctorate (DBA) in International Business & Management from Pacific States University, Los Angeles, CA.

2010 – 12 courses for 3 schools of which 9 were online and 2 in China. Also, Dr. Kettemborough attends the “Doing Business with the US Government” conference in China as a keynote speaker. Dr. Kettemborough, earned his 5^th master’s from Western Governors University in Math Education.

2009 – 7 courses for 3 schools of which 4 in China. Dr. Kettemborough is a commencement speaker at the DBA Graduation Ceremony for Pacific States University in Singapore.

2008 – 9 courses for 3 schools of which 5 in China. During his teenage years, Dr. Kettemborough was a Math Wiz. He participated in Local, regional/province, and national level Math Olympics every year during High School placing in the top 3. Later on, he was admitted to the University, College of Mathematics, after a national level 4-day contest (3 written exams plus an oral) where he placed first! So, since Math was his “first love,” and he has been teaching and tutoring Math for years, a nostalgia “conquered” him, based on which he decided to go back to graduate school for a master’s in Math.

2007 – 4 courses for 3 schools of which 2 in China. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough joins the Walt Disney Company as an IT Director. While studying for his master’s degree in Mathematics, Dr. Kettemborough produced: “A Partial Solution to Fermat’s Last Theorem: From Equal Radicals to Fermat’s Last Theorem (with radicals)”. Paper submitted to American Mathematical Society. October 2007. Sponsor/Advisor: Prof. William Watkins, PhD., California State University at Northridge.

2006 – 27 courses for 4 schools of which 11 were online, 6 in China, 2 (Corporate Training) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and 1 in each of the following cities: Santiago de Chile, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Mexico City. Dr. Kettemborough completes his 4^th master’s degree in Education Leadership at Azusa Pacific University. In parallel with the above, Dr. Kettemborough started a part-time tutoring career (www.Expert-Tutors.com) (Math, Sciences, Languages), logging over 3,000 hours of tutoring in the coming years, K-12, SAT, ACT, GRE tests, and junior college levels, at Sylvan, PTA, Take Lessons, and private.

2005 – 18 courses for 5 schools of which 10 were online and 4 in China. Dr. Kettemborough started another master’s degree in Education Leadership.

2004 – 34 courses for 9 schools of which 18 were online and 3 in China. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough joins the Boeing Company as a Project Director in Huntington Beach, CA.

2003 – 53 courses for 10 schools of which 25 were online and 8 in China. Dr. Kettemborough serves as (interim) Computer Science Dept. Chair at American Intercontinental University, Los Angeles, CA.

2002 – 49 courses for 9 schools of which 16 were online and 10 in China. In the academic realm, Dr. Kettemborough earns his 3^rd doctorate, an EdD in Education Technology from Nova Southeastern University, Florida (hybrid, Committee Chair Dr. Jumping Sun (hybrid format, online with short periods on-premises).

2001 – 69 courses for 12 schools, of which 7 were online (for UCLA and UCI), 13 for Learning Tree University, and 1 for Corinthian Colleges. The International teaching experience continues with 8 MBA/DBA courses taught at major universities all across China. This year Dr. Kettemborough started an IT Management Consulting firm (www.it-smc.com), providing consultancy to various clients.

2000 – 70 courses (a record) for 13 schools (another record). As the Internet/Web is ubiquitous, online education and training take off. Thus, another lifetime opportunity for Dr. Kettemborough, being there, as a pioneer! Thus, Dr. Kettemborough’s online teaching continues with 10 courses taught at UCLA and UCI. Dr. Kettemborough’s international teaching career is moving well along with 6 MBA/DBA courses taught in China, various cities, at major universities. On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough is awarded the prestigious “NASA/JPL Leadership Award” for managing the Y2K Project Successful Completion, ahead of schedule.

1999 – 56 courses for 10 schools. His International teaching experience starts with 2 MBA courses taught in Beijing, China. So, as China started to open up on the road toward development, the need for educated professionals increased dramatically, especially for acquiring Western types of education. And that presents another lifetime opportunity for Dr. Kettemborough – see coming years, over 40 trips to all over China, and over 60 MBA/DBA courses taught! (* please see note below) Also, he’s a recipient of "Knowledge and Service Given to Our University" from Woodbury University. This year Dr. Kettemborough started an Education and Training Consulting firm (www.wwetc.com), providing consultancy to various clients.

1998 – The up trend continued with 64 courses at 6 schools. Also, his long career experiences of online teaching started with his first course at the University of Phoenix.

1997 – 55 courses taught at 7 schools. On the Professional front, Dr. Kettemborough developed highly appreciated S/W Architectures while at NASA/JPL as a Chief S/W Architect and Project Manager.

1996 – 42 courses (what a jump!) for 7 different schools, many at the graduate level. In addition, Dr. Kettemborough earns his 2^nd doctorate in Business Administration and Management from the University of Santa Barbara, CA, with a Dissertation “Introduction and Management of Leading Technologies in the Modern Business Enterprise” – Committee Chair Dr. Richard Irizary. Also, he received the first teaching award (many to follow) from the University of Redlands – Instructor of the Year! On the IT professional front, Dr. Kettemborough re-joined NASA/JPL as a Chief S/W Architect and Project Manager.

1995 – It looks like it only goes up from here with 28 courses for 4 schools.

1994 – This was the year of “explosion” (really taking off) in Dr. Kettemborough’s part-time teaching career, with 24 courses at 4 different schools.

1993 – Part-time teaching career continues with 4 courses at 2 different schools. Dr. Kettemborough becomes the Director of MIS at Maxicare Health Plans in Los Angeles.

1992 – Dr. Kettemborough starts his part-time teaching career with 4 courses for 3 different schools. Incidentally (or “luckily?”), this happened due to a period of being between jobs, after being laid-off from Rockwell Int’l, on the Space Station Program, due to cuts in the budget at NASA! On the Academic front, he earned his 3^rd master’s, MBA from the University of La Verne.

1991 – With the collapse of the Soviet Union and all European Eastern Block, the US economy started shifting from the military and aerospace programs toward those with civil applications. Thus, Dr. Kettemborough needs to adjust his IT career, and especially take advantage of the very large number of now unemployed people (mostly disappeared military/aerospace manufacturing jobs) to go back to school to re-train in different fields and careers – and that would be such a life-time opportunity for Dr. Kettemborough – see the coming years.

1990 – While at Rockwell Int’s working as a Task Manager in the IV&V area on the “Space Station Program” Mr. Kettemborough, gets the opportunity (and fulfills another dream) to visit ALL NASA centers, especially that in Houston, TX, and Cap Canaveral, Florida!

1989 – Now Dr. Kettemborough completes his Ph.D. in Computer and Information Systems (1989) at Pacific Western University in Los Angeles, CA, with a Dissertation “Software Engineering Methodologies, Tools and Techniques.” – Committee Chair: Dr. Norman Henteleff.

1988 – After 5 years at Xerox Corporation, Mr. Kettemborough fulfills a dream since his teenage years - working at NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, as a Mission/Software Assurance Engineer.

1987 – Mr. Kettemborough continues his IT career at Xerox Corp. and in parallel graduate doctoral studies.

1986 – After graduating with a second master’s in Management of Information Systems (both from West Coast University) – Thesis: Management of Enterprise Integrated Information Systems, Mr. Kettemborough, continued his graduate work by starting his doctorate in Computer Science and Information Systems.

1985 – After graduating with a master’s in Computer Science (Thesis: Software Engineering for Real-Time Systems), Mr. Kettemborough, continued his graduate work by starting a second master’s in Management of Information Systems.

1984 – Mr. Kettemborough decided to continue his academic education and training, besides his day job in IT, by going back to graduate school, to study for his master’s in Computer Science. Then, besides working on his formal education Mr. Kettemborough started earning Professional Certifications, that over the years reached over 3 dozen!

1983 – Mr. Kettemborough arrived in the US in June and continued his IT career at Xerox Corporation in Los Angeles, as a S/W Engineer.

1976 – 1982 – After graduation from college (B.S. Mathematics – Diplomat in Science, minor in Computer Information Systems, Thesis: Mathematical Dynamic Programming Theory and Techniques with Applications) Mr. Kettemborough joined IBM (EU) and worked there as a Programmer/Analyst, until 1983 when he immigrated to the US.

*Note: Honorary Visiting Professor of Business, I.T. and Management in China, 1997 – 2019. Delivered over 70 courses at MBA and DBA levels during over 40 visits in over 60 cities across all provinces of China, for the following universities (a sub-list, most prestigious): Tsinghua University (Beijing), Peking University (Beijing), Jiao Tong University (Shanghai), Fudan University (Shanghai), Harbin Institute of Technology (Harbin), Sichuan University (Chengdu) Sun Yat-sen University (Shanghai)), Beijing Normal University (Beijing), Huazhong University (Huazhong), Nanjing University (Nanjing), Nanjing University of Science and Technology (Nanjing), Wuhan University of Technology (Wuhan) Northeastern University (Shenyang), Harbin Engineering Technology (Harbin), East China Normal University (Taiyuan), Ton jin University (Shanghai), Tianjin University (Tianjin), Shandong, University (Changsha), Lan zou University (Lan zou), Jilin University (Jilin), Hunan University (Wuhan), Dalian University (Dalian).