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- Holland America Line
Prinsendam Review
Holland America Line has enjoyed a distinguished record of traditional cruises, world exploration, and transatlantic crossings since 1873—all facets of its history that are reflected in the fleet's multimillion-dollar shipboard art and antiques collections. Even the
ships' names follow a pattern set long ago: all end in the suffix dam and are either derived from the names of various dams that cross Holland's rivers, important Dutch landmarks, or points of the compass. The names are even recycled when vessels are retired, and some are in their fifth and sixth generation of use.
Noted for focusing on passenger comfort, Holland America Line cruises are classic in design and style, and with an infusion of younger adults and families on board, they remain refined without being stuffy or stodgy. Following a basic design theme, returning passengers feel as at home on the newest Holland America vessels as they do on older ones.
What You Should Know
- Magnifying makeup mirrors and salon-quality hair dryers are in all accommodations
- The sports deck has bocce and croquet courts as well as putting greens
- With classic styling, Prinsendam feels more like a large yacht than a cruise ship
- Inside staterooms are small and have two lower beds that cannot be combined
- Prinsendam is more adult-oriented than other HAL ships and not particularly family-friendly
- There's little nightlife after dinner
Ship Stats
- Crew Members 470
- Entered Service 1998
- Gross Tons 37,983
- Length 669 feet
- Number of Cabins 419
- Passenger Capacity 835
- Width 106 feet


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LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) will release its Q4 2013 results on February 6th. The stock price has come down meaningfully in the last five months which we believe is the result of the market realizing that the high growth that LinkedIn is currently experiencing is not sustainable. On that note, we'd like to convey that although we expect strong growth from LinkedIn in the upcoming quarterly results, the figures may come down sequentially. The expenses are likely to remain on the higher side, which puts the market valuation under doubt. Several research houses have a neutral rating on LinkedIn especially after the recent pullback in the stock. Here is what you can expect from the company's fourth quarter results.
Our price estimate for LinkedIn stands at $154, implying a discount of about 25% to the market price.
What Does The Market Think?
There are mixed reviews by key research houses on how LinkedIn's business is likely to perform going forward. Bank of America - Merill Lynch downgraded LinkedIn's stock last month from buy to neutral stating that the growth in 2014 and 2015 is likely to be on the conservative side (1). The company's analysts believe that the job postings and site usage slowed down in Q4 2013 and the effect is likely to persist for the next couple of quarters (1). In addition, Citigroup analysts believe that the upside to current consensus estimates is not likely, even though recent feature additions in marketing solutions business can lend some support. (2) However, Wunderlich securities recently initiated coverage on LinkedIn and is bullish on the stock, citing the company's potential to expand in the Chinese market.
Here Is What We Believe Investors Can Expect From Upcoming Earnings
We believe that LinkedIn's focus on mobile devices, the continued improvement in features to enable better marketing and targeting, and the ramp up of the sponsored updates product likely drove strong growth in Q4 2013. In the third quarter, the company's overall revenues jumped by 56% due to the continued strength in Talent Solutions and Premium Subscriptions business segments, which together account for roughly 65% of the company's value, according to our estimates. One of the key takeaways from the third quarter earnings was that LinkedIn has been making meaningful efforts to enhance its product on mobile platforms, which is going to be the key growth channel going forward. Mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, are gaining strong traction globally and it is imperative for Internet giants such as LinkedIn to bring their core services to their mobile apps. The impact of these efforts is likely to be visible in Q4 results.
According to our estimates, the company is on track to earn $1.5 billion in revenues in 2013. A lot of this growth will be driven by international expansion, enhanced features and capabilities that will attract user upgrades, and LinkedIn's growing popularity as an effective recruitment platform. On the flip side, the R&D and SG&A expenses are likely to remain high as the company continues to invest significantly in building its sales force.
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Maine State Game Preserve No Hunting Trapping Tin Sign
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Vintage State Game Preserve No Hunting / Trapping or Firearms Allowed sign posted by the Inland Fisheries and Game Department State of Maine. 18" x 12" Sign has surface rust on the front, some foliation of paint over some of the raised letters "Preserve" and "Allowed" and the left of "State", but nice display. Bottom right of the sign has '63 which may be 1963.$6.00 postage to US destinations. PAYPAL only please. Thanks for your interest, and God Bless.


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Rosen repeated claim that "[s]olar activity ... has been the principal influence on climate change," despite consensus
Research ››› ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF
Discussing the topic of climate change, Mike Rosen on October 12 reiterated his claim that solar activity "has been the principal influence" on the warming of the Earth. Rosen's statement on his Newsradio 850 KOA program repeated a previous assertion and echoed the conservative talking point ignoring the scientific consensus that human activity is largely responsible for global climate change.
On his October 12 broadcast, Newsradio 850 KOA's Mike Rosen repeated the discredited claim that "[s]olar activity over eons has been the principal influence on climate change on this planet." As Colorado Media Matters noted after Rosen made this claim during his September 19 broadcast, the argument that the sun -- rather than human activity -- is primarily responsible for current climate change echoes a conservative talking point that rejects overwhelming scientific consensus, including the 2007 report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
As Colorado Media Matters has documented, Rosen has promoted this and other misinformation about global warming on numerous broadcasts.
Rosen made his statement about the influence of solar activity on climate change after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on October 12 that former vice president Al Gore and the IPCC would share the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." During a discussion with a caller about a program on climate change that she had viewed on the National Geographic Channel, Rosen said, "I think it's a great conceit that human activity is a major player in this regard."
From the October 12 broadcast of Newsradio 850 KOA's The Mike Rosen Show:
CALLER: I saw a special this summer on the National Geographic Channel and it was put out by National Geographic. It was on how the sun is heating up, and that all stars heat up as they age.
ROSEN: Mm-hmm.
CALLER: And they went into accounting for all of the so-called global warming trend connecting it into the sun. They also went into how a volcano does a lot more damage than people ever hope to do.
ROSEN: Like Mount St. Helens, for example.
CALLER: Right.
ROSEN: Mm-hmm.
CALLER: And, you know, we can't put that much carbon out if we wanted to.
ROSEN: I agree. I think it's a great conceit that human activity is a major player in this regard. But there are a lot of people who desperately want to believe this great conceit and then bend you to their will, and bend industry to their will, and force everybody to change their behavior patterns -- which, incidentally, achieves some other objectives of theirs that has nothing to do with climate change
CALLER: True.
ROSEN: So I just -- sorry, I don't buy it.
CALLER: I don't either.
ROSEN: Solar activity over eons has been the principal influence on climate change on this planet. We've had warming periods, we've had cooling periods, we've had ice ages long before there were humans driving SUVs. And that's likely to continue in the future. And by the way, who's to say our current climate is the optimal climate? It just happens to be what the climate is now. Who's to say that two or three or four degrees of warming won't be better?
Contrary to Rosen's assertion that "[s]olar activity over eons has been the principal influence on climate change on this planet," the IPCC's 2007 report found that "[t]he rapid warming observed since the 1970s has occurred in a period when the increase in greenhouse gases has dominated over all other factors." The report further stated, "The human influence on climate very likely dominates over all other causes of change in global average surface temperature during the past half century." Specifically addressing the possible contributions of solar activity to warming, the report concluded:
It is extremely unlikely (<5%) that the global pattern of warming during the past half century can be explained without external forcing, and very unlikely that it is due to known natural external causes alone. The warming occurred in both the ocean and the atmosphere and took place at a time when natural external forcing factors would likely have produced cooling.
Greenhouse gas forcing has very likely caused most of the observed global warming over the last 50 years. This conclusion takes into account observational and forcing uncertainty, and the possibility that the response to solar forcing could be underestimated by climate models. It is also robust to the use of different climate models, different methods for estimating the responses to external forcing and variations in the analysis technique. [emphasis in original]
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Marijuna – Performance-Enhancing?
Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 February 2014 09:14
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Tuesday, 18 February 2014 09:14
If you were a cross-country skier vying for the gold medal at the Sochi Olympic Games in front of an international audience of millions, would you hit a bowl, you know, like an hour before competing?
Probably not. But if you have counted on misinformation from the media to provide you with all the knowledge you have about the drug, then maybe you're afraid toking would enhance your performance, and your impending win just wouldn't be fair.
Marijuana is listed as a banned drug by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which rules events like the Olympics. Officials consider marijuana to be a performance-enhancing drug and a violation of the "spirit of the sport." However, WADA changed the threshold for THC testing last May from 15 nanograms per milliliter of urine to 150 ng/mls. WADA says that anyone who fails the new test would have to be a "pretty dedicated cannabis consumer." So, they're still testing, but they've increased their restricted limit.
Still, according to WADA Board members, the organization still believes that marijuana can be a performance-enhancing stimulant. This belief alone is a controversial one that has incited plenty of debate. We can't really imagine smoking weed before any athletic event, ever. In fact, we think it would probably do the opposite of enhance speed or technique, and athletes under the influence would maybe rather just eat a sandwich and think about the Universe. But what do we know?
In response to such arguments, WADA would say that using cannabis can reduce stress, speed recovery, and provide other advantages – so toking right before an event may not be helpful, but marijuana use in general could be. We're glad they're admitting that! But a number of natural herbs and vitamins can also reduce stress and speed recovery, and we're pretty sure those wouldn't appear on the banned substances list. So…again, logic doesn't seem to be a ruling factor here.
WADA's final concern about marijuana is that it violates the spirit of the sport. Subjectivity at its finest.
So what happens if an athlete does test positive for marijuana use? A four-year ban from competing, which was recently increased from two years. All samples are held for ten years, up from eight years, which means they can be re-tested as new detection procedures are developed. Ew.
So that's that – marijuana and the Olympics. Never a dull moment!
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Cunningham stays busy
By Lindy Lindell
Photos by Bob Ryder
The Royal Oak Music Hall, Royal Oak, MI: Weighing a career-low 158.5, Motown's Darryl Cunningham easily prevailed over toughie Marcos Primera, now 20-24-2. It was practically a forgone conclusion that Cunningham, now 23-2, would beat Primera, the loser of nine straight and 14 of 15, but Primera hadn't been stopped in those 15 bouts and so practically the only thing that Cunningham and his team could shoot for was to do damage, perhaps even stop the 45-fight vet. Why not? Coming off two good efforts in which he'd done damage over normally tough, veteran fighters, Cunningham's arrow was pointed up.
It wasn't to be. One could say that Cunningham won in a near breeze were it not for some troubling moments in the fifth and a competitive final round, the eighth. The margins of victory were large: 79-73 twice and 78-74. Fightnews had it 79-73. But though he pressed the issue after a feel-out first, the Cunningham motor turned on, but it was stop-start the rest of the way. Cunningham's right jab (he's a southpaw), was put into excellent use in his previous bout, but it was more of a range-finder this time out as the wily Primera, arms at his sides, ducked low, and moved his head laterally. Few of the jabs landed and none with the desired impact. But Primera wasn't firing back, and the frustrated Cunningham finally started going to the body in the third. There was zero noticeable effect on Primera during this body attack and he covered up well when Cunningham tried some upstairs shots.
The dull-as-dishwater affair resembling a sparring session was finally enlivened in the fifth, when the advancing Primera landed a couple of clean shots, backing up a temporarily-stunned Cunningham along the ropes, Primera followed up with a couple of more hard blows until the troubled Cunningham tied him up. Initiative gone, Primera went back into his peeka-boo coverup and the sparring session resumed until the final round. In the eighth, with sugarplums and thoughts of a Curtis Stevens knockout dancing in his mind, Primera tried another desperation knockout attempt, but Cunningham was ready this time, and all Primera got for his exertions was a bloody nose. When Detroiter Cunningham gets to be a grandfather, he won't be able to tell his grandchildren about this fight because he won't remember it.
After his unexpected loss in his last fight, middleweight Alex Hloros, 15-3, now billing himself out of Mt. Clemens, perhaps deserved a gimme this time out, and he got that with an easy trashing of the inept Alan Moore, 2-11, with a two-round dust off.
In a third scheduled eight, Detroit middleweight Willie Fortune, 11-0, hammered away, particularly in the second, against the one-time decent Ivan Ledon, 12-12-1. Ledon thought things over between rounds two and three and, realizing the pay was the same to sit or fight, chortled, "Uncle" to the referee and the fight was waved off with a TKO3. One would hope that the commission would put a black spot next to Ledon's name when the bout sheet is turned in. Hey, the kiss-off worked in the Shirley Jackson story "The Lottery". Why not here?
The undercard did not consist of many rounds, but two boxers called attention to themselves with scintillating performances and in one, featuring the pro debut of the very good amateur, super-featherweight James Smith, produced with his pro-debuting dance partner, Adam Alvarez, the most action-packed round of boxing in a Michigan ring in many moons. Credit matchmaker Carlos Llinas with finding Alvarez, who was dropped thrice by body blows, but who did not go quietly. It was all over in just a single round, but Smith, who must be the aggressor in his fights because of his extreme lack of height, was met with a furious counter-attack that bespoke from Alvarez, "You may beat me, but you'll know you've been in a fight." Smith brings get-out-of-your-seat excitement to the dance. A second Detroiter, light heavyweight Charles Brown (2-0) destroyed the smiling-though-it-all (before-during-after) Anthony Kelly, first brushing though his nonsense attack and then depositing his man with a true knockout, delivered with a freight-train right. The punch was so decisive and the effect so immediate that referee Dale Grable called the fight at just :42.
In other under card action, a second Detroit featherweight, Jafar Kirtley (2-0), easily blew away the diminutive Raymond Torres (0-3) in one; Lightweight Miguel "Silky Smooth" Gonzalez of Cleveland (15-2), in a bout that looked good on paper, outclassed Eric Ricker, 3-7, knocking him out in four after dominating him in a rematch that had Ricker pulling an unexpected win in their first contest; and the undefeated Michael Moore (8-0), last seen in a Detroit ring four years ago, found the normally tough Chris Grays (9-22) easy meat and dispatched him with an uppercut before a minute of the first had expired.
Good, enthusiastic crowd and an additional huzzah to Llinas for mixing things up and not having all the losers come out of the same corner.


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Partnerships and Collaborations with Companies + Professional Associations and Organizations
IE School of Communication maintains close and enduring relationships with top communication companies,leading corporations and organizations that recognize IE School of Communication's excellence, demonstrated in the recruitment of our students. As part of our master programs' Final Project, students are given an opportunity to apply all the knowledge acquired throughout the master in a real case for a company. Students work in teams under the guidance of IE strategy coaches and they have to act as consultants in order to manage the project.
IE School of Communication collaborates with some of the leading associations and organizations in the various fields of the communication professions. As a global leader in management education, IE makes an impact by developing entrepreneurs and leaders, by increasing their business knowledge. Partnerships with professional associations from all over the world are crucial to achieving IE's mission.
The faculty of the School of Communication is composed of an international group of scholars and practitioners who possess deep conceptual knowledge, extensive professional experience and a strong commitment to academic excellence. In addition to our full-time faculty, the programs feature a number of international visiting scholars and professionals from top academic partners, global media companies, and renowned professional and scientific associations from the field of communication.
Benbunan, Jacob
Co-founder and SEO at Saffron Brand Consultants. Professor of Branding.
Prior to his time at Saffron, he was part of the team at Wolff Olins, that created Orange in 1995 and Repsol in Spain, and that led to the creation of Ono.
Fluent in English, French and Spanish, Jacob is frequently invited to talk and comment in the media on issues related to branding and identity, and was the first Spanish member of the Cannes Lions Design Jury in 2012.
Bermejo, Fernando
Ph.D. in Communication, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (ES). M.A. in Communication, Annenberg School for Communication/University of Pennsylvania (US). Professor of Media Studies at University Rey Juan Carlos I. Other appointments: Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University, Internet Research Group.
He is a Faculty Associate at the , Harvard University, where he was a Fellow in residence during the 2009-10 academic year. He is also a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences 2 at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, and has taught at a number of institutions, including the University of Syracuse (Madrid Center) and the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca. Outside of the academic setting, he has served as Research Analyst at CDNOW Inc., and as Senior Analyst at the Internet Research Group.
Briz, Juan
PSGE Dircom, IE Business School (Madrid, Spain). BA in Business Administration, CUNEF (Spain).
He is a member of the management committee of BNP Paribas in Spain. Prior to this, he has held various Market Relations & Public Affairs positions at BNP Paribas Securities Services, following a number of Sales & Relationship Management and Operations Management roles. Before moving to Paribas in 1997, he had worked for JP Morgan in Spain since 1994. He has also developed his career by participating in numerous conferences and forums on business and communication. At the same time, he has created and participated in various projects regarding alternative pop music on the radio, in magazines and on websites.
Cachinero, Jorge
Executive MBA, IE Business School. Member of the Scientific Council, Real Instituto Elcano. Corporate Director, LLORENTE & CUENCA.
From 1999 until he joined the firm in early 2011, Jorge Cachinero was the Director of Corporate Affairs, Legal and Compliance for Japan Tobacco International in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar). Before that, he was the Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs in Ford Motor Co. for Spain and Portugal and Secretary of its Board of Directors for Spain.
Carroll, Craig
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin (US). M.A., Abilene Christian University (US).
He is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the Arthur W. Page Society's Grand Prize Winner, the Andrew Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring and the Award for Excellence in New Communications. He serves as the Chair of the International Communication Association's Public Relations division.
He serves on the Editorial Boards for Journal of Communication, Corporate Reputation Review, Management Communication Quarterly, Corporate Communication, Public Relations Review, and Journal of Public Relations Research.
Castelló, Itziar
Ph.D. ESADE, Executive MBA ESADE, Master in Economics University of Valencia.
She has developed her career mainly as a business advisor in positions such as an Internal Strategic Consultant at General Electric, Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Senior Manager at AccountAbility, a sustainability think tank in UK.
Currently, she works as an Assistant Professor at the Carlos III University and a business advisor. Itziar is especially interested in the processes of stakeholder engagement through social media and internet tools. She is currently analyzing how stakeholders, in the form of publics, are becoming empowered by new media and challenging business legitimacy and how businesses are developing not only new communication tools and stakeholder forums, but also new mindsets to collaboratively face the challenge of global issues.
Castro, Miguel
Professor of Advocacy Campaigns and Digital Media
At the foundation since 2012, Miguel helps define and manage the foundation's strategic partnerships and media and communications grant-making global portfolio. This include developing projects with mainstream media organizations, international broadcasters, digital/social media and documentary.
Prior to this, Miguel was special projects manager at the Media Program of the Open Society Foundations where he joined in 2004. As part of his responsibilities, he helped manage a diverse portfolio of media grants globally and he launched mediapolicy.org in 2011.
A journalist by training and education, Castro has worked as a radio, print, and ENG reporter, and was press secretary to a senior public official. He has also worked as a professional photographer in the United States.
Cifuentes, Pedro
Professor in Multimedia Journalism and Media Relations. M.A. in Journalism, El País-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES); BA in Political Science, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES); and BA in Law, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (ES).
He has also translated various books by Malcolm Gladwell, Anthony Giddens, and Isaiah Berlin into Spanish.
Former associate director of Ivorypress Publishing House, he has developed several digital content projects on both sides of the Atlantic for companies such as Microsoft or Hasbro and public institutions.
Cortés Alonso, Enrique
Professor of Entrepreneurship.
Ph.D. Candidate, Complutense University, Madrid. Master's in Business Administration, MBA, and Master's in Marketing, MDCM at IE Business School. Bachelor degree in Law at ICADE. Accelerated Development Program, ADP, at London Business School. PDD at IESE. Diploma with distinction in Business Administration at London College of International Business Studies. Program on "Intelligent Organizations" at MIT Sloan Business School. Program on "Strategic Intuition" at Columbia University.
Programs on Marketing Management, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at Harvard University. He worked for Barclay's Bank and Elosúa Group in Spain. He has been an entrepreneur in different sectors. Currently, he is an advisor to several entrepreneurs and CEOs and Managing Partners at Copley Advisors. At the same time he is Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at IE Business School.
Cotting, Patrick
Ph.D. in Business Economics and Sociology, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Master in Business Economics, University of Fribourg.
He is a regular invited guest speaker at international marketing, sponsorship and event management conferences, such as the IEG Event Marketing Conference in Chicago (USA), ISPO Munich, Euroforum Köln, Sport.Forum.Schweiz, and Marcus Evans London.
Dans, Enrique
Professor of Information Systems.
Enrique Dans is not afraid to admit he likes to try out every new technological gizmo that comes on to the market. But while this is partly driven by his appetite for gadgets, it also relates to Prof. Dans' approach to the study of technology and business, in which it's what exists around him that sparks ideas and theories. "My environment sparks my research, so I want to feel the way the new technology impacts me first," he says. "And I try to keep my research in close contact with reality. I hate ivory towers."
Prof. Dans is also among those who see blogging as a new and important forum through which to air and exchange academic ideas. He is also an avid consumer of information and keeps up with the latest developments in information systems via dozens of online newspapers and journals.
However, this approach comes as no surprise, since the interests pursued by Prof Dans include the new economy, the effects of technology on consumer behavior and the consequences of new technological developments for business in general.
His ideas and research on these areas have been published in international magazines and Prof. Dans' articles about new technologies and their application to the business world appear regularly in the general and financial press—and, of course, on his website.
De la Rosa, Antonio
Executive MBA IE Business School, BA ICADE.
Antonio started his professional career in blue chip consumer companies such as L'Oréal, Paramount & Universal Pictures, and Coca-Cola, and in different Marketing & Commercial positions as a manager. After these experiences, he moved onto new industries, starting with media as Marketing Director at MTV Networks for South Europe, then to technology as Chief Marketing and Business Officer at Microsoft for Western Europe. He is currently Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer worldwide for Parques Reunidos, the world's third leading leisure park group, where he's responsible for the company's digital transformation. As a professor, he has participated in conferences, courses and executive education for IE.
Delgado, Borja
Founder of Hanzo, a Madrid-based studio offering user and market research, digital strategy, service design, and web & application design services for clients such as BBVA, Repsol, SONY, Jazztel, and Condé Nast.
Borja was one of the founders of Domestika, the largest Spanish- speaking creative community. In 2004, he led the network's digital strategy renovation, transforming a forum with 700 users into a community with more than 70,000 members. In 2007, he founded a service design studio based in Madrid with Diego Blanco servicing clients such as BBVA, Repsol, SONY, Jazztel, Vogue, Air Europa, and Condè Nast, offering user and market research, digital strategy, service design, and web & application design services.
Doyle, Vincent
Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and Academic Director of the Master in Visual Media, IE School of Communication.
He is a Fellow of the Sexuality Research Fellowship Program of the U.S. Social Science Research Council (2000) and has received two top paper awards from the International Communication Association. A book based on his dissertation—about the media activism of the U.S.-based Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)—is under development.
Prior to his appointment at IE University, he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow at Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota (USA).
Elving, Wim J.L.
Ph.D. Twente University, MA in Social and Organizational Psychology, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
He is member of ASCoR, Europe's largest research school in communication. His main research deals with communication during organizational change and corporate communication. He is Editor in Chief of Corporate Communications: An International Journal and published four books (in Dutch), of which the latest (Veranderkunst:The Srt of Change) received positive reviews in the Dutch management community.
He has co-authored more than 100 papers in international and Dutch journals and at conferences.
Erhardt, Luz
Executive Director at Saffron Brand Consultants.
She has led a diverse range of projects for clients such as Swiss Re, Belgacom, Scania, Iberia, Coca-Cola, BBVA, and Bwin—with straightforwardness and genuine commitment every time. Prior to Saffron, she worked at Landor Associates in London and Madrid, working with clients such as the City of Madrid, Telefónica, Santander, and DeBeers.
Luz speaks Spanish, English and French and is a lecturer at IE Business School and IE School of Communication, in Madrid and Barcelona.
Esposito, Mark
Ph.D. in International Management, International School of Management, France/USA, MBA in Organizational Theory, Columbia Southern University, USA.
He has published eight books, over 25 business cases and several academic articles. His academic work appears regularly on the Academy of Management, as well as in The Economist and Harvard Business Review. Mark is the Founding Director of the Lab-Center for Competitiveness; a research think tank affiliated with the MOC network of Prof. Michael Porter at Harvard Business School.
He holds Research Fellowships at Ashridge Business School and at the Institute of Competitiveness in India. Mark's teaching experience includes appointments at Grenoble Ecole de Management, IE Business School, UMass Amherst, Harvard University, and the University of Cambridge, where he also currently serves as Senior Associate for the "University of Cambridge Program for Sustainability Leadership."
Fernández Castrillo, Carolina
Associate Professor of Media Studies and Digital Culture at IE School of Communication and at Madrid Open University (UDIMA).
Currently, Prof. Fernández Castrillo is the coordinator of the research group SIIM-Studies on Intermediality and Intercultural Mediation.
She has served the editorial boards of Icono14: Journal of Communication and Emergent Technologies, Comunicación y Sociedad, International Journal of McLuhan Studies, enl@ce. Revista venezolana de información, tecnología y conocimiento, among others.
She is the author of several publications and a guest speaker at international lectures and seminars on Transmedia Storytelling, Visual Studies and Media Archaeology in the Digital Age. She also works as curator of cultural events and as an art critic specialized in New Media Art.
Furno, Francesco
Founder of Relajaelcoco
His current focus is on consolidating Relajaelcoco as a studio specialized in infographics that develops projects for international mass media, trying to create a different graphic style based on the power of storytelling and the freshness of illustrations.
He trusts in a new way of designing, based on sharing content and creating a strong collective intelligence, where each professional contributes with his own point of view. For this reason, he has been teaching since 2010 in five different Spanish universities and schools.
Golob Podnar, Urša
Ph.D., University of Ljubljana. Professor at the Marketing Communication and Public Relations Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
She has received several teaching awards for mentoring, including the Slovene Marketing Association Award and the University of Ljubljana's Prešeren Award. She is actively involved in the development of CSR in Slovenia, and serves on jury boards for national and EU CSR awards.
She is a member of organizing committees for two conferences—CSR Communication Conference and IRDO International Conference on CSR—and the editor of AMM, the Slovene Academic Journal for Marketing. Her work has been published in several international journals such as: Public Relations Review, European Journal of Marketing, Corporate Communications: An International Journal, Journal of Marketing Communications, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Public Policy & Marketing.
González-Cuesta, Begoña
Professor of Visual Narratives and Representation and Ethics. Dean of IE School of Communication.
Begoña has been working at IE University since 2000 and is currently the Dean of IE School of Communication. Her research and teaching interests are centered on visual narratives and representation and ethics, focusing on the aesthetic, cultural, anthropological and ethical dimensions of contemporary screen works, in the areas of contemporary cinema, non-fiction film, art film, advertising, and new audiovisual formats.
Her current research is focused on the ethical and aesthetic implications of audiovisual representations of marginal realities and conflicts. She has published several books and articles and has directed interdisciplinary research projects and graduate dissertation papers.
Some of the subjects taught by Prof. González-Cuesta are Visual Narratives, Representing Reality, Audiovisual Language, Storytelling, Texts and Images Analysis, Reading Film and Television, Written Communication, Film History, Constructing Narratives in Documentaries, and Re-creating Reality in Contemporary Film. Prof. González-Cuesta has taught in the Doctoral Program "Culture and Communication for the Information Society."
Gracia Fabre, David
MBA, IESE Business School. Associate Professor of Digital Marketing, IE Business School.
In 2007, he joined the BBVA Group as the head of innovation in Internet and mobile and couple of years later he was promoted to director of online marketing for the entire bank where he defined and executed strategies in social media, search engine and mobile devices for all business units. He is an MBA graduate at IESE and the Wharton School and since 2005 he's collaborated with IE Business School as an associate professor of digital marketing.
Guziak, John
Managing director of AchieveGlobal Spain. Associate Professor of Coaching at IE School of Communication.
He's led international consulting teams to achieve best in class results in Designing & Implementing and Leadership & Sales Academies for Fortune 100 Companies. More than 150,000 people have been supported by his work. As a seasoned presenter, executive facilitator, and change management designer, he's supported executive teams to effectively engage top 100 managers in living & modeling company strategy. Specialties where John adds value:
Creator of businesses & ideas that create value.
Strategic Partner for C-Suite in designing human strategy to support business required outcomes for local and European wide interventions.
Executive Coach specializing in General Management & Sales Productivity.
Bridge Builder between different cultures in Europe.
Hackl , Cathy
MA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and MA in Mass Communication from Florida International University, BA in Broadcast Journalism from University of Texas.
She currently works as Communications Director for Ellas 2.0, an online media platform that provides education and support for Spanish-speaking female entrepreneurs in technology. Hackl's research interests include communications planning for start-ups, brand recognition and management, women in technology, and strategic communications for small business owners.
Hallett, Brian
Photographer and video artist
Brian's lens has captured many of Spain's most renowned celebrities: athletes, artists, writers, models, musicians. Drawing on his experience in the corporate world, his studio, The Big Fish, is responsible for creating images and campaigns for both Spanish and global brands like Cartier, Mastercard, BMW, McDonald's, Olay, Max Factor, and Pantene among others. In this year alone, his work has taken him to the U.S., England, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. Brian considers it a privilege to be able to share his experience and participate in the master programs at IE.
Hernández Bujarrabal, Jorge
BA in Arts in Media and Communication by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, EMBA by ESIC and Master Degree in Protocol and Event Management by Universidad Camilo José Cela.
Hernández-Canut, Beatriz
Co-Founder at Plan B Works and Comando Cran, graphic designer and typographer
After graduating she began working at Andrew McConochie's studio with clients such as Loewe, Prada, ARCO and the LVMH group, ending her stay working as Senior Graphic designer and Project Manager, as well as training the creative team. In 2009, with Andra Piscaer, she set up the design studio, Plan B Works, which focuses on applying "graphic thinking" to all their projects, generating strong concepts and elegant graphic solutions. The studio was awarded the Faces of Design Award in 2010 and was featured in Index Book's "Basic Pack" and "Basic Identity."
Having finished IED Madrid's specialization course on Typography in 2012, she cofounded Comando Cran, a multidisciplinary typographic group and digital foundry based in Madrid, where she develops new digital typefaces and teaches calligraphic techniques and typography culture.
Her first typography "Lucas Sans" has been exhibited at several typographic conferences, such as Ampersand (London) and TypoMad (Madrid) and will be exhibited in the 10th edition of the CIT in Valencia.
Hillenbrand, Carola
Ph.D. Henley Business School.
Carola is overseeing a variety of international and large-scale research projects and has, since 2003, advised more than 1,000 managers on conducting applied research projects in their own organizations. Her research has won a number of international awards, including the Keith MacMillan Research Price in 2009, and in 2013 the prestigious Jean Perrien Award for Best Paper in Financial Services in Canada and the Emerald Literati Network Highly Commended Paper Award.
Carola is a certified Coach, a licensed NLP Practitioner and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. Prior to joining Henley in 2002, Carola was an international market-research consultant based in Frankfurt where her work covered research into psychological innovation and advertisement across a wide range of products and sectors, covering both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. She continues to work as an adviser with a wide range of industries including service companies, energy companies, and consumer goods companies.
Illia, Laura
Ph.D. in Communication, University of Lugano (CH), Executive MSc in Communication Management, University of Lugano (CH), MSc in Corporate Communication, University of Lugano (CH).
Prior to joining IE, she conducted research at the Judge Business School (University of Cambridge) and London School of Economics. She has a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Lugano, where she worked as researcher. She is a member of the editorial board of Corporate Reputation Review (Palgrave) and Corporate Communication: An International Journal (Emerald). Recently she published a book and various academic articles on themes such as identity, the management of change, CSR, and branding. Her work has been published in the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Corporate Reputation Review, CCIJ, IJWBR, and others.
Jannuzzi, Michele
MA Royal College of Art.
In 1993, Michele co-founded the agency Jannuzzi Smith with Richard Smith. From 1992 to 1993 he was a Designer with the agency Lambie-Nairn, London. From 1994 to 2001 he was Lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London and from 2001 to 2005 at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano. He was Guest Lecturer at Kingston University, at the Royal College of Art, London, at Università degli studi Federico II, Naples, and at SUPSI, Lugano.
Michele has guest lectured at: Fore Communications, Pittsburgh, 2000; IntApps, Vienna, 2001; Design Network Switzerland Annual Conference, Castagnola, 2001; Workshop Design, Morcone, 2005; Design2context, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zurich, 2006; Britische Grafik seit 1960, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, 2007; Re-brand, Ringier Group, Locarno, 2010.
Larsen, Mikkel
Journalist and M.A. in Contemporary History and International Relations, Univ. Complutense de Madrid (ES)
Lietaert, Matthieu
PhD in Political Sciences from the European University Institute
Maguire, Laura
MBA from IE Business School, Degree in English Philology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Ph.D. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Professor of Human Resource Management at IE Business School.
Mandelli, Andreina
Ph.D. in Mass Communication, Indiana University, MBA, SDA Bocconi University.
From 1995 to 2001 she launched and directed a research observatory on new media communication and marketing. Dr. Mandelli has been interviewed on her research subject by major news media including The New York Times and CNN. Dr. Mandelli's research focuses on innovation in marketing and corporate communication and markets conceived as mediated conversations. She has published seven books, numerous articles and several chapters of international books. Currently she is writing a book about social media branding and metrics, and working on a project on online reputation measurement and management.
Mayoral, Daniel
MBA, IESE Business School. Bachelor of Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
After working for four years on several consultancy projects at Accenture, he moved on to head up the Development Area at Agilent Technologies (Hewlett Packard). Daniel has participated in all aspects of organizational development, including the creation of training plans, development of training courses, competencies assessments, mentoring / coaching programs, change management, and online tools development. Having established his own firm, he now focuses on helping both people and organizations in the development of tools and training programs for personal and professional development.
McCarthy, Andrew
Designer, consultant, facilitator, serial entrepreneur, and educator.
Andrew has worked in his native New York and internationally as an art and creative director in multinationals and advising corporations on creativity, strategy, innovation processes, and design.
He teaches creativity, design thinking, visual communications, and entrepreneurship as an Associate Professor at IE. Andrew is an innovation, design, or user advocacy officer with various companies and advisor to a number of start-ups, encouraging groups and individuals to err on the side of action. Andrew enjoys improv, speaks and moderates at conferences, and his voice has been featured in ads and audiobooks, at his daughters' bedtimes, and to the startlement of animals great and small.
Morales, Carmen
Executive MBA – IE Business School, Master in Executive Coaching. International Coach Federation (ICF), BA in Industrial Psychology, Universidad Complutense - Madrid, Spain Carmen has 25+ years experience in specialized Human Resources consultancies.
After working in Turkey and the Middle-East, she came back to Spain and joined the Hay Group (Hay Management Consultants) where she was successively promoted from Senior Consultant to Manager Director specialized in Strategy Alignment and Human Capital Business Development, Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Development.
Throughout her professional career as a consultant she has worked for a wide range of leading customer multinational companies in a variety of industries. In addition to her track record in Consultancy and Executive Coaching, Carmen is an Associate Professor at IE Business School for Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior and Change Management, as well as at the IE University, Universidad Comercial de Deusto (Bilbao), Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Madrid) and ESCP – EAP Business School (Paris, France).
Money, Kevin
Kevin has a Ph.D. from Henley.
Palomo, Javier
Bachelor in Law and Economics, Universidad de Deusto (Spain), Master in European Union Law, Universidad Carlos III (Spain).
From March 2009 to January 2013, he was deputy head of Legal Affairs in Mediaset España, responsible for legal advice in the areas of content acquisition, sports rights and movie production, and participated in the production of films such as Agora, The Impossible, Cell 211, and The Adventures of Tadeo Jones.
In January 2013 he joined VIACOM International Media Networks as director of Business & Legal Affairs for the brands MTV, Paramount and Nickelodeon in Spain and Portugal. He was also a member of the Committee Advisor to the General Director of the Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts Institute (ICAA) in relation to public subsidies to theatrical distribution in 2010 and 2011.
Pedreño, Eduardo
BA in Law. MBA from IE Business School.
Eduardo Pedreño has worked for 15 years in the fields of corporate communications, digital media, internet, and technology. He was editor of one of the pioneer digital Spanish-language publications, DiarioRed.com. He was founding partner of AccesoGroup in 2000 and developed technology, products and services around journalistic content and Internet services for ten years, the last three as COO of the company. He is currently COO of the software company, Glob3 Mobile.
Pistrui, Joseph
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Much of Joseph's work has focused on what he calls the "entrepreneurial problem" of growing the top line through innovation-based new business development. From his extensive work with global organizations Joseph has launched the Nextsensing Initiative to help develop insights into one of the most daunting challenges today— how to think in new ways about the present in order to better understand the future—as a way to address the challenges of leading strategic competitiveness in large organizations. His point of view is informed by concepts as wide-ranging as leadership, entrepreneurship, strategic innovation, and design thinking, and promotes a bias towards actions.
Joseph is the Associate Dean for Executive Education at IE Business School in Madrid. Additionally, he serves as the Executive Director of International Custom Programs, and is a professor of the Department of Entrepreneurial Studies at IE. He holds a Visiting Fellowship at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, where he lectures and researches issues related to new enterprise formation and innovation as part of the LSE's Department of Management.
Joseph holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from DePaul University, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Ferris State University. He was born in Detroit, Michigan USA and has lived and worked in Europe since 1993 and currently resides in Madrid, Spain.
Polo, Fernando
Partner and Executive General Manager at Territorio Creativo, Social Business Consulting & Agency in Spain. Operations and marketing manager at Internet services companies. Spanish Web 2.0 start-up co-founder and process and organizational change consultant with experience in large multinational re-engineering and IT implementation projects.
Rodríguez-Cánovas, Belén
Ph.D. Candidate in Business Administration, ICADE University, MBA in ICADE University.
Rodríguez Jugo, Martín
MBA, IE Business School. Projects Director, Multimedia Content Development Unit (Learning Innovation), IE Business School.
Martin is also an associate professor of Project Management in different IE programs; he has focused on Project Management since he started working as an engineer in the energy sector and in different areas: R&D, refining, plants designing and consulting. He has participated several times as a speaker in different conferences in the e-learning and interactive content sectors in Europe and America, where he has presented some of the multimedia resources developed at IE.
Romenti, Stefania
Ph.D., IULM University, MA in Corporate Communication IULM University.
Her research interests focus on the strategic communication, evaluation and measurement of public relations, stakeholder engagement, CSR, and crisis communication. She is the author of a book and of several articles in Italian and international journals (Journal of Communication Management, Corporate Communications: An International Journal, International Journal of Strategic Communication, Public Relations Review).
She is an ad-hoc reviewer for the International Journal of Strategic Communication, Corporate Communications: An International Journal and for international conferences such as Euprera Annual Congress and International History of Public Relations Annual Conference. She is an active member of Federazione Relazioni Pubbliche Italiana (FERPI), European Public Relations Education, and Research Association (EUPRERA).
Rumschisky Terminiello, Ana
Ph.D. at Universidad Complutense, MBA at IESE, BA in Communication, Journalism and Advertising at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Associate Professor at IE Business School.
Ana Rumschisky has wide and varied marketing experience in Spain, having worked in both national and multinational blue chip companies. She has combined this practical experience with an excellent and relevant academic background.
"Marketing," she says, "is a constantly evolving science, reflecting changes in consumers, society, and technology. These changes offer the marketing professional new challenges and the delight of discovery every day."
After graduating from the UC, Professor Rumschisky worked with American multinationals initially in the health and beauty aids sector, before switching to the packaged foodstuffs area. In these companies, she had extensive experience working with multicultural teams on pan-European marketing projects. This was followed by a switch to the fashion sector, before entering the world of publishing.
Sánchez Conejo, Jorge
Jorge Sánchez Conejo consults in Digital and Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization and Effective Web Development. Among his clients are the United Nations, Eurovision, and the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
He is trilingual Spanish/English/French and still manages to speak some Swedish.
He was distinguished as winner of the 2010 Spanish Internet Awards for Best Internet and Business Strategy Integration.
Shimko, Julia
Ph.D., IE Business School, Spain, 2011, MBA, Cyprus International Institute of Management, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2005.
She holds a helpful mix of academic and managerial backgrounds. Trained as an economist with the specialization in international trade, she also dedicated her time to research the socio-political and economic reality of post-Soviet Republics in affiliation with the University of Alberta (Canada) and Gorbachev foundation. Her ample experience as a business and media consultant included extensive research work on corruption and investment climate with such institutions as the World Bank, IFC and EBRD.
Her current academic interests focus on the emergence of new governance forms such as public-private partnerships to address the problems of sustainable development and social deterioration.
Steck, Christoph
Professor in Public Affairs and Non-Market Strategy. IXMBA, IE Business School. Common and Human Rights Law, University College London. Law, Universität zu Köln.
A German lawyer specialized in International & European Law, he has developed his professional career in international communication companies working on Regulation, Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Policy. He has developed Public Affairs strategies targeting governments and regulators on a national and international level, but has also defined and implemented engagement programs with civil societies and NGOs. He is convinced that companies in the era of globalization and Internet need to manage public policy strategies in the so-called "non-market environment" coherent with their market strategies and with the same level of professionalism and vigor if they want to succeed. His specific interest is devoted to the area of public policy for the Internet and he is currently engaged in a working group of the United Nations on the future of the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF). He is currently Director of Public Policy at Telefónica. His past professional experience includes key positions such as Head of Corporate Reputation & Responsibility, and Head of Government Relations & European Regulation for Telefónica O2 in Germany.
Van Hout, Marco
Professor of Emotional Design.
Currently, Marco is part of the MediaLAB Amsterdam where he works to improve the program and develop new ways of working for multidisciplinary design teams. He is a co-founder of SusaGroup, known for the development and implementation of unique emotion measurement tools, innovation and design methods for optimizing the user experience, and facilitating training and workshops. Marco serves as a board member for the Design & Emotion Society and is editor of design-emotion.com. As a visiting lecturer, he teaches and has taught at The Design Academy Eindhoven, Willem de Kooning Academy, Hallo Academy, University of Twente, Universities of Applied Sciences in Utrecht, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, UNIR Madrid, and ELISAVA Barcelona.
In his spare time, Marco is an avid abstract painter and enjoys spending time with his family.
Vicedo, Cristina
BA in Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain).
Wojcieszak, Magdalena
Ph.D. in Communication, Annenberg School for Communication/University of Pennsylvania (US), MA in Sociology, Uniwersytet Warszawski (PL).
To step beyond the academic ivory tower, Magdalena has worked in the media and as a media planner/buyer. Now she attempts to apply her knowledge to attenuating sociopolitical conflicts. Towards this end, she has been involved in a project on assessing public opinion in Darfur.
Zyglidopoulos, Stelios
Professor in Ethics and Corporate Governance.
University Lecturer in Strategy at the Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge, and Director of Management Studies and Fellow of Homerton College. He received his Ph.D. in Strategy and Organization from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and in addition to Cambridge, has held academic posts at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the Rochester Institute for Technology (RIT), in Rochester, NY.
His research interests include the evolution of corporate social responsibility and the management of corporate reputation. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Corporate Reputation Review, Business and Society and Organization Studies. And, is also a member of the Academy of Management, the British Academy of Management, and the International Association of Business and Society (IABS). Stelios has more than twenty articles and book chapters published or forthcoming and a co-authored book on the Evolution of Corporate Corruption.
García Aller, Marta
Professor of Multimedia Reporting and Final Project. MA in Contemporary European Studies at University of Bath, BA in Journalism and BA in Humanities at Universidad Carlos III.
Testoni, Michele
PhD in Political Science, University of Florence (Italy) MA in International Affairs, "Paul H. Nitze" School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (Washington, DC) BA (cum laude) in Political Science, University of Bologna (Italy)
Michele is a specialist in world politics, with a special focus on the relationship between globalization and military security issues. His current research project focuses on NATO and its transformations in the post-bipolar era. A member of the Italian Political Studies Association (SISP for its Italian acronym) and the Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA), from 2010 to 2012 he was appointed Associate Fellow at SAIS-Europe, Johns Hopkins University.
In addition, he is commentator for "Aspenia", the journal of Italy's Aspen Institute, and collaborates with Transparency International (IT).
Some of the subjects he teaches: Comparative Politics; European Security Issues after the Cold War; Foreign Policy; Globalized Terrorism; International History; International Relations Theories; Political Economy of Globalization; Politics of Developing Countries.
García-Ramos Ortega, Guillermo
Professor of Visual Communication. Film Direction Studies at New York Film Academy, BA in Law at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Castaño Huerta, Esther
Internal Communication Director at Iberdrola
I have always worked in the Communications area, developing my skills in various positions and companies. I started my professional career at the press agency Colpisa and the Radio Station Cadena Cope. Then, I was Project Director in the high-tech area at the PR agency Comunicación Empresarial and Account Supervisor at the PR agency ACH & Asociados. In 1999 I joined Otis Elevator Company (Zardoya Otis) in the communications area and became Communications Director for Southern Europe. In 2003 I started to work at Iberdrola as Internal Communication Director, the position that I currently occupy and that I combine with teaching activities.
At Iberdrola, I am in charge of the internal communication strategies (takeovers, mergers, acquisitions, cultural change, among others).
Sanz, Antonio
BA in Art History. Professor of Scriptwriting.
Nayak, Abhishek
PhD Candidate in Marketing at IE Business School. Professor of Digital Marketing and Advertising Management.
His current research work involves understanding the digital applications of big data and deriving value for both consumers and organizations. He has also co-authored a book chapter on 'Mobile Big Data: A New Frontier of Innovation', which is in the process of publishing. Before pursuing his PhD, he completed his MBA in International Business and Bachelors in Electronics Engineering from India. He has industry experience in the Sales and Business Analytics, domain in the logistics, and the IT industry.
Etter, Michael
Ph.D. University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. MSc University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Michael Etter's research interest lies in the challenges that organizations face in a networked and digitalized communication environment. Hi is particularly interested in the processes of reputation and legitimacy formation and how organizations can strategically leverage new media technologies to participate in these processes. The aspect of Corporate Social Responsibility is therewith prevalent in his academic work that has been published in international communication journals, such as Journal of Management Studies, Management Communication Quarterly, and Corporate Communication: An International Journal, among other journals.
Begoña González-Cuesta
Dean, IE School of Communication
Ph.D. in Literature, Universidad de Navarra. BA in Hispanic Philology, Universidad de Navarra.
Begoña has been working at IE University since 2000 and is currently the Dean of IE School of Communication. Her research and teaching interests are centered on visual narratives and representation and ethics, focusing on the aesthetic, cultural, anthropological and ethical dimensions of contemporary screen works, in the areas of contemporary cinema, non-fiction film, art film, advertising, and new audiovisual formats.
Her current research is focused on the ethical and aesthetic implications of audiovisual representations of marginal realities and conflicts. She has published several books and articles and has directed interdisciplinary research projects and graduate dissertation papers.
Some of the subjects taught by Prof. González-Cuesta are Visual Narratives, Representing Reality, Audiovisual Language, Storytelling, Texts and Images Analysis, Reading Film and Television, Written Communication, Film History, Constructing Narratives in Documentaries, and Re-creating Reality in Contemporary Film. Prof. González-Cuesta has taught in the Doctoral Program "Culture and Communication for the Information Society."
Laura Illia
Academic Director, Master in Corporate Communication (MCC) and Executive Master in Corporate Communication (EMCC)
Professor in Corporate Communication at the IE University and IE Business School and Academic Director of the Master in Corporate Communication at the same University. Her current research focuses on how issues of organizational identity, social responsibility, and branding are involved in organizational management and change. Prior to joining IE, she conducted research at the Judge Business School (University of Cambridge) and London School of Economics. She has a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Lugano, where she worked as researcher. She is a member of the editorial board of Corporate Reputation Review (Palgrave) and Corporate Communication: An International Journal (Emerald). Recently she published a book and various academic articles on themes such as identity, the management of change, CSR, and branding. Her work has been published in the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Corporate Reputation Review, CCIJ, IJWBR, and others.
Vincent Doyle
Academic Director, Master in Visual and Digital Media (MVDM)
He is a Fellow of the Sexuality Research Fellowship Program of the U.S. Social Science Research Council (2000) and has received two top paper awards from the International Communication Association. A book based on his dissertation—about the media activism of the U.S.-based Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)—is under development. Prior to his appointment at IE University, he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow at Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota (USA).
Patricia Morales
Executive Director of the Graduate Programs
Andrea Longaretti
Head of Admissions
Carla Szemzo
Senior Associate Director of Admissions
Carla has lived in New York, Buenos Aires, Caracas and Madrid. She has a Bachelor in Communications, with a Major in Marketing and Advertising. She also did a Master in International Management at IE Business School (Madrid, Spain).
Carla has worked in important communication multinational consulting firms, such as Burson-Marsteller and Pizzolante Comunicación Estratégica, specializing in the areas of marketing communications, Corporate Social Responsibility, internal communications, public relations, strategic planning, crisis management and spokespersons training. Additionally, she coordinated the social media strategies and developed the digital marketing services portfolio.
Carla has worked for clients such as: Unilever, Diageo, Shell, Esprit, LG Electronics, Pepsi, Phillip Morris, HP, Bosch, Cemex, Sanitas, Netflix, Allergan, Goodyear, HP, Electrolux, among others.
Lucia Malmierca
Associate Director of Admissions