Education

This section is in alphabetical order. Just my logic as there’s a plethora of random stuff I learned along the way. 🙂

Alfaisal University

– The Art of Persuasion, June 2025

Alison

– Diploma, Mental Health, Jun 2020, Credential ID 1692-16874015

– Diploma, Human Resource, Jun 2020, Credential ID 1678-16874015

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

– Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Social Impact, Jan 2025

Infrastructure Financing Foundations, Jan 2025

– Green Investments: Renewable Energy, Oct 2020

– Demographic Transition and its Impacts, Oct 2020

– Energy Economics, Environment, and Policy, Oct 2020
– Leveraging Services for Development: Prospects and Policies, Oct 2020
– Financial Globalization, Capital Flow, and the Global Financial Cycle, Oct 2020
– Advancing the Digital Economy for Sustainable Growth in Asia, Oct 2020

– Financial Inclusion: Evolution and Contemporary Challenges, Oct 2020
– Achieving Sustainable Development Goals on Water and Sanitation, Oct 2020
– Private Financing For Infrastructure and Sustainable Growth, Oct 2020

BabsonX (Babson College)

– AI and Data Analytics for Business Leaders, Nov 2023

BerkeleyX (UC Berkeley)

– The Science of Happiness at Work, Feb 2024

Brainbench

– Telecomm 1k Analyst, Jan 2000, Credential ID 1042606

California Legislature & Ethics Commission
– Lobbying Ethics and Law, 2001

California State University, East Bay

– Big Data Certificate Program, Feb 2023

CipherTrace

– Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Essentials Certification, Aug 2022

Coast to Coast Mediation
– Divorce Mediation Course, 1999

Columbia Business School Executive Education

– Certificate in Business Excellence, Digital Health, 2021

– Quantitative Intuition,Jun 2021

– Managing Digital Therapeutic Approvals, Apr 2021

– Digital Health Strategy, Mar 2021

– Executive Access: Cognitive Biases, Mar 2021

– Executive Access: Branding on a Shoestring, Feb 2021

– Executive Access: A Culture of Sponsorship, Jan 2021

– Executive Access: The Future of Globalization, Jan 2021

– Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership, 2020 (  Emeritus Scholar )

– Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation and Design Thinking, 2019

Coro Center for Civic Leadership

– Community Fellow, Oct 2006

Cornell University

– Climate Change Leadership, 2023

– Certificate, Managing for Execution, 2011

– Certificate, Change Leadership, 2011

– Certificate, High Performance Leadership, 2011

Coursera Project Network

– ChatGPT for Beginners: SciFi Writing with Dall-e, Jul 2024

D&AD

– Statement of Participation, Storytelling in Advertising, Jul 2016

Dartmouth Executive Education

– Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership, 2020 (  Emeritus Scholar )

– Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation and Design Thinking, 2019

– Executive Program on Strategic Reputation Management, 2015

Deep Teaching Solutions

– Accelerate learning with ChatGPT, Sep 2024

Disney Institute

– Approach to Leadership Excellence, 2020

– Approach to Quality Service, 2020

– Approach to Employee Engagement, 2020

– Approach to Leadership Excellence, 2016

Duke University

– Effective Presentations, Aug 2014

– Effective Business Writing, Aug 2014

Economist Education (via The Economist)

– Professional Writing and Storytelling, May 2023

FT Board Director Programme

– The Effective Non-Executive Director Programme, Oct 2022

Fractal

– Quantum Computing for Everyone, Nov 2024

Gemological Institute of America

– Certificate, Insurance Replacement Appraisal, Jul 1996

Goldman Sachs

– Virtual Experience Program Participant, Jul 2021

Google Cloud Training Online

– Google Cloud Digital Leader Training Specialization, Jul 2024, Credential ID RCC68K8L86LD

Analyze Customer Reviews with Gemini Using SQL, Aug 2024

Build an AI Image Generator app using Imagen on Vertex AI, Aug 2024

Introduction to Responsible AI – Deutsch, Aug 2024

GTx (Georgia Tech)

– Human-Computer Interaction, Jan 2024

Harvard University

– Happiness in Leadership: Driving Team Success, Jan 2024 ( HarvardX )

– Mental Health In Healthcare Professionals on the Front-LIne of COVID Pandemic, Oct 2020 (Harvard Medical School)

– Covid19 and Loss of Smell, Mechanisms and Implications for Scent-based Screening, Oct 2020 (Harvard Medical School)

– Pregnancy and Brest Feeding During Covid19, Oct 2020 (Harvard Medical School)

– Maternal Justice Across the Atlantic: Race, Pregnancy, and Birth Equity in the United States and Great Britain, Oct 2020

– Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age, Jul 2018 ( HarvardX )

IBM

– Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders Specialization, Jun 2025

– Generative AI for Data Analysts Specialization, Sep 2024

– Generative AI for Data Engineers Specialization, Sep 2024

– Generative AI for Project Managers Specialization, Sep 2024

– Generative AI for Software Developers Specialization, Sep 2024

– Generative AI for Cybersecurity Professionals Specialization, Sep 2024

– Generative AI for Human Resources Specialization, Sep 2024

– Generative AI Essentials, Aug 2024

– Generative AI: Prompting Engineering, Aug 2024

– Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders, Aug 2024

Generative AI for Human Resources (HR) Professionals, Aug 2024

AI education for Teachers, Aug 2024 (joint program btwn Macquarie University and IBM)

IDEO U

Communication for Impact Certificate, Jul 2025

– Storytelling for Influence, Jun 2025

– Impactful Presentations, Jun 2025

IESE Business School, The Art of Storytelling, Jun 2025

Infotec
-VB4, VB Programming, Access Programming, MS WOSA I & II, 1997

Infragard Los Angeles, Certificate of Completion, Global Intermodal Supply Chain, Nov 2025

Indian School of Business (ISB) Online, Leadership with AI, Feb 2026 – July 2026

Indiana University, The New Manager’s Toolkit, Jan 2024

International Compliance Association / University of Manchester – Manchester Business School

– Specialist Certificate in Money Laundering Risk In New Payment, Products, and Services, Sep 2014

Kellogg Executive Education

– Digital Marketing Strategies: Data, Automation, AI and Analytics, 2019

LVMH

– Inside LVMH Certificate, Specialisation in Creation & Branding, Retail & Customer Experience, Nov 2023

McKinsey Academy

– Asian Management Accelerator Program, Feb 2023

++Business Strategy

++Adaptability & Resilience

++Problem Solving

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

– Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership, 2020 ( Emeritus Scholar )

– Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation and Design Thinking, 2019

– Entrepreneurial Negotiation: The MIT Way, 2016 

– Cybersecurity: Technology, Application, and Policy, 2015 

– Tackling the Challenges of Big Data, 2015 

Microsoft

– M365 Copilot Skilling for the C-Suite, Mar 2025

– Create and Draft with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Feb 2025

– Explore the possibilities with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Feb 2025

– Get Started with Volunteer Management and Volunteer Engagement, Feb 2025

– Introduction to AI Skills for Nonprofits, Feb 2025

– Introduction to Microsoft 365 Copilot, Feb 2025

– Microsoft AI Skills Challenge, Aug 2023

– NT4/Unix Interoperability, 1997

New College of California School of Law

– Juris Doctorate, Public Interest Law, 2001

New Horizons
– Intermediate NT4, 1997

Oracle Developer Programme
– Constructing Data Cartridges, 1997

Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy

– Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Foundations, Jul 24

Physiopedia

– AI Masterclass for Healthcare Professionals Programme, Oct 2024

– AI in Health Professions Education, Oct 2024

– State of the Art in AI, Oct 2024

– AI in Research, Oct 2024

– AI in Clinical Practice, Oct 2024

Platinum Guild International

– Platinum Sales, Jan 1996

Prosoft
– Intermediate and Advance HTML, 1997

PwC 

– Leading with Trust with General James Mattis, Apr 2023

– Trust Leadership Institute, Dec 2022 

Rice University

– Leading Workplace Diversity, Oct 2023

SDA Bocconi

– Sustainable Fashion: Brand and Business Strategy Program, Jul 2023

San Francisco State University

– Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, 1995

– Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration, Accounting, 1995

– Academic Senate Honorary Degree Committee, 1994

– Cesar Chavez Student Center Governing Board (Board Vice Chair, Vendor Service Chair, and Budget Chair), 1994

– Commission on University Strategic Planning, Member (1994-1995)

– Pi Kappa Phi, Eta Omicron Chapter, Founding Father/Alpha Class (1994)

– Business Today’s XX National Business Conference, Princeton/Manhattan, Participant (1994)

– United States Student Association, Washington DC, Lobbyist – 1% more for Education (1994)

– Associated Student, Elected School of Business Representative (1993-1997) and Ex-Officio Board Member (1995)

– Hong Kong Student Association, Co-Chair of Sports (1993-1994)

– Student Union Governing Board, Rules Chair/Parliamentarian (1993-1994)

– Asian Business Association, Vice President (1993), Secretary (1992)

– Accounting Students Organizatin, VP of Publicity (1992), VP of Fundraising (1991)

– Institute of Internal Auditors, SF Chapter, Proctor for Certified Internal Auditor Exam (1992)

– National Association of Black Accountants, Chair of Fundraising (1992)

– Alpha Phi Omega, National Service Fraternity, Mu Zeta (1990)

School of Disruption – Titan Disruptive Innovation Center

– Certificate, AI Ethics, Aug 2025

– Certificate, Space Law, Aug 2025

Simple Academy AI

– Certificate, AI for Executives and Consultants Micro-course, Jul 2024

Singularity University

Exponential Primer, Sep 2025

– Camp Singularity, Sep 2023

– Economics, 2008

Skillup Online

– Generative AI for Product Managers Specialization, Sep 2024

– Generative AI for Human Resources Professionals Specialization, Aug 2024

Stanford University

– COVID19 Training for Healthcare workers, 2020

– Professional Certificate: Sustainable Energy and Storage Conversion, 2011

The London School of Economics and Political Science

– Managerial Finance, Apr 2024 – Jun 2024

The Predictive Index

– Engagement Productivity Certificate, May 2021

– Team Performance Certificate, May 2021

– Leadership and Management Certificate, May 2021

The University of Western Australia

– Recruiting for Diversity and Inclusion Specialization, Aug 2024

The Wharton School

– First Republic Leadership Development Program – Level II, Jun 2022

– First Republic Leadership Development Program – Level I, Aug 2020

UNICEF | UN Women

– Building Gender IQ, Oct 2020

– Open Source Business Models, Oct 2020

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

– Green Food Waste Prevention, Oct 2023

– Green Fiscal Policy, Feb 2023

United States Institute of Peace

– Media Arts for Peace, Oct 2020

– Mediating Violent Conflict, Oct 2020

University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education | Emeritus Distinction

– Postgraduate Diploma, Project Management,  Jul 2022

University of Cambridge

– Business Sustainability Management, Dec 2023

– Sustainability Essentials for Business, Sep 2020

University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business

– Leadership: Creating a People Centric Organization, Jul 2023

University of Colorado Boulder

– Quantum Mechanics, Sep 2024

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

– Moving the Needle at Work: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Jul 2024

University of London

– Finding Your Professional Voice: Confidence & Impact, June 2025

University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business Executive Education

– Becoming Who You Really Are: How to Grow Yourself and Your Organization, May 2021

University of North Texas

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Access Essentials, Jul 2024

University of Oxford

– Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme, Sep 2023 ( Saïd Business School )

– Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance, Nov 2020 ( Department of Continuing Education )

University of Phoenix

– MS, Computer Information Systems, 1998

– Class representative

University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business

– Certificate of Completion, Psychological Safety: Unlocking Your Team’s Capabilities, Oct 2021

USRobotics

– Remote Access Solutions, Jan 1996

Vanderbilt University

– ChatGPT: Excel at Personal Automation with GPTs, AI & Zapier, Mar 2025

– Prompt Engineering for Law Specialization, Dec 2024

– Generative AI Assistants Specialization, Oct 2024

– OpenAI GPTs: Creating your own custom AI Assistants, Oct 2024

– ChatGPT: Master Free AI Tools to Supercharge Productivity, Oct 2024

Change Management for Generative AI, Sep 2024

– Prompt Engineering Specialization, Aug 2024

– Generative AI for Educators & Teachers Specialization, Jul 2024

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati

– Virtual Experience Program Participant, Jul 2021

World Health Organization

– Wound management in resource-limited settings: Training for national and district-level health workers, Nov 2024

– Occupational Health and Safety for health workers in context of COVID19, Oct 2020

– WHO Covid19 Mass Gatherings Risk Assessment Training, Oct 2020

– ePROTECT Respiratory Infections, Oct 2020

– Introduction to COVID19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control, Oct 2020

Yale School of Management

– Leadership for Global Business and Politics, Jan 2024