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Smart University
777 Campus Commons Road
Sacramento, CA 95825
United States

ph: +1 (916) 273 8524

About Us

"Education is not filling a bucket,
but lighting a fire."
William B. Yeats, poet

 


 

We have some of the most innovative leaders in the field of 21st century education on our team. Each one of us is well regarded in  fields as diverse as social entrepreneurship, mentoring, coaching, vocational training, networking and others.

 

Bill Clinton and Maya Shahani

 Maya Shahani is recognized by Former President

Bill Clinton for the work she had done in educating the poor

 

 
Maya Shahani Maya Shahani: An educationist whose family has been involved in the field of education for the past 50 years. She is a board member of 24 colleges in Bombay including H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, K.C. College of Commerce and Economics, Jaihind, and Thadomal Shahani Engineering College. She is also a well known philanthropist, and is also the Chairperson of the SAGE foundation. The SAGE Foundation has adopted around 100 villages in India is providing education and vocational skills training to the families there. It is in the process of creating a college of creative crafts to revive the traditional handicrafts industry of India. Maya was recently honoured at the Clinton Global Initiative for the work she has done.

 


  Dave Rogers

Dave Rogers: Born in Canada, of mixed Asia and European heritage, Dave is a dynamic global leader and speaker on today's key business issues. Dave has managed over a billion USD portfolio and has had leadership and business experiences with top financial institutions for 15+ years, in North America, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore.  He is author of two books, four audio & video programs and has appeared on radio, television, and stage throughout the world. Since 2001, Dave has coached more than 2,500 entrepreneurs throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and North America and spoken to more than 25,000 business people worldwide.

 


 

Mike HandcockMike Handcock: Mike currently owns numerous business interests and has a passion for coaching and training. Mike has owned businesses as diverse as construction, human resources, music production, marketing and property investment. Mike has won numerous industry awards, and was nominated for a 21st century award to financial services, two Extraordinary Life awards and has won Inspirational Speaker of the Year and Businessperson of the year. Author of seven books released in Asia Pacific with a eighth soon to published. Two of the books are best sellers.

 


Thomas Power

Thomas Power: An experienced business leader, who has successfully founded, built and sold a number of businesses in the e-Commerce, Social Networking and Call Center arena. Currently Chairman of Ecademy, the world's premier social network for business people with 500,000 business members. He has written six books and is an adviser to British Telecom and Microsoft. He is currently in the process of getting a Royal Charter for an Institute of Networking. 






Richard Alderson
Richard Alderson: Richard is a serial entrepreneur, who has founded three social enterprises in the field of education. These include, Unltd India, which incubates and educates start-up social entrepreneurs and Careershifters which educates people who want to make a change in their careers. Careershifters was founded on the belief that the more people are excited about their work, the more they’ll make a positive contribution to the world. Through affordable expert advice, online resources and a community of thousands, Careershifters helps anyone making a major career change re-imagine their work and make a successful shift. Richard has received many awards for his contributions including, Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs Winner, 2008, XL Extraordinary Lives Award nominee, 2008, Waldzell Institute Architect of the Future, 2007
and UnLtd Millennium Award Winner, 2007


 

 

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Smart University
777 Campus Commons Road
Sacramento, CA 95825
United States

ph: +1 (916) 273 8524