About Mr. Dr. Juan Rada

Juan F. Rada is Senior Vice President of Oracle Corporation, with worldwide responsibility for Public Sector and Education. He is also a member of the management team for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Dr. Rada studied economics and sociology at the Universidad Católica de Chile, his country of origin, followed by studies at the University of London, where he obtained his Ph D.

From 1979 to 1992, Dr. Rada was a Professor of Technology Management and a member of the faculty at the International Management Institute (IMI) in Geneva and subsequently of IMD in Lausanne (Switzerland), which was created from the merger between IMI and IMEDE. From 1989 to 1992, he was the founding Director General (Dean) of IMD.

From 1992 to 1998, Dr. Rada was Vice President of Digital Equipment Corporation International (Europe), responsible for Strategic Alliances and New Initiatives, and latterly led The Environmental Partnership, a company devoted to the implementation and promotion of environmental initiatives.

In June 1998 he joined Oracle as Vice President for Public Services for EMEA and in June 2000 became Senior Vice President for Oracle Industries, which included all Oracle's vertical-market solutions. Subsequently he also headed up Oracle EMEA applications sales. In June 2006 he took over responsibility the Public Sector and Education Global Business Unit.

He has served as a board member for a number of corporate, academic and not-for-profit organizations. These include the Club of Rome, the European Commission Information Technology Review Board, the Council of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Advisory Board of the World Bank Community Carbon Fund.

He is also a member of the Board of Egg, a subsidiary of Prudential Plc (the world's largest Internet bank) and is Chairman of the Lombard Odier Darier Hench Infology Fund Advisory Board.

He has published several books and numerous articles, which have been translated into different languages.