Board of Directors

Rita Bhimani
MA (Journalism USA)

Corporate Relations and Business Development
Corporate Relations

Rita Bhimani is a corporate public relations expert of three decades standing. While she runs her own Public Relations consultancy company Ritam Communications, she is an author of two definitive books on PR “The Corporate Peacock—New Plumes for Public Relations” and “Face UP! Tenets, Techniques & Trends of Public Relations for the 21st Century”. She is a popular columnist who has written over 2000 columns and features and currently writes a regular column on corporate matters for a leading Indian daily.

A master’s degree holder in Journalism from USA, Rita Bhimani was on the Board of Directors of the International Public Relations Association and Chairman of its Education and Research Committee. In that capacity, she was involved with several workshops around the world, in Istanbul, Toronto, Helsinki, Melbourne, Bombay, which focused on educating the PR Educators.

She is currently a visiting faculty member of the Pailan School of International Studies where she teaches a three-year degree course in Media Sciences. She has also been lecturing on the subject in Bangladesh and at Webster University in Thailand in modules for senior executives. Her talks on soft skills concentrate on Confidence Building, Corporate Communication, Corporate Philanthropy, Written and Spoken Communicative Skills Development and other subjects are customized to the needs of specific institutions and countries

 

Dana Steinheimer
AA, BA MA MFA PhD
Chief Technology Officer

 

Education/Academics: Physics, IT, Engineering, Electronic Engineering. US Army Echelon Level Computer Systems Technician, 1971-73 (and extended reserve); Previous Employment Experience: USAID Special Electronic Development, International operations 1973-1993; World Bank Technology Development Projects Nepal/Romania/Egypt; Department Head -San Jacinto College. Personal Projects and notable research fields: Robotics 1978-present, developed first fully autonomous AI robot capable of full human speech interaction ("hearing", processing/interacting, answering human speech) 1988/89; Disneyworld robotics; Speech Recognition Technology (Dev/Consultant, Apple/IBM) 1992-95; UNIX Development, 1984-present; Linux/Open Source Development; 1994-present; Computer Security Consultant and IT Business owner, 1989-present. With his diverse science/engineering and electronic skills, Dana is also a renowned "fixer/troubleshooter", able to locate faults and streamline R/D and production design "at a glance", in abstract, virtual or applied systems from planning to production.

Stefan D. Van Rooyen
BA (Hons.) MA (Cum Laude)

Specialist in Project Financing
Chief Research Officer

 

Andrew McLennan
LL.B (UNE); LL.M (QUT); Grad Dip. Legal Practice; J.P. (Qld)
Executive Counsel

Andy has been involved in the enforcement, interpretation and practice of law for some 30 years, having worked in various legal jurisdictions around the world.

Originally trained as a Police Officer, Andy worked in Police Forces in both Australia and Hong Kong where he served in such specialist units as the Police Tactical Unit, Counter Terrorist Unit, Bomb Disposal Squad and Special Branch.

Andy later graduated from the University of New England, N.S.W., with a LL.B and then later went onto complete his Master of Laws (LL.M) in Commercial Law from the Queensland University of Technology. He is currently admitted to the Federal and High Court of Australia and the High Court of New Zealand. He has practiced various areas of law in both private practice and In-House within a company environment.

Originally from New Zealand, Andy is based in Australia, but is currently on temporary assignment back in New Zealand overseeing possible venture opportunities. Andy is responsible for corporate governance and investor relations.

Captain Kenneth Fernandes

Capt. Kenneth Fernandes is a formidable name in the Asian Shipping industry, the winner of multiple awards from various Industry sources; he currently is the Chief Operating Officer of Federal, a publically listed company on the Singapore stock market. Capt. Fernandes has extensive managerial experience in the international shipping & logistics industry as well as a tanker operations; he brings both his extensive maritime experience as well as his global commercial contacts and advice to the board of SpartaMatrix™.

 

Advisory Board

Christopher J. August

BSc & BCom University of Birmingham, England

Double Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering & Economics 

Allan Fry

BSc.EE (Electrical Engineering)

Expert on Food Microwave Technology; Global Shipping Tracking and Sensoring

Dejan Jelic

Dipl. Technical Engineer

Specialist in Institutional Wireless Security 

Andrew McLennan

LL.B (UNE); LL.M (QUT); Grad Dip. Legal Practice; J.P. (Qld)

Specialist in International Contracts and Corporate Governance

C. Randall Peterson

BS (Accounting) MBA, CPA, CMA 

Anoop Bose

BA, LLB

International Global Counsel, Advocate Supreme Court of India.

Special advisor to TATA Consultancy Services

John Moverley

BSc, C.Eng. CP Eng., MIET, MIE (Aust.), AFAIM 

Gerrit Tertius van Rooyen

PrEng BSc (Eng.) (Wits), MBA (Pretoria), SM & ScD (Met) (MIT, USA)

Frank Scheidt 

Michael A. Christensen