V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai
Founder and Director, THE EMAIL Lab

V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, the Inventor of EMAIL, is a systems scientist and world renowned expert
on EMAIL and creator of EchoMail. He is the Founder and Director of THE EMAIL Labaratory.
Dr. Ayyadurai holds four degrees from M.I.T, is a Fulbright Scholar, Lemelson-MIT Awards Finalist
and Westinghouse Science Talent Honors Award recipient. In 1982, he received the first copyright
for EMAIL. He has a forthcoming book, The EMAIL Revolution.

Gene Deans
Director, Technology Lab

Gene Deans is responsible for the maintenance of THE EMAIL Lab's world-class infrastructure and ensuring the integrity of network connectivity and system level architecture. Gene is a well-known expert in Large Scale Systems Design (LSSD) and performance tuning. Gene has earlier worked at Volvo where he was responsible for the entire production IT infrastructure, administration and support. Gene also designed and implemented innovative systems to support 24x7 operations at the IDT Corporation, where he headed technology and infrastructure.

Devon Sparks
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Devon Sparks, a student of MIT, is member of the EMAIL Lab research team.

Todd Reily
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Todd Reily, a student of SDM at MIT, is a member of the EMAIL Lab research team. He works for the MITRE Corporation.

Leslie P. Michelson
Director, High Performance and Research Computing Division, UMDNJ

Leslie P. Michelson is the Director of the High Performance and Research Computing Division at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. His group develops solutions in the life sciences for research endeavors with demanding computational requirements. In the late 1970’s Michelson’s organization provided the challenge, resources and mentorship that led to the development of the first electronic interoffice memorandum postal system by Shiva Ayyudurai. Throughout his career Michelson has been active in the support of the use of networking technologies to advance research and education interests in the State of New Jersey. He was a founder and served as the third president of the New Jersey Intercampus Network, the predecessor of the State’s Higher Education and Research Network, NJEDge.Net.

Chad McDaniel
President, Execs In The Know

Chad McDaniel is the President of Execs In The Know and Chairperson of the "Customer Response Summit" conference. Chad McDaniel combines a strategic vision with over 17 years of direct marketing experience. Mr. McDaniel has held senior level call center operations and service delivery management positions for leading telecommunication, cable and wireless organizations. He is also President and Founder of M.E.R. (McDaniel Executive Recruiters), a highly specialized executive search and management consulting company.

Larry Weber
Founder and Chairman, W2 Group

Larry Weber is a globally known expert in public relations and marketing services. He is founder and chairman of W2 Group, a marketing services ecosystem organized to help chief marketing officers in their new role as builders of communities and content aggregators. W2 Group includes Digital Influence Group, a social media marketing agency, Racepoint Group, a global public relations agency, and branding company Two Martinis.

David Gerzof Richard
Professor, Media Relations, Social Media & Marketing, Emerson College

David Gerzof Richard is Professor of Media Relations, Social Media & Marketing at Emerson College. He is also the Founder and President of BIGfish, an integrated social media, PR, marketing and social influence firm that specializes in guiding organizations through their marketing and communication challenges.

John Callan
Managing Director, Ursa Major Associates, LLC

John Callan is a pioneer in the air courier industry, and Managing Director of Ursa Major Associates, and advises clients in the imaging and logistics fields. Prior to consulting, Callan served as COO of the shipping systems software start-up, Milestone Systems and held a number of senior executive roles at Polaroid Corporation.

THE EMAIL Lab was first started in 2001 as the EMAIL Research Institute in Cambridge, MA. During the years 2001 to 2007, the Institute functioned as an independent research center conducting research in EMAIL practices of large and small businesses. With the founding of International Center for Integrative Systems (ICIS) in 2007, EMAIL Research Institute began a new phase in its growth with support from ICIS. In 2012, the Institute assumed its new name — THE EMAIL Lab. Today, THE EMAIL Lab hosts educational events at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Emerson College.

THE EMAIL Lab aims to provide education on EMAIL best practices, conduct research and publish strategic papers on effective management of EMAIL by the business world and to invent innovative solutions for addressing challenges faced in the field of communication by today's organizations.

Your feedback and comments are welcome: emaillab@integrativesystems.org