About Joel Alleyne

Joel Alleyne has worked in Management Consulting and industry for over thirty years across the Americas and Europe. Joel is Practitioner-in-Residence with the Knowledge Media Design Institute (University of Toronto - UofT). He is a key leader for the Knowledge Management Research Center at the UofT iSchool. He is a PhD student and adjunct instructor with the iSchool at University of Toronto. He holds adjunct instructor appointments with the Faculty of Medicine MHI Program (University of Toronto) and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (University of Western Ontario). He is a member of the Entovation 100 Global Knowledge Leaders; which includes several global thought leaders and practitioners in the field who play a role in shaping the new knowledge based economy. Joel is also a faculty member with the Kaieteur Institute for Knowledge Management.

He has worked for a variety of industries, including: professional services (legal, accounting, engineering, advertising, management consulting); health care; financial services (banking, insurance and brokerage); pharmaceutical; manufacturing, distribution and retail; computer manufacturers and other high tech organizations; and, government (federal, provincial and municipal).

An active speaker and a recognized international expert, Joel is involved in research and practice in the areas of: knowledge management; information management; information technology; organizational informatics; healthcare informatics / eHealth; and, new / social / knowledge media.