Nagy Hanna Résumé
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Career Synopsis
Internationally recognized development strategist with extensive experience in advising developing countries and aid agencies on designing and implementing of strategies to leverage information and communication technology in support of national, sectoral and corporate strategies. Led the World Bank’s practice in applying ICT for development, as the Bank’s first senior advisor on e-development, and the chair of the worldwide community of practice on e-Development with over 4000 members. Over 30 years of diverse development experience across all geographic regions, covering private sector development, knowledge economy, and state modernization. Innovator, communicator, change agent, executive coach, and global thought leader. Has been responsible for developing national information and communication technology strategies, strategic management processes, capacity building programs, evaluation and learning systems, and new lending and advisory services for the World Bank and client countries. Lectured and published extensively on e-development, strategic planning, change management, executive education and institutional development.
EDUCATION
Harvard Business School. 1998
-Executive Development Program
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- Ph.D. in Socio-Economic Planning (economics and business) 1976
- Masters in Operations Research and Management Science 1972
Cairo University
- Masters in Industrial Engineering 1966
WORK EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Recent
Senior Fellow and Co-Director, e-Leadership Academy Initiative, University .of Maryland
Senior International Development Strategy Consultant: National e-Strategy; Corporate Strategy.
Keynote Speaker at international and regional conferences on e—development, e-government, e-business, and national programs for promoting ICT industries and business-process-outsourcing.
Executive Coach to leaders of e-government programs, and ICT Agencies and Ministries.
THE WORLD BANK GROUP
Senior Advisor, e-Development Policy and Strategy, 2002-2005
In this capacity, he has led the Bank’s team that designed and supported the implementation of e-Sri Lanka, the first World Bank approved and financed comprehensive national e-development strategy and investment program. The program covers the use of information and communication technology to transform all sectors of the economy. It includes e-government and e-commerce, innovation fund for societal applications, promotion of ICT-enabled services and software exports, ICT education, e-policies, e-leadership and capacity building. Project mobilized financing from donors and private sector to cover $500 million multi-year program. He gained the Bank’s Board approval for financing $ 80 million of the first phase.
Dr. Hanna has provided thought leadership for the Bank’s advisory and lending services on e-development, and pioneered this new business for the Bank. He chairs the Bank-wide Thematic Group on e-Development, advising countries on national e-development strategies, developing partnerships with various regions and other international institutions. He also leads workshops and global dialogues among countries on e-development and e-government issues, and advises countries on creating competitive knowledge-based economies. He helps bridge the gap between aid professionals, business executives and public policy makers on the one hand, and chief information officers and ICT specialists on the other.
Lead Corporate Strategist, Operations Evaluation Department, 1998-2002
In this capacity, Dr. Hanna evaluated the overall effectiveness of the World Bank’s assistance, covering lending ($20 billion), and knowledge advisory services. In the process, he built partnerships with other aid agencies and think tanks to conduct broad evaluations of development assistance strategies. He presented his assessments of the Bank’s lending and advisory services practices to the Executive Board and international audiences.
Principal Corporate Planning Officer, Corporate Strategy Group, 1996 – 98
In this capacity, Dr. Hanna directed the Bank’s strategic planning team, and advised top management on corporate strategic issues. Played a key role in a major exercise to develop a new corporate strategy, the “Strategic Compact”, which was approved by the Executive Board of the Bank. This provided the basis for renewing the development agenda and transforming the institution into a knowledge Bank, with increasing emphasis on knowledge products and advisory services to developing and transition countries. .
Following the adoption of the new corporate strategy, he also managed the Bank’s resource allocation process ($1.4 billion annual budget). He innovated a new annual strategic planning process and a corporate-wide forum (Strategic Forum) to set corporate priorities and development assistance strategies for the Bank. He then task managed this process for its first year and authored the Bank’s first Strategic Directions Paper that guided Bank operations over a turbulent transition period. .
In this capacity, he also advised corporate management on issues of comparative advantage, partnerships with other development agents, and strategic alliances with multinationals and non-government organizations. He advised on global competitive strategies and the impact of globalization on development assistance. He promoted business innovations, such as the “innovation marketplace”, an annual process to fund innovations and business development.
Principal Operations Officer, West Bank & Gaza Mission, 1995-96
Dr. Hanna directed the Bank’s programs for private sector and institutional development for the new Palestinian Authority. Among others, he developed a program for establishing industrial zones designed to attract regional and international investors on the boarders between Israel and Palestine. He secured official and private financing for these zones, despite political uncertainties. During this process, he helped build bridges among the two societies and negotiated mutual agreements among the parties, involving business, public and civil society organizations. He devised a competitive package of incentives to attract international investments to these zones. He also assessed Israel’s experience in promoting innovation, incubators, and software services.
Principal Economist, Asia Technical Department, 1991-94
Dr. Hanna developed and managed the Bank’s advisory and lending services for private sector development, industrial technology and information infrastructure projects and strategies for East and South Asia regions. In particular, he led the Bank’s early assistance to India in launching a national strategy for promoting software exports and knowledge services.
In support of the Bank’s advisory services, he evaluated the experience of industrialized countries in developing and diffusing information technology in the public and private sectors. Based on these extensive reviews and evaluations, he advised on best practices to the most dynamic economies of East Asia. He also reviewed and published extensively on the experience of East Asia in promoting their information technology and knowledge industries and mastering technological learning..
Chief Staff Officer, Information & Technology Department, 1987-91
In this capacity, Dr. Hanna directed the information policy and strategy unit., and created the Bank’s first knowledge management and information technology strategy. He was the principal advisor to the CIO.
In parallel, he chaired an institutional task force that examined the implications of the information technology revolution for developing countries. He (together with Sandor Boyson, Professor, University of Maryland) also conducted an evaluation of over $1 billion of annual Bank lending in information and communication technology in development projects and prepared a strategy for improving Bank performance in ICT lending and advisory services. As a result, he helped create the Bank’s first division to assist borrowers with applying ICT in all sectors.
Division Chief, Strategic Planning, 1984-87
Dr Hanna led the first Bank division on Strategic Planning. During this period, he coordinated 13 task forces involving more than 200 managers and senior staff to explore “the Future Role of the Bank in the 90s”, which led to major changes in the Bank’s role and services. During this process he reviewed the strategic management practices of 90 private and public organizations in the United States, Japan, and Europe and published on their best practices. As a result, he promoted corporate-wide strategic thinking and strategic issue management processes and facilitated a major reorganization of the Bank.
Senior Operations Officer, Indonesia Resident Mission, 1979-83; Country Officer, 1975-79
Dr. Hanna appraised and managed a large and diverse portfolio of private sector development, technical education and public sector modernization projects. He negotiated and presented development projects to the Board, and supervised their implementation.
During his early work at the Bank, Dr. Hanna was assigned to a field office in Jakarta, Indonesia. As a result, he developed a deep appreciation of implementation challenges and the critical role of advisory services and “hands on” technical assistance in translating visions and strategies into effective investment programs. He thus focused on issues of management development systems and institutional reforms. He also led a team of aid agencies to assess public and business management practices and institutional issues in Indonesia. Jointly with his Indonesian counterparts, he developed a national strategy and action plan for reforming the management development and education systems in the public and private sectors. This led to reforms in business management education and the creation of several MBA programs..
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Senior International Consultant, ADAR Corp., United States 1972-75
Corporate Planner, ITT Corporation, United States 1969-72
Industrial Engineer, AEG Telefunken, Germany 1967-68
PUBLICATIONS
In addition to being on the advisory boards of several journals, and a reviewer of many scholarly articles, Dr. Hanna has published:
q E-Sri Lanka Development Project: Project Appraisal Document. World Bank, August, 2004.
q “National Software Industry Development: Considerations for Government Planners”, in Special Issue on Software Industry, The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, http://www.ejisdc,org, Vol 13, May, 2003.
q Why National Strategies Are Needed for ICT-Enabled Development. World Bank Staff Paper, September, 2003
q Making Development Work: Development Learning in a World of Poverty and Wealth, with Robert Picciotto, Transactions Publications, (2002).
q "Active Learning and Development Assistance," Knowledge Management, Vol. 5 (2001).
q The Annual Review of Development Effectiveness, 1999, World Bank (2000).
q Analytical and Advisory Services for Comprehensive and Participatory Development, World Bank ( Summer 2000).
q Ownership and Conditionality, with William Branson, World Bank (Summer 2000).
q “A Proposed Role for Aid Agencies in Helping Developing Countries to Design National Information Technology Strategies,” Technology Management, Vol. 4 (1999).
q Strategic Directions for FY99-01: Implementing the Compact in a Changing Environment, World Bank (March 1998).
q Implementing the Strategic Compact: World Bank Programs and FY98 Budgets, World Bank (May 1997).
q “Information Technology Policies in Industrial Countries: A Shift Towards Diffusion”, in ATAS, Issue 10, UNCTAD (autumn, 1995).
q Assessment of Border Industrial Zones Between Israel and West Bank & Gaza. Executive Report of Multi-donor Mission (May 1996).
q Overview and Strategy for Private Sector Development for West Bank & Gaza. World Bank (July 1995).
q The East Asia Miracle and Information Technology: Strategic Management of Technological Learning, (with Sandor Boyson and Shakulanta Gunaratne), World Bank Discussion Paper, no. 326 (1996). Washington, D.C
q Information Technology Diffusion: Experience of Industrial Countries and Lessons for Developing Countries, World Bank Discussion Paper, no. 281 (1995). Washington, D.C.
q “Special Report: Investing in InfoTech”, (with Sandor Boyson) in DataQuest, July 1994, pages, 140-147.
q Exploiting Information Technology for Development: A Case Study of India, World Bank Discussion Paper, no. 246 (1994).
q Information Technology in World Bank Lending, (with Sandor Boyson) World Bank Discussion Paper, no. 206 (1993). Washington, DC.
q “Informatics and the Developing World,” in Finance and Development (December 1991) Vol. 28/Number 4. IMF and the World Bank.
q The Information Technology Revolution and Economic Development. World Bank Discussion Paper, no. 120 (1991). Washington, D.C.
q A Framework for Information Management, Bank Staff Papers, The World Bank (1990).
q “Strategic Planning and the Management of Change,” in Finance and Development (March 1987), Vol. 24/Number 1.
q “World Bank Strategic-Issue Management”, in the Vest-Pocket CEO, Decision-Making Tools for Executives, (1986). Prentice Hall, pp. 427-430.
q Strategic Planning and Management: A Review of Recent Experience, World Bank Staff Working Paper, no. 751 (1985).
q Management Development Strategy for Indonesia, World Bank, 1985, (published, 3-Volume Report).
q Towards a Methodology of Planning for Developing Countries, University of Pennsylvania, (1976).
q Testimony to the United States House of Representatives on International Science and Technology Transfer Act of 1974, United States Government, Printing Office (1974).
SPEECHES
Dr. Hanna has been a keynote speaker at many international and regional and national conferences throughout the world. Recent speaking engagements include:
q “Monitoring and Evaluation of e-Government in the Arab World”, at Kennedy School of Government (Harvard) and Dubai School of Government Conference on “From E-government to I-Government”, May 2005.
q Digital Inclusion for Latin America” at Brazil Telecom Access Conference, Rio, May 2005.
q “The Socio-Economic Impact of ICT in Asia”, The Microsoft Government Leaders Forum- Asia, Singapore, November, 2004.
q “Leveraging e-Government for Competitiveness”, keynote speaker, APEC 2nd High level Symposium on e-Government, Mexico, October, 2004.
q “Mainstreaming e-Development: Impact and Opportunities” Keynote speaker, 2nd International Conference on e-Governance, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December, 2004..
q E-Development for National Competitiveness”, Tokyo, Japan, August, 2004.
q “World Bank Role in Promoting the Software Industry in Developing countries”, East-West International Conference on Software Industry, Hawaii, 2004
q “ E-Development for Knowledge Economy: Institutional Change and Social Inclusion”, HUSITA International Conference, Hong Kong, August , 2004
q “E-Government in Socio-Economic Context”, Making Government Digital: First Meeting of Leaders, Mexico City, Mexico, May 2001.
q “Strategic Choices : Information Technology for Reducing Poverty or Creating Wealth?”, InfoDev Annual International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, October 2000.
q “Smart Cities”, Keynote Speaker at The New Millennium: Information Society and City Development, Guangzhou, China, October 2000.
q “Information Technology for Development: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century”, Keynote Speaker at the Annual IT Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 1999.
q “Three Perspectives on Information Technology”, Annual Conference of US-India Business Council, June, 1999.
q Presentations and speeches at DFID, UNCTAD, Stanford/Silicon Valley, MIT, CMU, IDRC/Canada, Russia, Armenia, Turkey, Romania, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Switzerland, Germany, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Singapore.
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