Professor Hewick is Chairman of the Sustainable Development program at Alma Mater Europaea University. He has been a visiting professor, of business and economics, in Moldova, Romania, Bolivia, Slovenia and Croatia. He is VP of the Global Family Business Institute, member of ERENET (Entrepreneurship Research Education Network of Central Europe) and KEN (the Knowledge Economy Network). In Canada, as an Associate Professor, he taught for over 20 years. Dr. Hewick has spoken at 39 international economic development conferences in 14 different countries. He has written 4 books, 6 book chapters and 22 journal articles. He is known for his “grassroots, no nonsense business approach” with respect to business and organizations building their business models based on hard data analysis and due diligence. Dr. Hewick’s 50-year professional career has been evenly split between academe and industry. As a businessman Dr. Hewick is President of Hewick Research Inc. a Canadian technology commercialization firm specializing in due diligence. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors at GruMac Inc., Founder of First Line Venture Capital, and member of the Board of Advisors for Rocklinc Investment Partners. He has started, grown, and successfully exited two international businesses.  He has been honored by Florida State University (USA) as their “Distinguished Alumni for Business and Industry”, Wilfrid Laurier University as ‘Alumnus of the Year’ and by the Ontario Government (Canada) for his transformative impact on public-private partnerships.