"We live in a world in which every aspect of our existence is influenced by inordinate amounts of complexity. Technical Complexity, for example, is not necessarily the same as Economic Complexity although the two are related. Similarly, Public Health andSocial Complexity are different as well. Nonetheless, one thing above all is a prominent feature of today's world; all the various types and forms of complexity are not only related, but deeply intertwined. Today, an idea can travel the globe in mere seconds thanks to the internet and social media! These factors make our world today so complex and extremely different from previous ages in history"--
Rune Storesund has a BA in Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz and a BS in Civil Engineering, part of a joint 'dual degree' program between the two schools which intended to 'diversity' engineering students. He has a Master of Civil Engineering and Doctorate of Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley. He is a Professional Geotechnical and Civil Engineer, Board Certified Diplomat of the National Academy of Forensic Engineering, and Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Dr. Storesund is the CEO and President of his boutique engineering and risk consulting firm Storesund Consulting, the CEO and President of his civil works construction company Storesund Construction, Inc. the CEO and President NextGen Mapping,Inc., an innovative software development company, and the CEO/President of his non-profit "SafeR3" that focuses on the Safety, Reliability, Resilience, and Risk-Reduction of critical infrastructures. He is the Executive Director of the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management at UC Berkeley specializing in state-of-the-art research and application of safety and reliability of critical infrastructure systems.
Ian I. Mitroff is credited as being one of the principal founders of the modern field of Crisis Management. He has a BS, MS, and a PhD in Engineering and the Philosophy of Social Systems Science from UC Berkeley. He Is Professor Emeritus from the Marshall School of Business and the Annenberg School of Communication at USC. Currently, he is a Senior Research Affiliate in the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, UC Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Management. He has published 41 books. His most recent are: Techlash: The Future of the Socially Responsible Tech Organization, Springer, New York, 2020. The Psychodynamics of Enlightened Leadership; Coping with Chaos, Co-authored with Ralph H. Kilmann, Springer, New York, 2021. His latest is: The Socially Responsible Organization: Lessons from Covid 19, Springer, New York, 2022.
