Emeka Nwankwo

Dr. Emeka Nwankwo is an engineer and business development specialist; has a Doctorate in chemical engineering from Columbia University, New York and a Master’s Degree in enterprise development from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, England. He worked at DuPont’s Central Research & Development Division leading projects on business process improvement, and new venture development. He has business experience in trade development, manufacturing process development & management, energy conservation, health care & wellness delivery, process modeling, simulation and optimization, and process simulation software development. His QSL work spans several continents and focuses on developing new businesses in emerging markets. He leads a team of specialists supporting businesses seeking to deploy technologies or expand existing operations, develop new market opportunities, or improve productivity. He is Chairman of Aquada Development Corporation, Ltd. an African manufacturing consortium & President of Vertical Optimization, LLC, a DC business development firm. He was a Senior Visiting Lecturer at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University and the GWC Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University. He has extensive publications in technical areas and community-based infrastructure/trade development and serves on several boards. He has given major presentations and is a frequent speaker at many international conferences and forums such as the AGOA Forum.