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'''Marcus Birkenkrahe''' (born 29 December 1963 as ''Marcus Speh'' in [[Bad Kreuznach]], [[Germany]]) is a [[physicist]] and [[information architect]] who also works as an executive coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brandeins.de/magazine/brand-eins-wirtschaftsmagazin/2006/komplexitaet/alles-funktioniert|title=German Economics magazine "Brandeins", June 2006|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>


After obtaining his [[Abitur]] in 1983, Birkenkrahe studied physics, mathematics and chemistry at the [[University of Hamburg]]. In 1994, he worked as a research assistant at [[DESY]] in Zeuthen near [[Berlin]] and earned his [[Doctor of science|doctorate]] with a dissertation on [[multigrid]] computations for [[lattice gauge theory|lattice gauge theories]] using [[object-oriented programming|object-oriented]], [[literate programming]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-library.desy.de/diss96.html|title=Thesis_to 1996|website=www-library.desy.de|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>
'''Marcus Birkenkrahe''' (born December 29, 1963 as ''Marcus Speh'' in [[Bad Kreuznach]], [[Germany]]) is a [[physicist]], [[information architect]] and [[writer]] who also works as an [[Coaching|Executive Coach]]<ref>[http://www.brandeins.de/home/inhalt_detail.asp?id=1889&MenuID=130&MagID=69&umenuid=1 German Economics magazine "Brandeins", June 2006]</ref>.


After obtaining his high school degree in 1983 from [[Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums]] and [[Latymer Upper School]], Birkenkrahe studied physics, mathematics and chemistry at the [[University of Hamburg]]. In 1994, he worked as a research assistant at [[DESY]] in Zeuthen near [[Berlin]] and obtained his [[Doctor of science|doctorate]] with a dissertation on [[multigrid]] computations for [[lattice gauge theory|lattice gauge theories]] using [[object orientation|object-oriented]], [[literate programming]]<ref>[http://www-library.desy.de/diss96.html DESY Library of Dissertations]</ref>. As co-founder and chairman of the Globewide Network Academy (GNA), he received the awards for "Best Campus-Wide Information System"<ref>[http://botw.org/1994/awards/campus.aspx Best of the Web Awards 1994, Best Campus-Wide Information System]</ref> and "Best Educational Site"<ref>[http://botw.org/1994/awards/educate.aspx Best of Web Awards 1994 - Educational Service]</ref> at the [http://www94.web.cern.ch/WWW94/ First World-Wide Web conference] in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] in 1994. Between 1995 and 2001 he worked as a corporate IT executive for [[Accenture]] and [[Royal Dutch Shell]]<ref>[http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/complexity/Research/icoss.html London School Of Economics Complexity Research Group]</ref>. He was a Fellow of the [[Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce]] (RSA), [[London]] (1998-2008) and has been a registered expert and reviewer for [[knowledge management]] for the European Union since 1999. In 2002, he served as a visiting professor for [[knowledge management]] at the [[University of Auckland]] Business School where he won the "Best Paper 2002" award of the [http://www.uabr.auckland.ac.nz/ University of Auckland Business Review]<ref>[http://www.business.auckland.ac.nz/comwebcontent/index.cfm?fs=pgv&articleID=353&pageID=28 University of Auckland Business School News]</ref><ref>[http://www.ikmagazine.com/xq/asp/sid.0/articleid.B2C08675-06BF-4955-91C2-75128B65B615/eTitle.Its_a_small_world_The_effects_of_globalisation_on_knowledge_management/qx/display.htm It's A Small World, Interview, IKmagazine, June 2002]</ref>.
As co-founder and chairman of the Globewide Network Academy (GNA), he received the awards for "Best Campus-Wide Information System"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://botw.org/1994/awards/campus.aspx|title=Best of the Web Awards 1994, Best Campus-Wide Information System|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> and "Best Educational Site"<ref name="botw" /> at the [http://www94.web.cern.ch/WWW94/ First World-Wide Web conference] ([[w:World Wide Web Conference 1|WWW1]]) in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] in 1994. Between 1995 and 2001 he worked as a corporate IT executive for [[Accenture]] and [[Royal Dutch Shell]].<ref>[http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/complexity/Research/icoss.html London School Of Economics Complexity Research Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929104501/http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/complexity/Research/icoss.html |date=2008-09-29 }}</ref>


He was a Fellow of the [[Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce]] (RSA), [[London]] (1998–2008) and has been a registered expert and reviewer for [[knowledge management]] for the European Union since 1999. In 2002, he served as a visiting professor for [[knowledge management]] at the [[University of Auckland]] Business School where he won the "Best Paper 2002" award of the [http://www.uabr.auckland.ac.nz/ University of Auckland Business Review].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.business.auckland.ac.nz/comwebcontent/index.cfm?fs=pgv&articleID=353&pageID=28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016012436/http://www.business.auckland.ac.nz/comwebcontent/index.cfm?fs=pgv&articleID=353&pageID=28|url-status=dead|title=University of Auckland Business School News|archive-date=16 October 2008|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikmagazine.com/xq/asp/sid.0/articleid.B2C08675-06BF-4955-91C2-75128B65B615/eTitle.Its_a_small_world_The_effects_of_globalisation_on_knowledge_management/qx/display.htm|title=It's A Small World, Interview, IKmagazine, June 2002|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>
Since 2007, Birkenkrahe is a professor of [[management information systems]] at the [[Berlin School of Economics and Law]], a leading German business school<ref>[http://www.hwr-berlin.de/index.php?id=2701&backPID=2700&tx_profiles_daten=140&L=0 Faculty profile Berlin School of Economics and Law]</ref> and Head of [[Electronic learning|E-Learning]] (since 2008). He serves as member of the editorial board for the Int. J. of Learning and Change<ref>[https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=85 Int. J. of Learning and Change]</ref> and of the Int. J. of Innovation in Education <ref>[https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=334 Int. J. of Innovation in Education]</ref>.


From 2007 to 2023, Birkenkrahe was a professor of [[management information systems]] at the [[Berlin School of Economics and Law]], a German University of Applied Sciences<ref>[http://www.hwr-berlin.de/en/service/contacts/staff/contact/marcus-birkenkrahe/ Faculty profile Berlin School of Economics and Law]</ref> and Head of [[Electronic learning|E-Learning]] (since 2008).
Birkenkrahe publishes [[flash fiction]] under the [[pen names]] '''Finnegan Flawnt''' and '''Marcus Speh'''. He is an honorary member of [[Alpha Mu Gamma]], the national collegiate foreign language honor society of the USA since 2009. He lives in Berlin with his wife, American artist Carlye Birkenkrahe and their daughter Lucia.


In 2021 he joined the [[Lyon College]] in [[Batesville, Arkansas]] as visiting professor of [[Data Science]] on a leave of absence from the Berlin School of Economics and Law. In 2022 he accepted a permanent position as Professor of Computer and Data Science at Lyon College.<ref>[https://www.lyon.edu/marcus-birkenkrahe Faculty profile Lyon College]</ref>


He serves as member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Big Data Management<ref>[https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijbdm Int. J. of Big Data Management]</ref> and of the International Journal of Data Science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijds#edboard-content|title=Int. J. of Data Science|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>


==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://birkenkrahe.com/wordpress Personal blog].
* [http://fuddyduddyfan.wordpress.com/interview-with-marcus-speh/ Interview] for ''Voices'', a literary community.
* [https://www.hwr-berlin.de/birkenkrahe/ Faculty Profile] – at [[Berlin School of Economics and Law]].
* [http://www.birkenkrahe.com/blog "Birkenkrahe Bloggs"] - Birkenkrahe's professional blog.
* [http://www.hwr-berlin.de/index.php?id=1015&backPID=605&tx_profiles_daten=140&L=0 Faculty Profile] - at HWR Berlin.
* [http://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=User:MSB Wikiversity Userpage].
* {{Google scholar id|Vvnwsv0AAAAJ}}
* [http://flawnt.me "Flawnt"] - Finnegan Flawnt's home page.

* [http://marcusspeh.com "Nothing To Flawnt"] - Marcus Speh's writer home page.
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Marcus Birkenkrahe
Born
Speh

(1963-12-29)29 December 1963
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg
OrganizationLyon College
TitleProfessor of Computer and Data Science
AwardsBest of Web Award 1994[1]

Marcus Birkenkrahe (born 29 December 1963 as Marcus Speh in Bad Kreuznach, Germany) is a physicist and information architect who also works as an executive coach.[2]

After obtaining his Abitur in 1983, Birkenkrahe studied physics, mathematics and chemistry at the University of Hamburg. In 1994, he worked as a research assistant at DESY in Zeuthen near Berlin and earned his doctorate with a dissertation on multigrid computations for lattice gauge theories using object-oriented, literate programming.[3]

As co-founder and chairman of the Globewide Network Academy (GNA), he received the awards for "Best Campus-Wide Information System"[4] and "Best Educational Site"[1] at the First World-Wide Web conference (WWW1) in Geneva, Switzerland in 1994. Between 1995 and 2001 he worked as a corporate IT executive for Accenture and Royal Dutch Shell.[5]

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA), London (1998–2008) and has been a registered expert and reviewer for knowledge management for the European Union since 1999. In 2002, he served as a visiting professor for knowledge management at the University of Auckland Business School where he won the "Best Paper 2002" award of the University of Auckland Business Review.[6][7]

From 2007 to 2023, Birkenkrahe was a professor of management information systems at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, a German University of Applied Sciences[8] and Head of E-Learning (since 2008).

In 2021 he joined the Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas as visiting professor of Data Science on a leave of absence from the Berlin School of Economics and Law. In 2022 he accepted a permanent position as Professor of Computer and Data Science at Lyon College.[9]

He serves as member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Big Data Management[10] and of the International Journal of Data Science.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Best of Web Awards 1994 – Educational Service". Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ "German Economics magazine "Brandeins", June 2006". Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Thesis_to 1996". www-library.desy.de. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Best of the Web Awards 1994, Best Campus-Wide Information System". Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  5. ^ London School Of Economics Complexity Research Group Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "University of Auckland Business School News". Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ^ "It's A Small World, Interview, IKmagazine, June 2002". Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. ^ Faculty profile Berlin School of Economics and Law
  9. ^ Faculty profile Lyon College
  10. ^ Int. J. of Big Data Management
  11. ^ "Int. J. of Data Science". Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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