People
U.S.A. STAFF
Dr Bill Cope — Managing Director
Bill Cope, Ph.D, has been a director of Common Ground Publishing since 1984. He is a research professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is a former First Assistant Secretary in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs in the Australian Federal Government. His academic research and writing crosses a number of disciplines, including history, education and sociology; and examines themes as varied as immigration, workplace change and literacy learning.
bill.cope@commongroundpublishing.com
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope — Associate Director
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope has completed a Bachelor of Arts (Public Policy) with Honours at Monash University in Melbourne, and a Masters of Arts (international Relations) with Honours from The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He has worked in various research roles for the Victorian Justice Department and the City of Darebin and was the a Co-Host for many years of a Greek/Australian Youth Hour on ZZZ Community Radio in Melbourne. Currently he is a Ph.D candidate at The New School For Social Research in New York City.
phillip@commongroundpublishing.com
Tamsyn Gilbert — Conference and Journal Associate
Tamsyn Gilbert has completed a Bachelor of Arts (Cinema Studies and Anthropology) with Honours at the University of Melbourne. She is currently completing a Masters of Arts (Media Studies) at The New School in New York City.
tamsyn@commongroundpublishing.com
Helen Agans — Director of Conference Development
Helen Agans is Common Ground's first US employee and is helping to set up Common Ground's new US office in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. She has a BS in Business from Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Illinois, USA) and an MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
helen@commongroundpublishing.com
Tony Stavely — Conference Program Development
Tony Stavely is Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Keene State College in New Hampshire, USA. He has a PhD from Princeton University and a BA from DePauw University. After training in animal learning and behavior, he shifted his attention to personality and social psychology and the history of psychology. His interests and activities have included environmental psychology, the educational uses of computers, technology and society, and issues of diversity and multiculturalism.
homer.stavely@commongroundpublishing.com
Andy Jeakins — Accounts
Andy Jeakins works on the Common Ground financial team. He has an Associates Applied Science degree in Accounting from Parkland College (Champaign, Illinois, USA) and is completing a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies from Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, Illinois, USA).
andy@commongroundpublishing.com
Amy France — Travel Director
Amy France is the Travel Director for Common Ground. Amy has been in the retail travel business since 1980 and was the owner/manager of her agency, Travel Country, from 1990-2004. Amy has an associate's degree from Danville (IL) Community College.
MELBOURNE STAFF
Liam Magee — Technical Director
Liam Magee is a business development manager for Common Ground. He has six years experience leading the technical direction and development of professional software suites. Previously, he has had extensive experience working with a number of companies in finance, telecommunications, web site development, providing software development and project management skills.
liam@commongroundpublishing.com
Gus Gollings — Design Director
Gus Gollings is a producer for Common Ground. He works in a range of disciplines, from software engineering to research and writing. Gus is a member of the Museum's Board, Technology and Information Committee, Museum Victoria and is a founding member of the Advertising & Commercial Magazine Photographers Digital Group (ACMP DiG).
gus.gollings@commongroundpublishing.com
Kathryn Otte — Publishing Director
Kathryn Otte has worked with Common Ground Publishing since July 1999. Her current role is as Publishing Director. She has a Diploma in Professional Writing and Editing from Victoria University of Technology.
kathryn.otte@commongroundpublishing.com
Ravila Tyagi — Accounts
Ravila Tyagi works in the Common Ground financial team, and has an accounting qualification from Swinburne University.
ravila.tyagi@commongroundpublishing.com
Jacqueline Cheng — Accounts
Jacqueline Cheng works in the Common Ground financial team. She has an Advanced Diploma in Business Accounting from Victoria University of Technology.
jacqueline.cheng@commongroundpublishing.com
MUMBAI TEAM
Technical
Bhupendra A. Chaudhari — Team Leader -Technical Support
Bhupendra A. Chaudhari is a graduate in Commerce from the University of Mumbai and has completed a 3 years Advance Diploma in Software Engineering (ADSE) from Aptech Computer Institute.
bhupendra@commongroundpublishing.com
Zahid Karnekar — Assistant - Technical Support
Zahid A. Karnekar has completed a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from the University of Mumbai and has completed (DNIIT) in Software Programming from NIIT Ltd. (India). Previously, he has worked as a Software Technician (Software customer support - Dell)
zahid@commongroundpublishing.com
Shrikant Patil — Linux Administrator
Shrikant Patil is B.Tech in Information Technology and has 18 months experience with Reliance InfoSolution in Linux Administrator and application engineering. He is also qualified with Red Hat Linux Certification with score of 100%. Shrikant looks after technical support and process development.
shrikant@home.commongroundpublishing.com
Web Development
Dipti Desai — Team Leader - Web Design & Maintenance
Dipti Desai has completed post graduation in Commerce (Management). She has also done Diploma in Business Management (DBM), Office Automation, Web Designing, Tally & Programming from NIIT.
deepti@commongroundpublishing.com
Sachin A. Chaudhari — Team Member - Web Design & Typesetting
Sachin Chaudhari has completed graduation in Arts from Mumbai University and has completed Diploma Course in Computer Applications.
sachin@commongroundpublishing.com
CGSupport
Priya Gaikwad — Team Leader - Conference Support
Priya Gaikwad is a graduate in Commerce from Mumbai University and has completed an Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering (ADSE) from Aptech University.
priya@commongroundpublishing.com
Mallesh Garige — Team Member - Conference Support
Mallesh Garige is a graduate in Commerce from the Mumbai University, look after conference support and have 3 years experience with school in administration.
mallesh@home.commongroundpublishing.com
Pinky Chhatbar — Team Member - Conference Support
Pinky Chhatbar comes with 2 years experience in event management of exhibitions and seminars. She looks after conference client support.
pinky@commongroundpublishing.com
Publishing
Mugdha Vaze — Team Leader - Publishing
Mugdha Vaze is a graduate in Zoology from Mumbai University followed by postgraduate Diploma in Environment and Development from SNDT University. Four years industry experience with prime responsibilities of feasibility study reports, inception reports, presentation materials and administration for a environment consultancy firm. Has an academic Degree in Katahk Dance from Akhial Bhartiya University, one of the premier Indian classical dance and art institutes. Has successfully performed shows in Mumbai and won awards for outstanding performance many times.
mugdha@commongroundpublishing.com
Pearl Gomes — Team Member - Publishing & Web
Pearl Gomes is pursuing her post graduation in Economics. She has completed her Higher Diploma in Software Engineering (HDSC) from Aptech Computer Institute.
pearl@commongroundpublishing.com
Typesetting
Saroj Chalke — Team Leader - Typesetting
Saroj Chalke is a Graduate in Commerce from Mumbai University and has an Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering (ADSE) from Aptech Computer Institute.
saroj@commongroundpublishing.com
Tina Rozy Gomes — Senior Team Member - Typesetting
Tina Rozy Gomes is a graduate in Arts from the University of Mumbai, with an Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering Aptech Computer Institute.
tina@commongroundpublishing.com
Sameer Naik — Team Member - Typesetting and harvesting
Sameer Naik has is a graduate in Commerce from Mumbai University and has completed diploma in software applications.
sameer@commongroundpublishing.com
Vilas Deshmukh — Team Member Publishing & Harvesting
Vilas Deshmukh is a graduate in arts (politics and economics). Vilas joined Common Ground after having worked with Indian Government as a investigator. He has over five years experience in electronic publishing and data management. Vilas looks after data management and typesetting at Common Ground.
vilas@commongroundpublishing.com
Shyamal Kamble — Team Member - Typesetting and Harvesting
Shyamal Kamble is a graduate in commerce from the Mumbai University . She has completed diploma in Career Foundation Course and also learning programming.
shyamal@home.commongroundpublishing.com
Machhindra Sukre — Team Member - Typesetting and Harvesting
Machhindra Sukre is a graduate in Physics from Mumbai University, learning .Net from NIIT institute in Mumbai.
machhindra@home.commongroundpublishing.com