Open Remark by Prof. Widodo. S.Si, M.Si, Ph.D. Med.Sc

Rector of Universitas Brawijaya

Dr. Lew Tek-Yew is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Marketing and Digital Business, Faculty of Business, Curtin University Malaysia.  His areas of research interests are  future of work, psychological capital, employee engagement, organizational commitment, job performance and psychological well-being. He  holds a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development  and has published over 30 journals articles in peer reviewed journals such as Employee Relations, Sustainability, International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing, Journal of Asia Business Studies, Sarawak Development Journal and Bankers’ Journal Malaysia.  

Jay Rajasekera is currently Professor of Digital Business and Strategy at the Institute of International Strategy (IIS) in Tokyo International University and also serves as a Vice President.

Professor Rajasekera’s professional career started in 1984 at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, USA upon earning his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. Among his many contributions at Bell Laboratories, he designed a "repeater optimization" computer algorithm for the construction of the world's first Undersea Fiber Optic Cable TAT-8 between the US and Europe, which saved millions of dollars of construction costs. His patented algorithm has been in use for designing multi-billion dollar Undersea Fiber Optic Cable systems, which carry a large percentage of the Internet traffic today for major telecommunication carriers. He also earned the Special Contribution Award twice by Bell Laboratories. These algorithms helped AT&T save millions more and win undersea cable projects around the world totaling more than 20 billion USD. In addition, one of his online scheduling systems has been in use for accepting multi-billion dollars of orders per year at Lucent Technologies.