Kenneth W. Bleakley

Ken Bleakley is President of FONEMED, LLC and an international authority on communications and information technology. Ken is a frequent keynote speaker at international events such as the Informatics 2000 Initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter@ctive Forum of the International Telecommunication Union and World Health Organization and Caribbean/Latin American Action, where he is also leader of their Committee on Communications and Information Technology. He heads Americas Healthnet which, in cooperation with the Pan American Health Organization, is seeking to fulfill the Summit of the Americas mandate to expand access to health care through informatics.

Prior to his association with FONEMED, Bleakley was president and CEO of First Personal Communications, Inc. (now a wholly owned subsidiary of FONEMED, LLC). He provided strategic coordination and substantive input to FPC/Experts Abroad in its mission of serving leading organizations in the telecommunications and information technology industry. He was also CEO of Comunicaciones Magazine, the authoritative Spanish language publication on communications and informatics technology.

Previously Mr. Bleakley was President Bush's Senior Deputy U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy. His distinguished career as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer included direction of one of the Government's largest overseas diplomatic missions and of extensive global programs as well as the presidency of the American Foreign Service Association and awards from the Secretaries of State and of Defense. Mr. Bleakley is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and holds a Masters Degree in Management Information Technology from the American University. He is a graduate of the National Defense University's Capstone Program for general and flag officers and of the US Foreign Service Institute Senior Seminar for International Management.

Ken resides in Miami with his wife, Jane. Their two daughters and their families live in Florida.