Melvin B. Greer Jr.

Melvin Greer is Managing Director of the Greer Institute for Leadership and Innovation, focused on research and deployment of his 21st Century Leadership Model. His systems and software engineering experience has resulted in patented inventions in Cloud Computing, Synthetic Biology and IoT Bio-sensors for edge analytics.

He functions as a principal investigator in advanced research studies, including Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology and Additive Manufacturing. Mr. Greer is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and U.S. National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, GUIRR.

Mr. Greer has been awarded the 2017 BDPA Lifetime Achievement Award and the BEYA 2012 Technologist of the Year Award, which recognize his outstanding technical contribution and technical products that have a broad impact and high value to society as a whole. Melvin Greer has been appointed Fellow of the National Cyber security Institute where he assists government, industry, military, and academic sectors meet the challenges in cyber security policy, technology and education.

In addition to his professional and investment roles, he is Chief Data Scientist, Public Sector, Intel Corporation. He is also a member of the International Monetary Fund / World Bank, Bretton Woods Committee where he explores how deployment of enabling technologies relates to private sector development, commercial opportunities, global financial stability and social responsibility. Mr. Greer is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities and is an accomplished author; his fifth book “Practical Cloud Security: A Cross-Industry View” is his most recently published book.

Mr. Greer serves on the Board of Trustees for Capitol Technology University in Laurel, Maryland and on the Board of Directors for the Northern Virginia Children’s Science Center. As a popular educator and board member at a number of Historical Black Colleges and Universities, Greer is leading science, technology, mathematical and engineering (STEM) research initiatives, directly trying to shape a more diverse generation of up-and-coming technical talent.

Greer received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems and Technology and his Master of Science in Information Systems from American University, Wash. D.C. He also completed the Executive Leadership Program at the Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School and the Entrepreneurial Finance Post Graduate Program at MIT, Sloan School of Management.