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Antonio Oftelie

Antonio Oftelie is the Executive Director of the Leadership for a Networked World Program (LNW) where he guides overall program development, produces research on innovation in policy and technology and teaches cases on leadership and strategic management.

During his time at Harvard and with Leadership for a Networked World, Mr. Oftelie created internationally recognized frameworks and maturity models for organizational innovation and value creation including the Shared Services Horizons of Value, the Public Sector Value Chain and the Human Services Value Curve.

In conjunction with LNW, Mr. Oftelie also advises senior government and business executives on organizational transformation by helping them to evolve their mission and strategy, ideate new business and service models, build adaptive capacity, and create performance and value measures. In this capacity he has directly advised four governors, five federal agencies, numerous state and local governments and private and public companies on topics ranging from IT outsourcing and shared services to homeland security and pandemic response to economic development, product and service design, organizational collaboration, government relations and public-private partnership strategies.

Mr. Oftelie holds a BS in Management and Ethics from Crown College and an MPA with a Business & Government Policy concentration from Harvard University where he focused his studies on leadership and public management at the Harvard Kennedy School and on strategic management, technology and innovation at Harvard Business School. 

Cases and Publications

Harvard Speaking and Teaching Engagements

  • Human Services Summit:Overall curriculum development, case teaching and program development, October 2010.
  • Public Sector Shared Services Summit:Overall curriculum development, case teaching and lecturing, July 2009 and June 2010.
  • Leadership for a Networked World, Course #MLD-480: Case teaching under the direction of Professor Jerry Mechling, 2007 – 2010.
  • Leadership and Strategic Management for Chief Information Officers:Case teaching and lecturing, June 2008
  • Government 2.0 – The Leadership Agenda: Case teaching and lecturing, May 2008
  • Innovation through IT for Senior Leaders:Case teaching and lecturing, February 2008
  • Cross-Boundary Governance via Standards: Case teaching and lecturing, September 2007
  • Shared Services – the Next Frontier: Case teaching and lecturing, May 2007
  • Portfolio Management and Communications: Case teaching and lecturing, April 2007
  • Leadership and Politics of Cross-Boundary Reform:Case teaching and lecturing, October 2006
  • Project Design and Implementation: Case teaching and lecturing, September 2006
  • Governance – Improving Cross-Boundary Coordination and Control: Case teaching and lecturing, July 2006
  • Executive Sponsorship for Cross-Boundary Transformation: Case teaching and lecturing, May 2006
  • Harvard Law School – Internet & Society Conference: Presentation on “Technology and Social Ecosystems,” September 2004

Government and Industry Speaking and Teaching Engagements

  • American Public Human Services Association:Presentation on Human Services Value Curve, March 2011
  • National Association of State Comptrollers:Presentation on cross-jurisdiction collaboration, March 2011
  • Border Governor’s Conference: Presentation on Web 2.0 and emerging technology for policy collaboration among U.S. and Mexico border states, August 2008
  • University of Ottawa, Government Services in a Networked World: Content development and lecture on public sector innovation, June 2008
  • Federal Communications Commission: Presentation on Network-Enabled Business Models and communication tools for pandemic planning and response, March 2008
  • National Congress on Secure Communities: Presentation on emerging business models for homeland security preparation and response, December 2007

Current and Recent Advising Engagements

  • State of California: Advisor to the Office of the Governor and Chief Information Officer on transformation to a new model of IT governance, agency executive training, and implementation of statewide collaboration network. January 2009 to present.
  • Accenture:Advisor to the Finance and Administration Industry practice area on shared services market strategy and development of shared services research and executive education programs. January 2009 to present.
  • Commonwealth of Virginia and Northrop Grumman:Advised leadership on IT outsourcing strategy and developed a comprehensive customer satisfaction (agency customers) plan and model for the commonwealth’s public/private partnership. 2008.
  • Border Governors Association:Advised the California Office of the Governor and Chief Information Officer on Web 2.0 strategies for enabling policy outcomes among U.S. and Mexican Border States. 2008.
  • Cisco Systems and Oakland County Michigan:Led a test of emerging policy and technology methods during a live pandemic simulation, analyzed results and produced a white paper for Cisco Systems on innovation in policy and technology. 2007 to 2008.
  • National Council on Readiness and Preparedness:Advised organizational Chair, Governor James Gilmore, on regional homeland security models for preparation and response during the first 72 hours of a natural or human made disaster. 2006 to 2008.
  • Environmental Protection Agency and Environmental Council of States:Advised officials on formulating a structure for their public/private partnership and created a revenue plan and pricing models for monetizing environmental data. 2006 to 2007.
  • CA (Formerly Computer Associates):Advised management on market strategy for state and local technology solutions division, created an executive education program and facilitated training sessions for teams. 2006 to 2007.

VisionShare:Advised the Chief Executive Officer on the firms branding and positioning and created a web marketing strategy for their healthcare secure information exchange market offerings. 2004 to 2005.