Michael Otten

Michael Otten is co-founder of “Reform Elections Now” and “The Green Chimneys Institute” in Brewster, NY, adjunct professor of international business management at EFREI and mentor at INSEAD in France and Singapore. He was president of the Scarsdale Schools (Public $140 Million budget) and Green Chimneys School (Special Education $40 Million, 250 students) and Children’s Services (Nature Based Therapy, 300 animals) Boards. His 30+ years with IBM included managing technology development and business planning for Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America. As CIO, IBM Latin America, he led a $38 million international systems development initiative. He co-authored and guest taught a Technology of Management class, based on a European case study, at Harvard Business School in 2005. He was on the Harvard NY Community Partners Board and led a Civic Engagement consulting effort for the President of Kingsborough College CUNY. He served on a Distinguished Alumni International Economics Panel at Princeton. He judged entrepreneurship competitions at ASHOKA/NYU and INSEAD. He has technical degrees from Princeton (BSEE), Columbia (MS) and American Universities (PhD), and a Harvard MBA. He is currently spearheading an Electoral Reform movement in the USA, cf. ReformElectionsNow.org.

Companies

• Co-Founder Reform Elections Now! (2017)
• Adjunct Professor EFREI (2011)
• Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence INSEAD (2011)
• Co-Founder of GC Institute, prior Agency and School Board President Green Chimneys School and Children's Services (1978)
• Mentor American University (2013 — 2015)
• Alumnus: Winner of 1993 Penick Award, Schools Committee. Alumni International Economics Panelist. Princeton University (2012 — 2013)
• Board Member Harvard Business School Club of New York Community Partners (2007 — 2010)
• Program Director Business Transformation, Systems and Technology Group IBM (2005 — 2009)
• Prior President, Board Member and Chair of various committees Scarsdale Schools (1988 — 2009)

Education

• BSEE Princeton University
• MBA Harvard University
• MS Columbia University
• PhD American University
• Hunter College Elementary School
• Master of Science - MS Columbia University in the City of New York