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Jose Lepervanche, Ph. D.
Dr. Jose Lepervanche is a Professor of Supervision and Management at Florida State College at Jacksonville - Kent Campus. He teaches Management Theory and Practice, Strategic Management, Management of Information Systems and the Capstone Project in Supervision and Management. Dr. Lepervanche is a retired Venezuelan Naval Officer and a Nuclear Engineer graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He’s been a technology innovator and an Internet pioneer. He was part of the team that introduced the first commercial online service in Venezuela. Later he traveled around South America to promote the “Network of the Americas.” He has been honored as 2009 National Distinguished Scoutmaster, 2010 Innovative Technology Faculty Award, and 2011 NISOD Excellence Award. His motto “Life is a continuous learning adventure.”
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FINANCIAL HEALTH: Surviving CyberMonday and other holiday shopping waves
By Jose Lepervanche, Ph. D. Mon, November 28, 2011 3:53 pm EDT -- Category
The day after Thanksgiving, also known as “Black Friday,” is the first of the big shopping waves of the holiday season. It’s the time of the year where retailers and online stores push their products to the next levels. “Cyber Monday” was originally created to make additional offers to employees returning to work. Today, with more home computers, tablets, and smart-phones, consumers do not have to wait until Monday to start getting the cyber-deals. Last week we were even able to dig into all newspaper flyers online before they were delivered to your doorsteps. These waves also bring “sharks” closer to us. Scams, misleading offers, and increases in credit card debt are also part of this shopping “cybersea.” Here are some tips to survive with your finances in tact.
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News Websites: Real-Time News and 9/11
By Jose Lepervanche, Ph. D. Thu, September 08, 2011 4:11 pm EDT -- Category - Education
The Web is an additional medium used by major TV cable news networks to expand and complement the dissemination of international, national, local, or other news that help users improve their knowledge and make informed professional and personal decisions. News websites provides an excellent way to present news to users who are willing to accept this technology and perceive that it is useful and easy to use. News websites allow professors to bring current events to the classroom and to e-family leaders to bring current events to their e-family members in real time.
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CyberChronicles: Stories about innovative technologies in the “CyberSea.”
By Jose Lepervanche, Ph. D. Mon, June 13, 2011 8:21 am EDT -- Category
I’ve been blogging since the mid 90’s when I posted my first Web Adventures website. It was not called “blogging” at that time, so I decided to call it “CyberChronicles” or “CyberNautical Chronicles” because I believed that the Internet was not an Information Superhighway. During the conference COMDEX in Miami in 1996 I did a presentation where I talked about the “Cybersea.”