Digital Transformation

Meet Your Instructor - Fram Akiki

Fram Akiki is Co-Founder and President of Joun Technologies, a management, technical and educational consulting group that works with electronics and semiconductor clients on a variety of operational and strategic transformations. He is also an adjunct instructor at Clarkson University and Cal State University, teaching courses on digital transformation, analytics, and management information systems.

In his 35 years in the electronics and semiconductor industry, he has led business units with more than $ 800 million in revenue and operations groups with over $ 1.5 billion in spend. His executive assignments have spanned international locations in the areas engineering, product management, sales, marketing, and operations for IBM, Qualcomm, and Siemens.

Fram holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clarkson University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.B.A. in International Business from The University of Vermont. He has presented at a number of industry events and holds a patent on RFID/Cellular connectivity for the IoT market.

Outside of the technology industry, Fram enjoys playing hockey and golf and recently completed his Adirondack 46er - a hiking challenge to hike the 46 High Peaks of Northern NY.