Octavio Heredia is Director for Global Outreach & Extended Education in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. During his tenure since 2002, he has assumed several roles within the organization and currently leads the efforts of the Schools of Engineering in research and product development for innovative technology in higher education. As Director, he is responsible for the planning, implementation and support of graduate engineering online programs, custom corporate projects delivered across the world and implementing innovative technology-based learning solutions across the Fulton Engineering learning organization. Most recent, Mr. Heredia is architecting a national distance education network across Vietnam through an innovative industry-government-academic alliance project.