William Reckmeyer

Professor of Leadership & Systems, San Jose State University
Faculty Chair | Global Citizenship Program, Salzburg Global Seminar

Email: reckmeyer@sbcglobal.net

Biographical Info: Bill is a systems scientist and practitioner whose teaching, research, and consulting has focused on the use of cybernetics to develop integrated collaborative approaches for addressing hyper-complex institutional and global issues. Most of his work over the past forty years has involved leading multi-year strategic change efforts in a broad mix of organizational/interagency settings and providing senior-level policy advice for the US, Californian, and Australian governments. Major professional responsibilities during the past decade have included positions as Faculty Chair of the Global Citizenship Program at Salzburg Global Seminar; Chief Systems Scientist for the Systems of Systems Center of Excellence with the US Department of Defense; and Strategic Advisor & Core Faculty for the California Agricultural Leadership Program. He has also served as a Visiting Professor or Senior Fellow at Harvard, Stanford, Sydney, Stockholm, and several other leading universities in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Bill is a Life Fellow and a former President of the American Society for Cybernetics; has been a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, Salzburg Global Fellow, Fulbright Scholar-Host, and AASCU Global Scholar; and was recently honored by San José State as its Outstanding Professor. The author or editor of more than 60 books, articles, studies, and reports, his current work focuses on cybernetic approaches to global citizenship and to integrated national strategies.