Management Team

Axel Leblois , Co-Founder, President, W2i LLC
While serving as President of W2i LLC and overseeing its activities, Axel Leblois has personally led several programs developed by W2i in partnership with the United Nations: the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict), a flagship partnership initiative of GAID , the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development. Most recently, he also established CIFAL Atlanta, a capacity building center for public officials across the Americas and an affiliate of UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in partnership with the City of Atlanta.
Prior to founding W2i, Axel Leblois has spent most of his professional career at the helm of technology firms, including as CEO of ExecuTrain, President and CEO of Bull HN Information Systems, CEO of IDC, International Data Corporation and President of Computerworld Communications. He also served as a Director of Wang Laboratories, International Data Group, Peritus Software, ExecuTrain and PSI Data Systems. He is President since 1995 of World Times, Inc., W2i’s main shareholder and an affiliate of International Data Group. 

Daniel Aghion , Executive Director, Co-Founder
Daniel Aghion established W2i as the leading thought leadership platform on applications of broadband wireless for local government. During that period Daniel Aghion was instrumental in developing strong relationships with international organizations such as the United Nations ICT Task Force (preceeding organization to the Global Alliance for ICR for Development)and the UNITAR, resulting in: programs raising awareness of opportunities presented by the Wireless Internet in developing countries, the establishment of CIFAL Atlanta a joint initiative between  the UNITAR and the City of Atlanta focused on capacity building center for public officials across the Americas and the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information& Communicatins Technologies (G3ict), a flagship initiative of GAID.
Daniel Aghion has a broad international technology sales, business development, marketing and general-management background, having successively served as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, with GlobeID, a large-scale Internet Payment Systems provider; Vice President, International IDE/Aranex, a network systems provider; Vice President, Marketing, SoftNet, an enterprise software applications vendor. Daniel worked eight years with Digital Communications Associates (DCA), a network-to-mainframe connectivity vendor, successively serving in various channel-management positions and as Director of Marketing. Before joining DCA, he was the founder and Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of Micro Connection International, a European networking product distributor. Daniel began his career as a publisher in the business-publishing field.

Peter Orne , Editorial Director
Peter Orne became W2i's Editorial Director in 2002, when its parent was World Times, Inc. Shortly before joining World Times in 1999, he served as a U.N.-accredited election observer in East Timor. He was managing editor of the The WorldPaper from 2000 to 2003. In addition to reporting for California newspapers, Mr. Orne was an editor at Annual Reviews, Inc. He has a B.A. from Wesleyan University, and an M.J. from the Graduate School of Journalism at U.C. Berkeley.

Bill Byron Concevitch, Chief Learning Officer, Education and Professional Development Programs
Bill Byron Concevitch is a veteran of the learning and training industry, currently serving as a Fellow to The Learning Consortium.  His career posts include Chief Talent and Learning Officer of Witness Systems/Verint Inc., CLO of ExecuTrain, and President of Mentergy.  Bill is a featured keynote speaker at major learning /education industry events, including those presented by The Conference Board, Learnshare, and Elliott Masie.  He is a published author of several business books, including Counter-Intuitive Selling: Mastering the Art of the Unexpected (Kaplan Business Publishing).