Raymond L. Newkirk, Psy.D., Ph.D., D.G., I.O.M., F.A.B.I., F.B.I.M., founded Systems Management Institute in 1986 with the complexities of today's world in mind - a world marked by the challenges of global trends which stretch the limits of accepted paths to professional education. SMI is attuned to the problems of today while driven by the challenges of tomorrow. We are both "now oriented" and "future driven." We deliver learning content designed to solve today's problems with proven solutions and seek to bring the discoveries of virtual-learning research into the practical world of business enterprise.

Mission of the Founder

In 1986, recognizing the need to extend the disciplined inquiry of virtual-learning into the business community, Dr. Raymond L. Newkirk built a team of executives, consultants, and learning experts to form the Systems Management Institute. The mission was clear. Through softskills-focused virtual-learning programs, SMI will:

• Bridge the gap between academia and business to introduce virtual-learning as a practical approach to business problem solving;
  
  
• Facilitate the extension of virtual-learning into business and government organizations to solve complex problems throughout the world;
  
  
• Promote the use of virtual-learning concepts, principles, and technologies in the development of high performance workgroups, organizations, and enterprises;
  
  
• Enable professionals to increase knowledge and expertise or build competence in the professional softskills;
  
  
• Provide a global knowledge repository of virtual-learning content, and
  
  
• Become recognized throughout the world as the leading authority on softskills development.

Systems Management Institute is a successful international professional services company that provides a range of training, development and virtual-learning consulting services to emerging and established companies.