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About Joel Mangan
Executive Director, P-TECH, IBM Corporate Social Responsibility
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-mangan-364403
Joel Mangan is the Executive Director of the P-TECH Network at IBM. P-TECH is a global education innovation approach that fuses secondary and post-secondary education with local industry and employer engagement to prepare students for the future of work. P-TECH creates pathways for students from under-served communities to acquire skills and cost-free graduate qualifications and opportunities for graduates to contribute their talents and benefit from economic growth in the digital economy.
Joel has grown the P-TECH model from 7 countries to 24 countries that have integrated P-TECH into their education systems with 100,000 students coming through the program.
Joel was previously the Global Health Initiatives Leader at the IBM Foundation. He led work with the American Cancer Society that culminated in access pricing agreements that reduced the price of cancer therapies for 20 low-income countries by half. His work comprised of bringing new technology and building new partnerships to tackle health disparities in the emerging health systems.
He brings more than 20 years of experience in technology-led business transformation prior to joining IBM CSR. As a Senior Managing Consultant in IBM’s consulting services business, Mr. Mangan led many large-scale commercial transformation projects in the supply chain, healthcare, and asset management for major industrial companies, working in Europe, Africa, and the US.
