Marvin Zonis is Professor Emeritus, the Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago.

At Chicago’s Business School, Zonis teaches courses on International Political Economy, Leadership, and E-Commerce. He was the first professor at the Business School to teach a course on the effects of digital technologies on global business. He also consults to corporations and professional asset management firms throughout the world, helping them to identify, assess, and manage their political risks in the changing global environment. Zonis is a co-founder and Chairman of DSD, a software development company based in Moscow and Chicago. He is a member of the Board of Directors of CNA Financial, the global insurance and financial services firm, the Board of Directors of Go2Call, a VoIP company, the Board of Advisors of Syntek, a European Private Equity Venture Capital Firm focusing on TMT (telecom, media and technology). He is a member of the Comptroller General’s Board of Advisors of the General Accountability Office of the U.S. Government, a Fellow of DiamondCluster International, a global technology consulting firm, a member of the Board of Directors of the Fondation Etats Unis, Paris and the Board of Advisers of the Centre for Business Management, Queen Mary University of London.