Christopher (Rusty) Tunnard teaches International Business at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and has recently been appointed the Hitachi Fellow for Technology and International Affairs. For many years, he was a principal at Arthur D. Little (ADL) in their Travel and Technology management consulting practice in Brussels and in London. He is a recognized expert on innovation and technology-led change in the international communications, travel, and financial service industries. In addition, Tunnard was a senior member of ADL’s Professional Development staff, and he created and/ or delivered a full range of skills courses in consulting and related business skills. Prior to joining ADL, he directed worldwide strategy and technology partnerships for the Travel Division of American Express TRS Co. He has also run his own consulting firm and has owned and operated a hotel barge company in southern France.

Tunnard’s consulting background led to a particular interest in research at the nexus of resistance movements, new technologies, and social network analysis. His doctoral dissertation focused on the use of technology in the formation of resistance networks that eventually led to peaceful regime change in Serbia in the 1990s. Currently, he is looking at the roles that social networks and social media can play in building up institutions and civil society in countries that have used them effectively in bringing down long-time democratic dictatorships, most recently in Tunisia and Egypt. In addition, he is developing analytical methods to examine public and private social networks and their impact on organizations.

Dr. Tunnard holds MA, MALD and PhD degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and he received his AB from Harvard.