Zak Van Straaten

Current

• partner and consultant at Pinoak Consulting cc

Past

• Executive Director at Human Sciences Research Council
• professor of philosophy at University of Cape Town
• Senior Lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand

• Lecturer at Univeristy of the Witwatersrand
• Assistant professor at University of Northern Illinois
• junior lecturer (1967) & lecturer (1968 at Rhodes University

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Education

• University of Oxford
• Rhodes University
• Rhodes University

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Education Management

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Zak Van Straaten’s Summary

Expert in knowledge management solutions in business.
Expert in the design and set up of corporate business schools.
Expert in upgrading training departments to deliver world class business education

Zak Van Straaten’s Specialties:

knowledge management solutions for business

Zak Van Straaten’s Experience

• partner and consultant

  Pinoak Consulting cc

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

  July 1998 — Present (11 years 5 months)

  Business Education and Training Consulting
  Knowledge Management Consulting

• Executive Director

  Human Sciences Research Council

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  January 1991 — June 1993 (2 years 6 months)

  Managed Knowledge Tec.
  Knowledge Tec applied knowledge management principles to economics research and packaged and sold the information to stakeholders in the corporate world.

• professor of philosophy

  University of Cape Town

  (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

  January 1981 — January 1991 (10 years 1 month)

  lectured in the methodology of scientific research programmes, Popper, Lakatos, and model theory, proof theory and set theory.

• Senior Lecturer

  University of the Witwatersrand

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  July 1973 — December 1980 (7 years 6 months)

  Lectured in the methodology of scientific research programmes; Popper; Lakatos; Quine; Strawson; mathematical logic and set theory

• Lecturer

  Univeristy of the Witwatersrand

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  July 1971 — June 1973 (2 years )

  Lectured in mathematical logic; Popper, Lakatos, the methodology of scientific research programmes; Quine; Davidson etc.

• Assistant professor

  University of Northern Illinois

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  August 1970 — June 1971 (11 months)

  Lectured in the methodology of scientific research programmes; Quine; model theory; proof theory and set theory.

• junior lecturer (1967) & lecturer (1968

  Rhodes University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 1967 — August 1968 (1 year 8 months)

Zak Van Straaten’s Education

• University of Oxford

  D.Phil. candidate in philosophy 1968 — 1974

• Rhodes University

  B.A. (Hons.) , Philosophy , 1966 — 1966

• Rhodes University

  B.A. , Philosophy , 1962 — 1963

  * Winner, Inter-House Best Speaker's Debate, 1963
  * Placed 2nd, Inter-House Best Speaker's Debate, 1962

Additional Information

Zak Van Straaten’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Zak Van Straaten’s Interests:

knowledge management strategy - knowledge management tools - knowledge management resources - knowledge management implementation - knowledge management return on investment (R.O.I.) - knowledge management success stories - corporate business school design & implementation - business strategy + + + Evolutionary biology - Sociobiology - + + + Provability Logic - Z.F. Set Theory - First Order Logic - Formal Systems - + + + Amateur Astronomy with a 10cm TeleVue Refractor

Zak Van Straaten’s Groups:

•    Speakers and Panelists

Zak Van Straaten’s Honors:

Inter-House Best Speaker's Debate, Rhodes University; placed second 1962
Winner, Inter-House Best Speaker's Debate; Rhodes University, 1963
South African National Scholarship to Oxford University 1967
Arts Faculty Fellowship, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1975

Zak Van Straaten’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests