Berkeley Research Group and Course Gateway have teamed to advise companies and governments on how best to take advantage of the strategic potential that online learning affords them and assist in the design, acquisition, and provisioning of courses and even entire curricula for their specific needs. With a focus on advanced science, engineering, and medical subjects, BRG and Course Gateway are unique in their ability to move rapidly from strategy to execution in today's most important and rapidly evolving fields. Global companies and governments now look at scalable online courses and curricula, in particular, as key enabling features to new solutions and approaches to research and development management, economic development, educational capacity expansion, and talent development in advanced science and engineering, and innovation management.

Berkeley Research Group, LLC appointed Edward J. Buthusiem as a director based in Philadelphia and a member of the firm's Health Analytics Practice. Mr. Buthusiem advises executive management and general counsels on a variety of strategic business and operational issues. He is an expert in mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing transactions, and innovation. Mr. Buthusiem leverages his experience as a former general counsel of two major divisions of two global life sciences companies, where he was responsible for all aspects of legal support. He has counseled and coordinated responses to foreign and domestic congressional and government investigations, including in the areas of antitrust and competition, bribery and corruption, clinical trials, Food and Drug Administration promotional and manufacturing, and Office of Foreign Assets Control matters. He has also managed intellectual property and commercial litigation, legal, regulatory and trade compliance, and domestic and international arbitrations. Mr. Buthusiem has designed, developed, implemented, and monitored processes to comply with government-imposed consent decrees. He has also developed and implemented legal department operational efficiencies in contracting, resource allocation, and technology.

Berkeley Research Group, LLC announced that Carl J. Schramm has joined the company as a director. Dr. Schramm is University Professor at Syracuse University and serves as a visiting scientist at MIT. He was a faculty member at The Johns Hopkins University, where he founded the nation's first research center focused on healthcare costs. Most recently, Dr. Schramm was named a fellow at the U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School's Institute of Business Innovation.