Advisory Board
TIEMS Chair for the Advisory Board is, Jaroslav Pejcoch (Czech Republic)
While working at ENEA his main research topics have been on system safety and reliability, decision support systems, risk analysis and risk management. Recent main research activities deal with Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience, with a special emphasis to vulnerability and interdependencies modeling, simulation and analysis.
Former President of the Italian Association of Critical Infrastructure Experts, at the present he is independent researcher and freelance expert for the participation to National and International Research Projects in the field of Cyber security and Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience.
Guosheng Qu is Chair of TIEMS Safety and Emergency Committee. He has an extensive experience from research activity and operation of USAR teams, especially in emergency and risk management, earthquake disaster on-site SAR for many earthquakes (Pakistan in 2005, Indonesia in 2006, Wenchuan in 2008, Yushu in 2010, Lushan in 2013 of China, Nepal in 2015), and as decision-maker for coordination and commanding in many disasters. He has done several cases of analysing results of earthquake catastrophes in on-site coordination and commanding.
As Deputy General Team Leader of China International SAR (CISAR) and General Coach of CSAR, he has lead the CISAR team and CSAR to pass the INSARAG External Certification (IEC) as heavy USAR team in 2009 and IER INSARAG External Recertification (IER) as heavy USAR team in 2014 and in 2019. As classifier of INSARAG of UNOCHA, he participated in the IER of heavy USAR team of Jordan in 2018. He has published more than 100 papers in earth science, earthquake risk analysis, emergency response and SAR of earthquake disasters, as well as the emergency management and capacity buildings of USARs.
His specializations are international organizational development, emergency, disaster and risk management and project management. He leads and compiles of domestic standards of USAR teams in China, and disaster preparedness for catastrophe. He found and compiled the training courses of First Responders and CERTs in China depends on the International standard. He has been project manager and leaders of many international research and development projects for methods and models development in risk, emergency response and disaster management.
She has a Bachelor Degree of Clinical Medicine, Master Degree of Public Health, PhD in Management Science and Engineering.
Ms. Chen once worked in the Department of Social Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission of China and International Medical Center, Health Human Resources Development Center, Ministry of Health of China. Now, she serves as the Chairman (legal representative)of the Beijing Huatong Guokang Foundation , and the Director of The International Emergency Management Society Emergency Medical Committee (TEMC)
Ms. Ran Chen is mainly engaged in medical policy research, health professionals training, and international cooperation and exchanges. She once participated in the specific theme work of Medical Reform Office, the State Council of The People’s Republic of China. At present, Ms. Ran Chen is committed to helping Chinese medical institutions to build bridges and channels for international cooperation with countries around the world, to assist the health professionals and health management personnel to improve their capabilities, to helping bringing in advanced medical technologies, and to engaging in poverty alleviation, medical professionals empowerment, and other social beneficial causes. For over a decade, Ms. Chen has led her work team to help tens of thousands Chinese medical professionals exchange and learn in famous universities and medical institutions overseas, to organize influential academic conferences regularly every year. Which is highly recognized and widely acclaimed by Chinese and foreign governments, universities, medical institutions, and medical professionals.
Sergio Pirone is TIEMS Expert Officer on Emergency Management Training 
Sergio Pirone skills in the field of Forest Fires and Civil Protection comes from 38 years of service at various levels and ranks in the regional Forest Fire Corp, up to the rank of Inspector General (General Brigadier OF-7, ret.), currently Director of the Mountain Forest Fire Fight & Civil Protection Advanced Training Centre, Ground Operation Commander Senior Officer.
He has operated and commanded several campaigns and events on Forest Fires, Floods, Earthquakes, various meteorological events (Snow, wind, storm, hydrogeological instability...), human and animal health, mountain and river rescue,etc. in Italy and EU States.
Sachin Gaur is TIEMS Expert Officer on Multimedia and AI.
Sachin Gaur is double masters in mobile security and cryptography from Aalto University, Finland and University of Tartu, Estonia. He has been a keen technology innovator with 10 technology patents granted at US Patent Office.
He received top 10 innovators award in India under IIGP 2013 and attended Global School of Business, Stanford University, USA as an awardee.
He has built multiple courses/bootcamps on emerging technologies, topics like cyber security and AI with leading organisations in India and Europe.
He has also contributed chapters in four books on Innovation and Healthcare.
He is a serial entrepreneur and invested in 20 start-ups in deep tech and Internet space so far.
He has coordinated AI research at national level for Norway in the past and research funding for 6 years in ICT topics for EU India Collaboration.
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachgaur/
Russell Dippy is TIEMS Officer Expert on International Certification in Emergency Management
Dr Russell DIPPY is a dual internationally certified emergency manager. He holds a Doctor of Public Safety and Masters of Emergency Management (with Distinction) from Charles Sturt University in Australia. He also holds a Vocational Graduate Certificate in Management (Learning) and a range of vocational qualifications in Management, Volunteer Management, Leadership and Human Resources.
Russell has published in the area of Emergency Management Professionalisation. He has been deployed internationally with an Australian Government disaster medical assistance team and was a founding member of the Australian Emergency Management Assistance Team. He has been deployed interstate to support other jurisdictional emergency management responses.
Russell is the Emergency Management Coordinator for the South Australia Police, having held this role for over 25 years of his 36-year policing career, and has undertaken Operational and Strategic leadership roles through a range of emergency management responses to state, national and international emergency events.
On a day to day basis he provides holistic emergency management policy, training and management across the prevention and preparedness to emergencies and supports operational management of response and recovery operations. He provides extensive executive support and training to government and non-government agencies to support emergency management awareness and development. Russell is an active participant in many of Australia’s national policy areas relative to emergency management. He is a regular reviewer of Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience Handbooks and other national publications.
He is a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), holds the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) designation and is currently part of the IAEM Oceania Executive, a member of The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) where he also holds the TIEMS International TQC Certification for International Emergency and Disaster Management (TQC) , and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Emergency Services where he holds the recently developed Certified Emergency Services Manager (CESM) certification. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Emergency Management (FAcEM), a Member of the International Association of Emergency Management (MIAEM), a Member of the Australasian Institute of Emergency Services (MAIES) and a Member of the Institute of Civil Protections and Emergency Management (MICPEM).