Vu H. Pham, Ph.D.
Vu H. Pham, Ph.D. is the founder and head of Spectrum Knowledge, Inc., a research, consulting and training organization. He currently serves as a Researcher in the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, as well as the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Previously, he held a Research Fellow position through the University of California Office of the President. He has been featured on national and international multimedia venues, such as CNN, MSNBC, Voice of America, The Los Angeles Times, KSCI International Television, Asian Week, Radio Free Asia, The Orange County Register. His experience includes having worked with companies as large as those from the Fortune 500 to those in governmental and non-profit sectors. Having completed his doctoral degree from Cornell University, Dr. Pham's specialties include the areas of culture, organizational development and leadership.
He combines training, data-driven research and consulting to assist clients with identifying and assessing organizational challenges, as well as providing effective solutions. Dr. Pham's clients range in industries that include: Aerospace and Defense, Technology, Financial Services, Accounting, Advertising, Healthcare, Retail as well as Museums and Cultural Organizations. He has also worked with individual clients to optimize their career success. He has been a keynote speaker on multiple occasions and presented at numerous workshops, conferences and retreats across the country and has published in both academic and mainstream publications. Beyond his consulting, research and training work, Dr. Pham has participated in generating over a million dollars for non-profit groups and donates countless hours to them.
His other honors include being selected as the head of a Smithsonian cultural project, a Role Model for KSCI Television’s “Our Role Models” series, as well as being an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, a Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) Fellow, a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) award recipient, a Chancellor’s Scholar at UC Irvine and an Honoree at UCLA’s “The Future of Asian American History” Conference.