About Us

Zunaira Munir is founder and managing director of Strategize Blue. As a senior affiliate member of the Global Blue Ocean Strategy Network, Zunaira works directly with Kim Chan and Renee Mauborgne, co-directors of INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute and authors of Blue Ocean Strategy, the book which launched a worldwide revolution in business strategy.

As Chief Strategy Officer for her family's business, Zunaira played a major role in growing the company, Clary Business Machines, into one of the nation's Top 100 Computers and Electronics Companies. In addition, Inc. magazine ranked Clary in the top 31% of America's 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies. As an educator and trainer, Dr. Munir has taught undergraduate and graduate courses for over six years at several universities. Zunaira is also a researcher whose work has been widely published internationally. Her upcoming book, Key Concepts in Innovation, will be published by Palgrave McMillan in the spring of 2010.

Zunaira is a dynamic trainer and presenter who excels in giving audiences concrete ideas and practical steps to help them create new market space. With a PhD in Innovation Management from Wuhan University of Technology in China, she has lived, studied, and worked in Asia, Europe, as well as the U.S. Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi, and Mandarin, Zunaira is happy to share her fascinating multidisciplinary and multicultural views.

Brendan Murphy has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication concentration in Public Relations from George Mason University. Brendan has worked wtih Strategize Blue since November 2009 and became the Marketing & Business Development Manager in January 2010. Brendan is responsible for Strategize Blue’s direct marketing and business development.