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Contributors
Paul Blake holds a masters degree in Information Resource Management from Syracuse University and is currently working as a Quality Assurance Analyst at Financial Software Systems. His research interests include user interface design, software development, and project management.
Anthony R. Hendrickson is department chair and Associate Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) in the Department of Logistics, Operations and MIS, Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration (Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis) from the University of Arkansas in 1994. His research interests include virtual organizations, psychometric measurement, and object-orientation.
Jung Joo "JJ" Jahng is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Professor Jahng received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2000, and MBA and BBA from Seoul National University (South Korea). His current research interests are in the domains of electronic commerce, information systems strategy, and strategic information systems planning. He has a paper in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, a premier scholarly journal, and a number of papers in refereed conference proceedings of the Association for Information Systems Conference (AIS). He has had the honor of being one of the few accepted nationally as a doctoral consortium candidate in both the AIS 1999 Conference as well as the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS-99), the premier conference for IS researchers and professionals. He is the recipient of the Best Paper Award for the Marketing and Consumer Behavior in Electronic Markets Track, at the AIS 1999 Conference. Prior to joining academe, he has a number of years of professional systems experience in South Korea. He teaches e-Business.
Hemant Jain is the Tata Consulting Services Professor of Management Information Systems in the School of Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Professor Jain received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from Lehigh University in 1981, M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering from I.I.T. Kharagpur (India) and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Indore (India). Professor Jain's interests are in the area of electronic commerce, systems development using reusable components, distributed and co-operative computing systems, architecture design, [End Page 93] database management, data warehousing, data mining and visualization. He has published a large number of articles in leading journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Naval Research Quarterly, Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems, and Information & Management. Professor Jain is on the editorial board of Information Technology & Management and is a book review editor for the Journal of Information Technology Cases & Applications.
Vijay Machiraju is a Research Manager with the Software Technology Lab at Hewlett Packard Laboratories. He received a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Utah in 1997. Since then, he has been leading research projects at HP in the area of management of distributed systems and e-services. Mr. Machiraju's interests are in the areas of distributed systems, architectures and frameworks, application and service management systems, and agent technologies. Earlier, he has conducted research on parallel computers, multiprocessor task scheduling, and fault tolerance and has numerous publications in these areas.
Ravi Nath is the Director of the Joe Ricketts Center in Electronic Commerce and Chair of the Department of Information Systems and Technology in the College of Business Administration at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Before joining Creighton University, he was on the faculty of business administration at the University of Memphis where he served as the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Director of the Ph.D. program in Management Information Systems. Dr. Nath has a Masters degree from Wichita State University and a Ph.D. degree from Texas Tech University. He spent the 1991–1992 academic year lecturing and conducting research in Africa as a Fulbright Scholar. He has published over 80 research papers in the area of Electronic Commerce and Information Systems in various national and international publications. Dr. Nath teaches in the areas of Information Systems, Electronic Commerce, and Data Mining. He is a frequent speaker at various local and national events.
Monica J. Parzinger is an Assistant Professor in the Management Department at Clemson University, South Carolina. She received a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Memphis, and an MBA from the University of Kentucky. Her research interests encompass a myriad of topics that currently include e-Commerce, software quality, leadership styles for organizational change, and IT social issues. She has published in Information Systems Management, Total Quality Management, Journal of Information Technology Management, Software Quality Journal, and Industrial Management and Data Systems. Prior to her graduate studies, Dr. Parzinger was employed as a Bank Examiner with the F.D.I.C., specializing in examinations of computer operations for banking applications.
Veerapong Pipithsuksunt is currently a graduate student in the Information Resources Management program at Syracuse University. Veerapong received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) and a Master of Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida. His interests are in reengineering and how information technology enables changes. [End Page 94]
K. (Ram) Ramamurthy is a Professor of MIS at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He received his Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering and a graduate diploma in Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research from India, MBA from Canada, and Ph.D. degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Pittsburgh in 1989–90. His current research interests span the domains of electronic commerce including IOS/EDI and the Internet, adoption, implementation and diffusion of modern information technologies, knowledge management, decision systems for individual and group support, data resource management in distributed environments, software quality, self-directed teams, strategic IS planning, business process reengineering, and management of computer integrated manufacturing technologies. He has published extensively in major scholarly journals including MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, OMEGA, Transportation Journal, INFOR, and in a number of conference proceedings. He is a charter member of AIS and has been elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. He has nearly 20 years of industry experience and has held several senior technical and executive positions.
Gregory Rose is an Associate Professor at California State University, Chico, in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems. He received his Ph.D. in the CIS department at Georgia State University, an MBA from Binghamton University, and a B.S. in business administration from the University of Vermont. Gregory has previously published in Accounting, Management and Information Technologies, Communications of the AIS, Information Systems Journal, and the Journal of Global Information Management. A 1998 ICIS doctoral consortium fellow, he has won multiple teaching awards and a post-doctoral fellowship from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland). He is currently working on research projects involving electronic commerce, distributed systems development, and implementation strategies. Prior to entering the doctoral program, he worked as a systems integrator.
Akhil Sahai is a Senior Researcher with the Software Technology Lab at Hewlett Packard Labs. He was part of the E-speak team that created HP's E-services technology. He did his Doctorate from INRIA-IRISA France in the area of network management and mobile computing. He has worked earlier with the Kent Ridge Digital Labs in Singapore. He did his Masters at the Indian Institute of Science, Banglaore and his Bachelors at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has numerous publications in the domain of distributed systems, network/service management and mobile computing.
Paul Schrick is a Software Engineer with NetSales, Inc., in Overland Park, Kansas. He currently focuses on the development of web-based software utilizing advanced Java technologies. In 2000, before joining NetSales, he graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Creighton University with a BSBA in Management Information Systems. While at Creighton, Paul designed and maintained [End Page 95] web sites for various university departments and organizations, including the Joe Ricketts Center in Electronic Commerce & Database Marketing, the College of Business Administration, and the Creighton Chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Paul conducted extensive research regarding the impact of the development of the Internet on the ¤nancial industry, bricks and mortar businesses, and various global concerns with the Ricketts Center. In 1999 and 2000, he held Internet Software Development internships in the Kansas City area with DST Systems and NetSales, Inc. His work in e-commerce at these companies exposed him to the business side of the new economy and enabled his research to be applied to practical business opportunities.
Troy J. Strader is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) in the Department of Logistics, Operations and MIS, Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration (Information Systems) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1997. His research interests include online investment banking, consumer behavior in online markets, mobile commerce, and electronic commerce in the transportation and agribusiness industries.
Detmar Straub is the J. Mack Robinson Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at Georgia State University. Detmar has published research in the areas of e-Commerce, technological innovation, computer security, and international IT studies. He holds a DBA in MIS from Indiana and a Ph.D. in English from Penn State. He has published over 80 papers in journals such as Management Science, Organization Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Communications of the ACM, Journal of MIS, Communications of the AIS, Journal of the AIS, Computers & Security, Information & Management, and Sloan Management Review. Former Editor of the oldest IS journal, DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, he is also an Associate Editor for Information Systems Research and a former Associate Editor and Associate Publisher for the MIS Quarterly. His background includes consultation in industry in the areas of e-Commerce, IT outsourcing, international computing policy, and computer security. He currently serves as Director of Doctoral Programs at Georgia State University.
Gisela M. von Dran is Assistant Professor for Strategy and Human Resources at Syracuse University's School of Management. Before embarking on her teaching career, she held administrative positions at Arizona State University and Texas Tech University. She wrote about management and personnel issues with an emphasis on organizational change, leadership, and staff empowerment. Her work has appeared in journals such as National Productivity Review, Project Management Journal, International Journal of Computers and Engineering Management, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Computers and Society, and Journal of Applied Management Studies. Currently her research interests include organizational strategy, management of information based organizations, and web user interface studies from a motivational perspective. Dr. von Dran earned a D.P.A. degree from Arizona State University, an M.L.S. from Vanderbilt University, and a B.S. from the Universitaet des Saarlandes in Germany. [End Page 96]
Ping Zhang is Associate Professor at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University. Her research has appeared in journals such as Decision Support Systems (DSS), Journal of Association for Information Systems (JAIS), Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Simulation, Journal of Education for MIS, and Journal of Research on Computing in Education. She has also published widely in several national and international conferences. She received the Best Paper award from the International Academy for Information Management and Excellence in Teaching award from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Zhang has a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin, and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Computer Science from Peking University, Beijing, China. [End Page 97]
