Areas of Expertise

• Information Systems Management
• Social Network Theory and Analysis
• Healthcare Quality Improvement
• Data Networks and Communication
• Knowledge Management

Contributions: (published works or studies, conference presentations)

• see Resume/Vitae link above

Butler Assignment (classes or work duties)
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems

Education/Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy
Business Administration – Information and Decision Sciences
University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management

Dissertation Topic
"A Social Capital Perspective on Communication, Technology Use and Individual Outcomes in Distributed Teams"
Dissertation Committee

• Mani Subramani (Primary Advisor, Information and Decision Sciences)
• Gordon B. Davis (Committee Chair, Information and Decision Sciences)
• David Knoke (Sociology)
• Harry Sapienza (Strategic Management and Organization)

Masters of Business Administration
Bloch School of Business, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Bachelor of Science (Information Systems)
School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Professional Credentials
Butler University, College of Business, Indianapolis, IN

• Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems, 2006-Present.

Awards/Honors

• see Resume/Vitae link above

Association Memberships (professional/educational)

• Academy of Management
• Association for Information Systems
• Association for Computing Machinery
• Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)

Professional Experience

• American Family Insurance, Information Services (I/S) Department, Madison, WI
• I/S Retail Consultancy Manager, (Kansas City)
• I/S Development Manager, (Kansas City)
• I/S Development Supervisor, (Madison, WI)


• Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA


• General Motors Corp, Detroit, MI