sandra a. slaughter - Georgia Tech - Georgia Institute of Technology

Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology
800 W. Peachtree St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
EDUCATION
Sandra A. Slaughter
October 2012
SANDRA A. SLAUGHTER
Phone (Office): (404) 385-3115
Fax: (404) 894-6030
Email: sandra.slaughter@scheller.gatech.edu
Web: http://mgt.gatech.edu
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Major: Management Information
Systems.
M.B.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. (Top 1% of class) Major: Finance.
B.A. Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin. (Summa cum laude). Major: German. Minor:
Mathematics.
POSITIONS HELD
2007-present Professor of Information Technology Management and Alton M. Costley Chair, Scheller
College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Adjunct Professor, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2006 Visiting Faculty, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India.
2004-2007 Associate Professor in Information Systems (with indefinite tenure), David A. Tepper
School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2001-2003 Associate Professor in Information Systems (without indefinite tenure), Graduate School of
Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1995-2001 Assistant Professor in Information Systems, Graduate School of Industrial Administration,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1991-1995 Research and Teaching Assistant, Carlson School of Management, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1987-1990 Financial and Marketing Systems Analyst, Hewlett Packard, Mountain View, California.
1985-1987 Information Systems Analyst, while studying for M.B.A. at Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.
1982-1985 Information Systems Analyst and Project Leader, Allen-Bradley Division of Rockwell,
International, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1980-1982 Information Systems Programmer, Square D Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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BOARDS AND CONSULTING
2008- Information Management Research Center (IMARC), Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore. Member of the Advisory Board for the Center.
2007- Information Technology Services Qualification Center (ITSqc), Carnegie Mellon
University. Member of the Advisory Board for the Center.
1996-2006 Information Technology Management Association, Singapore.
1998 Singapore Airlines, Singapore.
1995-1996 Gesellschaft für Zahlungssysteme, Frankfurt, Germany.
1993-1994 Dayton-Hudson Department Stores, Minneapolis, Minnesota
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Software Project Management
Performance in Software Development and Maintenance
Software Quality and Software Process Improvement
Open Source Software Development
Software Evolution
Internet Software Development Practices
Outsourcing in Information Systems
Compensation, Mobility and Careers of Information Technology Professionals
TEACHING INTERESTS
Systems Analysis and Design
Software Project Management
Developing and Sourcing Information Systems
Information Systems Modeling
Database Design
Management of Information Systems
Information Systems Strategy
PUBLICATIONS
Articles Published or Forthcoming in Refereed Journals
Managing the Unmanageable: How IS Research Can Contribute to the Scholarship of Cyber Projects,
Kirsch, L. and Slaughter, S. Accepted for publication and forthcoming in the Journal of the Association for
Information Systems, 2013.
Information Technology Standards Competition in the Presence of Conversion Technology: An Empirical
Analysis of the Flash Memory Card Market, Liu, C., Kemerer, C., Slaughter, S., Smith, M. MIS Quarterly,
36:3, September 2012, pp. 921-942.
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Does Software Process Improvement Reduce the Severity of Defects? A Longitudinal Field Study. Harter, D.,
Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 38:4, July/August, 2012, pp.
810-827.
The Career Paths Less (Or More) Traveled: A Sequence Analysis of IT Career Histories, Mobility Patterns
And Career Success. Joseph, D., Boh, W., Ang, S. and Slaughter, S., MIS Quarterly, 36:2, June 2012, pp.
427-452.
Measuring application software energy efficiency, Capra, E., Francalanci, C. and Slaughter, S., IEEE
Information Technology Professional. 14:2, March/April 2012, pp. 54-61. Featured Article.
Is software “green”? Application development environments and energy efficiency in open source
applications. Capra, E., Francalanci, C. and Slaughter, S. Information and Software Technology, 54:12,
January 2012, pp.60-71.
The Design, Use and Consequences of Virtual Processes. Overby, E., Slaughter, S., and Konsynski, B.
Information Systems Research, 21:4, December 2010, pp. 700-710.
Why do Software Firms Fail? Capabilities, Competitive Actions and Firm Survival in the Software Industry
from 1995 to 2007. Li, S., Shang, J., and Slaughter, S., Information Systems Research, 21:3, September
2010, pp. 631-654. Award for Best Published Paper in Information Systems Research.
Practical Intelligence in IT: Assessing the Soft Skills of IT Professionals, Joseph, D., Ang, S., Chiang, R. and
Slaughter, S., Communications of the ACM, 53:2, February 2010, pp. 149-154.
Flexible and Distributed Information Systems Development: State of the Art and Research Challenges.
Introduction to the Special Issue, Pär J. Ågerfalk, Brian Fitzgerald, and Slaughter, S. Information Systems
Research, September 2009, 20:3, pp. 317 - 328.
Firm-Specific Human Capital and Compensation-Organizational Tenure Profiles: An Archival Analysis of
Salary Data for Information Technology Professionals, Slaughter, S., Ang, S., and Boh, W. Human
Resources Management (Wiley), 46:3, Fall, 2007, pp. 373-394.
Familiarity, Complexity and Team Performance in Geographically Distributed Software Development.
Espinosa, A., Slaughter, S., Kraut, R., and Herbsleb, J., Organization Science, 18:4, July-August, pp. 595-
612, 2007. Nominated for Best Published Paper Award by the Organizational Communications and
Information Systems Division of the Academy of Management.
Learning from Experience in Software Development: A Multi-Level Analysis, Boh, W., Slaughter, S., and
Espinosa, A., Management Science, 53:8, August, pp. 1315-1331, 2007.
Team Knowledge and Coordination in Geographically Distributed Software Development. Espinosa, A.,
Slaughter, S., Kraut, R., and Herbsleb, J., Journal of Management Information Systems, Summer, 24:1, pp.
135-169, 2007.
How Automation Affects the Laws of Software Evolution: A Software Repository-based Empirical
Analysis, Barry, E., Kemerer, C., and Slaughter, S., Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution,
19:1, January/February 2007, pp.1-31. Lead article in the January/February 2007 issue.
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Aligning Software Processes and Strategy. Slaughter, S., Levine, L., Ramesh, B., Baskerville, R., and
Pries-Heje, J. MIS Quarterly, 30:4, December 2006, pp. 891-918.
The Effectiveness of Knowledge Transfer Portfolios in Software Process Improvement, Kirsch, L. and
Slaughter S., Information Systems Research, 17:3, September 2006, pp. 301-320. Nominated for best
paper award for Information Systems Research.
Motivations, Participation and Performance in Open Source Software Development. Hann, I., Roberts,
J. and Slaughter, S., Management Science, 52:7, July 2006, pp. 984-999. Featured article in the
Management Science July 2006 issue. Top Ten Download List for SSRN’s Business School Research
Papers. Top Ten Download List for SSRN’s Management Research Network.
Environmental Volatility, Development Decisions and Software Volatility, Barry, E., Kemerer, C., and
Slaughter, S., Management Science, 52:3, March 2006, pp. 448-464. Nominated for Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation Annual Industry Studies Best Paper Prize, 2006.
The Structural Complexity of Software: An Experimental Test. Darcy, D., Kemerer, C., Slaughter, S., and
Tomayko, J., IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 31:11, November 2005, pp. 982-995.
Retaining Information Technology Professionals: The Effects of Internal Labor Market Strategies. Ang, S.
and Slaughter, S., Database, Special Issue on IT Personnel Research, 35:3, Summer 2004.
Is “Internet Speed” Software Development Different? Baskerville, R., Levine, L., Pries-Heje, J., Ramesh,
B., and Slaughter, S., IEEE Software, November-December, 2003, pp. 70-77.
Quality Improvement and Infrastructure Activity Costs in Software Product Development: A Longitudinal
Analysis. Harter, D. and Slaughter, S. Management Science, 49:6, June 2003, pp. 784-800; re-printed in
Quality Control and Applied Statistics, 49:2, 2004, pp. 221-224.
Human Capital and Institutional Determinants of Pay for Information Technology Professionals: Modeling
Multi-Level and Cross-Level Interactions, Ang, S., Slaughter, S., and Yee, K., Management Science, 48:11,
November 2002, pp. 1427-1445.
Software Project Duration and Effort: An Empirical Study. Barry, E., Mukhopadhyay, T., and Slaughter, S.,
Information, Technology & Management, January 2002.
Work Outcomes and Job Design for Contract versus Permanent Information Systems Professionals on
Software Development Teams. Ang, S., and Slaughter, S., MIS Quarterly, 25:3, September 2001, pp. 321-
350. Re-printed in Information Systems Outsourcing: Enduring Themes, New Perspectives and Global
Challenges, Hirschheim, R., Heinzl, A., and Dibbern, J. (eds.) 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg,
New York, 2005.
How Internet Software Companies Negotiate Quality. Baskerville, R., Levine, L., Pries-Heje, J., Ramesh, B.,
and Slaughter, S., Cover article in IEEE Computer, 34:5, May 2001, pp. 51-57 and IEEE Computer
Society’s featured article in May 2001.
The Moderating Effects of Software Structure on Volatility and Complexity in Software Enhancement.
Banker, R. and Slaughter, S., 11:3, Information Systems Research, September 2000, pp. 219-240.
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Effects of Process Maturity on Quality, Cost and Cycle Time in Software Product Development. Harter, D.,
Krishnan, M. and Slaughter, S. Management Science, 46:4, April 2000, pp. 451-466.
An Empirical Approach to Studying Software Evolution. Kemerer, C., and Slaughter, S. IEEE Transactions
on Software Engineering, 25:4, 1999, pp. 1-17.
Empirical Studies of Evolving Systems, Bennett, K., Burd, E., Kemerer, C., Lehman, M., Lee, M.,
Madachy, R., Mair, C., Sjoberg, D. and Slaughter, S. Empirical Software Engineering, 4:4, 1999, pp.
270-280.
Evaluating the Cost of Software Quality, Slaughter, S., Harter, D., and Krishnan, M. Communications of
the ACM, 41:8, August 1998, pp. 67-73; re-printed in IEEE Engineering Management Review, 26:4,
Winter 1999.
Software Development Practices, Software Complexity, and Software Maintenance Performance. Banker,
R., Davis, G., and Slaughter, S., Management Science, 44:4, April 1998, pp. 433-450. Lead article in
the Management Science issue for April 1998.
A Field Study of Scale Economies in Software Maintenance. Banker, R., and Slaughter, S. Management
Science, 43:12, December 1997, pp. 1709-1725.
Determinants of Software Maintenance Profiles: An Empirical Investigation. Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S.
Journal of Software Maintenance, vol. 9, 1997, pp. 235-251.
Methodologies for Performing Empirical Studies of Software Evolution, Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S.,
Empirical Software Engineering, 2:2, 1997, pp. 107-116.
Employment Outsourcing in Information Systems. Slaughter, S. and Ang, S. Communications of the ACM,
39:7, July 1996, pp. 47-54.
Employment Structures of Information Systems Personnel: A Comparative Study of the U.S. and Singapore.
Slaughter, S. and Ang, S. Information, Technology and People, 8:2, 1995, pp. 17-36.
Articles Published in Refereed Conference Proceedings
Governing Individual Learning in the Transition Phase of Software Maintenance Offshoring: A Dynamic
Perspective, Krancher, O. and Slaughter, S., forthcoming in the Proceedings of the 46 th Hawaiian
International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, January 2013.
Interactive Technology, Expertise & Group Decision Making, Peng. C.H., Hernandon, B. and Slaughter, S.,
Proceedings of the 32 nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Orlando, FL, December
2012.
Influence, Information Technology & Group Polarization: A Field Study of a Virtual Team, Peng, C. and
Slaughter, S., Proceedings of the 31 st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Shanghai,
China, December 2011.
Mitigating the Effects of Structural Complexity on Open Source Software Maintenance through
Accountability, Midha, V., and Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the 31 st International Conference on
Information Systems (ICIS), Shanghai, China, December 2011.
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Dyadic learning after implementation of inter-organizational information systems: the case of a
customs automation system implementation in Costa Rica, Wu, T., Forman, C., Narasimhan, S., and
Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Charlotte,
NC, November 2011.
The Co-Evolution Of Social Networks And Software Structures: A Study Of Open Source And Closed Source
Projects, F. Merlo, S. Slaughter, and C. Francalanci, Organizational Communications and Information
Systems Division (OCIS), Academy of Management, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings,
2009.
Project Managers’ Skills and Project Success in IT Outsourcing, Langer, N., Slaughter, S. and
Mukhopdahyay, T., Proceedings of the 28 th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
Paris, France, December 2008.
Process Standardization and Performance in IT and Business Services Outsourcing: A Field Study, Balint,
B., Forman, C., Slaughter, S., Hyder, E. and Paulk, M. Proceedings of the Conference on Information
Systems and Technology (CIST), Washington, D.C. October 2008.
IT Infusion and its Performance Impacts: An Empirical Study of E-Procurement in the Services Industry,
Yu, S., Mishra, A., Gopal, A., Slaughter, S., Mukhopadhyay, T. Proceedings of the Conference on
Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Washington, D.C. October 2008.
Relative Wage Differences and the Career Transitions of IT Professionals, Joseph, A.D., Ang, S., and
Slaughter, S., Organizational Communications and Information Systems Division (OCIS), Academy of
Management, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2008. Best Interactive Paper Award,
Organizational Communications and Information Systems Division, Academy of Management.
The Formation and Evolution of Faultlines in Large-Scale, Multi-Party Information Systems Development,
Slaughter, S.A., Kirsch, L.J., Ma, L., Boss, S., Diamant, I., and Haney, M. Proceedings of the 27 th
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Montreal, Canada, December 2007.
Research and Information Systems: How Information Systems are Transforming the Nature of Science (and
what does this mean for IS Researchers), Kirsch, L.J., Slaughter, S.A. and Haney, M.H., presented at IFIP
8.6, Manchester, UK, June 14-16, 2007. Paper published in Organizational Dynamics of Technology-Based
Innovation: Diversifying the Research Agenda, T. McMaster, D. Wastell, E. Ferneley, and J.I. DeGross
(eds.), Springer Science, New York, NY, pp. 487-490, 2007.
Examining the Role of General and Firm-Specific Human Capital in Predicting IT Professionals’ Turnover
Behaviors, Joseph, D., Ang, S., and Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group for
Management Information Systems (SIGMIS), 2006.
Coordination Mechanisms in Globally Distributed Software Development, Espinosa, A., Slaughter, S.,
Herbsleb, J. and Kraut, R. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Management of Globally
Distributed Work, Bangalore, India, December 28-30, 2005, pp. 9-20.
Identifying the Prototypical Career Paths of IT Professionals: A Sequence and Cluster Analysis, Joseph, D.,
Ang, S. and Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group for Management Information
Systems (SIGMIS), Atlanta, GA, April 2005.
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Why Developers Participate in Open Source Software Projects: An Empirical Investigation. Roberts, J.,
Hann, I., and Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the 24 th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
Washington, D.C., December 2004. Best Conference Theme Paper Award, ICIS.
Adoption of e-Procurement in Service Industries. Yu, S., Mukhopadhyay, T., and Slaughter S. Proceedings
of the 23 rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seattle, WA, December 2003.
On the Uniformity of Software Evolution Patterns. Barry, E., Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S. Technical Paper
in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Portland, Oregon, May
2003.
Returns to Human Capital for IT Professionals. Slaughter, S. and Ang, S. Proceedings of the ACM Special
Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2003.
Economic Incentives for Open Source Projects: Can Participation be Explained by Career Concerns?
Hann, I., Roberts, J., Slaughter, S. and Fielding, R. Proceedings of the 22 nd International Conference on
Information Systems (ICIS), Barcelona, Spain, December 2002. Runner Up Award for Best Conference
Paper, ICIS.
Balancing Quality and Agility in Internet Speed Software Development. Baskerville, R., Levine, L., Pries-
Heje, J., Ramesh, B., and Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the 22 nd International Conference in Information
Systems (ICIS), Barcelona, Spain, December 2002.
Shared Mental Models, Familiarity and Coordination: A Multi-Method Study of Distributed Software
Teams. Espinosa, A., Herbsleb, J., Kraut, R., Mockus, A., and Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the 22 nd
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Barcelona, Spain, December 2002.
Internal Labor Market Strategies and Turnover of Information Technology Professionals. Ang, S. and
Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR),
Kristiansand, Norway, May 2002, pp. 139-144. Best Paper Award, SIGCPR.
Is Information Technology a “Boundaryless” Profession? A Sequence Analysis of the Career Histories of IT
Professionals from 1979-1998. Boh, W., Ang, S. and Slaughter, S. Academy of Management Best Paper
Proceedings, Academy of Management: Washington, D.C., August 2001.
The Cascading Effect of Process Maturity on Software Quality. Harter, D. and Slaughter, S. Proceedings of
the 21 st International Conference on Information Systems, Brisbane, Australia, December 2000, Tepper
Working Paper #2000-22, 26 pp.
Measuring Software Volatility: A Multi-Dimensional Approach. Barry, E., Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S.
Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Information Systems, Brisbane, Australia, December
2000, Tepper Working Paper #2000-23, 32 pp.
Toward a Detailed Classification Scheme for Software Maintenance Activities, Barry, E., Kemerer, C. and
Slaughter, S., Proceedings of the 5 th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AIS), Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, August 1999, pp. 726-728. Best Paper Award, Software Process Improvement Track,
AMCIS.
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Understanding Differences in Ethical Beliefs and Behaviors toward Software Copying, Lending, D. and
Slaughter, S., Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR),
Boston, MA, April 1999, pp. 253-260.
Soft Skills and Creativity in I/S Professionals, Joseph, D., Ang, S., and Slaughter, S., Proceedings of the
Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, January 1999, pp. 341-
346.
The Life Cycle Effects of Software Process Improvement: A Longitudinal Study, Harter, D., Slaughter, S. and
Krishnan, M., Proceedings of the 19 th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Helsinki,
Finland, December 1998, pp. 346-351.
Determinants of Information Systems Compensation: A Multi-Level Modeling Perspective, Ang, S.,
Slaughter, S., and Yee, N. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management:
San Diego, CA, August 1998, pp. HR: C1-C6. Best Paper Award, Human Resources Division, Academy
of Management.
Effects of Information Systems Employment Outsourcing: Multiple Informants’ Perspectives, Ang, S. and
Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), January
1998, pp. V6: 635-644. Best Paper Award, Organizational Systems Division, HICSS.
A Longitudinal Analysis of Software Maintenance Patterns, Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S., Proceedings of
the 18 th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Atlanta, GA, December 1997, pp. 476-
477.
Turning Over and Away of Information Systems Professionals, Lee, P., Ang, S., and Slaughter, S.,
Proceedings of the 18 th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Atlanta, GA, December
1997, pp. 470-471.
Braking IS’s Revolving Door: A Study of Internal Labor Market Practices and IS Turnover, Proceedings of
the 17 th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Cleveland, OH, December 1996, pp. 454-
456.
How Software Evolves: A Time Series Analysis of Software Change Histories, Slaughter, S. and Sim, W.,
Proceedings of the 2 nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AIS), Phoenix, AZ, August 1996, pp.
271-273.
A Study of the Effects of Software Development Practices on Software Maintenance Effort, Slaughter, S.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM), Monterey, California,
November 1996, pp. 197-205.
Assessing the Use and Effectiveness of Metrics in Information Systems, Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the
ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR), Denver, Colorado, April
1996, pp. 384-391.
An Empirical Investigation of Contingent Workforce in Information Systems, Slaughter, S. and Ang, S.,
Proceedings of the 1 st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AIS), Pittsburgh, PA, August 1995,
pp. 360-362.
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Application Portfolio Diversity and Software Maintenance Productivity: An Empirical Analysis, Banker, R.,
Davis, G., and Slaughter, S., Proceedings of the 1 st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AIS),
Pittsburgh, PA, August 1995, pp. 178-180.
Alternative Employment Structures in Information Systems: A Conceptual Analysis, Ang, S. and Slaughter,
S. Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR)
Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, April 1995, pp. 181-193.
Project Size and Software Maintenance Productivity, Banker, R. and Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the 15 th
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Vancouver, December 1994, pp. 279-290.
Conference Runner Up Paper Award, ICIS.
In Search of Software Maintenance Productivity and Quality: Does Software Complexity Matter? Banker,
R. and Slaughter, S. Proceedings of the 15 th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
Vancouver, December 1994, pp. 455-456.
A Cross-Cultural Study of Information Systems Employment Structures, Ang, S. and Slaughter, S.
Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR), Alexandria,
Virginia, March 1994, pp. 35-45.
Articles Published in Edited Books
IT Professionals and the IT Profession, Ang, S., Joseph, D. & Slaughter, S.A. in Volume 7,
Encyclopedia of Management Information Systems, edited by Detmar Straub & Richard Welke, in the
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management 3rd edition, Cary L. Cooper, Editor-in-Chief, Wiley (Chichester)
2013.
Software Engineering, Slaughter, S. and Wu, T., in Volume 7, Encyclopedia of Management
Information Systems, edited by Detmar Straub & Richard Welke, in the Wiley Encyclopedia of
Management 3rd edition, Cary L. Cooper, Editor-in-Chief, Wiley (Chichester) 2013.
Information Systems Assessment Metrics, Slaughter, S. in Volume 7, Encyclopedia of Management
Information Systems, edited by Detmar Straub & Richard Welke, in the Wiley Encyclopedia of
Management 3rd edition, Cary L. Cooper, Editor-in-Chief, Wiley (Chichester) 2013.
IS/IT Project Management: The Quest for Flexibility and Agility, Kirsch, L., Slaughter, S. in Computing
Handbook Set, Information Systems and Information Technology (Volume II). ed. H. Toppi, Francis-
Taylor, 2012.
Legitimizing SSME in Academia: Critical Considerations and Essential Actions, Siegel, J., Hefley, B.,
Evenson, S. and Slaughter, S. in Service Science, Management and Engineering, eds. B. Hefley and W.
Murphy, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2008, pp. 3-10.
Communication Networks in an Open Source Software Project, J. Roberts, I. Hann, and S. Slaughter, in
Open Source Systems, eds. E. Damiani, B. Fitzgerald, W. Scacchi, M. Scotto, and G. Succi, Springer-
Verlag, New York, 2006, pp. 297-306.
Work Outcomes and Job Design for Contract versus Permanent Information Systems Professionals on
Software Development Teams. Ang, S., and Slaughter, S., in Information Systems Outsourcing: Enduring
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Themes, New Perspectives and Global Challenges, Hirschheim, R., Heinzl, A., and Dibbern, J. (eds.) 2nd
ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2005.
Careers in Information Technology, Ang, S. and Slaughter, S. Blackwell’s Encyclopedia: The
Blackwell Dictionary of Management Information Systems, ed. G. Davis, Oxford, U.K., Blackwell
Publishers Limited, 2005.
Software Maintenance: Productivity and Management, Slaughter, S., Blackwell’s Encyclopedia: The
Blackwell Dictionary of Management Information Systems, ed. G. Davis, Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell
Publishers Limited, 2005.
Assessing Information Systems using Metrics, Slaughter, S. Blackwell’s Encyclopedia: The Blackwell
Dictionary of Management Information Systems, ed. G. Davis, Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers
Limited, 2005.
Transforming UML Class Diagrams into Relational Data Models. Shah, D. and Slaughter, S. Chapter in
UML and the Unified Process, ed. L. Favre, Idea Group Publishing, 2003, pp. 217-237.
A Taxonomy of Employment Insourcing and Outsourcing Strategies in Information Systems. Ang, S. and
Slaughter, S. in Information Systems Outsourcing in the New Economy: Enduring Themes, Emergent
Patterns and New Directions, R. Hirschheim and J. Dibbern (eds.), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg,
Germany, 2002, pp. 131-152.
Data Modeling and UML. Shah, D. and Slaughter, S. Chapter in Unified Modeling Language: Systems
Analysis, Design, and Development Issues, ed. K. Siau, Idea Group Publishing, 2001, 27 pp.
The Missing Context of Information Technology Professionals: A Review and Future Directions for
Research, Ang, S. and Slaughter, S., Chapter 16 in Framing the Domains of IT Management Research:
Glimpsing the Future through the Past, ed. R. Zmud, Pinnaflex Education Resources, June 2000, pp.
305-325.
Maintenance of Software, Slaughter, S., Blackwell’s Encyclopedia of Management, eds. Cary L. Cooper
and Chris Argyris, Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers Limited, 1998, pp. 372-373.
Software Maintenance: Definition and Description, Slaughter, S., Blackwell’s Encyclopedia: The
Blackwell Dictionary of Management Information Systems, ed. G. Davis, Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell
Publishers Limited, 1996.
Metrics for Assessment of Information Systems, Slaughter, S. Blackwell’s Encyclopedia: The Blackwell
Dictionary of Management Information Systems, ed. G. Davis, Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers
Limited, 1996.
Organization of the Information Systems Function, McKnight, D.H. and Slaughter, S. Blackwell’s
Encyclopedia: The Blackwell Dictionary of Management Information Systems, ed. G. Davis, Oxford,
U.K.: Blackwell Publishers Limited, 1996.
Careers in Information Systems, Ang, S. and Slaughter, S. Blackwell’s Encyclopedia: The Blackwell
Dictionary of Management Information Systems, ed. G. Davis, Oxford, U.K., Blackwell Publishers
Limited, 1996.
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Other Publications
MBAs in Technology, Slaughter, S., Careers and the Woman MBA, 2:1, 1996, p. 79.
Papers Under Review and Working Papers
What is the Economic Value of Volunteering in Open Source Software Communities? An Empirical Analysis
of the Apache Projects, Roberts, J., Hann, I., and Slaughter, S., Conditionally Accepted at Information
Systems Research, 2012.
Practical Intelligence of Project Managers and performance in software outsourcing projects. Langer, N.,
Slaughter, S., and Muhopadhyay, T., Revise and Resubmit. Under fourth review at Information Systems
Research, 2012.
Visual Representation Technologies, Virtual Teams, and Consensus Seeking in Exacting Environments.
Lurie, N., Peng, C.H., Slaughter, S. Revise and Resubmit. Under second review at Information Systems
Research, 2012.
Relative Wage Gaps and Career Mobility of Female and Male IT Professionals, Joseph, D., Ang, S., and
Slaughter, S., Revise and Resubmit. Under second revision for Information Systems Research, 2012.
Process Standardization and Internal Performance in IT and Business Services Outsourcing, Balint, B.,
Forman, C., and Slaughter, S., Revise and Resubmit. Under first revision for MIS Quarterly, 2012.
Are Software Contracts Effective? The Impact of Contract Type and Repeated Contracting on Performance
in Software Product Development Outsourcing. Slaughter, S., Harter, D., Ang, S. and Whitaker, J. Revise
and Resubmit. Under first revision for MIS Quarterly, 2012.
The Effectiveness of Tools and Teams in Staged Implementations of Process Innovations: Evidence from
Information Technology and Business Services Offshoring, Balint, B., Forman, C., Hyder, E., Paulk, M., and
Slaughter, S., Revise and Resubmit. Under first revision for Journal of Management Information Systems,
2012.
E-Procurement Infusion Dimensions and their Performance Impacts: Disentangling Complementary and
Substitutive Effects, Yu, S., Mishra, A., Gopal, A., Slaughter, S., and Mukhopadhyay, T., Under first review
at Production & Operations Management.
The Impact of Task Interruptions and Interference on Learning-by-Doing after Phased Information Systems
Implementation: A Study of Customs Automation in Costa Rica, Wu, T., Forman, C., Narasimhan, S. and
Slaughter, S., Working Paper.
The Co-Evolution of Social Networks and Software Structures in Open- and Closed-Source Projects. Merlo,
F., Slaughter, S. and Francalanci, C. Working Paper.
Management of Software Maintenance Quality Based on Software Volatility Patterns. C. F. Kemerer, G. D.
Moody, and S. Slaughter. Working paper, 2012.
Understanding Conflict in Large Multi-Party Information Systems Development: The Role of Faultlines.
Kirsch, L., Slaughter, S. Diamant, I., Haney, M., Ma., L. Working Paper.
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The Economic Value of Network Externalities in an Inter-Bank Payment Network: An Empirical Evaluation.
Jallath-Coria, E., Mukhopadhyay, T., Slaughter, S., and Yaron, A., Working Paper.
Work in Progress
Assessing the Impact of Customs Automation on Business and Government: The Case of Costa Rica (with S.
Narasimhan, C. Forman, G. Retana, and T. Wu)
Open standards and Innovation: A study of the FACE software ecosystem (with S. Narasimhan and M.
Frutiger)
Technology-enabled visual cognition in smog alert forecasting (with N. Lurie, M. Chang, and C.H. Peng)
Energy efficiency of application software (with E. Capra, F. Merlo, C. Francalanci)
Motivations for Open Source Software Participation (with I. Hann and J. Roberts)
Software Process Improvement in Information Systems Development. (with S. Ang and D. Harter).
Capabilities, Governance and Performance in eSourcing (with B. Balint, C. Forman, E. Hyder, and M.
Paulk)
Project Team Capabilities and Performance in IT Outsourcing (with T. Mukhopadhyay and N. Langer)
Controlling and Managing Large, Complex, Dynamic and Distributed Projects (with L. Kirsch)
Determinants of Compensation, Mobility, and Career Paths for Information Technology Professionals.
(with S. Ang, W. Boh, and D. Joseph).
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Awarded to Date
Cost Impact on Software Ecosystem for the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE). Proposal
funded by the U.S. Navy (NAVAIR). With GTRI. Role: Principal Investigator. Amount Awarded to College
of Business: $420,197, Award Period: October 2010 to December 2012.
Collaborative Research: GENI- Identifying Fault lines, circumventing fault line eruptions and mitigating the
effects of fault lines. Proposal funded by the Computer and Information Systems Engineering (CISE)
Division of the National Science Foundation. Role: co-Principal Investigator with Laurie Kirsch. Total
Amount Awarded: $601,409. GT Portion: $301,690, Award Period: May 2009 to March 2013.
Customs Automation Impact on Business and Government: The Case of Costa Rica. Proposal funded by the
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). Role: co-Principal Investigator (with C.
Forman and S. Narasimhan). Amount Awarded: $5,000, May 2011.
Assessing the Impact of Customs Automation on Business and Government: The Case of Costa Rica.
Proposal funded by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). Role: co-
Principal Investigator (with C. Forman and S. Narasimhan). Amount Awarded: $7,000, May 2010.
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Assessing the Impact of Customs Automation on Business and Government: The Case of Costa Rica.
Proposal funded by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). Role: co-
Principal Investigator (with C. Forman and S. Narasimhan). Amount Awarded: $8,000, May 2009.
How to Select the Best Project Managers to improve System Quality and to reduce Business Risk in IT
Outsourcing, Proposal funded by the CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University. Role: Principal Investigator.
Amount Awarded: $53,610. Award Period: January 2007 to February 2008.
Mechanisms for Managing Large, Complex, Dynamic and Distributed Projects, Proposal funded by the
Computer and Information Systems Engineering (CISE) Division of the National Science Foundation. Role:
Principal Investigator. Amount Awarded: $199,143. Award Period: July 2006 to June 2008.
Capabilities, Governance and Performance in eSourcing.Proposal funded by the Center for Analytical
Research in Technology (CART), David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Role:
Principal Investigator. Amount Awarded: $55,000, January 2006 to August 2007.
Why Developers Contribute to Open Source Software: An Investigation of Economic and non-Economic
Incentives. Berkman Faculty Development Fund Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, $5,000, November
2002 to November 2004.
Does Organizational Tenure Pay? A Multi-Country Study of the Relationship Between Organizational
Tenure and Compensation for High Technology Professionals. Faculty Development Grant, $10,000,
Carnegie Bosch Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, November 2002 to November 2004.
Innovative Practices for Speed and Agility in Internet Software Development, Project funded by the
Software Practices Section of the Center for the Study of the Software Industry (SWIC), Sloan
Foundation and Carnegie Mellon University. Role: Principal Investigator, Amount Awarded: $22,000.
Award Period: September 2001 to August 2002.
Collaborative Research: Discovering the Profiles and Patterns of Software Evolution, Proposal funded by
the Computer and Information Systems Engineering (CISE) Division of the National Science Foundation.
Role: co-Principal Investigator with Chris Kemerer. Total Amount Awarded: $316,165. CMU Portion:
$139,500. Award Period: July 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002.
Modeling and Evaluating Software Evolution Patterns, Faculty Development Fund Grant, $5,000, Carnegie
Mellon University, June 1999 to June 2001.
Determinants of Compensation for Information Technology Professionals, Faculty Development Grant,
$10,000, Carnegie Bosch Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, February 1998 to May 2000.
Internal Labor Market Practices and Information Systems Turnover, Faculty Development Fund Grant,
$4,500, Carnegie Mellon University, June 1996 to June 1998.
Software Quality and Software Maintenance Performance, SEED Research Funding Grant, $6,000, Quality
Leadership Center, University of Minnesota, September 1995 to June 1996, with R. Banker and G. Davis,
University of Minnesota.
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AWARDS AND AWARD NOMINATIONS
World’s Top 100 Innovation Management Scholars, (#70) based on a study by P. Yang and L. Tao,
“Perspective: Ranking of the World’s Top Innovation Management Scholars and Universities,” Journal of
Product Innovation Management, 29(2): 319-331, 2012.
Best Published Paper Award, Information Systems Research, 2011, for: Why do Software Firms Fail?
Capabilities, Competitive Actions and Firm Survival in the Software Industry from 1995 to 2007. Li, S.,
Shang, J., and Slaughter, S.
Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who, added August 2011.
Who’s Who of American Women, Marquis Who’s Who, added June 2010.
Who’s Who in Finance and Business, Marquis Who’s Who, added September 2009.
Best Interactive Paper Award, Organizational Communications and Information Systems Division (OCIS),
Academy of Management, 2008, for: Relative Wage Differences and the Career Transitions of IT
Professionals, Joseph, A.D., Ang, S., Slaughter S.
Finalist, Best Published Paper in Organizational Communications and Information Systems (OCIS), for
Familiarity, Complexity and Team Performance in Geographically Distributed Software Development.
Espinosa, A., Slaughter, S., Kraut, R., and Herbsleb, J. 2008.
Thank a Teacher Award for Teaching Excellence in MGT 4052 Systems Analysis and Design, College of
Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, nominated by Zafeer Khan, 2008.
Thank a Teacher Award for Teaching Excellence in MGT 8803 Project Management, College of Business,
Georgia Institute of Technology, nominated by Angelyn Liu, 2008.
Who’s Who in Business Higher Education, Academic Keys, added August 2008.
Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who, added June 2008.
Finalist, Best Published Paper in Information Systems Research, for The Effectiveness of Knowledge
Transfer Portfolios in Software Process Improvement, Slaughter, S., and Kirsch, L., 2007.
Finalist, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Annual Industry Studies Best Paper Prize, for Environmental Volatility,
Development Decisions and Software Volatility, Barry, E., Kemerer, C., and Slaughter, S., 2006.
Best Doctoral Dissertation Award for my Ph.D. Student, Wai Fong Boh. Awarded by Organizational
Communication and Information Systems Division at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
August 2005.
Best Conference Theme Paper Award. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
Washington, D.C., December 2004.
Runner Up Best Conference Paper, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December
2002.
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Best Paper Award, Annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest
Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR), May 2002.
Best Paper Award, Software Process Improvement Track, Association for Information Systems Americas
Conference, August 1999.
Best Paper Award, Human Resources Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 1998
Xerox Research Chair, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998-
1999.
Undergraduate Teaching Award, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University,
1998
Best Paper Award, Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences, January 1998
Reviewer of the Year Award for 1997-1998, Information Systems Research.
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 1997-1998. Nominated by Weelin Sim, BA ‘96
Meritorious Service Award, Operations Research, 1996-1997
Finalist, Society for Information Systems (SIMS) Grant Competition, July 1996
Winner, Doctoral Dissertation Competition, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
December 1995
Award for Runner Up Best Conference Paper, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
December 1994
Selection to ICIS Doctoral Consortium, Victoria, British Columbia, 1994
Selection to Decision Sciences Consortium, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994
Carlson School Fellow, University of Minnesota, 1991-1994
AACSB National Doctoral Fellowship, 1991
Impact Award, Hewlett Packard Company, 1988
Above and Beyond Award, Hewlett Packard Company, 1987
Graduate School of Business Award (top 10%), Indiana University, 1987
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Invited Seminars
Are Software Contracts Effective? Invited Seminar. Presented at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada,
September 2012.
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Accountability in Open Source Software Projects. Invited Seminar. Presented at Iowa State University, Des
Moines, IA, April 2012.
Accountability, Complexity and Software Maintenance Performance in Open Source Software. Invited
Seminar. Presented at the Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, October 2011.
Visual Representation Technologies and Performance in Virtual Teams. Invited Seminar. Presented at the
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., April, 2011.
Learning curves in the implementation of a customs automation system. Invited Seminar. Presented at the
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, April, 2011.
Technology-Enabled Visual Cognition and Performance in Virtual Teams. Invited Seminar. Presented at
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, January, 2011.
Project Managers’ Practical Intelligence and Project Performance. Invited Seminar. Presented at
the University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, October 2010.
The Use of Visual Representation Technologies to Reach Consensus in Exacting Environments. Invited
Seminar. Presented at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, September, 2010.
The Use of Visual Representation Technologies to reach consensus in exacting environments. Invited
Seminar. Presented at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, April 2010.
Practical Intelligence and project performance in IT offshore outsourcing. Invited Seminar. Presented at the
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, February 2010.
The co-evolution of organizational and software structures in closed and open source software. Invited
Seminar. Presented at the Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 2009.
What is the value of skills for a Project Manager in IT Offshore Outsourcing? Invited Seminar. Presented at
the University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, October 2009.
Visual Representation Technologies and Team Performance in Smog Forecasting. Invited Seminar.
Presented at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, March 2009.
Project Managers’ Skills in IT Offshore Outsourcing. Invited Seminar. Presented at the GVU Brown Bag,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, November, 2008.
Project Managers’ Skills and IT Offshore Outsourcing Performance. Invited Seminar. Presented at Georgia
State University, Atlanta, GA, October, 2008.
Project Performance in IT Offshore Outsourcing. Invited Seminar. Presented at the University of Georgia,
Athens, GA, September, 2008.
Strategies for Managing Cyber-Infrastructure Projects, Invited Presentation. CISE Division, National
Science Foundation, August 22, 2008.
How Project Managers’ Skills affect IT Outsourcing Project Outcomes. Invited Seminar. Presented at
Purdue University, Indiana, April 2008.
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Project Managers’ Skills and Project Success in IT Outsourcing. Invited Seminar. Presented at the
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, November 2007.
What is the Value of Contributing to Open Source Software Projects? An Economic Analysis. Invited
Seminar. Presented at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, March 2007.
Motivations for Contributing to Open Source Software Projects. Invited Seminar. Presented at the College
of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, February 2007.
The Economic Value of Contributing to Open Source Software Projects. Invited Seminar. Presented at
INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, May 2006.
Outsourcing and Software Quality Outcomes. Invited Seminar. Presented at the University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, March 2006.
Contracting in IT Outsourcing. Invited Seminar. The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, February
2005.
Contract Choice and Software Quality. Invited Seminar. University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
CA, December 2004.
Complexity, Contracts and Quality in Software Development Outsourcing. Invited Seminar. University of
Irvine, California, Irvine, CA, December 2004.
Learning Curves in Software Development. Invited Seminar. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, May
2004.
Experience and Productivity in Software Development. Invited Seminar. Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI, April 2004.
Portfolios of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms in Software Process Improvement. Invited Seminar. The
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2004.
Learning from Experience in Software Development. Invited Seminar. Arizona State University, Tempe,
AZ, October 2003.
Development Decisions and Software Volatility. Invited Seminar. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,
September 2003.
Software Quality Improvement, Organizational Inertia and Infrastructure Costs. Invited Seminar. The
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, March 2003.
A Longitudinal Study of Software Product Development. Invited Seminar. Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX, November 2002.
Human Capital and Organizational Determinants of IT Compensation. Invited Seminar. Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana, October 2002.
The Economics of Software Process Maturity. Invited Seminar. IT University of Denmark, Copenhagen,
Denmark, August 2002.
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Quality Improvement in Software Product Development. Invited Seminar. New York University, New York,
April 2002.
Software Product Development Costs and Quality. Invited Seminar. The University of Texas at Dallas,
Richardson, Texas, November 2001.
Moderating Effects of Structure on Volatility and Complexity in Software Enhancement, Invited Seminar.
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 2000.
Software Structure, Volatility and Complexity, Invited Seminar. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
May 2000.
The Economics of Software Structure, Invited Seminar. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1999.
Building and Sustaining Organizational Learning in I/S Departments: The Case of Software Metrics.
Invited Seminar. The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 1997.
Efficiency of Economic Tradeoffs in Software Design: An Empirical Evaluation. Invited Seminar at the
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, March 1997.
Software Design and Maintenance. Invited Seminar at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, July
1996.
Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at Georgia State
University, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1995.
Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at the University
of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, March 1995.
Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at the University
of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, March 1995.
Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at the George
Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, March 1995.
Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at Stanford
University, Stanford, California, February 1995.
Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 1995.
Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at the University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, February 1995.
Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at McGill
University, Montreal, Canada, February 1995.
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Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at the University
of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, January 1995.
Software Development Practices and Software Maintenance Performance. Invited Seminar at the Stockholm
School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, July 1994.
Invited Talks at Symposium (after critical review)
Human Capital of IT Professionals: A Research Agenda. Ang, S., Banker, R., Bapna, R., Slaughter, S. and
Wattal, S. Presented at the International Conference on Information Systems, Shanghai, China, December
2011.
The Global Delivery of Information Technology and Business Services: Workforce Management and Policy
Implications, Slaughter, S., Hyder, E., Levina, N., Aron, R. and Forman, C. Presented at the Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Sponsored by the OCIS, TIM and OMT Divisions, Anaheim, California,
August 2008.
Offshoring of Information Technology and Business Services: What are the real implications for work
performance and for workers?, Slaughter, S., Hyder, E., Levina, N., Aron, R., Forman, C., and Balint, B.
Presented at the Sloan Industry Studies annual conference in Boston, MA, May 2008.
Contracting and Performance in Software Development Outsourcing. Slaughter, S., Harter, D., and Ang, S.
Presented at the INFORMS annual meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006.
Learning Curves in Software Development. Boh, W., Slaughter, S., and Espinosa, A. Invited presentation.
Presented at the International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC) in Atlanta, GA, April 2005.
Coordination and Control in Outsourcing Relationships. Anderson, E., Ang, S., Beath, C., Broschak, J.,
Davis-Blake, A., Harter, D., Huber, G., Parker, G., and Slaughter, S. Invited Presentation. Presented at a
symposium of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Sponsored by the OCIS and OMT Divisions,
New Orleans, LA, August 2004.
Identifying New Directions in Group Research. Argote, L., Kraut, R., Kiesler, S., Slaughter, S. and
Weingart, L. Invited Presentation. Showcase symposium of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
Sponsored by the OCIS and OB Divisions, New Orleans, LA, August 2004.
Economics of Open Source Software. Hann, I., Roberts, J. and Slaughter, S. Invited Presentation. Presented
at a symposium of the American Economics Association meeting in San Diego, California, January 2004.
A Longitudinal Study of the Dynamics of Changes in Work Systems and Compensation for IT Professionals,
Harter, D., Slaughter, S., and Ang, S. Invited Presentation. Presented at a symposium of the Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Sponsored by the OCIS and HR Divisions, Seattle, WA, August 2003.
Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms in Software Process Improvement, Invited Presentation. Presented at the
Knowledge Management Symposium held at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March 2003.
The Missing Context of Information Systems Professionals, Ang, S. and Slaughter, S. Invited Presentation.
Presented at a symposium of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Sponsored by the OCIS
Division, Toronto, Canada, August 2000.
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Papers Presented at Conferences (after critical review)
A Social Network Analysis of the GENI Community, Kirsch, L.J. and Slaughter, S.A., Presented at the 14 th
GENI Engineering Conference, Boston, MA July 2012.
The Assimilation of Open Standards by the U.S. Military Avionics Software Industry, Frutiger, M.,
Narasimhan, S. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the Industry Studies Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA,
May, 2012.
Influence, Information Technology & Group Polarization: A Field Study of a Virtual Team, Peng, C. and
Slaughter, S., Presented at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Shanghai, China,
December 2011.
Mitigating the Effects of Structural Complexity on Open Source Software Maintenance through
Accountability, Midha, V., and Slaughter, S. Presented at the 31 st International Conference on Information
Systems (ICIS), Shanghai, China, December 2011.
Dyadic learning after implementation of inter-organizational information systems: the case of a
customs automation system implementation in Costa Rica, Wu, T., Forman, C., Narasimhan, S., and
Slaughter, S. Presented at the Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST) at the
INFORMS annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, November 2011.
Diversification versus Specialization in Learning after Information Systems Implementation, Wu, T.,
Slaughter, S., Forman, C., Narasimhan, S., Retana, G. and Urbina, S. Presented at the annual Academy of
Management Meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 2011.
Technology-enabled visual cognition in virtual teams: The use of visual representation technologies to reach
consensus in exacting environments, Peng, C., Slaughter, S., and Lurie, N. Presented at the annual meeting
of INGroup, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 2011.
Learning and business value of information systems: The case of customs automation system
implementation, Wu, T., Forman, C., Narasimhan, S., Retana, G., Slaughter, S., Urbina, S. Presented at the
Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), St. Louis, MO, December 2010.
An empirical study of traditional development approaches, modularity and software energy consumption in
software applications, Capra, E., Slaughter, S. and Francalanci, C. Presented at the INFORMS annual
meeting in Austin, TX, November 2010.
Controlling and Coordinating Large, Complex, and Distributed Scientific Research Collaborations, Kirsch,
L.J. and Slaughter, S.A., Presented at the 7 th GENI Engineering Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC,
March 2010.
Understanding the dynamics of contracting regimes in software product development outsourcing,
Slaughter, S., Harter, D. and Ang, S. Presented at the INFORMS annual meeting in San Diego, CA, October
2009.
Social structure and software structure in closed and open source software development, Merlo, F.,
Slaughter, S. and Francalanci, C. Presented at the INFORMS annual meeting in San Diego, CA, October
2009.
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It’s Not Easy Using IT to be Green: The Choice and Effectiveness of IT for Team-Based Smog Forecasts.
Lurie, N., Peng, C.H., Slaughter, S. Presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Chicago, IL,
August 2009.
The Co-Evolution of Social Networks and Software Structures in Open- and Closed-Source Projects. Merlo,
F., Slaughter, S. and Francalanci, C. Presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Chicago, IL,
August 2009.
Understanding Conflict in Large Multi-Party Information Systems Development: The Role of Faultlines.
Kirsch, L., Slaughter, S. Diamant, I., Haney, M., Ma., L. Presented at the Academy of Management annual
meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2009.
Project Managers’ Skills and Project Success in IT Outsourcing, Langer, N., Slaughter, S. and
Mukhopdahyay, T., Presented at the 28 th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Paris,
France, December 2008.
Process Standardization and Performance in IT and Business Services Outsourcing: A Field Study, Balint,
B., Forman, C., Slaughter, S., Hyder, E. and Paulk, M. Presented at the Conference on Information Systems
and Technology (CIST), Washington, D.C. October 2008.
IT Infusion and its Performance Impacts: An Empirical Study of E-Procurement in the Services Industry,
Yu, S., Mishra, A., Gopal, A., Slaughter, S., Mukhopadhyay, T. Presented at the Conference on Information
Systems and Technology (CIST), Washington, D.C. October 2008.
Relative Wage Differences and Career Transitions of Female and Male IT Professionals, Joseph, D., Ang,
S. and Slaughter, S., Presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Anaheim, California,
August 2008.
How do Project Managers’ Skills Affect Project Success in IT Outsourcing? Langer, N., Slaughter, S., and
Mukhopadhyay, T. 2 nd International Symposium of Information Systems (ISIS), Hyderabad, India,
December 2007.
The Formation and Evolution of Faultlines in Large-Scale, Multi-Party Information Systems Development,
Slaughter, S.A., Kirsch, L., Ma, L., Boss, S., Diamant, I., Haney, M. Presented at the 27 th International
Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December 2007, Montreal, Canada.
Selecting the Best Project Managers in IT Outsourcing, Langer, N., Slaughter, S., and Mukhopadhyay, T.
Presented at the INFORMS annual meeting in Seattle, WA, November 2007.
Social Networks and Individual Performance in Open Source Software Communities, Hann, I., Roberts, J.,
and Slaughter, S. Presented at the INFORMS annual meeting in Seattle, WA, November 2007.
Network Effects in the Flash Memory Market: A Preliminary Analysis, Liu, C., Kemerer, C., Slaughter, S.,
and Smith, M., Presented at the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Montreal, CA,
December 2007.
Research and Information Systems: How Information Systems are Transforming the Nature of Science (and
what does this mean for IS Researchers), Kirsch, L.J., Slaughter, S.A. and Haney, M.H., presented at IFIP
8.6, Manchester, UK, June 14-16, 2007.
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Knowledge Transfer and Quality Practices in the Implementation of a Sourcing Capability Model, Balint,
T., Forman, C., Hyder, E., Paulk, M. and Slaughter, S., Presented at the Sloan Industry Studies annual
conference, April 26-27, 2007, Cambridge, MA.
Controlling and Coordinating Large, Complex and Distributed Scientific Research Collaborations.
Slaughter, S. and Kirsch, L. Presented at the WACE (Workshop for Advanced Collaboratory Environment)
conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 2006.
The Economic Value of Software Firms' Strategies and Capabilities in the Internet Boom and Bust: An
Empirical Study, Slaughter, S., Li, S., and Shang, J., Presented at the Workshop on Information Systems and
Economics (WISE), Evanston, IL, December 2006.
Process Transformation and Human Capital in Information Systems Development: Complements or
Substitutes? Slaughter, S., Harter, D. and Ang, S., Presented at the Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2006.
Communication Networks in an Open Source Software Project. Roberts, J., Hann. I., and Slaughter, S.,
Presented at the second International Conference on Open Source Systems, Como, Italy, June 8-10, 2006.
Examining the Role of General and Firm-Specific Human Capital in Predicting IT Professionals’ Turnover
Behaviors, Joseph, D., Ang, S., and Slaughter, S. Presented at the annual conference of the ACM Special
Interest Group for Management Information Systems (SIGMIS), Claremont, CA, April 2006.
Coordination Mechanisms in Globally Distributed Software Development, Espinsoa, A., Slaughter, S.,
Herbsleb, J. and Kraut, R. Presented at the International Conference on Management of Globally Distributed
Work, Bangalore, India, December 28-30, 2005.
Compensation and Career Paths of IT Professionals. Joseph, D., Ang, S. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, August 2005.
Identifying the Prototypical Career Paths of IT Professionals: A Sequence and Cluster Analysis, Joseph, D.,
Ang, S. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the ACM Special Interest Group for Management Information
Systems (SIGMIS), Atlanta, GA, April 2005.
Why Developers Participate in Open Source Software Projects: An Empirical Investigation. Roberts, J.,
Hann, I., and Slaughter, S. Presented at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
Washington, D.C., December 2004.
Economic Returns to Open Source Participation: A Panel Data Analysis, Hann, I., Roberts, J. and
Slaughter, S. Presented at the Workshop for Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Washington,
D.C., December 2004.
Effectiveness of Codification for Knowledge Sharing: A Mixed Methods Study, Boh, W. and Slaughter, S.
Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 2004.
Adoption of e-Procurement in Service Industries. Yu, S., Mukhopadhyay, T., and Slaughter S. Presented at
the 23 rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seattle, WA, December 2003.
Human Capital and Process Transformation In IT Systems Development: Complements or Substitutes?
Slaughter, S., Harter, D., and Ang, S. Presented at the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics
(WISE), Seattle, Washington, December 2003.
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A Learning Curve Analysis of Software Development. Boh, W., Slaughter, S., and Espinosa, A. Presented at
the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 2003.
On the Uniformity of Software Evolution Patterns. Barry, E., Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Portland, Oregon, May 2003.
Returns to Human Capital for IT Professionals. Slaughter, S. and Ang, S. Presented at the annual conference
of the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR), Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, April 2003.
Quality and Agility in Internet Speed Software Development. Baskerville, R., Levine, L., Pries-Heje, J.,
Ramesh, B., and Slaughter, S. Presented at the 22 nd International Conference in Information Systems (ICIS),
Barcelona, Spain, December 2002.
Economic Incentives in Open Source Projects. Hann, I., Roberts, J., Slaughter, S. and Fielding, R.
Presented at the 22 nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Barcelona, Spain, December
2002.
Explaining Participation in Open Source Projects: For the Love, the Money, or Both? Roberts, J., Hann, I.,
and Slaughter, S. Presented at the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Barcelona,
Spain, December 2002.
A Longitudinal Study of Software Product Development. Harter, D. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, August 2002.
Internal Labor Market Strategies and Turnover of Information Technology Professionals. Ang, S. and
Slaughter, S. Presented at the annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel
Research (SIGCPR), Kristiansand, Norway, May 2002.
Why Do Developers Contribute to Open Source Projects? First Evidence of Economic Incentives. Hann,
I., Roberts, J., Slaughter, S. and Fielding, R. Presented at the International Conference on Software
Engineering (ICSE), Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering, Orlando, Florida, May 2002.
Does Organizational Tenure Pay for Information Technology Professionals? Slaughter, S. and Ang, S.
Presented at the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), New Orleans, Louisiana,
December 2001.
Environmental, Strategic, and Structural Determinants of Information Systems Design Choices. Banker, R.,
Janakiraman, S., Konstans, C., and Slaughter, S. Presented at the Workshop on Information Systems and
Economics (WISE), New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2001.
Divergent Practices for Software Development at Internet Speed. Baskerville, R., Levine, L., Pries-Heje, J.,
Ramesh, B., and Slaughter, S. Presented at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2001.
Engineering Software @ Internet Speed. Levine, L, Pries-Heje, J. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
International Conference on Software Quality (ICSQ), American Society for Quality, Pittsburgh, PA,
October 2001.
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Is Information Technology a “Boundaryless” Profession? A Sequence Analysis of the Career Histories of IT
Professionals from 1979-1998. Boh, W., Ang, S. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2001.
A Taxonomy of Employment Insourcing and Outsourcing Strategies in Information Systems. Ang, S. and
Slaughter, S. Presented at the International Conference on Outsourcing in Information Systems (ICOIS),
Bayreuth, Germany, June 2001.
An Empirical Evaluation of the Economic Value of Network Externalities in a Payment Network. Jallath-
Coria, E., Mukhopadhyay, T., Slaughter, S. and Yarom, A. Presented at the Workshop on Information
Systems and Economics (WISE), Brisbane, Australia, December 2000.
Determinants of ERP Adoption: An Empirical Analysis. Banker, R., Janakiraman, S., Konstans, C., and
Slaughter, S. Presented at the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Brisbane,
Australia, December 2000.
The Cascading Effect of Process Maturity on Software Quality. Harter, D. and Slaughter, S. Presented at
the 21 st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Brisbane, Australia, December 2000.
Measuring Software Volatility: A Multi-Dimensional Approach. Barry, E., Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S.
Presented at the 21st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Brisbane, Australia,
December 2000.
Profiles and Patterns of Software Evolution. Slaughter, S. Presented at the 3 rd Fall Conference on Managing
Information Technologies, October 2000, Troy, Michigan. Sponsored by the School of Business
Administration, Oakland University, and Computer Associates, DaimlerChrysler, Data Systems, EDS, Lear
and Tata Infotech.
Software Volatility: A System-Level Measure, Barry, E., Kemerer, C., and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
Association for Information Systems Americas Conference (AMCIS), Long Beach, CA, August 2000.
An Empirical Analysis of Software Evolution Profiles and Outcomes, Barry, E., Kemerer, C., and Slaughter,
S. Presented at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Charlotte, North Carolina,
December 1999.
Organizational Consequences of Selective Information Systems Outsourcing, Slaughter, S. and Barry, E.
Presented at the INFORMS Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November, 1999.
Does Tenure Pay in Information Systems? Slaughter, S., Ang, S., and Li, B. Presented at the Academy of
Management Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, August 1999.
Toward a Detailed Classification Scheme for Software Maintenance Activities, Barry, E., Kemerer, C., and
Slaughter, S. Presented at the Association for Information Systems Americas Conference (AMCIS),
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 1999.
Life Cycle Effects of Software Quality: A Longitudinal Analysis, Harter, D., Slaughter, S., and Krishnan, M.
Presented at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Helsinki, Finland, December
1998.
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Determinants of Compensation for IT Professionals: A Cross-Level Analysis, Ang, S., Slaughter, S., and
Yee, N. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, August, 1998.
A Longitudinal Empirical Analysis of Software Evolution, Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
International Workshop on the Principles of Software Evolution, International Conference on Software
Engineering (ICSE), Kyoto, Japan, April 20, 1998.
Effects of Information Systems Employment Outsourcing: Multiple Informants’ Perspectives. Ang, S. and
Slaughter, S. Presented at the Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), Kailua-
Kona, Hawaii, January, 6-8, 1998.
A Longitudinal Analysis of Software Maintenance Patterns. Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Atlanta, Georgia, December 1997.
Turning Over and Away from the Information Systems Profession: A Causal Analysis, Lee, C., Ang, S., and
Slaughter, S. Presented at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Atlanta, Georgia,
December 1997.
The Interrelationships between Quality, Cost and Cycle Time in Software Products: An Empirical
Evaluation. Harter, D., Krishnan, M. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the Workshop on Information Systems
and Economics (WISE), Atlanta, Georgia, December 1997.
Software Project Management: The Relationships Among Effort, Change and Time, Barry, E.,
Mukhopadhyay, T., and Slaughter, S. Presented at the Third Annual Meeting of the Association for
Information Systems (AIS), Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1997.
Efficiency of Economic Tradeoffs in Software Design: An Empirical Evaluation. Banker, R. and Slaughter,
S. Presented at the Workshop for Information Systems Economics (WISE), Cleveland, Ohio, December
1996.
Braking IS’s Revolving Door: A Study of Internal Labor Markets and IS Turnover. Ang, S. and Slaughter, S.
Presented at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Cleveland, Ohio, December 1996.
Need for Longitudinal Studies of Software Maintenance. Kemerer, C. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
International Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance (WESS), Monterey, California,
November 1996.
How Software Evolves: A Time Series Analysis of Software Change Histories. Slaughter, S. Presented at the
Second Meeting of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), Phoenix, Arizona, August 1996.
Diseconomies of Software Portfolio Diversity. Banker, R. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the INFORMS
Conference, Washington, D.C., May 1996.
Software Portfolio Diversity and Enhancement Costs. Banker, R. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
Inaugural Meeting of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August
1995.
Software Development Practices and Software Reliability: A Longitudinal Analysis. Banker, R. and
Slaughter, S. Presented at the Workshop for Information Systems Economics (WISE) at the London
Business School, December 1995.
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Contingent Workforce in Information Systems. Ang, S. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the Inaugural Meeting
of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 1995.
Assessing the Use and Effectiveness of Metrics in Information Systems. Slaughter, S. Presented at the annual
meeting of the International Function Points User's Group (IFPUG), Orlando, Florida, April 1994.
Metrics in Information Systems. Presented at the quarterly meeting of the Twin Cities Function Points
User's Group (TCFPUG), Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1993.
In Search of Software Maintenance Productivity and Quality: Does Software Complexity Matter? Banker,
R. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December
1994.
An Empirical Study of the Impact of Software Complexity on Software Maintenance Productivity. Banker, R.
and Slaughter, S. Presented at the Information and Decision Sciences Workshop, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, January, 1994.
Software Complexity and Software Maintenance Productivity. Banker, R. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the
Workshop for Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Orlando, Florida, December 1993.
Critical Problems and Action Agenda for Issue 8: Is Application Development Focused on Real Problems?
Traunmüller, R. and Slaughter, S. Presented at the IFIP World Congress, Hamburg, Germany, August 1994.
Is Information Technology Different? A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Technology in the
Organizational and Information Systems Literatures. Slaughter, S. and Beath, C. Presented at the
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1993.
Other Presentations
Women Surviving and Thriving in Academia: Critical Success Factors. Invited Seminar. Presented at the
University of Arkansas, October, 2008.
Advancing your Career after Tenure. Invited Seminar. Presented at the ADVANCE Workshop, Georgia
Institute of Technology, October, 2008.
Conference or Program Committee
Program Committee, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Orlando, Florida, 2012.
Program Committee, International Conference on Open Source Software (OSS), 2011.
Program Committee, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Shanghai, China, 2011.
Co-Chair, Senior Scholar’s Consortium and Forum, International Conference on Information Systems
(ICIS), Shanghai, China, 2011.
Co-Chair, Senior Scholar’s Consortium and Forum, International Conference on Information Systems
(ICIS), St. Louis, Missouri, 2010.
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Program Committee, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), St. Louis, Missouri, 2010.
Program Committee, International Conference on Open Source Software (OSS), Indiana, 2010.
Program co-Chair, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Phoenix, Arizona, 2009.
Program Committee, International Conference on Open Source Software (OSS), Sweden, 2009.
Program Committee, International Conference on Open Source Software (OSS), Milan, Italy, 2008.
Program Committee, International Conference on Open Source Software (OSS), Limerick, Ireland, 2007.
Program Committee, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Washington, D.C., 2004.
Program Committee, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seattle, Washington, 2003.
Program Committee Member. Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003.
Program Committee Member. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New Orleans,
Louisiana, 2001.
Track Co-Chair, Research in Progress. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Brisbane,
Australia, 2000.
Program Co-Chair. Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Charlotte, North Carolina,
1999.
Program Committee Member. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 1999.
Conference Session Chair/Panel/Discussant
Invited Facilitator. OCIS International Paper Development Workshop at the annual Academy of
Management meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 2011.
Invited Panelist. Innovating the Global Supply Chain, Conference at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, April 2011.
Invited Panelist. Session on Offshore Outsourcing, Executive Master’s Program, Georgia State University,
Atlanta, GA, February 2011.
Invited Panelist. Workshop on Information Technology & Systems (WITS). St. Louis, MO, December
2010.
Invited Panelist. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Phoenix, AZ, December 2009.
Invited Panelist. Workshop on Information Technology & Systems (WITS). Phoenix, AZ, December 2009.
Invited Panelist. TIP Center Inauguration, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2009.
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Session Chair. Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Montreal, Canada. 2007.
Faculty Counselor. IS Ph.D. Doctoral Consortium at Academy of Management Meeting, OCIS Division,
August 2007.
Discussant. Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Montreal, Canada, December 2007.
Invited Panelist. Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST). Seattle, Washington,
November 2007.
Session Chair. Technology Change and Evolution of Industry Structure at the Academy of Management
Annual Meeting, August 2006.
Faculty Counselor. IS Ph.D. Doctoral Consortium at the International Conference on Information Systems
(ICIS), December 2005.
Session Chair. Information Technology Adoption by Firms at the Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, August 2005.
Session Leader. New IS Faculty Workshop at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2004.
Discussant. Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Barcelona, Spain, December 2002.
Invited Panelist. Issues in Global Software Development, ACM Special Interest Group for Computer
Personnel Research (SIGCPR), Kristiansand, Norway, May 2002.
Discussant. MIS Quarterly Workshop, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, May 2000.
Discussant. Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), New York, December 1998.
Invited Panelist. Performance Effects of Outsourcing. Conference on Contracting and Organizational
Structure, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, April 25, 1997.
Session Leader. Doctoral Student Workshop at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
December 1997.
Session Chair, Second Meeting of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), August 1996.
Discussant. Issue 8 Session. International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) World Congress,
Hamburg, Germany. August 1994.
Discussant. SIGCPR, Alexandria, Virginia. March 1994.
Discussant. IFIP Working Committee 8.2, Minneapolis, June 1992.
Membership. Offices and Activities in Professional Societies
Region 1 Representative (elected), Association for Information Systems (AIS) Council, 2012-2015.
Member, Executive Committee, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2012-2015.
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Member, Academy of Management, 1992 – present.
Member, Association for Information Systems, 1995 - present.
Member, Association for Computing Machinery, 1994 – present.
Member, IEEE and IEEE Computing Society, 2012 – present.
Member, INFORMS and Society for Information Systems, 2005 – present.
Member, Industry Studies Association, 2010 – present.
EDITORIAL ROLES
Departmental Editor, Senior Editor, Special Issue Editor
Departmental Editor, Management Science, Information Systems Department, 2007-present (re-
appointed in 2009).
Editor. Special issue of Information Systems Research on Flexible and Distributed
Information Systems Development, 2009.
Editor. Special Issue of Information Technology and Management on Managing Software
Development and Maintenance, 1999-2000.
Senior Editor. Information Systems Research, 2004-2007.
Senior Editor. Production & Operations Management. Management of Technology Department, 2003-2005.
Associate Editor and Editorial Board
Editorial Board, Journal of Management Information Systems, 2011-present.
Editorial Board for special issue of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), 2010-
2012.
Editorial Review Board. Organization Science, 2004-2008.
Associate Editor. Management Science, Technological Innovation, Product Development, and
Entrepreneurship Department, 2002-2008.
Associate Editor. Management Science. Information Systems Department, 2002-2004.
Associate Editor. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 2002-2004.
Associate Editor. Information Systems Research, 2000-2003.
Associate Editor. MIS Quarterly, 2000-2002.
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Associate Editor. Journal of Database Management, 2000-2002.
Associate Editor. MIS Quarterly, Special Issue on Knowledge Management, 2003-2004.
Associate Editor. Management Science, Special Issue on Managing Knowledge in Organizations, 2001-
2002.
Associate Editor. Management Science, Special Issue on Design and Development, 1998-2000.
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Communications of the ACM
Computing Surveys
Decision Sciences
IFIP
Information and Software Technology
Information Systems Frontiers
Information Systems Research
Information, Technology and People
Management Science
MSOM
MIS Quarterly
OMEGA
Operations Research
Organization Science
Sloan Management Review
Software Practice and Experience
Review of Textbooks
Reviewer of Object Oriented Analysis. Textbook by D. Brown. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.
Reviewer of MIS for the Information Age. Textbook by S. Haag. McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Editorial Roles In Professional Meetings
Program Review Committee Member. Special Interest Group for Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR).
1994-2001, 2003, 2007.
Program Review Committee Member. Workshop on Empirical Studies in Software Maintenance (WESS),
1999.
Program Review Committee Member. International Workshop on Evaluation of Systems Analysis and
Design Modeling Methods, 1998-2001.
Other Editorial Roles
Panelist for Proposal Review, National Science Foundation, CISE Division, March 2012.
Panelist for Proposal Review, National Science Foundation, OCI Division, October 2011.
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Panelist for Proposal Review, National Science Foundation, OCI Division, September 2010.
Panelist for Proposal Review, National Science Foundation, OCI Division, February 2010.
Panelist for Proposal Review, National Science Foundation, CISE Division, June 2008.
Panelist for Proposal Review, National Science Foundation, CISE Division, July 2007.
Panelist for Proposal Review, National Science Foundation, CISE Division, January 2007.
Proposal Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canada,
January 2006.
Panelist for Proposal Review, National Science Foundation, CISE Division, March 2002.
Proposal Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canada,
January 2002.
TEACHING AND EDUCATION
Courses Taught at Georgia Institute of Technology
Number Title Year
MGT8803 Project Management (2 sections) Spring 2012
MGT8803 Project Management Spring 2011
MGT4052 Systems Analysis & Design Spring 2011
MGT8803 Project Management Summer 2010
MGT8803 PhD Seminar Spring 2010
MGT8803 Project Management (2 sections) Spring 2009
MGT8803 Project Management Spring 2008
MGT4052 Systems Analysis & Design Spring 2008
Courses Taught at CMU
Number Title Year
47-953 Information Systems PhD Seminar 2006-2007
70-453 Systems Analysis & Design 2006-2007
14-777 Information Systems Modeling 2006-2007
45-878 Sourcing Information Systems 2005-2006
70-453 Systems Analysis & Design 2005-2006
14-777 Information Systems Modeling 2005-2006
45-878 Sourcing Information Systems 2005-2006
45-878 Information Systems Development 2004-2005
70-453 Systems Analysis & Design 2003-2004
45-968 Information Systems Modeling 2003-2005
47-953 Information Systems PhD Seminar 2003-2004
45-878 Information Systems Development 2003-2004
45-878 Information Systems Development 2003-2004
45-878 Information Systems Development 2002-2003
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46-941 Information Systems Modeling 2002-2003
70-455 Database Design 2002-2003
70-453 Systems Analysis & Design 2002-2003
70-455 Database Design 2001-2002
70-453 Systems Analysis & Design 2001-2002
45-870 Management Information Systems 2001-2002
45-870 Management Information Systems 2001-2002
70-453 Systems Analysis & Design 2000-2001
45-870 Management Information Systems 2000-2001
45-870 Management Information Systems 2000-2001
45-870 Management Information Systems 2000-2001
47-952 Information Systems PhD Seminar 2000-2001
70-453 Systems Analysis & Design 1999-2000
45-870 Management Information Systems 1999-2000
45-870 Management Information Systems 1999-2000
45-870 Management Information Systems 1999-2000
70-453 Systems Analysis & Design 1998-1999
45-870 Strategic Information Systems 1998-1999
45-870 Strategic Information Systems 1998-1999
45-870 Strategic Information Systems 1998-1999
45-870 Strategic Information Systems 1998-1999
70-451 Management Information Systems 1997-1998
70-451 Management Information Systems 1997-1998
45-870 Strategic Information Systems 1997-1998
45-870 Strategic Information Systems 1997-1998
70-453 Systems Analysis & Design 1996-1997
45-970 Strategic Information Systems 1996-1997
45-970 Strategic Information Systems 1996-1997
70-451 Management Information Systems 1996-1997
47-952 Information Systems PhD Seminar 1995-1996
45-970 Strategic Information Systems 1995-1996
45-970 Strategic Information Systems 1995-1996
70-451 Management Information Systems 1995-1996
Student Supervision
Doctoral Students (at Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chair, Thesis Committee, Tianshi Wu, 2011-2013. Reader, Second Year Paper, Tianshi Wu, “Customs
automation in Costa Rica: The TICA project”, Summer 2010.
Chair, Thesis Committee, Chih-hung Peng, 2010-2012. Defended, June 2012. Placement: City
University of Hong Kong. Reader, Second Year Paper, “The use of visual representation technologies
to reach consensus in forecasting tasks,” Summer 2009. Reader, First Year Paper, “Group technology
use under information uncertainty and equivocality,” Summer 2008.
Member, Thesis Committee, Dezhi Yin, 2010-2012.
Member, Thesis Committee, Wen Wen, 2010-2012.
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Member, Thesis Committee, Peng Huang, 2009-2010.
Member, Thesis Committee, Sam Ransbotham, 2007-2008.
Member, Thesis Committee, Zhe (Jewel) Qu, 2007-2008.
Member, Thesis Committee, Jifeng Luo, 2007-2008.
Reader, Second Year Paper, Bin Li, “Project selection with multiple alternatives: The GENI project”,
Summer 2010.
Master’s Students (at Georgia Institute of Technology)
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Richard Merz, “Cost impact of FACE on avionics software
acquisition,” Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Otto Mora, “The open source business model,” Fall 2011.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Kristel Heinrich, “The case of the TIC@ system,”
Fall 2010 and Spring 2011.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Todd Kennedy, “The use of social media in project management,”
Summer 2010.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Tara Godfrey, “Project retrospectives for Spiral 2 projects of
GENI,” Summer 2010.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Henry Mar, “Project retrospectives for Spiral 2 projects of
GENI,” Summer 2010.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Lacey Murrah, “Project retrospectives for Spiral 1 projects of
GENI,” Summer 2009.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Leena Makhija, “Project complexity at the Home Depot,” Summer
and Fall, 2009.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Pablo Martinez, “Implementing eProcurement systems for the Costa
Rica Government,” Summer and Fall 2009.
Undergraduate Students (at Georgia Institute of Technology)
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Catalina Araya, “Implementing eProcurement systems for the Costa
Rica Government,” Summer 2009.
Doctoral Students (at CMU)
Chair, Thesis Committee, Bryon Balint (Tepper), “Capabilities and Learning in eSourcing,” Defended
Spring 2010. Placement: Belmont University. Reader, Second Year Paper, “Performance effects of the
eSourcing Capability Model,” Summer 2007, Reader, First Year Paper, “Implementing the eSourcing
Capability Model,” Summer 2006.
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Chair, Thesis Committee, Nishtha Langer, “Essays on Outsourcing,” Defended Fall 2007. Placement: Indian
School of Business, Hyderabad, India.
Co-Chair, Thesis Committee, Jeff Roberts (Tepper), “Motivation and Performance in Open Source Software
Development”, Defended Spring 2006. Placement: Duquesne University. Reader, First Year Paper,
“Reputation and Incentives in Open Source Software Development” Summer 2001 and Second Year Paper,
“Motivations to Participate in Open Source Software Development” Summer 2002.
Co-Chair, Thesis Committee, Seunghee Yu (Tepper), “Assimilation and Value of e-Procurement Systems”,
Defended Spring 2005. Placement: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. Reader, Second Year
Paper, “The Adoption of Electronic Commerce Systems,” Summer 2001.
Co-Chair, Thesis Committee, Wai Fong Boh (Tepper), “Learning and Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms in
Knowledge Work”, Defended Spring 2004. Placement: Returned to Nanyang Technology University,
Singapore. Reader, First Year Paper, “Is Information Technology a Boundaryless Profession?” Summer
2001 and Second Year Paper, “Learning in Software Development” Summer 2002.
Co-Chair, Thesis Committee, Evelyn Barry (Tepper), “Software Evolution Profiles and Patterns”, Defended
Spring 2001. Placement: Texas A&M University. Reader, Second Year Paper, Summer 1997 and First Year
Paper, Summer 1996.
Co-Chair, Thesis Committee, Don Harter (Tepper), “The Life-Cycle Effects of Software Process Maturity”.
Defended Spring 2000. Placement: University of Michigan.
Member, Thesis Committee, Xuefei (Nancy) Deng, “User participation, knowledge transfer and shared
mental models in the consultant-user design teams,” 2005-2006.
Member, Thesis Committee, Tai Kim (Tepper), “A Longitudinal Study of Employee Participation in
Organizational Change,” 2003-2004.
Member, Thesis Committee, Alberto Espinosa (Tepper), “Coordination in Distributed Software
Development,” 2000-2002.
Member, Thesis Committee, Eduardo Jallath-Coria (Tepper), “Network Externalities in an Inter-Bank
Payment System”, 1998-2000.
Member, Thesis Committee, Elaine Hyder (Tepper), “Multiple Role Conflict in Technology Standards
Setting”, 2000-2001.
Member, Thesis Committee, Anand Gopal (Tepper), “Essays in Software Engineering”, 2000.
Member, Thesis Committee, Brian Butler (Tepper), “The Dynamics of Cyberspace: Examining and
Modeling Online Social Structure”, 1997-1999.
Reader, First Year Paper, Seung Kyun Ho (Tepper), “Information Technology and Agility”, Summer 2004.
Reader, First Year Paper, Michael Ashworth (Tepper), “The Value of Human Capital in IT”, Summer 2003.
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Reader, First Year Paper, Baohua (Wendy) Li (Tepper), “Compensation and Mobility of Information
Technology Professionals”, Summer 1998.
Doctoral Students (at Universities other than CMU and Georgia Institute of Technology)
External Examiner, Colin Clark (Nanyang Technological University), Ph.D. Thesis: “A Study of Call Center
Management”, 2010.
Member, Thesis Committee, Ilana Diamant, University of Pittsburgh, 2008-2012.
Member, Thesis Committee, Mark Haney, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-2009.
Member, Thesis Committee, Eugenio Capra (Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e
Informazione), Ph.D. Thesis: “Software Design Quality and Development Effort: an Empirical Study on the
Role of Governance in Open Source Projects,” 2007-2008.
Member, Thesis Committee, Charles Liu (University of Pittsburgh), “Winners-Take-Some: The Impact of
Conversion Technologies on Network Externalities in Digital Goods Markets,” 2006-2008.
External Examiner, Christine Koh (Nanyang Technological University), Ph.D. Thesis: “Information
Technology Outsourcing Value Creation”, 2005.
Member, Thesis Committee, Damien Joseph (Nanyang Technological University), Career Patterns of
Information Technology Professionals, 2004-2006.
Member, Thesis Committee, Tim Babbitt (University of Pittsburgh), “Turnover of Information Technology
Professionals”, 2000-2003.
Member, Thesis Committee, David Darcy (University of Pittsburgh), “Coupling and Cohesion in Object-
Oriented Design”, 1999-2001.
Undergraduate Students (at CMU)
Advisor, Thesis, Edward Liang, “The Impact of Offshoring on the Careers of IT Professionals,” completed
Spring 2004.
Advisor, Thesis, Evelyn Tay, “Linux Vendors in the Software Market,” completed Spring 2004.
Advisor, Thesis, Robert Fetterman, “Development of a Web Site and Database to Support Research on
Software Evolution,” completed Spring 2002.
Advisor, Thesis, Uma Mutharasan, “Competitive Strategies and Software Development Practices for
Internet-based Applications,” completed Spring 2001.
Advisor, Thesis, Boluo (Stephanie) Yang, “Adoption of Web Procurement Systems,” completed Spring
2000.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Sery Yoon, “Designing a Web Database for the Korean Central Church
of Pittsburgh,” completed Spring 2000.
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Advisor, Thesis, Preeta Roy, “Using Information Technology for Strategic Advantage in the
Telecommunications Industry: The Case of Sprint”, completed Spring 1999.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Bridgette Bobo, “Turning Away of Information Systems
Professionals”, completed Spring 1998.
Advisor, Mary Miller, Self-Designed Major in Quantitative Business Systems, 1997-1998
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Despina Scarvelis, “Career History Patterns of Information Systems
Professionals,” completed Fall 1996.
Advisor, Thesis, Hendrick Sin, “An Analysis of Software Complexity Measures”, completed Spring 1996.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Weelin Sim, “A Time Series Analysis of Software Change Histories”,
completed Spring 1996.
Master’s Students (at CMU)
Advisor, Independent Study Project, P.S. Subramaniam, “Quality Certification Models for IT Development
and Services,” completed Spring 2006.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Kenneth Lewis and David Betts, “Developing an Information
Technology Plan for Family House,” completed Spring 2002.
Advisor, E-Commerce Practicum Project Team, “Automating Project Size Estimation in a web-based RFP
System for Core-Teck,” Masters of Science in Electronic Commerce Program, completed Spring 2001.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Devang Shah, “Assessing the Usefulness of UML for Data Modeling,”
completed Spring 2000.
Advisor, Thesis, Arshaad Mirza, “An Analysis of the Implementation of SAP,” completed Spring 1999.
External Reviewer, Thesis, Ms. Ginny Ooi Huey Jiun, “Activity Based Costing Approach to Systems
Development” Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, completed Spring 1999.
Advisor, Thesis, Sree Anand, “Information Technology Architectures and New Organizational Forms”
completed Fall 1997.
Advisor, Independent Study Project, Tatsuya Hojo, “Strategic Use of Information Systems,” completed
Spring 1997.
Advisor, Thesis, Patrick Lee, “Information Technology Enabled Strategic Outsourcing” completed Fall
1996.
EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
New and Substantially Revised Courses
AT GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY:
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MGT 8803 Project Management (Spring 2008). Created new class on Project Management.
AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY:
47-953 Information Technology and Systems Outsourcing: Issues and Opportunities for Research
(Spring 2007). Created a new Ph.D. seminar on IT outsourcing.
45-878 Sourcing Information Systems (Fall 2005). Re-designed systems development course to focus
on sourcing decisions including outsourcing.
45-968 Information Systems Modeling (Spring 2003). Designed, developed and taught as a technically
oriented IS modeling course based upon UML for INI master’s students.
45-878 Information Systems Development (Fall 2002). Designed, developed, and re-introduced as an IS
elective for MBA students to provide a balanced managerial and technical perspective of IS
development in a business context.
70-455 Information Resource Management (Spring 2002). Complete re-design to include latest concepts
in database design and data management and to incorporate the latest database technologies.
45-870 Management of Information Systems (Spring 2000). Complete re-design of 45-970 as a core IS
elective with “hands on” technology applications.
70-453 Systems Analysis and Design (Spring 2000). Complete re-design as an object-oriented (UML)
class.
45-970 Strategic Information Systems (Fall 1995). New: designed, developed, and taught as an IT
Strategy course.
70-453 Systems Analysis and Design (Spring 1997). New: designed, developed and taught.
70-451 MIS (Fall 1996). Substantially revised to add “hands on” computing applications.
SERVICE AT GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Institute
Member, Engineering Dean Search Committee (2010-2011).
Member, Executive Vice Provost for Research Search Committee (2009-2010).
Member, Presidential Search Committee (2008-2009).
College of Business
Promotion & Tenure Committee (2008-present), Member (elected 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and
Chair (2009, 2010, 2011)
Area Coordinator, ITM (2012-present)
Chair, Business Analytics Study Group (2012-2013)
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Ph.D. Coordinator, ITM (2007-2012)
Co-Chair, ITM Area Recruiting (2010, 2011).
Member, Ph.D. Program Taskforce (2007-2008)
ITM Distinguished Speaker Series Co-Coordinator (2007-2008)
SERVICE AT CMU
Member, MBA Curriculum Committee and Global Enterprise Management Track (2002-2007).
Member, Tepper Women & Minority Recruiting Committee (2006-2007).
Member, BSBA Strategy Committee (2006-2007).
Member, Public Art Committee (2006-2007).
Member, Faculty Senate (2004-2006).
Co-Advisor, MBA Business and Technology Club (2005-2007).
Co-Coordinator, Tepper Information Systems Seminar Series (1999-2000 and 2006-2007).
Chair (1997-2002) and Member (1997-2006), BS/BA Educational Affairs Committee and Information
Systems Undergraduate Track Advisor.
Track Advisor, MBA track on e-Business Technologies (2003-2005).
Member, Qatar Steering Committee (2003-2005).
Member, MBA Curriculum Committee (2002-present).
Member, Tepper Faculty Computing Committee (2002-2003).
Member, Elliott Dunlap Smith Award Committee (1999-2003).
Chair (2001-2002) and Member (1998-1999), Faculty Recruitment (Information Systems) Committee.
Member, Tepper Dean Search Committee (Spring 2001).
Member, BA Head Search Committee, (Spring 2001).
Member, Tepper Management Game Board (1997-2001).
Judge, Deloitte Touche Consulting Case Competition (Fall 2001).
Member, Faculty Mentors (Junior Faculty) Committee (1998-2001).
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Member, Tepper Strategic Planning Committee (Fall 2000).
Judge, AMS Award for Best MSEC Practicum (Spring 2000).
Member, Computing Cluster Planning Committee (1999-2003).
Member, Ryan Award Committee (1999-2002).
Member, University Education Council (1999-2001).
Member, Thomas Kerr Ethics Award Committee (Spring 1998).
Judge, Information Technology Awards Contest (Fall 1998). Co-sponsored by American Management
Systems and Carnegie Mellon University.
Faculty Advisor to Student Team, EDS Case Competition (Fall 1996, Fall 1997). Team placed second out of
40 schools participating in the competition in 1996.
OTHER
External Service
Member, Advisory Board for Information Systems Research, appointed 2011.
Member, Advisory Board, for Information Systems Society, appointed 2008.
Member, Search Committee for Editor-in-Chief of Information Systems Research, 2010.
Member of the External Review Committee for The Wharton School’s Operations and Information
Management (OPIM) Department, 2010.
Member of the Nominating Committee for National Science Foundation (NSF) CISE Division’s iPlant
Board of Directors, 2008.
External Examiner for promotion & tenure cases (2007-present).
Wrote evaluation letters for individuals at the following Universities: Boston College, Boston
University, Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, Emory University, Florida State
University, George Mason University, Harvard University, Indian School of Business, Insead, Nanyang
Technological University, National University of Singapore, Ohio State University, Purdue University,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Temple University, University of Alabama, University of Arkansas,
University of California at Irvine, University of California at San Diego, University of Cincinnati,
University of Connecticut, University of Georgia, University of Hawaii, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, University of Maryland at College Park, University of Michigan, University of
Minnesota, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Dallas and University of Washington.
Executive Education
Bridge to Business Program, Session on project management for Agnes Scott College students, August,
2012.
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Earned Value Management and Project Success, SCTE Executive Program, May 2012.
Earned Value Management, Executive Program, March 2012.
Project Management, ITMP Executive Program, January 2012.
Bridge to Business Program, Session on project management for Agnes Scott College students, August,
2011.
Project Manager’s Skills in IT Offshore Outsourcing, Webinar session for IT Management Forum, October,
2010.
Earned Value Management, ITMP Executive Program, October 2010.
Project Management, Global Executive MBA Program - INCAE, March 2010.
Organization and Management of the IT Function, Post Graduate Programme in Management, Indian
School of Business, Hyderabad, India, September 2006.
Software Architectures in the Internet Era, NCCMS Program for Japanese Software Executives, August
2002.
The Economics of Software Quality, Session for Danish Software Managers, Copenhagen, Denmark, August
2002.
Quality Software Development at Internet Speed, NCCMS Program for Japanese Executives, May 2001.
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Project Management, Program for Project Leaders, March 2001.
An Overview of Project Management, Program for Alstom, Inc., November 2000.
A Competency Model for Developing and Motivating Information Technology Professionals, NCCMS
Program for Japanese Executives, May 2000.
Building Information Technology Competencies for the New Millennium, NCCMS Program for Japanese
Executives, June 1999.
Building Change Readiness Capabilities in the Information Systems Organization, JUAS Executive Forum,
New York, October 1998.
Strategic Management of Information Systems, Program for MBA Executive Participants of the Cranfield
School of Management, June 1998.
Managing Information Technology Architectures and Human Resources, NCCMS Program for Japanese
Executives, April 1998.
Software Project Management, Program for Executives of Automated Data Processing, New Jersey,
November 1997.
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Other Commentary and Media Mention
Quoted in Computerworld, January 4, 2012 in: “21st century tech jobs and how to land one” based on an
interview on IT careers. Reported in:
• Computerworld (online and print edition)
• Techworld.com
• News4geeks.net
• ITWorldCanada.com
• Pcadvisor.co.uk.com
• FinancialIQ
Media articles about my paper “Why do Software Firms Fail?” published in Information Systems Research,
2010:
• For Software Firms, Operational Skill is Key to Avoiding Failure, October 13, 2010, Harvard
Business Review, The Daily Stat.
• Study Determines why Software companies Boom or Bust, Gabriel Perna, November 19, 2010,
International Business Times.
• What factors contribute to the success or failure of software firms? November 18, 2010,
Scienceblog.com
• Success or failure of software firms November, 2010, e! Science news
Study: Women in IT Must Leave Profession to Close Wage Gap, Article about my research written by Brad
Dixon and appearing on College of Business website October 2008 and in Dean’s Report 2008.
Why companies should consider using portable tools, Commentary in IT Manager’s Journal, May 2, 2005
Panel Moderator. C200 Spring Outreach Seminar, March, 2002.
Hosted Luncheon for CMU Alumni in Washington, D.C., August 6, 2001.
Panel Moderator, Tepper Career Fair, September 13, 2000.
Discussion Leader with John Woolford, Strategies for Teaching Graduate Students at CMU, New Faculty
Orientation, Eberly Teaching Center, August 17, 1999.
Distinguished Speaker, Technology, Innovation & Business, Tepper 50 th Anniversary Celebration, April,
1999.
Radio interview, KQV, On the Business, March 18, 1999.
Y2K, Inside Pittsburgh, Channel 4 Broadcast, January 13, 1999.
Reader’s Forum, Communications of the ACM, 1998.
Evaluating Information Technology Investments, Commentary in CIO Magazine, 1998.
Year 2000 Commentary, Fox 53 News Broadcast, March 11, 1997.
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