Jamestown, North Dakota, United States
UJ Associate Professor, Computing, Design, and Communication Division Director, and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. Master's degree in Computer Information Systems with a concentration in Databases and Business Intelligence from Boston University. Ph.D. in Information Technology. My research focus is on the intersection of liberal arts and computer science education. Dissertation Topic: A qualitative research project which examined the integration of Cybersecurity into Liberal Arts technology programs. This study allows Liberal Arts programs to make evidence-based decisions about program revisions and development.
Director of the Computing, Design, and Communications division (Merged traditional undergraduate department and online technology/communications programs, along with the digital design and communications departments.)
CS Faculty - Teaching full faculty course load as assigned. Courses include: Operating Systems (Windows Server/Linux), Web Development courses, Information Systems Security, and Database courses. Promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor in the spring of 2021. Promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor in the Spring of 2024.
Jamestown Rural Fire Department Firefighter
Business Intelligence role focusing on building processes around designing, collecting, organizing, and presenting data in order to analyze site traffic, understand customer behavior, feature performance, and accurately calculate ROI across multiple marketing and development channels. Left position to pursue full time teaching.
IT Helpdesk duties and Systems Administrator duties.
Taught two sections of Business Management for Fall 2017 Taught one section of Networking for Spring 2018. Hired as full faculty after the 2017-2018 school year.
Business Intelligence Specialist @ UTC Aerospace Systems. Highlights: - Metrics and report development for SBU and Global reporting initiatives - Subject Matter Expert for select global reporting initiatives - Business Warehouse report development, configuration, and training - Business Objects report development, configuration, and training - Coordinate metrics and reporting methodologies between business units - Member of the UTAS SAP Business Intelligence Functional Council - Member of the UTAS Enterprise BW Backend Development Pilot Program Position was eliminated due to a reduction in workforce.
SAP Business Warehouse Development at Cargo and later transferred to support the divisional SAP team. Late 2011 promoted to BI lead for the Interiors business unit. Highlights: - Netweaver 7.1 developer using the BEx toolset - Business Objects XI3.1/4.0 development and content administration for SBU. - SBU Representative on the Global BI Advisory Board. - Member of the global Business Objects XI3.1 to 4.0 upgrade team. - Support pack and integration testing for new versions. (Including 4.0.4 (BO FP3/SP4) testing) - Goodrich Project Management training during summer 2012 - BI4.0 Elite Enablement training @ SAP November 2012