Academic oriented personal with 8 years of teaching experience at the university
level in the areas of, Management Information Systems, E-Commerce, Marketing, Project
management, Business Statistics, Quantitative Techniques, Systems analysis & design,
Programming, RDBMS, Web development etc. portraying academic, organizational, technical
and interpersonal skills. 

5 years of progressive hands on experience with system analysis and design, application
software development, website development and maintenance, web hosting and intranet
configuration, network/LAN design, setup and management, remote access and system
troubleshooting etc. 

With the personal inclination towards teaching and academics, applied research, hands on
technical knowledge and the eagerness for continuous learning, my aim is to perform to
the best of my capability in an academic position combining the fields of both Business
and Information Systems with dedication and sincerity. 

Trustworthy, ethical and discreet I am confident and poised in interactions with
individuals at all levels. Strong communication skills, ability to manage people as well
as business processes and protocols, ability to work independently as well as in groups,
willingness to share and learn continuously and confident of adapting to any given
academic, business and professional environment. 

# Research Interests - MIS - E-Commerce - Marketing - Web 2.0 - Online Consumer Behavior
- Management Science - Technology Acceptance - Web Interactivity - CMC / HCI

Papers

Effects of Website Interactivity on Online Retail Shopping Behavior, 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco (2009)
 

An Experimental Study on the Effects of Website Interactivity on Hedonic and Utilitarian Motivations, INFORMS Conference 2008, Washington DC (2008)
 

The study on the successful implementation of Web Warehousing, Proceedings for the Pan Pacific Conference XIX (2002)
 

Reviewer

Conference Reviewer, 40th Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Louisiana (2009)
 

Conference Reviewer, 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems, USA (2009)
 

Conference Reviewer, 17th European Conference in Information Systems, Verona, Italy (2009)
 

Conference Reviewer, 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (2008)
 

Conference Reviewer, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. USA (2008)
 

Unpublished Papers

Web-Based Software Contracting: An Experimental Study of Deception Identification Across Two Different Media, Research Report, Dept. of MIS and Decision Science, Texas A&M International University (2005)
 

Presentations

Virtual World and Virtual Community, 2008 INFORMS Annual Meeting (2008)
 

Work In Progress

An extended Technology Acceptance Model for Online Retail Shopping (2009)
 

Effects of Website Interactivity on Online Retail Shopping Behavior (with Pat Auger) (2009)