About Me
Dr. Todd Stephens is the Senior Technical Architect for the AT&T Corporation. Todd has served as the technical director since 1999 and is responsible for setting the corporate strategy and architecture for the development and implementation of the Enterprise Metadata Repositories (knowledge stores), Online Ordering for internal procurement, Collaboration tools, Web 2.0 and Wireless technologies.
For the past 26 years, Todd has worked in the Information Technology field including leadership positions at: at&t, BellSouth, Cingular, Georgia-Pacific, The Coca-Cola Company, Southern Linen, Fannie Mae Software Systems, Lummus Industries, and The Georgia Company.
Between 2003 through 2007, Todd wrote a monthly column in DMReview and delivered keynotes, tutorials and educational sessions for a wide variety of technology conferences around the world. Todd is a student of organizations trying to get a handle on their internal knowledge management- how they acquire, how they broker it, and how they disseminate it through out the corporation. Having invested more than seven years researching, deploying, and discussing these topics, Todd understands that information has replaced physical assets as the driver of value, leads him to believe that the management of those information-based assets is critical to the future growth of business. On this, Todd has been awarded Seven U.S. patents in the field of technology.
Todd holds degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Columbus State University, an MBA degree from Georgia State University, and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University. The majority of his research is focused on Metadata Reuse, Repository Design, Enabling Trust within the Internet, Usability and Repository Frameworks. In addition, Todd has co-authored various books on Service Oriented Architectures, Open Source, Enterprise 2.0, Virtual Environments, and Integrating Web 2.0 technologies.
Todd has also joined the Board of Directors for mobile-ingenuity, a Small Technology Firm in Atlanta, GA.
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Current Role and Responsibilities
Currently, I am working with AT&T for the Evolving Technologies group which are rolling out Collaborative and Social Software applications to the enterprise. These applications include team collaboration, blogs, wikis, book marking, professional profiles, intranets, rss, as well as traditional Metadata repositories still in production. The area that I am most interested in is the deployment and mass adoption of these products in a large enterprise. Understanding what works and what doesn't. Additionally, I helping with the architecture for Wireless Networks, Office Productivity, and other collaborative environments.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Information Systems Nova Southeastern University, 2004
Dissertation: A Framework for the Identification of Electronic Commerce Design Elements that Enable Trust within the Small Hotel Industry. Committee: Maxine S. Cohen, Ph.D. (Chair), Frank Nasuti, Ph.D., and Easwar Nyshadham, Ph.D.
Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
Information Systems Management Georgia State University, 1990
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Mathematics/Computer Science Columbus State University, 1986
Certifications
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
