Portfolio

Over the past 25 years I have worked in the field of information technology. Although, it was called data processing back then. I continue to work in the professional arena in the area of enterprise metadata, web 2.0, and variety of other disciplines. Today, I spend a lot of time researching these topics as a Senior Technical Architect at at&t.

Curriculum Vitae | Resume | LinkedIn | Patents

Qualifications

• Qualifications 25 Years Experience in Information Technology
• BS, MBA and Ph.D. in Information Technology (1986 - 2004)
• Adjunct Professor at LaGrange College (2004-2005)
• Enterprise Metadata Architect, Enterprise Data Architect and Collaboration Architect
• XML Data Architect – Data Content Segment Area
• Monthly Columnist in Data Management Review
• Over 135 Corporate and Academic Publications - See CV
• Wilshire Metadata Award Winner
• Patent and Trademark Portfolio
• Several Industry Award Committees: Metadata, Enterprise Information Management

Memberships

• Member of The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Member of the Data Management Association (DAMA)
• Member of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Honor Society
• Member of the DC-Corporate Dublin Core Organization
• Member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science (Informs)
• Member of Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (“AIfIA”)
• Senior Editor of the Architecture Advantage Newsletter Stephens, R., et. all (2006).

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in 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) in Information Systems Management Georgia State University, 1990

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mathematics/Computer Science Columbus State University, 1986

Interviews

Read my interview with Tony Shaw of Wilshire Conferences where we discuss the aspects of "Best Practices" of deploying metadata in a large corporate environment. We eventually were awarded the Wilshire / DAMA award for best implementation of Enterprise Metadata. View Interview

Read my interview with Greg Goth for the IEEE Article published in March 2006. The article focused on the Semantic Web and the future of this technology. Additional comments provided by James Hendler, director of the University of Maryland's Joint Institute for Knowledge Discovery, Dave McComb, president and chairman of Semantic Arts, and Anne Thomas Manes, vice president and research director at the Burton Group technology analysis firm. View Article