Robert A. Rademacher

 

Computer Information Systems Department                     2701 Avocet Road

College of Business                                                             Fort Collins, Colorado 80526

Colorado State University                                                    970-223-9369                      

Fort Collins, Colorado 80523                                             

(970) 491-0941, 491-5205 (fax)

bobr@lamar.colostate.edu

bob.rademacher@biz.colostate.edu

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1971

            Ph.D. Computer Education

            University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1963

            M.S. Business Education, Accounting

University of Nebraska-Kearney, 1957

            B.S. Business, Education, Mathematics, English

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 

1983-Present -- Professor, Computer Information Systems Department,

           Colorado State University

            Primary academic and research interests include information systems

development, IT management, software quality assurance, knowledge

management systems and object-oriented technologies.

 

1991  Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Warwick Business School (Fall term)

 University of Warwick, Coventry, England

Lectured in executive MBA program and participated in research forums.

 

1974-1983-- Chairperson, Computer Information Systems Department          

Colorado State University

Duties included all planning, organizing and controlling aspects of departmental administration in the College of Business.

 

RECENT ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT:

 

Graduate                                                                Undergraduate

·           Information Technology Management             ·   Information Systems Projects

·           Information Systems Development                              ·   Systems Analysis & Design

·         Decision Support Systems                                           •   Object-Oriented Systems                                                                                                                             

 

 

RELATED BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

 

1988-1993-- Project Manager, USDA Federal Grain Technical Center  ADP,

Kansas City, Missouri (summers and part- time)

Project management responsibility for development of large database application.

 

Summers, 1986,1987,1990,1991 -- Visiting Consultant, Office Systems Group,

Computing Directorate, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Facilitated strategic IS planning, Involved with technology transfer initiatives.

           

HONORS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION:

 

·        Professional Certification, ISO 9000 Quality Systems Auditor (Not current)

·        Member, Mortar Board National Honor Society

·        Professional Certification, Certified Computer Processor (CCP),

·        Cited in various Who's Who in America, Computer Industry and Higher Education

·        Past Faculty Affiliate, University of Colorado, Boulder and Past Adjunct Professor, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley.

 

RECENT INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

 

“The Changing Profile of Information Systems Research: 1995-2000,” Journal of Computer Information Systems, Fall, 2001,  pp. 13-16.

 

"Statistical Power in Information Systems Research: Application and Impact on the Discipline," Journal of Computer Information Systems, Summer, 1999, Volume 34,

No. 4, pp. 1-7.

 

"Applying Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognition to Knowledge Management Systems," ACM SIGCPR Conference, ACM Press, April, 1999, pp. 276-278.

 

"Applying Holland's Career Choice Model to CIS Majors," Effective Utilization and Management of Emerging Information Technologies," (Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, USA & London, UK) 1998, pp. 820-823.

 

"The Impact of GIS on Business Operations," 1997 Decision Sciences Institute, San Diego, Vol. 2, pp. 735-737(with M. Liu).

 

"Disaster and Business Recovery Planning," Managing Information Technology Resources and Applications in the World Economy, Idea Group Publisher, 1997,

pp. 90-96 (with N. Al-Marshoud).

 

Conducted ISO 9000 pre-assessment audits for the following companies:  Colorado Memory Systems, Data Entry Products, Solbourne, and Teledyne, 1995-96.

 

"Critical Factors in the Selection of Information systems Development Methodologies," ISACC Proceedings, 3rd International Symposium on Applied Corporate Computing, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, October, 1995, pp.141-146 (with J. Hsu).

 

"An Information Model for the ISO 9000 Quality Standard," 1995 Refereed Proceedings: Information Systems and Global Competitiveness, International Association for Computer Information Systems, Toronto, September, 1995, p. 88.

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

 

Editorial Boards/Reviewer:

·        Consulting Editor, International Business Schools Computing Quarterly

·        Referee, MIS Quarterly and Decision Sciences

 

Organization Memberships:

·        Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), formerly DPMA.

·        Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)

·        Society for Information Management (SIM)

·        Colorado Advanced Software Institute (CASI)

·        American Society for Quality Control (ASQC)