Current Courses

• Application Software Infrastructure

• Telecommunications

• Operating Systems and Networks

• Hardware/Software Concepts

Education

• Ph.D. Management Science, University of Tennessee

• M.B.A. Colorado State University

• B.S. Engineering Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Academic Experience

• 1992-Present Chairman, Computer Information Systems Department, Colorado State University.

• 1985 - 1992 Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems Department, Colorado State University.

• 1979-1985 Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems Department, Colorado State University.

• 1974-1978 Instructor, Management Science Program, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
   

Grants

• 2001, IBM Linux Hub Partnership, $21,600,000 over two years

• 1990, HP Disk upgrades, printer $64,677

• 1989, HP PCs, $172,055

• 1988, HP PCs, $182,595

• 1987, HP Series 58 upgrade, $46,900

• 1986, HP Series 38 Upgrade, $ 98,700

• 1984, HP Disk upgrades, Terminals, $115,001

• 1982, HP Series 44, Printer, Terminals, $245,332

Publications

• "An Evaluation of Research Productivity in Academic IT" S. Athey and J Plotnicki Communication of AIS, April 2000.

• “The Evaluation of Job Opportunities for IS Professionals”, Accepted in the Journal of Computer Information Systems, Spring 1998, S. Athey and J Plotnicki.

• "Changing Information Systems Job Requirements From 1989 to 1993", S. Athey, J Plotnicki, and Y. Ballester. The Journal of Computer Information Systems, Spring 1995, 12-22.

• “Would the Software Police Find Your Company Guilty" The Journal of Systems Management, S. Athey and J. Plotnicki, October 1994, 32-38.

• "A Demographic Analysis of Information Systems Faculty", S. Athey, J. Clark, and W. J. Plotnicki, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Spring 1993, 85-90.

• "A Comparison of Information Systems Job Requirements in Major Metropolitan Areas." S. Athey and W. J. Plotnicki. Interface. Vol 13, Issue 4, 47-53.

• "A Survey of Faculty Attitudes Toward Personal Computer Software Copying", S. Athey, W. J. Plotnicki, and M. Wickham, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Winter 1991-1992.

• "Fixed Cycle Scheduling: A Solvable Problem with Empty Precedence Structure." R. S. Garfinkel and W. J. Plotnicki, Operations Research, July-August 1990.

• "A Solvable Cyclic Scheduling Problem with Serial Precedence Structure." W. J. Plotnicki and R.S. Garfinkel, Operations Research, September, 1980.

Awards/Honors

• Gladys Eddy Award for the Enhancement of the Undergraduate Experience 1996

• Delta Sigma Pi Faculty Appreciation Award 1995, 1994

• Jack E. Cermak Outstanding Advisor Award 1995

• Delta Sigma Pi Outstanding Business Faculty Award 1993

• Beta Alpha Si Outstanding Faculty Member Award 1993

• Pat Griffin Faculty Achievement Award 1991

• Data Processing Club CIS Professor of the Year 1991

• Hewlett-Packard Achievement Award 1988