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Stephen R. Ruth |
Home Phone: (703) 536 5343 |
CAREER SUMMARY
1985 - : Professor, George Mason University; Founder and Director, Business Expert Systems and Multimedia Center, 1987 - 1990; Founder and Director, International Center for Applied Studies in Information Technology. 1990
1978-85: Associate Professor of Decision Sciences, George Mason University; Visiting Associate Professor of Business Administration, Georgetown University, 1984.
1972-78: Professorial Lecturer, The George Washington University. Lecturer in Management, George Mason University.
1955-78: Active duty in the US Navy, retiring with the rank of Captain. Successively increasing management responsibilities in: Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Logistics, Physical Distribution Management and Economic Analysis.
Examples of Courses Taught: Globalization and Public Policy, Culture, Technology and policy, Digital Divide, International Issues in Electronic Commerce, Knowledge Management, Managing Dispersed Teams, Leveraging Electronic Commerce, Organizational Learning and I.T., Analysis of IT Industries, International Business Issues in Data Communications, Information Technology for Competitive Advantage, Information Resource Management, Knowledge Engineering/Expert Systems, Human Factors Issues in Computer Systems Design, Decision Support Systems, Statistical Analysis, Management Information Systems, Business Cybernetics
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania; Wharton School, Business/Applied Economics (MIS Emphasis), 1971
M.S. U.S. Navy Postgraduate School, Computer Systems Management. Monterey, California, 1964
B.S. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1955
RESEARCH/CONSULTING INTERESTS
o Return on Investment Models in Distance Learning
o Knowledge Management Processes
o Technology Diffusion in Developing Nations
o Management of Dispersed Teams
o Religion's Relationship with Public Policy
CONSULTING ACTIVITY
Government/Education: National Archives and Records Administration, The World Bank, Soros Foundations, Mellon Foundation, United Nations Development Programme, Foreign Service Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Navy War College, GSA, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of the Navy, Fairfax County (Virginia), Ministry of Justice and Education (Argentina), U.S. Geological Survey, FBI, AAAS, Chilean Academy of Science, United Nations University (Tokyo), Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome), others
Industry: PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mobil, Bell Atlantic, ACHNA (Spain), Ateneo S.A.(Argentina), Washington MATA, National Training Laboratory, others
Volunteer:Bread for the World, Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA), Navy Federal Credit Union, GMU Entrepreneurship Center; GMU Century Club, others
APPOINTMENTS/AWARDS
Board of Directors, Assist International
Board of Directors and Treasurer, Bread for the World
Board of Advisors, Czech Management Center, Prague
Elected Member, Council of Affiliates for International Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Chair, Technical Committee on Personal Computing, IEEE Computer Society
Virginia Outstanding Professor honoree ($5,000 award)
Professor Emeritus, University of La Plata, Argentina
Senior Fulbright Lecturer, Argentina (two appointments)
Distinguished Professor Award, George Mason University
Vice President, American Society for Cybernetics
Distinguished Lecturer, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
FUNDED GRANTS/CONTRACTS: 1990-2007: Principal investigator for over $3 million in twenty-six funded IT grant and contract projects; also served as associate director of $2 million Virginia Internet Technology Innovation Center (ITIC). Grant sites include US, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. (Further information at http://www.icasit.org/ruth/index.htm)