David Gefen

In my previous life I worked many years for a software development and implementation vendor whose specialty among other things was large logistics systems. I held many positions in that company. I was a senior software programmer designing, writing, and implementing critical business systems, and then a chief programmer whose responsibilities included being the one who designs how the components of a new system join together. I was also a systems analyst of the core section of a very large logistics system that we developed for a client, and, in that capacity, was one of the core team leaders of that project. After we released the project I was asked to stay on to manage its maintenance, which perhaps is better described as continued development. After some years in that capacity, during which I earned an M.Sc. in computer information systems, I applied to the PhD program at GSU. I had the privilege to be guided by Professor Straub, who was to become one of the leading names in MIS research methodology. Prior to becoming the Academic Director of the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) Program at Drexel, I was a senior editor at MISQ, the leading MIS journal and one of the top FT50 journals based on which Business Schools are research ranked. I am currently a Senior Editor at JAIS and on the Editorial Board of JMIS, an FT50 journal.