Sixth Annual Netcentricity Conference

Keynote Speakers

Ritu Agarwal

Ritu Agarwal is professor and the Robert H. Smith Dean’s Chair of Information Systems and director of the Center for Health and Information Systems at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. She has published over 50 papers on information technology management topics in journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Sciences, IEEE Transactions, and Decision Support Systems. Her current research is focused on the IT-enabled transformations and the use of IT in healthcare settings, how organizations derive value from information technology through adoption, diffusion and creative use; and appropriate strategies for the management of IT human capital. She has worked extensively with Fortune 500 companies including 3M, Freddie Mac, Dow Chemicals, Rohm and Haas, NCR, and others. Dr. Agarwal is currently serving as a senior editor for MIS Quarterly and an associate editor for Information Systems Research and Management Science. She received her PhD from Syracuse University

Eric K. Clemons

Eric K. Clemons is professor of operations and information management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

A pioneer in the systematic study of the transformational impacts of information on the strategy and practice of business, Dr. Clemons’ research and teaching interests include strategic uses of information systems, information economics, and the changes enabled by information technology. He specializes in assessing the competitive implications of information technology and in managing the risks of large-scale implementation efforts.

Dr. Clemons is the founder and project director for the Wharton School’s Sponsored Research Project on Information: Strategy and Economics within the Program For Global Strategy and Knowledge Intensive Organizations, founder and area coordinator the school’s new major in Information: Strategy, and Economics, director of the school’s new eCommerce major and member of the Wharton eBusiness Initiative Curriculum Oversight Committee, an active participant in the School’s eCommerce Forum research program, and member of the Faculty Council of the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management.

Dr. Clemons is currently a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Management Information Systems and the Journal of Electronic Commerce. He has served on the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment study of securities markets and on the Quality of Markets Advisory Board of the London Stock Exchange and has three times been co-Chair of the international Workshop on Information Systems Economics.. Dr. Clemons has 30 years experience on the faculties of Wharton, Cornell and Harvard, and consulting experience in the private and public sectors both domestically and abroad. He received his PhD in operations research from Cornell University.

Peter Cramton

Peter Cramton is professor of economics at the University of Maryland, chairman of Market Design Inc. and Spectrum Exchange, and president of Criterion Auctions. His research focuses on auctions, bargaining and market exchange. Most of his recent work has addressed design and incentive questions in auctions and bargaining. He has served as an auction expert for numerous companies in spectrum auctions and electricity auctions. He has advised the FCC and several foreign governments on the design and implementation of spectrum auctions. Cramton has designed electricity auctions in New England, California, France, and Belgium. In e-commerce, he has led the design effort for several market makers developing business-to-business trading applications. Before joining the University of Maryland faculty in 1993, he was an associate professor at Yale University and a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He has published numerous articles on auction theory, auction practice, and bargaining in major journals. He received his PhD in business from Stanford University.

Jayashankar M. Swaminathan

Jayashankar M. Swaminathan is the Benjamin Cone Research Professor and Area Chair of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School. Prior to joining the Kenan-Flagler, he was a professor at Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and taught graduate and executive programs in supply chain management, e-commerce and product variety management.

Dr. Swaminathan’s research on global supply chain management, mass customization and business-to-business electronic commerce has been recognized with international awards including – CAREER award (given by National Science Foundation) and George Nicholson Prize (given by INFORMS). He serves on the editorial board of scholarly journals such as Manufacturing and Service Operations Management and Production and Operations Management. He has taught and consulted with several firms including Agilent, IBM, Samsung, and 3Com and his thoughts on e-business and supply chains have appeared in popular press. He received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University.

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