Research Interests
1. Success of Information and Knowledge Management Systems
2. Usage and Adoption of Social Media in Organizations
3. Competence Management and Organizational Learning
4. Document Management and Information Lifecycle Management
5. Implications of the Organizational Digitalization
Teaching Interests
1. (Foundations of) Information Systems
2. Organizational Knowledge Management
3. Online Business and Collaboration
4. Business Intelligence
5. Computer Networks and the Internet
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Positive Interim Evaluation of Assistant Professorship, 2010
EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Information Systems, 2005-2007
EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany
Ph.D., Information Systems, ("Dr. rer. pol."), 2005
University of Paderborn (Germany), Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
Dissertation Topic: "Knowledge Management with Topic Maps in Collaborative Environments – Identification, Explication, and Visualization of Semantic Networks in Organizational Memories" (written in German)
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Nastansky (main advisor), Prof. Dr. Leena Suhl (co-advisor)
Total grade: summa cum laude
M.Sc., Computer Science, ("Dipl.-Inform."), 1998
University of Paderborn (Germany), Department of Computer Science
Specializations: Information Systems, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Business Administration
Master's Thesis: "Strategic Use of Groupware and I*Net Technologies in a leading international financial institution’s IT environment – Evaluation of Technologies, Documentation and Development of a Best Practice Guide for I*Net Programming" (written in German); in cooperation with the IT headquarters of Deutsche Bank AG, Eschborn/Frankfurt, Germany
Internship at Deutsche Bank AG, Eschborn/Frankfurt, Germany, January-April 1998
Freelance IT Consultant and Trainer, 1995-1996
Consulting and deployment of information technologies and information systems
Training and coaching of database management systems, and information and office systems
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Head of Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS), since 2012
EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany
Visiting Research Scholar, August-October 2009
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Invited by Prof. Brian S. Butler / funded by DFG
Assistant Professor of Information and Knowledge Management, ("Juniorprofessor"), since 2008
EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany
University Lecturer of Information Systems, since 2007
EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany
Research Director and Project Manager, since 2005
Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS)
EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany
Research and Teaching University Assistant, 2005
Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS)
EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany
Visiting Research Scholar, March 2003
Institute of Information Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Visiting Lecturer, May 2000
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Research and Teaching University Assistant / Ph.D. Student, 1998-2004
Groupware Competence Center (GCC), University of Paderborn, Germany
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Classes Taught, EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany
* Software Engineering and IT Project Management – Bachelor's course (in German), Lecturer, Spring 2011
* Online Business and Collaboration – Master's course (in English), Lecturer, Fall 2010
* Knowledge Management Systems – Bachelor's course (in English), Lecturer, Spring 2009-2010
* Programming Project – Bachelor's course (in German), Lecturer, Spring 2009-2010
* Usage and Management of ICT – Bachelor's course (in English), Lecturer, Fall 2007-2009
* Basic Concepts of ICT – Bachelor's course (in English), Lecturer, Spring 2007-2010, Fall 2010
* Master's seminar - Master's specialization "Strategic Information Manangement & Consulting" (in English), Lecturer, Fall 2007, 2009
* Knowledge Management Systems – graduate course (in English), Teaching Assistant, Fall 2005-2006
* Knowledge Management Systems – undergraduate course (in English), Teaching Assistant, Spring 2005-2006
Classes Facilitated, University of Paderborn, Germany
* Office Systems – graduate course, Teaching Assistant, Winter and Summer 1998-2004
* Knowledge Management in eBusiness – graduate course, Teaching Assistant, Winter and Summer 2002-2004
* Foundations of Information Management at the Workplace – graduate course, Teaching Assistant, Summer 1999-2003
* Information Management: eSpace Concepts – graduate course (in English), Teaching Assistant, Summer 2002, 2003
* Multimedia in intranets and the Internet – graduate course, Teaching Assistant, Winter and Summer 1998-2002
* International Management: Computer-based Information Management: Current Topics – graduate course (in English), Teaching Assistant, Summer 1999
* Business Informations Systems – graduate seminar, Teaching Assistant, Winter and Summer 1998-2004
* Introduction to Business Information Systems – undergraduate course, Teaching Assistant, Winter 1999-2003
* Business Information Systems – undergraduate course, Teaching Assistant, Summer 1999-2003
* Workgroup Computing – undergraduate foundations and advanced lab workshops, Teaching Assistant, Winter and Summer 1999-2003
Supervisions, since 1999
* 10 Master's theses
* 15 Bachelor's theses
* 36 diploma theses
* 19 seminar works
* more than 40 student projects
CORPORATE/PUBLIC/PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Journal Services
* AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (THCI), Associate Editor, since 2009
* Baltic Journal of Management (BJM), Editorial Advisory Board, since 2005
* Communications of the AIS (CAIS), Reviewer, 2007
* Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Reviewer, since 2005
* Electronic Markets (EM) - The International Journal on Networked Business, Reviewer, since 2009
* Group Decision and Negotiation, Reviewer, 2007
* IBM Systems Journal, Reviewer, 2006
* Information Systems Frontiers, Reviewer, 2007
* International Journal of e-Collaboration, Reviewer, 2007
* International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), Reviewer, 2008
* International Journal of Interoperability in Business Information (IBIS), Reviewer, 2007
* International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), Editorial Review Board, since 2006
* Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations (JIITO), Editorial Review Board, since 2006
* Journal of Information Technology Theory & Application (JITTA), Reviewer, 2006
* Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, Reviewer, 2006
* MIS Quarterly (MISQ), Reviewer, 2010
Conference Services
* Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Track Chair, 2010
* Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Minitrack Chair, 2009-2011
* Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Reviewer, 2007
* Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Associate Editor, 2011
* BITKOM KnowTech, Program Committee, 2009-2011
* BITKOM KnowTech, Reviewer, 2006, 2008
* Bled eConference, Reviewer, 2011
* Conference of German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) (BWL 2009, "Pfingsttagung"), Reviewer, 2009
* Conference on Professional Knowledge Management: Experiences and Visions, Workshop Chair, 2007-2011
* European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Track Chair, 2012
* European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Reviewer, 2009, 2011
* Extreme Markup Languages, Reviewer, 2005-2007
* GI-Jahrestagung INFORMATIK, Program Committee, 2011
* Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Minitrack Chair, 2004-2012
* International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS), Reviewer, 2004
* International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW), Program Committee, 2009-2010
* International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Associate Editor & Session Chair, 2008, 2011
* International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Reviewer, 2007, 2009-2010
* International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV), Program Committee, 2003-2006, 2008, 2011
* International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management (PAKM), Program Committee, 2010
* International Conference on Topic Maps Research and Applications (TMRA), Program Committee, 2006-2010
* International Conference Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Associate Editor, 2011
* International Conference Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Reviewer, 2009-2011
* IRMA International Conference (IRMA), Program Committee, 2007
* Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI), Track Chair, 2008, 2012
* Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI), Program Committee, 2012
* VIPSI-2006 Montreal, Reviewer, 2006
Professional Seminars
* "Successfully Designing Intranets", ManagementCircle, Invited Speaker/Instructor, 2010
* "Semantic Web and Knowledge Technologies", Computer Graphics Center (ZGDV), Invited Speaker, 2005
* "XML Topic Maps", Computer Graphics Center (ZGDV), Invited Speaker, 2003
* "XML and Information Systems", Computer Graphics Center (ZGDV), Invited Speaker, 2002
* "Enhanced Applications with Lotus Notes", ManagementCircle, Invited Speaker/Instructor, 2002
* "Communication and Knowledge Transfer with Lotus Notes", ManagementCircle, Invited Speaker/Instructor, 2001
Department/Faculty Administration and Volunteer Activities
* Representative of the Assistant Professors, EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany, since 2009
* Member of four search committees, EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany, 2007-2008
* Member of two search committees, University of Paderborn, Germany, 2001-2003
* Chair of the Working Committee for Knowledge Management of the German Notes User Group (DNUG), since 2003
* Jury Member of the Master’s Theses Contest of the German Notes User Group (DNUG), since 2003
* Representative of the Research and Teaching Assistants, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, University of Paderborn, Germany, 2000-2002
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
* Alumni Association of Economists of the University of Paderborn ("Paderborner Hochschulkreis e.V.", PHK), since 1998
* Association for Information Systems (AIS), since 2004
* Association of Alumni and Sponsors of the European Business School (eXebs e.V.), since 2007
* German Academic Association for Business Research ("Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.", VHB), since 2008
* German Association of University Professors and Lecturers ("Deutscher Hochschulverband", DHV), since 2009
* German Computer Science Association ("Gesellschaft für Informatik", GI), since 2003
* German Notes User Group (DNUG), since 2001
CAREER/PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS
* Excellence Award Teaching awarded by the student body of the EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany, 2009
* Independent Evaluator for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC; Canada), Research Grant (up to US$ 250,000), 2009
* Outstanding Reviewer Award: Baltic Journal of Management, Emerald, 2007
* Best Paper Award: 4th Conference on Professional Knowledge Management: Experiences and Visions, Potsdam, Germany, 2007
* Best Paper Award Nomination: 40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-40), Big Island, Hawaii, USA, 2007
* Best Paper Award Nomination: 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-37), Big Island, Hawaii, USA, 2004
* Independent Evaluator for the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB, UK), Resource Enhancement Award (US$ 560,000), 2004
PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
InfoGatewayCS, BMWI
Research director of the project "InfoGatewayCS" funded by the BMWI program ZIM-KOOP (June 2010 to October 2011)
EBS-Fraunhofer Supply Chain School (SCS), BMBF
Research director of the project "EBS-Fraunhofer Supply Chain School (SCS)" funded by the BMBF Initiative for Excellence "EffizienzCluster LogistikRuhr" (June 2011 to May 2015)
INDUSTRY PROJECTS / CONSULTING EXPERIENCES
GTZ GmbH, Germany
Manager of the project "Development and Assessment of Strategic Options for a Knowledge Center" (August 2008 to January 2010)
AUDI AG, Germany
Manager of the project "CRM System Strategy" (June 2007 to November 2007)
More than eight major Professional Services Firms, Germany and Switzerland
Manager of the project "Knowledge Management Benchmarking Forum for Professional Services Firms (KMBF-PSF)" (since August 2007) {Link}
BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Manager of the project "Introduction of Semantic Web Technologies" (August 2005 to December 2007)
IBM Software Services for Lotus, Ismaning, Germany
Manager of the project "Groupware Competence Center – Professional Service" (October 2001 to September 2003)
Deutsche Bank AG, Eschborn/Frankfurt, Germany
Manager of the project "Groupware Competence Center Bank" (December 1998 to May 2001)
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Languages
* German – first language
* English – fluent
IT Certifications
* CLP IBM Lotus Domino 6 Application Developer
* Certified Lotus Professional R5 Application Developer
