Personal background

I was born and raised in Nigeria (West Africa). After living in Canada and Qatar for a few years as a child, I went to the United States in 1993 to study computer science at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. I graduated from LSU in December 1996, and then I went to Chicago for the next two and half years. I lived and worked there with Jesus People USA, doing computer systems work and human resources administration.

In August 1999 I returned to LSU to pursue a PhD in management information systems (MIS), which is basically the study and application of computer technologies to further the goals of an organization. I finished in fall 2003, and moved to Montréal that term to work as an assistant professor in MIS at Concordia University.

Educational background

• BS Computer Science; option in MIS
  Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
  December 1996
• MS in Information Systems and Decision Sciences
  Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
  December 2002
• PhD in Business Administration (Information Systems and Decision Sciences)
  Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
  December 2003
  Dissertation: Expert assessments of e-commerce in Sub-Saharan Africa: A theoretical model of infrastructure and culture for doing business using the Internet

Work background

• Computer technician and network administrator @ LSU
  Baton Rouge, USA
  January - December 1996

  I maintained computer systems for LSU Libraries, and I maintained a departmental local area network for the Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department.

   

• Computer systems analyst @ Cornerstone Community Outreach
  Chicago, USA
  March - September 1997

  I acquired, installed and maintained PC computers, databases and networks for a shelter for homeless women and children.

   

• Employee administrator and computer systems analyst @
  Roofers Equipment Mart and Lakefront Supply,
  Chicago, USA
  October 1997 - July 1999

  As an employee administrator, I handled all aspects of human resources administration for some small businesses. As a computer systems analyst, I acquired, installed and maintained PC computers and databases.

   

• Graduate assistant @ ISDS Dept., LSU
  Baton Rouge, USA
  August 1999 - May 2003

  I taught an introductory business applications course, and I tutored students in business applications, both face-to-face and over the Internet. I created a comprehensive draft (on the Internet) for an online multimedia business tutorial targeted to high school students. I also assisted various faculty members in their teaching responsibilities.

  I recruited potential PhD students for LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business Administration at the 2002 PhD Project Conference in Chicago. I coordinated various functions to support the International Conference on Information Systems in December 2001 in New Orleans. I also assisted various faculty members in their research and service responsibilities.

   

• Assistant professor @ DSMIS Dept., Concordia University
  Montréal, Canada
  June 2003 - Present

  I teach and conduct research at the Department of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems (DSMIS).