Godwin John Udo, Ph.D. AT & T Professor of Business Administration Information and Decision Sciences Department Tel. (915) 747-5496 Fax: (915) 747-5126 E-mail: gudo@utep.edu

EDUCATION

• 1990 Ph.D. Clemson University-Clemson, Information Systems Concentration
• 1984 M.S. University of Missouri-Columbia, Electrical Engineering
• 1983 B.Sc./MEd. University of Missouri-Columbia Industrial/Vocational Ed.
• 1980 H.N.D. Institute of Mgt. and Tech.-Enugu, Electrical/Electronics Engineering

THESIS/DISSERTATION

Dissertation: "Multivariate Analysis of Predictors of Decision Support Systems Benefits in the Manufacturing and Financial Services Industries" 

HONORS                               

• Fulbright Scholarship Award – 2008/09
• Presentation Excellence Award presented by Academic Business World International Conference Committee on May 2006, Nashville
• Selected by American Society for Engineering Education as a panelist for 2006 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
• My original research model on Privacy and Security Concerns for e-commerce was used as the basis for Masters Thesis at The Swedish School of economics and Business Administration by Jiriya Rattanapongpaisan
• Emerald Literati Club Award as the “Top 200 Most Downloaded Article Ever” This is out of 500,000 articles

·        AT&T Endowed Professor in Business (2006 – present)

·        Keynote Speaker at 2005 Korean Management of Information Society Annual Conference, November 2005.

·        Invited Speaker at Oklahoma Symposium on IT and Entrepreneurship organized by the IEEE Computer Society, April 19, 2005

·        SouthWestern Bell Professor of Business (2001 – 2006)

·        Department Chairperson (2001 – present)

·        Best Paper Award from GITMA 5^th Annual Conference 2004

·        2003 J P Morgan Chase Award by UTEP COBA

·        Hassan Adamu Distinguished Professor of Business (1998 – 2001)

·        Senior Member of IEEE

·        1998 Mobil Faculty Fellowship Award

·        Certified Fellow, American Production & Inventory Control Society

·        Consultant for the United Nations

·        Won the Best Paper Award of the Decision Science Institute (25th NEDSI Annual Meeting)

·        Won the College of Business Administration Foundation's Outstanding Research Award for 1994/95 at Tenn. Tech. University (TTU)

·        Member of Beta Gamma Sigma

·        Won the Outstanding Research Award for 1991/92 at TTU's College of Business

·        Selected TTU Ambassador of the month (March 1992)

·        Won TTU Vision Persistence Award

·        Won TIMS Outstanding Ph.D. Student Paper Award

·        Best Engineering Scholar Federal Scholarship Award for 1976 and 1977

·        Best Electrical Engineering Graduate of the Year from IMT-Enugu with GPA of 3.85

·        V.P., Education for Cumberland Chapter of APICS (from 1992 -1997)

GRANT WRITING

• Grant for International Faculty Development Seminar - $3000 (granted)
• Grant for Prototype of a Manufacturing Information Technology Resource Network - $599,900 (pending)
• USDA grant for Improving the Quality of Life through Entrepreneurship in Selected Rural Communities (as a Senior Consultant with Dr. Reynolds) - $200,000 (granted)
• USDA grant for Improving the Quality of Life through Entrepreneurship in Selected Rural Communities (as a Senior Consultant with Dr. Reynolds) - $100,000 (granted)
• Faculty Research (1995) grant at Tennessee Tech University - $2,700 (granted)
• Faculty Research (1996) grant at Tennessee Tech University - $2,700 (granted)
• Faculty Research (1997) grant at Tennessee Tech University - $2,300 (granted)

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Management of Information Technology
• Technology Transfer
• Applications of Information Technology Production and Operations Management Problems
• Strategic Use of Emerging IT such as Data Visualization, Electronic Commerce, E-Business, and Data Warehousing

GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

• CIS 3345 Management Information Systems
• Business Applications of Microcomputers
• Database Management Systems
• Advanced Business Data Processing
• Production and Operations Management
• Business Quantitative Methods
• Management of Technology
• Computer Simulation
• Decision Support Systems
• Expert Systems
• Systems Design/Analysis
• End-User Computing Development (web design/publishing, online application processing)
• Project Management
• Visual Basic Programming
• Data Communications
• Telecommunication

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

September 2007 - Present: Tenured, Full Professor
University of Texas, El Paso (AACSB Accredited)
Teach IDS classes. Conduct research. Service in committees.

September 2001 - August 2007: Tenured, Full Professor, Chairperson; Director of MIT Program
University of Texas, El Paso (AACSB Accredited)
Perform the full function for a department chairperson. Teach IDS classes. Conduct research. Service in committees.

August 1997 - August 2001: Tenured, Full Professor (since August 1999); Associate Fellow at Center of Excellence in Information Systems
Tennessee State University, Nashville (AACSB Accredited)
Teach Management Information Systems courses. Develop and teach new courses in the areas of Decision Support Systems, Expert Systems, Simulation, Global Technology Management, Business Quantitative Methods, and Systems Development; advise students; and participate in committees.

August 1990 - August 1997: Tenured (Associate Professor since 1992 and Tenured since 1995)
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville (AACSB Accredited)
Taught MIS courses. Developed and taught new courses in the areas of Decision Support Systems, Expert Systems, Simulation, Production and Operations Management, Business Quantitative Methods, and Systems Development; advise students; and participate in various committees.

August 1988 - May 1990: Assistant Professor
South Carolina State University
Taught Business Statistics, Production and Operations Management; developed and taught Management Information Systems at undergraduate level; advised students; and participated in various committees.

January 1986 - August 1988: Teaching Assistant (9 credit hours/semester)
Clemson University (AACSB Accredited)
Taught Management Applications of Microcomputers and Computer Utilization to juniors and seniors; assisted different professors in data analysis of different studies; presented research findings to doctoral students at seminars.

July 1980 - July 1982: Lecturer
Federal Polytechnic-Ilaro
Taught Electrical Engineering courses and Statistics to undergraduates in a four-year program; taught and conducted labs and workshop sessions; advised students on religious and social matters; served on the course curriculum development committees.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Chairperson, Information and Decision Sciences Department, College of Business Administration, University of Texas El Paso (August 2001 - August 2007)
• Program Director - MIT (joint graduate program), College of Business Administration, University of Texas El Paso (August 2001 - August 2007)
• Co-Chairperson, Technology Transfer/RISE Grant Committee (September 2000 - August 2001)
• Holder of Hassan Adamu Professorship (January 1999 - August 2001)
• Member (1997 - August 2001): Planning/Board of Advisors Committee for TSU College of Business
• Member (1997 - August 2001): MBA Policy Committee
• V.P., Education for Cumberland Chapter of APICS (1992 - 1997)
• Chairperson (1993 - 1995): Board of Directors, Black Cultural Center
• Chairperson (1997 - Present): Library Committee
• Chairperson (1992 - 1995): Faculty Intellectual Contribution Committee
• Chairperson: Decision Sciences Curriculum Revision Committee

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Mobile Oil Producing (July 1976-July 1978)
Electrical engineering work; conducted routine checks and maintenance of power plants, appliances, and related equipment; scheduled jobs; supervised twelve workers; wrote technical reports, and advised management.

Other jobs included: oil field operations supervision at Elf Oil Company, oil well logging/analysis, teaching science and technical courses at high school level, bookkeeping, trading, and small business enterprising.

Curriculum Development

Developed and taught a course titled "Management Information Systems."

Developed and taught a course titled "Decision Support Systems" for undergraduate seniors.

Advanced data processing course in which PAL (Paradox Application Language) is used in teaching structured programming.

• Member (1999 – Present): Tenn. Board of Regents Task Force on Technology Transfer
• Member (1997 - Present): Accreditation Self-Study Committee
• Member (1999 – Present): University Research Committee
• Member (1998 - Present): Critical Thinking Committee
• Chairperson (1997 to Present): Library Committee
• Member (1997 – Present): Planning/Board of Advisors Committee
• Member (1997 – Present) Information Technology Committee
• Member (1997 – Present) MBA Policy Committee
• Member (1997 – Present) International Business Committee
• Member: Several Recruitment Committees

Tennessee Technological University

• Chairperson: Faculty Intellectual Contribution Committee
• Member: University Committee on Faculty Research
• Member: University Committee on Student Development Services
• Chairperson: (1993-1995) Board of Directors, Black Cultural Center
• Member: Library Committee
• Member: Chair of Excellence Search Committee
• Member: Management of Technology Committee
• Member: Industrial Engineering Chairperson Search Committee
• Member: Several Faculty Recruitment Committees
• Member: Curriculum Globalization Committee
• Member: University Committee on International Affairs
• Chairperson: Decision Sciences Curriculum Revision Committee
• Member: Intellectual Contributions Committee

South Carolina State University:

• Chairperson: Course Computerization Committee
• Computer Laboratory Equipment Committee
• Faculty Lounge Committee
• Curriculum Development Committee

Federal Polytechnic:

• Member: Curriculum Development Committee
• Member: Student Life Advisement Committee
• Chairperson: Laboratory and Workshop Equipment Committee

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• V.P., Education for Cumberland Chapter of APICS (from 1992 -1997)
• Served as a member of Board of Directors for a Christian ministry from 1981 to 1986.
• Taught Sunday schools on regular basis.
• Delivered lectures on African traditions and culture to schools/organizations in the US
• Advised students at Black Cultural Center of TTU.
• Served as a host family to international students.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Institute of Electrical/Electronic Engineers (Engineering Management)
• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
• Decision Science Institute (DSI)
• International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
• Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
• Institute for Operations Research & Management Science (INFORMS)

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals

Refereed Proceedings

COMPLETED STUDIES UNDER REVIEW

Olorunniwo and Udo, "The Impact of Management and Employees on Cellular Manufacturing Implementation," International Journal of Production Economics.

Udo, "Empirical Evaluation of the Effects of Human Factors on the Success of Advanced Manufacturing Systems" Production and Inventory Management Journal.

Udo, "Empirical Evidence of the Effects of Human Factors on the Success of Advanced Manufacturing Systems," International Journal of Technology Management.

Udo, "Communications as a Critical Factor in Advanced Manufacturing Systems," International Journal of Business Performance Management.

Udo and Ehie, "Empirically Evaluating Factors Related to Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Benefits," International Journal of Production Research.

Udo, "The Effects of Shop Complexity and Congestion on Due-Dates: A SLAM II Simulation." International Journal of Computer & Industrial Engineering. (Revised for second review).

Udo, "Neural Network Technology: Concepts and Business Strategic Importance." Long Range Planning.

Udo, "On Handling Strategic Planning Conundrums Using Neural Network Technology." Strategic Management Journal.

Carlson, Natarajan, and Udo, "Production Scheduling and Maintenance Strategies: A Mathematical Programming Approach." Intl J of Production Economics.

WORKING PAPERS AT UTEP

1.    An Empirical Analysis of the Factors That Impact e-environment Infrastructure and Use

2. Can Contagion Theory Explain the Growth of Global Software Piracy?

3. Factors Affecting the Price Impact on IT Expenditure Growth: An Empirical Study of Developed and Developing Nations

4. An Empirical Study Identifying the Factors that Impact eHealth Infrastructure and eHealth Use

5. Security Issues on Internet and E-mail Environment

6. The Role of Information Technology in Service Management

7. Decision Support Implementation Using AHP

8. ICT Adoption in developing countries

9. e-Service Quality

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

An Overview of the State-of-the-Art of Pervasive Computing, at INFORMS International Conference, Puerto Rico, July 2007.

Applications of Pervasive Computing in America: Trends and Prospective – Academic Business World Conference International Conference, May 2006, Nashville, TN. Won “Presentation Excellence Award.”

The Trends and Prospective of Information Management in Ubiquitous Society - Keynote speech at 2005 Korean Management Information Society Conference, November 2005.

Introducing Information Systems Education in Developing Countries: Prospects and Challenges for Nigeria; Invited Panelist, at the 8^th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries at Abuja, Nigeria; May 2005.

Entrepreneurship in Networked Economy - Invited Speech at Oklahoma Symposium on IT and Entrepreneurship organized by the IEEE Computer Society, April 19, 2005.

Does Social Contagion Theory Explain the Software Piracy Growth? International Conference of the Global Information Technology Management Association Conference, Alaska, June 2005.

Factors that Explain the Price Impact on IT Expenditure Growth, International Conference of the ISOne World Conference, Las Vegas, April 2005.

On e-Health Adoption and Use, National Conference of the AMCIS, Omaha, Nebraska, August 2005.

An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Impacting eEnvironment Infrastructure and Use,” National Conference of the Decision Science Institute, San Francisco, California, November 2005.

A Backward LPC-Based Lot-Sizing Procedure, Proceedings of DSI, San Francisco, California, November 2005.

Factors Affecting Internet Adoption in Africa, 7^th African-USA Manufacturing Technology Conference, Port Harcourt, Nigeria July 2004.

Africa and the Internet Growth: Some Empirical Results, National Conference of the DSI, Boston, MA, November, 2004.

Factors contributing to Global Digital Divide: Some Empirical Results, Fifth GITM World Conference, San Diego, June 13-15^th, 2004.

The Global Diffusion of Internet Attack Incidents: Some Observations, Proceedings of 4^th Annual Global Information Technology Management (GITM) World Conference, May 2003, Calgary, Canada.

Factors Affecting Information Technology Adoption in Africa: A Comparative Analysis, National Conference of the DSI, Washington, DC, November, 2003.

An Empirical Study of Computer and Internet Security Breaches Using Sparse Data, AMCIS National Conference, Tampa, FL, August, 2003.

Information Technology Adoption Decision Analysis Using AHP, Decision Science Institute National Conference, San Diego CA, November, 2002.

An Unified Empirical Testing of Additional Constructs on TAM,” Decision Science Institute National Conference, San Diego CA, November, 2002.

An AHP approach to rating IS Journals, Decision Science Institute National Conference, San Diego CA, November, 2002.

Electronic-Commerce barriers: Privacy and Security Concerns, Sixth Africa-USA International Conference on Manufacturing technology, Abuja-Nigeria, July, 2002.

Analysis of Information Technology Adoption Process in Service: AHP Approach, Decision Science Institute National Conference, San Francisco CA, November, 2001.

The Service Quality Construct: Its Operationalization and Dimensionality, Decision Science Institute National Conference, San Francisco CA, November, 2001.

The Effect of Internet Dependency on Performance: Business Models Analysis, International Conference of INFORMS, Hawaii, June 2001.

Using Analytic Hierarchy Process for Service Information Technology Adoption Process International Conference of INFORMS, Hawaii, June 2001.

Privacy and Security Concerns of E-Commerce Customers: A Survey, Decision Science Institute National Conference, Orlando, FL., November, 2000.

Production Equilibrium Point in Multi-Unit Manufacturing Systems, Decision Science Institute National Conference, Orlando, FL., November 2000.

Effective Commercial Web Site Design, IEEE on Engineering Management Conference, August 2000.

Affecting Advanced Manufacturing Systems Success with Effective Communications, Africa-USA International Conference on Manufacturing Technology, Abuja, July 2000.

Measuring the Quality of Service Production Systems, Africa-USA International Conference on Manufacturing Technology, Abuja, July 2000.

Outsourcing Decision Analysis: AHP Approach, DSI Conference, New Orleans, November 1999

Information Systems Outsourcing Versus End-User Computing Development: Comparative Analysis of Methods of Information Technology Management, International DSI Conference, Greece, July 1999.

Communications: A Key Issue in Advanced Manufacturing Systems, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Puerto Rico, May 1999.

Critical Activities in a Successful Cellular Manufacturing Implementation, IEEE on Engineering Management Conference, Puerto Rico, May 1999.

Fuzzy Expert Systems Versus AHP: Comparison of Decision Tools, Conference of C&IE, New Orleans, March 1999.

Object-Oriented Systems Design Issues, Conference of C&IE, New Orleans, March 1999.

Using AHP to Make Global Location of Production Facility, Conference of IEMS, Cocoa Beach, March 1999.

Information Systems Outsourcing Versus End-User Computing Development: Empirical Comparison, National Conference of Decision Science Institute, Las Vegas, November 1998.

Impacts of Socio-Technical Factors on Cellular Manufacturing Implementation, National Conference of Decision Science Institute, Las Vegas, November 1998.

Human Factors Affecting the Success of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, International Conference of Computer and Industrial Engineering, London, September 1998.

Industrial Pollution Emission Control Model, International Conference of Computer and Industrial Engineering, London, September 1998.

The Impact of global Information Technology on Developing Economies: Opportunities and Challenges, International Conference of Production and Operations Management Society, Cape Town South Africa, July 1998.

One week seminar/workshop at University of Zimbabwe on Trends/Impacts of Information Technology for graduate students and faculty members, June 22 – June 26, 1998.

Joint Determination of Production Schedules and Maintenance Strategies: A Mathematical Programming Approach, National Conference of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Cocoa Beach, Florida, March, 1998.

Retraining for the 21^st Century Job Market, one-week Seminar in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria sponsored by the United Nations, January 1998.

Job Reengineering for the 21^st Century: Mandatory for the Developing Economies, one-week Seminar in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, sponsored by the United Nations, January 1998.

Information Technology Planning, Implementation and Utilization: Hands-On Approach, A two-week Workshop in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria - sponsored by the United Nations, December 1997.

Data Visualization: Meeting the Information Overload Problem of the New Millennium, 2oth Annual Conference of the Southern Futures Association, Fayetteville, Arkansas, November, 1997 .

Trends of Information Technology Deployment in the Non-Government Organizations: What Developing Countries Should Know, One week Seminar in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria – Sponsored by the United Nations, June 1997.

Trends of Information Technology Deployment in the Government: What Developing Countries Should Know, One week Seminar in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria – Sponsored by the United Nations, June 1997.

Trends of Information Technology Deployment in Industries: What Developing Countries Should Know, One week Seminar in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria – Sponsored by the United Nations, June 1997.

Trends of Information Technology Deployment in Education: What Developing Countries Should Know, One week Seminar in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria – Sponsored by the United Nations, June 1997.

Information Technology Planning, Implementation and Utilization: Hands-On Approach, A two-week Workshop in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria - sponsored by the United Nations, May 1997.

Analytical Planning in the Nigerian Coal Corporation: A Priority-Based Approach, National DSI Conference at Orlando, Fl, November 1996.

Artificial Neural Networks and Conventional Strategic Planning Techniques: Performance Comparison, National DSI Conference at Orlando, Fl, and November 1996.

Products Selection and Inventory Control Model for Multi-Unit Manufacturing Systems, National DSI Conference at Orlando, Fl, November 1996.

Management of Information Technology Using Analytic Hierarchy Process, IEEE Transc. Engineering Management Society Proceedings, Vancouver, Canada, August 1996.

Assessing the Determinants of the Success Factors of Information Systems Downsizing, NEDSI Annual Conference, St Croix, Virgin Island, April 1996.

Affecting MIS Department Characteristics with MIS Downsizing, Computer and Industrial Engineering Conference, Miami, FL., March 1996.

The Critical Success Factors of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Computer and Industrial Engineering Conference, Miami, FL., March 1996.

Empirically Testing the Antecedents of Turnover Intention for Manufacturing Plant Managers, DSI National Conference, Boston, MA, and November 1995.

Using Neural Network as a Strategic Planning Tool, DSI National Conference, Washington, D.C., November 1993.

Multicriteria Decision Support Systems for Optimum Product Design, First African-USA International Conference on Manufacturing Technology Transfer, January 1993.

A Mathematical Model for Optimizing Production Levels of Multi-Unit Manufacturing Systems, Southeast DSI Conference, February 1993.

Neural Network Performance on Bankruptcy Classification Problem, Computers and Industrial Engineering Conference, April 1993.

Reliability of Information Flow in a CIM System, Computers and Industrial Engineering Conference, April 1993.

Improve Project Selection with a Socio-Technical Approach, IRMA Third Intl. Conference, Charleston, South Carolina May 1992.

Network Management: A Critical Success Factor for Implementing Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Computers and Industrial Engineering Conference, Coca Beach, Florida, March 1992.

Neural Network Applications in Manufacturing Processes, Computers & Industrial Engineering Conference, Cocoa Beach, Florida, March 1992.

Production Scheduling And Maintenance Strategies: A Mathematical Programming Approach, to be presented at DSI National Conference, San Francisco, California, November, 1992.

Determining The Reliability of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Network, Production and Operations Management Society Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 1992.

Model for Evaluating the Benefits of Decision Support Systems, DSI National Conference, Miami, Florida, and November 1991.

Neural Network Applications to Combinatorial Optimization Problems, DSI National Conference, Miami, Florida, November 1991.

A discussant: Feedforward Neural Networks as Linear and Nonlinear Weighted Average Time-Series Forecasting Techniques (by Caporaletti et al), DSI National Conference, Miami, Florida, November, 1991.

Using Neural Network to Evaluate a Firm as a Going Concern." Southeast Management Science Institute Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1991.

Managing Information Resource of an Automated Factory: How Prepared are Information Resource Professionals? IRMA Intl. Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, May 1991.

Decision Support Systems for Quality Control and Lot Sizing, TIMS/ORSA Joint National Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1991.

Investigation of Due-Date Assignment Using System State-Dependent Variables, Southeastern Management Science Institute Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, October, 1989.

An Intelligence-Based Expert Systems Simulations: Literature Review, Southeastern Management Science Institute Conference, Myrtle Beach, October, 1988.