Claremont Graduate University - PHD - Management Information Systems
Name: Patrick Olson, PhD
NU Rank: Professor
Location: San Jose Center
Email Address: polson@nu.edu
Phone: (408)236-1152
Additional Contact Information or Contact Directions: Email is the best contact method
Bio: Patrick C. Olson, PhD is currently a Professor of Computer Science, Information and Media Systems at National University. He earned his PhD in MoIS at the Claremont Graduate University in 1999 - with a cognate minor in Higher Education. He has an MS from USC in Systems Management with a minor in MIS. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Montana. He has been the CIO at Menlo College in the bay area where he developed, directed, and implemented enterprise-wide IP Telephony in 2000 (which included Gigabit ethernet, cabling, etc.) He has held faculty positions in MIS at the University of Nevada and Cal Poly, Pomona. He started his career in the data center at Hughes Aircraft Company in the 80s.
Presentations
(2009-05-01). Hybrid Networks and In House Expertise. Nashville, TN.
(2009-03-01). Is "Dewey's Experience Synonymous with the Current Usage of the Term?. San Diego, CA.
(2009-03-01). Toward a Taxonomy of Experience. Bridgeport, CT.
(2008-11-01). A Taxonomy on Competitiveness. Baltimore, MD.
(2008-09-01). Assessing Learning in an Asynchronous Learning Environment. Hays, KS.
(2008-05-01). Green RFID. Honolulu, HI.
(2008-05-01). Asynchronous Learning û Responding to Customer Demand. Nashville, TN.
(2008-04-01). Standard Compliance for Competitive Advantage. Baltimore, MD.
(2008-03-01). IT SECURITY AND SERENDIPITY. Brooklyn, NY.
(2008-03-01). International Standards Organization 26000: Corporate Social Responsibility. Wilmington, Ohio.
(2008-03-01). Clarifying The Cost Requirements of RFID and The Unit of Analysis Problem. San Diego, CA.
(2007-10-01). Classic Problems in Global Supply Chains: Unit of Analysis and Movement of Information. Athens, Greece.
(2007-09-01). New Media: Using Blogs and YouTube for Assignment Delivery. Hays, KS.
(2007-07-01). NETWORK NEUTRALITY û NEW NEWS OR OLD NEWS?. Orlando, FL.
(2007-05-01). Implications of the Three Worlds of IT. Nashville, TN.
(2007-04-01). Supply Chain and the Three Worlds of IT. Honolulu, HI.
(2007-04-01). RFID and Standards. Denver, CO.
(2007-03-01). RFID and EDI. Baltimore, MD.
(2007-03-01). Managing Enterprise Systems using Baldrige Criteria. Las Vegas, NV.
(2007-03-01). RFID and Privacy. San Diego, CA.
(2006-07-01). Reviewing Peer Review. Orlando, FL.
(2006-07-01). Diffusion of IP Telephony in Undergraduate Private Colleges. Orlando, FL.
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