College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series

Vallabh Sambamurthy

Friday, 12 Feb 2010 at 10:00 am – Schaller Seminar Room, 3164 Gerdin Business Building

Vallabh Sambamurthy is the Eli Broad Professor of Information Technology at Michigan State University and former executive director of the Center for Leadership of the Digital Enterprise. He is the coauthor of Winning the Three Legged Race: When Business and Technology Run Together, which advocates the necessity for firms to integrate their business and information technology management processes. Sambamurthy is currently the editor-in-chief of Information Systems Research. He earned a PhD from the University of Minnesota and has served on the faculties of the business schools at the University of Maryland and Florida State University. Part of the College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series
Vallabh Sambamurthy (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1989) is the Eli Broad Professor of Information Technology at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He served as the Executive Director of the Center for Leadership of the Digital Enterprise between 2004-09. He has previously served on the faculties of the business schools at The University of Maryland and The Florida State University. He has expertise in how firms leverage information technologies in their business strategies, products, services, and organizational processes. His work has been funded by the Financial Executives Research Foundation, the Advanced Practices Council (APC), and the National Science Foundation. His work has been published in journals such as the MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Decision Sciences, Management Science, Organization Science, and the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

He has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and the Journal of Strategic Information Systems. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of Information Systems Research, one of the top journals for scholarly research on information systems.

Sambamurthy teaches courses related to the alignment of information technology and corporate strategy. He has been actively involved in executive education on current topics such as the shaping of digital business transformations, strategic alignment of IT, and the management of IT innovation in firms. He has worked as a researcher or a consultant with several Fortune 500 firms including AstraZenneca, 3M, General Dynamics, Owens Corning, Intel, Bell Atlantic, Freddie Mac, and BellSouth. Currently, he is the Co-Director of the Academic Council at the Business Technology Management Institute, a new organization aiming to enhance executive understanding about strategic alignment of information technology, business strategies, and business processes. His recently co-authored book, titled, Winning the Three Legged Race: When Business and Technology Run Together, advocates the necessity for firms to integrate their business and information technology management processes.

Cosponsored By:
  • College of Business
  • Logistics, Operations & Management Info Systems
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

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