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Ranjan Kini

RANJAN B. KINI

School of Business & Economics 1032 Spruce Drive

Indiana University Northwest Schererville, IN 46375

Gary, IN 46408

Off: 219-***-**** Res: 219-***-****

Fax: 219-***-****

Email: aborxr@r.postjobfree.com aborxr@r.postjobfree.com

URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~bnwrbk

EDUCATION

1985 Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Operations Management and Management Information Systems

1981 Master of Business Administration

Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois

1976 Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal, India

CERTIFICATION

1991 Certified in Production and Inventory Management

American Production and Inventory Control Society, Falls Church, VA, 1991

.

EXPERIENCE

Teaching:

8/90 - PresentAssociate Professor, School of Business and Economics,

Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana, USA.

(

90-95 - Assistant Professor

)

5/017/01Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Business,

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

5/00 - 7/00Visiting Professor, Joint Ph.D. program of Bangkok University, Bangkok,

Thailand and University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA.

Currently serving on a dissertation committee.

1/98 - 5/98On Sabbatical Leave - received Rotary International Grant ($10,000) -

Visiting Professor, International MBA Program, Graduate School, Bangkok University,

Bangkok, Thailand.

8/85 - 8/90Assistant Professor, ISOM Department,

Bryan School of Business and Economics,

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro,

Greensboro, North Carolina.

8/82 - 8/85Part-timeInstructor, ISQS Department,

College of Business Administration,

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

8/81 - 5/82Instructor, Management Department, College of Business, Northern Illinois

University, De Kalb, Illinois.

Work:

8/81 - 5/82Small Business Institute Director,

Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois - supporting area small businesses by

providing management expertise.

12/76 - 8/78Production Engineer, Engineering Projects Limited,

Ardiya Housing Project, KUWAIT

COURSES TAUGHT

Last five years

Management Information Systems (Ph.D. Level: Last taught - 2000)

Business Telecommunications & Electronic Commerce (Senior & Graduate Level: 2002)

Coordinator, Computing Skills for Management (Graduate Level: Last taught - 2000)

Management Information Systems (Junior & Graduate Level: Last taught - 2002)

Decision Support and Expert Systems (Senior & Graduate Level: Last taught - 2002)

Occasionally

Production/Operations Management (Junior & Graduate Level: Last taught - 1998)

Total Quality Management (Graduate Level: Last taught - 1994)

Computer-based Decision Support Tools (Senior Level: Last taught - 1993)

Micro Computers for Business (Senior Level: Last taught - 1990)

Database Programming (Senior Level: Last taught - 1990)

Introduction to Business Information Systems (Sophomore Level: Last taught - 1989)

Basic Programming (Sophomore Level: Last taught - 1986)

Management Science/Operations Research (Senior Level: Last taught - 1985)

Business Statistics (Sophomore Level: Last taught - 1983)

Business Strategy and Policy (Senior Level: Last taught - 1982)

Small Business Management (Senior Level: Last taught - 1982)

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

Specialization and interest in Information Systems applications in Operations Management,

Strategic Information Systems, Information Systems Outsourcing, Decision Support Systems,

Knowledge Systems. Currently working on Electronic Commerce and Technology Management

issues.

COMPUTING PROFICIENCY IN

Hardware: PCs, Networked Workstations, Servers, and Handhelds.

Operating Systems: Windows 2000, NT Server 4.0/98/95, DOS, and VAX/VMS

Languages: HTML, SQL, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, and competency in Visual programming

languages such as VB, VJ, and VC. Also have worked with simulation languages GPSS, CSMP,

DYNAMO, and SIMSCRIPT.

Software: Microsoft Office 2000, FrontPage 2000, EXSYSP and EXSYS-Windows, SPSS for

Windows, SAS for Windows. Also have worked with Lotus, dBase for windows, Harvard Graphics

for Windows, INGRES, SEED, S1032, and ORACLE

DISSERTATION

Integrating Hierarchically Significant Part Numbers to Bill of Materials Processing:

Includes a unique part numbering scheme that due to its inherent properties enhances the

data processing function of the bill of materials processing.

RESEARCH

Monograph

EDI: The Binding Web of Quick Response Philosophy, published by American Production and

Inventory Control Society, Falls Church, VA, September 1992.

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

Presented:

"Ecommerce Trends", sponsored by KENAN INSTITUTE OF ASIA, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2000.

"Executive PC/IT Seminar", sponsored by IUN Center for Management Development,

Schererville, IN, 1999, 2000.

"Quick Response Technologies", Raleigh, NC; sponsored by American Production and

Inventory Control Society, Falls Church, VA, and College of Textile Engineering, North

Carolina State University, 1994.

"Quick Response Technologies", Reading, PA; sponsored by American Production and

Inventory Control Society, Shuylkil Valley Chapter, 1994.

"Quick Response Technologies", St. Louis, MO; sponsored by American Production and

Inventory Control Society, Falls Church, VA, 1993.

"Quick Response Technologies", Atlanta, GA; sponsored by American Production and

Inventory Control Society, Falls Church, VA, 1992.

"Quality Means Everything, for Center for Management Development", Indiana University

Northwest, Gary, IN, 1992.

"Quick Response Technologies", Greensboro, NC; sponsored by American Production and

Inventory Control Society, Falls Church, VA, 1991.

UNIVERSITY SERVICES

Consultant, Indiana University, HelpNet Program, Bloomington, IN.

Chair, Curriculum and Assessment Committee, School of Business & Economics, Indiana

University Northwest

Member, University Computing Committee, Indiana University Northwest

Member, University Teaching and Audio-Visual Committee, Indiana University Northwest

Member, University Technology Fee Committee, Indiana University Northwest

Member, Technology Transfer Liaison Council, Indiana University, Bloomington

Member, University Affirmative Action Committee, Indiana University Northwest

Member, University Campus Planning Committee, Indiana University Northwest

Member, Graduate/Undergraduate Committee, Division of Business & Economics, Indiana

University Northwest

Member, Curriculum Committee, Division of Business & Economics, Indiana University

Northwest

Member, Computer Committee, Division of Business and Economics, Indiana University

Northwest

ACM SIGBIT Data Base

S Management Information Systems Quarterly

Proceedings:

v Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference

v Proceedings of Midwest Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference

v Proceedings of Southwest Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference

v Proceedings of International Computer Information Systems Conference

v Proceedings of International Association of Management Conference

Panel Member:

Effect of Liberalization on the Indian Economy, Technological Priorities, and Information

Deployment, Decision Sciences Institutes Annual Conference, Orlando, 1996.

Session Chair:

Values and Ethics in Information Systems, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference,

Orlando, 1996.

Global Conference on Small & Medium Industry & Business, Banglaore, India, 1996.

Applications in Marketing, 2nd Annual Business Research Conference, Indiana University

Northwest, Gary, IN, October 1993.

Applications of Information Technology, Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual

Conference, Winston-Salem, NC, February 1988.

Discussant:

Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Orlando, 1996.

Global Conference on Small & Medium Industry & Business, January 1996.

Annual Business Research Conference, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, 1992, 1993.

Midwest Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, April 1993.

Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, November, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1996.

Southeast DSI Annual Conference, Winston-Salem, NC, February 1988.

Officer:

Steering Committee, Textile and Apparel Specific Interest Group, American Production and

Inventory Control Society, Falls Church, VA, 1989-1997.

Treasurer, Piedmont Triad Chapter - American Production and Inventory Control Society,

Greensboro, NC, 1988-90.

Faculty Advisor - Data Processing Management Association, University of North Carolina at

Greensboro Student Chapter (1986-87).

GRANTS

International Travel Grant, IU, $500, to present two papers at The Seventh Asia-Pacific

Decision Sciences Institute Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 2002.

International Travel Grant, IU, $800, to present a paper and workshop at the

International Decision Sciences Institute Conference in Athens, Greece, 1999.

University Teacher Grant, $10,000, Rotary International Foundation, to teach and conduct

research at Bangkok University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1998.

Software Grant worth $10,000 from ILINC Corporation, Troy, New York. They granted their

product LearnLinc2.0 server and 10 client licenses, web-based synchronous distance

education software. I have been using this software since 1998 (after receiving training

from ILINC) in my classes to supplement class teaching and as a collaborative tool, 1997.

Research Grant-in-Aid, Indiana University Northwest, 1997.

Access Indiana Grant, as Director of Lake Net, to start a Volunteer Electronic Community

Net of Northwest Indiana, March 1996.

Center for Applied Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, 1986.

Graduate School Research Grant, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 1985.

AWARDS

SCHOLARSHIP

Recipient of Government of India Merit Scholarship, 1971-76.

TEACHING RECOGNITION

Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University Northwest, 1996-97.

Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University Northwest, 1997-98.

MEMBERSHIP

Association of Information Systems Professionals.

Decision Sciences Institute.

American Production and Inventory Control Society

COMMUNITY INTERESTS

Chairman, Scholarship Committee, District 6540, Rotary International, 1996-97, 1999-

present.

Chairman (2000-2002) & Director, Lake Net, Volunteer Electronic Community Network of

Northwest Indiana, IN, 1995 - . (Currently putting public kiosks around Northwest Indiana

through community grant money, for access to community information through Internet.)

Member, Schererville Chamber of Commerce, Schererville, 2001- current.

President, Indian American Association of Northwest Indiana, IN, 1999.

Director, Indian American Association of Northwest Indiana, IN, 1996-98.

Sargent-at-Arms, Rotary Club of Schererville, IN, 1996-1997.

Chairman, March-of-Dimes and Adopt-a-Highway, Indian American Association of Northwest

Indiana, 1993-.

Director, Rotary Club of Schererville, IN, 1993-96.

Secretary, India Association of Greensboro, NC, 1989-90.

RECOGNITION

Who's Who Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century, Cambridge, UK, 2000.

Who's Who Outstanding People of the 20th Century, Cambridge, UK, 2000.

Who s Who Among America s Teachers, Lake Forest, IL, 1996.

Man Of The Year -1996, ABI, Raleigh, NC, 1996.

Who s Who In The Media And Communications, New Providence, NJ, 1996.

International Who s Who Of Professionals, 1995.

International Who s Who Of Distinguished Leadership, 1995.

Men of Achievement, Cambridge, U.K., 1994.

Who s Who In America, 1993.

Who s Who In American Education, 1993.

Who s Who In America, Midwest, 1993.

Who s Who In America, South and Southwest, 1990.

Who s Who In America, South and Southwest, 1989.

Outstanding Young Men Of America, 1984.REFERENCES Available upon request.

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