Management Assistant

SOMENDRA PANT

Assistant Professor

of Management Information Systems Clarkson University School of Business Clarkson

University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5790 Phone: 315-***-****, e-mail: abqgqn@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.clarkson.edu/~pants

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Management Information Systems, Rensselaer

Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, December 1997

Thesis Title: "An Information Strategy for Internet

Enterprises"

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Cheng Hsu

Master of Science, Industrial and Management Engineering,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, December 1992

Concentration: Management Information Systems.

Thesis Title: "Manufacturing Information Integration

Using a Reference Model"

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Cheng Hsu

Diploma in Business Management,Institute of

Management Studies, Indore, India, August, 1990

Concentration: Financial Management

Master of Science,Physics,University

of Indore, Indore, India,

June, 1976

Concentration: Electronics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Web Information Systems and E-commerce: Web-based Product

Development, Web-based Integrated Supply Chains, Strategic Frameworks for E-commerce

and Web Information Systems.

Economic Justification of Information Systems, Knowledge

Management and Knowledge Management Systems.

Research Activities

Refereed Publications (Journals)

1. Pant, S. and Hsu, C., "An Integrated Framework for Strategic

Information Systems Planning and Development" Information Resources Management

Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998.

2. Pant, S. and Hsu, C., "Business On The Web: Strategies

and Economics," Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, Vol. 28, Numbers 7-11, May

1996.

3. Pant, S. and Ruff, L., "A Survey of Issues and Techniques

in Economic Justification for Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Information Resource

Management Journal, Vol. 8, No.1, Winter 1995.

4. Pant, S., Rattner, L., Hsu, C., "Manufacturing Information Integration Using

a Reference Model," International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 14, No. 11, 1994.

Papers Under Review:

1. Pant, S. and Sethi, R., "A Framework for Web-based

New Product Development" Under review at the Journal of Product Innovation

Management.

2. Pant, S., Sim, H. T., and Hsu, C., "Developing a Web

Information Systems Plan: The Case of Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd." Under

review at Information and Management.

3. Joshi, K., and Pant, S. "Development of a Framework to

Assess and Guide IT Investments: An Analysis Based on a Discretionary - Mandatory

Classification." Under review at Journal of Management Information Systems.

4. Pant, S., Sethi, R., and Bhandari, M. " Web-based Supply

Chain Management: Reference Model and System Design," Under review at IEEE

Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.

Books:

Innovative Planning for Electronic Commerce and Enterprises: A Reference Model

Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. Co-author: Cheng Hsu)

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

1. Pant, S. and Sethi, R. " A Framework for Web-based

New Product Development," AMCIS Conference, Milwaukee, August 1999, pp 597-599.

2. Pant, S., Sim, H.T., and Hsu, C., "Developing Web-based

Information Systems: The Case of Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd." IEEE IEMC

'98 Conference, Puerto Rico, October, 1998 (Rescheduled - May 1999), p. 488.

3. Pant, S. and Hsu, C., "Internet Enterprises Planning,"

IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Orlando, Florida, October,

1997.

4. Hsu, C., and Pant, S. "An

information strategy for Internet enterprises," Association for Information

Systems 1997 Americas Conference Indianapolis, Indiana, August 15-17, 1997..

5. Pant, S., and Hsu, C., "Strategic Information Systems

Planning: A Review," Information Resource Management Association Conference,

Atlanta, May 1995, pp. 228-230.

6. Pant, S., and Ruff, L., "A Survey of Issues and Techniques

in Economic Justification for Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Information Resource

Management Association Conference, San Antonio, May 1994.

Technical Reports:

1. Pant, S. and Hsu, C., "Internet Strategy Development

Using A Reference Model: A Study of the CFAR Project," Decision Sciences and

Engineering Systems Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

Technical Report Series 37-97-452.

2. Pant, S. and Hsu, C., "Strategic Uses of Information

Resources in Industry: A Categorization Using a Reference Model," Decision Sciences

and Engineering Systems Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,

NY. Technical Report Series 37-97-453.

TEACHING INTERESTS

Strategic Information Systems, Organizational Information

Systems, E-commerce, Web Information Systems, Telecommunications and Computer

Networks, Client-Server Technologies.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, MIS, School of Business, Clarkson University. August

1997 - Present

Responsibilities:

Courses Taught

1. MIS for MBAs/MS - a graduate course covering principles

and practices of information systems from a strategic perspective.

2. Cooperative Information Systems - a graduate course

in computer networks and client-server technologies.

3. Web-based MIS for Executive MBAs/MS - a graduate course

covering principles and practices of information systems from a strategic perspective

(this was the first distance learning course at Clarkson).

4. Workgroup Information Systems - an undergraduate course

in computer networks and telecommunications.

5. Information Systems in Organizations - an undergraduate

course in principles and practices of information systems.

6. Independent study: developed an independent study for

an undergraduate student in the area of Marketing Information Systems.

7. Project courses: MIS project courses for three MS - MIS

students. Two of them are working on a project involving Web-based supply chains

and the third one is working on the topic of economic justification of ERP and

other information systems.

Administrative

1. Chair of the SAP University Alliance Committee - worked

closely with the Dean, SAP, and CUSB faculty to help the university join the

SAP's University alliance program and introduced SAP's R/3 software in the MBA

MIS curriculum.

2. Member, University committee on the implementation of

a new MS in IT program at Clarkson.

3. Member of the MBA committee of the Clarskon School of

Business.

4 Member, Administrative Committee of the Clarskon School

of Business.

5. Member, MIS faculty search committee.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

September 1991 - 1997

1. Taught MIS courses and labs. Created and maintained a

virtual laboratory for on-line instructions to students taking MIS courses.

Participated in the following research programs:

Computer Integrated Manufacturing Program (Sponsors: IBM,

DEC, GE, GM, and Alcoa).

Adaptive Integrated Manufacturing Enterprise Program (Sponsors:

NSF and an industrial consortium).

Manufacturing Information Systems (Sponsor: U.S. Army).

Metadatabase Project (Sponsor: Samsung).

Particular Assignments and Achievements:

1. Developed a methodology for developing Enterprise Internet

plans and employed it to develop a plan for the Samsung Heavy Industries' Web

information system.

2. Developed strategic planning methodology for CIM systems

and financialjustification for flexible manufacturing systems.

3. Created and maintained the web site for Metadatabase

Research Group at Rensselaer (URL: http://viu.eng.rpi.edu/). This web site allows

download of the CASE-tool IBMS which is used for research and instruction the

world over.

4. Provided technical support to the users of the CASE-tool

IBMS.

Systems Analyst and Programmer, Stochos Inc., Schenectady,

NY,

March 1995 - June 1995

Did dataflex and C programming for an estimation and a finite

scheduling project respectively

Executive, State Bank of India, 1978 - 1983

1. Joined the bank as a Probationary Officer and

was performed all the routine banking operations.

2. Performed branch management functions at two branches.

3. Worked in the Industrial Relations department of the

bank at its central office in Bombay. Assisted in negotiations with employees

unions and formulation of welfare policies for the entire bank. Was involved

in negotiating a large-scale computerization project.

Senior Master, Rishi Valley School, Krishnamurti

Foundation, India, 1983 - 1987

Administrative Assistant to the Principal, taught Physics

and Math.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Candidate for SAP's Certification Program. Have completed

one level 1 and one level 2 course in SAP R/3.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, Association for Information Systems (AIS).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering,

IEEE Engineering Management Review, AMCIS and IRMA Conferences.

REFERENCES

1. Dr. Cheng Hsu, Professor, MIS, Department of Decision

Sciences and Engineering Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

12180-3590.

2. Dr. T. Ravichandran, Assistant Professor, MIS, Lally

School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590.

3. Dr. Rajesh Sethi, Assistant Professor, Marketing, Clarkson

University School of Business, Potsdam, NY 13699-5790.

4. Dr. Kailash Joshi Associate Professor, MIS, School of

Business Administration University of Missouri, CCB 215 St. Louis, MO

63121

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