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Data Reengineering: Project Acknowledgements

by Peter Aiken & Bill Girling

The authors would like to thank the members of the Fall 1996 graduate class in data reengineering (Lewis Broome, John Coleman, Michael Crawford, Michael Koontz, Michael Moore, Pawan Pavichitr, Pantipa Phayak, Cassandra Sermons, Tim Tatum, Sirirat Taweewattanaprecha, Nithinant Thammakoranonta), the VCU/School of Business - Information Systems Research Institute, and the PMIS and CIPPS key specialists (David Savanyu, Bill Matthews, Rhonda Hudsell, Laura George, Jean Turlington) for their participation in this project.

This research has been sponsored in part by the Virginia Departments of Transportation and, Personnel & Training. Bill Girling, Manager of Systems for the Virginia Department of Personnel & Training and Ronnie Charles (DPT's Reengineering Czar) saw the need and developed this research initiative. In addition, the authors would like to thank the members of the graduate information systems topics class (IS Role in BPR): Micki Adee, Lewis Broome, Sasipa Chankaoropkhun, John Coleman, Bibiana Duet, Michael Koontz, Somporn Krutsakorn, Michael Moore, Pawan Pavichitr, Tim Tatum, Nithinant Thammakoranonta, for their participation in this project. We benefited enormously from their contributions and critiques during the Spring 1997.

The summer 1997 crew is shown below - from left to right: Lewis Broome, Kim Boos, Pawan Pavichitr, and Sirirat Taweewattanaprecha.

ISRI Graduates Guide Other IS Professionals with Consulting Jobs

Two Information Systems Research Institute Research Associates have recently announced that they are accepting information technology consulting positions with private organizations. As Tim Tatum and Michael Koontz neared the end of their Masters programs in information systems, they realized that their ISRI reengineering project experiences presented them with an opportunity to consider jobs giving expert advice as information technology consultants. While many students consider programming as the traditional pathway to a career in information technology, these students realized that their ISRI experiences enabled them to dispense valuable knowledge they had acquired on the job. Both interviewed with a number of organizations who were interested in learning from their experiences. Tatum is currently a systems consultant with an organization called Systems & Programming Consultants where he currently provides technical assistance to NationsBank. Koontz accepted a consulting position with Keiter Stephens Computer Services. Both are earning well above $40K annually and both indicated that their ISRI experiences working Dr. Aiken put them a positions that enabled them to accept leadership positions - helping others in the Richmond area community benefit from their VCU/ISRI learning experiences.