Prof. Espinosa is currently an Associate Professor of Information Technology at the Kogod School of Business, American Universith. He holds a Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate School of Industrial Administration; a Masters degree in Business Administration from Texas Tech University; and a Mechanical Engineering degree from Universidad Catolica, Peru. His research focusses on coordination and performance in global technical projects across global boundaries, particularly distance and time separation (e.g. time zones). Prof. Espinosa employs a multiple method approach in his research, including theoretical, lab experiments, qualitative studies and survey methods, but his primary focus on on-site field studies in large technical organizations. His work has been published in leading scholarly journals, including: Management Science; Organization Science; the Journal of Management Information Systems; Communications of the ACM; Information, Technology and People; and Software Process: Improvement and Practice. His work has also been published in leading academic conference proceedings and is a frequent presenter in those conferences. He also has several years of working experience, first as a design engineer and later as a senior manager with international organizations directly supporting, supervising and formulating policy for finance and global IT functions, where he designed and developed a number of software applications to support geographically distributed work.