Curriculum Vitae [PDF Version]
J. Alberto Espinosa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Information Technology and UPS Scholar
Kogod School of Business
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016-8044
Tel. 202.885.1958
Fax. 202.885.1992
E-mail:
alberto@amercian.edu
Web Site:
http://auapps.american.edu/~alberto/
Last updated: October 4, 2007
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate School of Industrial Administration
Masters of Science in Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate School of Industrial Administration
Masters of Business Administration, Texas Tech University
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
Additional doctoral studies in Finance, Texas Tech University
"Familiarity, Complexity and Team Performance in Geographically Distributed Software Development", Espinosa, J. A., S. A. Slaughter, R. E. Kraut and J. D. Herbsleb (2007), Organization Science, 18(4), p.613-630.
"Learning From Experience In Software Development: A Multi-Level Analysis", Boh, W. F., S. A. Slaughter and J. A. Espinosa (2007), Management Science, 58(3), p.1315-1331
"Team Knowledge and Coordination in Geographically Distributed Software Development", Espinosa, J. A., Slaughter, S. A., Kraut, R. E., & Herbsleb, J. D. (2007), Journal of Management Information Systems, 24(1), p.135-169.
"Ambidexterous Coping Strategies in Globally Distributed Software Development Projects", Lee, G., W. Delone and J. A. Espinosa (2006), Communications of the ACM 49(10): p.35-40.
"Global Boundaries, Task Processes and IS Project Success: A Field Study", Espinosa, J. A., G. Lee and W. DeLone (2006), Information, Technology and People 19(4): p.345-370.
"The Impact of Time Separation on Coordination in Global Software Teams: a Conceptual Foundation", Espinosa, J. A. and E. Carmel (2004), Journal of Software Process: Practice and Improvement 8(4): p.249-266.
"Team Boundary Issues Across Multiple Global Firms", Espinosa, J. A., J. N. Cummings, J. M. Wilson and B. M. Pearce (2003), Journal of Management Information Systems 19(4): p.157-190.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
"Distributed Enterprise Architecture: Towards a Theoretical Framework", Espinosa, J. A. and F. Armour, 41st. Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences, Big Island, Hawaii, forthcoming January 2008.
"Do Gradations of Time Zone Separation Make a Difference in Performance? A First Laboratory Study", Espinosa, J. A., E. Carmel and N. Nan, International Conference on Global Software Engineering, Munich, Germany. IEEE, August 2007.
"Spatial and Temporal Boundaries in Global Teams: Distinguishing Where You Work from When You Work", Cummings, J. N., J. A. Espinosa, and C. Pickering, International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Working Group 8.2/9.5. Working Conference on Virtuality and Virtualization. Portland, Oregon, July 2007.
"Ambidexterity and Global IS Project Success: A Theoretical Model, Lee, G.", W. DeLone and J. A., 40th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences, Big Island, Hawaii, January 2007.
"The Effect of Time Separation on Coordination Processes and Outcomes: A Case Study", Espinosa, J. A. and C. Pickering, 39th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences, Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii, IEEE, January 2006
"Coordination Mechanisms in Globally Distributed Software Development", Espinosa, J. A., S. A. Slaughter, J. D. Herbsleb and R. E. Kraut, First International Conference on Management of Globally Distributed Work, Bangalore, India, December 2005.
"Bridging Global Boundaries for IS Project Success", DeLone, W., J. A. Espinosa, G. Lee and E. Carmel, 38th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences, Big Island, Hawaii, IEEE, January 2005
"The Effect of Time Separation on Coordination Costs in Global Software Teams: A Dyad Model", Espinosa, J. A. and E. Carmel (2004), 37th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences, Big Island, Hawaii, IEEE, January 2004.
"Modeling Coordination Costs Due to Time Separation in Global Software Teams", Espinosa, J. A. and E. Carmel, Global Software Development Workshop, International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Portland, Oregon, IEEE, May 2003.
"Shared Mental Models, Familiarity, and Coordination: A Multi-Method Study of Distributed Software Teams", Espinosa, J. A., R. E. Kraut, S. A. Slaughter, F. J. Lerch, J. D. Herbsleb and A. Mockus, International Conference in Information Systems, Barcelona, Spain, December 2002.
"Research on Teams with Multiple Boundaries", Espinosa, J. A., J. N. Cummings, B. M. Pearce and J. M. Wilson, Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences, Big Island, Hawaii, IEEE, January 2002.
"Shared Mental Models and Coordination in Large-Scale, Distributed Software Development", Espinosa, J. A., R. E. Kraut, F. J. Lerch, S. A. Slaughter, J. D. Herbsleb and A. Mockus, International Conference in Information Systems, New Orleans, Luisiana, December 2001.
"Shared Mental Models: Accuracy and Visual Representation", Espinosa, J. A., Americas Conference in Information Systems, Boston MA, Asociation for Information Systems, August 2001.
"Coming to the Wrong Decision Quickly: Why Awareness Tools Must be Matched with Appropriate Tasks", Espinosa, J. A., J. Cadiz, L. Rico-Gutierrez, R. E. Kraut, W. Scherlis and G. Lautenbacher, Computer-Human Interaction (CHI), Association of the Computer Machinery's (ACM), The Hague, The Netherlands, ACM Press, March 2000.
REFERRED CONFERENCE ARTICLES WITHOUT PROCEEDINGS
"Coordination Complexity in Geographically Distributed Collaboration”, Espinosa, J. A. and R. Verburg, symposium co-chairs and co-organizers, including paper “Virtual Team Boundary Complexity: A Team Coordination Perspective”, J. A. Espinosa, G. Lee and W. DeLone, Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2007
"Your Time Zone or Mine? Geographic Configurations, Global Team Coordination, and Project Outcomes", Espinosa, J. A., J. N. Cummings and C. Pickering, Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2006.
"Coordination in Global Teams: A Framework for Exploration", Espinosa, J. A. and M. A. Clark, Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2006.
"Structuring Team Knowledge: Dimensions, Beliefs, Distribution, & Coordination", Espinosa, J. A. and M. A. Clark, symposium co-chairs and organizers, including symposium paper "Structural Dimensions of Team Knowledge", Clark, M. A. and J. A. Espinosa, Academy of Management Conference, Oahu, Hawaii, August 2005.
"A New Vision of Team Knowledge: Multidimensional Content and Structure", Clark, M. A. and J. Al. Espinosa, Academy of Management Conference, Oahu, Hawaii, August 2005.
“Identifying New Directions in Group Research” with Carnegie Mellon faculty: S. Slaughter, R. Kraut, L. Argote, L. Weingart, S. Kiesler and P. Goodman, panel symposium at the Academy of Management conference, New Orleans, Luisiana, December 2004.
“Individual, Group and Organizational Learning in Software Development: A Learning Curve Analysis”, Boh, W. and S. A. Slaughter and J. A. Espinosa, Academy of Management Conference, Seattle , Washington, August 2003
“The Effect of Task Knowledge Similarity and Distribution on Asynchronous Team Coordination and Performance: Empirical Evidence from Decision Teams”, Espinosa, J. A., Carley, K., Kraut, R. E., Slaughter, S. A., Lerch, F. J. and Fussell, S., Second Information Systems Cognitive Research Exchange (IS CoRE) workshop, Barcelona, Spain, December 2002 [Slides]
BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
"Coordination in Global Teams", M. A. Clark and J. A. Espinosa, in "Handbook of 21st. Century Management,” Wankel, C. (Ed.), ISBN 978-1-4129-4972-9 (in press 2007)
"Explicit vs. Implicit Coordination Mechanisms and Task Dependencies: One Size Does Not Fit All.", with Lerch, F. J. and Kraut, R. E. (2004), in E. Salas and S. M. Fiore (Eds.), Team Cognition: Process and Performance at the Inter- and Intra-individual Level, p. 107-129, ch. 6, 2004, peer reviewed and published by the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, ISBN 1-59147-103-6.
“Shared Mental Models and Coordination in Large-Scale, Distributed Software Development” (May 2002), doctoral dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, UMI 3065743, ISBN 0-493-85125-9
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
"They’re Asleep While We’re Working: Coordinating Teamwork Across Time Zones", workshop conducted by invitation for the Northern Virginia Global Special Interest Group, Society of Human Resource Management, Fairfax, Virginia, May 17, 2007.
"They’re Asleep While We’re Working", with E. Carmel, 8th Annual Intercultural Management Institute's Conference, School of International Service, American University, Washington, District of Columbia, March 15, 2007.
"The Stubborn Problem of Coordination Across Time Zones", with E. Carmel E., New York University-IBM Global Sourcing Workshop, by invitation, New York, New York, January 26, 2007.
"The Impact of Time Separation on Global Coordination", School of Management, George Mason University, by invitation, March 10, 2006.
“The Effect of Time Separation on Coordination Processes and Outcomes: A Case Study”, full day poster session at the First Intel IT Research and Innovation Open House, and followup paper presentation at the First Collaboration Workshop of the IT Innovation group at Intel Corporation, Folsom, California, December 6-7, 2005.
"Coordination in Large-Scale Software Development: A Qualitative Field Study", seminar presentation at the School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 28, 2000.
TEACHING
ITEC 630, Systems Requirements and Design for Managers, MBA course, Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2005 and Spring 2005 (1 section each)
ITEC 485, Senior Workshop on Information Systems, undergraduate business course, Spring 2004 (1 section)
ITEC 657, Systems Analysis for Managers, MBA course, Fall 2003 (1 section, 1/2 semester module)
ITEC 651, Systems and Database Design, MBA course, Fall 2003 (1 section, 1/2 semester module)
ITEC 200, The Leading Edge of Information Technology, undergraduate business course with substantial hands-on lab component, Spring 2007 (1 section), Fall 2006 (1 section), American University, Kogod School of Business.
ITEC 352, Introduction to Management Information Systems, undergraduate business course, Spring 2006 (1 section), Fall 2005 (1 section, honors students), Spring 2005 (1 section), Spring 2004 (1 section), Fall 2003 (1 section), Spring 2003 (2 sections), Fall 2002 (1 section), American University, Kogod School of Business.
Independent study with an MBA student on conversion of a company's software process to the Unified Process (Spring 2004)
Independent study with an undergraduate student on the use of the Internet by influencial managers (Fall 2003)
Committee member for a masters thesis for a computer science student on knowldege portals (Spring 2003)
45-876 Information and Communication Technologies, MBA course, Summer 2002, Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, for both regular on-campus students and remote students (Pratt Whitney employees in other US locations) through videoconference technology.
45-870 Management Information Systems, MBA course, Summer 2000 and 2001, Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, for both regular on-campus students and remote students (Pratt Whitney employees in three other US locations) through videoconference technology.
70-451 Management Information Systems, undergraduate business course, Summer 1999, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Business Administration.
OTHER TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Curriculum development, design and course coordintion for multiple sections of ITEC 200 (undergraduate), The Leading Edge of Information Technology, the only required information technology course, American University, Kogod School of Business.
Curriculum development for ITEC 630, MBA course, System Requirements and Design for Managers, American University, Kogod School of Business.
Participation in America Online's Partnership in Excellence program in which 2 teams of ITEC 630 MBA students prepared requirements and a database design for America Online local search applications.
Independent study with an MBA student on conversion of a company's software process to the Unified Process (Spring 2004)
Independent study with an undergraduate student on the use of the Internet by influencial managers (Fall 2003)
Committee member for a masters thesis for a computer science student on knowldege portals (Spring 2003)
Supervised honors program projects for students (Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004)
Co-supervised work of a Carnegie Mellon University doctoral student in Information Systems on a research study, presented at the Academy of Management conference, and submitted to a top journal for review.
EXTERNAL SERVICE
Program co-chair for the Information Systems Cognitive Research Exchange workshop, SIG IS CoRE 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, SIG IS CoRE 2004, Washington, D.C. (lead program co-chair), and SIG IS CoRE 2003, Seattle, Washington. IS CoRE is a special interest group of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), a pre-ICIS (International Conference on Information Systems) workshop.
“Social Theory in Information Systems” mini-track co-chair for the America 's Conference in Information Systems, AMCIS 2004, New York, New York; AMCIS 2003, Tampa, Florida; and AMCIS 2002, Dallas, Texas. Responsibilities included organizing mini-track, calling for papers, managing the review process, reviewing papers, accepting/rejecting papers, and coordinating and conducting conference sessions.
Referee for MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Management Science, Organization Science, the Journal of Management Information Systems, the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Communications of the ACM, Small Group Research, the International Conference in Information Systems ( ICIS 2001-2005), the Information Systems Cognitive Research Exchange workshop (IS CoRE 2002-2005), Academy of Management Conference (2003-2007), Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2002, 2004-2007), America's Conference in Information Systems (AMCIS 2002-2007).
Discussant at the Academy of Management conference, Oahu, Hawaii, 2005, on 4-paper session on Knowledge Networks.
INTERNAL SERVICE
Member of the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) for the 2005-06 academic year.
Member of the Learning Assessments committee for the 2006-present year to develop learning objectives and metrics to perform assessments for the school, as required by the AACSB.
Dean's committee for Kogod's new building classroom design and use of technology and new Kogod Lab design.
Dean's discussion group for on-line (hybrid) programs at Kogod.
Recruitment committee for Kogod School of Business position for Associate Professor of Finance, Fall of 2005
Faculty on Kogod's Educational Policy Committee, Fall 2005-Spring 2006
Faculty committee on Kogod's new building classroom design
Faculty Senate Committee on the University's information technology (Spring 2004, Fall 2007)
Organized and coordinated the Information Technology Department's Research Seminar (From Fall 2002 to date), including the design and maintenance of the seminar's web site. The seminar has included multiple external and internal presentations.
Recruitment committee for Kogod School of Business position for Assistant Professor of Information Technology, resulting in the successful recruitment of an assistant professor from a top IS program in a top business school in the Fall of 2003
Voluntarily spearheaded efforts to improve classroom instructional technology and lab software (Fall 2003)
HONORS AND OTHER EXPERIENCES
Kogod Achievement Award for Outstanding Research for research activities in 2003 and 2006.
Kogod Endowed Fellow and UPS Scholar, Kogod School of Business, American University (2002 to present).
Best Student Teacher award, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Business administration, undergraduate program, 2001
Doctoral Consortium, International Conference in Information Systems (ICIS), New Orleans, 2001
Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management Conference, TIM/OCIS, Washington D.C., 2001
William Larimer Mellon Fellowship, 1997 to 2000
Carnegie Bosch Institute Award, for research in international management 2000-2001
Lucent Technologies research internship, summer 2000
KPMG Ph.D. Scholarship Award, 2000 and 2001
WORK EXPERIENCE
1987-1997, Director of MIS, Director of Quality Assurance, and Chief Financial Officer, TechnoServe, Inc., Norwalk, CT
1989-1996, Independent IS consulting work, Norwalk, CT
1984-1987, Financial and Systems Analyst, Partnership for Productivity, International, Washington, D.C.
1977-1981, Miscellaneous project, design and mechanical engineering positions in Peru