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Computer Technology and Applications
Analysis and Design of Information Systems (ADIS)
The Instructional Staff
- The program's instructional staff is composed of experienced computer and
information technology professionals with extensive backgrounds in the corporate
and private sectors.
- Computer teaching professionals in committee serve as academic advisers
to the program.
- The committee works closely with instructors to ensure that the current
CTA curriculum responds in a timely manner to innovations in computer technology
and equips graduates to compete strongly for professional advancement.
 Arthur
M. Langer, Associate Director for Instructor and Curriculum Development, and
Chair, ADIS Track
Dr. Langer's publications focus on topics relating to the challenges of designing
complex systems and the management of information systems organizations. His
research involves the study of mentoring of adult students and the design of
technology-based curriculum for corporations and universities. Dr. Langer presents
seminars throughout the world on analysis, design, and software management.
He has authored various papers on information systems design and management,
as well as The Art of Analysis (Springer-Verlag, 1997), used in the United States
and abroad by universities and professionals in the industry.
 Gloria
J. Callender
Gloria Callender has over thirty years of experience in the field of information
technology, in positions including programming, systems analysis, and systems
engineering. In addition, she spent several years teaching and developing many
technical courses for IBM. She has held many management positions, including
several executive and senior executive positions. Ms. Callender teaches graduate
courses at New School University and undergraduate courses at Pace University.
She holds a B.A. from City College of CUNY and an M.S. from New School University.
Laura Brown
 Dr.
Laura Brown is a business communication specialist with extensive experience
as a trainer, writer, and editor. As a corporate consultant she designs and
delivers small-group and one-on-one communication training programs for corporate
clients, including organizations in the banking, insurance, and accounting industries,
among others. Additionally, Brown teaches writing and business communication
at the college level and has extensive experience working with adult students
through Columbia's School of General Studies and Iona College. As a writer and
editor, Dr. Brown has collaborated on a number of business and technology books,
including The Art of Analysis by Dr. Arthur M. Langer. Brown holds a Ph.D. in
English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and an M.A. in Drama
from the University of London.
 Amanda
Douglas
Amanda Douglas left the field of classical dance to study database implementation
and design at Columbia University. In 1991 she joined a team of Oracle developers
who worked on the ESPN Cable Network Inventory Management System, and later
was employed by a well-known Manhattan brokerage firm as a UNIX system administrator,
LAN administrator, Oracle database administrator, and developer. She currently
works as the data architect for McKinsey & Company.
Richard Brownstone
A veteran of Columbia's Database Development and Design track, Richard Brownstone
has been working in the data processing field for more than ten years. He is
currently a database architect at The Bank Of New York, where he is a member
of an elite five-person team that performs analysis and designs the databases
for all securities processing applications for the bank's worldwide securities
operations. Additionally he serves as the project manager for the bank's Web
site for the information resource management division. His roots, however, lie
in programming. He spent five years as the senior programmer at Weitz and Luxenberg,
a large New York City law firm where he still consults on several class actions.
There, he automated numerous processes, including claim filing and monetary
settlement allocations, designed databases and programmed applications for trial
preparation, courtroom demonstrations, and case trackers for the firm's silicone
breast implant and asbestos litigation divisions. Brownstone has been teaching
in the CTA program since 1999.
Margo Everts
Margo Everts is president and founder of MTE Systems, Inc. As a consultant and
trainer for business and creative professionals, she works with small systems
management and creates customized, integrated training for PC applications.
Everts presents training seminars at Columbia University and Fortune 1000 companies.
Daniel Gross
Daniel de Segovia Gross is chief technology officer of ePostings, a San
Francisco-based Internet start-up. He has been developing Internet applications
for sixteen years, and has twelve years experience as a strategic planner in
interactive media. Previously, he was vice president of technology at Neta4,
Ltd., where his development team created an e-mail services portal. In 1996,
he led the team that built the world's first Internet-based day-trading system.
Mr. Gross also served as technology director of Blue Marble ACG, an interactive
agency, and as chief information officer of I-3 Telecom, a web boutique whose
clients included IBM, Casio, and FreeRide.
 James
Keogh
James Keogh was one of the first to introduce PC programming nationally in the
Programmer's Notebook column in Popular Electronics magazine in 1982, four short
years after the Apple Computer was developed in a garage. He has spent more
than a decade designing and developing PC and workstation applications for major
international Wall Street firms. Mr. Keogh has written forty books published
in seven languages. These include UNIX Programming for Dummies, Visual FoxPro
for Dummies, and Solving the Year 2000 Problem, which is one of the first books
to address this issue. He has written books on the topic of C and C++ programming
and is the author of Prentice Hall's Core MCSE Networking Essentials textbook
and cyber class course.
Stan Koehler
Stan Koehler, a member of the Project Management Institute and the founder of
DataWave Technical Services, has been managing software development projects
for over ten years as an independent consultant. He has developed applications
for the United Nations as well as creating one of the first commercial Web sites
in 1995 for the Consul General of the Dominican Republic in New York. Prior
to his career in managing software projects, Koehler spent twenty years in public
administration managing health and education programs for the City and County
of San Francisco. Koehler holds an M.A. from the California State University,
a certificate in German proficiency from the Goethe Institute, and teaching
credentials from the State of California and the American Buddhist Society.
Mr. Koehler was previously on the faculty of City College, and currently provides
an education program at the New York City Department of Corrections.
Joseph McManus
Joseph McManus offers an extensive background anchored firmly in the area of
enterprise systems. He worked for Johnson & Johnson for eight years in the area
of materials management and has over fourteen years of consulting experience
with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. His background has proven valuable
in enabling him to recognize how Web sites and back office systems need to work
together. He is also well versed in the areas of advanced planning and scheduling
(APS), customer relationship management (CRM), and electronic data interchange
(EDI). Mr. McManus graduated from Bucknell University and holds an M.B.A. in
Marketing. He is a frequent contributor to various publications on the topic
of electronic commerce.
 Ellen
Pearlman
Ellen Pearlman has worked for the past eighteen years as a consultant and trainer
with clients including IBM, AT&T, the U.S. Navy, the Internal Revenue Service,
and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. In addition to teaching in the CTA Program,
she is a senior technology analyst at Virtual Basex, specializing in knowledge
management, cyber-communities and strategic planning. Pearlman is also on the
faculty of The Parsons School of Design, M.A. in digital design, as well as
the faculty of New School University in e-commerce. She is a member of WWWAC
and Webgrrls and an award-winning writer of fiction and nonfiction.
Rob Reuss
Rob Reuss has been programming professionally for fifteen years. He is currently
working as a consultant, developing Web sites and creating custom Internet and
communications applications in Delphi and Visual Basic for a variety of clients.
Reuss has been developing Delphi since its initial release.
Costa Rodis
Costa Rodis first became involved with information technologies in 1983 at The
Population Council, where he used the Apple Lisa, the Macintosh's quirky precursor,
and convinced the organization to move to the IBM-PC/XT and the original Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet. Rodis has been an independent consultant since 1986, specializing
in microcomputer applications and hardware, providing training and support consultation
to large- and mid-sized corporate clients in the New York area.
Paul Sperry
Paul Sperry is president and CEO of IDP Computer Services. He holds a B.S. degree
in computer science with minors in mathematics and electrical engineering from
Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York. He founded IDP in 1986. The company's
success has largely been attributed to its ability to strategically align technology
with its customers' business goals and objectives, thereby maximizing value
and ROI. He is a frequent speaker at local and regional conferences on the transformation
of information into knowledge.
Edward Vlahakis
Edward Vlahakis is president of EM Consultants, a firm specializing in strategic
telecommunications planning and the design, development, and delivery of telecommunications
education. He consults, develops specialized telecommunications industry programs,
teaches in universities, and conducts seminars. He is currently writing the
books for the telecommunications Technology Training Series, a project covering
the fundamentals of voice and data communications. Vlahakis has held management
positions in major telecommunications companies: while at Bell Atlantic, he
managed a staff of course developers and trainers in the northeastern region;
at AT&T, he designed curricula and educational courses, implemented computer-managed
delivery programs, and personally lectured to thousands of marketing technical
support personnel. He holds a B.A. in English from Rutgers University and an
M.A. in communications from New York University.
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