I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. I completed my MBA at Villanova University. I received an MS in Information Management and a Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems from Arizona State University.

Before earning my doctorate, I worked as a consultant in the Philadelphia area. My specialty was network administration and end-user support in large organizations. The corporations I have consulted for include GlaxoSmithKline, Comcast Cellular Communications (which became Cingular, which became AT&T Wireless; it was a former division of the much larger Comcast Corporation), JP Morgan, and Air Products and Chemicals. Before I became a consultant, I worked as an employee for CoreStates Bank (now part of Wachovia).

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