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  http://www.ece.umd.edu/Seminars/computer_engineering.html

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  RESEARCH IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING
  COLLOQUIUM
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  Friday, May 7, AVW-2460 at 11:00 am
  Dr. Howard Frank, Dean, Robert H. Smith School of Business
  University of Maryland at College Park
  "Information Technology and Business"

  Technology has changed business practice in many ways. It has linked the
  world's financial systems so that a 1/4 point drop in interest rates in the
  United States can cause a 10% rise in stock market values in Hong Kong. It
  has created entirely new ways of distributing products so that Amazon.com is
  now the world's largest book seller (even though it has no stores.) It has
  changed the relationship between supplier, distributor and customer so that
  often they are often indistinguishable. It is changing the way that
  companies are structured and managed.

  This talk will explore the intersection between business and information
  technology and will examine how technology is changing the business
  environment. It will review information technological developments of the
  last thirty years, the impact this has had on business applications and
  technology companies. It will then examine trends, project  where the
  technology will lead business applications over the next two decades and how
  these factors will affect the 21st century organization. Finally, it will
  explore the educational intersection of business and technology, describe
  how business executives can be prepared to survive in the technological
  future and how technologists can prosper in the new order.

  Biography

  Dean Howard Frank is Dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business of the
  University of Maryland and also professor of Management Sciences at the
  Smith School. Previously, Dr. Frank was Director of the Defense Advanced
  Research Project Agency's Information Technology Office, responsible for
  DARPA's research in advanced computing, communications, software, language
  systems and human computer interaction.  Dean Frank was awarded the
  Distinguished Service Medal by the Secretary of Defense (the Defense
  Department's highest civilian honor) for his contributions during his four
  years at DARPA.

  Earlier, he was founder, Chairman and CEO of Network Management Inc.,
  President and CEO of Contel Information Systems (a subsidiary of Contel),
  President, CEO and founder of the Network Analysis Corporation, a visiting
  consultant within the Executive Office of the President of the United States
  in charge of its network analysis activities, and an Associate Professor at
  the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a Senior Fellow at the
  Wharton School's SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management and has
  served as an Adjunct Professor of Decision Sciences at the Wharton School.

  Dr. Frank is a widely recognized as a world-class information technology
  expert whose accomplishments include fundamental contributions to the
  development of the Internet.  He is also a seasoned information industry
  executive with over 20 years of senior line management experience as well as
  experience in the venture capital and mergers and acquisitions fields.  He is
  a member of the board of directors of Intek Global Corporation and has been
  a member of the board Network General Corporation, Contel Corporation and
  six other telecommunications and computer companies.  Dr. Frank has been a
  member of six editorial boards, has been a featured speaker at over 100
  business and professional meetings, has authored over 190 articles and
  chapters in books. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and
  Electronic Engineers and a recipient of its Eric Sumner Award. He received
  his MS and Ph.D. from Northwestern University and his BSEE from the
  University of Miami (Florida).