Professor Shirley Gregor, AO

Shirley Gregor is the ANU Endowed Chair in Information Systems at the Australian National University, Canberra, where she heads the National Centre for Information Systems Research and is a member of the School of Accounting and Business Information Systems. Professor Gregor's current research interests include the adoption and strategic use of information and communications technologies, the philosophy of technology, intelligent systems and human-computer interface issues. Dr Gregor has led several large projects in the e-commerce area funded by the Meat Research Corporation, the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, and the Australian Research Council. Professor Gregor spent a number of years in the computing industry in Australia and the United Kingdom before beginning an academic career. She obtained her Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Queensland. Dr Gregor's publications include 4 edited books, 15 book chapters and over 100 papers in conferences and journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association of Information Systems, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, International Journal of Human Computer Studies, CACM, European Journal of Information Systems and Information Technology & People. Professor Gregor was inaugural President of the Australasian Association of Information Systems 2002-2003. She is currently Region 3 (Asia/Pacific) Councillor for the Association of Information Systems and Director of the Professional Standards Board of the Australian Computer Society. She is a also a Senior Editor for MIS Quarterly. Professor Gregor was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 2005 for services as an educator and researcher in the field of information systems and in the development of applications for electronic commerce in the agribusiness sector. Also, in 2005 she was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society.

Ahmed Imran

Ahmed Imran is an Information System (IS) researcher and practitioner whose research interest largely emerged from his personal experience, which includes E-Government and ICT in developing countries. His PhD research aims to gain an in-depth understanding of impediments and the associated issues related to ICT adoption in public sectors within a LDC environment. Ahmed came from a defence background and was commissioned in the Corps of Signals of the Bangladesh Army. He spent about 9 years in the IT field, involving instructional and managerial role at military institutions and headquarters till his voluntary retirement in 2002 as a Major. Ahmed obtained a Masters in Information Technology from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and actively participated on a number of national research projects at the Australian National University (ANU). Part of Ahmed’s research has been accepted for an applied research project by competitive AusAID Pubic Sector Linkage Program (PSLP) to be implemented in Bangladesh, where he is currently working as the Project Manager. He is also a member of Australian Computer Society (ACS), Association of Information Systems (AIS) and Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Network (APRU DSN) executive committee. Ahmed has published his research in the Journal and presented papers internationally.

Tim Turner

Tim Turner has been involved in the IT industry for over 20 years, with the focus on e-commerce, and particularly e-government, for over 10 years. He has concentrated his attention on assisting governments at all levels to understand how information technology can be used to enhance effectiveness and efficiency. He has played significant roles in several of Australia’s leading e-government projects and continues to consult to peak government and industry bodies in the e-government arena. Tim has also delivered significant projects in the private sector in information technology generally and electornic commerce specifically. As a lecturer in information systems at the Australian Defence Force Academy in the nation’s captial, Canberra, Tim is teaching Australia’s future military leaders to understand and exploit information technology. He is also pursuing a vigorous research career seeking a theory of e-government grounded in his experience and that of Australian governments at the Federal, State and Local levels.

Ian Hirst

Ian is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a highly experienced Information Technology Specialist who has been involved in the IT industry for over 30 years specialising in management, operation, installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment, software intensive embedded systems and government enterprise IT systems. Ian is the principal of Birchgrove Technology Management Consulting (BTMC), a business specialising in project and program governance and change and relationship management.

Clive Rossiter

Clive Rossiter is a Project Engineer at the Australian National University, with significant experience in the identification, development and management of projects. This has ranged from small scale research projects to multi-million dollar, national, government and industry projects. His background in technology consulting and systems development, has developed his ability in applying an inter-disciplinary systems approach to the design and implementation of analytic techniques and management processes. Clive has experience in the application of formal project management methodologies, including both PRINCE2 and the Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK), and has also developed a tailored project management framework currently being used for implementing improvement projects across the Australian automotive components industry.

Walter Fernandez

Dr Walter Fernandez is a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the National Centre for Information Systems Research at the College of Business and Economics, the Australian National University. He moved into academe in 2003 after a successful career designing, developing, managing and implementing innovative information systems in the corporate sector. His two decades of work in industry, half of that time as a project manager, provides a practical perspective to his research work. Since 1998 Walter has been managing and/or researching multimillion-dollar, highly complex projects involving multiple firms and multiple teams. Dr Fernandez’s research focus include: management of major projects, interorganizational/interdisciplinary collaborative projects, effects of trust-based decisions on project cost, managing conflict and complexity in major projects and achieving value from ICT investments. Dr Fernandez is an expert on grounded theory methodology; he has delivered seminars and workshops in several countries on this topic and is the Inaugural Chair of the Association of Information Systems Special Interest Group on Grounded Theory Methodology.

Ifthekhar Jahan Farouqee

Iftekhar obtained a Bachelor degree in Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering from North South University. During his study he worked as a Teaching Assistant for various Electronic and Communication Courses. He worked as a Research Assistant for the applied research project eGov Capacity Building in Bangladesh under AusAID PSLP since Jan 2008. In 2007 he was awarded by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Board (BTRC) at the APT Young Profession and Student Forum for his writing on “Young Professional and Students’ Involvement in ICT for Poverty Alleviation”. Iftekhar recently joined as a Project Coordinator for Huawei Technology (Bangladesh). Ltd in Grameen Phone GSM Project.

Samira Rahman