Sam S. Gill

Professor

Information Systems

College of Business

San Francisco State University

Office Location: BUS 301

Office Hours for Fall 2009

Tuesday and Wednesday 5:00 - 7:00 PM in BUS 301

and by arrangement

Forms:

IS Roadmap for Advising IS Majors

Courses Fall 2009

ISYS 475 

Bldg Web App Open Src

ISYS 575

Information Security Management 

ISYS 882

Technology Management

Course materials are available online at the course web site: http://ilearn.sfsu.edu

I teach and publish (articles, books, and courseware) in many areas of information systems focusing on strategy, management, and technology.

My current research interests include the strategic, tactical, and operational management of Information Systems (IS), Business Intelligence, Software Testing and Quality Assurance (SQA), Information Technology (IT) Budgeting, Offshore and Outsourcing of IT, Development methodologies and frameworks, and development architectures, platforms and languages including: .NET, PHP/MySQL, Ruby on Rails, WebSphere, Visual Basic, C#, AJAX, and Java.

My latest two book that were published in 2007:

• Jim E. Cates, Sam S. Gill, and Natalie Zeituny: "Climbing the Ladder of Business Intelligence". The goal of this book is to introduce an intelligence framework that builds a foundation for success. The Ladder is really a Ladder of Business Intelligence (LOBI) that aims to create intelligent organizations in which technology systems are designed to support success. You can purchase the book at http://happyabout.info/climbing-ladder.php
• Dean Lane, Editor, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2007 - "As the CIO role continues to evolve into a business leadership role, CIO Perspectives provides a fresh and new look at contemporary and advanced topics for the CIO. ...Compiled of real lessons from the CIO trenches...written by CIO s for CIO s, and those that aspire to be, the book focuses on the hands-on experiences needed to save the reader their own years of trial and error. CIO Perspectives transcends topics of traditional IT management and addresses cutting-edge CIO challenges like mergers and acquisitions, e-commerce, and the CIO in business strategy."

I am currently engaged in research on two topics: Green IT and Cloud Computing.