Alex Kelley

From Information Systems at Pitt Business

Alex Kelley
E-mail:	aokelley [at] katz.pitt.edu
Office:	Mervis Hall University of Pittsburgh - Mailbox 283
Phone:	(412) 983-3790

 

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Education 3 Current topics MIS - Virtual teams and collaboration technologies 4 Practicum assignments 2008-2009 5 Information security - Policy, awareness and enforcement 6 Practicum assignments 2007-2008 7 Information systems security - outsourcing

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Trivia

• keeping in touch with people: LinkedIn
• coming from: Sighisoara, Romania
• favorite sports: swimming, volleyball, ice-skating
• reading: "Forbidden Forest" (by Romanian author Mircea Eliade), "Dark Tower" (Stephen King), "Dune" (Frank Herbert), "Harry Potter" (J.K. Rowling), "Stephanie Plum" series (Janet Evanovich); for a list of most favorite books, look on Shelfari
• working: currently at United States Steel - Networking department (read about my internship)
• my information technology sources: IT Resources wiki

[edit] Education

• Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh: 2007-2009
  • Master of Business Administration & Master of Information Systems
• Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania: 2001-2005
  • BS International Economics

• Conference participation
  • TechnoSecurity conference, Myrtle Beach, June 1-4, 2008 - see the details in the Pitt Business newsletter
• Extracurricular
  • Katz student ambassador and blogger
  • member of the MIS Club at Katz

[edit] Current topics MIS - Virtual teams and collaboration technologies

• Assignment one: Virtual team technologies - blogs
• Assignment two: Free or in house blog?
• Assignment three: Virtual team leader and member competency assessment
• Assignment four
• Assignment five
• Assignment six
• Assignment seven

[edit] Practicum assignments 2008-2009

• Updated presentation

• Personal development plan 2008 in ppt slides
  • Updated schedule of courses
  • Updated personal development plan

• Wireless telecommunications industry analysis presentation
  • Wireless telecommunications and AT&T Mobility

• Wireless technology presentation
  • Wireless technology key points

[edit] Information security - Policy, awareness and enforcement

• Information security policies - part 1
  • Information security policies - part 1 presentation

• Information security policies - part 2
  • Information security policies - part 2 presentation

• Information security policies: Awareness and enforcement (whitepaper)
• (.pdf version)
  • Information security policies (presentation in PowerPoint)

[edit] Practicum assignments 2007-2008

In the first part of the semester, I wrote a short presentation, a development plan and a research of both an industry (I chose the banking industry) and a company (PNC Bank).

• Personal introduction :
• Presentation

• Development Plan :
• Schedule of courses

• Industry profile :
• Poster presentation

• Company profile

[edit] Information systems security - outsourcing

During the second part of this first semester of the MBA/MS-MIS program (still part of the Practicum course)) I wrote a whitepaper on the main security issues caused by outsourcing part or all of the IT services in a company, and I considered the case of Central and Eastern Europe in my research.

• IS Issue Definition :
• Information security - what kind and how much is enough? (.ppt file)

• IS Issue Definition :
• Sources used

• Whitepaper - IT outsourcing and CEE :
• IT outsourcing: threats and benefits (Case: CEE) (.ppt file)