David Dischiave
Curriculum Vita
Professional Experience
2001 - Present Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Associate Professor, School of Information Studies
Director, Global Enterprise Technology Programs (2012 - present) Director, Systems and Information Science Program (2012 - present) Director, Information Management Graduate Program (2007 - 2012) Teach /taught/developed the following courses:
GET487/687 EuroTech (developed)
GET485 Large IT Projects: Systems Strategies and Architecture (developed)
GET662 Enterprise Systems Strategies (developed)
IST101 Freshman Forum
IST195 Information Technologies
IST346 Applications of Information Systems
IST352 Analysis of Organizational Systems
IST359 Database Management Systems
GET434 Global Computing Challenges (developed)
IST469 Advanced Database Management Systems (developed)
IST601Information Environments
IST621 Introduction to Information Management
IST639 Enterprise Technologies (developed)
GET439 Enterprise Technologies (developed)
IST659 Data Admin Concepts and Database Management
IST724 Database Security (developed)
IST769 Advanced Database Admin Concepts and Management (developed)
2001 - Present CADE IT
General Business and Database Consultant
Provide database consulting services to small and mid-size companies and government agencies
IBM – large enterprise technology transfer ISSI – business strategic planning
Meals on Wheels - database consulting, designed and developed routing reports for planning meal deliveries
SU Abroad - database consulting, developed database triggers for automatically updating student applications with school billing policies
Salvation Army - database consulting on overall database architecture
Chenango County Government - database consulting, developed and delivered
specific database training program that included advanced SQL, stored procedures, functions, triggers and SQL Server/Access integration
2000 - 2001 Telergy - Syracuse, New York Manager, Application Development
Developed and implemented application development strategic plan
Managed four development teams that supported the financial, billing, web and data analysis systems. Responsibilities included the implementation and support of
PeopleSoft Financial systems, IDI’s Cost Guard and custom-built Internet and Intranet application solutions
Developed and maintained application development and configuration management
standards
1999 - 2000 AppliedTheory - Syracuse, New York Manager, Software Engineering
Managed the development of Internet professional services solutions
Developed commercial e-commerce web-based systems solutions
Provided the Education Vertical market expertise Developed solutions for educational institutions 1994 - 1999 Excellus - Syracuse, New York
Director, Application Development
Managed production support functions, Year 2000 readiness initiatives
Managed a department of 40 application development professionals, $3 million budget, 35 business systems
Developed and maintained the Application Development Strategic Plan
Implemented the systems necessary to move the company into managed care
business
Implemented an infrastructure plan to make major quality and productivity improvements in the application development process
Developed and executed a Programmer Training Program
Managed large-scale application development projects 1978 - 1994 Agway- Dewitt, New York
Director, Application Development, Management Council
Managed a department of 75 application development professionals, multi-million dollar budget, 50+ business systems for 7 major businesses: wholesale distribution, retail, leasing, insurance, large animal feed manufacturing, crop input manufacturing and energy (heating and power fuels) distribution
Developed and maintained the Application Development Strategic Plan
Redesigned and implemented major business processes
Implemented the systems to support a home heating/power fuels distribution business and large customer service center
Implemented major infrastructure quality and productivity improvements in the application development process
Other Professional Experience
Management Data Communications - Chicago, Illinois Technology Consultant
Provided general business redesign, process redesign and technical consulting Blue Cross Blue Shield - Syracuse, New York
Systems Analyst
Developed and maintained major health insurance applications including claims processing and financial systems
The Aetna Insurance Company - Hartford, Connecticut Systems Analyst, Programmer/Analyst, Programmer
Developed and maintained major insurance systems including property/casualty policy rating and issuing, agency accounts and financial systems
Other Academic Experience
SUNY Oswego, Oswego, New York Adjunct Professor, MBA Program
MBA511 Management Information Systems (classroom and distance formats)
MBA562 Systems Analysis & Design
MBA563 Database Management & Design (classroom and distance formats)
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, New York Adjunct Professor, Computer Studies Program CIS286 Systems Analysis & Database Design
Manchester Community College (University of Connecticut) Manchester, Connecticut
Instructor, Computer Science
Co-developed the Computer Science curriculum
Taught Computer Science Fundamentals and Programming courses
Tools & Techniques
Analysis & Design: Structured and Object-Oriented Analysis, Modeling and Design
DBMS: Access, DB2, MySQL, Oracle, PostgressSQL, SQL Server, Distance Learning Technologies: Blackboard
Internet Technologies: ASP, HTML, PHP
Office Productivity Products: Open Office, Microsoft Office Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, z/OS, z/VM
Programming Language/Platforms: Eclipse, J2EE, RDz, Visual Studio,
BAL, C++, COBOL, CICS, Java, PL/I, Python, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL/PL, T-SQL, REXX
Education
Regis University – Denver, Colorado
Masters of Science, Computer Information Technology
State University College at Potsdam - Potsdam, New York Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science
Publications
Dischiave, D. (2006) “CA Takes Data Modeling to the Next Level.” Network Computing, August, 2006, 22-24.
Dischiave, D. & Dischiave, S. (2004) “D.B. Confidential.” Secure Enterprise, April 2004, 12-20.
Awards
2013 $20,000 IBM Faculty Award for “Developing New Online Pedagogies for Learning Enterprise Computing Technologies”
$10,000 IBM Faculty Award for “Developing Best Practices in Big Data & Analytics” $3,000 Syracuse University Meredith Teaching Recognition Award
2010 Cross-campus Entrepreneurial Leadership Award Syracuse University
2009 $27.9 m IBM Academic Initiative donation of enterprise technology hardware, software and services for teaching and research
$6,000 Kauffman Enitiative Award for iConsult, providing consulting services to the underrepresented community
2007 $9,000 Kauffman Enitiative Award for I3 “Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking during
the Internship”
$20,000 IBM Faculty Award for “Developing Enterprise Systems Thinking into the Graduate Curriculum”
Advisory Boards, Committees and User Groups
2013 Cayuga Community College, Business Program Advisory Board, Auburn, NY 2012 Destination Z Advisory Board
2009 Rational Developers for System z Users Group (to present)
Professional Development
2013 IBM Academic Initiative zEnterprise Summer Faculty Seminars Syracuse, NY, June 3 – 5
2012 Information on Demand
Las Vegas, NV, October 22 - 24 2011 Information on Demand
Las Vegas, NV, October 23 - 27
Transforming an Industry -Watson in Higher Education
Yorktown, NY June 23
IBM Academic Initiative System z Summer Faculty Seminars Poughkeepsie, NY, June 15-17
Enterprise Computing Community 2011 National Conference at Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY, June 12 – 14
Poughkeepsie, NY, June 23 – 27
2007 IBM Academic Initiative System z Summer Faculty Seminars
Poughkeepsie, NY, June 16 – 27
2006 IBM Academic Initiative System z Summer Faculty Seminars
Poughkeepsie, NY, June 19 – 29
Presentations
2013
IBM Academic Initiative zEnterprise Summer Faculty Seminars, Syracuse, NY, June3-5,
Presentation: “How to Integrate Enterprise Technologies into the Curriculum” IBM Systems z Technology Summit, New York City, March 13,
Presentation: “Global Enterprise Technology Education” NYIT Enterprise Systems Roundtable, New York City, February 28,
Presentation: “How to Integrate Enterprise Technologies into the Curriculum”
2012
Information on Demand, Las Vegas - October 22 - 24Academic Panel 1: Engaging Students through the GET Center
Academic Panel 2: Introducing Data Science into the Curriculum
IBM Academic Initiative System z Summer Faculty Seminars, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 13-15,
Presentation 1: “How to develop a Global Enterprise Technology Program” Presentation 2: “How to Integrate Enterprise Architecture into the Curriculum” Enterprise Computing Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY - June 11 - 12,
Panel Discussion: GET - New Innovative Programs
Connecting Students to Jobs Innovate Conference, Orlando, FL - June 3 - 6,
Presentation 1: Building next generation enterprise skills through GET
Presentation 2: Reaching the 21st Century Student through GET
Executive Summit Experts Panel: "Building Next Generation Enterprise Systems
Skills”
System z and Smarter Computing Presentation and reception: “How to relate to the
21st IT Professional”
IT Industry Analyst Briefing, New York City - March 23,
Academic Panel - Educating the next generation of IT Professional showcasing
GET
2011 IBM Academic Initiative, Web Cast - November 2,
Presentation: Educating the next generation of IT Professional showcasing GET
2010 The Best Interview Starts with Meeting the Teacher, SHARE Conference Boston, MA, August 2
Rational Developer for System z -The User Experience, SHARE Conference Boston, MA, August 3
2009 Cyber Risk and Information Security Conference Syracuse, NY, June 16
2008 21st Century Skills for Globally-Integrated Enterprises Waltham, MA, June 13
Head of the Class, 21st IT Skills, SHARE Conference Orlando. FL, February 28-29
2007 IT Skills Shortage: IBM Systems and Technology Group Industry Analyst Summit Stamford, CT, October 2
21st Century IT professional: IBM Industry Analyst Summit New York City, June 21
2005 Database Security: Whitman School, April 19
CASE Center Next Generation IT Seminar Series for Industry Professionals Database Security: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, February 25 Book Reviews
2011 Piccoli, Gabriele, Information Systems for Managers, 2nd Edition, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley & Sons, 2008, ISBN 978-0470087039
2004 O’Brien, James, Management Information Systems, 13th Edition, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2007, ISBN 978-0-07-304355-9
2001 - Present New Course Development GET487/687 EuroTech
GET485 Large IT Projects: Systems Strategies and Architecture GET662 Enterprise Systems Strategies
GET434 - Global Enterprise Computing Challenges GET439 - Enterprise Technologies
IST639 - Enterprise Technologies
IST469 - Advanced Database Management Systems IST600 - Object-Oriented Application Development
IST600 - Managing Application Development Environments IST724 - Database Security
IST769 - Advanced Database Admin Concepts and Management Professional Associations