Alexander J. McLeod Jr., Ph.D.                                                  alexander.mcleod@gmail.com

2765 Spirit Rock Trail                                                                    Home   (775) 849-2402

Reno, Nevada 89511                                                                      Cell      (210) 213-0754

                                                                                                        Office   (775) 784-6897

 

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy– Information Systems & Technology Management

The University of Texas at San Antonio                                                        December 2006

Master of Business Administration – Information Systems

The University of Texas at San Antonio                                                        December 1995

Bachelor of Business Administration – Information Systems

The University of Texas at San Antonio                                                                  July 1993

 

PUBLICATIONS

21.   McLeod, Alexander and Sonja Pippin, “Toward Multi-Dimensional Trust: Exploring Antecedents to Trust in a Complex Domain”, International Journal of Business Information Systems, Forthcoming 2011.

20.   McLeod, Alexander and Hui Wang, “Validating Originality, Efficiency and Rule Conformity Sub-Scales in the Adaptor-Innovator in the Workplace Measure”, International Journal of Behavioral and Healthcare Research, Forthcoming 2011.

19.   McLeod, Alexander and Jan Guynes Clark, “Who is the Real User in Healthcare Information Systems Research?”, in New Technologies for Advancing Healthcare and Clinical Practices, IGI Global, Forthcoming 2011.

18.   Barra, Robert Ann, Alexander McLeod, Arline Savage and Mark G. Simkin, “Passwords: Do User Preferences and Website Protocols Differ from Theory?” Journal of Information Privacy and Security, Forthcoming 2011.

17.   Week, John, Polina Ivanova, Sandra Week, Alexander McLeod, “A Firewall Data Log Analysis of Unauthorized and Suspicious Traffic”, Journal of Information Systems Security, Forthcoming 2011.

16.   Croasdell, David, Alexander McLeod, and Mark G. Simkin, “Why Don’t More Women Major in IS?”, Information Technology & People, Forthcoming 2011.

15.   McLeod, Alexander, Sonja Pippin and Mark G. Simkin, “Twenty Technology Myths for CPAs,” Today’s CPA, May/June 2010.

14.   Pippin, Sonja and Alexander McLeod, “What’s Important to Tax Software Users?” CPA Journal, February 2010.

13.   Simkin, Mark G. and Alexander McLeod, “Why Do College Students Cheat?”  Journal of Business Ethics, 2010, 94 (3), 441-453.

12.   McLeod, Alexander and John Mills, “Liquid Embezzlement: Earthquake Reveals Bogus Water Rights Rip Off”, Fraud, 2010, July/August.

11.   Conklin, William A. and Alexander McLeod, “Information Security Foundations for the Interoperability of Electronic Health Records”, International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 2010, 11 (1/2).

10.   Kuechler, William, Alexander McLeod, Mark Simkin, “Filling the Pipeline for IT Professionals: What Can IS Faculty Do?”, Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009, 20 (4).

9. Crews, Janna M., Alexander McLeod, and Mark G. Simkin, “The Ethics of Forced Journal Citations”, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2009, 25 (12).

8. Conklin, William A. and Alexander McLeod, “Introducing the Information Technology Security Essential Body of Knowledge Framework”, Journal of Information Privacy and Security, 2009, (5) 2.

7. McLeod, Alexander, Sonja Pippin and Richard Mason, “Individual Taxpayer Intention to Use Tax Preparation Software: Examining Expertise, Experience, Trust and Perceived Risk”, Journal of Information Science and Technology, 2009, 6 (1).

6. McLeod, Alexander, Jan Guynes Clark, “Using Stakeholder Analysis to Identify Users in Healthcare Information Systems Research”, The International Journal of Health Information Systems and Informatics, July/September 2009, (4) 3.

5. Kuechler, William, Alexander McLeod, Mark Simkin, “Why Don’t More Students Major in IS?”, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, July 2009, 7 (2).

4. Wong, Jeffrey, Roger H.L. Chiang, and Alexander McLeod, “A Strategic Management Support Architecture: Integration of the Balanced Scorecard and Enterprise Resource Planning”, International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2009, (4) 5.

3. McLeod, Alexander, Darrell Carpenter, Jan Guynes Clark, “Measuring Success in Interorganizational Information Systems: A Case Study”, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, June 2008 (22) 34.

2. McLeod, Alexander, Jan Guynes Clark, John Warren, and Glenn Dietrich, “The Impact of Information Systems on End User Performance: Examining the Effects of Cognitive Style Using Learning Curves in an Electronic Medical Record Implementation”, Communications of the Association of Information Systems, February 2008, (22) 9.

1. McLeod, Alexander, Eric Epley and Rasa Silenas, “Personal Identity Verification for Regional Emergency Workers”, International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, July 2008, 4 (2).

 

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

1.   Hewitt, Barbara and Alexander McLeod, “Extending the Technology Acceptance Model: Do Security Issues Affect Healthcare Worker Acceptance?”, Decisions Support Systems, Fall 2010.

2.   McLeod, Alexander, John Week and Mark G. Simkin, “Proposing the User Commitment Continuum: Realization, Comprehension, Acceptance and Commitment”, Journal of the AIS, Summer 2010.

3.   McLeod, Alexander, Sonja Pippin and Jeffery Wong, “Revisiting the Likert Scale: Can the Fast Form Improve Survey Research?”, Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, Fall 2010.

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS

1.   Pippin, Sonja and Alexander McLeod, “Tax Software Acceptance: Do Professional Users Differ from Novices?”, Spring, 2010.

2.   McLeod, Alexander and Mark G. Simkin, “Toward a User Commitment Continuum”, Spring 2010.

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1.   Robert Jr., Lionel P., Ashley R. Davis, Alexander McLeod, “Team Situation Awareness and ERP Configuration Performance”, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, Hawaii, 2010.

2.   Kuechler, William, Alexander McLeod and Mark G. Simkin, “Why Don’t More Students Major in IS?”, Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Diego, California, November 2010 – Nominated Best Empirical Paper.

3.   Alexander, Mark G. Simkin, Bret Simmons, John Week, “Toward a User Commitment Continuum”, Americas Conference on Information Systems, Lima, Peru, August 2010.

4.   Barra, Roberta A., Arline Savage, Mark G. Simkin, Alexander McLeod, “An Empirical Investigation of Password Protocols”, 9th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2010.

5.   Week, John, Polina Ivanova, Sandra Week, Alexander McLeod, “What Can Firewall Data Logs Reveal About Intruders at a Small Business Internet Service Provider”, 9th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2010.

6.   McLeod, Alexander and Sonja Pippin, “Using Technology Acceptance Theory to Model Individual Differences in Tax Software Use”, Americas Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco, California, August 2009.

7.   Conklin, Wm. Arthur and Alexander McLeod, “Examining the Information Technology Security Essential Body of Knowledge”, 8th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2009.

8.   McLeod, Alexander and Sonja Pippin, “Security and Privacy Trust in E-Government: Understanding System and Relationship Trust Antecedents”, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-42, Waikoloa, Big Island Hawaii, January 2009.

9.   McLeod, Alexander, Sonja Pippin, and Richard Mason, “Possible Determinants of Individual Taxpayers’ Intention to Use Tax Preparation Software: Some Empirical Evidence from a Pilot Study”, American Accounting Association, Anaheim, California, August 2008.

10.         McLeod, Alexander, Darrell Carpenter, Jan Guynes Clark, “Using Biometric Authentication to Improve Fire Ground Accountability: An Assessment of Firefighter Privacy Concerns”, Americas Conferences on Information Systems, Toronto Canada, August 2008.

11.         McLeod, Alexander, Alberto Carlos Dorantes and Glenn B. Dietrich, “Modeling Security Vulnerabilities Using Chaos Theory: Discovering Order, Structure, and Patterns from Chaotic Behavior in Complex Systems”, 7th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2008.

12.         McLeod, Alexander, Sonja Pippin and Richard Mason, “Individual Taxpayer Intention to Use Tax Preparation Software: Examining Expertise, Experience, Trust and Perceived Risk”, ISOneWorld, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2008.

13.         Carpenter, Darrell, Alexander McLeod and Jan Guynes Clark, “Emergency Response Systems and Biometrics: Assessing Fire Fighter Privacy Concerns”, 7th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2008.

14.         McLeod, Alexander, Jan Guynes Clark, “Defining the User in Healthcare Information Systems Research”, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-40, Waikoloa, Big Island Hawaii, January 2007.

15.         Salinas, Rasa, Eric Epley and Alexander McLeod, “A Uniform Identification Badge for Medical and Emergency Workers: Managing a Regional Personal Identification Verification Program”, The 6th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2007.

16.         Carpenter, Darrell, Alexander McLeod and Jan Guynes Clark, “The Integration of Biometric Technologies with Fire Fighting Information Systems”, National Institute of Standards and Technology – Bureau of Fire Research Laboratories Annual Fire Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, March 2007.

17.         Dorantes, Carlos, Alexander McLeod, Glenn B. Dietrich, “Cyber Emergencies: What Managers Can Learn from Complex Systems and Chaos Theory”, Americas Conference on Information Systems, Acapulco, Mexico, August 2006.

18.         McLeod, Alexander and V. Srinivasan Rao, “The Role of Mentoring in Information System Professional Development”, Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, N.Y., August 2004.

 

REVIEWS

1.   Journal of Organizational and End User Computing 2010 – Invited Review

2.   Database 2010 – Invited Review – Gender Studies in Information Systems

3.   HICSS 2011 Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences – Invited Review – E-Government and Security Track

4.   Journal of Organizational and End User Computing 2010 – Invited Review

5.   HICSS 2011 Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences – Invited Review – Enterprise Resource Planning Track

6.   ICIS 2010 International Conference on Information Systems – Invited Review – Human Computer Interaction Track

7.   Journal of the Association for Information Systems 2010 – Invited Review – Special Issue on Healthcare Information Systems.

8.   Information Systems Research 2010 – Invited Review – Information Systems Security

9.   ICIS2009 International Conference on Information Systems – Associate Editor – Healthcare Information Systems

10.         Communications of the Association for Information Systems – Invited Review – Enterprise Resource Planning

11.         SWDSI 2009 Southwest Decision Sciences Institute conference – Invited Reviews – IS Security

12.         AMCIS 2009 Americas Conference for Information Systems – Reviewer – Electronic Medical Records and Information Technology

13.         AMCIS 2009 Americas Conference for Information Systems – Reviewer – Enterprise Systems Education, Issues and Training

14.         ISCRAM – Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management – Invited Review - Security

15.         Communications of the Association for Information Systems – Invited Review – Healthcare Information Systems

16.         Journal of Organizational and End User Computing – Invited Review

17.         SWDSI 2008 Southwest Decision Sciences Institute conference – Invited Review – IS Security

18.         ICIS 2008 International Conference on Information Systems – Reviewer – IS Security and Privacy

19.         ICIS 2008 International Conference on Information Systems – Reviewer – Human Computer Interaction

20.         AMCIS 2008 Americas Conference for Information Systems – Reviewer – Emergency Response Systems

21.         The 7th Annual Security Conference – Reviewer – Security and Emergency Response Systems

22.         Information Systems Management – Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

23.         European Journal of Information Systems – Special Issue on Healthcare Information Systems Research, Revelations and Visions

24.         Information Systems Management Journal – Special Issue on IT and Healthcare

25.         E-Service Journal – Special Issue on E-Health

26.         ICIS 2006 International Conference for Information Systems – Security and Health tracks

27.         AAA 2006 American Academy of Accounting – Information Systems – Security and AIS tracks

28.         AMCIS 2006 America Conference for Information Systems – Security and Health IS tracks

29.         AMCIS 2005 America Conference for Information Systems – two tracks

30.         ICIS 2005 International Conference on Information Systems – one track

31.         Program Committee Member of the IRMA2005 International Conference

32.         AMCIS 2004 America Conference for Information Systems – one track

 

SERVICE

1.   Editorial Review Board – Journal of Information Privacy and Security 2010-2011

2.   Communications Chair – Global Information Technology Management Association Conference, Las Vegas, June 2011

3.   Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security Module Developer for Microsoft Corporation 2009-2011.

4.   Associate Editor - Journal of Information System Security 2010-2011.

5.   Advisory Board Member – SAP University Alliance 2008 - 2011

6.   Program Chair  –  The 9th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas Nevada, April 2010

7.   Faculty Curriculum Developer Supply Chain Management– SAP University Alliance 2010

8.   Board Member – Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group in Healthcare, 2009-2011

9.   Editor – Special Issue on Electronic Health Records, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Fall 2009

10.         Associate Editor – International Conference on Information Systems, Healthcare Information Systems, Phoenix, Arizona, December 2009

11.         Minitrack Chair – Americas Conference on Information Systems, Enterprise Systems Education, Training and Issues, San Francisco, California, August 2009

12.         Minitrack Chair – Americas Conference on Information Systems, Electronic Medical Records and Information Technology, San Francisco, California, August 2009

13.         Program Chair  – Program Chair The 8th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas Nevada, April 2009

14.         Minitrack Chair – Americas Conference on Information Systems, Emergency Response Systems, Toronto Canada, August 2008

15.         College of Business Faculty Coordinator – College of Business Faculty Coordinator SAP University Alliance

16.         Minitrack Chair – ISOneWorld Conference, E-Healthcare and E-Government, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2008

17.         Minitrack Chair – The 7th Annual Security Conference, Security and Emergency Response, Las Vegas Nevada, June 2008

18.         Web Advisor – Washoe County Independent School District – Hunsberger Elementary School PTA funding raising website.

19.         Advisor – South Texas Regional Area Council of Hospitals, Tablet PCR Electronic Medical Record Project for City of San Antonio and the University of Texas Health Science Center

20.         Advisor – South Texas Regional Area Council of Hospitals

21.         Member – “Healthcare Informatics” Executive Panel

22.         Member – Advisory Council for “Government Computing News”

23.         Advisor – South Texas Regional Area Council of Hospitals, Tablet PCR Project for City of San Antonio and the University of Texas Health Science Center

 

AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS

·       Hometown Hero Award, presented by Lt. Colonel John Week in recognition of thesis chair

·       Beta Gamma Sigma Researcher of the Year 2010 - University of Nevada, Reno

·       Best Empirical Paper Nomination – Decision Sciences Institute Conference 2010

·       Nominated for Researcher of the Year 2009 – University of Nevada, Reno

·       Awarded Certificate of Appreciation – University of Nevada College of Business – Business Week International Gaming Technology Day

·       Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

·       Member Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Security (SIGSEC)

·       Member Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Healthcare (SIGHEALTH)

·       Member Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Human Computer Interaction (SIGHCI)

·       Member Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Enterprise Systems (SIGENTSYS)

·       Member Information Resource Management Association

·       Member Association for Information Systems

·       Member Association for Computing Machinery

·       Nominated for The University of Texas at San Antonio Distinguished Service Award 1999.

·       Nominated for The University of Texas at San Antonio Outstanding Alumni Award 1999.

·       Awarded The University of Texas at San Antonio “Amber Award” for outstanding contribution and service to students from the University of Texas at San Antonio Ambassadors

·       Member of Vision 2000 Planning Team chaired by former City of San Antonio Mayor Nelson Wolfe.

 

FUNDED SECURITY GRANT

1.   McLeod, Alexander Co-PI, Darrell Carpenter Co-PI and Jan Guynes Clark PI, “The Integration of Biometric Technologies with Information Systems”, Funded by the National Institute of Standards & Technology, Bureau of Fire Research Laboratories, $100k.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor – University of Nevada, Reno

Spring 2011 Information Systems 365 – Business Process Integration – two sections

                Business Administration 793 – Special Studies at Microsoft Licensing – one graduate section

                Information Systems 490 – Independent Study – one undergraduate section

Fall 2010 Information Systems 365 – Business Process Integration – two sections

                Information Systems 690 – Business Continuity Planning Microsoft Licensing–Special Studies – one graduate section

                Dissertation Committee – Thomas Fullerton, Microsoft Licensing – external member

Spring 2010 Information Systems 301 – Introduction to Management Information Systems – one online section

                Information Systems 365 – Business Process Integration– one section

                Master of Science in Information Systems – one graduate student thesis advisor

Fall 2009 Information Systems 301 – Introduction to Management Information Systems – two sections

                Information Systems 365 – Business Process Integration – one section

                Master of Science in Information Systems – one graduate student thesis advisor

Spring 2009 Information Systems 301 – Introduction to Management Information Systems – one section

                Information Systems 365 – Business Process Integration – one section

                Business Administration 793 – Graduate Supply Chain Management – two graduate students

                Master of Science in Information Systems – one graduate student thesis advisor

Fall 2008 Information Systems 301 – Introduction to Management Information Systems – one section

                Information Systems 365 – Business Process Integration – one section

Spring 2008 Information Systems 301 – Introduction to Management Information Systems – one section

                Information Systems 481 – Business Process Integration – one section

Fall 2007 Information Systems 301 – Introduction to Management Information Systems – one section

                Information Systems 481 – Business Process Integration – one section

Visiting Professor – University of Texas at San Antonio

Summer 2007 Information Systems 4953 – Biometric Security Technologies – one section

                Information Systems 4063 – Advanced Topics – one section

Visiting Professor – University of Texas at San Antonio

Spring 2007 Information Systems 1403 – Business Information Systems Fluency – one section Web Based

                Information Systems 1503 – Introduction to Cyber Security – one section

                Information Systems 3003 – Principles of Information Systems Management – two sections

Lecturer – University of Texas at San Antonio

Fall 2006 Information Systems 5003 – Introduction to Information Systems – one section

                Information Systems 3673 – Application Development using VB.NET – one section

Summer 2006 Information Systems 4063 – Advanced Topics in Information Systems – one section

Spring 2006 Information Systems 4053 – Analysis and Design of Information Systems – one section

Fall 2005 Information Systems 4053 – Analysis and Design of Information Systems – one section

                System Analysis for IS Professionals – contracted course for U.S. Air Force grant

                System Design for IS Professionals – contracted course for U.S. Air Force grant

Spring 2005 Information Systems 4053 – Analysis and Design of Information Systems – one section

Fall 2004 Information Systems 3063 – Database Management for Information Systems – one section

Adjunct Faculty – University of Texas at San Antonio

Spring 2002 Information Systems 2043 – Data Structures and File Processing with C++ – two sections

Fall 2001 Information Systems 3063 – Database Management for Information Systems – one section

Summer 2001 Information Systems 2043 – Data Structures and File Processing with C++– one section

Spring 2000 Information Systems 4053 – Analysis and Design of Information Systems – two sections

Fall 1999 Information Systems 4053 – Analysis and Design of Information Systems – two sections

Spring 1999 Information Systems 3073 – Application Development using Visual Basic – one section

                Information Systems 4053 – Analysis and Design of Information Systems – one section

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008-2010  Microsoft Contractor

·       Assisted with development of Critical Infrastructure Protection modules

o  Strategic Framework

o  Risk Management

o  Secure Development Life Cycle

o  Threat Modeling

o  Public Water Systems

 

1996 to 1999  Field Service Representative for Electronic Data Systems, Plano Texas

·       Systems Administrator for New York Life Insurance for San Antonio, Kerrville, New Braunfels, Laredo Texas

·       Install, configure and maintain networks operating New York Life proprietary software for life insurance, disability income, long term care, financial and annuity software

·       Train agents and staff in the use of all New York Life proprietary software using Oracle and Sybase products, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office products

·       Maintain mail system using ATT World Net for 30 agents, office staff and management

 

1990 to 2003  Administrative Captain – Emergency Medical Services Division

·       Finalist for appointment to Assistant Fire Chief – Emergency Medical Services Division.

·       Responsible for assisting in development of the $30M Capital and Operating Budget of the Emergency Medical Services Division

·       Team member representing EMS in project development of Case Reporting System - electronic record system

·       Developed decision support system analyzing census tract data, response data, budget and projections to determine usage and placement of overtime ambulance crews during peak hours of demand

·       Managed development of applications for managers including Daily Staffing Program and Case Review System

·       Established Computerized Quality Assurance Program for SAFD EMS Division

·       Member of LifeLink a joint project with Texas Department of Transportation and Southwest Research Institute

·       Project representative during the development and implementation of Computerized 800mhz radio system

·       Assistant Manager for 300+ paramedics, developing policies and procedures

·       Aided in the development and maintenance of the Major Medical Emergency Policy

·       Project manager planning and relocating the Computer Aided Dispatch Center

·       Developed Infection Control Policy and instituted TB testing program for SAFD

·       SAFD Screening Board Evaluator interviewing new applicants

·       Served on the selection committee for the SAFD Information Systems Manager

 

REFERENCES

 

Jan Guynes Clark, Ph.D. Dissertation Adviser, Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management Department, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 W., San Antonio, Texas 78249-0608

(210) 458-5244

jan.clark@utsa.edu

 

Gail Corbitt, Ph.D., SAP University Alliance – U.S. Director

SAP AG, 35 Sunbury Road, Chico, CA 95926
(530) 591-7876
g.corbitt@sap.com

 

Glenn Dietrich, Ph.D. Department Chair, Information Systems and Technology Management Department, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 W., San Antonio, Texas 78249-0608

(210) 458-5354

glenn.dietrich@utsa.edu

 

Gurpreet Dhillon, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, Information Systems Department
301 W. Main Street, Box 844000, Room B4210, Richmond, VA 23284-4000

(804) 828-1737

gdhillon@vcu.edu

 

Bradley Jensen, Ph.D. Principal Academic Relationship Manager, Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399

(214) 674-3630

bjensen@microsoft.com

 

Diane Walz, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, College of Business Graduate School, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249-0608

(210) 458-4317

diane.walz@utsa.edu