Ronald Elmar Vyhmeister

P. O. Box 038

Silang, Cavite 4118

Philippines

+(63)-46-414-4405

rvyhmeister@aiias.edu


EDUCATION

August 1991 - March 2000

PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems, University of Illinois at Chicago.

June 1990 - August 1990

Studies in Computer Science, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

January - August 1985

Studies in Finance & Information Systems, Western Michigan University.

January 1983 - June 1985

MBA (Finance), Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

August 1978 -

December 1982

Bachelors of Theology, Colegio Adventista del Plata, Entre Ríos, Argentina.

January - December 1981

Courses in Business Administration, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

EXPERIENCE

February 2002 to present

Associate Professor and Chairman, Business Department, AIIAS, Silang, Cavite, Philippines

August 1998 to December 2001

Chief Technology Officer, Universidad Adventista del Plata, Entre Ríos, Argentina.

January 1998 to December 2001

Director, Information Systems Programs, Universidad Adventista del Plata, Entre Ríos, Argentina

August 1995 to Feburary 1998

Consultant, Martin’s Supermarkets, South Bend, Indiana. Designed and implemented a system for tracking gift certificates, including integration with the administrative database.

July 1995 to March 1996

Consultant, Teachers Credit Union, South Bend, Indiana. Designed the database and procedures for analysis of customer information and transaction system. Currently involved in the process of converting administrative systems to a new, client-server environment.

September 1994

Consultant, World Bank. Performed initial needs assessment for updating of financial administration systems of the institutions of higher education in Guinea. Assessment included budgeting process, expenditure control, and information requirements needed for computerizing the entire system.

July 1993 - December 1997

Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems, Andrews University. Responsibilities include management and supervision of the shared computing facilities of the School of Business.

January 1992 - July 1993

Director, College of Business Microcomputer Lab, University of Illinois at Chicago.

January 1992 -

October 1992

Consultant, Montemorelos University, Mexico. Primary resource person for the development of the curriculum for a new Masters in Business Administration degree.

August - December 1991

Instructor, Dept. of Information and Decision Science, University of Illinois at Chicago.

July - August 1991

Acting Treasurer, Adventist University of Central Africa, Rwanda.

June 1989 - August 1991

Executive Officer, MicroRwanda (University Computer Assembly, Repair, and Software Development Industry), Adventist University of Central Africa, Rwanda.

June 1989 - July 1991

Dean, School of Business, Adventist University of Central Africa, Rwanda. Achieved Rwanda Government accreditation for Bachelor's in Business Information Systems.

June - August 1988

Visiting Professor in Finance, Management Information Systems, Finance, and Accounting, Andrews University.

February 1987 -

June 1989

Assistant Professor, School of Business, Adventist University of Central Africa, Rwanda.

July 1985 -

December 1986

Instructor in Finance and Information Systems, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. Secretary of School of Business Curriculum Committee. Revamped curriculum for the Bachelor's of Business Administration in Management Information Systems.

September 1984 -

June 1985

Graduate Instructor, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

January - August 1984

Accountant, Enterprise Academy, Enterprise, Kansas.

September-December 1993

Production Manager, University Bakery, Dominican Adventist University, Bonao, Dominican Republic.

June-September 1993

Assistant Manager, Westico Foods, Mandeville, Jamaica. Responsibilities included supervision of marketing, sales and accounting.


PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES


July 2002- Present

Program committee Member, IRMA International 2003 conference, scheduled for Philadelphia, May 2003.

June 2002

Panelist and Keynote speaker, ComputingandMissions.net 2002, Collegedale, Tennessee.

June 2002

Program Committee Member, ComputingandMissions.net 2001, Collegedale, Tennessee.

May 2002

Panelist, “IRM Curriculum”, Information Resources Management Association International Conference, Seattle.

June 2001

Panelist, “What Technologist have to offer the Church”, ComputingandMisions.net 2001, Collegedale, Tennessee.

June 2001

Program Committee Member, ComputingandMissions.net 2001, Collegedale, Tennessee.

May 2001 to present

Member IRMA International Education Committee Member

May 2001

Panelist, “IS Education,” Information Resources Management Association International Conference, Toronto.

October 2000- June, 2001

Program Committee and Conference Committee, ComputingandMissions.net 2001, Collegedale, Tennessee.

December, 2000

Aris Ouksel and Ronald Vyhmeister. “Performance of Organizational Design Models and Their Impact on Organization Learning,” Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 6 (4):395-410, December 2000.

June 1994

Ya'ir Babad, Sharon Reeves, and Ronald Vyhmeister. "University-Industry Alliance: Past, Present, and Future" in Working Papers, Center for Research in Information Management, University of Illinois at Chicago.

February, 1990

Quelle Education Informatique au Rwanda? In proceedings of the Premier Forum Informatique au Rwanda.



SKILLS


Fluent in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.


HONORS

November 1981

Membership in Delta Mu Delta, Business Honors Society.

REFERENCES


Available on Request