Professor Leon A. Kappelman, Ph.D. is a research scientist, teacher, author, speaker, and consultant dedicated to helping organizations and individuals better manage their information, technology, human, & financial assets. His research, publications, and presentations in software project management and enterprise architecture are recognized around the world. Dr. Kappelman is Chief Scientist at Project Success Audit, LLC., Director Emeritus of the Information Systems Research Center and a Professor of Information Systems in the College of Business at the University of North Texas, where he is also a Fellow of the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge. He founded and chairs the Society for Information Management's Enterprise Architecture Working Group and has testified before the US Congress on several occasions. Professor Kappelman brings a uniquely comprehensive big-picture perspective to high-technology issues because as an educator his students include software developers, information and communication technology (IT) managers, and IT users from staff to executives, and as a consultant his clients and confidants include software manufacturers, IT managers, and business owners, as well as executives, directors, attorneys, and policy makers from the public and private sectors. Dr. Kappelman’s professional expertise includes the strategic management of technology including enterprise architecture, e-commerce, and e-government; project management; management of change and technology transfer; continuity of operations and emergency management; performance measurement including metrics development and information systems assessment and evaluation; the management of information assets; information systems development and maintenance; IT-related legal and ethical issues including intellectual property matters; and high-tech and public policy concerns like privacy, security, and software quality. He has worked with organizations involved in banking, insurance, aerospace, defense, education, health care, telecommunications, retail, all levels of government, not-for-profits, sales, marketing, distribution, electric utility, petrochemical, as well as other economic sectors. Some of the enterprises he has worked with include ACS; Church of Latter-Day Saints; CIA; CIGNA; City of Los Angeles; Coca-Cola Company; Computer Associates; Department of Veteran Affairs; EDS; Executive Office of the President of the United States; Experian; GTE; Honor Technologies; IBM; JCPenney; Kraft Foods; LL Bean; McDermott; Milliken & Company; Pacific Bell; President’s Council on the Year 2000 Conversion; Prudential; SAIC; State of Texas; Texaco; Treasury Department of Canada; United Nations; Wells Fargo; World Bank; and others. Professor Kappelman’s pro bono work includes testifying on high-tech issues several times before the U.S. Congress, speaking at a United Nations IT conference, participating in a White House industry round table, serving on the American Heart Association’s IT Expert Panel, editing four books on solving the Y2K problem, founding and co-chairing the Society for Information Management's Year 2000 Working Group, and founding and serving as a member of the three-person steering committee of the UN and World Bank sponsored Y2K Expert Service Volunteer Corps. More information about his research and teaching can be found at http://courses.unt.edu/kappelman/.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: PhD, Management Information Systems, Georgia State University
MBIS, Georgia State University
BA, Ohio State University
Professor of Information Systems, College of Business, University of North Texas
Chair, SIM Enterprise Architecture Working Group (http://eawg.simnet.org/)
Fellow, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge
Director Emeritus, Information Systems Research Center, University of North Texas
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Society for Information Management
Association for Information Systems
Association for Software Engineering Excellence
International Federation of Information Processing
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Association for Computing Machinery
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: I teach classes several times a week, regularly speak at academic and practitioner conferences, conduct seminars, webinars, and workshops, and have done so in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No, not to my knowledge.
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: A dozen or so.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Software project failure, software-related intellectual property (patent, copyright, trade secret), software engineering practices, software project management practices, information systems and telecommunications management practices, website traffic forensics, product liability related to software and embedded systems, ethics and codes of ethics for software and systems professionals.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: About 50%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: About 50%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 6 or 8
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: March 2008
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: 3 or 4
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: 3 or 4
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: About 10 or 11
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, research, reports, analysis of software, data and statistical analysis, testing, site inspections
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $350
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $350
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $350
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $350
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Travel expenses.
