Dr. Mark McMurtrey recently agreed to serve as the MBA Director for the College of Business!
In addition to being the MBA director, Mark is an associate professor of MIS. Dr. McMurtrey received his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He has consulting experience with Fortune-500 firms (as well as regional healthcare) and has served on the faculties of the University of South Carolina and the University of Idaho, among others. Besides his lengthy service and participation at various national conferences, he has published articles in journals such as Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology Education, Interacting With Computers, Journal of Information Systems Education, Industrial Management and Data Systems, and others. Currently he is the Program Chair for the 48th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute (SWDSI), to be held at the Marriott Little Rock and Statehouse Convention Center March 8-11, 2017. His research interests include systems development processes, career and personnel issues of IS employees, and the matching of employer skill set requirements with recent college graduates.
Mark is a long-standing member of the COB team and we very excited that he has agreed to serve the College in this important leadership role.