OK now I'm concerned. Either a Troll is using Chris Westland's identity or Chris you're playing a game of some sort with us. If this really is Chris you telling me that a man with your background is being thrown by this program? What's up?
Biography
Chris Westland is Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management at the University of Southern California. He holds a Ph.D. in Computers and Information Systems from the University of Michigan; an MBA in Accounting and B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from Indiana University. He was previously employed as a Certified Public Accountant for Touche Ross in Chicago, and as a Database Administrator and Computer Security Analyst for Rockwell International. He is a member of INFORMS, the American Statistical Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Beta Gamma Sigma, and is a Principal in USC's Center for Software Engineering. He has published over 50 articles in research journals and proceedings on various aspects of the economics of information technology, pricing and investment analysis for information technology, and risk assessment and control for information systems, statistics in computing, and software engineering. He is currently completing books on policy and design for electronic commerce systems.