Instructor of Management Information Systems
Greater Chicago Area
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- Full-Time Faculty of Management Information Systems at DePaul University
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- Project Manager, Technology (Consultant) at Apartments.com
- Program Manager - Allstate Financial Technology at Allstate Insurance
- Graduate Assistant – 2007 UIC NCA Self-Study Reaccreditation Committee at University of Illinois at Chicago
- Teaching Associate/Instructor - Operations Management (IDS 355 - lab) at University of Illinois at Chicago
- PROGRAM MANAGER / SERVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE at Allstate Insurance
- INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT COORDINATOR at State Farm Insurance
- Education
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- University of Illinois at Chicago
- DePaul University
- DePaul University
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Christina Outlay, PhD, PMP’s Summary
Full-time faculty at DePaul University College of Commerce. Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2002. Prior corporate experience in IT project and program management, interface design and mainframe applications programming.
Christina Outlay, PhD, PMP’s Specialties:
Corporate skills: project management, open source software, software development, IT infrastructure, ITIL, COBIT, Sarbanes-Oxley, organizational behavior
Research Interests
Management of IS personnel, psychological contract theory, technology acceptance model, technology mediated learning, outsourcing
Teaching Interests
Management information systems, operations management, project management, system analysis and design, legal issues in IT, online and distance learning
Christina Outlay, PhD, PMP’s Experience
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Full-Time Faculty of Management Information Systems
DePaul University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Courses Taught:
Management of Information Technology (MIS 555)
Topics include: strategic role of IT, IT planning and architecture, building the telecommunication highway system, management issues in systems development, the expanding universe of computing, group support systems, intelligent systems, electronic document management, and managing the human side of systems. Course includes extensive use of Blackboard™ discussion boards, quizzes, and assignments.
• Number of students: 35-40 (this course is taught in both online and classroom formats)
Systems Analysis and Design (MIS 674)
Topics include: requirements analysis and specification, alternative systems development methodologies, rapid application development and prototyping, the use of CASE tools and GUI design with event-driven computing. Course includes extensive use of Blackboard™ discussion boards, quizzes, and assignments and hands-on use of Microsoft Visio.
• Number of students: 25 (this course is taught in both online and classroom formats)
Management Information Systems (MIS 340)
Topics include: The concept of an organization as a system; how information is used to integrate the various parts of an organization; the nature of information; the information needs of managers, and
how functional and management information systems support management decision-making at all levels; effects of information technology on management processes. Students learn how to apply
these concepts and theories to business situations through conceptual and hands-on use of Access, Excel, and Internet tools.
• Number of students per section: 40 -
Project Manager, Technology (Consultant)
Apartments.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
February 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 2 months)
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Program Manager - Allstate Financial Technology
Allstate Insurance
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALL; Insurance industry)
June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)
Maintains a portfolio or program view of projects in support of supply and demand management, resource utilization, and metrics. Also leads large-scale, highly visible projects for business process change and/or software development and implementation.
- Conducts quarterly Sarbanes-Oxley self-assessments and works with internal and external audit teams to identify and resolve issues.
- Assists with evaluation of resource capacity and balancing for projects and potential projects
- Monitors the pipeline of programs and projects from inception through deployment and continuing until sunset
- Monitors issues and risks stemming from project interdependencies across the portfolio or program
- Monitors and reports IT return on investment for the portfolio
- Creates, executes and manages the portfolio or program communications plan
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Graduate Assistant – 2007 UIC NCA Self-Study Reaccreditation Committee
University of Illinois at Chicago
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2006 — May 2007 (1 year )
Duties: Track work of Self-Study Committee by monitoring drafts of parts of the self-study, data sources and documents used, and persons participating, update and maintain the electronic communications sites Blackboard and Web) for the self-study by preparing documents for distribution and mounting on web; work with self-study editor, graphic designer, and producers of print and digital versions of the self-study; coordinate development and use of the resource room by gathering resource room materials and checking facts in self-study against resource room materials; participate in the management of the Evaluation Team visit and the preceding Mock Evaluation Team visit; participate in activities that follow-up on the site visit.
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Teaching Associate/Instructor - Operations Management (IDS 355 - lab)
University of Illinois at Chicago
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2005 — May 2006 (10 months)
Application of management sciences to the planning and design of production, distribution, and service systems using Microsoft Excel, Treeplan, and Microsoft Project.
Topics include: introduction to operations management, models and model building, linear programming, project planning (PERT, PERT/CPM), decision trees, queuing models, monte carlo simulation, inventory control. Course managed through a combination of classroom and Blackboard ™ activities.
Duties include: Teaching hands-on lab sessions using Excel, Treeplan, and MS Project technique; writing homework assignments and lab supplements; entering attendance, homework and exam grades.
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PROGRAM MANAGER / SERVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE
Allstate Insurance
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALL; Insurance industry)
March 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 7 months)
Managed program management office for Service Management Center of Expertise (SMCOE).
Defined department project management standards and procedures; monitor and control adherence.
Managed department's project portfolio; monitor and control project progress.
Develop training and mentoring plans for new project managers.
Mentored 5 project coordinators throughout department and project managers aspiring for Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Facilitated training sessions in project management and business change implementation.
Received 2003 Great Performer Award and 2004 Performance Bonus. -
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT COORDINATOR
State Farm Insurance
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)
November 1997 — March 2003 (5 years 5 months)
Facilitated environment analysis, evaluation, acquisition, installation, testing, and transition from project team to technical support areas for all infrastructure needs, including networks, web, and mid-tier development.
Led short-term departmental projects.
Conducted training sessions in requirements analysis and technical architecture design processes.
Mentored 5 new analysts to the unit in 2000 in addition to maintaining a full workload.
Received the 2000 Individual Outstanding Performance (IOP) award offered to the top 10% of Systems employees.
Other awards: Special Effort Award (1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003); Special Achievement Award (2002).
Christina Outlay, PhD, PMP’s Education
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University of Illinois at Chicago
PhD , Management Information Systems , 2004 — 2008
Defended dissertation proposal June, 2007
Defended dissertation July, 2008- Activities and Societies:
- 2005 UIC Lincoln Fellow
UIC Liautaud Scholar
PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Student Association, member since 2004
2004 CIC/GE Fellow
Association for Information Systems
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DePaul University
M.S. , Information Systems , 2001 — 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon – Computer Science Honor Society, inducted 2002
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DePaul University
B.A. , Psychology , 1995 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- Student Government Association - Senator for Multicultural Student Affairs
National Pan-Hellenic Council
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Outstanding Senior Leadership Award
Rev. Ben Richardson Award
Excellence in Leadership Award
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