Adjunct Professor and Dissertation Mentor
Greater Nashville Area
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- Adjunct Professor and Dissertation Mentor at Self-Employed
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- Associate Research Professor at Northcentral University (NCU)
- Director, IT Architecture at AIG American General
- Senior Manager at EdgeNet Media, LLC
- VP - IT Project Management at Comdata Corporation
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- Northcentral University
- Northcentral University (NCU)
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Dr. Lawrence R. Ness’s Summary
Full-time and adjunct faculty member with multiple online universities within the areas of IT, management, leadership, and business administration for undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate studies.
Seeking to leverage 25+ years IT management experience as a part-time consultant to corporations desiring to understand and to improve their IT vision, strategy, management, and/or delivery capabilities as a means of achieving sustained competitive advantage and/or enhanced IT value for the business.
Offering Dissertation review and editing services as well as mentoring and participation as an external reviewer for dissertation committees. See my Squidoo lense at http://www.squidoo.com/dissertation-review for more information.
Dr. Lawrence R. Ness’s Specialties:
Management and Leadership
IT Management, Delivery, and Innovation
Strategic Alignment
Dissertation Review, Editing, and Mentoring
Enterprise Architecture
Dr. Lawrence R. Ness’s Experience
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Adjunct Professor and Dissertation Mentor
Self-Employed
(E-Learning industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
Serving as a Dissertation Reviewer, Adjunct Professor, and Dissertation Committee Chair/Mentor for online Universities. Also, providing Dissertation Review, Ediitng, and Mentoring Services for doctoral candidates - specializing in the use of Word formatting, APA, and dissertation construction, flow, and form and style.
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Associate Research Professor
Northcentral University (NCU)
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Dissertation reviewer and graduate level mentoring in the areas of business, management, and information technology research. Lead faculty for research and dissertation courses.
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Director, IT Architecture
AIG American General
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AIG; Insurance industry)
July 1998 — August 2007 (9 years 2 months)
Responsible for CTO functions performed in collaboration with Office of the CTO (OCTO) for technical standards review and approval, project reviews and prioritization, and technical design reviews. Also, responsible for divisional enterprise architecture research, definition, and planning, information management and distribution, and strategic project deployment. Additional areas of involvement include, IT Strategy development, strategic planning for Field Automation Solutions, E-Business, Data Warehousing, and Enterprise Application Integration.
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Senior Manager
EdgeNet Media, LLC
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 1998 — July 1998 (7 months)
Responsible for a broad spectrum of Internet Service Provider (ISP) operations, including hosting operations and infrastructure, web and product development, project management, graphic design, sales, and customer relationship management.
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VP - IT Project Management
Comdata Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
November 1995 — December 1997 (2 years 2 months)
Responsible for implementation of Comdata’s next generation web-based/service-bureau technologies for revenue generation associated with new product deployment opportunities, including product definition, project management, technical platform design, and distribution channel infrastructure establishment.
Dr. Lawrence R. Ness’s Education
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Northcentral University
PhD , Business Administration - Management , 2003 — 2005
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Northcentral University (NCU)
PhD , Business Administration - Management , 2003 — 2005
Dissertation Topic: Assessing the Relationships Among IT Flexibility, Strategic Alignment, and IT Effectiveness
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Dr. Lawrence R. Ness’s Interests:
Technology management and innovation, research, instruction/mentoring, golf, time with family, travel
Dr. Lawrence R. Ness’s Groups:
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Northcentral University Alumni
Dr. Lawrence R. Ness’s Honors:
- Outstanding Online Adjunct Professor, Bellevue University, 2004
- NCU Faculty Mentor of the Year, Northcentral University, 2007
- ACBSP Region 7 Teaching Excellence Award nomination, Northcentral University, 2007
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