Curriculum Vitae - Teuta Cata
Education
Jan 1999 – Dec 2003 Ph. D., University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA, Major: Management Information Systems Minor: Strategic Management, Computer Science, and Statistics
1996 - 1998 MBA, University of Tirana, Albania / University of Nebraska, Lincoln
1986 – 1990 BS, University of Tirana, Albania Major: Business Economics
Work Experience
| 2009 - Present | Associate Professor, Northern Kentucky University |
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2003 – 2009 |
Assistant Professor, Northern Kentucky University Courses taught as Assistant Professor: IFS 105: Introduction to Business Computing IFS 300: Intro to MIS IFS 310: System Analysis and Design IFS 625: IS in Organizations MSIS 645: E-commerce MSIS 680: Global IT MSIS 694: Special Topic |
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1999 – 2003
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Instructor, Teaching Assistant, and Research Assistant, University of Nebraska Lincoln. Courses Taught as Instructor (Full Responsibility): Mngt 350: Introduction to MIS Mngt 250: Visual Basic.NET Mngt 245: Management Science |
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05/1998 –12/1998 |
Deputy Minister, Albanian Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Trade President of Albanian Exhibitions (responsibility of all National and International Exhibitions) President of Albanian Chamber of Commerce
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05/1998 – 09/1998 |
Albanian National Commissioner of EXPO ’98, Lisbon, Portugal
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1996 - 1997 |
Researcher, Albanian Center for Economic Research
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1995-1996 |
Instructor, University of Tirana, Albania Courses taught: Operations Management, Fall 1996 (seven sections) Project Management, Spring 1996 (four sections) Operations Management, Fall 1995 (seven sections)
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Research Interests
Success factors of a web-based activity
Website security
Enterprise Resource Planning
Outsourcing web applications
Teaching Interests
Electronic Commerce
Introduction on Management Information Systems
Global Information Technology
Professional Activities:
Training, "Business Objects with SAP BOW310," SAP. (June 15, 2009 - June 16, 2009).
Training, "SAP 01 SAP Overview," SAP. (June 1, 2009 - June 3, 2009).
Seminar, "SAP Webinar on Business Process Integration I and II," SAP. (May 28, 2009).
Online Seminar, "Introduction to WileyPLUS," Wiley Higher education. (April 7, 2009).
Webinar, "Top 10 Things to Do When Integrating to SAP® Solutions," SAP Insider. (March 13, 2008).
SAP Congress, "SAP Congress 2008," SAP. (February 29, 2008 - March 1, 2008).
Attended Online Training, “ERPSim Information Session, Aug 24, 2007
Session chair, ISOneWorld 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 11-13, 2007.
Attended SAP Congress, Vancouver, Canada. March 3 - 4, 2007.
Attended Workshop, "Business Simulation Game by using SAP", SAP, Vancouver, Canada, March 1- 2, 2007.
Attended SAP Workshop: “SAP Overview”, January 10 – 12, 2007, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Attended Online Seminar sponsored by John Wiley & Sons: 10 Ways to Make IS More Relevant for Non-Majors, October 27, 2006.
Attended Training Session at NKU: Concerned about Student Plagiarism? Blackboard and Turnitin, September 29, 2006.
Attended Online Seminar sponsored by John Wiley & Sons: Teaching Large Intro IS Classes, September 27, 2006.
Attended Faculty Development Seminar organized by COB: Integrating Teaching, Research and Service, February 24, 2006.
Attended on-line teaching seminar: Live IT Up in the Classroom: New ways to connect with students, February 23, 2006
Attended Faculty Development Seminar “Classroom Presentations Skills”, October 12, 2005.
Session chair, 4th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30- 31, 2005.
Attended SAP Curriculum Congress ’05, March 6-7, Atlanta, Georgia.
Attended the Customer Relationship Management workshop, March 5, 2005, Atlanta Georgia.
Guest Speaker on Woman IT Rally, Citigroup Corporation, Dec, 2004.
Attended RP&T workshop: “Road signs to Tenure” at Faculty Development Center , NKU, September 15, 2004.
Attended New Faculty Consortium at 34Th Annual Meeting of Decision Science Institute held in Washington D.C., Nov, 2003.
Member, Albanian Delegation for Signing the “Contract of Protection of Economic Investment” on Behalf of Albanian Government in The South European Summit, Antalya, Turkey, Oct 1998
Head, Albanian Delegation and Signing Economic Contracts on Behalf of Albania Government, Lisbon, Portugal, “Contract for Protecting Mutual Economic Investments”, Sep 1998
Head, Albanian Delegation in International Exhibition, Izmir, Turkey, Aug 1998
National Commissar of Albanian Pavilion, Expo 98, Lisbon, Portugal, May15 – Sep 30, 1998.
Conference Paper: “The Pension Funds and Private Institutions in Albania”, Tirana, Albania, Apr 1997
Conference Paper: “The Law for Savings Deposits in Albania”, Tirana, Albania, Dec 1996
Memberships
Decision Science Institute – member – since 2002
Association for Information Systems - member - Since 2003
Information Institute – member – since 2005
RFiD Tribe – member – since 2005
Refereed Journal Publications
Cata, T., Martz, B. B. (2008). Student’s Perception about: Outsourcing, IS careers and Academic Programs. Journal of Education for Business. 84(2), 118-125.
Cata, T. (2007). Understanding Outsourcing of Web-Based Applications in Organizations - The Case of e-Insurance, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 5(4), 1-17.
Martz, W. B. & Cata, T. (2006) Business Informatics as Research Discipline, International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 1(1/2) 84-96.
Cata, T. & Raghavan, V. (2006) Lifecycle of Outsourcing Relationships: A Case Study Investigation, Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications Research, 8(3), 11-26.
Cata, T. (2006). Challenges and opportunities of silent commerce – applying Radio Frequency Identification technology, The Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, 11(1).
Cata, T. & Lee, S. M. (2006). Adoption of Web-Based Application in the Financial Sector: The Case of Online Insurance, Journal of Internet Commerce, 5(2), 41-61.
Lee, S. M. & Cata, T. (2005). Critical Success Factors of Web-Based e-Service: The Case of e-Insurance, International Journal of e-Business Research, 1(3), 21-40.
Nah, F. F., Faja, S., & Cata, T. (2001). Characteristics of ERP Software Maintenance: A Multiple Case Study, Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice; 13 (6), pp. 399- 414.
Refereed Proceedings
Hackbarth, G., Cata, T. (Forthcoming) The Impact of Learning and Performance Goal Orientation on Task Performance:Looking at Website Resumes. Annual Meeting of Decision Sciences Institute. Nov 14-17, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Smith-Grignon, G., Cata, T. (2009). In Khalid S. Soliman (Ed.), Going the Distance: Telehealth and Teleradiology in Today’s World (pp. 1066-1071). Kuala Lumpur: International Business Information Management Association. www.ibima.org/KL2009/index.html
Bolotaeva, V., Cata, T. (2009). In Khalid S. Soliman (Ed.), Social Network Marketing (pp. 1547-1552). Kuala Lumpur: International Business Information Management Association. www.ibima.org/KL2009/index.html
Cata, T., Martz, B. B. (2008). Current Status and Potential Use of Silent Technology - RFID to Enhancing Customer Relationship. Northeast Decision Science Institute.
Williams, R., Cata, T. (2008). Biometrics Technology And Its Potential For E-Commerce. International Business Information Management Conference (IBIMA).
Herzog, N., Cata, T., Sakaguchi, T. (2007).Use of Biometrics as Enhanced IT Security: A Preliminary Study, In Proceedings of Eighth Annual Global Information Technology Management (GITM) World Conference, 17-19 June, 2007, Napoli, Italy.
Cata, T. (2007).Outsourcing Web-based Applications - The Case of e-Insurance, In Proceedings of ISOneWorld 2007, April 11-13, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Cata, T., Martz, W. B. (2007). Student's Perception about: Outsourcing, IS careers and Academic Programs, In Proceedings of ISOneWorld 2007 April 11-13, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Cata, T. (2006). Trends of Web Sales in Financial Industry – the Case of e-Insurance, In Proceedings of the 7th International Business Information Management Association Conference, Brescia, Italy, Dec 14-16, 2006.
Cata., T. & Raghavan, V. V. (2006). An Investigation of Lifecycle of Outsourcing Relationship, In Proceedings of Fifth Annual International Smart-Sourcing Conference, September 21-23 , Los Angeles, CA
Vairappan, C., Cata, T., & Sakaguchi, T. (2006). E-commerce development in Japan, Proceedings of 7th Annual Global Information Technology Management World Conference, June 11-13, 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Cata, T. & Raghavan, V.V. (2005). Lifecycle of outsourcing relationship – A multiple case study approach, In Proceedings of the International Business Information Management Association Conference, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 13-15,863-868.
Cata, T. (2005). The Website Features and Categories in the Context of Fortune e-50 Companies, In Proceedings of the International Business Information Management Association Conference, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 13-15, 213-222.
Downing, M. & Cata, T. (2005). Privacy legislation as a method to establish consumer trust in global electronic commerce, Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of Decision Science Institute, San Francisco, Nov 19 – 22, 2005
Vairappan, C., Cata, T., & Sakaguchi, T. (2005) Privacy and security in global context: A case of Japan, Proceedings of 6th Annual Global Information Technology Management World Conference, June 5-7, 2005, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
Cata, T. (2005). The impact of firm’s age and size on website security level: The case of web-based insurance activities, In the Proceedings of 4th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30- 31, 2005.
Cata, T. (2005). Purchasing Behavior of Internet Shoppers: - An Experimental Study, Proceedings of 4th Annual ISOneWorld Conference, March 30-April 1, 2005, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Newell, J. & Cata, T. (2005). Biometric Security and its Future, In the Proceedings of 4th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30- 31, 2005
Cata, T., & Lee, S.M. (2004). Critical success factors for e-service: a Delphi study of web-based insurance industry, 35th Annual Meeting of the Decision Science Institute, Boston, Nov 20 – 23, Massachusetts, pp. 7981-7986.
Research Fellowship
2004 College of Business, Summer Research Fellowship
2005 College of Business, Summer Research Fellowship
Committee Services
| University Level |
Budget Committee, 2004-2007 Student Research Fund 2005 (COI) Facilitator, Quality Enhancement Plan as part of SACS accreditation, Member. (January 29, 2007 - February 28, 2007). |
| College Level |
Student Affairs Committee, 2004-2005 (COB) MBA Director Search Committee, 2004 (COB) Ethics Committee, 2004 (COB) |
| IS Department |
Summer IT Camp, 2003-2004 Steely Library Liaison Program Rep, 2003-2005 Graduate Programs Committee, 2004-2005 Web Committee, 2004 Public Engagement Committee, 2004-2005 Student Organization & Alumni Committee, 2004-2005 IFS and OST Integration Committee, 2005 Guest Speaker Committee: Ravi Kalakota, 2003 Coordinator of IFS 300 |
Honors
| Aug 2008 | Five Year of Dedicated Service, Northern Kentucky University. |
| 05/1998 – 12/1998 | Granted VIP Status within position as Deputy Minister of Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Trade in Albania |
| Apr. 1998 | Best MBA Student, University of Tirana/ University of Nebraska |
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