UTA Faculty

Dr. Koshy Joseph Vaidyan

Senior Lecturer

"My passion is to learn and teach frequently on emerging trends in technology, IT strategy and IT management."

Degrees Held:

• Ph.D. in Organization & Management – Capella University, 2008
• M.S. – Manhattan College, 1992
• B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering – Kerala University, 1986

Career Highlights

I have 20 years of experience teaching and consulting in the information technology and computer programming fields with e-commerce projects, object-oriented programming and software development. I ran corporate training programs for Java, C++, C# and web programming.

In which online program do you teach?

MBA

Which class do you teach online?

INSY 5375: Management of Information Technology

What do you want your students to learn in your classes?

After the completion of this class, students would be able to think strategically in order to be knowledgeable participants in IS decision making. IS enables or hinders business objectives depending on management's involvement in IS. Knowledge of how to align their IS strategy with a business strategy will make the managers more likely to be involved in IS and achieving business success through IS.

Why did you start teaching?

My passion is to learn and teach frequently on emerging trends in technology, IT strategy, and IT management.

What advice would you give to those considering the UTA MBA online program?

Online students need to have correct expectations, should know their resources, have consistent workspaces and time-management skills.