Daniel Joseph, an expert on management information systems, is highly knowledgeable on computers and business uses, specifically RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture).

He has written commercial software programs for statistics and management science applications, co-founded Manitek.com, which is an e-business focused on business-to-business transactions, and co-founded a regional support group for SAP users.

Joseph's areas of expertise include management information systems, business information systems, SAP and enterprise system products and legacy systems.

Joseph received his undergraduate degree in commerce from Niagara University, a masters degree in economics from the State University at Albany, and an MBA followed by a PhD in Business Information Systems Development and Implementation from the State University at Buffalo. He is also a certified SAP ASAP Consultant.

Victor Perotti is an expert and consultant on the business implications of new technologies including: digital business, digital entrepreneurship, Web 2.0, ecommerce, Web business models and mobile work. His most recent research examines social networks (especially Facebook.com), social computing, Clean Slate Internet approaches, mobile collaboration, digital entrepreneurship, electronic communities and video game business models.

He currently leads the Digital Business initiative at RIT.

Perotti is an accomplished communicator and educator, and was awarded RIT’s highest honors for teaching: the Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2000) and the Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching (2004). His professional speaking engagements include academic conferences, small group meetings and large auditorium lectures.

Before joining RIT, Perotti completed Masters Degrees in Computer Science (1990) and Cognitive Psychology (1994) as well as a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology (1997), all at Ohio State University. His doctoral thesis examined the visual perception of 3-D structure from motion information.

Perotti’s consulting work has ranged from conducting advanced business simulation experiences at Harris R.F. to business plan development for pre-seed video game companies to creating multimedia software for David Bowie’s “Jump” CD-ROM.

Qiang (John) Tu is a professor of management information systems and associate dean for faculty development in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business. He teaches MIS courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and is recipient of the 2005–2006 Dean Zutes Fellowship at Saunders College of Business for outstanding intellectual contribution.

Before joining the Saunders College in 2000, Tu taught at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Author of many published journal articles, conference papers and presentations, Tu's research focuses on information systems strategy, manufacturing strategy, technology management, and behavioral issues in information systems and manufacturing management. His latest research interests focus on technology related stress in workplaces, technology outsourcing to China, and e-supply chain management performance issues.

Tu is the winner of the prestigious Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Competition award sponsored by the national Decision Sciences Institute and Irwin/McGraw-Hill.

Tu has also published in academic journals including Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Operations Management, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Information Technology Management, OMEGA: The International Journal of Management Science, Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of Strategic Information Systems and Computers and Industrial Engineering Journal.

Tu received his Ph.D. degree from the College of Business Administration at the University of Toledo in 1999. He earned an M.S. in systems engineering and a B.S. in management engineering from Jiaotong University, China. He has had several years of business experience in China, where he helped establish high-tech joint ventures before starting his doctoral studies in the U.S.