Dave Ballard
Director of Technical Services and Building Operations
Dean’s Office
Saunders College of Business
Adjunct Faculty
585-475-6653
Office Location
Office Mailing Address
107 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623
Dave Ballard
Director of Technical Services and Building Operations
Dean’s Office
Saunders College of Business
Adjunct Faculty
Bio
Dave is the Director of Technical Services for the Saunders College. His responsibilities include overseeing all IT operations. Dave is also an adjunct professor for Saunders College teaching Developing Business Applications.
585-475-6653
Currently Teaching
MGIS-320
Database Management Systems
3 Credits
Transforming data into information is critical for making business decisions. This course introduces students to the concepts of data, information and the business database management systems (DBMS) used by modern organizations. Exercises and hands-on projects are used to model the information needs of an organization and implement and query databases using applications such as Microsoft Access and SQL.
MGIS-350
Developing Business Applications
3 Credits
Development of business applications is transforming from programming to integration of software components using application development environments. Students learn the fundamentals of computer programming and applications development through a set of programming exercises that focus on visual development environments and component integration. These exercises expand into a project where students apply concepts of typical development and project methodologies to complete a comprehensive programming assignment.