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Dave Chatterjee

  • Associate Professor, Department of Management Information Systems
B220F Amos Hall

Biography

A cybersecurity and technology thought leader and subject matter expert, Dave Chatterjee, Ph.D. is a tenured (associate) professor in the Management Information Systems (MIS) department, at the Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia (UGA). As a  Duke University Visiting Scholar, Dr. Chatterjee has taught in the Master of Engineering in Cybersecurity Program at the Pratt School of Engineering.

He is the author of the highly endorsed book, Cybersecurity Readiness: A Holistic and High-Performance Approach, a SAGE publication. Dr. Chatterjee has also written and edited scholarly papers, consulted with companies, served on a cybersecurity SWOT team with chief information security officers (CISOs), given expert interviews, conducted workshops and webinars, and delivered numerous talks at academic and practitioner forums around the world. He is the host and producer of the Cybersecurity Readiness Podcast Series publishing over 50 episodes and reaching listeners in 90 countries.

In addition to cybersecurity, Dr. Chatterjee’s interest and expertise lie in the various facets of enterprise digitization – from emerging technology sense-making to implementation and change management, data governance, internal controls, information security, and performance measurement. Dr. Chatterjee’s work has been published in prestigious outlets such as The Wall Street JournalMIT Sloan Management Review, I by IMDCalifornia Management ReviewBusiness HorizonsMIS Quarterly, and Journal of Management Information Systems. A co-authored article “Calculated risk? A cybersecurity evaluation tool for SMEs,” made the list of Most Cited Articles Since 2020 in the high impact peer-reviewed journal Business Horizons. Additionally, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce.

Dr. Chatterjee has provided leadership and guidance to several important university and college governance committees.  He also served on the corporate and community leadership board of a prestigious cybersecurity network of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs). Dr. Chatterjee was President of the Society for Information Management (SIM), Atlanta Chapter for almost a decade. SIM is a premier non-profit knowledge-sharing and networking community of senior IT executives, prominent academics, and other thought leaders.

He holds the following certifications: NACD CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight Program from NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors), Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure Security Professional (SCCISP) credential from the IoT Security Institute and the Certificate in Cybersecurity (CC) certification from (ISC)2.

Dr. Chatterjee has taught with distinction at all levels – undergraduate, professional, and executive MBA programs and Ph.D. He has extensive experience teaching in top executive programs such as the Terry College Professional and Executive MBA programs and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s Global OneMBA program. Numerous accolades and honors have come his way, such as the Outstanding Executive MBA Professor of the Year and the UGA Outstanding Teaching Faculty Honoree. The UGA Career Center and the UGA Center of Teaching and Learning has recognized his significant contributions to the development and success of Management Information Systems (MIS) undergraduates.

For more details please visit https://dchatte.com.

Education

  • PhD, Major: Management Information Systems; Minor: Strategic Management, Florida State University
  • MBA, East Carolina University
  • Chartered Accountant, The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India
  • Bachelor of Commerce, St. Xavier’s College, University Of Calcutta, India

Research Interests

  • Cybersecurity Strategy and Governance
  • Emerging Technologies and Enterprise Digitization
  • Artificial Intelligence Enabled Business Applications
  • Leveraging the strategic potential of information technologies
  • IS implementation and Change Management
  • Measuring and communicating the business value of IT
  • Reducing the disconnect between technical and business people in organizations

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Chatterjee, D. (2023). “Mission critical – How American Cancer Society successfully and securely migrated to the cloud amid the pandemic,” I by IMD, February 25, 2023, Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Chatterjee, D. (2022). “Preventing security breaches must start at the top,” I by IMD, September 28, 2022, Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Chatterjee, D. et al. (2021). Car Buying in the Digital Age: Key Elements of an Ideal Dealership Experience. SAGE Business Cases.
  • Benz, M. and Chatterjee, D. (2020). “Calculated Risk? A Cybersecurity Evaluation Tool for SMEs,” Business Horizons, available online from May 4, 2020.
  • Chatterjee, D. (2019). “Should Executives Go To Jail Over Cyber Attacks,” Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Vol 29, Issue 1, pp. 1-3.
  • Abraham, C., Chatterjee, D., and Sims, R. (2019). “Muddling through cybersecurity: Insights from the U.S. healthcare industry,” Business Horizons, Forthcoming July 2019.
  • Doherty, Eileen, Holmes, John, and Chatterjee, Dave. (2018). “Leadership: Insights in the digital context,” Research Monograph. Innovation Value Institute, Ireland.
  • Kosalge, P., and Chatterjee, D. “Look Before You Leap into ERP Implementation: An Object Oriented Approach to Business Process Modeling,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
  • Segars, A.H., and Chatterjee, D. “Diets That Don’t Work: Where Enterprise Resource Planning Goes Wrong,” Wall Street Journal & MIT Sloan Management Review.
  • Chatterjee, D., Segars, A. H., Watson, R. T. “Realizing the Promise of E-Business: Developing and Leveraging Electronic Partnership Options,” California Management Review.
  • Chatterjee, D. and Segars, A. H. “Assessing e-Business Capabilities and Effectiveness: A Set of Key e-Business Metrics,” International Journal of Infonomics.
  • Chatterjee, D., Watson, R. T. “Infosys Technologies Ltd.: Unleashing CIMBA,” Journal of Cases on Information Technology.
  • Chatterjee, D., Grewal, R. and Sambamurthy, V. “Shaping up for E-commerce: Institutional Enablers of the Organizational Assimilation of Web Technologies,” MIS Quarterly.
  • Chatterjee, D., Richardson, V. and Zmud, R.W. “Examining the Shareholder Wealth Effects of New CIO Position Announcements,” MIS Quarterly.
  • Chatterjee, D., Pacini, C. and Sambamurthy, V. “The Shareholder Wealth and Trading Volume Effect of IT Infrastructure Investments,” Journal of Management Information Systems.
  • Looney, C. and Chatterjee, D. “Web Enabled Transformation of the Brokerage Industry: Analysis of Emerging Business Models,” Communications of the ACM.
  • Kayworth, T., Chatterjee, D. and Sambamurthy, V. In M. Khosrowpour (Ed.), Theoretical Justifications for IT Infrastructure Investments. Advanced Topics in Information Resource Management, Idea Group Publishing.
  • Chatterjee, D. and Jessup, L. “SAFECO: Leveraging the Web in a Knowledge-Based Service Industry,” Annals of Cases on Information Technology.
  • Kayworth, T., Chatterjee, D. and Sambamurthy, V. “Theoretical Justification of IT Infrastructure Investments,” Information Resource Management Journal.
  • Chatterjee, D. Managing the Merger Process: A Conceptual and Empirical Insight into Boeing’s Performance. A Whitepaper, Seattle, WA.: The Boeing Company.
  • Chatterjee, D. and Sambamurthy, V. “Business Implications of Web Technology: An Insight into Usage of the World Wide Web by U.S. Companies,” Electronic Markets – The International Journal of Electronic Commerce & Business Media.

Awards, Honors, and Recognition

  • Created and published 58 episodes of The Cybersecurity Readiness Podcast Series between June 8, 2021, and Dec 31, 2023. The podcasts have been downloaded over 7900 times and have listeners in 90 countries. They are being used in classrooms and at workplaces.
  • Received the Thank-a-Teacher — Recognition from The University of Georgia’s Center for Teaching and Learning, on May 23, 2023
  • Received the Thank-a-Teacher — Recognition from The University of Georgia’s Center for Teaching and Learning, on Jan 10, 2023.
  • Recognized by the UGA Career Center for making a significant contribution to student career decision-making process (May 2023)
  • Calculated Risk? A Cybersecurity Evaluation Tool for SMEs, made the list of "Most Cited Articles since 2020," in Business Horizons.
  • Shaping up for e-commerce: institutional enablers of the organizational assimilation of web technologies, an MIS Quarterly publication, cited 1375 times as of Jan 29, 2024.
  • Served as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (2023).
  •  Honored with the Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure Security Professional (SCCISP) certification from the IoT Security Institute (2022)
  • Editorial article Should Executives Go To Jail Over Cybersecurity Breaches is the subject of a practitioner conference on April 2, 2019 and April 11, 2019
  • Accepted invite to speak at the Georgia GMIS Spring Conference on April 30, 2019 in Athens, GA
  • Invited to speak at BIT's 6th Annual World Congress of Info-Tech 2019 in Nanjing, China, May 10-12, 2019
  • UGA Career Center Recognition Letter, Jan 31 2019
  • UGA Career Center Recognition Certificate, 2019
  • Accepted the Editorial Board invite from Management and Business Review Journal, 2018
  • Accepted the invite to attend UGA’s 2018 Teaching Academy Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium, April 13-14, 2018
  • Accepted the invite from UGA’s Vice President for Instruction to serve on UGA’s Data Literacy Committee, Feb 27, 2018
  • Board Member, Cybersecurity Cooperative Leadership Council, September 2018
  • TV Interview, “Cybersecurity Preparedness for Baby Boomers,” AIB Network, September 2018
  • Keynote Address, “Cornerstones of a High-Performance Security Culture,” RFG 100 Digital Business Transformation Summit, New York City, December 6, 2018.
  • Webinar, “High Performance Culture is Essential in Cyber Warfare,” Cybersecurity Collaborative, December 6, 2018.
  • Webinar, “Establishing a Security Culture of Joint Ownership, Partnership & Accountability Between Business and Technology Leaders,” Cybersecurity Collaborative Q&A, moderated by Stuart Cohen, Oct 24, 2018.
  • Print Media Interview with Stephen Loiaconi, “Underwhelming Earnings Report Could Point to Bigger Problems for Facebook,” July 26, 2018.
  • Moderator, Panel Discussion on the Workforce Impact of Artificial Intelligence, UIBS GeorgiaTech CIBER Seminar: Disruptive Technologies: Implications for Global Workforce and Markets, Georgia Tech (April 4, 2018)
  • Featured Speaker, Society for Information Management (SIM) South Florida CIO Forum (Feb 21, 2018)
  • Radio Interview, National Public Radio (NPR) Affiliate WABE 90.1 FM Rose Scott Show In Celebration of National Technology Day (January 5, 2018)
  • Recognized and felicitated by St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, Dec 21, 2017
  • Recognized and felicitated by Birla High School, Kolkata, Dec 18, 2017
  • PRO Business Channel Interview, World Renowned Cybersecurity and Change Management Expert for Leading Fortune 500 Companies, November 9, 2017
  • Terry College of Business Recognition of Student Network Initiative, Aug 2017
  • UGA Vice Provost's Recognition of PRACS Committee Work, July 2017
  • UGA Provost's Letter of Recognition, April 7, 2017
  • UGA Career Center Recognition, April 2017
  • Judge, Chicago CIO of the Year Award, 2017
  • Chairman, University of Georgia's Program Review and Assessment Committee (PRAC) (2016-2017)
  • Vice-Chairman, University of Georgia's Program Review and Assessment Committee (PRAC) (2015-2016)
  • “Dr. Chatterjee, I have thoroughly enjoyed your class this semester. Your Socratic method of teaching allowed me to think differently about the future of MIS, and how I can develop myself to be successful in this field. I will be recommending your class to the younger MIS majors I know.” -- McKenzie Vann Cunningham (April 24, 2015)
  • Society for Information Management Leader of the Year Award Finalist, 2014
  • Chairman, Terry College of Business MBA Committee (2013-2015)
  • Nomination to UGA Senior Teaching Fellow Award (2013)
  • Judge, Georgia CIO of the Year Award (2010-2015)
  • Co-Chairman, SIMposium 2010, SIM International Conference, Atlanta, GA
  • Chairman, Society for Information Management (SIM) Atlanta Chapter (2008-2015)
  • Advisory Council Member, PremierCIO Forum (2009 - Present)
  • Society for Information Management Leader of the Year Award Finalist, 2009
  • Recognized for innovative teaching in the Terry College Alumni magazine in 2009
  • Invited participant to the ACM Education Board’s (NSF Funded) Future of Computing Education Summit, Washington DC. (June 25-26, 2009)
  • Nomination to Terry College Teaching Award (2008)
  • Invited participant to UGA Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium (2008)
  • Recognized for innovative teaching on the UGA home page and in the Terry College Alumni magazine in 2008
  • Nomination to UGA Senior Teaching Fellow Award (2008)
  • Outstanding Exec MBA Professor of the Year (2007)
  • Outstanding Teaching Faculty Honoree (2007)
  • Nomination to Terry College Teaching Award (2007)
  • Nomination to UGA Senior Teaching Fellow Award (2007)
  • Invited participant to UGA Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium (2007)
  • Outstanding Teaching Faculty Honoree (2005)
  • Alpha Kappa Psi, MIS Teacher of the Year Award, University of Georgia (2002)

Service

  • UGA Undergraduate Admissions Committee (2023 – Present)
  • Chair, MIS Department Internship Review Committee (2023 – Present)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (JOCEC) and currently Advisory Editor, JOCEC
  • Member, Terry College of Business’s EMBA/PMBA Committee (September 25, 2018 – 2022)
  • Member, University of Georgia’s Data Literacy Committee (March 7, 2018 – Present)
  • Chairman and Member, UGA’s Program Review and Assessment Committee (2013-2017)
  • Chairman & Member, Terry College of Business MBA Committee (2006-2015)
  • Senior Editor, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, appointment effective from Jan 11, 2018.
  • Editorial Board Member, Management and Business Review, Dec 5, 2018.
  • Consulting Project – Enhancing Data Literacy at UGA, Athens, Georgia, 2018.
  • Consulting Project – Future of Banking, Citizens Bank, Greater Boston Area, 2018
  • Chairman, MIS Department Scholarship Committee (Spring 2013)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Strategic Information Systems. (2005 – Present).
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Association for Information Systems. (2006 – 2009).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Fulbright Senior Specialists Review Committee for IT. (2005 – 2008).
  • Graduate Coordinator, MIS Ph.D. Program (2005 – 2007).
  • Committee Chair, MIS Capstone Course Review Committee (2006).
  • Member, Faculty Panel, MBA Open House, UGA (2006).
  • Program Coordinator, MIS Department Workshop (2002 – 2005).
  • Committee Member, Terry College International Business Committee (2002 – 2005).
  • Program Coordinator, Center for IS Leadership (CISL) Distinguished Speaker Series (2002 – 2004).
  • Member, Faculty Panel, MBA Minority Recruitment Initiative, UGA (2004).
  • Master of Ceremonies, Master of Ceremonies – IS Leadership School (2003).
  • Press Liaison – IS Leadership School (2003).