Biography - John J Scarpino

Dr. John J. Scarpino has been a part-time instructor at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, Pa., for nine years, where he teaches an array of undergraduate, graduate, adult & continuing education and online courses in Information Systems, Information Technology and Information Science.

Dr. Scarpino gained a high-level of expertise in these fields from more than 15 years working in industry. He has worked at Fortune 100 firms, start-up companies and regional enterprises which cover a variety of fields, including banking and finance, eCommerce, mortgage, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, eMarketing, telecommunications, Consulting Service Organizations, and eLearning organizations. He is currently Director of Quality Assurance at a software development firm in Pittsburgh, where he spearheads the enterprise’s software testing and quality assurance activity. Dr. Scarpino earned a Doctorate of Science in Information Systems and Communications from Robert Morris University. He also has an MS in Internet Information Systems, a BSBA in Management of Information Systems and a BSBA in Finance from Robert Morris University. He earned an MBA with a concentration in Management of Information Systems from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Key interest and research areas: Project Management, Business Analysis, Software Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Software Development Life Cycles, Application Service Provider (ASP) environments, Health Information Technology (HIT), Network Security, Telecommunications, Network Design, Knowledge Management, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Hardware, Operating Systems, Impacts of Technology, Programming, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Software as a Service (SAAS), Software Security and Performance, Mobile Computers and Cell phone devices, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Configuration and Change Management (CCM).