BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Hamid Nemati is an assistant professor of Information Systems at the Information Systems and Operations Management Department of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. He holds a doctorate from the University of Georgia and a Master of Business Administration from The University of Massachusetts. He has extensive professional experience as a developer and a programmer/analyst and has consulted with a number of major corporations. His research specialization is in the areas of Application Integration, Decision Support Systems, Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Knowledge Management. He has published widely and his research has been presented nationally and internationally.

Scott Stewart is a master Unix technical analyst for Sara Lee Corporation and is enrolled in the Information Systems/Operations Management graduate program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Previously, he served as manager/ technical project lead for the Information Systems department at Rowan Regional Medical Center during the HIS implementation.

Faye Sherrill-Huffman is employed with Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA, as an interface analyst. She has served in that position for four years. Prior to her employment with Rowan, she was employed at Northeast Medical Center as the system manager for the Home Health department. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina.