He earned his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems in 2005 from Oklahoma State University, an MBA from San Diego State University in 1996, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1993. He currently teaches MGT 311- Management Information Systems, MGT 445 – Database Management, MGT 450 – Knowledge Management, and ID 150 – The American Corporation. His research interests include the areas of social media and its use, personal innovativeness, technology acceptance and use, technology in the classroom, customer relationship management, data mining and knowledge discovery techniques. He has produced nine referred journal articles, nine conference papers, and three book chapters during his academic career.