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VITA ALAN J. PARKER

EDUCATION:

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Business. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Title: Optimizing a Complex System: A Simulation Study of a Commodity Distribution System Majored in Production Management Major Areas: Quantitative Methods, Computers, and Marketing

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration

BROWN UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Science              Majored in Mechanical Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CURRENT POSITION: Florida International University, School of Hospitality Management Professor of Information Systems Management   Director, Center for Tourism and Technology CONSULTING: Executive Development Programs in Computer Technology Expert Witness in numerous cases dealing with Computer Technology

RESEARCH:

ARTICLES - Nineteen Articles -- most recent: Parker, Alan J., "On Teaching and Research at FIU,"Journal for the Art of Teaching, Volume I, Number 2, Summer 1992

BOOKS - Fifteen books including translations into French, German and Spanish--most recent: Parker, A.J., Stewart, J.F., Programacion BASIC para Contadores , 243pp., "El Ateneo" Pedro Garcia S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987

RECENT PRESENTATIONS:

"Tourism Technology in the Third Millenium" March 1999, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela. "The Impact of New Technology in Training for Tourism" January, 1998 II International Conference of Tourism Professions, Madrid, Spain. "Computer Technology in Tourism Enterprises" October, 1991, 7^th Congreso de la CONPEHT, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "Current Trends in Hospitality Technology" September, 1997 Norwegian Hotel School, Stavanger, Norway.

EDUCATION:	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Business. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Title: Optimizing a Complex System: A Simulation Study of a Commodity Distribution System Majored in Production Management Major Areas: Quantitative Methods, Computers, and Marketing
	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration
	BROWN UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Science Majored in Mechanical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:	CURRENT POSITION: Florida International University, School of Hospitality Management Professor of Information Systems Management Director, Center for Tourism and Technology CONSULTING: Executive Development Programs in Computer Technology Expert Witness in numerous cases dealing with Computer Technology
RESEARCH:	ARTICLES - Nineteen Articles -- most recent: Parker, Alan J., "On Teaching and Research at FIU,"Journal for the Art of Teaching, Volume I, Number 2, Summer 1992
	BOOKS - Fifteen books including translations into French, German and Spanish--most recent: Parker, A.J., Stewart, J.F., Programacion BASIC para Contadores , 243pp., "El Ateneo" Pedro Garcia S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987
RECENT PRESENTATIONS:	"Tourism Technology in the Third Millenium" March 1999, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela. "The Impact of New Technology in Training for Tourism" January, 1998 II International Conference of Tourism Professions, Madrid, Spain. "Computer Technology in Tourism Enterprises" October, 1991, 7^th Congreso de la CONPEHT, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "Current Trends in Hospitality Technology" September, 1997 Norwegian Hotel School, Stavanger, Norway.