Mark Keil

Dr. Mark Keil is a Regents’ Professor Emeritus of the University System of Georgia. Prior to his retirement, he was the John B. Zellars Professor of Computer Information Systems at Georgia State University.  He holds B.S.E., S.M., and D.B.A. degrees from Princeton University, M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, and Harvard Business School, respectively.  He was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Information Systems in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.  He also held a joint appointment in GSU’s Department of Computer Science, as well as a secondary appointment in GSU’s Institute of Health Administration.

At GSU, he received Robinson College of Business Faculty Recognition Awards both for his Outstanding Teaching as well as for his Distinguished Contributions in Research.  He also received the University’s Alumni Distinguished Professor Award for outstanding achievements in scholarship, teaching, and service.  

Keil received a $50,000 research grant in 2016 from the Project Management Institute (PMI) for his work on judgment and decision-making in managing IT project risks and received the PMI Research Achievement Award in 2018.  He also received the AIS Fellow Award in 2018 from the Association for Information Systems.

Keil’s research focuses on IT project management and decision making and includes work on preventing IT project escalation, identifying and managing IT project risks, improving IT project status reporting, IT implementation and use, and health information technology. 

He has published more than 135 refereed journal articles in such outlets as the MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Sloan Management Review, and California Management Review. 

Keil served as a Senior Editor for MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and the Information Systems Journal, Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research, Co-Editor-in-Chief of The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, and as an editorial board member for both the Journal of Management Information Systems and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.  Keil also served as Division Chair for the Academy of Management’s OCIS Division (now CTO Division).