Willy Isaac
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About
As part of my research study (Ph.D. Information Systems), I have done extensive research in Public / Government Management information systems and studied many International, National and State level IS projects for project success, failure and best practice methodologies.
I am an Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with expert knowledge in Information Technology Management and Project Management Institute’s processes with organization methodologies. I am very proficient in PMI standards and methodologies in Enterprise Project Management, Portfolio Management, and Project Management. I am well versed in systems development, project management, and information technology analysis and planning.
I am certified in IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and having comprehensive knowledge on description of the processes involved in managing IT infrastructures, function and roles in the planning, delivery and management of IT services.
I am an Oracle Certified Professional (Oracle 10g, 9i, 8i, 8) and Oracle Small Business Certified consultant. My experience includes performance tuning, capacity planning, database security and physical / logical database design in a UNIX, and Windows NT environment. I am also specialized on Data Warehouse administration and Design. My other interests include web design, providing community help and teaching Database Administration & SQL concepts.
I am currently working in the Office of the Policy Management, State of CT.
I am also serving as a voluntary member of the State of Connecticut Accessibility committee which promotes the design standards to make web sites accessible to people with disabilities.
My professional involvement includes membership in the following associations
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Computer Society of India (CSI)
Associate Member of Institution of Engineers, India (AMIE)
Chartered Engineer, India (C Eng.)
Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
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Education
Master of Business Administration (2010) University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut.
Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. Information Systems (2007) Nova Southeastern university, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Masters of Science - Computer Information Systems (1997) Nova Southeastern university, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Masters of Science - Engineering (1992) Kerala University, India
Bachelors of Science - Engineering (1989) Bangalore University, India
Project Management Certifications
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Microsoft Office Specialist Certification - Project 2002
Black Belt - Project 2003 Certification
ITIL Foundation Certified (2007)
Awards, Honors and Memberships
Received Gold Medal for Outstanding educational performance in BS Engineering (Bangalore University, India)
Chartered Engineer, India (C Eng.)
Computer Experience
Operating Systems: Unix (HP-UX), Linux, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 95, Novel NetWare, Windows 3.1, and Dos
Programming Languages: Visual Basic, Active Server Pages, Access, VBA programming, C Programming, Fortran
SQL and Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access Data Transformation Tools Informatica, Ascential, Oracle Warehouse Builder, SQL Server DTS Tools
Reporting Tools: Crystal Report, Business Object, Cognos Web and HTML Tools Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, FreeHand etc.
Database Training
Oracle Master (Enterprise DBA, Data Warehouse Administrator Specialist)
Oracle 10g Certified Database Administrator
Oracle 9i Certified Database Administrator
Oracle 8i Certified Database Administrator
Oracle 8 Certified Database Administrator
Oracle Small Business Certified Consultant
Windows Small Business Server Administration
SQL Server Database Administration
Visual Basic 6.0 Programming
Certification
Cloud Certification
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundation Certified Associate (2021)
Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Certified Specialist (2021)
Project Management Certification
Microsoft Office user Specialist (MOUS) - Microsoft Project 2002 - (2006)
Orange Belt Certification - Managing Single Projects with Microsoft Project 2003 - (2006)
Blue Belt Certification - Managing Multiple Projects Using Project Server 2003 -(2006)
Black Belt Certification - Masters Certificate Using Project Server 2003 - (2006)
IT Service Management Certification
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITIL V4) (2020)
IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation Certified (2007)
Agile Project Management
Organizational Excellence Certification
Oracle Certification
Research
Research Topic : Performance Measurement for the E-Government Initiatives: A comparative study
Degree Awarded: Ph.D. (Information Systems) Year: 2007
College: Nova Southeastern University,
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences
3301 College Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida 33314 USA
Degree Accreditation: Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
http://www.sacscoc.org
Research Keywords:
E-Government
E-Government Strategy
Electronic Governance
Digital Government
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Public Management Information Systems
Performance Measurement
Performance Measurement Models
Organizational Performance
Research Guide: Dr. Easwar Nyshadham Ph.D.
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences
Nova Southeastern University
3301 College Avenue,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33314
http://www.scis.nova.edu/
Email: easwar@nsu.nova.edu
Research Committee: Dr. Sumitra Mukherjee Ph.D. & Dr. Ling Wang, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences
Nova Southeastern University
3301 College Avenue,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33314
http://www.scis.nova.edu/
Research Links
AIS_PhD_Page
Associations
Web Sites
Journals
Index of Computer Science Journals
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/journals/index.html
MIS Journal Rankings
http://isworld.org/csaunders/rankings.htm
Public Administration Review (American Society for Public Administration)
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (J-PART)
American Review of Public Administration
Social science quarterly
Public Administration Quarterly
Public Administration
Governance
An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions
Government Information Quarterly
International Journal of Information Technology Management, Policies, and Practices
Journal of Government Information
Electronic Journal of e-Government
http://www.ejeg.com/
Journal of EGovernment (JEG)
http://www.egovjournal.com/
International Journal of Electronic Government Research
https://www.irma-international.org/
E-Commerce, E-Business, and E-Government
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/i3e/
Conferences
Conferences
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) Track5 E-Government
http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLPublication.jsp?pub&acronym=HICSS
System Sciences (HICSS), Annual Hawaii International Conference
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome.jsp?punumber=1000730
European Conference on Information Systems ECIS
http://www.ecisnet.org/
European Conference on e-Government (ECEG)
http://www.academic-conferences.org/eceg/eceg-home.htm
Academic Conferences International e-Journals
http://www.academic-conferences.org/ejournals.htm
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
http://www.itu.int/wsis/
European Conference on Information Systems Conferences
http://www.ecisnet.org/
http://www.academic-conferences.org