Welcome to Willy Isaac's Web Site.

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)

Please see the contacts page for more information.

• 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)

• 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)

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

Cloud Certification

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (2021)

• Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals (2021)

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundation Certified Associate (2021)

• Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Certified Specialist (2021)

Project Management Certification

• Project Management Professional (PMP) - (2006)

• 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

• Prince2 Agile Foundation Certificate in Agile Project Management (2020)

• Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master (2019)

Organizational Excellence Certification

• Examiner, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2007

Oracle Certification

• Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Certified Specialist (2021)

• Oracle10g Administrator Certified Professional (2006)

• Oracle9i Certified Professional Database Administrator (2002)

• Oracle Small Business Consultant (2002)

• Oracle Master - Oracle Certified Enterprise DBA, Data Warehouse Administrator Specialist (2001)

• Oracle 8i Certified Database Administrator (2000)

• Oracle 8 Certified Database Administrator (2000)

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

• Association for Information Systems (AIS)

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)

• National Center for Public Productivity (NCPP)

• http://www.isworld.org/

Web Sites

• USA Portal

• UK Portal

• Australia Portal

• Europe Portal

• New Zealand Portal

• India Portal

• US e-Government Home Page

• UK e-Government Home Page

• Australia e-Government Home Page

• Europe e-Government Home Page

• New Zealand e-Government Home Page

• India e-Government Home Page

• Australia eGovernment Resource Centre

• United Nation E-Government HomePage

• World Bank E-Government Homepage

• OECD E-Government Home Page

• eGovernment for Development

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

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

http://www.bledconference.org/

http://www.dexa.org