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Art Ericson - Department Chair
Email: ericsona@byui.edu
Office: SMI 214C
Education: B.A. and M.A. in Communications, Brigham Young University; M.B.A., University of Denver.
Teaching Experience: BYU-Idaho (2003-present)
Industry Experience: Information Technologies, US West/Qwest; GSM cellular project, Bechtel Telecommunications.
Other: Hobbies are hiking, photography, and computers.
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Brad Armstrong
Email: armstrongb@byui.edu
Office: SMI 407
Education: B.S. in Business Education, Utah State University; M. Ed. in Human Resources Training and Development, Idaho State University.
Teaching Experience: Public Education (1992-2003), BYU-Idaho (2003-Present)
Industry Experience: Private Contractor and Small Business Owner
Other: Hobbies include skiing, sports, reading, and spending time with family. |
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Lee Barney
Email: barneyl@byui.edu
Office: SMI 415
Education: B.S. in Physical Science, Southern Utah State University; MSCIS, University of Phoenix.
Teaching Experience: Seconday Education Instructor (Math, Chemistry, Physics, Geology).
Industry Experience: Software Engineer, Quality Assurance Manager, Product Manager for Brooks Automation, Inc.
CEO for @HomeSoftware, Inc., Vice President BDI, Inc.
Other: Creator and manager of the open source QuickConnectFamily framework for mobile devices. Author of "Developing Hybrid Applications for the iPhone: Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to Build Dynamic Apps for the iPhone" and "Oracle Database Ajax & PHP Web Application Development"
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Rex Barzee
Email: barzeer@byui.edu
Office: SMI 410
Education: B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Teaching Experience: Front Range Community College, Colorado State University Continuing Education (2001), BYU-Idaho (2002-present).
Industry Experience: Software Research and Development at Hewlett-Packard Company, Voyant Technologies, Space Dynamics Laboratory.
Other: Hobbies are hiking, gardening, and image processing.
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Kory Godfrey
Email: godfreyko@byui.edu
Office: SMI 415
Education: Received an AAS in Computer Information Systems from Ricks College, a BS in Information Systems and Technology from Weber State University, and an MBA in Information Systems and an emphasis in Information Assurance from Idaho State University.
Teaching Experience: Was a teaching assistant at Ricks College. Also developed curriculum and course materials, and taught classes for the National Information Assurance Training and Education Center.
Industry Experience: Had internships with the LDS Church Education System and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Later worked as an IT Analyst at the Government Accountability Office and as a Project Coordinator and Information Security Specialist at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
Other: He and his wife, Annie, have two children and one on the way.
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Kent Jackson
Email: jacksonk@byui.edu
Office: SMI 406
Education: B.S. in Computer Science, University of Utah; M.S. in Instructional Technology, Utah State University.
Teaching Experience: Ricks/BYU-Idaho (1991-present)
Industry Experience: Software Research and Development, IBM.
Other: IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, Integrated Circuit Patents (2).
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Michael McLaughlin
Email: mclaughlinm@byui.edu
Office: SMI 408
Education: B.A. in Political Science, San Jose State University; M.B.A., Keller Graduate School of Management; D.CS., Colorado Technical University.
Teaching Experience: BYU-Idaho (2004-present); Regis University (2001-2003); Colorado Technical University (1999-2001)
Industry Experience: Consulting, Development and Support, Oracle Corporation (1996-2004); System & Process Engineering, APL Corporation (1991-1996); Finance, Operations, Project and Information Systems Management, First Interstate Bank of California (1982-1991).
Other: Author of Oracle 10g PL/SQL Programming and inventor of three pending patents in distributed computing. Hobbies are history, genealogy, and baseball.
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T. Mark Olaveson
Email: olavesonm@byui.edu
Office: SMI 412
Education: A.S. in Mathematics, Ricks College; B.S. in Computer Science, BYU; M.S.in Computer Science, University of Idaho
Teaching Experience: Ricks/BYU-Idaho (1997-present)
Industry Experience: Programmer - Wicat Systems, Ricks College; Software Engineer/System Administrator – INEL (Babcock and Wilcox, Rockwell International, EG&G)
Other: Hobbies are sports, horses, and computers
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Steven Rigby
Email: rigbys@byui.edu
Office: SMI 418
Education: B.S. in Business Information Systems, USU; MBA, USU, PhD Purdue, MBA USU, BIS, USU
Teaching Experience: BYU – Idaho ( 2002-present)
Industry Experience: e-business, Server Transition and Support, IBM Global Services; V.P. United Computer Services; Systems Administrator, Omnidata International; UNIX Operator, Saddleman Inc; Project Manager/Programmer Moore Business Communications.
Other: Enjoy spending time with my wife and children.
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Blaine P. Robertson
E-mail: robertsonb@byui.edu
Office: SMI 416
Education: A.A. from Ricks College (1980); B.A. (1981) and M.Ed. (1984), Idaho State University; Ed.S., Utah State University (1986); Ed.D., Idaho State University (1999).
Teaching Experience: Public School Teaching and Administration, 1981-1989; Ricks/BYU-Idaho (1989-present).
Industry Experience: Private Contractor, Public School Administrator
Other: I enjoy reading and surfing the Internet; married with six children. |
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Randy Somsen
Email: somsenr@byui.edu
Office: SMI 414
Education: AA Degree, Ricks College; BA and MS, Utah State University, PhD University of Idaho.
Teaching Experience: Utah State University; Southern Arkansas University-ElDorado Branch; Northwest College; Ricks/BYU-Idaho (1998-present).
Industry Experience: Database Programming, Cirris Space Project, Utah State University; Software Engineer, ROI Systems.
Other: Graduated Cum Laude. USU Dean's List. National Dean's List. Golden Key Award. |
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Adjunct Faculty
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Ken McCluskey
E-mail: mccluskeyk@byui.edu
Office: SMI 282
Education: B.A. California State University Long Beach in English/History; M.S. Pepperdine University in Educational Administration
Teaching Experience: National University, Costa Mesa, California, (2000-2006) Educational Technology (Masters Program); Business Department Chairperson Anaheim High School (1984-2006); Public School Education (32 years)
Community Service: PTA Community Relations Committee, City Beautification Committee,Scoutmaster and Cubmaster, Genealogist/Family Historian
Awards: Louise B Forsyth Public Relations Award-ASCA 1980; Journalism Teacher of the Year-National Newspaper Fund of New Jersey 1972
Other: I enjoy house repairs/carpentry work, classical/country music, football/basketball/baseball/swimming, and reading; married with ten children. |
